The coachman tightened the reins hard, veins popped out in his neck, but it still had no effect.
The horses seemed to be going crazy, running rampant through the streets, neighing constantly.
"Mother!" Xie Li held Song Huixin with one hand and reached Fang Xu with the other. However, he stumbled several times due to the instability of the car.
The carriage was shaking violently, and Fang Xu was unsteady, swaying from side to side, and almost flew out of the carriage.
"Sit tight, don't worry about me, just look at Hui Xin!" Fang Xu gritted his teeth and tried his best to steady himself.
The next moment, an arm stretched out in front of him.
Fang Xu was stunned for a moment, looked up, and saw Shen Ji sitting on the side with a solemn expression.
"I grabbed the car window." Shen Ji opened her thin lips and said warmly, "If Madam can't sit still, you can grab Shen's arm."
Fang Xu didn't have so many taboos in her heart, and there was nothing to hold on to either side of her, so she simply raised her hand and held Shen Ji's forearm as a support.
The carriage bumped wildly all the way, and the driver tried his best to control it, and finally stopped at the intersection of Dongshi Street.
"Madam!" Su Zi's face turned pale and she supported Fang Xu, who was also frightened. "Are you okay?"
Fang Xu shook his head, feeling as if he was motion sick. He suppressed the discomfort, gritted his teeth and said, "Let me investigate what happened today!"
The Yanjing Gongyuan was not in a busy city and was in a remote location. It would have been suspicious if someone set off firecrackers there. Moreover, the firecrackers just happened to fall under their carriage.
Besides, the plague is rampant now and everyone is avoiding it. Who has the time to set off firecrackers?
It was clear that someone did it on purpose!
"Yes." Su Zi stood up tremblingly and whispered, "Madam, I will help you out first."
"That's fine." Fang Xu nodded, "Let's go out and take it easy."
Everyone got out of the carriage one after another. Shen Ji's expression was as usual, his eyes casually swept over the forearm Fang Xu had grabbed, and he stood up and got out of the carriage.
Stepping on the stone tiles with his feet, Fang Xu felt that he had just woken up from a dream and had a narrow escape from death.
A memory flashed through his mind, and Fang Xu paused, his face stiff.
She remembered that when she went home to pay homage to her ancestors, she also encountered a frightened horse, and then she fell down the cliff, with no bones left, and two maids with her...
"Su Zi." Fang Xu coldly lowered his face and lowered his voice, "Just go and check Songyuan and Pei's house. See who has done anything strange in these two places. Come back and report it to me."
How could Su Zi not understand what the madam meant, her face also darkened, "Yes, I know."
Fang Xu turned around, smiled slightly at Shen Ji, and said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I wanted to give you a ride, but I never expected to encounter this..."
Shen Ji smoothed the wrinkles of his clothes and said with a smile, "It's nothing, madam. Don't worry about it."
Fang Xu Shanshan nodded and said softly, "I'll treat you to a meal with Xie Li another day."
Shen Ji was suddenly startled, and then the corners of his mouth raised a little more, "I'm lucky that Madam thinks highly of Shen."
"We've arrived at Dongshi, Shen will go first."
Shen Ji bowed and turned to leave. The breeze blew up a corner of his gown, making him even more slim.
Fang Xu stared at it for a while, then whispered, "I don't dare to ride in this carriage anymore. Let's take a walk and stop by the medical clinic."
Su Zi took out two pieces of cloth from the carriage and gave them to Xie Li and Song Huixin.
A few people walked forward slowly, walked to the end, turned the corner, and saw Nongyuntang from a distance.
There were many people standing in front of the medical center. Their faces were sallow and they had difficulty breathing, as if they were terminally ill.
"Is this an epidemic?" Xie Li's face collapsed when he saw what was happening outside for the first time, "It's actually reached this point!"
"Our medical clinic has just opened and is not famous. We have been found here. This shows how crowded the medical clinics with some reputation outside will be." Fang Xu sighed softly and shook his head slowly, "We have already done all we can do. Everything has been done, and the rest depends on the arrangement of the one above."
Xie Li stared at the crowd and remained silent.
"Relax, the capital is at the feet of the emperor, and the superiors will not sit idly by." Song Huixin patted Xie Li on the shoulder and comforted him softly.
Xie Li frowned, "The capital city is already like this, but those other counties..."
In the cold atmosphere, Fang Xu couldn't stand it and waved his hand, "That's it, let's go back home first."
"Sure." Song Huixin tugged on Xie Li's sleeves and said softly, "When you return home today, Madam must have prepared delicious food. Let's go first."
"Huixin is at home, accompanying us to have dinner." Fang Xu smiled, then looked at Xie Li, and whispered, "There are some things we can't control. If we think about it any more, it will only add to our sorrow. It's better to relax." Heart, everything will have its own outcome.”
Xie Li nodded, "My son knows."
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The next day, Fang Xu sat on the soft couch with drooped eyelids, holding a pomegranate and putting it in his mouth.
"Madam." Su Zi opened the door and entered the room with a gloomy expression.
"What's wrong..." Fang Xu raised his eyes, looked at her faintly, and then paused, "Why do you look constipated...Who messed with you? Or did you come to Kuishui?"
"What's going on here!" Su Zi stamped his feet angrily and whispered, "There is news about what happened to the horse that frightened the horse yesterday."
"Really?" Fang Xu became interested, threw down the pomegranate, and sat up straight, "Tell me and listen."
Su Zi stepped forward and lowered his voice, "Someone in the mansion saw someone coming out of the pine garden yesterday, and they climbed over the wall!"
"Madam has determined rewards and punishments, and ordered not to leave the mansion. At this time, someone is rushing to cause trouble, which is naturally strange. The slave asked a few more questions." Su Zi had a sullen face, "After careful questioning, I found out that those who leave the mansion It’s the young man next to the prince, named Changhai.”
"Oh?" Fang Xu raised his eyebrows with a playful look, "I have gone through all the trouble to climb over the wall, so this is an urgent matter."
Su Zi's face turned red with anger, and his chest heaved up and down violently, "My servant remembered Chang Hai's appearance and went to the street to ask around. The shopkeeper at the fireworks shop closest to Yanjing Gongyuan had seen him before!"
Fang Xu held his chin and looked at her with a smile without saying a word.
"Madam, why are you so calm?" Su Zi gasped, "This slave is almost mad!"
"You are also very angry." Fang Xu smiled, "It's just a small matter, why do you need to be so angry?"
"A trivial matter?" Su Zi was shocked, and his voice could not help but rise up. After realizing it, he suppressed it again, "Madam, are you confused? There is only one person who can mobilize Chang Hai!"
"Shi...that man wants to kill his mother, how can this be a trivial matter!"
Seeing that Su Zi was so angry that his face was bloodshot, Fang Xu waved his hands and said comfortingly, "It's just mother-killing, why don't I kill my son too?"
Reciprocity is just right.
Su Zi stared at Fang Xu, his brain capacity was not enough at this moment, "Kill...kill..."
Did she hear it wrong?
Why did Madam say these two words as easily as killing a chicken?
Fang Xu looked at her with a smile, his expression didn't seem to be fake.
After all, Su Zi was Su Zi, even though she was calmer than Baiji, and seeing that Fang Xu was serious, it was clear that she had made up her mind.
"Madam," Su Zi looked at her with a cautious expression, "What do you need from this slave?"
(End of chapter)
