"I'm fine." Uncle Lu shook his head, with a hint of guilt on his face, "It was me who failed to guard the hospital. When I woke up last night, the woodshed was already on fire."
Coupled with his physical weakness and lack of strength, he was slow to fetch water. As a result, half of the woodshed was burned down before the fire was extinguished.
"Now is not the time to blame anyone, we must first understand the cause of the fire." Chu Yue looked at him, "The fire started not from the kitchen, but from the woodshed?"
Uncle Lu nodded.
"Yes, it started in the woodshed."
If it started in the kitchen, it might have been an accident, but if it started in the woodshed, it might have been arson.
After Uncle Lu put out the fire last night, he went to the kitchen to check carefully. There were no sparks at all in the stove and the small stove for cooking medicine.
Chu Yue raised her eyes and saw that the firewood shed was half burned, and it was wet inside. Uncle Lu must have put it out by pouring water on it last night.
"Heimu, go check the cause of the fire and see if you can find out anything by following the clues. Ningdong goes and gets the burn medicine. I'll give Uncle Lu the medicine first."
"yes."
The two of them agreed and went about their own business.
After a while, Ningdong took out the medicine from the house.
Chu Yue used clean cold water to clean the burned area of Uncle Lu before applying the wound medicine on him.
Because the treatment was delayed, although the burn area was not large, the flesh and blood were somewhat blurred.
"How could it be so serious?"
Uncle Lu glanced in her direction, "It was my own fault. I was too weak to escape in time."
After putting out the fire last night, he fainted at the door of the woodshed.
When he woke up, he realized that it was already dawn. Originally, the injury on his hand would not have been so serious. It was indeed because he was too weak, so he was delayed.
"I was also careless. I didn't expect someone to burn down my hospital. I should have arranged for one more person to keep vigil with you." Chu Yue said while treating Uncle Lu's burns. "Uncle Lu is already weak, so don't do it yourself." Sorry, it only burned down half of the woodshed. I have to thank you for helping me put out the fire, otherwise our entire medical center would suffer."
Looking at the considerate girl in front of him, Uncle Lu felt warm and relieved.
That kid from Xinghe was very lucky. Knowing that he was living a good life, he would have no regrets even if he left like this.
"Princess, should we tell my uncle what happened at the hospital?" Ningdong asked from the side.
After Chu Yue bandaged Uncle Lu and put away the things, she shook her head and said, "No, he will take part in the imperial examination today, and I'm afraid he will have entered the palace by now."
She glanced in the direction of the woodshed.
"Your Majesty, there is a palace exam today, and there was a fire in the woodshed last night. Maybe it's a good sign?"
Uncle Lu on the side blurted out, perhaps out of surprise or joy.
"Xinghe will take part in the palace examination today?"
Chu Yue was slightly stunned when she heard what Uncle Lu called Lu Xinghe.
Uncle Lu seemed to realize his slip of the tongue and quickly defended, "I'm sorry, I should have called him Mr. Lu. I thought he was a fellow countryman and the princess's fiancé, so I said the wrong thing in a moment of excitement."
Chu Yue smiled.
"It doesn't matter, it's just a title. He is indeed taking part in the imperial examination today. Uncle Lu doesn't know, right? He's still ranked first in the examination."
When she said this, Chu Yue was very proud.
Uncle Lu really didn't know anything about Lu Xinghe. Due to health reasons, he had been staying in the mountains in the past few years, relying on digging wild vegetables and medicinal materials to maintain his life. In recent days, his physical condition has deteriorated, and he heard that Prince Jing returned to the capital. , just thought of coming back and taking a look.
After hearing Chu Yue's words, I felt surprised and happy in my heart, but it didn't show on my face.
"Master Lu, he is quite promising."
Much more promising than his father.
Seeing that his arm had been bandaged, Uncle Lu looked at Chu Yue.
"I didn't sleep well last night because of the hard work, so I'm going to rest first."
Chu Yue nodded, "Okay, uncle, have a good rest. Later, I will finish the work in the medical clinic and come back to give you acupuncture."
"Okay, no rush."
Within a moment, Kuroki returned.
"Master, the fire in the woodshed is mainly burning in the half near the window. It can be seen that the fire must have been thrown in from the window."
"It sounds like this person's arson skills are average."
"Normally, no one is on duty in our medical clinic at night. If it hadn't happened that the beggar..." At this point, Kuroki hesitated and changed his words, "If it hadn't happened that the uncle was there, once the fire spread, the medical clinic would also have been destroyed. There will be disaster.”
Chu Yue looked at Heimu.
"Besides these, are there any other clues?"
Kuroki shook his head slightly, "No, my subordinates checked around and found no other clues."
Chu Yue held her chin in her hands, thinking about who would burn down her medical clinic.
She rarely attends banquets on weekdays, and there are only a handful of people she has enemies with. At present, it seems that one is Xiao Guifei, one is Shu Fei, one is Gu Jingning, and the other one has not been very friendly to her since the first time they met. Yuan Xueer.
But she thought about it again. If Concubine Xiao wanted to target her, she would not burn down her medical clinic in a big way.
As for Concubine Shu, she has rarely interacted with her since she was punished last year, so she probably won't come to trouble her for no reason.
Prince Jing was even less knowledgeable. Even if such a terrifying man wanted to target her, he would target her as a person, not burn down her medical clinic.
Finally, there is Yuan Xueer.
She had no public relationship with Lu Xinghe before, and Yuan Xueer was injured in the palace a few days ago. She was probably recovering from her injuries in the palace, so he would not burn down her hospital for no reason.
Chu Yue frowned.
"Who is the one?"
"Princess, are you jealous of our medical clinic's good business colleagues?" Ningdong reminded.
Chu Yue shook her head slightly.
"have no idea."
Heimu seemed to have thought of something and looked at Chu Yue.
"Jingshui Building and Tianfu Food Store were burned down a few days ago, and someone set fire to our medical center today. Could it be that the same people were involved?"
Chu Yue rubbed her chin.
"Don't tell me, but why did this person burn down my medical clinic?" After thinking about it, she shook her head and said, "Didn't I ask someone to inquire about these shops before? Although I didn't find out the specific ones. Whose property, but the people behind it, all point to King Jing in some way or another."
"In this case, it means that the purpose of the people who set the fire last time was very clear. They were targeting Prince Jing."
"But I haven't offended anyone, I haven't made any enemies, and it has nothing to do with Prince Jing. I shouldn't."
The more she thought about it, the less possible it became.
Uncle Lu was in the utility room, so he could naturally hear Chu Yue's words, and thoughts flashed across his face.
If the person in the dark is not targeting Chu Yue, is it targeting him?
Could it be that he was discovered?
On second thought, his appearance has changed a lot compared to before, and since he has never been seen before, the probability of this should be very small.
But in order to avoid this possibility, he really had to leave early to be safe.
At this moment, Ningdong suddenly remembered someone.
"Princess, do you think the person who did it was Cao Bin?"
"Cao Bin?"
Chu Yue frowned slightly, and for a while she really didn't remember who it was.
"Princess, don't you remember? General Wu invited you to Jingshui Tower for dinner before, and Cao Bin was still feeling sorry for you outside Jingshui Tower. Later, Your Majesty removed you from the position of Crown Prince and asked the Changping Marquis Mansion to choose another Crown Prince. "
Chu Yue suddenly realized.
"It turned out to be him."
It is said that Cao Bin is a man who is determined to retaliate. If he did it, it is not impossible.
Chu Yue looked up at Heimu.
"Heimu, please investigate this matter and don't miss any details. Find a few other Zi people to renovate the woodshed."
"yes."
Kuroki clasped his fists and retreated.
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