Chapter 31: Arson
The monstrous fire naturally attracted the eldest lady who had fallen asleep and Qin Wei, the head of the Qin family, and at this moment, Jiang Xiaoyu had already been isolated from the people and guards who had rushed to fight the fire, looking at the fire innocently like a frightened deer.
"Xiaoyu, are you okay?" The eldest lady hurried over, her eyes were worried, if people who didn't know about it were afraid that they would think that the two were biological mother and daughter!
"The eldest lady is worried, Xiaoyu is fine!" Jiang Xiaoyu lowered his eyes and said softly, looking frightened.
"What the hell is going on?" Qin Wei also came in a hurry, his face was a little embarrassed, after all, such a thing happened in his mansion, and it would be difficult for anyone to explain it to anyone!
"I didn't want to sleep tonight, so I took my subordinates to walk around the house, where I knew that as soon as I came back, I saw that the yard was on fire, and I am also very puzzled now, I don't know if this fire is accidentally caused by someone or someone deliberately!" Jiang Xiaoyu said lightly, the last four words were spoken very slowly, and he glanced at Qin Wei.
"Deliberately?" Qin Wei's face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice, "Why did the eldest lady say this?" Could it be that the eldest lady suspects that my Qin Mansion is not good for you? ”
At this time, the subordinates of the Qin Mansion came to report: "Master, the fire has been extinguished, but four male corpses were found in the house, and they have been identified ......."
"Male corpse?" Jiang Xiaoyu said in surprise, "All my people are here, who are those male corpses in there?" Are they the ones who deliberately set the fire? It's just that God has eyes, but they accidentally burned themselves? Lord Qin, if it weren't for my luck tonight, I'm afraid that the corpse lying inside would be me! Someone in your Qin family wants to burn me, won't you give me an explanation? ”
The man explained with a somewhat embarrassed face: "The little ones have identified, but these people are not ...... The people of the Qin Mansion! ”
Jiang Xiaoyu's eyebrows rose slightly, and he smiled and said, "Then it's even more strange, why did the Qin Mansion mix in with the people outside, and they happened to appear in the courtyard where I lived, and they were burned to death?" How did so many people enter the Qin Mansion? ”
"The eldest lady is frightened tonight, the eldest lady just rest assured, I will definitely investigate this matter clearly and give the eldest lady an explanation!" Qin Wei said in a deep voice, "Pass it on, lock up all the people on duty tonight and torture them severely, you must find out what happened!" ”
"Yes!"
As soon as the words fell, I saw the Qin family's nursing courtyard come to say goodbye: "Master, we caught a strange man, sneaky, and his subordinates guessed that it should be related to this fire!" ”
The eldest lady glanced at Jiang Xiaoyu coldly, and said with a smile: "God really has eyes, I finally found a witness, hurry up and interrogate carefully, find out the reason for the matter, and give justice to the eldest lady, otherwise if something like this happens, our Qin family really can't say it clearly!" ”
"Yes!"
The sky was white, Jiang Xiaoyu looked at the black smoke rising in the faint morning light, yawned, and said a little tiredly: "It's really a thrilling night!" Fortunately, except for the thief, no one else was injured, which is really a blessing in misfortune! ”
"Of course!" The eldest lady immediately arranged another room for Jiang Xiaoyu to rest, and instructed her subordinates to serve well.
Jiang Xiaoyu was taken to the new courtyard by the subordinates to rest temporarily, and after tossing all night, she was really tired, and when she was about to squint for a while, the eldest lady ordered someone to send ginseng soup to suppress her shock.
"Thank you, the eldest lady really has a heart!" Jiang Xiaoyu smiled slightly, picked up the ginseng soup and drank it all under the gaze of the subordinates.
After sending all the maids down, Jiang Xiaoyu went to the window, spit out all the ginseng soup he had just drunk into the potted plant in the window, wiped his mouth calmly, and his eyes were filled with coldness. Taking advantage of the chaos of today's situation, do you try to poison yourself? Do you plan to use the poison you used on my mother ten years ago to use it on me today?
If she was only suspicious that her mother's death was related to the eldest lady, now it seems that she should also be the mastermind behind it. The Qin family started with the medicinal herb business, although it is no longer in business now, but it still maintains some subtle ties with the medicinal herb merchants in Miaojiang, and it is not difficult to obtain some rare medicinal materials from their hands, if it wasn't for the fact that the master examined the body of her mother after her burial, I am afraid that no one will ever know that her mother was highly poisoned before she hanged herself!
She rolled her eyes, the eldest lady gave me such a unique gift today, what should I use in return?
When she returned to the bed, she didn't feel sleepy, she pressed her temples with her eyes closed, and sorted out all the things that happened tonight, she suddenly opened her eyes, and there was a figure standing in front of her, against the light, although she couldn't see clearly, but the familiar feeling still made her let down her vigilance, frowning slightly: "Why are you here?" ”
"I heard that the Qin family is on fire, and you happen to be in the Qin family, I don't worry about coming to take a look, and I am relieved to see that you are fine!" Zhao Ling said lightly, but his eyes stared deeply at Jiang Xiaoyu, obviously a thin little girl who was not amazing, but she had some special bones, he always remembered her when she was a child, that cute little girl who always called him "Brother Ling".
"Really? You're well informed! Jiang Xiaoyu smiled faintly, a little tired.
Zhao Ling sat down beside Jiang Xiaoyu with a big grin, grabbed her hands, and looked her left and right.
Jiang Xiaoyu frowned and struggled for a moment, and said in a low voice, "What are you doing here?" Don't let it go yet! ”
"Even if you are injured, you will not tell me, you must be carefully examined before you can rest assured!" Zhao Ling said seriously, "What do you think about last night's incident?" ”
"Views? What else can you think? The left and right are just some old grievances, pulling and pulling these years, every time it ends! Jiang Xiaoyu moved his position a little away from Zhao Ling before continuing, "You can rest assured, I don't have anything to do, because I knew about this matter a few days ago, and today is just a plan!" ”
Zhao Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing some appreciation, and the corners of his mouth smiled: "She is worthy of my Zhao Ling's woman!" His expression then deepened a little, looking at Jiang Xiaoyu's eyes, the corners of his mouth squirmed, as if he had something to say, but in the end, he still turned into a sigh and said softly: "Won't you believe me anymore?" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu raised his eyebrows and asked strangely, "Why did the prince say this?" ”
"You used to always call me Brother Ling!" Zhao Ling smiled self-deprecatingly, "Don't talk about it, I just want to come to see you on this trip, and I can only rest assured when I see that you are safe!" ”
"Since you are so well-informed, you should know what I am doing to deal with those people, don't you even ask? Don't you think I'm a vicious woman? Jiang Xiaoyu curled his fingers in his hair and asked lightly.
"You have your own means and your own secrets, if you are willing to tell me, I will be willing to listen, if I don't want to talk to me, I will not ask more, as for your methods...... As long as you can protect yourself, I will be more at ease! Zhao Ling said softly, he stretched out his hand to put on Jiang Xiaoyu's eyes, and said in her ear, "It's been a night's toss, take a rest, you can sleep for a while, I look at you, I'll leave when you're asleep!" ”
"How can I sleep when you're here!" Jiang Xiaoyu glared at Zhao Ling and said angrily, "If you don't have anything else, let's go!" ”
Zhao Ling simply lay down on the bed and said with a smile: "You have to adapt as soon as possible, after we get married, you have to sleep in my eyes every night!" ”
He grabbed Jiang Xiaoyu's arm, pulled her down, wrapped her in his arms, put her head on his chest, patted her back to soothe her struggling appearance, looked at the hollow top of the bed and said, "Sleep!" No matter what people say about you, I always feel like I know you, and I know what kind of person you are! I've always wanted to apologize to you......"
"Don't say I'm sleepy!" Jiang Xiaoyu interrupted Zhao Ling's words, maybe she was really sleepy, maybe even after so many years, he still made her feel very secure in his arms, and she really fell asleep, with that kind of sour mood.
Listening to her gentle breathing, the corners of Zhao Ling's mouth hooked slightly: "Dulicitous stupid girl, I will protect you, I will not let people hurt you anymore, I will definitely find a way to remove the poison from your body, no matter what, I will find a way to compensate you for the gap in the past ten years!" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu didn't sleep very well, she always had ups and downs in a dream and couldn't get out, she was a familiar dream, with her mother's voice and Brother Ling's laughter, but no matter how she ran, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't find them, she kept running, but she could only hear their voices......
"Miss......"
Jiang Xiaoyu woke up, opened her eyes, Mama Qian stood in front of the bed and called herself, the sun was already high outside, and there was no more Zhao Ling around, she propped herself up, rubbed her drowsy head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"The house also heard about what happened here, and the old lady sent someone to say that the young lady was frightened, and if there is anything uncomfortable in the body, you can go home to recuperate, after all, the doctor in the family knows the young lady's condition best!" Mama Qian said.
"Grandmother bothered!" Jiang Xiaoyu smiled shallowly, it seems that the old lady is also afraid that she will really be killed in the Qin family, so she hurriedly asked someone to pick her up, "It's just that last night's matter hasn't come to light yet, and I always have a lump in my heart when I go back now!" It's not too early at this time, I don't know if the people of the Qin Mansion asked something from the thief caught last night! Well, I'll see for myself that they've gotten there! ”