After being forced to marry as a substitute, I became famous in the limbo

Chapter 164 The Color of the Sunset

As soon as Jiang Ning's words came out, the air in the room froze for a moment, and the three of them did not speak in a tacit understanding, and even their breathing seemed to be a little softer.

As for who is forced to appear, the answer is naturally self-evident.

"We have to prepare in advance." Mu Jingzhao said softly.

Jiang Ning nodded and echoed, "According to the other party's habit of shooting, it should be tomorrow. Putting aside the possibility of sending the news back, then there is some uncertainty."

"There is another doubt." Mu Jingzhao was silent for a moment, "In every case, those who were burned to death were all the masters of the family, and there was no servant."

Jiang Ning thought for a while, and couldn't help feeling a little terrified.

According to those women, the fire spread while everyone was asleep. If this is the case, then how to rule out the possibility that the master woke up and escaped in the fire, or the servant accidentally dozed off and was harmed?
"I want you to go and find out what's going on with the refugees you saw that day."

Mu Jingzhao nodded slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

If it is said that all the masters were killed and all the servants escaped, then the greatest possibility is that someone drugged the master's daily diet, fell into a deep sleep, and then some villains waited for an opportunity to set fire.

The one who can drug the master without anyone noticing, but escapes smoothly, is naturally the closest servant by his side.

However, if he killed his master and reduced himself to a situation where he could only wander around and beg for a living, why bother?
Halfway through the logic, he suddenly fell into a dead end. Jiang Ning frowned, feeling a little headache.

Although she didn't have any clues, she unconsciously pushed the teacup away with the hand that was holding the teacup.

"If you go now, you will inevitably scare the snake." Mu Jingzhao said slowly, "Today, you all pay attention to your diet a little bit, even if you eat in front of people, you should find a way to spit it out, and try to pretend to be a good sleeper at night. Looks unconscious."

He spoke extremely slowly, as if he had carefully thought and considered every word.

"Our own imperial guards should not be so easily instigated. Pay special attention to the original servants in this house."

Both of them nodded solemnly.

At this moment, Li Zinian's voice came from outside the door.

"My lord, dinner is ready."

The three of them looked at each other, Mu Jingzhao nodded slightly to Lin Zheng, Lin Zheng understood, got up, slowly retreated to the dark place in the house, and turned off the lights in the house.

Mu Jingzhao took Jiang Ning out.

Just now when I walked to the corridor, I saw a maid in green cloth smiling at the two of them, "My lord, madam, please."

This maid looks very unfamiliar, and she is wearing the maid costumes originally equipped with this house.

Mu Jingzhao and Jiang Ning looked at each other, and they both read undisguised anxiety from each other's eyes.

But he didn't say much, just followed the opponent's footsteps and moved forward slowly.

The three of them walked to the end of the path and turned a corner in the direction of the main hall. The sky had already revealed a sapphire blue, and an orange sunset glow fell across the right-angled mountain in the distance. Jiang Ning paused, breathing for no reason. paused for a moment.

The smell of fresh paint, the right-angled mountains in memory, the scorched tree roots, and the similar road to the city, all of these are connected together to form a somewhat cruel truth.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that she was not moving, Mu Jingzhao was a little confused.

At this time, the afterglow of the sunset fell on her face, casting a little warm orange light on her face.

Her big clear eyes were reddened by the sunset glow, but there was a dead silence inside, a silent dead silence.

But immediately, he followed the line of sight she was looking at, and smiled a little dotingly, "Your temperament of loving to watch the sunset has not changed at all."

He turned slightly to one side, just in time to put Jiang Ning in front of him tightly.

Fu waved his hand at the maid again, "You go first, our wife wants to see the sunset, we will go after watching."

"Yes."

It wasn't until the girl turned and left that the flirtatious smile on Mu Jingzhao's face disappeared in an instant. With a dignified expression, he asked quickly, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Ning frowned, her face was pale, she opened her mouth slightly, but she only uttered a few simple "ah, ah" syllables, which could not form a complete sentence.

She felt a severe pain in her heart again, and she stroked her chest vigorously, panting heavily, but the terrible feeling of suffocation couldn't be lingered.

Mu Jingzhao stepped forward and gently held her in his arms.

He patted her back lightly with his palm, and softly said some gut-wrenching but still powerless words, "It's okay, it's okay."

Jiang Ning's big mouthfuls of breathing drove her back up and down violently. She gasped heavily and tried her best, like a fish thrown ashore in an instant, trying her best to find her familiar oxygen, but in the process of searching A little bit of suffocation.

"It's okay, it's okay." Mu Jingzhao paused when he patted her on the back, then stopped, and tried his best to wrap his hands around her, trying to calm her down with the strength of his arms.

People around me come and go, and I can't help but look at them inquiringly and gossipingly.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Ning finally calmed down in his embrace. Her entire face was buried in Mu Jingzhao's embrace, and she spoke in a vague voice.

"This is my home."

Mu Jingzhao's body froze instantly.

There is so much information in this short sentence.

However, there is probably only one place in Qingshui County that Jiang Ning can call home.

However, that place, logically speaking, had been reduced to ashes three years ago.

Therefore, the origin of this place is self-evident.

After the Jiang family mansion was burned to ashes, Shen Tong bought the land and built it into his own mansion.

Mu Jingzhao couldn't help recalling the list that Lin Zheng brought not long ago. In the list, all the victims were all salt officials and salt sellers who are currently working.

His heart was shocked, the tragedy three years ago was cleverly connected with today's tragedy, the same modus operandi, the same style of action, the former killed the salt merchant, and the latter killed the salt dealer.

The current disaster must be the embers of the massacre three years ago, it is revenge, it is provocation, it is a kind of madness that almost died together.

Mu Jingzhao gently stroked Jiang Ning's hair with his palm, and gently pressed her head into his arms. He turned his head slightly and put his side face on it, "It's okay, it will be fine .”

I don't know if he is comforting Jiang Ning or comforting himself.

Immediately, he patted Jiang Ning lightly on the head, "Let's go, if you don't go, you will be suspicious."

If this scene is to be complete, then this dinner must be eaten.

(End of this chapter)