I can't afford to mess with the concubine doctor

Chapter 25
In the evening, Qu Lingxu was sitting in front of the desk lamp taken from the doctor's system to study medical books when Yun Yi rushed in and said in panic: "Miss is not good! Chun Qiao sneaked into the side hall with a candle , I set the curtain on fire on purpose!" The incident of arson was no small matter, but Qu Lingxu strictly ordered not to startle the snake, no matter how frightened she was, she could only watch helplessly.

"Understood." Qu Lingxu turned off the lamp, and said with a sneer to himself: "I thought that Mrs. Xu would become smarter after being hit by a board, but I didn't expect to make any progress at all."

Yun Yi didn't care to listen to Qu Lingxu's words carefully, but said anxiously: "Miss, this slave will call someone to put out the fire immediately!"

"Don't worry, burn it for a while longer." Qu Lingxu raised his hand to stop it.

Hearing this, Yun Yi's eyes widened in disbelief, she looked at Qu Lingxu as if she had seen a ghost, and said loudly, "Miss, once we let the fire burn, all of our account books will be lost." It's gone!" The account book was burnt to the ground on the first day when it moved to Jianjia Courtyard, and the master will definitely take away the right of the housekeeper from the young lady in his anger, and all the efforts before are in vain.

"Don't worry, someone will greet us later."

"Miss..." Qu Lingxu's unhurried look made Yun Yi so anxious that she even cried when she spoke.

Qu Lingxu turned a blind eye to Yun Yi's anxiousness, and just picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and ate it leisurely. He didn't get up until there was a sound of messy footsteps outside the door, and said, "Let's go out and have a look."

The courtyard was filled with the pungent smell of burning things. The servants fetched water everywhere to fight the fire, but buckets of water were poured down, but it did not have much effect. The fire in the side hall was getting stronger and stronger, trying to spread.

Qu Lingxu's lips curled into a sarcastic smile, adjusted his expression and rushed forward, shouting hysterically: "Fire, put out the fire, the ledger is still inside!"

After all, the number of servants in Jianjia Courtyard is limited, so Yun Yi can only quickly send someone to find foreign aid. When the courtyard was in chaos, Mrs. Chen rushed over after hearing the news, and grabbed Qu Lingxu's hand tightly, "Xu How are you, son, are you hurt?"

Making Chen's terrified in vain, Qu Lingxu felt a trace of guilt in his heart, shaking his head and said: "My daughter is fine, but the account books that Steward Wang sent today are all in it, I'm afraid..."

"What's going on, there's such a big fire in the middle of the night?" Qu Liancheng's sharp voice revealed dissatisfaction that couldn't be concealed.

A few days ago, he just took in a charming concubine. The two of them were having a good time, but they were suddenly disturbed by Qu Lingxu, so it's strange that they didn't feel any resentment in their hearts.

Qu Lingxu didn't care about Qu Liancheng's indifferent attitude at all, and just sobbed to himself: "My daughter was reading in the room, and suddenly heard someone yelling that it was on fire, and when I came out, the toilet looked like this, I don't know who did it like this Vicious, you want to put your daughter to death..."

Qu Liancheng was disturbed by Qu Lingxu's crying, and he waved his hands with a cold face and said, "Okay, it's fine if you can put out the fire. If something is burned, you can reset it." He is not short of this in the dignified General's Mansion silver.

"Other things can naturally be purchased, but the ledger..."

Before Qu Lingxu finished speaking, Qu Fengyan cut off the conversation, "What... sister, you actually burned the account book, which is the only proof of income and expenditure in our mansion!"

Qu Fengyan's words made Qu Liancheng's face as black as burnt wood, and said in a deep voice, "The ledger is inside!"

"Yes." Qu Lingxu nodded immediately.

"Keep the ledgers in the warehouse, who told you to move them all here!" In the past, Qu Liancheng just didn't want to see Qu Lingxu, but now he really hates him. This daughter is a dead star!

"Daddy, my sister has never taken care of the affairs of the house, so it's inevitable to be anxious, you... don't blame her." Qu Fengyan's tone was gentle, but inside and outside the words were accusing Qu Lingxu of wanting to seize power .

Seeing that the situation was not right, Mrs. Chen said calmly: "What's the use of talking about it now, the most important thing is to put out the fire."

While they were talking, Steward Wang hurried over with the soldiers from the outer courtyard. With everyone's concerted efforts, the fire was finally brought under control. Unfortunately, everything in the side hall was reduced to scorched earth, not to mention the ledger, even a piece of paper was found. less than.

"Master, the servant checked it out. It should be that the candlestick fell to the ground and burned to the curtain, which caused the fire." Butler Wang patrolled the side hall covered with a wet quilt, and replied pretendingly.

He only planned to burn the ledger, but he didn't expect Qu Lingxu to be so slow to react that he burned most of the house down.

"Sister, mother always taught us to be frugal. You have already returned to the dormitory, why are you still burning candles in the side hall, and now you have burned all the books, what should we do?" Qu Fengyan responded in a timely manner. road.

Seeing that the timing was almost the same, Qu Lingxu looked up at Qu Fengyan, and said with a half smile but not a smile: "My sister's words are so strange, who said that my account book was burned?"

As soon as these words came out, Qu Fengyan and the others were shocked, and Steward Wang's heart felt numb. Chunqiao clearly followed her instructions. Could it be that Qu Lingxu had dropped the account book in advance?
The butler's conjecture was quickly verified. He only heard Qu Lingxu clap his hands, and two familiar servants brought a large box over. When he opened it, he found that it was full of ledgers.

"Wang Steward, all the ledgers are here, can you see if there is one missing?" Qu Lingxu looked at Wang Steward leisurely.

Steward Wang couldn't believe that the account book that had been burned out appeared in front of him again. In order to verify whether Qu Lingxu was cheating, he really tried to look through a few books...

Such as fake replacement!

Steward Wang didn't expect this... The suddenness of the incident was unexpected, and Qu Fengyan was also unwilling. Her lips were purple with anger, and she snorted coldly: "Since the account book is fine, why are you bothering to make my father worry about it for a long time?" .”

"I did put the account book in the side hall, and suddenly it caught such a big fire. I was in a hurry and forgot that I had ordered someone to move it to sort it out. I wanted to explain it when I remembered it, but my sister only questioned and accused me. Why did she ever give me a chance to speak? " Qu Lingxu retorted mercilessly.

"Feng Yan heard that her sister's yard was on fire, so she rushed over. Seeing that her sister was not injured, Feng Yan didn't know how happy she was..." Qu Fengyan looked at Qu Liancheng aggrievedly with tears in her autumnal eyes. Daddy, my daughter thinks wholeheartedly about our general's mansion, and absolutely has no intention of questioning my sister."

"Daddy knows." Qu Liancheng patted Qu Fengyan's hand reassuringly, looked at Qu Lingxu with increasingly dissatisfied eyes, and said lightly: "It's good that people are fine, these days you move to Fufang Courtyard first, and wait for the house to be repaired Come back then."

"Yes." Qu Lingxu nodded slightly. Seeing that Qu Liancheng was about to leave, the cold smile on his lips widened a little.

So you want to dismiss yourself?
I'm sorry, but she has always been merciless to her enemies.

"Father, please stop." Qu Lingxu said quietly.

"What's the matter?" Qu Liancheng turned his head impatiently.

"The fire is extinguished, but father should make a clear decision on how to deal with the arsonist."

This unprecedented sentence made Qu Fengyan and Wang Butler tremble again.

Qu Lingxu glanced at them lightly, and Linglie said, "Bring Chunqiao here."

"Yes, Miss." Yun Yi stepped back in response, and it didn't take long before she came out with Chun Qiao who was tied up by five flowers. She kept faltering and hawing, but because her mouth was blocked, no one could hear clearly.

"Untie her."

"Yes."

After regaining her freedom, Chunqiao knelt down in front of Qu Lingxu with a plop, crying, "Miss, I beg you to see clearly that this servant did not set fire!"

"Chunqiao, for the sake of master and servant, this lady will give you a chance to live. If you are obsessed with not saying anything, then don't blame this lady for being rude."

Chun Qiao quickly glanced in Steward Wang's direction, and seeing the cold eyes of the other party, she shivered a bit, gritted her teeth and said, "Your maidservant didn't do anything, Missy, why did you wrong your maidservant!"

As early as the moment Chunqiao was pulled out, Steward Wang's face turned pale as paper. At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind, that is, he must not let Qu Lingxu find out anything, otherwise everything would be over.

However, how could Qu Lingxu set up half of the courtyard to make him escape easily? Before Steward Wang could come up with a suitable explanation, Yun Xin took a step forward and said angrily: "Report to Master and Madam, Now that the weather is slightly cold, the miss is worried that the servant's room is not warm enough, so she specially asks the servant to bring some quilts there. Unexpectedly, as soon as the servant arrived at the door, she saw Chunqiao sneaking back, and asked her where she went without saying anything. After a while, the side hall caught fire, and the servant took a closer look, and saw that Chunqiao's fingers were stained with wax, and her shoes were also stained with fluorescent sand that the servant had sprinkled on the side hall during the day."

Everyone looked in the direction Yun Xin pointed, and they found some shiny fine sand on the soles of Chunqiao's shoes, but the amount of sand powder was not much, and it would be difficult to find if they didn't look carefully.

"This kind of sand powder was specially developed by my daughter. It is insoluble in water and fire. Chunqiao will leave traces on the way back to the house after leaving the side hall. Father can send someone to check it." Qu Lingxu said lightly.

Qu Liancheng nodded, and someone immediately understood, bowed and retreated.

"Chunqiao, my lady gave you a chance to live, but it's a pity you didn't cherish it." After saying this, Qu Lingxu said with a smile that was not a smile: "Mice and cockroaches are constantly in a place like the torture room. This lady is very curious. Wouldn't they like it very much if a few cuts were made on the white and tender body, and the wound was covered with fragrant peanut oil?"

As soon as Qu Lingxu finished speaking, Yun Yi chimed in and said, "Miss, cockroaches like oily things the most, and they will definitely scramble to climb onto Chunqiao's body, crawling and crawling, crawling into her eyes and mouth... "

Qu Fengyan and Wang Butler looked at each other, and they both understood that Qu Lingxu wanted to use this method to force Chunqiao to tell the truth, and just about to speak, Yun Xin took a quick step, "There are still nostrils, I don't know Can they crawl from the nostrils to the heart..."

(End of this chapter)