Chapter 295: Ghostly Fire (Two in One)

Li Xuan was awakened by the screams at the first moment.

After he turned over and got up, he gently swept the faces of the two princesses with his tail, and the tingling feeling slowly woke them up from their sleep.

Facing this familiar touch, Princess Ankang didn't even open her eyes, and muttered: "Ah Xuan, you sleep well, don't be naughty!"

Li Xuan didn't say anything nonsense, and his butt fell back and directly covered Princess Ankang's little face, suffocating her.

The stuffy feeling instantly dispelled the drowsy sleepiness and made Princess Ankang directly cheer up.

She pushed Li Xuan's butt away with all her strength, then sat up directly from the bed, and spit several times with a look of disgust.

"Ah Xuan, come here!"

Princess Ankang was so angry that she tried to grab Li Xuan, but she couldn't catch him.

Li Xuan jumped over Princess Yuan'an lightly, but Princess Ankang's hand grabbed Princess Yuan'an's chest desperately.

"Imperial sister..."

Princess Yuan An had already woken up, and in the darkness, she stared at Princess An Kang with a pair of eyes full of resentment.

She had always been a light sleeper, and she was so excited to sleep with Li Xuan tonight that she didn't sleep well.

Princess Yuan An had just been hugging Li Xuan and kissing him in her dream, and suddenly the touch on her face became real.

As a result, she woke up from her dream because she was too excited.

Princess Yuan An was secretly regretting that she woke up from her spring dream, but the next moment she was attacked on the chest.

"Uh..."

"Yuan An, you're awake."

Princess An Kang silently retracted her hand, feeling embarrassed.

Although the room was dark, which just happened to cover up her embarrassment, the atmosphere could not be changed.

But at this moment, Princess Ankang happened to hear the noise outside the room, and immediately put on a serious face again, saying:

"Ah Xuan, waking us up late at night must be a problem."

"I saw that you had not moved, so I wanted to push you awake, but I didn't expect you to wake up."

Princess Ankang never mentioned where she had just grabbed, and Princess Yuan'an did not mention it again.

Anyway, they are both girls, so there is no big taboo.

It's just that the two princesses are not familiar enough to attack each other's sensitive parts at will.

Although the previous incident made their atmosphere awkward, it also brought the two closer.

At this time, Li Xuan had already called Yu'er.

Although Yu'er was also wiping her eyes in a daze, she heard the noise outside as soon as she woke up.

Logically speaking, the soundproofing effect of the room on the fourth floor is very good, and it shouldn't be so noisy.

And it's late at night, and the guests who came to Hu Yulou for fun have also rested, so it shouldn't be so noisy.

"Ah Xuan, what's going on outside?"

After Yu'er got up, she subconsciously asked Li Xuan.

Although Li Xuan's ears were sharp, it was difficult to judge the situation just by listening to the sounds outside.

Just one word that appeared made him very concerned.

"Is it haunted?"

Li Xuan did hear people talking about haunted things on Hua Street tonight, but he didn't expect that they would run into one.

I don't know whether to say it's good luck or bad luck.

"The commotion outside is so loud, those eunuchs should have taken action too, right?"

Li Xuan came to the door on his own and pried the door open with his claws.

Outside the door, two eunuchs in flowery clothes were guarding. When they saw the door open, they immediately lowered their heads.

They wanted to see the other person's shoes first, confirm the identity, and then decide whether to look up, but they saw the real owner as soon as they lowered their heads.

The two eunuchs stared at Li Xuan for a moment, and then they heard the movement in the house, and then they dared to kneel at the door. Without even entering the room, they reported softly:

"Ladies, there was a sudden fire in a room on the fourth floor, and someone has gone to check it out."

"But the fire was strange, why don't you move downstairs first and see the situation clearly."

Li Xuan walked between the two of them, and saw that the corridor on the fourth floor was green.

They were right, the fire was indeed strange, and it was green.

And the room on fire was diagonally opposite them.

It was the room where Hou San was recuperating.

"So it was Hou San's room that was haunted!?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but stare.

In the corridor on the fourth floor, many people were busy putting out the fire.

There were people from Hu Yulou and the Hou family.

They carried buckets of water and poured them into the room to put out the fire, but the fire was not stopped, and it even became more intense when it came into contact with water.

"This..."

Li Xuan's face immediately became solemn.

But he walked out of the room for less than a few steps and saw Doctor Fang sitting on the ground not far from their door in a mess.

His clothes were also burnt a little, and his face was also covered with ash. At this time, he was staring at the blazing fire.

Li Xuan walked to his side and meowed softly.

Doctor Fang came back to his senses immediately. He was stunned when he saw Li Xuan, and then he smiled gently.

"Where did this little black cat come from? Where is your owner?"

Doctor Fang reached out and touched Li Xuan's head. His technique was very skillful, and it seemed that he had stroked many cats before.

Li Xuan did not resist.

Perhaps it was because Doctor Fang was a doctor who cured illnesses and saved lives.

His aura was very gentle, which made it easy for small animals to get close to him.

Some people are more popular with cats and dogs for this reason.

"This fire is weird. Go back and hide from your owner."

Doctor Fang said as he picked up Li Xuan.

His technique of holding a cat was also very particular. He held Li Xuan's buttocks and tail, and would not let his lower body hang in the air, which made him feel safer.

Doctor Fang walked straight to the door where two eunuchs in flowery clothes were half-kneeling.

He saw the scene clearly only when he got closer, and he was stunned for a moment.

Seeing someone approaching, the flower-dressed eunuchs immediately stood up and blocked Doctor Fang.

Doctor Fang subconsciously felt his breathing stagnate, he quickly stepped back two steps, and then handed the cat in his hand over.

"Is this your cat?"

"You guys hurry down and hide, this fire is a bit strange, maybe it's really haunted."

The flower-dressed eunuchs saw that Doctor Fang was just here to warn, and also realized that he had no cultivation, so they felt relieved.

A flower-dressed eunuch was about to reach out to pick up Li Xuan, but Li Xuan broke free from Doctor Fang's hand and climbed all the way onto the flower-dressed eunuch's head, sitting steadily.

The flower-dressed eunuch's face was bitter, but it was not easy to grab Li Xuan on his head.

These flower-dressed eunuchs were all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so they had all seen how their two stewards carried the cat on their shoulders and walked.

Now that the cat was willing to sit on his head, it was already a great honor.

But it was really funny to watch this.

"Well, I'll take my leave first."

Doctor Fang, as an outsider, couldn't take care of other people's cats, so he just bowed and went downstairs.

He was just a doctor invited to see a doctor, so there was no need for him to help those people put out the fire.

At this time, the voice of Princess Ankang came from the room.

"I know, please wait a moment."

Then there was a rustling sound from the room.

The personal maid of Princess Yuan'an was also awakened at this time, and she got up and helped the two princesses change clothes with Yu'er.

The two eunuchs in flowery clothes immediately returned to the door, turned their backs to the inside, and closed the door again.

Speaking of which, the fire on the opposite side was also strange. Although it burned vigorously, it did not spread much. If you poured water on it, it would suddenly burst into flames.

Li Xuan sat on the head of the eunuch in flowery clothes, touched him with his tail, and then stretched out his tail to point to the fire in front.

The flower-clothed eunuch who was being commanded couldn't help but look up at Li Xuan, and just met Li Xuan's eyes.

The cat's eyes were very beautiful, with amber-like eyeballs, two dark vertical pupils like the abyss, and a faint ice blue in the pupils.

Li Xuan's eyes seemed to be able to speak, and the flower-clothed eunuch immediately understood what he meant.

"I'll go to the front to take a look."

The flower-clothed eunuch said to his companion.

The companion also saw the cat pointing and gesticulating above his head, so he had to nod and agree.

But before Li Xuan and his mount could get close, there was a new situation at the fire scene.

A few muffled sounds came, followed by a group of men's terrified shouts:

"Ghost, ghost fire, this must be a ghost fire!"

Several people who were still carrying water to put out the fire suddenly rolled their eyes without warning, spitting white foam from their mouths, and fainted to the ground.

The others all stepped back after seeing this strange scene, as far away from the green flames as possible.

Each of them was so frightened that their legs trembled, and they were all shocked and puzzled.

"Who told you to stop?"

"Keep putting out the fire!"

"The young master is still inside, who will be responsible if he dies!?"

Butler Fan shouted hysterically in the crowd, his eyes red.

His scholar's robe was now pitch black, and he looked as embarrassed as he could be.

To be honest, he was the most scared among all the people present, but he still had to put out the fire and rescue Hou San.

If Hou San was killed by the explosion, it had nothing to do with him.

But if he was burned to death like this, Butler Fan could not escape the blame.

But even so, facing this strange scene, no one dared to step forward easily, and they all shrank back.

Li Xuan couldn't help but become more curious when he saw this scene, and patted the eunuch in flowery clothes with his tail, asking him to take him over to have a look.

Although the flowery eunuch felt unhappy, he had no choice but to do as he was told.

But as soon as he got close, Li Xuan sniffed.

"What's that smell?"

Li Xuan was just wondering when the flowery eunuch suddenly stopped and frowned.

"This fire is poisonous!"

Li Xuan looked at the eunuch in flowery clothes under his buttocks in astonishment.

Butler Fan, who was not far away, also heard this.

He turned his head to look at the eunuch in flowery clothes, and felt that this person was extraordinary at first sight.

Although it looked funny to carry a cat on his head, Butler Fan believed in his intuition.

He was about to say something to the eunuch in flowery clothes, and then he saw the eunuch in flowery clothes suddenly took a step back and took a bow-step palm posture.

"If you don't want to die, get out of my way!"

Li Xuan immediately felt something was wrong. The momentum of this eunuch in flowery clothes was rising rapidly.

He immediately wrapped his tail around the neck of the eunuch in flowery clothes and fixed his body.

The next moment, the eunuch in flowery clothes shouted and pushed his palm out.

"Water Dragon Roar!"

A deep blue water-based true qi as thick as a water tank instantly shot out from the palm of the eunuch in flowery clothes, and a low dragon roar sounded in everyone's ears.

The water-based true qi slowly condensed and formed in the air, turning into a dragon shape, right in the fire.

The green flame was immediately washed out of the window by the water dragon.

Along with the fragments of the door, window and various furniture, they scattered on the flower street.

The green fire was still attached to the fragments and burned slowly, but it was destined to not burn for long.

At this time, the originally burning room was opened in front of everyone, and everything was visible.

The fire that they had been busy for a long time but failed to put out was easily solved by someone's palm.

Now there are only sporadic fire points in the wreckage of the room, which is no longer a big deal.

Butler Fan looked at the strange man with a black cat on his head, and his heart was inexplicably horrified.

"Controlling Qi to transform, a fifth-grade master!"

But Butler Fan then looked at the room that was blasted clean, and his heart skipped a few beats.

"It's over, the young master..."

But at this time, a servant of the Hou family shouted:

"Butler Fan, the young master is still here, the young master is still here..."

Someone came to the door, pointed to the original position of the bed, and said excitedly with a stammer.

Butler Fan turned his anger into joy, and went in to check without caring whether it was poisonous or not. As a result, he saw that the corner of the bed was still green.

And the stuttering servant finally spoke clearly.

"The young master is still burning!"

Butler Fan was stunned on the spot, looking at the charred figure still burning on the bed, he only felt black in front of his eyes, his chest was stuffy, and he fainted on the spot.

"Ah, this..."

Li Xuan didn't know what to say after seeing it.

Those servants and Hu Yulou's guys were already suspicious, and when they saw Butler Fan also fell to the ground, they dared not to come forward.

However, the flower-clothed eunuch who was holding Li Xuan had slowly withdrawn his moves and exhaled heavily.

It seems that the previous move was not easy for him.

Just based on the previous move, Li Xuan already understood that the flower-clothed eunuch under his butt should be a master of the third rank.

To release the true Qi and condense it into a shape like just now is not something that can be done in the Qi Sensing Realm.

Li Xuan silently loosened the tail wrapped around his neck.

He had thought too much before. The flower-clothed eunuch was very skilled in controlling the power. He performed such a powerful move, but Li Xuan on his head was not affected at all.

At this time, Li Xuan suddenly began to reflect on whether he had been rude to him just now.

He thought about it and felt that there seemed to be no rudeness, so he immediately put his mind at ease.

At this time, the flower-clothed eunuch who had put out the fire raised his eyes and asked Li Xuan:

"Do you still want to go over?"

Li Xuan immediately meowed, jumped onto his shoulder, looked at the flower-clothed eunuch at eye level, and nodded at him with a smile.

This sudden change in attitude made the flower-clothed eunuch call it real, but also made him smile.

The flower-clothed eunuch had always had a cold expression, but suddenly smiled like this, and he was quite humane.

This flower-clothed eunuch looked only about twenty years old, and should not be thirty years old.

With such strength at such a young age, should we say that he is worthy of being trained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?

Li Xuan only knew that the flower-clothed eunuchs were powerful before, but he didn't expect that anyone could be so powerful.

No wonder Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng have such a stable position.

The group of flower-clothed eunuchs in their hands are indeed a force that cannot be underestimated.

The flower-clothed eunuch led Li Xuan into the room that was burned with black marks.

Li Xuan took a look and found that it was indeed Hou San's room.

He was still burning selflessly on the bed at this time, bringing waves of warmth to everyone.

It is estimated that Hou San himself did not expect that he would have such a moment of dedication in the end.

The bed was almost burned down, and the figure on it was about to be carbonized.

Butler Fan fell near the door, spitting white foam silently at his mouth.

At this time, the flowery eunuch said:

"You can't stay here any longer. The poisonous gas hasn't completely dissipated. If you inhale a certain amount, it will be like this."

He pointed at the unconscious people on the ground and said.

"We have to take the two young ladies to take shelter as soon as possible."

Li Xuan nodded and agreed to the proposal of the flower-clothed eunuch.

He came in to see if there were any clues left in the room, but now it seems that the place has been burned too thoroughly.

In addition, the flower-clothed eunuch used a trick of water dragon chant to put out the fire, and the degree of destruction here was even more thorough.

It was just a little strange that Li Xuan did not react to the poisonous gas that the flower-clothed eunuch mentioned.

He could only smell a special smell that was a bit like garlic odor.

But this smell, apart from being unpleasant, did not make his body feel uncomfortable.

Of course, the physique of cats and humans cannot be generalized.

It is normal that Li Xuan did not react to the poisonous gas produced by the burning green flame.

He is very clear that his physique is far superior to that of ordinary people.

Then, Li Xuan and the flower-clothed eunuch returned.

The two princesses in the room had already put on their clothes.

Under the protection of the flower-clothed eunuch, the group came to the first floor of Hu Yulou.

The previous noise woke up many people, and it was very lively here.

Many disheveled guests were waiting here.

The previous noise of the firefighting did not wake up too many people.

But when the eunuch in flowery clothes put out the fire later, almost everyone in Hu Yulou was woken up.

Tonight is destined to be an uneasy night.

Mother Zhou, wearing a light gauze, comforted the guests.

Just now, many guests had changed places with curses, saying that they would never come again.

Mother Zhou could only smile and send them off.

Originally, they had played all night and needed to make up for their sleep, but they couldn't even sleep well, so of course they got up in a bad mood again.

In this way, many guests of Hu Yulou dispersed, and only a few did not care about these situations, and even started to have fun while waiting on the first floor.

It can only be said that these people are really energetic.

In order to make amends, Mother Zhou naturally entertained them with good wine and food.

The ladies in Hu Yulou had to work overtime again in the middle of the night.

When they confirmed that the fire upstairs had been completely extinguished, they notified the guests that they could return to their rooms on their own.

But some guests were no longer sleepy, so they simply found a place to play in the empty Hu Yulou.

In the past, Hu Yulou was crowded and lively, not as deserted as it is now.

This made them feel different and they were more excited to play.

Princess Ankang and others returned to their private room on the second floor, eating some fruits and drinks to kill time.

During this process, Li Xuan had shared the previous situation with Princess Ankang and Yu'er.

The three little ones were used to writing on each other's bodies to communicate, so it was convenient for them to communicate.

Princess Yuan'an, who was standing by, saw them writing and drawing on each other's bodies, and felt a little lonely, so she couldn't help asking them what they were doing?

Apart from anything else, Princess Yuan'an also wanted Li Xuan to write on her body.

Princess Ankang saw that Princess Yuan'an was also curious, and she also had some things to ask the flower-dressed eunuchs, so she did not hide anything and selectively shared what Li Xuan had told her.

After hearing this, Princess Yuan'an was also a little surprised.

"Ah, the fire just now burned that Hou San to death?"

"Yes, that's what Ah Xuan said." Princess Ankang nodded, and then continued: "And I heard that this fire was a bit strange."

Princess Ankang said, silently turning her eyes to a flower-dressed eunuch.

Li Xuan had previously told Princess Ankang that it was this person who put out the fire.

"Miss."

The flower-dressed eunuch understood and reported immediately.

"At three quarters of an hour tonight, there was some commotion in the room, and then several girls from Hu Yulou and the housekeeper Fan ran out from it."

"At that time, the fire had already started."

They had been guarding outside the room where Princess Ankang and her friends were resting tonight, so they were still clear about what had happened before.

"I thought the fire was not big and they could control it quickly, but the fire could not be extinguished by water and continued to grow."

"I saw that the situation was not right and wanted to inform the two ladies to go downstairs to take shelter, but the door opened by itself and this person walked out..."

The flowery-clothed eunuch held his hands and respectfully greeted Li Xuan, but he didn't know how to address him.

His respect was not because Li Xuan was Princess Ankang's cat, but because Li Xuan was very close to his two stewards.

Although these flowery-clothed eunuchs were as cold as machines when they were on duty, they were still human after all, and they would tell their colleagues about many things when they saw them.

They were originally working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and had seen Li Xuan and the two stewards being disrespectful many times.

They believed that they would never dare to do such things, so they also became respectful to Li Xuan.

In any case, being nicer to Li Xuan would definitely not do them any harm, right?

Princess Ankang said at once, "Just call him Ah Xuan."

She touched Li Xuan in her arms, full of pride.

The flower-clothed eunuch nodded and continued to report:

"Master Ah Xuan came out."

The phrase "Master Ah Xuan" surprised both Li Xuan and Princess Ankang.

Li Xuan thought, "As expected of a flower-clothed eunuch trained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is too good at handling things, isn't he?"

"Hehe, I am also a master!"

Seeing Li Xuan's smile, the flower-clothed eunuch secretly gave himself a thumbs up.

"Master Ah Xuan went to see the fire, but was sent back by a young man, who advised us to go down and hide."

"After that, Master Ah Xuan ordered me to take him to see the fire. As a result, when I walked in, I found that the green fire would produce poisonous miasma when burning, so I immediately put out the fire, which caused quite a stir."

After that, the flower-clothed eunuch knelt down to apologize.

"I acted on my own initiative, please punish me, princesses."

Even though these flowery eunuchs are good at martial arts, they are servants after all. No matter what they do, they need the master's order.

Especially this time, the princes and princesses went out of the palace to investigate the case, which is a special situation.

The princes and princesses concealed their identities and investigated the case secretly.

Therefore, according to the rules, unless the master ordered, the flowery eunuchs must keep a low profile and not cause unnecessary attention and trouble for the master.

At the beginning, the flowery eunuchs did not help to put out the fire, but continued to protect the two princesses for this reason.

Later, even if the fire spread, they just wanted to take the two princesses to avoid it.

Because they didn't expect at the beginning that so many people couldn't put out such a small fire.

At this time, the flowery eunuchs were already very upset.

It was their fault to disturb the two princesses' rest for this reason.

Later, the flowery eunuch accidentally discovered that the green fire was poisonous. In order to ensure the safety of the two princesses, he decisively took action directly.

If the situation escalates further, they will be completely at fault.

In the final analysis, they underestimated the power of the green fire, so they had such a bad solution tonight.

But fortunately, at least the two princesses were not affected too much.

But wrong is wrong, so the flower-clothed eunuch had to come forward to apologize.

Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan looked at each other and shook their heads slowly.

Then, Princess Ankang said: "We are both fine, what crime have you committed? Get up."

"Thank you, ladies."

The flower-clothed eunuch bowed deeply and felt relieved.

Even if some masters did not understand the situation at the beginning, they would punish severely when the people below apologized for their crimes in order to show their majesty.

There are not many people in the palace who can be as generous as Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan.

Moreover, they did fail to do their duty tonight, and they had nothing to say even if they were severely punished.

"According to what you said, this fire is really strange."

"Green fire, I haven't seen it before."

Princess Ankang supported her chin and tilted her head slightly, as if imagining what green fire looked like.

When the two princesses left the room, the green fire in Hou San's room had been violently extinguished by the flower-clothed eunuch, so they didn't see it.

Hearing Princess Ankang's mumbling, the flower-clothed eunuch who had reported it earlier frowned, tangled for a while, and still reported:

"In fact, before I saw someone running out of that room, I heard some noises on the street."

"It seems that someone saw the ghost fire and was frightened, and then caused this fire."

Hearing this, Princess Ankang immediately wondered:

"Is this street really haunted?"

Li Xuan also narrowed his eyes.

He did hear someone shouting that there was a ghost in his dream before.

Now listening to the flower-clothed eunuch saying this, it really could be the sound on the street.

In this case, the strange green flame first appeared on the street and then burned into Hou San's room.

This matter can be verified immediately as long as we find witnesses tomorrow.

But just as they were talking about the ghost fire tonight, Mother Zhou actually twisted her waist and came slowly.

Because there were few people in Hu Yulou now, the door of their private room was not closed.

Mother Zhou stood at the door and knocked twice gently.

She bowed to the two princesses and introduced herself:

"My two ladies, I am Zhou Qian, the owner of Hu Yulou."

"Please forgive me for disturbing you today."

The two princesses stopped talking silently, and their eyes were attracted by Mother Zhou.

Even Li Xuan couldn't help but feel dazzled by the almost transparent gauze on Mother Zhou's body and the dazzling milky white on her chest.

He was lost and lost.

Li Xuan turned his head silently and looked at Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan.

I think that even if they hang their heads there, it would be no more than that.

As the saying goes, seeing something rare is better than living ten years.

Although there are many twists and turns, Hu Yulou’s visit today is really not in vain!

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I feel that the plot should be more coherent, so I put it together.

Let’s see if it’s hard to read.

I’ve been waiting for a long time, so I wrote 1,200 more words as compensation.

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