Daughter's Portable Space

Chapter 368
At night, the Qin family finally returned to calm. Qin Shaotian's return was getting later every day. Even the third young master of the Fang family, who wanted to sue, couldn't wait to stay. One can imagine how late Qin Shaotian came back.Almost at the same time Qin Shaotian entered the second gate, a figure followed behind him and entered the second gate together.

The mother-in-law of the second door clearly saw the man, but she chose to turn a blind eye.

Qin Shaotian didn't notice anything unusual, after all, it was impossible to be vigilant all the time in his own home, let alone he was tired all day, and now he just wanted to go back and have a good rest.However, this time he couldn't do what he wanted.

When he walked outside the courtyard of Mrs. Qin's family, there was a sudden shout from outside the second door.

Instinctively looking back, because it was too late, Qin Shaotian didn't know what happened, but the screams for help from the night shocked him severely.

"Help! It's on fire!" In the silent night, this cry was enough to wake everyone up from their dreams.

According to the location of the sound, Qin Shaotian quickly judged the location of the fire, and that was the guest courtyard!
Because it was just outside the courtyard of the eldest wife of the Qin family, Qin Shaotian knocked on the courtyard door directly. Anyway, it was mother and son, and it was an emergency, so there was no need to shy away so much.Borrowing a few rough envoys to go to various courtyards to notify the fire situation, Qin Shaotian knows very well that once the fire spreads in this dry season, let alone the Qin family's back house, even the mansion next door will be destroyed. All may suffer.Even if one fails, it will affect the whole street!

He didn't expect the female family members in the back house to help put out the fire, Qin Shaotian just asked them to quickly evacuate to a safe place, and as for the three adult men in the second room, they organized people to fight the fire together with him.

It has to be said that the Qin family, as a respectable family in Luzhou City, has done a relatively good job in terms of fire prevention.

In addition to the relatively large intervals between each yard, there is also a fire belt between the second gate and the back house.After Qin Butler woke up from his sleep, he quickly made proper arrangements. After all, he was the one who knew the Qin family's house the most.

The fire started from the guest courtyard at first.

Although it is not known what the source of the fire was, the fire appeared to be quite large.Fortunately, because it was discovered in time, and there was no wind tonight, it did not affect the nearby courtyard, but in this guest courtyard...

Watching the fire slowly subside with a sullen face, Qin Shaotian ordered someone to count the number of people.

The first one to spot the fire was the night watch woman, so naturally she was also the first one to run out.After that came the rough envoys and maids. They lived very close to the gate of the courtyard, and they were doing rough work, and their bodies were strong. Except for forgetting to wear a big jacket because of fright, they would not be injured.Although the personal maids reacted a bit slower, they finally escaped from the sea of ​​flames, but they looked extraordinarily embarrassed.

"What's going on here? On fire! Why on fire? Ah! It's killing me!"

Looking at the third young master of the Fang family who was screaming in pain, Qin Shaotian breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Qin family and the Fang family are relatives, if the third young master of the Fang family really died in the Qin family, then this matter would not be easy.Fortunately, he was rescued by the servants. Although he was injured, his hands were only burned, and it didn't look particularly serious.

Now, only the aunt is left.

Because the fire was under control, the masters of the Qin family also rushed over.Luo Yunrui ordered the baby to protect the three little brothers by her side, and she herself stood beside the eldest wife of the Qin family.Next to them are the second wife of the Qin family and two young mistresses.

Under everyone's anxious gaze, the aunt was finally rescued, and her sharp cry of pain also told others that she was still alive.

However, the aunt's yelling was really terrible, and the faces of the masters of the Qin family were not good-looking. Even though the aunt used to be a young lady of the Qin family, she is now a member of the Fang family. What if something really happened , but it is not easy to explain.

The doctor was quickly found, because most of the rooms in the guest house were burnt down, and there was nothing else to worry about at the moment, the aunt was assigned to the back house, and the third young master of the Fang family came along with her.

The third young master of the Fang family was burned on the backs of his hands, and there were several large blisters on the backs of his hands. Although it looked a little scary, it was luck.

As for the aunt, her injuries were a little serious. She was almost the last one to be rescued. Apart from burns on her hands and feet, the most serious thing was a piece of her chest.It is said that she wanted to run outside, but because she was barefoot, her feet were burned immediately.Under the pain, the aunt couldn't maintain her balance at all, and she fell out of the body.Because of this, most of her burns were on her chest, and even her face had some burn marks.

The Qin family did not invite the usual doctors, but went to Ci'an Hall in the city to find all the external trauma doctors.

After all, it wasn't just the aunt, mother and son who were injured this time, but also several maids who were serving in the house.Of course, my aunt was the most seriously injured. Fortunately, the doctor said that her life was not in danger.

After all the wounded were given medicine, it was already dawn.This night, none of the master and servants of the Qin family had a good rest, and they were all exhausted.

After confirming that the fire had been completely extinguished, Qin Shaotian did not let the others disperse, but gathered everyone together for questioning.

It has been almost 100 years since the Qin family moved to Luzhou City, and there has never been a fire during this period.Although it could be explained that the fire was caused by the overturned charcoal basin and candlestick, or other excuses, Qin Shaotian's intuition told him that something was wrong.

Since arriving at the guest house, Luo Yunrui has kept her head down and said nothing.Compared to other tired-looking people, she was in good spirits, because right after seeing her aunt was rescued, she found an excuse to find the doll, and then the two of them hid in the Nixu space and stopped taking a nap for a while.

And by the way, let's discuss this inexplicable fire today.

Maybe Qin Shaotian doesn't know much about family affairs, but that doesn't mean Luo Yunrui does either.

Not to mention the Qin family, even the Luo family, whose family status is not as good as the Qin family, pays great attention to fire prevention in autumn and winter.

The courtyards and guest courtyards of the masters of the Qin family are paved with earth dragons, and only the courtyards specially used for rough envoys will use charcoal basins.Of course, if in the daytime, sometimes feel that the house is not warm enough, the masters’ rooms will occasionally use the charcoal pot, but this is only a rare case, you must know that the charcoal pot uses coal, even the best Waiting for the silver frost charcoal, there will still be some smoke after using it for a long time.

As for the candlestick falling down, that is even more impossible.Who would play with candlesticks in the middle of the night for no reason?Besides, even if it is because the candlestick is needed for lighting at night, if the candlestick falls down, someone should call out directly, instead of waiting for the fire to ignite before being discovered.

You must know that maids are serving the masters' courtyards and guest courtyards, so it is really unlikely that such a big omission will happen.

If today's fire started from the courtyard of the servants, then Luo Yunrui would not feel too strange.

But rather...

There must be something wrong here!

Qin Shaotian inquired about the situation. Of course, he would not directly say that he suspected that someone had set the fire, but he still asked repeatedly if there was anything unusual tonight.

The woman guarding the second door insisted that no one else came in or out at night except Qin Shaotian asked to open the door, so Qin Shaotian basically ruled out the suspicion of the owner of the back house.As for the front yard, it is a bit troublesome.

When no one was paying attention, Luo Yunrui gave Qin Shaotian a wink.Qin Shaotian was a little puzzled, but let the others go back to rest first, while he and Luo Yunrui went to the corner to talk.

"Shaotian, do you also think there is a problem with this?"

"Something's wrong." Although Qin Shaotian was an official, he had never handled a case, and only relied on his own intuition to suspect that there was something wrong.As for where the problem is, it is really impossible to find out.But this matter can't be borrowed from others. After all, there was an arson case at home, whether it was done by the master or the servants, it would not sound good to say it.

Luo Yunrui pursed her lips, and said with some embarrassment: "Shaotian, you can actually think about it, who in the family hates the aunt the most."

The entire guest house was on fire, and the most seriously injured person was my aunt, and I heard from the servant girl that the first fire started from the aunt's room. It can be said that if this was really intentional arson, then it was aimed at the aunt. Mrs.

After hearing Luo Yunrui's words, Qin Shaotian's eyes lit up.He fell into a strange circle before, only thinking about who could set fire unknowingly in the middle of the night, but ignored the motive of arson.This is also the common thinking of officials, who always want to find evidence that can prove ordinary people, and forget that evidence may not be needed in handling family affairs.

This is like the Luo family when Luo Yunrui was unmarried. The concubine of the second master of the Luo family had a miscarriage. Who would do it?Exclude one by one, and then it becomes obvious.As for the evidence, it's not an official office, so why do you want that stuff?
It's just that in this way, the most suspicious person is the master of the Qin family.

For example, the second bedroom of the Qin family?

It's not that Qin Shaotian didn't suspect that the eldest wife of the Qin family also hated the aunt, but when it was on fire, he himself was beside the eldest wife of the Qin family's yard.At that time, after hearing that the house was on fire, Mrs. Qin's expression of being so frightened that she almost fainted could not be faked.

As for Luo Yunrui, she wouldn't do that. Qin Shaotian, who knew her well all along, knew very well that it wasn't that Luo Yunrui couldn't do it, but that she wouldn't choose such a stupid method.If she really wanted to deal with her aunt, it would be impossible for her to use such a flamboyant and unsafe method as arson. Qin Shaotian believed that his wife would not be so stupid.

Then the next step is easy to guess.

(End of this chapter)