Chapter 125: In the Firelight
In the smoke, in the disgusting smell of burning flesh and blood, the door of the library suddenly collapsed.
Su Qiang squinted, because the door collapsed, and the air that suddenly came in made the fire in the room bigger. Li Lang coughed behind her, and she lifted the hem of his clothes to block his mouth and nose.
When I looked up again, I saw a figure shining at the gate.
"Su Qiang!" A voice pierced into her ears through the waves of fire, followed by two figures who threw themselves into the flames.
In the firelight, Li Cong hurried over, his body covered in a waterproof wet cotton cloth, and a knife in his hand.
The knife swept away the debris on the ground, and the man jumped in and put the damp cloth on her.
"To the Third Prince." She quickly pulled out Li Lang, who was hiding behind her, and Li Cong had already covered his head with another wet cloth.
"Why are you there!" He was obviously angry, pulled Li Lang into his arms, and threw him out of the window that had been opened from the outside.
Then he picked up Su Qiang and reluctantly handed her to the window.
Zhang Yinbao, who opened the window outside, reached out and grabbed her arm and pulled her out.
When Li Cong followed out, the library was already engulfed in flames.
The black smoke and flames rising into the sky attracted more and more people to run in, and the courtyard was surrounded by attendants who carried buckets and poured water inside.
In a short time, the scene here alarmed both inside and outside the court.
When the fire was about to be extinguished, he had already appeared in the open space outside the library with the people of the six palaces.
The canopy was towering, Luan was gorgeous, and then his expression was serious, and when he saw Su Qiang, who was being protected by Li Cong, who was wrapping a piece of cloth around his shoulder, his expression was a little embarrassed for a while.
"What's going on here?" She raised her head and snapped.
However, before anyone could answer her question, she heard an exclamation from the crowd, and Lan Guifei ran out from behind her, rushed to Zhang Yinbao beside Su Qiang, and snatched Li Lang from his arms.
"Lang'er!" She looked frightened, wiped the ash stains on Li Lang's face with her sleeve, and cried bitterly.
"The third prince was just a little frightened." Su Qiang pulled away Li Lang's hand that had been dragging her sleeve and comforted Concubine Lan.
Seeing that no one replied, the atmosphere in the venue was suddenly extremely embarrassing. A person immediately walked out of the man's side, he walked calmly, glanced at the library that was almost half burned, and then looked at Su Qiang in the field.
Seeing him come out, everyone gave way and shouted "Your Royal Highness the Regent." ”
Li Zhang's eyes were a little concerned, and he asked, "May I ask how Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess is doing?" ”
You're big.
Su Qiang secretly scolded in her heart, but nodded with a dignified expression.
A voice came out of her.
"Is the regent blind?" Li Cong pointed to the half-collapsed library and said, "The library was set on fire, how did the regent help the queen mother to assist in the palace defense?"
Not to say that it is the responsibility of the successor, only to point the finger at the regent.
It is because in front of outsiders, in public, he suspects that he will be criticized for the crime of unfilial piety.
"Arson?" Li Zhang looked left and right in surprise and said, "Who set it on fire?" Did the arsonist catch it? The king thought that the candle in the library had fallen and caused a flame. ”
After he finished speaking, he ordered Xia Shiyan, the commander of the forbidden army who was waiting behind him, and said: "Commander Xia is tired of searching here, and he must find out the arsonist." ”
Xia Shiyan's face was not very good.
In the blue sky and daytime, he was the commander of a forbidden army, and there were hundreds of people under his command who inspected the palace ban, and they were actually infiltrated into the palace and set fire to it by outsiders.
This is his negligence in any way.
"Your Royal Highness the Regent," Before Xia Shiyan could leave, Su Qiang spoke: "Instead of letting Commander Xia investigate the arsonist, let's go and see what the two assassins who died in the fire are first." ”
Her voice was clear and she spoke without hurry, but the words landed in an uproar for the people around her.
"So there are assassins?"
"Is it against the crown princess?"
"I mean, why does this air smell of burnt meat?"
"It turned out to be a human, I thought it was a dead mouse."
……
The female dependents suddenly retched, and some people cried, and Concubine Lan, who was holding Li Lang, trembled even more and could barely stand.
After that, he had to order the palace maid to retreat first with the female dependents.
Standing in the middle of the female dependents with the county lord of Wei, he hesitated in his heart, but he still stood far away and did not leave.
"I'm not leaving!" Lan Guifei pushed away the waiter who was going to support her, looked at the queen and said, "This palace wants to stay here to see who is going to harm us Lang'er!" Your Majesty has just been in a coma for less than a day, is there going to be chaos in this palace? ”
"Mother's ......" Li Lang, who was finally no longer stunned, cried out and hugged his mother.
Li Zhang had no choice but to leave.
"Queen mother, I'm afraid there are still assassins here, and the son is afraid that it will be bad for the queen mother." He persuaded.
Then he raised his head, and a cold light flashed in his cold eyes.
"There is nothing to be afraid of in this palace," she said slowly: "This palace has mismanaged the harem, but now this incident has happened, and we must see what is going on." ”
Li Zhang stopped persuading at this time, and instructed the chamberlain to clean up the collapsed pillars and remove the debris.
The chamberlain set up a tent and a bench in the courtyard as instructed, and when everyone was tired of standing, they sat down and waited to see the final result.
After half an hour, the debris was almost swept away, and three corpses were pulled out of the ashes.
Su Qiang pointed at the thin man and said, "This one came with the third prince on his back, not an assassin." ”
Li Zhang nodded, and then sent a message to each palace and courtyard to count the number of people to see which palace the two assassins died from.
Su Qiang took a cup of tea and looked at the follower not far away.
She was also drinking a pot of tea, her face was not shocked, obviously not afraid of being checked.
Not long after, someone came to report that there were two people on duty in the Jingshi room today, but they couldn't find them. The chief eunuch of the worship room came to identify it, and sure enough, it was the two people.
The chief eunuch was so frightened on the spot that his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground and couldn't stand up.
The worship room is not under the control of Luanping Palace.
This time the consequences were wiped out.
Su Qiang regretted a little that she didn't stay alive. She raised her eyes to look at Li Cong, who was looking at the assassin whose face was burned to a blur.
Seeing that he couldn't ask anything at the moment, Li Zhang turned around and asked Su Qiang, "May I ask the crown princess, how did these two assassins die?" ”
How did he die, of course, he was killed by me.
But—
Su Qiang suddenly reacted, in the eyes of everyone, she was a boudoir lady who was longer than a female celebrity, how could she dance with a knife and a gun?
The third prince poked his head out of Concubine Lan's arms and looked at Su Qiang with his small mouth open.
Seeing that Su Qiang didn't answer, Li Zhang asked again, "Brother Lang, do you know how the assassin died?" ”
Li Lang looked at Su Qiang with his eyes, but he didn't speak.
A cold voice beside Su Qiang said, "Naturally, he was killed by this palace." ”
Everyone was amazed.
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