The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 509 The Truth Comes Out
Watching Lu Jinkang and his party go away, Su Chengzhi hurriedly urged the coachman to go back to Dongmingfang, knowing that his relatives were anxiously waiting.

Sure enough, before the carriage entered Dongmingfang, there were already chaotic cries. Before the carriage came to a stop, mothers and fathers rushed forward one after another, crying and calling their children's names, for fear that it would be too late. It was as if my own children would never come back.

After the children get off the car, no matter if they are mothers or fathers, they hold the children and look them up and down until they are sure that the children are really okay, then they hug the children tightly and don't let go. These children seem to have become Lost and found baby.

Su Yunduo's siblings were no exception, Ning rushed forward to look at this and that, and finally covered her mouth and wept with joy.

You must know that among this group of people, at most one child went to someone else's family, and only four of them went to Su's second house at once.

At that time, Ning Shi and others witnessed the huge lantern on Huadeng Street collapsed and flames rose into the sky on the third floor. At that time, Ning Shi felt that she was completely dumbfounded, but she couldn't make a sound with her mouth wide open.

Thanks to Su Yunduo's vigilance, seeing the abnormality in Ning Zhongping's gestures, and reminding Lu Jinkang immediately, Lu Jinkang was able to take away the eldest princess and the sixth prince calmly.

It is even more fortunate that Lu Jinkang's meticulous arrangements not only reserved enough manpower for them to watch the lanterns in the restaurant, but also prepared manpower for a group of people on the street, so that several parties could escape from this sudden change unscathed.

After everyone took their children away and went back to their respective homes, Dongmingfang gradually became quiet.

This night was even more thrilling than the night of Zhongqiu, Su Yunduo hurriedly opened his own small medicine storehouse, and sent soothing pills to the families who enjoyed the lantern together today.This calming pill was prepared by Su Yunduo himself according to the prescription of the genius doctor Gu, and the effect of calming the nerves is extraordinary.

After discussing with Mrs. Lu and Su Chengzhi, Su Yunduo specially sent Ziyue and Li Dabao to Anhou's Mansion and Zhen Guogong's Mansion respectively to report their safety and also sent some soothing pills.

After confirming that the grandson, son-in-law and grandchildren were all safe and sound, the Ning family offered to leave, but Mrs. Lu insisted on keeping them in Dongming Fang overnight.

There will be no peace on the street today. Ning Zhongping, who has the highest strength in the Ning family, followed Lu Jinkang back to Huadeng Street for disaster relief patrols.
Even if the Su Mansion sent servants to escort them, it was still not safe enough.

Mrs. Lu was also worried that the two children of the Ning family would be frightened and might have convulsions and fever at night. It was difficult to find a suitable doctor in Huasheng Street. The Kong family is not far away.

But the Ning family's grandmother Fang and eldest aunt Quan were very worried about Ning Huafeng and Liu Ye'er who didn't go out to watch the lanterns.

The couple didn't go out to enjoy the lanterns because Liu Yezi was nearly eight months pregnant.

After some discussion, it was decided that Qiu Xi would accompany Ning Hua'an back to Huasheng Street to report to Ning Huafeng and his wife that they were safe, and they would stay in Huasheng Street.

The fire on Huadeng Street was so big, and you can still see the red sky when you stand in Dongmingfang. The fire on Huadeng Street must have alarmed the entire capital long ago. How could Ning Huafeng and his wife not know?

If no one goes back to report the letter, they will definitely worry about being uneasy.

Su Yunduo also specially told Qiuxi to turn around to Huayang Street to pass a message, asking the servants on Huayang Street to guard the door and pay attention to the candles.

When Qiuxi and Ning Huaan left Dongmingfang, Su Yunduo squinted and lowered his head. Su Zechen, who was unhappy, felt that this was really a bad boy!

Zhong Qiuye's shock was caused by his insistence on watching juggling.

Today's surprise was again caused by him not going downstairs to guess lantern riddles.

Su Yunduo sincerely wanted to teach him a few words, but she couldn't bear to see his sullen expression. After all, Su Zechen made a great contribution today.

If it weren't for his vigilance, Su Chengzhi would still be obsessed with guessing riddles!

But what should be said still has to be said, so Su Yunduo stretched out his hand and gently pinched Su Zechen's ear and said, "You're so listless, are you scared?"

"We moved so fast today, it's not as scary as the day of Mid-Autumn Festival?! I'm feeling sorry for our lanterns! I asked Dad to win the rabbit lantern for my third brother, but my third brother couldn't even look at it." Take a look! And sister’s parrot lantern, it’s small and delicate, to be honest, it’s the first time I’ve seen such a small lantern, what a pity! What a pity!” Su Zechen’s answer was unexpected. This is the case, making Su Yunduo really dumbfounded.

"You don't have anything else to say?!" Su Chengzhi, who was speculating with Grandpa Ning on the cause of the fire on Huadeng Street, suddenly gave Su Zechen a sharp look.

Su Zechen pursed his lips, and after a while he said sullenly: "I, how did I know that a good lantern would catch fire? I heard from my brother-in-law that in order to let the people have a good time this Shangyuan Festival, the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the governor of the capital have done a lot. Work, overtly and secretly sent many people among the people watching lanterns to ensure the safety of Lantern Street.

Besides, I was the one who reminded everyone to go back, Ruoyi and the sixth prince, we happened to be at the scene of the fire when there was no fire! "

Well, it was indeed Su Zechen's suggestion to go downstairs to guess the riddles and win the lanterns, but as Su Zechen said, if Su Zechen hadn't reminded him, with Su Chengzhi's obsession, it would be really hard to say whether he would be able to get away with it this time.

Having been mercilessly exposed by Su Zechen, Su Chengzhi couldn't stand down. He wanted to refute Su Zechen a few more words, but his father-in-law who loved his grandson diverted his attention: "I have also heard from the third son that the government wants to refute Su Zechen for this time. A lot of thought has been put into the Lantern Festival, and the collapse of the lantern shouldn’t have occurred, in my opinion, it’s very likely that it was a man-made disaster. Alas, whether it’s a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it’s the common people who suffer!”

Weng and his son-in-law started a discussion about natural disasters or man-made disasters, allowing Su Zechen to escape reprimand again.

The consequences of the fire on Huadeng Street were serious. Although not many people were directly burned to death and injured, many were killed and injured due to the crowding and stampede caused by the fire.

What's more serious is that some people took advantage of the fire on Huadeng Street when the officers and soldiers were trying their best to fight the fire and save people. They stormed the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the prison of Dali Temple in an attempt to rob the prison. Fortunately, while protecting the safety of the eldest princess and the sixth prince, Lu Jinkang issued several orders to the imperial army. The entire Forbidden Army operation turned around.Acted separately according to the predetermined plan, firmly guarded the major prisons in the capital and captured several prison robbers.

The Holy Majesty was extremely furious when he heard the news, and immediately ordered Lu Jinkang to lead the charge, Dali Temple Minister, and the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to thoroughly investigate the matter.

The three parties checked overnight, and finally the truth came out.

The fire on Huadeng Street was indeed a man-made disaster. It was someone trying to distract the guards of the major prisons to rob the prison in order to create chaos.

The people who robbed the prison were several dead soldiers who escaped the net from the Marquis of Ping'an's mansion. Their targets for robbing the prison were Marquis Pingan who was imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment, Marquis Pingan who was imprisoned in Dali Temple, and Qi Sisi who had been sent to the Jiaosifang.

The first two failed, and the only one who was rescued was Qi Sisi. Unfortunately, Qi Sisi was so unlucky that he was able to escape from the capital, but he fell short. It just so happened that he happened to meet Ning Zhongping who was patrolling the street with a team of forbidden troops. .

The result of His Majesty's wrath was terrible. All the males and females in the Marquis of Ping'an Mansion who might have kept their blood were sent to the Northwest Coal Mine due to the heavy casualties in the fire, execution or a cup of medicinal wine. It can't end well.

(End of this chapter)