The back garden is full of flowers, plants and trees, and even the pavilions and pavilions are made of wood. Coupled with the dry weather, the burning speed is extremely fast.
The raging fire continued to spread to the middle.
Smoke billowed up.
Xiao Xixi and Yu Jiu were forced to keep retreating.
Finally they hid back in the cave.
Xiao Xixi covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves, her eyes were red with smoke, and physiological tears came out.
Yu Jiu was not much better than her, and coughed hard while leaning against the rock wall.
The flames devoured all the flowers and trees that stood in front of them, sending out thick smoke and drilling straight into the cave.
In the small and dark cave, the oxygen is getting less and less.
Xiao Xixi couldn't hold it any longer, and wanted to rush out to get two breaths of fresh air.
However, as soon as his front foot stepped out, he was frightened by the flames coming towards his face.
She accidentally bumped into Yu Jiu behind her.
Yu Jiu raised his hand to support her, and said in a hoarse voice.
"Can't get out."
The entire back garden was already on fire, and if they rushed out, they would probably be roasted alive into two charred corpses.
Even if they were lucky enough to get out of the fire alive, they would definitely be caught by the rebels guarding outside.
This fire was obviously ordered by the real person Tianyan. The purpose of the fire was to force Xiao Xixi and Yu Jiu out. If they rushed out, they would be throwing themselves into the net.
Of course Xiao Xixi also guessed this.
But she was suffocated, the lack of oxygen made her feel suffocated, her head was dizzy, and her body only had the instinct to breathe fresh oxygen.
Yu Jiu raised her red eyes, her eyelashes were already wet with physiological tears, half of her swollen cheeks were redder from the firelight, and there was a trace of dried blood on the corners of her mouth.
He looked at the raging fire outside the cave, as if he could see the picture of himself being swallowed by the flame, and muttered.
"Looks like we're really going to die here today."
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Outside the back garden, thousands of rebels are waiting.
Holding weapons in their hands, they stared unblinkingly at the sea of flames in front of them.
As long as someone rushes out of the sea of fire, they will immediately take them down.
However, after waiting for a long time, no one could come out.
Instead, there was an unexpected and surprising news.
A soldier came scrambling over and shouting in horror.
"The army of the imperial court has come in! They have already rushed into the county office!"
Hearing this, Luo Da immediately changed his face.
He grabbed the soldier and asked sharply.
"Isn't the imperial army blocked from the city gate? How could they rush in?!"
Although the city gate was not a problem for the thousands of imperial troops, they could break through the city gate with a little effort, but they were afraid that the rebels would jump off the wall and kill those innocent people, so they kept going. No forcible siege.
Luo Da has not received the news of the enemy's siege until now.
Now he suddenly told him that the imperial army had come in, and his first reaction was not to believe it.
He even suspected that the soldier in front of him was an internal coordinator installed by the imperial court in the city, who deliberately came to disturb the army with nonsense.
But soon Luo Da knew that it was not the soldier in front of him who was talking nonsense, but that an enemy army had really attacked!
There are constantly rebels running towards this side, shouting as they run.
"The imperial army is coming in! They are coming in! Run!"
Luo Da threw away the frightened pawn in front of him, and told the people around him to stay here, while he himself rushed to the highest attic nearby.
He stood on the roof of the attic craned his neck and looked out.
Through the dim moonlight, he saw that a group of people had indeed entered the county office and were rushing towards the backyard.
The group of people were wearing the same clothes as the rebels. At first glance, they looked like people from the rebels' side. However, it could be seen from their actions towards the rebels that they were definitely not rebels.
They are the people of the court!
Luo Da couldn't believe it. The city gate has not been breached. How did these people sneak into the city? !
He jumped down with light power, landed steadily on the ground, and hurried towards the direction of the study.
Tianyan Zhenren's injuries have not yet healed, and the whole person looks sick and wilted.
He looked down into the cot.
In the crib lies a young baby.
Because of the premature baby, the child looked thinner than normal babies.
A young woman who looked like a wet nurse knelt on the ground, not daring to take a breath.
Real Tianyan looked at the skinny baby, frowned, and murmured softly.
"I don't know if this child can live and grow up."
The nurse felt her scalp go numb, and immediately buried her head lower.
Luo Da strode in, ignoring the courtesy, and said.
"Sect Master, the big thing is bad, the enemy army has rushed into the county office!"
The real person Tianyan shook his hand, and the bowl in his hand fell to the ground, breaking into two halves.
He stood up suddenly and asked sharply.
"Is this true?"
Luo Da: "I saw with my own eyes that they are already rushing to the backyard. Sect Master, what should we do now? Should we transfer some of the troops in the city?"
Most of their forces were concentrated near the various city gates, in order to prevent enemy troops from entering through the city gates.
Secondly, some troops were also arranged in various places in the city, mainly to prevent the people in the city from causing chaos.
In contrast, the county government is the place with the least troops.
Because the county office is located in the center of the city, surrounded by the rebels like stars and moons, it should be the safest place. As long as the defense outside is not broken, the county office cannot be in danger.
However, now the county government is the first to be breached by the enemy, the so-called safest place is like a joke.
Tianyan Zhenzhen's mind changed rapidly.
He had already guessed that the people of the imperial court should have entered Youmen County through a secret passage.
Although the secret passages that he had dug up in advance could reserve a way for him, they would also leave him with great hidden dangers.
In case someone knows the entrance of the secret passage, it is equivalent to opening the door of convenience for the enemy.
Therefore, he tightly covered the exact locations of those secret passages, and only a few people knew.
Yu Jiu was one of them, and so was the spy who helped deliver the letter.
The real Tianyan didn't know whether it was Yu Jiu or the spies who revealed the secret passage.
Anyway, this is the end of the matter, and now is not the time to pursue these matters. The most urgent task at present is to solve the group of enemies who rushed in as soon as possible.
The real Tianyan asked, "Have Yu Jiu and the imperial concubine come out yet?"
Luo Da shook his head: "No."
The real Tianyan frowned and was very disappointed.
If there are noble concubines as hostages, they may make the emperor cast his arms against rats.
Immortal Tianyan's eyes turned and fell on the young nanny who was kneeling on the ground beside him.
he said suddenly.
"Show me your hand."