Chapter 450: Fire vs. Water

Qin Wanru came back before the banquet began, there were too many clansmen, and his identity was too much worse than that of the Xingguo Mansion, so he didn't need the master of the Xingguo Mansion to accompany him, only a few important ones who were close to each other, and the Xingguo Duke stayed to talk and accompany him, and none of the female dependents did accompany him.

Qin Wanru has now changed her name to Shao Wanru, and when she returned to her house, it was not early.

Shao Yuanhao was sent back, the eldest princess of Ruian was not worried about Shao Yuanhao staying, and as soon as the ceremony was over, she sent someone to take Shao Yuanhao away, as for Qin Wanru here, there were still four rough mothers-in-law.

When Shao Wanru returned to the house, she had already received dinner, but it was useless, saying that Mrs. Tai had invited her, so Shao Wanru took someone to Mrs. Tai's side again.

Mrs. Tai left very early before, and asked some things about her after she left, so she let Qin Wanru go back.

When I returned to my yard, it was already late, and Yahuan put on dinner, which was a little cold, and Shao Wanru didn't have much appetite, so after a few bites, let a few Yahuan and mother-in-law take it down and use some more.

"Miss, the hot water for bathing has been prepared, but do you want to take a bath now?" Yujie came in and asked, the hot water was indeed brought by the subordinates of the Xingguo Mansion.

Shao Wanru nodded, and entered the inner room, but sat down on the side, and did not enter the bathing bucket, the strong smell of fire oil in the house, but as soon as the door was closed, it could not be smelled outside.

Yujie walked to the back window, opened the window, and looked at the night outside, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of her, frightening her to take two steps back.

It was a black-clad guard with a grim expression who recounted the matter in a concise and horrified manner.

"Hushui Pavilion found that Wang Shengxue had a private meeting with a woman wearing the same clothes as the fifth lady, and after being discovered, the woman jumped into the lake, went ashore, and came over here, and a large group of elders of the Shao clan chased after her, seeing that this meant to sink the fifth lady into the pond to protect the reputation of the daughter of the Shao clan."

"Ignition!" Shao Wanru stood up, his eyes cold and calm.

Although things were a little different from what she guessed, eight or nine were not far from ten, and they really wanted to kill themselves.

Yujie hurriedly pulled her out of the room, the guard took out the fire fold from his arms, waved his hand, the fire fold burned, and threw it on the carved bed in the house, and immediately the fire rose to the sky, and he took advantage of the situation to light up other places, and then moved away from the window, and the thick fireworks had lit up the sky here.

"Madam, wait a little longer, she'll die!" Mama Sheng stood at the back window of the Duchess of Xingguo, looked at the direction of Qin Wanru's courtyard, and said in a low voice.

There was no one else in the room, just her and the Duchess of Xingguo, the Duchess of Xingguo was crooked on the couch, and when she heard Mama Sheng say this, her face showed a little smugness.

"That's the yard for An'er to marry, I've been preparing it for so long, how can I really cheap that cheap girl." hooked the corners of her lips mockingly, just let her stay for a while, so that the eldest princess of Ruian could see her heart for Shao Wanru, after today's incident, this courtyard is still Shao Huaan's.

"It's just that she lived there for a few days and got dirty!" The Duchess of Xingguo took a handkerchief and pressed it on her face, and sighed softly.

"Of course, after this matter is settled, Mrs. will slowly adjust it, and after the eldest prince's family affairs are discussed, there will be a period of time, and no one will mention the matter of the fifth lady again!" Mama Sheng smiled.

They were all waiting, waiting for news from Shao Wanru over there.

After today, there is no more Miss Shao Wu in the Xingguo Mansion, Miss Shao Wu, who lost her reputation, had a private meeting with the man and was sunk in the pond, this matter has nothing to do with the Xingguo Mansion, the incident happened, the masters of the Xingguo Mansion happened to be not there, it was carried out by the clansmen of the Shao family, even if the eldest princess Ruian came forward.

In the end, this matter was still over, is it still fake that so many people have witnessed?

Seeing Miss Shao Wu having a private meeting with the man, seeing Miss Shao Wu fleeing into the lake, running into the yard along the water trail on Miss Shao Wu's clothes, and then seeing Miss Shao Wu who had changed her clothes, all kinds of signs indicate that that person must be Miss Shao Wu, for the sake of the reputation of a woman, she disposed of the girl who had lost her reputation, and it makes sense to put this kind of thing there.

And the most important thing is that this matter has nothing to do with the Xingguo Mansion at all, it is the spontaneous action of the clansmen, and a few of the clan elders who were rushed to the head by the drunkenness are sober, plus someone secretly ignites the fire, it will be done!

Counting the time, Shao Wanru should have been freshened and changed, the clothes that were wet in the bath and the clothes that were wet by jumping into the water, there was no difference, and several maids in the courtyard over there were ready to wait for Shao Wanru to change their clothes, and then the clothes were soaked, and then the clansmen of the Shao family found it.

"Madame...... Husband...... Madame ......" Mama Sheng, who had been staring at Shao Wanru in the direction of the courtyard at the window, suddenly exclaimed.

"What's going on? What are you panicking about? The Duchess of Xingguo sat up straight in displeasure, stood up and walked towards the back window, "Is there a commotion?" ”

This trouble means that the matter is done, she still has to "sleep and rest" here, but she can't be woken up, there are many things today, and it is understandable that her wife, who is in charge of internal affairs, went to bed early.

"Fire, fire is on fire!" Mama Sheng looked at the direction of the fire and broke out in a cold sweat, it seemed that the courtyard of the wedding room prepared by the lady for the eldest son, that is, the current residence of Miss Shao Wu, if this really burned, the hard work of the lady for many years would be gone.

The furniture in this is all Mrs. has been saving for many years, slowly accumulating, it can be said that it has been saved for about ten years, and all the things in it are also selected by Mrs. Thousands of people, if it is really burned, Mrs. must not vomit blood.

"What, fire?" The Duchess of Xingguo also saw the firelight at this time, and the thick firelight rose to the sky, and she could see it clearly even through the window.

"There's a fire, ma'am, it seems to be the courtyard where Miss Fifth lives." Mama Sheng said with a crying voice.

"On fire? It's on fire! How could it be ......" Duchess Xingguo's body shook twice, almost fell, grabbed Mama Sheng's sleeve, and asked almost through gritted teeth, "How can this be?" ”

"Old ...... The old slave doesn't know, ma'am, ...... quickly Let's go put out the fire! Mama Sheng stammered, intuition that something had happened.

"Let's go, let's see!" The Duchess of Xingguo turned around and walked out, at this time she had to look, the rushing fire, the noisy voices, all showed that the matter was big.

Because of the panic, when she walked to the door, the Duchess of Xingguo tripped over the threshold and fell on all fours. ”

"Let's go!" Duchess Xingguo gasped heavily, pushed Mama Sheng away, and stumbled out, that yard was full of her hard work, it was the best yard in the entire Xingguo Mansion, even better than the one of Mrs. Zhitai, all the objects used in it were precious and decent.

There is also a part of this that was selected from the dowry of the county lord of Qinghua, all of which are very precious and cannot be lost!

When the few maids and mothers-in-law who were guarding outside heard the Duchess of Xingguo coming out, they hurriedly followed behind and went to the place where the fire was soaring.

The elders of the Shao clan were all stunned on the spot, looking at the courtyard in the firelight in amazement, one by one dumbfounded, the strong courtyard burning in front of them was the courtyard where Miss Shao Wu lived?

The one who stood at the gate of the courtyard and anxiously asked the people to splash water into it was also the fifth lady Shao, right?

The clothes are still the same as the clothes during the day, that is to say, the clothes worn by the women seen in the pavilion before are even the same as the butterfly patterns on the cuffs, but the people of the Shaw clan know that this one is not that one.

The woman jumped into the water, her clothes were wet, it was only a while, even if it was baked, it was impossible to dry, and the clothes on the body of Miss Shao Wu in front of her were not only neat but also dry, and the whole person was clean, definitely not the embarrassed appearance they imagined.

"Not her?"

"It's not her!"

"It can't be her, someone is dressed like her!"

"But this ...... How is it possible, how can someone wear the same clothes as Miss Five, such clothes are not something ordinary people can afford. ”

After being surprised, he was at a loss, so many people from the Shao clan came to catch the rape with great momentum, but they found that there was no rape to catch at all, and the biggest suspect, Miss Shao Wu, could not be the person they were looking for at all.

So who is this man?

"The clothes you wear are so gorgeous, and you are wearing the same clothes as Miss Shao Wu, you can't be the lady of Shao Mansion, right?" Someone couldn't help but be suspicious.

"Possibly, quite possibly!" Immediately, many people responded, and found that they had chased the wrong person and did not say anything, and it seemed that they were led away by the nose, and any clan elder felt ashamed and faceless, and it was inevitable to find such a person to come out to prove their clarity.

"The eldest lady is not here, the second lady is here, the third lady heard that she was sick, and the third and fourth ladies are taking care of her, so it is most likely to be ......" Someone adopted the elimination method, so after ruling it out, it was found that it was the second miss Shao Jieer who was the most suspicious.

"By the way, it must be, Miss Shao Er saw him talking to Miss Shao Wu before, and he was in the pavilion." A woman suddenly remembered the afternoon, and suddenly realized.

"Yes, yes, yes, it must be like this, it must be Miss Shao Er, when we came over just now, did you find it, and the traces of the water are gone." New questions were raised.

Seeing the skyrocketing firelight, they all ran involuntarily, and they didn't know when the water trails of their clothes were gone.

"Come and find a few people to help put out the fire, and find a few more people to go back to the original place to chase the water traces, and follow the water traces to find people!" There was an old patriarch who was still clear, and he made a decision immediately, and everyone immediately praised him.

The clansmen of the Shao clan were immediately divided into two parts, most of them helped the people of the Xingguo Mansion to water and extinguish the fire, and a small number of people turned around to look for people.

Seeing such a group of them coming, Shao Wanru, who was standing in the crowd, hooked the corners of his lips slightly, his eyes swept over Wang Shengxue, who was caught, his eyes were cold, like a blade, and the stabbing Wang Shengxue's face became more and more difficult to see.

If someone looks closely, they will find that his whole body is trembling, and he is almost paralyzed on the ground.

Wang Shengxue now has only two words in his heart: "It's over"! He didn't even know how it was going to end now......