Chapter 71: The Father-Daughter Debate
"Your grandfather has always said that the Anning Palace and the crown prince's family are not worth looking forward to, Jun'er, you have also seen Zhao Mingting at this time to arrest a suspect who doesn't know what his identity is, but you have the slightest scruple about how serious the consequences will be if the fire gets out of control?"
Wang Wenqian stood with his hands in his hands, no matter how chaotic the scene in front of him was, he didn't have the slightest worry, and even calmly commented on the things in front of him.
"The beggar who seems to be sick is not simple, and his father can't even see the flaws, but this son does not hesitate to set fire to create chaos in order to escape Zhao Mingting's pursuit, and he is also a ruthless person. Jun'er, if you encounter this person in the future, stay away. ”
Wang Jun looked at the chaotic rouge shop opposite the crowd with concern.
At this time, a large group of women rushed out of the rouge shop, stirring up the crowd on the street more and more chaotic, she and her father under the protection of the two guards, can only stick to the root of the wall on this side and stand, seeing the faint light of the fire in the rouge shop, she frowned, can't help but worry that the fire is out of control, causing greater chaos, but she and her father have nothing to do.
Fortunately, there were a large number of patrols and guards from the Linjiang Marquis Mansion on the left and right to maintain order, and at this time, they reacted quickly, cleared the scene in front of the rouge shop, and evacuated the crowd.
Under the command of Chai Jian, more than a dozen soldiers rushed directly into the fire scene where the fire was not very large, extinguished the burning things, and did not let the entire wooden building burn.
"Daddy, do you think that woman is a little suspicious, is she setting fire to create chaos and cover others to escape? The beggar walked into the shop and didn't appear, he should have fled from the other side before Zhao Mingting and the others rushed in, and the fire should not have been set by him himself. At this time, Wang Jun pointed to Chun Shisanniang, who was still standing in front of the rouge shop with half of the burnt skirt but still standing in front of the rouge shop, and asked his father Wang Wenqian.
"Did he do it himself, what difference can it be, aren't they in the same group?" Seeing that Jun'er broke with him, Wang Wenqian also smiled dumbly, but his attention still fell on Chun Shisanniang.
The female dependents who can enter the shop of Ningxianglou are either expensive or rich, and rush out of the shop in the chaos, but almost all of them have slaves and maids by their side, and then they leave one after another in embarrassment, the woman's dress in front of her was burned, not to mention the panic of ordinary women, not to mention the companionship of the maidservant, and she stood next to the shop and visited with concern, Wang Wenqian couldn't see the problem, it was really blind.
It's just that Chun Shisanniang was also a little embarrassed at this time, her skirt was burned, her black hair was also burned off by the fire, and although her peach-like face was not ruined, it was also white and black mixed with sweat and ashes, and no one could recognize her.
Wang Wenqian hesitated whether to assign someone to keep an eye on the woman's movements.
"Jun'er doesn't think they're necessarily a gang,"
Wang Jun saw that the fire had been controlled and there were no casualties, so she got up and quarreled with her father again, and said,
"That beggar is so disguised, even Daddy, you don't see the flaw, and the whereabouts of the two people at the entrance of the shop are too traces, how can they be in a gang? However, regardless of the exposure of his identity, the beggar also wanted to prevent the person in the shop from exposing his whereabouts in front of his father and Lord Zhao, and it was certain that he was deeply implicated. And this woman and the person who did not show up in the shop must also be together, so she set fire to create chaos, it may be a reminder from the beggar, it may be the order of the person who did not show up in the shop, and of course, it may be that she did her own thing - how does Jun'er think that Daddy's words are only one-third of the way true. ”
"You girl, this little mouth is not forgiving, and if you marry in the future, you don't know how annoying it is!" Wang Wenqian teased.
"That little beggar ran away with Jun'er's snacks in her arms, but she didn't know that these snacks were mixed with special spices by Jun'er - Daddy, do you want to release Xiaoka and chase his whereabouts?" Wang Jun asked.
"How many men do we have in the city, what are we going to do to mess with this right and wrong? It's better to let Zhao Mingting and them have a headache, so that they don't always stare at Chuzhou," Wang Fangqian shook his head and said, thinking about it for a while, he also decided to give up sending someone to track the woman's whereabouts, and didn't want to go into the capital on behalf of Chuzhou this time to send a big wedding gift to the third prince, so as not to be bitten back by unknown forces, and said, "Let's see if it is possible for that beggar to escape Zhao Mingting's pursuit here!" ”
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Maybe it's because the idlers and others are running out to see the excitement of greeting relatives, and the backyard of the rouge shop is empty, but the people living on both sides of Fengxiang Street are either high-end shops like Ningxianglou, or residents who are either rich or expensive, and the courtyard walls are built high and steep.
However, the backyard door not only dropped the deadbolt, but also the lock.
Yao Xishui looked at the high and steep courtyard wall, hesitating whether to find something to climb high, or to directly twist the iron lock more quickly, but saw Han Qian take out an iron claw with a black thin cord from his arms, throw it upward, and the next moment he was holding it on the head of the courtyard wall.
Yao Xishui wanted to use this art to climb to the heights, so he ran over and wanted to climb the wall with Han Qian and jump into the back alley to escape, but saw Han Qian pull down a piece of eaves with force.
"What are you crazy about?" Yao Xishui asked with a suppressed voice.
At this time, she had already heard Zhao Mingting leading people to rush into the rouge shop, once she was surrounded in the backyard, she didn't know how many spies from the Privy Council would rush in to round her and Han Qian, I don't know what Han Qian would do if he didn't flee into the back alley immediately.
Han Qian glanced at Yao Xishui, and didn't have time to explain too much.
Because they didn't know what spies were hiding in the crowd, they jumped into the back alleys and fled, and there was a high chance that their whereabouts would be exposed.
Now it's not a question of whether you can escape or not, but Yao Xishui's identity can't be exposed.
Otherwise, even if they didn't escape into the Linjiang Marquis Mansion and walked out directly, and they didn't commit any crimes, could Zhao Mingting still detain them directly?
Forging traces of the two of them climbing on the courtyard wall of the back alley, Han Qian walked to the right courtyard wall and squatted down, signaling Yao Xishui to jump up from him.
At this time, Yao Xishui knew that Han Qian had just set up a suspicious array to divert the attention of the pursuers, she looked at the height of the courtyard wall on the side, and ran quickly towards Han Qian, while she stepped on Han Qian's shoulder, Han Qian also stood up just right, and jumped on the courtyard wall with the help of strength.
Next, Yao Xishui lay on the courtyard wall, saw Han Qian running over, grabbed his hand, and pulled him up to the courtyard wall, but unfortunately, there was a black dog in the courtyard next door, and when he saw Yao Xishui and Han Qian about to jump down from the courtyard wall, he barked with his tail between his legs and pounced and bited.
Yao Xishui squatted on the wall and looked at the vicious dog, her scalp was numb, and a sharp short blade stretched out from her sleeve, wanting to kill this vicious dog that might expose her and Han Qian's whereabouts.
Han Qian pulled Yao Xishui, asked her to put away her Hidden Blade, took out a piece of grease bacon from his arms and threw it at the black dog's open bloody mouth.
While the black dog was bowing his head and chewing the meat, Han Qian quickly slid down the courtyard wall, grabbed the black dog's mouth from behind, signaled Yao Xi to go down and open the backyard door of this courtyard, and then kicked the black dog with grease and bacon in his mouth out of the yard.
"Why don't you kill this dog?" Yao Xishui asked, she heard the black dog barking frantically in the back alley while picking the door with its paws, she didn't know what Han Qian wanted to do, the pursuers were led into the back alley, and when she saw the evil dog picking the door, didn't she guess that they were hiding here?
Seeing that Han Qian ignored her, Yao Xishui angrily grabbed a handful of plaster and wiped his face, then held the hidden blade in his hand and stood against the backyard door, thinking that it might be more convenient to wait for the spies of the Ministry of Affairs to kick the door and break in, kill one or two people first and then escape.
Seeing that Yao Xishui finally knew that her appearance of a woman dressed as a man was even more noticeable, Han Qian glanced at her with disdain, ignoring the black dog barking in the back alley, standing against the courtyard wall, and the next moment he heard someone chasing into the backyard of the rouge shop next door.
Whether it was the gap in the wall that was picked up by the bronze teeth and claws, or the barking of the dog in the back alley, it all made the pursuers think that the suspect had flown into the back alley, and then Han Qian and Yao Xishui heard the pursuers hurrying and turned into the back alley from the next yard.
The black dog was obviously attracted by the person who climbed over the wall for the first time, and was about to pounce on it when it barked, and then Han Qian and Yao Xishui heard a whimper, no need to ask, the black dog must have been put to the ground by the pursuers and died completely, and then there was not even the sound of the hooves struggling.
Then I heard the pursuers chasing after the alley on the right without hesitation.
At this time, Yao Xishui figured it out, why was the pursuer so misled so thoroughly?
Before the pursuers climbed over the wall, they didn't realize that it was because the suspect was hiding in the courtyard on the right that the black dog barked; When the pursuers climbed over the wall, they saw the black dog biting from the right, and they would naturally assume that the suspect had fled to the alley on the right, and the black dog would not be able to chase people to the right, so they would be attracted back.
Although the pursuers were diverted, there was no guarantee that they would notice the anomaly at any time and return.
The situation was tense, and Yao Xishui's heart was also pounding, and he hesitated whether to suggest that Han Qian change places to hide.
Han Qian saw that there was no one in the front yard of this house, so he gestured to Yao Xishui, tiptoed into the house, and rummaged through two sets of clothes.
Han Qian changed his beggar's clothes, and Yao Xishui also changed back into women's clothes, but they didn't immediately walk into the chaotic Fengxiang Street, and opened a gap in the small wooden window of the second-floor attic to look at the situation outside, but saw that Wang Wenqian's father and daughter hadn't left yet, and were still standing across the street to look at this side.
"Well, let's rest here for a while, I hope this family doesn't come back too soon."
Han Qian squatted in front of the window, even if they changed their clothes, it was impossible for them to hide from the eyes of Wang Wenqian's father and daughter when they walked out directly.
Wang Wenqian is the person who believes in Wang Yang Yuanyan, and he is also the first object of defense for Anning Palace and the crown prince at this time, but Wang Wenqian is most likely unwilling to see a force like the Late Red Mansion that is very deep and of unknown origin intervene in the matter of the Great Chu Succession, right?
The history of the existence of the Late Red Mansion is slightly longer than that of the Liang and Jin countries, which were only established for twelve or thirteen years, and it is unlikely that the two enemy countries of Liang and Jin sent a secret room, but it is precisely this that makes it more suspicious.
Taking advantage of Wang Wenqian's inattention, Han Qian left an imprint outside the window that could be identified by Fan Dahei, so he closed the window tightly, and hid in the corner of the attic with Yao Xishui, waiting for Fan Dahei and Zhao Wuji to rush over after receiving the report to see the imprint he left.
Of course, he also prayed that Fan Dahei and Zhao Wuji were smart enough to go to Chai Jian or Li Zhihe to discuss after seeing the imprints, instead of rushing over to pick them up and get them out of trouble.
Otherwise, even if Yao Xishui's identity can be covered up this time, he is exposed in front of Wang Wenqian's old fox, which is not a good thing.
Not to mention that at the same time, it is possible to be targeted by Zhao Mingting's poisonous snake at this juncture......