Chapter 067: The Aftermath of the Catastrophe
Chapter 067: The Aftermath of the Catastrophe
When the fire was extinguished, several people rushed into the courtyard to see if anyone was there. Zhilan looked at their backs eagerly, hoping only for good news to come. At this time, I suddenly heard someone behind me shouting: "Lan'er! Lan'er! Zhilan turned around to see her father and brother anxiously looking for her in the crowd.
She hurriedly stretched out her arm and waved, and replied, "Daddy—I'm here!" ”
Lin Mubai and Guanyun hurriedly rushed over when they heard the sound, and when they saw that she was safe and sound, they were relieved. At this time, Mrs. Lin also came from behind, Aunt Du and others, and as soon as she came up, she hugged Zhilan in her arms and cried.
"It's okay, Lan'er is fine, don't worry about it-" Zhilan comforted her mother in turn, but she couldn't let go of the safety of Zhan Qingqing and Shen'er in her heart.
At this time, I only heard the people next to me arguing: "Come out!" It's out! Oh my God, two more people! ”
Zhilan's heart sank, and she suddenly looked back, only to see those people rushing out of the courtyard gate in a smoky manner, carrying two charred bodies on their shoulders, and seeing that they were already hopeless. Zhilan suddenly felt a little difficult to breathe, her mind was blank, and Zhan Shaofeng's face suddenly turned pale when she saw it.
When they came out, they immediately put the two men on the ground, and when they looked at them from a distance, their faces were already burned and blurred. Lin Mubai and the others immediately stepped forward to identify their identities, and Zhilan also followed, and at the same time secretly prayed in their hearts that it would not be Qingqing and Shen'er.
Before they could get closer, they heard a mother-in-law say, "It looks like Miss Zhan and the maid named Shen'er." Zhilan suddenly froze in place, and before she could react, she saw Zhan Shaofeng suddenly striding forward, pushing the woman away and squatting down to identify it carefully.
I saw that these two people had been burned into two charred corpses, and their clothes had already been burned clean, and they could not be identified.
Zhan Shaofeng suddenly raised his head and asked the few people who had just entered, "Where did you find them?" ”
"The west side of the transept."
Hearing this, Zhan Shaofeng suddenly got up and grabbed the woman, and said viciously: "Which eye can you see who this is?" ”
The woman was too frightened to speak, and only shook her head desperately.
At this moment, everyone suddenly heard a girl's voice on the lotus pond in front of them shouting, "Help—"
As soon as Zhilan heard it, she knew that it was Shen'er's voice, and shouted, "It's Shen'er!" Pendant! ”
Everyone moved when they heard the sound and hurriedly rushed forward. I saw that the pendant covered in muddy water was limping over with a little mud monkey in embarrassment, and looked at it, isn't that Zhan Qingqing! A big stone in Zhilan's heart finally fell.
Seeing everyone running towards them, Zhan Qingqing leaned on Shen'er's body and sneezed a few times, and said angrily: "You can be regarded as saved......" After that, she slumped and fainted.
In Qi Xuan's bedroom, Zhan Qingqing, who had been scrubbed, was lying on the bed with a high fever, and Mrs. Lin, Aunt Du and Qi Xuan were watching her. Zhilan pulled Shen'er aside to ask what happened.
It turned out that Shen'er noticed it when the fire was burning from outside the door, so she hurriedly got up and planned to call Zhilan and Zhan Qingqing up, but found that Zhilan was gone, so she had to pull Zhan Qingqing up from the bed directly. The two were about to escape, but they found that the door was locked from the outside, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and it was impossible to rush out. Shen'er, who was in a hurry, suddenly remembered that there was a small mud pond behind the main house, so he jumped into the mud pond with Zhan Qingqing through the window, and escaped this catastrophe.
Listening to Shen'er's words, Zhilan couldn't help but doubt that she was reborn. Who locked the door from the outside? She distinctly remembered that she had just gently closed the door when she came out.
When she thought of the consequences of the incident, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If it weren't for the fact that there was a mud pond behind the house, Qingqing and Shen'er would have ...... Moreover, if he hadn't been taken into the woods by Zhan Shaofeng, he would have been trapped in the sea of fire...... The more Zhilan thought about it, the more frightened she became, could this be the potential danger that her father said? So she hurried to her father and told him about it.
Lin Mubai originally suspected that this fire was burning strangely, why didn't any yard catch fire, but the yard where Zhilan lived caught fire, and it burned such a big fire in such a short time. Now he heard Zhilan say that the door was locked, which made him even more convinced that this was a premeditated assassination, and the target was either Zhilan or Zhan Qingqing. So he immediately consulted with Qi Hao, and strictly ordered everyone in the mansion not to go out, and to carefully check them one by one. At the same time, some additional guards were sent to follow them, for fear that there would be any more accidents.
Seeing her father so cautious, Zhilan became even more suspicious in her heart. What kind of person is this, who wants to do such a poisonous hand! If it is aimed at herself, who can she offend when she first arrives in Hangzhou? Could it be that he is from the capital? But who can come all the way from the capital to set a fire? Wouldn't it be faster to kill people directly? If this is aimed at Zhan Qingqing, it must be the enemy of the Zhan family's business. But this is also very strange, why choose to start with the Qi family? Otherwise, it's the opponent of the Qi family? So why burn her yard?
The more Zhilan thought about it, the more confused her brain became, she couldn't find a clue, coupled with the night of frightening and frightened tossing, her head was groggy, and finally she couldn't support it, and fell asleep beside Zhan Qingqing.
By the time she woke up again, it was already three days old. She was about to get up when she heard a middle-aged man outside say, "Child, it's not your fault. It is very likely that this was the work of my enemy, and you must not blame yourself for it. If there is a mistake, it is also Daddy's fault. ”
At this time, Qi Xuanzheng walked in from the outside with two maids, and when she saw Zhilan waking up, she hurriedly took a set of clothes from the cabinet and said, "Here, this is my newly made clothes, and I haven't worn them yet." Only then did Zhilan remember that all her things had been burned in last night's fire. As soon as she remembered that her precious medicine was gone, Zhilan felt a pain in her flesh.
She asked Qi Xuan in a low voice while putting on her clothes, "Who is outside?" ”
"Qingqing's father—and your guard."
Zhilan then remembered that Zhan Qingqing was coming, and hurriedly asked, "What about Qingqing?" ”
Qi Xuan pointed outside and said, "I was just picked up in the car of the Zhan family." Don't worry, she's fine, it's just that she jumped into the mud pond in the middle of the night and caught a cold. ”
"What about the pendant?"
"She's still asleep in the wing, and she's catching a cold." While talking, Qi Xuan saw that Zhilan was wearing clothes and grinding and chirping, so she stepped forward and grabbed her hand to button her personally, and said while buttoning it: "Hey, I heard that before the fire last night, you slipped out with your guard?" Why did you go? Saying that, Qi Xuan smiled at Zhilan narrowly.
Zhilan's face turned red suddenly, and she said, "It's a good thing, how can it sound so ugly in your mouth!" ”
Qi Xuan was still laughing and asking, and when the two were making a mess, they heard the deep voice outside say, "Miss is awake?" ”
This familiar voice, who is it not Zhan Shaofeng? When Zhilan was about to answer, she saw Qi Xuan smiling with ulterior motives on the side, so she was a little annoyed and angry, so she said loudly: "Wake up, wake up!" Isn't it just a late wake-up, as for everyone, you have to ask again! With that, he stepped out of the room.
I saw Zhan Shaofeng standing outside in a moon-white brocade robe, and even the ribbon that tied his hair was replaced by a moon-white ribbon, looking like a beautiful son who was as fresh as water. Zhilan couldn't help but be stunned. Zhan Shaofeng has never worn either black or black, I don't know why he has a big transformation today.
Qi Xuan smiled: "How is it?" Our clothes are different, right? ”
After being reminded by these words, Zhilan remembered that Zhan Shaofeng's black clothes must have been burned out, so she replied vaguely: "Hmm." Hungry, let's go. As he spoke, he was about to go out.
"Lan'er—come back! You haven't washed yet! Qi Xuan shouted from behind.
Only then did Zhilan realize that she ran out without washing her hair like this, and she couldn't wait to disappear into air right now. I saw her slowly stand still at the door, and suddenly turned around again and ran back to the room with her head down.
Zhan Shaofeng stood in place with his hands behind his back and looked at her back, and couldn't help but laugh silently. The smile that bloomed at that moment made the two maids suddenly dizzy and drunk, and it wasn't until Qi Xuan called them in that way that they came back to their senses.
At this time, Lin Mubai, Guanyun, Qi Hao and others were personally investigating the situation in the courtyard that had been burned last night, hoping to find out some clues from it and find out who was responsible for the fire.
"Daddy, look, this place must have been splashed with oil." Guanyun pointed to a large scorched black mark on the ground and said. Lin Mubai stepped forward to take a look, and sure enough, it was not true. This may be the reason why the fire reached so big in a short period of time.
Then they went to the door of the main house, which had already been charred in the fire, and was lying on the ground in tatters. I picked it up inside and found a big lock in it, and sure enough, as Shen'er said, it was locked. When the fire wasn't that big, they could have escaped through the front door, but the door was locked. By the time the door was burned, the fire must have been too big to break through. What a sinister and vicious intention to deal with a few little girls in such a way! Lin Mubai couldn't help but clench his fists.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed something shining golden in the sunlight. When I opened the pile of coke, it turned out to be a piece of gold lock. He picked up the golden lock and put it in front of his eyes to study it carefully, and when he saw the words on the golden lock, his face suddenly changed greatly.