Chapter 58: Suspicion
Mu Tianxiang lowered her eyes and stopped talking.
Jing Xuan put his hand down with a smile, squatted in front of her, and asked with a smile again, "Are you okay?"
Mu Tianxiang raised his head and looked at him and shook his head forcefully, but with doubts, he quietly looked at Jing Xuan.
It's just that when her gaze accidentally met Jing Xuan, that feeling of déjà vu arose once again.
Mu Tianxiang shook his head, guessing that he might be in a trance, and his expression was a little trance-like, and he would feel familiar with a stranger.
The young man in front of him is the third son of the current saint and the current third prince Jing Xuan.
When she smelled the ambergris on the veil just now, she guessed that this person must have something to do with the royal family, because this ambergris is a tribute incense, which is used by the royal family, and it is difficult for ordinary people to use it.
It's just that she didn't expect that it would be the third prince who is favored by the saint today.
Although Mu Tianxiang is a deep boudoir, but in the end, she is a businesswoman, and for outside things, she has not yet reached the point of information blockage.
It is said that these three princes were born to be a poor man, when they were born, their mother Concubine Defei died of difficult childbirth, and the emperor remembered that he was young and had no one to take care of him, so he entrusted him to the queen and included him in his upbringing.
I didn't want him to know about the Virgin, but the emperor mistakenly believed it and entrusted it to no one.
Concubine De was at odds with the queen during her lifetime, and now that her son has fallen into the hands of the queen, she will not want to be educated like her own son, and because the queen already has a son, and he is the emperor's eldest prince, canonizing the crown prince, if it is not bad, it will be the successor of the future status.
The queen has no competition for her son, so she will not treat the emperor's other sons well, and she is not good enough to do too much, so it is so. On weekdays, he treated him indifferently, and when the third prince Jing Xuan understood something, he told him about his life experience, naturally, most of them slandered Concubine De, and extremely connived at her to do something out of line with etiquette.
After the emperor learned about this. Long Yan was furious, so he brought the three princes back from the queen, personally supervised and taught, in a blink of an eye it was ten years, the emperor saw that his temperament was generous and benevolent, and he liked it more and more, so he kept it with him.
Mu Tianxiang glanced at Jing Xuan, thinking that the third prince was here, that is to say, this time to put out the fire. It was ordered by the Holy Lord, and if this was the case, it would not be strange, so when he saw that there was no one in private, he looked at it and asked: "The Holy One has not returned to the palace yet?"
"Hmm......" Jing Xuan pursed his lips and returned: "After my father saw you, he has already returned to the palace." ”
"The three princes, ......" Mu Tianxiang was stunned, if the saint returned to the palace. Naturally, it was impossible to know about the fire, so he asked in surprise, "So it was the third prince who led the people to put out the fire?"
"yes. yes, I asked someone to save it, how about it. It's quite timely, isn't it?" Jing Xuan was still a child after all, and when he heard Mu Tianxiang ask, he naturally said to her with a happy face, with some expectation, praise in his eyes.
Mu Tianxiang suddenly felt funny. Raised his hand to cover his mouth to hide his smile, nodded at him and said: "Tianxiang is thanks to the three princes for saving him in time, if there is no three princes, I am afraid that our Mu family incense shop will be destroyed." ”
"Don't worry. As long as there is this prince, I will definitely not let this incense shop be ruined!" Jing Xuan patted his chest and swore a proud oath, which made Mu Tianxiang stunned, and looked up at him suspiciously.
She knew that the three princes had not left the palace except for this time, so she didn't know the three princes, and the other people in the Mufu were obviously not familiar with this person.
Mu Tianxiang's thoughts all appeared on his face, and when Jing Xuan saw it, he couldn't help but show a trace of sadness, and muttered: "Has Miss Mu ever seen this prince?"
Seeing Mu Tianxiang shaking his head, he suddenly sighed in frustration: "I sat beside my father in the restaurant that day, it turns out that Miss Mu really didn't see it." ”
There were some complaints in the painting, Mu Tianxiang was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that when she was summoned by the saint, there was indeed a person sitting next to the saint at that time, but because she was too nervous at that time, she didn't have the heart to take a look, and now when she listens to him, she knows that he was also there at that time.
Mu Tianxiang smiled apologetically, and was about to say something apologetic, but at this moment, Pei Zongze and Jiang Bo came to the side and interrupted the conversation between the two.
"Miss, are you alright?"
Mu Tianxiang raised her head, and saw the two of them looking at her with worried faces, and immediately clapped her hands and planned to get up.
Seeing this, Pei Zongze immediately stretched out his hand to help her, and didn't miss the coldness in the eyes of the young man next to him when he put his hand on Mu Tianxiang's arm, and waited until Mu Tianxiang was helped up, then he turned around and hugged his fist at Jing Xuan and said: "Today's matter, thank you for this official's help! Please forgive Pei for his courage, I don't know what this official is called?"
Jing Xuan glanced at Pei Zongze, thinking that he didn't think about the difference between men and women just now, and stretched out his hand to support Mu Tianxiang, he suddenly didn't have a good impression of him, and when he heard his question, he was also stingy to answer, and turned around with his eyes down and greeted those officers and soldiers: "It's okay here, and it has nothing to do with us later, let's withdraw." ”
After speaking, he waited for a group of officers and soldiers to line up, and as soon as he waved, he let them leave first.
When he turned around, his eyes were only on Mu Tianxiang: "Let's go to the government office to send the case in a while, this fire is strange, I'm afraid someone did it on purpose, I will ask the people from the government to investigate this matter thoroughly, and leave first!"
"There are three ...... Childe!" Mu Tianxiang blessed the gift, smiled gratefully at Jing Xuan, and then nodded, beckoning Pei Zongze and Jiang Bo to send Jing Xuan out of the courtyard together.
When the three of them returned to the backyard, Mu Tianxiang was looking at the mess in front of him and sighing, and Pei Zongze behind him whispered: "Why did His Royal Highness the Third Prince appear here?"
Mu Tianxiang was stunned for a moment, glanced back at Pei Zongze, and said suspiciously: "Brother Pei knows the third prince?"
Pei Zongze shook his head and returned: "I only learned from those officers and soldiers who called him that." ”
Mu Tianxiang glanced at Pei Zongze, glanced at Jiang Bo, and knew that he was not lying, so he sighed leisurely: "It's not unusual for him to come here, you must know that we are going to make that incense now, probably because the saint is afraid that people will make trouble with the festival, so he specially asked the third prince to protect it."
Mu Tianxiang guessed like this, and unexpectedly thought of Jing Xuan's familiar face, and his thoughts were a little trance.
"By the way, what about this loss?" Mu Tianxiang suddenly asked.
"Only those glass bottles, and some discarded spices and incense utensils are destroyed, and the rest is fine, but I'm afraid the shop won't be able to open in the morning.
Glancing at the tired crowd, Pei Zongze spoke.
"Then let's close for a day, so that everyone can rest and recuperate. Mu Tianxiang commanded.
Looking at the burnt courtyard, there was a rich aroma wafting in the air, which was emitted by those discarded spices after burning, enveloping the entire courtyard. Mu Tianxiang thought to herself, I'm afraid that this fragrance will be difficult to eliminate in Licheng for a while.
"It's just this fire ......" Pei Zongze lowered his head and thought for a moment, thinking of Fang Cai Jingxuan's words, he immediately asked: "Do you really want to report to the official, if the burning is so good, I'm afraid there will be no evidence left." ”
This is the most difficult, if there is no evidence, I am afraid that even if the official is sued, the person who committed the murder behind the scenes will not have much chance of finding it.
Mu Tianxiang said, "Report it." ”
After speaking, she lowered her eyes, unsettled, but still reminded her: "Brother Pei, have you forgotten the spices I asked you to buy yesterday?"
Pei Zongze was stunned for a moment, remembering that during the day, Mu Tianxiang had instructed him to wait until those incense utensils were transported out and burned some in the secret room of that room
nodded, although he doubted what the incense was for, but when he saw Mu Tianxiang's expression, he was still relieved.
And Mu Tianxiang is thinking about those incense, if there is no accident, those incense may have played a role at this time. As for what it would, she thought she would find out soon.
When everything was almost taken care of, the night faded, and a new day began in the dawn of dawn.
The door of Mu's Xiangfang is closed today, and a sign saying that it is closed for a day is hung at the door, attracting some passers-by to watch outside the door, stop and look at it from afar, and talk about it.
The fire at night was too eye-catching, although it was past midnight, but there were still some people who saw the tragic scene of the fire from their own yards, and now although it is rare, it is still a little embarrassing in the end.
Outsiders don't know the situation in the backyard, but when they think of the fire, they inevitably show a little sympathy in their hearts.
You must know that this Mufu, since the courtyard of the house caught fire for more than ten days, and the big boss of Mufu died, and now the shop is on fire, and the current situation of Mufu really doesn't know how long it can last.
Thinking of the girl who lost her mother, everyone's eyes felt a little more sympathy and pity for this Mu Mansion.
At this time, Mu Tianxiang, who was still standing upright in the backyard, didn't know how outsiders looked at her, and the thought of delaying the incense sacrifice because of this accident immediately made her feel heartbroken, but when she unexpectedly smelled a strange aroma in the yard, her heart was temporarily calm.
"Brother Pei, I want to go outside and take a look, and I'll leave it to you here. Mu Tianxiang sighed and turned to Pei Zongze.
"What are you going to do outside, I think you should just let Uncle Jiang send you back to the house, I've been busy all night, I'm afraid your body can't bear it, hurry back and rest for a while, you still have plans for this incense sacrifice when you go back, you really shouldn't be running around." Pei Zongze frowned and persuaded, seeing Mu Tianxiang's pale and bloodless face, he was very worried.
"Brother Pei, who is not in the way, I'll go to the street to take a look, at this time, there should be a lot of people watching the excitement, if I guess correctly, the person who set the fire must also be in the crowd, I want to go over and confirm." Mu Tianxiang lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying to him: "I think those incense should play a role, as long as those suspected people are found, this arson will probably be able to come to light." (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you for the sachet that knows the summer rain overnight!