Chapter 069: Arson

At this time, in a stove room in Cuizhu Courtyard, a mother-in-law was scrubbing pots and bowls with a heavy heart. Suddenly, one of them was not paying attention, and with a "snap", a saucer fell to the ground and shattered. A few pieces of broken porcelain splashed up and scratched right onto the back of a little girl's hand next to her.

"Mrs. Zheng! What's going on with you today! It's either a plate or a bowl! The little girl walked out of the stove with her injured hand in her hands, and when she reached the door, she threw down a sentence angrily: "I will tell my aunt and grandmother to go!" ”

Mrs. Zheng watched her leave, and bent down alone to clean up the debris on the ground, thinking that she didn't know what happened to her son now.

Two days ago, someone from Dacheng Gambling House came over and told her that her uncompetitive son owed 300 taels of gambling debts, and he not only did not repay the money, but instead shouted that the other party was cheating, and was detained by the boss of the gambling house Liang, and asked her to take the money to ransom people. Mrs. Zheng was angry when she heard that, three hundred taels? Why didn't he sell himself? As far as his virtue is concerned, no one will necessarily buy him for ten taels! But angry is angry, after all, she only has this one son, and the child's father died early, and it is really not easy for orphans and widows for so many years. Naturally, she couldn't get three hundred taels, but she had to find a way to get her son out first. So Mrs. Zheng found an excuse from Aunt Gui to take leave and went out.

As soon as she arrived at the Dacheng gambling house, someone politely invited her to a room upstairs. The son didn't see it, but he saw Boss Liang first. Mrs. Zheng was about to open her mouth to plead with her son, but Boss Liang said straight to the point: "Just one thing, if you do it well, you will be released here, and this gambling debt will also be forgiven." ”

When Mrs. Zheng heard this, how could she not agree to such a good thing? So she hurriedly answered. Later, she realized what she was supposed to do. It turned out that Boss Liang asked her to keep an eye on Miss Zhan, who lived in Qi Mansion for the past few days, looking for an opportunity to lock her in the house, and then set a fire to her outside the house. Mrs. Zheng was suddenly so frightened that her legs trembled, and then she knew that the pie in the sky would indeed not fall in vain.

Although she was very scared, after some coercion and temptation from Boss Liang, Mrs. Zheng thought about it, and she had to agree to it, otherwise her only son would be killed. Murder and arson are naturally not the same as debts of three hundred taels, but Mrs. Zheng is not a clever person, here is her biological son, and there is a rich lady who has nothing to do with her, in her heart, it is natural to exchange her son is the most important thing.

Some women always burst out with unlimited potential when it comes to their children. Mrs. Zheng is like this, although she is stupid, but in this matter related to the life and death of her son, she is also commendably smart. The day before, she pretended to go to the treasury to get something, and passed by the small courtyard where Miss Lin lived and made a survey of the neighborhood, and through observation and eavesdropping, she learned which one was Miss Zhan. I heard that Miss Nalin doesn't like a lot of people, so there are just a few maids in this courtyard. But it's a pity that there is also a young guard living here, and he doesn't look like a foolish master. Mrs. Zheng looked at the young man dancing the sword and felt her heart go up and down, not knowing if this matter would go as smoothly as Boss Liang said. But when she thought of her son, who was still in the hands of others, Mrs. Zheng had no choice but to carry the oil lamp and come out in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, I didn't run into the night patrol. When Mrs. Zheng arrived at the gate of the small courtyard, and was about to go in, she saw the door of the main house quietly open, so frightened that she quickly dodged and hid back. Later, I quietly looked in by the moon gate, but it was Miss Lin Jiabiao and her guard talking at the door, and the two of them just said two words and flew up from the same place to a high place, and then disappeared. Although surprised, Mrs. Zheng immediately realized that this was a great opportunity, and while the guard was away, her movement would be much easier. So, she hurriedly stepped forward and took a big lock to lock the door of the main room. He poured oil on the lamp in several places outside the room, and then took out the fire fold that he had prepared and blew out the flames vigorously, and threw them on the ground, and the flames spread rapidly along the base of the wall as if they were spiritual, and then sprang upward.

Seeing that it was done, Mrs. Zheng left immediately. Feeling like she didn't do anything, she just set a fire, no different from cooking on the stove every day. And Boss Liang told her that this method must be foolproof, and then there will be a handful of ashes left, and nothing will be visible.

The bad is in her mouth. Stupid people don't necessarily talk much, but they always don't know what to say and what not to say. After the fire broke out, everyone woke up and came out to watch, and Mrs. Zheng also mixed in the crowd. Later, when she heard that two people were burned to death inside, Mrs. Zheng took it for granted that she thought it was Miss Zhanjia and Miss Nalin's maids who were locked in the room by her. Seeing that everyone couldn't recognize it, she enthusiastically pointed out two sentences. It was these two sentences that made Zhilan suspicious of her. Later, the situation took a turn for the worse, and it was not what she thought at all—Miss Zhan and the maid actually crawled out of the mud pond behind the house and lived a good life.

At this time, Mrs. Zheng's heart began to be unsteady. Did it work out or didn't it happen? Although she burned the wrong person in the end, she did it step by step according to what Boss Liang said, and this later development was not something she could control. She was so anxious that she just wanted to get out of the house as soon as possible and go to the gambling house to bring her son out, but the old man Lin from the capital was very suspicious, he ordered the sealing of the Qi Mansion since last night, and the ban has not been lifted until now, so she can't leave the house at all, let alone ask about anything, for fear of arousing the suspicion of others.

Mrs. Zheng thought about things uneasily, slowly picked up the debris on the ground, and when she looked up, she saw the third lady in the house walking into the stove room with the young lady of the Lin family. Mrs. Zheng's heart suddenly jumped wildly, but she stood up calmly and said with a smile: "Oh, why did the two young ladies come to this stove room?" Are you two here to find your aunt and grandmother? The old slave went in and reported it. As he spoke, he took a rag from the stove, wiped his hands, and was about to go out.

"Wait," Qi Xuan stretched out her arm to stop her and said, "We're just here to find your mother-in-law." ”

Mrs. Zheng felt bad in her heart, and reluctantly smiled and said, "What does Miss have to say?" ”

I saw Qi Xuan with her hands behind her back, walked up to her and said expressionlessly: "I heard that my mother-in-law had good eyesight last night, and the two people who were burned black also made you recognize." ”

Mrs. Zheng waved her hands quickly and said: "Where is it, the son is blind in the dark, the old slave is dizzy and talking nonsense, and in the end, he still recognizes the wrong person......

Qi Xuan frowned, glanced back at Zhilan, and didn't know what to ask next. Zhilan knew that there would be no result if she continued to ask like this, so she took out the medicine bottle and opened it, and poured a little medicine powder in her hand. Mrs. Zheng, who was unprepared, looked at Miss Lin's strange behavior in a daze, not knowing what she was going to do. But when Miss Na Lin suddenly approached and raised her hand, Mrs. Zheng was choked and sneezed several times. Immediately afterward, her eyes began to become blank, and a dull expression appeared on her face.

Qi Xuan had never seen Zhilan use medicine on people, and when she saw the instantaneous change of Mrs. Zheng, she was amazed in her heart, and stared at Zhilan's next move with wide eyes.

I saw Zhilan accept the medicine bottle, wipe the remaining medicine powder from her hand with a handkerchief, and ask Mrs. Zheng bluntly: "What happened to the fire last night?" ”

Mrs. Zheng just hit the conjuring spirits, and after listening to Zhilan's questioning, she naturally honestly explained what Boss Liang wanted to coerce her to do, and she didn't miss a word. Qi Xuan was dumbfounded when she heard this, her mouth opened wider and wider, she couldn't imagine that the mother-in-law in front of her was the arsonist last night, and she didn't expect that she would say it all like this.

As soon as Zhilan heard it, she knew that this matter was directed at the Zhan family. Although she didn't know who Boss Liang was, she had a business dispute with the Zhan family. Then the next thing is not something that the two little girls can interfere with, so Zhilan said loudly outside: "Did you hear it?" ”

Zhan Shaofeng walked in from outside the door and said, "I heard it." ”

Zhilan pointed at Mrs. Zheng and said, "Take her and hand her over to your father and uncle." ”

"Yes." Zhan Shaofeng called another guard to come in and escort Mrs. Zheng out.

Then Zhilan and Qi Xuan walked out of the stove room and left the Cuizhu Courtyard together. On the way, Qi Xuan couldn't help but be curious and asked for Zhilan's medicine bottle, picked it up and looked at it, and exclaimed, "What is this?" It's incredible! ”

Zhilan replied with a smile: "This is a conjuring spirit, which can control people's minds for up to three hours, be careful!" Don't spill it. ”

"Huh? So godly? Hearing this, Qi Xuan suddenly stopped. Zhilan looked back at her, but saw her looking at Zhilan eagerly and asked, "Can you give my sister a bottle?" ”

Zhilan asked in surprise, "What does my sister want to do here?" ”

"Hah! It's so useful! I saw Qi Xuan with her hands on her waist, looking up at the distance, her eyes were shining brightly, and she said impassionedly: "I want to use this medicine to settle all the opponents of the Qi family in the mall for my father!" ”

"Uh-this-" Zhilan was speechless for a while, wiped her sweat, and couldn't help but feel that her cousin was really worthy of being a businessman's daughter, and what she thought about at first was how to make money. It's just that if you want to make money, wouldn't it be faster to go directly to the money bank and ask for money? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but hide her mouth and snicker.