In the middle of the night, the people were noisy, the figures inside and outside the yard swayed, the family had searched, the nearest water source had to walk through a long path, and it took a lot of time to go back and forth, and the delay contributed to the spread of the fire, and almost all the men were involved in fighting the fire, holding everything that could hold water, and filling water back and forth to extinguish the fire.

After a stick of incense, the fire in the mourning hall was finally extinguished.

Fortunately, Zeng Tingshi's coffin was carried out in time and placed in the mourning shed.

The other ladies also wept.

Luo Xuyan and Steward Wang glanced at each other, and went to the mourning hall to check first.

The wooden objects and curtains were set on fire, and the smell of burnt flesh filled the mourning hall, and the mess of ashes made the mourning hall lose its neatness and solemnity.

Steward Wang said: "It's a lantern again, it's a fire candle, and there are things everywhere that are easy to catch fire, so it spreads quickly." ”

Luo Xuyan leaned over and pulled a few times in the ashes.

The ashes still had residual warmth, and she twisted her two fingers, then put the black ash that remained on her fingertips under her nose and sniffed it carefully.

Faintly, there was a strange stench.

She frowned and whispered, "No, it's not easy. ”

Steward Wang let out a puzzled "um" and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Luo Xuyan wiped the black ash off her fingers with a handkerchief and said, "First, the water tank I specially prepared was inexplicably cracked, and the water was gone. Second, the smell in this room is a bit strange, it seems that someone has poured some kind of fire oil, otherwise according to my arrangement, the mourning hall will definitely not run water. ”

Steward Wang was surprised, "This ......"

"......" Luo Xuyan pursed her lips, feeling that she had said too much, and hurriedly said, "It's just my opinion." ”

Steward Wang realized that she didn't want to get involved in too many things, and nodded: "I know, I will ask someone from the yamen to come and have a look again." ”

Outside, Mrs. Zeng's crying became louder, and everyone persuaded for a long time, but it was useless.

The steward sighed and hurried out.

Luo Xuyan followed behind, and saw that Mrs. Zeng was still lying on the coffin, crying sadly.

"You are already walking unsteadily, why do you have such an accident after your death? God is so unfair to you and to our Zeng family......"

Aunt Feng persuaded softly: "Madam, don't cry badly, the spirit of the lord in the sky will not feel at ease when he sees you like this." ”

The other ladies followed and persuaded a few more words, but the men were inconvenient and could only stand by and watch.

Luo Xuyan took advantage of the light to check the coffin, except for one place that was slightly burned by the fire, the rest of the coffin was unharmed.

She walked over, helped Mrs. Zeng, and said, "Madam, the tears of the family members are not good to fall on the coffin, and it will make Zeng Tingshi restless." ”

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Zeng hurriedly wiped her tears with her sleeve and took two steps back, "Okay, I won't cry anymore, I'll ...... Don't cry, the lord must be safe in heaven. ”

Luo Xuyan whispered softly, "Yes, Mrs. Zeng." ”

Her voice gave a sense of peace and tranquility, and Madame Zeng nodded.

Luo Xuyan said: "Mrs. Zeng is at ease, the coffin is fine, it's fine." ”

"Okay, good ......" Madame Zeng nodded again.

Luo Xuyan said: "The mourning hall has been burned down, and we need to find another place and rearrange it." ”

"Aunt Feng, Steward Wang," Mrs. Zeng said to the two beside her, "This matter will be handed over to you." ”

The two hurriedly responded: "Madam, please rest assured. ”

Mrs. Zeng glanced at the coffin again, and felt her brain dizzy for a while, the sudden death of Zeng Tingshi had already dealt her a great blow, and tonight the mourning hall was running out of water for no reason, which shocked her almost to the point of death.

She gasped, her eyes were dark, and the whole person was planted backwards, Aunt Feng and the maids hurriedly supported her, and there was a commotion in the yard.

Aunt Feng instructed: "Quick, send Madame back to rest, and then invite the doctor over, and give Madame a closer look, but there must be no more accidents." ”

The maids responded again and again and helped Mrs. Zeng out.

Luo Xuyan nodded to Steward Wang, who stood in the middle of the courtyard and said loudly: "Later, we will work with the people in the coffin shop to rearrange and arrange the mourning hall." I'm sorry for you tonight, so please go back and rest early. ”

Seeing that everyone was fine, they dispersed in twos and threes, and after a while, the courtyard returned to its previous tranquility, but people's moods had changed.

Cui Jingshi was still standing in place, watching the man walk out of the courtyard with the others, from the time he appeared to the time he left, his every move fell lightly in his eyes.

Although that person was also involved in the firefighting, his expression had always been indifferent, and when Zeng Tingshi's coffin was carried out, his expression was not abnormal.

Cui Jingshi will not be deceived by these superficial things, his intuition is that tonight's walking water must be inseparable from that person.

But how did he do it?

Is there still one of his people in the house?

Cui Jing is like a man on his back, and he must be more careful about his whereabouts.

At this time, Luo Xuyan's voice sounded, soft and flat, telling the guys in the coffin shop to do things.

He couldn't help but look at Luo Xuyan, under the moonlight, she was calm and steady.

Suddenly, Luo Xuyan's gaze swept over.

Cui Jingshi's expression changed instantly, and he returned to his stupid appearance.

Luo Xuyan beckoned to him, "Ah Ba, come here." ”

Cui Jingshi obediently walked over, tugged at the corner of his clothes, and said with a little crying: "Sister Ayan, it was so terrible just now...... Scared, scared me to death......"

The corners of Luo Xuyan's mouth twitched slightly, and she pretended to be concerned and said, "You didn't hurt anything, did you?" As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed Cui Jingshi's sleeve and dragged the person to her, as if she looked at him carefully.

Cui Jingshi said: "There is no ......"

Luo Xuyan looked at Cui Jingshi from head to toe, smelled him carefully, and then patted his shirt as if dusting off.

There was no strange smell, and the summer clothes were thin, and it was easy to see that there was nothing hidden on him.

Or maybe they were thrown into the fire.

Luo Xuyan had a headache, but she was also glad that Qian Dawu reacted in time and lifted the coffin out of the fire as soon as possible, so as not to cause more serious consequences.

As for this fire...... She looked back at the dark mourning hall.

Nine times out of ten, the mourning hall is like destroying a corpse, and people will never find the existence of such a thing.

Just like the cause of Zeng Assassin's death, she didn't say anything and didn't want to care, and who set the fire had nothing to do with her.

All she had to do was ......

Luo Xuyan's gaze fell on Cui Jingshi's body.