The firewood house is located in a small courtyard in the north corner of Gaofu, with a total of three low houses, although there was just a spring rain a few days ago, but the house was full of grass piles, and the fire quickly ignited.

The subordinates of the Gao Mansion were startled by the firelight, and the thinly clothed ones picked up the guys who had to be used at hand and rushed to put out the fire. For a while, the voices of people were boiling, and the screams and shouts were repeated, which shook the hearts of all the masters of the Gao Mansion.

The stacks of firewood in the room turned into fiery dragons, and they ran upward, and soon they became a sea of fire. By the time Mr. and Mrs. Gao arrived, the fire had been extinguished, one of the three houses had been burned, and the smoke was so thick that people coughed.

Gao Cheng looked at the devastated and miserable scene, and couldn't help frowning: "Where is that maid locked up?" ”

Zhengyang helped the Xia family, and sighed softly with unbearable face: "Back to the master, the burning room is the place where the maid was imprisoned." ”

"Smack!" A bang.

Everyone looked back, but saw the eldest young master dressed in a single coat, standing at the gate of the courtyard, the food box in his hand fell to the ground, gushing out black, especially steaming soup.

……

In the middle of the night, the Pingwu courtyard was quiet and desolate.

The tall iris stood in front of a few green bamboos in the courtyard, his face solemn.

The courtyard gate creaked open half of the crack, and a familiar figure came in, hurried to the side of Gao Iris, and choked in a low voice: "Miss, it's the firewood room in Lin Xiguan, and it's all burned to the skeleton."

"What about people, is there anything wrong with people?" High iris grabbed crape myrtle's hand.

Ziwei's heart moved, and she cried: "She was beaten like that, how can she escape!" I heard that they were all burnt. ”

"What!"

The handkerchief in his hand quietly fell to the ground. Gao Iris's body shook slightly, and his face was shocked.

"How can this be, the firewood room is not a doorkeeper, how can it catch fire?"

Ziwei wiped away her tears and said, "I can't inquire, the master is asking in front." But ......"

"But what?"

Ziwei was slightly stunned, and said gloomily: "Someone saw the orange running out of that courtyard in a panic!" ”

The high iris suddenly felt that his soul was scattered.

……

In the side hall of the house in the high mansion, the lights are bright.

Gao Zecheng, Gao Zizhan and his son, Mrs. Xia and a cadre of the housekeepers are all here.

Gao Zecheng looked at the Ma Pozi on the ground with a hesitant expression, and slapped his hand on the table. Said angrily: "One fifteen ten." If one sentence is false, kill it! ”

Ma Pozi was so frightened that her face was pale, and she hurriedly kowtowed: "Back to the master, the old slave said." The old slaves all said. ”

"I'll ask you. How can a good firewood house catch fire? ”

Ma Pozi was terrified and said, "Master." The old slave didn't know either. Tonight, the old slave was looking at the door, and the eldest young master came. He gave the old slave two taels of silver and a pot of wine, and said that he would go in and see the people. The eldest young master went in less than half a cup of tea and left. Old Slave ...... The old slave took the wine in his hand, and his heart was a little greedy, so he took a few sips. ”

There is an unwritten rule in Gaofu that most of the mothers-in-law who keep vigil will drink a few sips of wine to warm up their bodies at night in order to ward off the cold. Gao Zecheng heard Ma Pozi say this, there was not much surprise in his eyes, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "What happened later!" ”

Ma Pozi's cloudy eyes looked at the old man in fear, and squeaked: "How do you know...... The wine tasted quite good, and the old slave didn't hold back, so he drank a few more sips, and some couldn't help being sleepy, so he sat in the corner and fell asleep. When the old slave woke up from the screams, the fire had already reached more than one person, and the old slave saw it...... I saw the orange girl running out of the house. ”

Gao Zecheng's gaze fell faintly on the orange, and his face was cold and handsome.

"Say, in the middle of the night, why do you want to go to the firewood room!"

Orange sat down on the ground in despair, his eyes straightened, as if he had never heard the question of the person in the seat.

Seeing this, Mother Liu gritted her teeth and slapped her face twice, scolding: "Dead little hoof, the old man asked, don't tell the truth quickly!" ”

"Wow!" With a sound, Orange was shocked and frightened, and cried bitterly: "Master, I am good friends with her on weekdays, she fights like that, I am afraid that she has three long and two short, and I want to send her some medicine at night, who knows...... As soon as I walked to the courtyard gate, I saw a fire in the house, I thought that she was still inside, and I was trying to save her, but the fire was too strong, and I was so scared that I ran out and shouted! ”

Mother Liu saw that her daughter couldn't speak clearly, so she knelt down and said, "Master, it was the slave maid who asked her to take a look at the maid when there was no one at night!" ”

"Oh?" Gao Zecheng raised his eyebrows.

"Master, this maid was originally bought into the house by the first lady, and after entering the house, she has been rough in front of the slave maid, and then she first entered the third lady's courtyard to wait, and was favored by the wife, and was appointed to wait for the young master. After the young master left the house, the old man saw that she was stable and credible, so he sent her to the second young master's courtyard. After the maid was beaten, the slave remembered the past feelings, so she asked her daughter to send her some food at night, so as to save her life. ”

Mother Liu was not in a hurry or impatient, and even explained the origin of this maid clearly, and pulled on Mrs. Cui, who was in the lead, Gao Zecheng listened, and looked at Mother Liu's mother and daughter's eyes, which were a little less sharp.

"Chen Ping, Chen He, the two of you check the scene, can you get anything?"

Chen Ping, Chen and the two took two steps forward, and after glancing at each other, Chen Ping said: "Back to the master, there is nothing different." ”

"Why did only one of the three firewood houses catch fire?" Xia said lightly.

"Mrs. Hui, the firewood room itself is very prone to fire, if the maid has a fire fold or something on her body, it is not good to be careless...... It's also possible! Chen Ping hesitated for a moment before speaking.

Xia Yinrou looked at the man beside her with a slightly suspicious gaze.

The latter is coming to her.

Gao Zecheng retracted his gaze, was silent for a long time, and his gaze fell on the eldest son with a blank face, and said with a straight face: "Send people to guard around, and report to the official tomorrow morning, if the government investigates everything wrong...... Madam! ”

"What does the lord command?" Xia's gaze was in a trance for a moment. For some reason, as soon as she heard that something had happened to this girl, she felt a burning pain in her heart, and the pain was unstoppable, but she didn't understand where the pain came from.

Gao Zecheng only thought that she was frightened, and said softly: "Someone has an accident in our house." I reined in and gave some money to the maid ......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Gao Bo, the head of the Gao Mansion, hurriedly come in, and whispered a few words in Gao Zecheng's ear.

Gao Zecheng suddenly changed color and stood up.

Xia was the closest, and the corners of his eyes were clear, and his heart couldn't help but chuckle.

……

Gao Zecheng strode to the gate of Hanmo Courtyard and paused.

A person who looked like a person in charge bowed forward and whispered, "Xiangye, I'm back!" ”

Gao Zecheng glanced at Gao Hua deeply. There was anger in his eyebrows.

The steward Gao Hua shrank his head in fright. Busy said: "Master, the little one was ordered to go to Linjia Village to inquire about the matter and found the maid's home." Who knows, there are also people all the way who are also inquiring about this family. The small one is alone. There were about a dozen people on the other side. I had to ......"

"Bastard!"

Gao Zecheng was furious. Awe-inspiring said: "I can't even do this little thing, what use do I want you?" ”

Gao Hua's legs were weak, and he fell to the ground on his knees. exclaimed: "Master spare his life!" ”

Gao Zecheng shouted: "Come with me!" ”

……

"Little Xu Gang, meet Xiangye!" The middle-aged man in gray stepped forward and saluted.

Gao Zecheng skimmed the tea powder a few times with the tea lid, and said lightly: "Who is coming?" Seeking to see the true face in the middle of the night, what is the matter? ”

Xu Gang took two steps forward and took out a waist card from his arms.

Praetorian Guards! Gao Zecheng saw the words on the waist card clearly, and his heart was shocked, and he looked at the people with a hint of deep research.

Xu Gang respectfully said: "Xiang Ye forgives his sins and came late at night, just to ask Xiang Ye about someone!" ”

"Who?"

"Prime Minister's Maid Linxi!"

Gao Zecheng was shocked.

……

In a room on the second floor of the Drunken Immortal Residence, Qi Jin sat on a chair with an earthy face, his face was frightened.

Lu Tent and the others looked at each other, not knowing what happened after he went out, and when he came back, he looked like he was lost and depressed.

Lu Tent poured a cup of tea, handed it to him, and said tentatively: "What's wrong, is it that the shopkeeper Nan is in it and has been bullied!" ”

Qi Jin took the teacup, and with a little force in his hand, the white porcelain teacup shattered in response.

"Qi Ye, you said something, what happened?" Gangzi was in a hurry.

"Qi Ye, is it that the shopkeeper Nan has been tortured!" Qiangzi said with a white face.

"Lao Qi, you have something to say, you are in a hurry to die!"

Qi Jin raised his head, his eyes red.

Today is the second day, and because of the arrest of the shopkeeper Nan, he went to the Prime Minister's Mansion half an hour later than usual.

As soon as he entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, he felt that something was wrong. At this time in the past, the Prime Minister's Mansion had long been silent. Today, several courtyards are still lit up, and one courtyard is even brighter.

Qi Jin didn't think about it, and went to the familiar courtyard first, but the house was empty. Qi Jin hid in the tree and pondered, could it be that she changed shifts with someone today and spent the night in the master's room?

After waiting for a moment, he was about to turn away, when a crisp female voice almost startled him and fell from the tree.

Seeing that Qi Jin was speechless, Lu Bu was so anxious that his face turned pale, grabbed his chest, and said angrily: "You fuck, you said!" ”

Tears flashed in Qi Jin's eyes, and it took a while for a while to force out an earth-shattering sentence from his throat.

"Miss Xiaoxi, something happened!"

……

All the people in the side hall dispersed, leaving Gao Zizhan alone to sit silent, and time seemed to stand still on him.

Ruyu stepped forward quietly and said softly: "Young Master, it's not too early, let's go back?" ”

Gao Zizhan glanced at her lightly, lifted his robe and turned away without saying a word.

As far as the eye could see, there was a ruined ruin, and the beautiful face was twisted and painful in the red of the sky, and screamed, but the heaven and the earth seemed to stand still, allowing the red to swallow the starlight and turn into ashes.

Gao Zizhan is in unstoppable pain!

If...... If he hadn't gone away......

Ruyu quietly clung to the eldest young master's body, and said with fear in her eyes: "Young master, this ghost place is gloomy, and someone has just died, I'm afraid it's not clean, let's go back?" lest it get dirty. ”

Gao Zizhan was stunned.

Ruyu's expression moved slightly, the anger in her eyes flashed, and she was about to speak, but she heard the sound of footsteps not far away. (To be continued......) R1292