Mrs. Pei fell back into her chair with a look of grief on her face.
"No matter if he's really crazy or not...let's tie him up first."
"Over in the west of the city, quickly find someone to shut up everyone! This is what Li Kechuan asked for, and it's his retribution. I believe Luo'er can do no wrong."
"But this matter cannot be made a big deal."
"Li Kechuan can die, but he must not live to ruin Luo'er's reputation!"
"Luo'er herself may not care, but I have to make plans for her."
Aunt Zhang nodded repeatedly, "Yes, that's what the old lady said. I'll do it right away and won't let anything happen today."
Nanny Zhang stood up and hurried out.
Madam Pei suddenly called out to her, "Wait! Where's Luo'er? Why hasn't Luo'er come back yet?"
Old Madam Pei had originally planned to deal with Li Chaojing before Luo'er came back.
Because Luo'er knew that if her father came here, he would definitely be anxious.
But why is there still no sound from her?
This child did something like this, wouldn't she implicate herself?
Li Qingluo had actually escaped from the dilapidated temple long ago.
However, she encountered some trouble now, so she couldn't get home in time.
Because there was a cloth shop on fire ahead.
This cloth shop is very large, with several shops connected to each other across the street and on both sides.
However, at this time, the flames shot up into the sky and almost burned the entire street.
There was an archway in the middle of the street connecting the two rows of cloth shops. At this moment, the archway was burned into a barrier, and no person or carriage could pass under it.
This side of the street was already packed with people.
Li Qingluo and her companions wanted to turn their carriage around and leave in another direction, but it was impossible to do so at this moment.
The bell tower inside the Dali Temple rang out, "Dong Dong Dong," and Madam Deng said, "The Water Dragon Bureau should be here soon."
Li Qingluo was curious: "Water Dragon Bureau? Is it the imperial court's special firefighting team?"
Madam Deng nodded. "Yes, young lady. When the General's Mansion caught fire, the fire brigade went there too. Otherwise, if it were left alone, I'm afraid the entire Mansion would have burned down."
"But the fire in the cloth shop today is also very strange... It's not night time, so no one would use fire easily, right?"
Que'er stood on tiptoe to look inside. "I wonder if anyone else has escaped. I hope no one suffers the same unforeseen disaster as our General's Mansion did last time..."
Li Qingluo also felt heavy in his heart.
This cloth shop is finished. With this fire, I'm afraid all the goods will be lost.
Li Qingluo suddenly thought, "This cloth shop has nothing to do with my grandmother's Tianfeng Trading Company, right?"
Madam Deng shook her head. "No. This cloth shop belongs to the Baofeng Trading Company. The owner of this Baofeng Trading Company has unknown origins and no one has ever seen him. All we know is that this Baofeng Trading Company has frequent business dealings with the Western Regions."
Western Regions?
Li Qingluo thought of the 'Maitreya Poison' that Nan Jia was infected with, which also came from the Western Regions.
She suddenly became anxious and kept looking up at the sky.
My family still doesn't know what to do.
Li Kechuan was tricked by himself in the dilapidated temple today. He hoped that his grandmother would not be angry when she knew the truth.
But the most urgent thing now is that Li Qingluo is more worried that Li Chaojing will harm his grandmother.
"We can't delay any longer. Let's abandon the carriage and leave here on foot."
Li Qingluo put on a veil and got off the carriage with Nanny Deng and the others.
Que'er and Zijin held Li Qingluo tightly, while Wu Quan, Nanny Deng, and several other maids surrounded their girls tightly from front to back.
However, there were so many people watching the fun that it was difficult for one person to move forward, let alone Li Qingluo and the others who were huddled together tightly.
In an instant, the crowd complained a lot because of their rush to go out.
"What are you doing? If you don't want to join in the fun, why did you squeeze in in the first place?"
"That's right, oh my—my shoes, the new shoes my mom just made me—who stepped on me!?"
"My child, don't push, don't push—"
At the same time, several people from the Qu family on the other side were also squeezing out.
"Hurry up and look around, is there any sign of the Fourth Young Master here?"
"No, not here, not there either. Butler Qi, what should we do? Could the Fourth Young Master be in that cloth shop?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!? Why is the Fourth Young Master going to the cloth shop so early in the morning? Hurry up and look for him! By the way, is it the west side of the city? Are you sure it's not there?"
"That should be correct. The Fourth Young Master secretly left the house early in the morning. Apart from the two words 'Chengxi' on the letter paper found in his room, everything else was burned."
"Except for the west side of the city, there is no other place for us to look for."
"Hurry and find it!"
"Young Master—Fourth Young Master—"
The servants of the Qu family made a big fuss about looking for Qu Daoxun, but unfortunately everyone was watching the fire in the cloth shop at that time, so there was no commotion at the dilapidated temple.
Matron Deng: "I was afraid that if things got out of hand I'd get scolded by the old lady, so I asked Matron Zheng and the others to suppress the noise when there were only a few people who heard it."
"Now, apart from the servants in the general's mansion who saw it, even the beggars themselves know... Even if they wake up, I'm afraid none of them will survive."
"Girl, Li Kechuan is so lucky!"
I originally thought that if the commotion at the dilapidated temple got out of hand, and rumors started to spread uncontrollably, I couldn't blame them.
Now, because of the fire, no one pays attention to the scandal in the dilapidated temple.
Li Qingluo said nonchalantly, "It's alright. My goal has been achieved. Li Kechuan's downfall is a foregone conclusion."
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