Qin Zeng carried Li Qingyi out of the window and landed on the raised eaves of the second floor. After another rise and fall, he jumped to the roof of the shop next door. Changze and Changlan followed closely with woad on the left and right. thereafter.
Li Qingyi was about to ask Qin Zeng what to do next, but Qin Zeng had already taken out a short black whistle from his sleeve and started blowing it.
Strange syllables came from the whistle. Li Qingyi stood high and immediately saw people from Dongchang coming from the streets in all directions!
Perhaps because of Dongchang's great reputation, the people were more in awe of them than the fire. For a time, there was no confusion. They subconsciously followed Dongchang's instructions and evacuated from all over the streets.
Cui Chun, the young minister of Dali Temple on the high platform, apparently encountered this kind of thing for the first time. His face turned pale and his mind was confused. Seeing that someone from Dongchang came to the rescue, he breathed a long sigh of relief. His head was saved!
He pointed at Mu Ying on the torture rack and said, "Put her in jail first!"
Mu Ying, who was paralyzed there, raised her head slightly, then moved her lips, spitting out a mouthful of poisonous blood, then tilted her neck and stopped moving.
Cui Chun was shocked and hurried over. Upon closer inspection, his face became extremely ugly!
This is not Mu Ying at all!
When was she dropped?
While he was in a daze, Qin Zeng flew to Cui Chun, still holding Li Qingyi in his arms.
Li Qingyi was a little embarrassed, "Sir, please put me down first."
Qin Zeng frowned, "The injury on your foot is not healed yet. There are many people here and it is easy to collide."
Just now, everyone in Dali Temple was also trapped in the crowd. Fortunately, there were many government servants around. Everyone supported each other and could barely stand on their feet.
Now that order is gradually restored, everyone has followed to evacuate the people. At this moment, only Cui Chun and his entourage are here.
But Li Qingyi's face was still red and bleeding, and he didn't dare to raise his head to look at Cui Chun. He just said hello: "I have met Mr. Cui."
How dare Cui Chun delve into Qin Zeng's affairs, but what do these two mean by flirting?
Lord Qin, you are a eunuch!
Is it possible that Master Li's niece, who has just established a reputation as the most beautiful woman in the capital, is going to fall on you too?
"Uh hehe... Miss Li is so polite."
Qin Zengcai didn't care what he thought and said, "Is this Mu Ying fake?"
Cui Chun said with a bitter look on his face: "The official was clearly watching the prison car that Mu Ying got on, and I don't know when the person was changed!"
Qin Zeng said: "Master Cui, don't worry, we just take this opportunity to clean up Dali Temple."
If prisoners can be replaced under Cui Chun's nose, there must be a thief inside Dali Temple!
Cui Chun was startled, then bowed and solemnly said: "Yes."
Qin Zeng turned around and looked around, and told Nagaze, "Go and bring Miss Li's carriage over, and find a few capable people to take her back. Forget it, you will follow in person."
"Yes, sir."
Cui Chun on the side was a little puzzled when he saw his series of instructions.
It seems that the relationship between Master Qin and Miss Li is indeed extraordinary.
But Cui Chun didn't think about anything else. After all, Qin Zeng never had any messy habits. He just felt that the Xuandehou Mansion was really going to revive!
The emperor attaches great importance to the second master of the Li family, and Qin Zeng protects him.
"Sir, I'll go back first." Li Qingyi was still thinking about the fire in Yanyue Tower just now, but it was not urgent. She asked Qin Zeng the same thing later.
Qin Zeng's voice had no ups and downs, and he said a faint "hmm", but he personally put Li Qingyi into the carriage and sat down.
"Go ahead."
Li Qingyi nodded slightly and returned to Wei Mansion first.
*****
He Yantang, Wei Mansion.
Wei Shiqian was grounded by his brother Wei Shicheng because of A Yuan's incident. He had nothing to do all day long and almost grew hairy in the house. Today he finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to come to my mother to intercede and relieve his grounding.
"Mother, my son is already such a big man, so it is not a problem to be locked up in the house all the time."
Mrs. Wei didn't know if it was because she was getting older, but she had been feeling a little weak these days. She couldn't eat well during the day and couldn't sleep well at night. Her eyes were black and blue, and she looked bleak. She said impatiently: "You are an idler. What can happen to the house, besides spending money and causing trouble, just stay at home for two months!"
"Mother..." Wei Shiqian said with a bitter look on his face, "That matter was an accident. It was the Nanning Marquis Mansion that was unreliable, which affected my son! If you want to blame, blame the eldest brother for finding such an in-law for the second brother!"
When the Nanning Marquis Mansion was mentioned, Mrs. Wei's face was not good-looking, "When your second sister-in-law came in, the Lin family still had some respect in the capital. Who would have thought that more than ten years later, it would have declined to this level."
Speaking of the Lin family, Mrs. Wei's face became even more gloomy. She glanced at the tea cup in front of her and said quietly: "I heard that the heir in the Lin family's eldest room is well-read. It's just that the Lin family wants a yellow-mouthed child to turn around. I don't know yet. I don’t know how many years it will take to wait.”
Wei Shiqian didn't know whether he was talking about whether the Lin family could not afford to wait, or whether the Wei family could not afford to wait, but he didn't care about this at all.
"Mother, you have been looking so bad recently and your taste is not good. September is about to come. My son is out of the house to find some plump crab roes for you!"
Mrs. Wei didn't talk to her son for a long time and glared at him: "That thing is cold. I am so old and can only eat a few mouthfuls of crab roe."
"Even if you only take one bite or half a bite, your son will be happy! It's also your son's filial piety!"
Wei Shiqian had never been in tune since he was a child, but Mrs. Wei loved this younger son the most. It was probably because of this that she raised him crookedly. She sighed, "That's all, go ahead. Remember not to cause trouble, and don't cause trouble again." If something goes wrong, don't go out for two months or even a year!"
"Yes, yes, don't worry, mother, because your son is such a troublemaker!"
When Wei Shiqian moved to Yunzhun, he was so happy that he left Heyan Hall in a hurry.
Mrs. Wei said helplessly: "This third child is really annoying!"
Mother Zheng smiled and said: "The third master is a lucky man."
"Hmph, he is just a hands-off shopkeeper who doesn't worry about anything. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to blame my second son's marriage on him!"
Mother Zheng's face changed slightly, she looked outside and said, "Old madam, it's not good to mention this again. If someone hears it and doesn't understand it, I'm afraid there will be a misunderstanding."
Outside the door, Nong Shao was about to come in and reply. After hearing these words, his steps faltered and his face turned pale.
The third lady was originally going to get married to the second master?
She should never let her hear this.
In the room, Mrs. Wei stretched herself out to do it, with a tired and strenuous look on her face, "It's true that I'm old and confused. I don't know what's wrong. I invited a doctor to come over and take a look. They all said that I need to recuperate. Is it possible that my body can still be cured?" Collapse all of a sudden, without any warning?"
"How could it collapse? These gentlemen are all very filial. Whatever good things they have, they want to give them to the old lady. You have always been strong and strong, but you will collapse somewhere!"
Nong Shao stood outside anxiously for a while before coming in and replying, "Old Madam."
Mother Zheng asked: "I asked you to call a doctor, why have you been away for so long?"
Nong Shao carefully replied: "Doctor Lu, who is used to diagnosing the old lady's pulse, has gone out and said he will be here later."
Mother Zheng frowned when she heard this and looked at Mrs. Wei, "Otherwise, let me ask an imperial doctor to come and take a look at you."
Mrs. Wei waved her hand: "Take some medicine first and see."
Nong Shao hesitated to speak, but Mother Zheng noticed something was wrong with her and asked, "Why are you so hesitant to say something?"
Nong Shao didn't want to say anything at first, but when Zheng's mother asked, she spoke up, "Old madam, a master's wife just passed by our house and said that there are unclean things on the west side of our house, which are not good for the Lord. Look, it's It’s not like calling people over to ask.”
Mother Zheng was stunned.
Mrs. Wei frowned and said, "That's nonsense! How can there be anything unclean in the house? It's just a scammer, just throw it away!"
Nong Shao hesitated to speak. Zheng's mother knew why she was doing this, so she said: "Old madam, to tell you the truth, the servants in the house have recently said that they heard that Sui'er was always under the window. Whispering... Those little girls were so careless that they couldn't sleep due to fright. The slave girl was thinking that the old lady had been feeling unwell these past few days, so maybe there was something evil going on..."
Mrs. Wei was confused: "Who is Sui'er?"
"It's the girl who was pregnant next to Aunt Wen and was beaten to death by the second lady..."
Mrs. Wei's expression was worried, "She's just a girl. She doesn't have much ability while she's alive. How can she be a monster after she's dead? Why do you believe this?"
Mother Zheng said: "I didn't believe it at first, but when I got up at night, I... also heard some noise."
After Mrs. Wei talked for a while, sweat appeared on her forehead. Nong Shao dipped a handkerchief in warm water to wipe her sweat, and said, "That girl named Sui'er has never closed her eyes to death. Could it be that her ghost is still haunting you..."
Mrs. Wei opened her eyes slightly and looked at her, showing displeasure.
Mother Zheng had just heard what Nong Shao said about Master Miaohui, and she had already somewhat believed it. She also persuaded her: "Old lady, what Nong Shao said is not unreasonable. Although it is said that every injustice has its owner, the debtor has its owner, but the old lady After all, you are old, and it is easy for those evil spirits to take advantage of you..."
Mrs. Wei still didn't believe it, waved her hand and said: "Don't talk nonsense about whether these things exist or not, and make people panic. If there is any movement at night, even if you look for it with great fanfare, I don't believe there are really any ghosts!"
Mother Zheng and Nong Shao looked at each other and sighed.
At night, arrangements were being made in various parts of the house.
Mother Zheng and Nong Shao personally took some people to inspect the backyard several times, but found nothing unusual.
Mother Zheng said: "It seems that we are really suspicious."
Nong Shao nodded: "We stepped up our manpower to search, and the movement disappeared. It can be seen that someone is really pretending to be a ghost. The old lady is an old lady after all, and she is much calmer than us."
Mother Zheng smiled and said: "That's it, let's all go our separate ways. I'll reply to the old lady tomorrow."
Just as Nong Shao was about to nod, a little girl ran over anxiously, "Mother Zheng! Sister Nong Shao, there is... there is... on the other side of the pond..."
