If the courtyard just accidentally caught fire, the courtyard door would not have been locked from the outside, and the walls would not have been filled with broken porcelain tiles.

All this shows that someone deliberately set the fire to her and wanted to harm her.

Shen Ling looked at the group of concubines who suddenly rushed over, carefully studying their expressions.

If she hadn't let the Gu worms corrode the lock, the merchant woman who lived in the same yard with her was likely to be unfortunately killed in the fire, so the probability that the person who set the fire was the merchant's daughter was very low.

On the contrary, it was these concubines who suddenly came over to watch the excitement, and they were the most likely to set fire.

A concubine asked the merchant girls, "What's the matter with you, why is the good yard on fire?"

The merchant girl who was questioned turned pale with an expression that lasted for the rest of her life.

"We don't know, when we find out, the wing room will already be on fire, and if it weren't for the help of the county lord, we'd probably have died inside."

As the words of the answering merchant girl fell, the people who escaped from the sea of fire looked at Shen Ling gratefully.

Shen Ling coughed embarrassedly at their gaze, circled her hands in a circle, and put them to her mouth in disguise.

In fact, these people were only implicated by her, otherwise the good ones would not be in danger of this kind of life, if she failed to save these merchant girls, she would have a bad conscience.

Shen Ling smiled at everyone, "I didn't do anything, I just let the plum blossoms and peonies slam the courtyard door open, you don't have to thank me."

Concubine Mingyue stood next to her, looking at Shen Ling with a bright smile, and was annoyed in her heart, Shen Ling was really lucky, such a big fire couldn't burn her to death, not only let her escape, but also collected so many business girls.

"Plum blossom and peony are also the county lord's maids, they both listened to the county lord's orders before they acted, the county lord, you saved us is a fact, don't be modest."

"Yes, if it weren't for the timely decision made by the county lord, we would probably still be in the burning courtyard at the moment."

"When we were in a panic and didn't know what to do, it was you, the county lord, who calmed us down."

Looking at the group of businesswomen who were grateful to Shen Ling, Concubine Mingyue was displeased, and her eyes darkened.

"Shen Ling is the county lord, you are just a businesswoman, even if you want to thank others, they still don't appreciate it."

Concubine Mingyue suddenly interjected, and her voice was extremely harsh in everyone's ears, making the faces of the merchant girls change in unison.

Although the status of businessmen is very low, these ladies are pampered at home, and there are many people who go out in the past.

Now Concubine Mingyue blatantly looks down on them, making their faces inevitably a little ugly.

They all looked at Shen Ling together, could it be that the county lord also looked at them like this?

Shen Ling swept over with cold eyes, this Mingyue concubine was really trying to block her all the time.

Although she was not embarrassed to be thanked by the merchant girls, she also did not want to be hated by them.

"Where did the dog come from, why did he bark so loudly, he really hates dead people." Shen Ling unceremoniously expressed her dissatisfaction with Concubine Mingyue.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of those merchant girls improved a lot, at least Shen Ling, who rescued them, did not look down on them because they were the daughters of merchants.

On the other hand, Concubine Mingyue's face was extremely ugly, and she stretched out her hand and pointed at Shen Ling's nose.

"Shen Ling! Who are you scolding for being a dog?"

"Whoever answers, I'm scolding."

Shen Ling said, and glanced at Concubine Mingyue, full of mockery.

Concubine Mingyue's eyes slanted angrily, thinking that since she came to the temple, she had not been able to get any benefits from Shen Ling, and the anger in her eyes seemed to burn her out.

"Presumptuous!"

Concubine Mingyue said, slapping Shen Ling's face.

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise, and they turned their heads a little unbearable.

But time passed in a flash, and the leaves fell to the ground, quietly, and everyone thought so

But the slap did not come.

Some of the young ladies who had already closed their eyes opened their eyes, only to see Bai Long standing in front of Shen Ling, firmly grasping the hand of Concubine Mingyue, preventing a tragedy from happening.

"Let go!"

Concubine Mingyue gritted her teeth angrily and struggled to withdraw her hand.

Bailong just wanted to stop Concubine Mingyue from beating Shen Ling, and he didn't use much force when he felt Concubine Mingyue pull her hand.

But Concubine Mingyue used too much force, and as soon as Bailong let go, Concubine Mingyue was exerting force, and the whole person leaned back.

A cry of pain sounded, accompanied by the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, Concubine Mingyue threw a person on her back in front of everyone.

Bai Long ignored the ugliness of Concubine Mingyue, and with a bend of his left knee and Bai Feng behind her, the two of them knelt in front of Shen Ling.

Shen Ling looked at the two people in front of him in surprise, not knowing what the two of them were doing.

"What are you doing here?"

Bai Feng arched her hand at Shen Ling, her injured arm was still bleeding, but she didn't blink her eyes.

"The white dragon and I fell for the assassin's tricks and failed to protect the county lord, please punish the county lord."

"Our protector is unfavorable, and we failed to discover the fire at the first time, which almost caused the county lord to suffer, so please punish the county lord."

Bai Long's complexion was not very good, his cheeks were white, and there was a blood stain on his lips, which was obviously an internal injury.

When the courtyard where Shen Ling lived was on fire before, he and Bai Feng were attracted away by a group of master assassins, and failed to defend Shen Ling's side, causing Shen Ling to encounter danger, which was their dereliction of duty.

Shen Ling's face was pale, Bai Long and Bai Feng were Song Linyuan's people, although Bai Long and Bai Feng had been protecting her from the beginning, but she did not regard Bai Long and Bai Feng as her own people.

She raised her hand at the two of them, "I'm not hurt, you two don't need to blame yourself."

Bai Feng shook his head, "The Lord appointed me and Bai Long to come over just so that we could protect the county lord, and we let the county lord be in danger, but we were wrong."

Shen Ling's expression was cold, and he was not angry at all.

"You two are not my handmaidens, and I have no right to punish you."

Bai Long and Bai Feng glanced at each other when they heard this, and they didn't know whether they should start or not.

"Get up." Shen Ling said again, "The cause of the fire hasn't been found out yet, and I don't have the time to deal with the two of you now."

Hearing Shen Ling say this, Bai Long and Bai Feng had no choice but to get up and stand to the side.

At this time, Concubine Mingyue had already been helped up from the ground, and she only felt that her face had been lost.

Although the concubines and merchant girls next to her didn't say anything, in the eyes of Concubine Mingyue, they felt that they must have arranged her in their hearts and laughed at her.