Mrs. Wen went home, and under a lonely lamp sat the lonely Lord Wen. Seeing the lady come back: "How?" The eyebrows were anxious. Mrs. Wen took off the blue cloth towel on her head: "I gave him something, and asked him what the young lady has been doing recently, but he refused to say," Mrs. Wen was lost: "Of course people refuse to say." ”

"That's it, Gongzi Chu said two words to me for no reason, if I go to the Criminal Department again today, they will be much better to me." Master Wen was in a cold eye, and there was only grief and indignation in his heart; A little warmth, it's a person's normal thoughts, and a lot comes back. In front of him, Master Wen can be satisfied for the time being: "It's okay if someone can listen to me, and besides, this case seems to be retried, and the two filthy officials who didn't have a lock are also locked into Beijing today." ”

Mrs. Wen's eyes were red: "Are those two people who bite you back?" ”

"That's them!" Lord Wen gritted his teeth: "There is also today!" Though I waited for sin, I came out. In the shadow of the lamp, this figure with gritted teeth is on the wall, very lonely.

Mrs. Wen said: "It can be seen that there is a blue sky on the head. Master Wen was amused: "Is Mrs. Chu a blue sky?" Mrs. Wen also laughed, there was an old wooden shelf in the corner of this room, and there was a basin of water on it, and there was a little half of the basin of water in it. Mrs. Wen went to wash her hands, and a blue cloth cover was lifted on the kang, and underneath was a pair of unfinished tiger head shoes.

"People still lack this?" Master Wen sighed: "Why don't you stop." Mrs. Wen took the needle by herself, pricked the needle and said: "She has hers, let's ask for someone, we can only do our best if we don't have money." Besides, my craftsmanship is no worse than others. Master Wen didn't force it anymore, and thought about it for a while: "I don't want to be a lady, I understand the truth better than me." ”

Mrs. Wen said with concern: "What's the matter?" Master Wen sighed: "In the past, I didn't wait to see the gift-giver, but now it's my turn, think about the difficulties of others." Mrs. Wen smiled: "Doesn't this mean me." ”

"There is something more clear, Mrs. meets outsiders, but don't say that she is looking for the Chu family, I am not afraid of clinging now, I am afraid that the Chu family will not agree, and it is not good to let outsiders know how to speculate." Once Master Wen is not sad and angry, he is not a fool.

Mrs. Wen agreed. That night, the rooster crowed and the morning dawned, got up and made breakfast, and went to the official's wife's house to serve. He has some distant relatives with Mrs. Guan, and Mrs. Wen has nothing to give, so she goes to serve as a temporary miscellaneous servant, and then says some good things, and she is grateful.

Outside the door, Sun Erhai was seen leaning on the wheel and napping, and Mrs. Wen knew that Mrs. Chu was inside. Suddenly remembered, he said to Sun Erhai in the past: "There is a house, the owner is in a hurry to make a move, and it is very cheap." Sun Erhai was surprised, his eyes turned without saying a word, and Mrs. Wen hurriedly explained: "You took the young lady to see the mansion, I saw it once." Sun Erhai was relieved: "Wait for me and the young lady to mention it, see if she wants to see it." ”

When I went back, I told Xiao Chu, and Xiao Chu said, "I'll talk about it later." "She doesn't have any money, no matter how cheap it is. There was rain in the evening, and when the rain was beating the spring grass outside, Mrs. Sun sent a note: "The day after tomorrow." Chu Huaixian came in and asked, "Who wrote it?" ”

"Do you know each other?" Xiao Chu pinched the note and showed it to Chu Huaixian, Chu Huaixian said: "The face is familiar, I can't remember whose word it is." Xiao Chu put the note in his sleeve: "I think you are also familiar." ”

Whose word is this, Chu Huaixian didn't ask again all night.

The boatload of herbs was quietly moored in the original river bay. Gong Miao'er was talking to a person on the dock: "What kind of goods is this ship, see if I need it?" The man said, "There is a lord, and it is a herb." The money has already been paid, just wait for tomorrow to move the goods. Gong Miao'er sighed, gossiped a few more words, separated from this person, and ran to a high place to sit on the boat in a daze.

Really want to scuttle the ship? The steward of the village will be water. Really want to set it on fire, pour some oil on it much faster. The afterglow of the evening shone on Gong Miao'er, and he bit a grass root in his mouth, and he was a little confused.

Why do you do this bad thing? for yourself, for revenge; Gong Miao'er sighed deeply, do it or not? When the wind rose, the steward of Zhuang came, with two men who could also water.

"Boss, one of us brought a big bottle of oil, keep it, hehe," the three of them laughed as if they had stolen something: "You watch from the shore, and the storage burns quickly." ”

Gong Miao'er's face was half hidden in the dark, and the half of her face in the moonlight was a little hesitant: "Really do this?" Zhuang steward's elephant has not done anything bad in a hundred years, and today he is not without excitement: "We only go to pour oil, Xiao Wu came up with an idea, launch from the downstream, we don't get on the boat, use a pipe to pour oil into the breathable place of the cabin, and find someone to load the ship tomorrow to see the goods, smoke a dry smoke and light a fire, this ship is accurate." ”

The guys all smiled evilly: "You don't need to burn it all, as long as there is oil to burn for a while, all the herbs in this boat can't be used, that smell, can you still cook medicine?" ”

Committing badness is one of the abilities of these people.

Everyone waited, and there was excitement in the dark. When the time came, the ship was recognized, and the steward of Zhuang took someone to say goodbye to Gong Miao'er: "You can watch it here, it won't look good until tomorrow." Gong Miao'er had a hint of a smile: "I'll wait." ”

The three people in charge of the village quietly went down the high place and went downstream, and without taking a few steps, they suddenly stopped and disappeared into the bushes. Here, the river bank can already be seen, not far from where they went into the water.

A group of several people walked briskly over. The three of them stared wide-eyed, they got into the water, and one of them carried something on his back and swam to the dock to mooring.

Half an hour later, a cluster of sparks suddenly bloomed in the darkness, and Gong Miao'er sat up in surprise, afraid that something would happen to them, and the ship would not be burned at night. He watched as the people on the dock were buzzing, and in the midst of the shouting and scolding, it was not a boat that was on fire.

A row of five or six boats, all set on fire.

Where are the guys? Gong Miao'er is in a hurry, bad people are important, and they are not as important as these guys who depend on him. The place where he sat could see the dock, but there was a lot of way to go, otherwise he would have been suspicious if he sat too close. At this time, Gong Miao'er couldn't wait any longer, he got up with his waist bent, walked a few steps down the trees, and heard someone in the darkness shouting softly: "Shopkeeper." ”

"It's me, you're all there?" Gong Miao'er liked it all of a sudden, and after walking a few more steps, she saw that her three buddies were all intact here, and there were no water stains on their clothes, and on their shoulders, they were carrying a bottle of oil that was much more intact.

Steward Zhuang's face was extremely ugly, he looked at the fire on the dock, and said decisively: "Let's go back and talk." The four of them went back as fast as they could, and the gates were closed, and they had a place outside the city to rest, and they came back together.

Light a small oil lamp, everyone look at me, I look at you, sit silently and look at each other. Gong Miao'er also noticed something wrong, and opened her mouth sourly: "What's the matter?" ”

The oil was still there, but the man did not go into the water, and the fire lit itself.

"It's Lu Shanchang." Steward Zhuang said it with difficulty, and there was a flash of fire in Gong Miao'er's eyes, which was much brighter and more dazzling than the oil lamp on the table.

Lu Shanchang! Gong Miao'er was as cold as ice, and she never met him again except for meeting him on the street during the New Year. "He set the fire?" Gong Miaoer still didn't believe it.

"He set the fire!" Steward Zhuang was categorical, and two other men also testified: "We saw with our own eyes that he ordered it first, not the boat, but the two next to him." ”

Gong Miao'er couldn't believe it, and muttered: 'I have such good luck, Lu Shanchang helped me? I don't believe it! As soon as he shook off the placket of his shirt and tied it to his belt, it would be more convenient to move around, Gong Miao'er frowned, and ruled it out little by little: "On the left is the boat of the silk shop, and on the right is the boat of the porcelain shop, and Lu Shanchang can't get along, what is he doing here?" ”

"There is another person, I also know," Steward Zhuang's period Ai Ai: "It's from Mrs. Jin's mansion," Gong Miao'er laughed: "Your cousin, your cousin who was born with a white face and eats women's food?" ”

Steward Zhuang's face turned red, as if he was ashamed to see someone: "It's him." ”

"I can't stand it, Lu Shanchang hates that I can't die, I hate that he can't go to hell, he knows that I'm going to set fire, so come and help me." Gong Miao'er's head shook like a rattle: "This is impossible, if he knows my mind, he will only ......"

Everyone's eyes lit up: "Planting!" The steward of Zhuang rushed out a step and stopped: "No, going to the dock now, it will only make people suspicious, what should the shopkeeper do?" On that ship, what marks must he have left to make you suspect that you did it? What to do? Steward Zhuang was so anxious that he rubbed his hands.

Gong Miao'er was calm, and her face under the oil lamp was resolute: "This is possible!" He won't fail to inquire about me, knowing that I rely on the Chu family, and then inquire about this herb related to Mrs. Chu, so he will hurt me again with this fire, and burn off our partnership with Mrs. Chu. But there is a problem, if it weren't for Lao Sun, I wouldn't know that this ship has something to do with Mrs. Chu Shao, he? How do you know? ”

"Also, Mrs. Chu got it behind her family's back, and I also inquired with a familiar agent during the day, but I only know Mrs. Sun, and no one has mentioned Mrs. Chu. This fire was to be burned by himself? The steward of Zhuang thought the same thing.

Gong Miao'er showed a sneer on her face: "That's good-looking!" Why did he burn it? "Lu Shanchang has a good temperament, the Lu family originally came from the south, if it wasn't for the Gong family, the Lu family wouldn't have been able to get up.

Several people discussed for half the night, and finally Gong Miao'er said: "Go back to your own house, what should you do?" If there is anything to go to the yamen, I have a word first, and it is my business. ”

Everyone entered the city at dawn and went back to Gong's house to sleep. Soon after they entered the city, several people also scattered into the city. One of them was pale and well-born. He went straight to Mrs. King's house.

"Done?" Mrs. Jin rinsed her mouth under the porch, and when she saw him come in, she asked with a smile. The man bowed his head and said, "Mrs. Hui's words, it burned clean, and the keel of the ship sank into the water." The boats on both sides also burned, even if someone was suspicious, it had nothing to do with the herb boat. They will feel that it is the burning of someone else's boat that has affected that ship. ”

Madame Jin smiled and took out the silver from her sleeve: "Reward you, go and rest." "Turning around and going to the room, I thought about the boat on the left, the silk shop, let people inquire, and there were enemies among the peers. Thinking about the boat on the right, the porcelain shop, the three brothers are unevenly divided this year, and they are jealous of each other.

This boat is really a place to stop, so who knows that it was the herb boat that caused the fire.