At noon, Ruotang used the little rice and vegetables left in Huangfu Zhong's kitchen to make lunch for him before leaving.

She walked out the door, and both Ruyi and Jixiang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uncle can't rest assured that you, I've been waiting for you in the carriage for a long time." Ruyi whispered.

Ruotang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly boarded the carriage.

Zhou Houyuan was really sitting in the carriage with a golden knife. When he saw her, his frowning brows finally stretched a little, looked her up and down several times, and then said angrily: "Bold stinky girl, this is a place where you dare to go in alone?" ”

Ruotang grinned, "Didn't I come out unscathed." ”

Zhou Houyuan glared at her, and only after the carriage started to start did he ask, "What kind of person is Huangfu Zhong?" ”

Ruotang thought for a moment, "He's a lonely poor man. ”

In the morning she invited him to wash up and come over for dinner, and although he tried his best to look expressionless and indifferent, his slightly red eyes made her see clearly.

For the sake of Concubine Shu, he may be willing to live this lonely and poor life. He may be used to this kind of backwater-like life, but in his heart, he still feels lonely.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to tolerate her being so noisy and didn't make a sound to kick her out.

"Lonely poor man?" Zhou Houyuan raised his eyebrows, "The Huangfu Zhong I know is a ruthless person who is difficult to distinguish between good and evil. When you associate with him, you'd better be careful. ”

"I know." Ruotang smiled, and then sighed lightly: "He is a person with great ability." But he is willing to live in seclusion here, only for Concubine Shu to diagnose and take medicine alone, and he is willing to endure loneliness and poverty, which shows how important Concubine Shu is in his heart. I was still thinking about getting close to him and then thinking about separating him from Concubine Shu, but now. It will never be possible in a short period of time. ”

The ability to sacrifice everything you have for the betterment of another. How could she be separated from such feelings?

"If you know it won't work, just throw it away." Zhou Houyuan said disappreciatively, "Don't come to this place in the future, the whole house is gloomy and lifeless, making people uncomfortable to look at." "Yaguang demon blood.

Ruotang didn't want him to worry, so he naturally nodded.

Seeing this, Zhou Houyuan smiled with satisfaction, "Go back, it just so happens that I will also take a look at the secret room and secret passage in your house." ”

Speaking of which. He gritted his teeth unconsciously, obviously he still had a hard time letting go of his negligence.

"Don't worry, although I don't quite understand what the mechanism of the secret room is about, but the Huangfu Zhong has already smashed the Taihu Lake stone, even if the secret room and secret passage are sealed, and if someone wants to borrow that to sneak into my house, it will not work." Ruotang hurriedly reassured him.

Zhou Houyuan glanced at her lightly, "I have to rest assured after I see it, even if this place is sealed, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no other place." ”

After a pause, he asked her, "You had better have a number in mind about who wants to be bad." ”

Ruotang lowered his eyes slightly, but did not respond.

Who else could it be? Except for Baili Wenhan, she couldn't think of anyone else who would do such a thing with such a big deal.

In the end, he still doesn't want to let himself out of the palm of his hand, right?

……

It wasn't long before the carriage stopped.

Ruotang felt that something was wrong, "This is home?" ”

It took me more than half an hour to get there, and the carriage didn't speed up on the way back, so it was impossible to get home in such a short time.

She was about to lift the curtain to look out, but Zhou Houyuan stopped her movements, and a faint smile appeared on her lips, "Wait." ”

"Wait?" Ruotang frowned, looking at him unhappily, "What kind of place is this?" What are we waiting for? ”

Zhou Houyuan didn't answer her, only signaled Ruotang to be a little restless, so he didn't pay attention to her anymore and concentrated on the movement outside.

Ruotang was a little baffled by his actions, and he didn't allow her to look out, mysteriously not knowing what he was doing.

Just as he was in doubt, he seemed to hear a muffled sound in his ears, and then there was a wave of vibration on the ground, wave after wave, as if the carriage was about to be overturned.

This movement frightened the horse, neighing and stepping on the hooves uneasily, if it were not for Ruyi to control the horse very well, I am afraid that the horse would have been startled by this time.

"Mother, are you alright?" Ruyi asked outside.

"It's fine." Ruotang was determined: "What's going on outside?" ”

She thought it was an earthquake, but when she saw Zhou Houyuan's appearance that she had expected in advance, she knew that it was definitely not a natural disaster.

Since it is not a natural disaster, it is a man-made disaster.

Obviously, this man-made disaster is inseparable from Zhou Houyuan, who has bright eyes and smiling eyes.

"It seems that the luck of the Third Highness has not been very good recently." Zhou Houyuan pretended to sigh and said, "It's okay to rest in some house, look, disaster has fallen from the sky." ”

Ruotang pulled the curtain violently, and didn't care about where the carriage stopped, only looked in the direction of the fire, although there was no wind in summer, but the fire couldn't be extinguished for a while. There were faint exclamations, running sounds, and gongs and drums in the ears.

After a while, the city guards rushed over.

The carriage started slowly again, and drove away from the back alley of the Third Prince's mansion from another alley.

Seeing that Ruotang didn't say a word, Zhou Houyuan squinted at her: "What?" Feeling sick? ”

"But the servants in the house are innocent." Ruotang sighed, no matter how stupid she was, she understood that the fire in Baili Wenhan's mansion was inseparable from her brother-in-law and her man.

Thinking that when the man came last night, he heard about the secret passage, but he didn't ask anything, and the expression on his face didn't change, and she didn't pay attention to him, but she remembered it silently at all.

"Just your good heart." Zhou Houyuan pursed his lips disapprovingly, "This is your luck, you found it early, if it wasn't for Huangfu Zhong who discovered the secret passage by mistake, think about it, one day you suddenly disappeared from home, what will the prince be anxious about?" ”

Ruotang sighed, frowned and asked irritably, "What do you say Baili Wenhan is going to do?" On the surface, he let me go, but secretly dug a secret passage, could it be that he wanted to steal me and imprison me? ”

Zhou Houyuan scared her: "It's very likely." Now that you know that people's hearts are unpredictable, listen to your lord's words in the future, and don't sympathize with everyone indiscriminately. ”

Ruotang still couldn't figure it out, Baili Wenhan really wanted to imprison her secretly, there were many ways, why did he choose such a troublesome method? If it weren't for the purpose of stealing her and imprisoning her, why would he go to such lengths to dig a secret passage to her house?

What the hell is he trying to do!

……

Baili Wenhan stood beside the burning house, the roaring light of the fire reflected his handsome but gloomy face, and none of the slaves who came and went to put out the fire dared to look at his face more.

The fire burned for half an hour before it was extinguished by everyone.

The little leader of the city protector wiped the sweat from his forehead, handed the basin in his hand to his subordinates, and walked quickly to Baili Wenhan, "Your Highness, I'm really sorry, the fire is too big, and the things in this house have obviously been burned to the ground." The subordinates failed to extinguish the fire, and hoped that His Royal Highness would forgive his sins. ”

Baili Wenhan, who had stood for a long time, looked gloomy, but his tone was still gentle and kind: "Don't blame Deputy Commander Li, this fire is so big, it can't be saved." ”

Deputy Commander Li relieved his heart, "Your Highness Mingjian." It's just this fire, but the subordinate feels a little strange. ”

"What's the matter?"

The deputy commander Li was cautious, glanced around, and then lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness should be careful when you smell the smell of gunpowder." ”

Baili Wenhan nodded and thanked him: "Thank you Deputy Commander Li for reminding me, brothers who have worked hard today." The house has prepared wine and food, come, quickly take Deputy Commander Li and his brothers over. ”

Deputy Commander Li excused himself, but in the end he still led people to eat and drink.

Mr. Gu walked out of the shadows, "Your Highness, this fire ...... What are your thoughts? ”

"Who else can blow up my house so blatantly, besides Chu Qianlan?" Baili Wenhan's face was cold, but his tense voice was a little hoarse.

Mr. Gu was silent for a moment, "He has been at peace with you recently, and there is no reason for him to suddenly make such a big move." But it's not hurtful, it's like a warning. ”

"Warning?" Baili Wen was startled, his pupils tightened, and Huo turned his head to look at Mr. Gu.

Mr. Gu nodded and said slowly: "I'm afraid, I was discovered by him." ”

Baili Wenhan closed his eyes vigorously, and said lightly after a while: "Since it has been discovered, it is estimated that she has already taken precautions over there, and it is useless to dig through the tunnel, so stop it." ”

"Your Highness is extremely worried." Mr. Gu owed him a debt, "Prince Xiang still has time to calculate His Highness at this time, it must be a relationship that is not busy enough, His Highness should also find something for him to keep him busy." ”

"Speaking of which, there was a big case in the Criminal Department recently, because it was related to the cousin of my aunt's family, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department came to me a few days ago." Baili Wenhan smiled coldly, "Since Chu Qianlan is bored to the point of setting fire, this case should be handed over to him to investigate." ”

"Your Highness is wise." Mr. Gu smiled slightly.

……

The fire in Baili Wenhan's mansion soon reached Baili Huang's ears, and Baili Huang passed him into the palace to speak, asking about the cause of the fire, Baili Wenhan was just a person in the Taoist mansion who caused the fire without care, and the people had already dealt with it, and they were only exposed as an ordinary trivial matter.

Seeing this, Bai Lihuang didn't ask any more, and only handed him a list: "Look, if you like it, set it as soon as possible." ”

Baili Wenhan lowered his eyes slightly, his pupils shrank quickly, but he didn't reach out to take the paper list: "Father, the son is not in a hurry......

"You're not in a hurry, but you don't care if your father is in a hurry?" Bai Lihuang interrupted him unhappily, "Third child, it's time to settle down!" ”

That's the unmistakable tone!