The whole yard was burned down, and most of her hard work was also burned to ashes, which made Mrs. Hongxiao's heart bleed from the pain.
All the heartache was transformed into hatred towards Fang Yiai. With the support of hatred, Mrs. Hongxiao straightened her body and returned to the main hall of Qizaro Courtyard with slightly vain steps.
The fire in the West Cross Courtyard spread, and the first thing affected was the place where the servants lived, which was only separated from the West Cross Courtyard by a tree-lined path and a wall.
Mrs. Hongxiao was sitting on a chair, with her arms on the table and her hands rubbing her painful head.
Although he ordered a thorough investigation of the Royal Court, the people involved in the two fires accounted for more than half of the Royal Court's manpower. Some of the guards went out to search the whole city with the patrol officers and soldiers. The Royal Court actually went to search for Fang Yiai and Qiza.
Luo has less than a quarter of his manpower!
She really wanted to punish those servants and guards, so why didn't she go to her own courtyard to search nearby? Maybe Qizaro and Mr. Guanchuan would have been captured long ago.
Then she thought about how those people were usually afraid of her, as well as the ugly guard who died because of her anger in the yard. Mrs. Hongxiao felt a sense of powerlessness all over her body, and she felt a little blamed for not being able to hold back her anger and deal with that person conveniently.
Guard, otherwise, how could anyone take advantage of this?
But how did he bring Qizaro into his yard quietly? Although there were few people in his yard, there were many people outside the yard. If he had brought Qizaro, he would not have been able to move lightly.
Someone should have seen them, right?
Mrs. Hongxiao believes that with her deep prestige, if anything is discovered, in order to survive, the servants and guards of the royal court will not dare to hide anything from themselves. No one reported it, which means that no one has seen them. If
Being able to dodge so many people's attention dexterously, could it be that he hid Qizaro instead of taking him with him directly?
Thinking about the time between the discovery of Qizaro's disappearance, the fire in the West Cross Courtyard, and the fire in his own courtyard, even if the Tang Dynasty man who pretended to be Mr. Yuan had fully recovered his martial arts, it would be impossible for him to lead Qizaro back and forth and attack.
No trace of whereabouts.
Mrs. Hongxiao's eyes gradually shone brightly, and she thought carefully about the time difference. She felt more and more that it was impossible for Fang Yiai to carry a living person on his back and run back and forth silently.
Xiran couldn't run away with him, which meant that he first hid Qizaro somewhere, made sure he left the yard, and then sneaked into his yard to look for the antidote and set fire to it.
"Here comes someone!" Mrs. Hongxiao stood up and called out the door.
"Madam." Upon hearing this, the maid guarding the door quickly walked in without any delay and saluted.
"Find a few powerful guards to go to King Khan's bedroom and move all the large objects inside to see if there is any hiding place blocked by the large objects." Mrs. Hongxiao ordered... "
While searching the yard carefully, don’t miss any plant or tree! Go quickly!”
The maid took the order and went down to give orders to the men.
Mrs. Hongxiao walked back and forth in the main hall twice, called a maid in again, and asked, "Has the fire in the west courtyard been put out?"
"Back to Madam, the fire in the west courtyard has spread, but it hasn't yet..." the maid replied.
"I'm not asking about the fire that spread out, but whether the fire in the west courtyard has been put out?!" Mrs. Hongxiao interrupted impatiently.
With a "plop", the maid knelt on the ground, lowered her head, and replied quickly without having to catch her breath, "Go back to Madam. There are still sporadic flames in the west courtyard. It only takes one or two sticks of incense to extinguish them all."
After finishing, he fell to the ground without daring to raise his head, his body was shaking a little.
Mrs. Hongxiao was stunned for a moment and reflected for a while before she understood what the maid meant when she didn't pause. She felt unhappy. She took two steps forward and was about to kick the maid over. She raised her foot and thought of the one in her courtyard.
The enraged guard couldn't help but put his foot down again.
He kept telling himself that now was the time to employ people, and before seizing Mr. Yunchuan and Qi Zaluo, it was best to suppress his temper, so as not to leave no one available for him and delay things further.
She sent the maid out with an unhappy tone, and Mrs. Hongxiao continued to pace back and forth in the main hall.
The fire in the West Cross Courtyard has not been completely extinguished, so it is impossible for him to hide there with Qizaro.
She wished that the two of them could hide in her yard without being burned to death, or poisoned by her own poison! Of course, this idea was a bit unrealistic.
Then the place he was familiar with was Qizaro's courtyard where he had come before.
Isn't there a saying in the Central Plains that "the most dangerous place is the safest place..." At present, isn't the most dangerous place right under my nose the courtyard?
The more Mrs. Hongxiao thought about it, the more she felt that the most likely place where Fang Yiai and Qizaro could hide was in Qizaro's courtyard. With this idea, Mrs. Hongxiao couldn't help but feel a little bit of excitement in her heart.
, began to imagine how to manipulate Fang Yiai after catching her, so that she could vent the anger and hatred in her heart.
"Madam, madam, it's not good, madam! Madam..." A maid ran in with panic on her face and shouted.
Mrs. Hongxiao, who felt better in her heart, thought that it was because she found out that Qizaro was about to die that the maid panicked? Could it be that she didn't scold the maid.
In her opinion, as long as Qizaro is still alive, she can detoxify him and prolong his life, so there is no need to take Qizaro to heart at all.
After all, Fang Yiai came to save Qizaro, not to kill him.
"Why are you panicking? Let's talk to you if you have something to say." Mrs. Hongxiao calmly sat on the chair, and then the maid, who was panting from running, said.
"Back to Madam, the guards and maids who entered King Khan's bedroom, they, they all, seem to have been poisoned!" the maid said fearfully.
"What? What did you say!? Say it again!" Mrs. Hongxiao stood up from her chair and asked the maid in disbelief.
"Those who entered the Khan King's bedroom all foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground in convulsions. Their faces turned blue and their eyes rolled back, as if they had been poisoned." The maid said bravely, hugging her body.
I felt a little cold, and the fear and fear in my eyes were obvious.
Mrs. Hongfu reacted, turned around and ran towards Qizaro's bedroom. She saw several people standing at the door of Qizaro's room. Their symptoms were the same as what the maid said.
Ignoring the expressions of those people on the ground struggling to crawl towards her and asking for help, Mrs. Hongxiao stood two meters away from the door and looked towards Qizaro's bedroom. She saw that most of the people inside had distorted expressions.
He froze there, his eyes opened unwillingly, and for a moment, he was obviously dead.
Taking a deep breath, Mrs. Hongxiao really confirmed this time that Qizaro's antidote was really found by Fang Yiai, and that he had not been injured by the mechanism of her precious wooden box!
Judging from the symptoms of the dead bodyguards and the maids who were still dying, it was obvious that they were one of the several powerful poisons that were difficult to prepare in a small wooden box. The poison was called "Shura Powder". On weekdays,
Li didn't even dare to bang himself easily.
Although there is an antidote for this poison, it is no different than having no antidote. Because when a poisoned person shows symptoms of poisoning, they will have abdominal cramps and foam at the mouth. Even if the antidote is given, they cannot fill their mouths.
If you go there, you can only live and die with convulsions all over your body. The appearance of death is as ugly as crawling out of the Asura Hell, so it is named "Asura Powder". Although those people on the ground did not inhale much, they were just two or three steps away.
Still no one could climb to Mrs. Hongxiao's side, and they just died in front of Mrs. Hongxiao.
Feeling weak in her heart, Mrs. Hongxiao swayed twice and closed her eyes deeply.
As for the poison in the small wooden box, since he can use Shura Powder, he may not be unable to use the other poisons!
If so, he put poison in the well water used in the kitchen. Mrs. Hongxiao shuddered and quickly called the maid to tell people in the kitchen to be careful! Before cooking, someone must test the well water to see if there is any poison in it.
!
However, before the maid left Qizaro's yard, a servant hurriedly came to report that there was a fire in the kitchen, and even the granary where the food was stored was set on fire!
It doesn't matter if food and food are gone. As long as you have money, you can go and buy it. At worst, you can requisition food from the people. The key is water!
Mrs. Hongxiao yelled and quickly mobilized people to put out the fire. She also ordered people to check and guard the well water where they usually consumed, and be sure not to poison the wells.
After sending the people below to do things quickly, Mrs. Hongxiao returned to the main hall dragging her increasingly heavy legs.
After confirming that Fang Yiai had her treasured poison in her hands, Mrs. Hongxiao could no longer hate her and had no time to hate her.
She just wants to know when Fang Yiai will appear again, where will he poison next time, and will it be near her?
Fang Yiai knew that the poison that could be carefully locked and hidden in the box by Mrs. Hongxiao should be a rare treasure. However, she did not know whether the water in the Wangting well came from the same source as the drinking water of the people outside.
Under such circumstances, Fang Yiai did not want to pollute the entire water source and bear the burden of many innocent lives.
I just found some food in the kitchen and got some water, and then I set fire to the kitchen and the granary.
At the very least, even if tonight's incident comes to an end and the fire is extinguished, just having so many mouths to eat in the royal court will be enough to give Mrs. Hongxiao a headache tomorrow.
The food in Xue Yantuo is very expensive now, almost to the point where there is no market for it. If Mrs. Hongxiao orders food requisition from the people because she cannot buy food, I wonder if the people who have been bullied repeatedly will rebound?
Even if there is no rebound, he will probably disobey the orders issued by the royal court, which will make it easier for Wu Hao and others to hide in the crowd.
It would be better if there was a rebound. It would be better if the city gate could not be defended. At that time, if Wu Hao and others were smarter, they should fan the flames and take the opportunity to escape from the royal city.
Fang Yiai touched her chin, looked at the blazing flames in the kitchen where a lot of dry firewood was piled, smiled, turned around and disappeared into the night again. (To be continued.