Chapter Ninety-Eight: It's All Counted
Things are really as the third princess said, the former chief soldier of Jiangxi is indeed Fang Kun, although he is not very honest as an official, but his reputation in the local area is not bad. Last autumn, the prince went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and heard that he had confronted the prince in public, but the reason is unknown.
After the prince returned to Beijing, he wrote a letter to impeach Fang Kun for rebellion, holding in his hand the letters of conspiracy between him and the bandits, the evidence of the crime was conclusive, and as a result, Long Yan was furious, and the whole house was beheaded, and no one in the Fang family was spared. At that time, all the servants and men in the family were filled, and the maidservants and officials were sold, and many of them reached the Qinglou, so that a family was scattered as birds and beasts.
But because he is a local official, Zhang Lingtong doesn't know much about it, but he knows that Fang Kun does have a daughter, who is regarded as a pearl in his palm, but he was implicated in Xiang Xiaoyu and died before he left the cabinet.
After Noya was confirmed, her heart was heavy, chaotic, and she went out in despair, walking along the street alone for a long time, and then she remembered a very important question and forgot to ask: Where were those Fang family maidservants sold by the officials? If you are looking for a reliable person, go down to the south of the Yangtze River, and find the old servants of the Fang family, you can describe what the daughter of the Fang family looks like! Whether it is yourself or not, you can tell at a glance!
A thought was like an initiation, and then he turned around and went back, hurriedly ran to the wing where Zhang Lingtong was, and knocked on the door four or five times but no one answered. Someone in the hallway had already stretched out their heads and looked curiously towards this place. Noah reached out to push the door for fear of attracting attention, but the door was open, and a thick smell of blood came out of the crack in the door.
Noya's heart tightened, the secret way was not good, kicked open the door of the house, and a cold light suddenly flashed in front of him! In a panic, he dodged sideways, only to feel a flower in front of him, and a dart wrapped in a fierce wind brushed his sideburns, shooting straight at the pillar behind Noya! Penetrating!
A black shadow jumped out of the window, and disappeared in an instant, as fast as lightning, and Noah couldn't even see whether it was a man or a woman.
Mr. Zhang Lingtong was killed in the room with a sword in his throat, his eyes were round, and the blood in his throat was still bubbling out, dripping down his neck.
Noah took three steps and ran to the window in two steps, where was there still half a figure outside? What a quick skill!
She turned back and leaned forward to check Zhang Lingtong's throat wound, which was extremely thin and deep, only an inch, which should have been wounded by a sharp willow leaf blade. The knife edge is impartial and hits the vital point, which shows that the murderer is ruthless and accurate.
Zhang Lingtong grabbed a few hairs between his fingers, Noah broke off his still warm hand, took out the hair, and then leaned over to sniff the very light fragrance of rose hair oil in his palm. This hair oil is not cheap, and it is not affordable for ordinary poor people.
Zhang Lingtong's death is no coincidence, most of it is because of himself! Noah chuckled in her heart, and she was already sweating profusely.
Why?
Does someone not want to continue to inquire about the case of the Fang family, so they kill people or as a warning? Or perhaps, that person is an old acquaintance, and Noya's return made him panic for a while, afraid that Zhang Lingtong would reveal the news, and Noah would find out his identity and know that he had been here?
A cold air rose from the bottom of Noya's heart, cooling her hands and feet.
"Ahh Kill! ”
Suddenly there was a frightened scream outside the door, trembling, high-pitched and sharp, which startled Noah.
More and more people gathered around from the outside, blocking the door of the house. Human life is at stake, and he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately someone rushed to the government to report to the official.
Noah couldn't go, he was pointed at and suspicious, and everyone became a master of solving cases like a god, speculating on various causes and motives. Noah smiled bitterly, speechless.
However, as soon as the incense was burned, the people in the yamen broke in with each other, evacuated the crowd, and the two messengers were responsible for investigating the scene, and another messenger who looked like the leader took Noya and the witnesses to the side rooms to interrogate the incident.
Nuoya had already figured out the excuse for coming here, and only shirked that she wanted to hire Zhang Lingtong to go to Linlang Pavilion to tell stories in the future, so as to attract customers, which was also reasonable.
She made the appearance of being extremely frightened, frightened and unmastered, trembling all over, stumbling in her speech, her hands and feet were paralyzed, and she often had to repeat a sentence more than three times, so that the messenger had long lost patience and looked at her with disdain.
Fortunately, when Noah knocked on the door, someone in the corridor witnessed it, and saw a dart shooting out of the house, which was planted on the opposite pillar, and the physical evidence was still there, which somewhat cleared her suspicions.
After the inquest was completed, the people in the yamen wanted to detain Noya in a prison on the grounds of being a suspect, and then release her after the case was clear. Noya was in a hurry, and didn't want Bailijiu to learn that he had been here, so he became suspicious again, so he had to secretly make a few silver taels, and stammered the name of the general's mansion, and gave more money to seal his mouth, so that he could get out safely.
Noah was indeed a little frightened, one was mourning for the storyteller, and the other was sensitively feeling the chill to the bone, and the cold wind was "swishing" at the back of his spine, and the cold hairs on his body stood up.
How can there be such a coincidence in the world? It is clear that someone has been secretly monitoring his every move, and he has no idea. It is very likely that the knife that killed Zhang Lingtong may have originally hung over her head, and she just escaped this catastrophe. I don't know, if that person learned from Zhang Lingtong that he was inquiring about the case of the Fang family's extermination, would he be unwilling to give up and take his own life? Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots?
After she returned home, she was somewhat depressed, hiding from everyone, eating two bites of food indiscriminately, and it was difficult to swallow it anymore. After washing up early, I closed the door of the hall and got into the hot quilt to rest.
The charcoal fire in the house was very strong, burning peeling and peeling, and steaming with a faint aroma. The aroma is a little sweet, Noya doesn't like it too much, but the house has changed the charcoal, and I remember to tell the bellflower to change the charcoal back to the original good tomorrow, pull the quilt, cover my mouth and nose, and sleep hazy.
She began to dream again, bizarre and absurd. She dreamed of rivers of blood flowing everywhere, dreamed of fires in the sky, and felt that her whole body was burning, like being in a hot oil pot, it was like purgatory on earth.
She murmured bitterly, "Daddy, mother...... Save me, save Noor! ”
She felt something pulling her body and exerting a lot of strength, but her heart was like ashes, and she had no desire to live.
The thing whispered in her ear, or barked loudly, scorching her face, and then dragged her down.
She recognized the sound, it was Bubbles, Bubbles were making trouble. Could it be that it sleeps cold and wants to come and snuggle up next to it?
Noah thought wildly, and tried to remove it impatiently, only to feel that his hands were heavy as if they had been filled with lead, and it was difficult to lift his eyelids.
Could it be that he was pressed by a ghost? Noah felt abnormal, and instantly sobered up, and her heart was as clear as a mirror: she was now unconscious and numb.
Bubbles didn't give up, jumped on Noah's bed with a "poof", and struggled to arch Noah to the side of the bed little by little, barking "woo-woo-woo".
Noah finally opened her eyes with great difficulty. The moment the perception of the whole body was restored, it was as if an electric current was applied to it.
There was already a sea of fire around! Tongues of fire scurried around, and fierce flames swept through most of the room from the window, and the heat swept towards him.
Escape!
She struggled to her feet, coughing twice, still limp. He laboriously wet the veil from the basin of water on the side, covered his mouth and nose, and looked around, and saw that the door and window were the most intensely fired, and they were all sealed by the flames, and there was almost no way out.
At this time, the more you delay, the bigger the fire, and the more unfavorable it will be to yourself, and you must make a decision immediately.
Noah picked up the chair in the room, slammed the door open, dragged the quilt off the bed, pressed it into the basin to soak it in a half-wet place, draped it over her body, and shouted at Bubbles: "Bubbles, let's go!" ”
The bubble fruit is really good, if it is an ordinary dog, it is the most afraid of fire, and I am afraid that it will tremble with fright. It bowed back and bounced like an arrow from a string, and rushed out of the doorway. Noah didn't dare to delay at all, and tried her best to see the weakest part of the fire, jumped out, rolled over, and escaped safely.
The main house of Yi Nian Hall was already a sea of fire, and everywhere it was "peeled off", all of which were the sound of burning wood and the sound of tongues of fire roaring in the cold wind of hunting. In particular, the room where Noya lived was engulfed in flames in an instant, and the roof had begun to collapse.
In addition to the smell of burnt wood, the air is filled with the pungent smell of tung oil! Someone deliberately set the fire! No wonder the fire started so quickly and so violently, the guards in the house did not find and put it out at the first time. If it weren't for Bubble Alert tonight, I would have died in the fire!
The house was also boiling, and the guards and subordinates poured in from all directions.
Noah finally felt that something was wrong, silence, oozing silence! She could hear the fire burning, she could hear the noise outside getting closer, but she couldn't hear anything else, no Kikyo and Chao San's panicked cries for help!
"Kikyo! Three days and four nights! Noah shouted at the top of her throat.
There was no response.
Kikyo's room was next to him, and the fire had spread and was about to be devoured.
Noah didn't have time to think at all, so she staggered to the door of Kikyo's room, and with all her strength, kicked open the door and broke in.
"Kikyo, Kikyo!" Noah shouted in panic. The smoke was so thick that I couldn't see the inside of the house.
"Miss, Miss, I'm here, ahem!"
From the corner of the house, there was a faint voice of the bellflower.
"Run! What are you doing here? Noah cried out in frustration.
"I can't move!" Kikyo said with a crying voice.
Noah was suddenly shocked in her heart, and the bellflower couldn't move, with the same symptoms as herself, could it be that they were all calculated by others?