reborn princess

Chapter 518 Deliberate Arson
"I was planning to find a way to sneak in, but the next day they left the city and returned to Beichen, and they didn't even claim the body of the man who followed Madam. I felt that something was wrong, and I was worried that Madam had revealed her whereabouts, so I came here You have been notified."

"'Liangbaozhai'?" Shen Luo's face suddenly changed when he heard this place. He has been in Liaocheng for a long time, and although he seems to be drinking in a daze every day, he can't hide the things in this city from him.

He knew exactly what the background of "Liangbaozhai" was, it was the business of the ninth prince of Beichen Kingdom.

Ouyang Liang obviously also knew the news, so he decided to go into the mountain to inform him.

Shen Luo pondered for a while, then asked, "How many days did it take you to enter the mountain?"

"Seven days!" Ouyang Liang rushed here in seven days to deliver a letter to Shen Luo.

"I'll go back to Chenjiazhuang first, help me take them out, don't let them get into trouble!" After Shen Luo finished speaking, without giving Ouyang Liang a chance to express his opinion, he was already five feet away in a flash.

Xuan Chen came out after changing into dry clothes, and found that Shen Luo was not there, so he walked over and asked, "Where is Master?"

Ouyang Liang had been punched by him last time, so he was a little afraid of him, so he didn't dare to show arrogance in front of him, so he lowered his head and replied, "Yifu has returned to Chenjiazhuang first, and told me to take you back!"

Xuan Chen's brows were frowned suddenly, he stared at Ouyang Liang sharply, and asked in a low voice: "Did you hide something just now?"

The muscles on Ouyang Liang's cheeks twitched slightly, but he still replied obediently: "The one who followed Madam that day was the Ninth Prince of Beichen Kingdom. I suspect Madam's identity has been leaked!"

Xuan Chen couldn't help being startled after hearing this answer, "Does Lan'er's aunt have any special identity?"

Ouyang Liang took a deep look at him, "I can't tell you about this, if you want to know, you should ask your adoptive father!"

Xuan Chen pondered for a while and asked, "You just need to tell me if Lan'er's mother is in danger!"

Ouyang Liangliang nodded, "If everything is as I guessed, yes!" He paused and added another sentence. "Maybe, this matter will turn into a dispute between the two countries!"

"So serious?" Xuan Chen was a little surprised, would the matter be so serious?

At this time, Shen Weilan changed into dry clothes and came out, carrying her pair of knives and a small bundle on her back. The big girl and Du Xinuo carried the luggage out of the house. These luggage were made of rattan boxes. There is a handle, and the two boxes are tied together with hemp rope, and then put on the horse's back, people only need to lead the horse, which is very convenient.

Seeing Xuan Chen talking to Ouyang Liang here, she strode over and asked suspiciously, "Where is my father?"

Xuan Chen said: "Master is worried that something will happen to your mother, so go back first!"

Shen Weilan was not at all surprised to hear this answer, and immediately smiled, "My father can be regarded as going with me, and I was just about to tell him that I plan to go back first."

Xuan Chen nodded and agreed with her opinion, "That's what I mean too, let's go first! Let Luan Ying and Du Xihua walk slowly behind with Da Niu and Xinuo!"

He suddenly raised his voice and called out: "Luan Ying!"

Luan Ying was packing her luggage, when she heard his call, she hurried out of the house.

Xuan Chen said to him: "Now I want to go ahead with Lan'er, and you guys will walk slowly behind, don't forget to bring Dabao's family of three with you."

Luan Ying was taken aback when she heard the words, "My son, my father said, don't let me leave you!"

Xuan Chen stared, "I have the final say and your father has the final say?"

Luan Ying pursed her lips aggrievedly, "You have the final say!"

Shen Weilan couldn't see it, she liked Luan Ying's personality quite a bit, she was honest and honest, she had no shortcomings except gluttony, so she said: "Luan Ying, you should know your family's martial arts, we will be fine, instead It’s Big Girl and Sister Jiayin, if you and Brother Xihua don’t stay, what will the two girls and a few children do in this deep mountain and old forest?”

Luan Ying nodded sullenly, "Okay, then Xihua and I will stay."

Shen Weilan smiled and said: "Okay, don't be reluctant, when you go home, I'll cook something delicious for you."

When Luan Ying heard that there was something delicious, she immediately smiled, "Then I want to eat emerald buns!"

"Okay, then I'll make you emerald buns!" Shen Weilan agreed to his request, and then exchanged glances with Xuan Chen. "Let's go!"

Xuan Chen nodded, turned to look at Ouyang Liang, "What about you?"

Ouyang Liang said: "I will walk with you!"

"Okay!" Xuan Chen didn't force him to leave him to take care of Luan Ying and his party. Anyway, there is not much danger in this mountain, at most there are some wild animals, but they have Dabao and Xiaomei, and Luan Ying and Du Xihua's kung fu are both excellent. Not bad, enough to handle it, even if you encounter a big brown bear.

He stretched out his right hand to Shen Weilan, grabbed her slightly cold little hand, and led her to perform lightness kung fu and gallop away.

There was nothing to say along the way, the three of them drove almost day and night, and only stopped to take a nap for two hours unless they were extremely tired. Even so, they failed to catch up with Shen Luo.

Just when the three of them had just left the mountain, three carriages entered the city at the same time from the east, south, and west gates. At the door, all the guides for buying goods from a grocery store in the city were taken.

The city gate officer who guarded the city checked the road guide and found no problem, so he let it go.

After the three carriages entered the city, they turned into a small alley. The driver and a man dressed as a clerk all got into the carriage, uncorked the lamp oil bottles, and tore a piece of cotton cloth , into a ball, plugging the mouth of the oil bottle.

After finishing all these oil bottles, they took off the green tarpaulin used to protect the carriage from wind and rain, exposing the roof. After these things were settled, the man dressed as a clerk took it out of the carriage again. A torch, lit with flint.

Everything was ready, he gave the coachman a wink, the coachman nodded, sat on the shaft, flicked his whip, and drove the carriage out of the alley, while the man dressed as a clerk stood on the carriage, holding his hand Holding the torch and holding the oil bottle in the other hand, he used the torch to ignite the cotton cloth plugged in the bottle, and then threw it into a shop by the side of the road.

The pottery oil bottle fell to the ground and turned into pieces. The lamp oil inside dripped out and was ignited by the fire. The shop suddenly caught fire.

The carriage rushed forward like crazy, one after another the burning oil bottles were thrown out of the carriage, and the houses and shops on both sides of the road were all destroyed.

The three carriages moved together, and dozens of fires were set off in an instant.

In Liaocheng, there are guards patrolling the city. They are sent by the county government in groups of four, and they are responsible for maintaining the law and order of Liaocheng every day.

Seeing that someone deliberately set the fire on fire, they immediately ran after the carriage.

Seeing that the three carriages were getting closer and closer to the inner city, the driver shouted, "Get out!"

The person in charge of setting the fire on the carriage stopped setting fire, threw the torch into the carriage, and jumped off the carriage. He got up and fell to the ground, and then he didn't go with the man who was responsible for setting the fire, but went into the alley by himself.

The street patrollers are all ordinary servants, chasing the carriage with two legs is already a bit difficult, and these people who set fire are all equipped with martial arts, and their light work is very good. When the servants chased to the alley, they found that they had already There is no trace.

The guards had no choice but to send someone to the county government office and the fire brigade to deliver letters.

There is a special fire-fighting team in Liaocheng. The fire-fighting team uses a strange-looking car to put out the fire. On the car is a wooden barrel for water, with a handle on the barrel and a long pipe made of tarpaulin.

On weekdays, wooden buckets are filled with water. If someone’s house is on fire, the firefighting team will push out the firefighting truck, press the handle, and water will be sprayed from the long pipe, which is better than carrying water in buckets and wooden basins to put out the fire. It is much more convenient.

And this kind of fire truck is also produced by "Jubao Trading Company", which sells all these weird and practical things, so it's no wonder that Xuan Chen's mother is soft on making money.

At the same time, the drum for grievances at the gate of the Liaocheng County Government was sounded.

The prince heard the report from the yamen servant, changed the government, and was promoted to trial the case.

On the side, three masters sat in a row at the lower position, each with a writing brush, ready to record the case.

After a while, the yamen servant brought in a weeping woman from the outside. The woman was naked, and behind her were a group of men dressed as ordinary villagers. A corpse covered with a white cloth.

Seeing someone complaining, the nearby people gathered one after another and flocked to Yimen to watch the excitement.

When the woman came to the hall, she knelt down.

The prince sized her up with deep eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "The lady in the hall, who is the last name? Where does she live? What is the grievance? Do you have a pleadings?"

The woman took out a piece of paper in her bosom, held it over her head with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Little lady Zhang Wang is from Zhangjia Village in the west of Liaocheng City. Kill my husband, and beg your lord to avenge the little woman."

Bai Lichen was sitting with the other two masters and was about to record the case. When he saw her take out the pleading paper, he got up and came to her to take the pleading paper, then turned around and handed it to the crown prince.

The prince looked at the pleading paper carefully, and saw that the incident was clearly written on the pleading paper, so he put down the pleading paper and ordered someone to bring the body in.

The yamen servant went out to ask the villagers to carry the corpse into the hall.

At this moment, three guards patrolling the street ran in from different routes at the same time, regardless of whether the adults were judging the case or not, they just broke in.

"My lord, it's not good, someone on East Street deliberately set fire in the city."

(End of this chapter)