Chapter 414: Bear the consequences yourself
"Yes." Lu Xiang nodded in understanding, lowered her eyes and said, "Lu Mingzhu and I are mortal enemies, so I want to kill her with my own hands." Lu Mingzhu was seriously injured, and who knows when she will die because of the inability to treat her injuries, so when she found out where Lu Mingzhu was, she couldn't wait.
Chu Jinyan's eyes were moved: "It's all over."
He did not ask her what deep hatred she had with Lu Mingzhu. Since they hated each other to such an extent, it was a wound in her heart, and he would not force her to reveal her wound completely to him.
"Well, it will all be over soon." Lu Xiang murmured softly.
Xiao Muheng, you are next.
The fire continued to burn until dawn, when the people living nearby got up early to work and discovered the thick smoke. By then, the house where Lu Mingzhu was staying had been completely burned to ashes, and at least half of the entire village had been affected.
The people spontaneously rushed to put out the fire. The fire was already dying out and was easily put out.
Someone found the unconscious servant in the kitchen.
"Hey, wake up." He shouted while pinching his philtrum.
Soon, one of the servants opened his eyes and was shocked to see a large group of people in front of him: "You... who are you?"
"Little brother, which mansion are you from? Go and report to your master. There was a fire here last night and many houses were burned."
"You guys are lucky to have escaped in the kitchen, otherwise you would have reported to the King of Hell by now."
"By the way, there's no one else here, right?"
The servant's head was buzzing as he listened to everyone's questions one after another.
Soon, the others woke up one after another.
There were a total of four people guarding the manor, a servant, a former couple, and another maid.
At this moment, the expressions of the four people were a little confused.
The people who came to put out the fire asked a few questions and when they saw that they didn't answer, they thought that they might be scared silly, so they left without staying for long.
They came to put out the fire only out of moral obligation, and what happened next had nothing to do with them.
As for how the fire broke out in the manor, the owner would naturally come to investigate.
The kitchen suddenly became quiet, and one of the maids said dryly, "He...did they just say that there was a fire in our farm?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the other three people came to their senses in a startled manner and ran out crawling and rolling.
Everywhere I looked was ashes and devastation.
Most of the houses in the village were burned down.
The servant suddenly felt his legs go weak and fell to the ground. He stared at the charred house in front of him like a wooden chicken and said in horror: "Is Aunt Lu... Is Aunt Lu still in the house?"
"It's over, it's over!" Another old woman slapped her thigh and cried out to the sky.
The mother-in-law's husband said blankly: "Let's...let's run."
They couldn't even take care of a farm. If the master and the eldest master found out, they would definitely not let them off easily. What's more, Aunt Lu was burned to death. They would definitely lose their lives.
"Where are you running to? Our indentures are still in the Xiao Mansion." The servant said dejectedly.
The man gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's insist that someone deliberately set fire to Aunt Lu and that we were all drugged by the smoke and unconscious."
"Is this okay?" the old woman asked, looking at her husband uneasily.
The man said, "We have to make it happen. Let's get a unified confession. Besides, there are clues. The people found us in the kitchen this morning, and we were unconscious. This is enough to prove our innocence. No matter what, we have to save our lives first."
"Yes, yes, we really didn't know." Upon hearing this, the servant nodded hurriedly.
Xiao Muchen was having breakfast with Liu Anyao in the main courtyard. When he heard the report from the steward, he was stunned.
"Someone deliberately set fire to and burned Lu Mingzhu to death?"
His first reaction was that Liu Anyao had done it, but then he denied it. He had sent Lu Mingzhu to the manor intending to let her fend for herself. Without his order, the people at the manor did not dare to call a doctor for her. Lu Mingzhu would not live for more than a few days. Even if Liu Anyao hated Lu Mingzhu, she would not do anything unnecessary.
Besides, if Liu Anyao wanted to kill Lu Mingzhu, she could do it quietly, so there was no need to make such a big fuss by burning the manor.
"That's what the people in the manor said. A charred body was found in the house. I think it was Aunt Lu. It looks like a revenge killing."
"Husband, do you want to report to the police?" Liu Anyao asked, "Who has such a big hatred for Madam Lu?"
Xiao Muheng was silent for a while, and then said to Liu Anyao: "No need to report to the authorities, just find a place to bury the body, and you can deal with the people guarding the manor."
Liu Anyao responded; "Yes."
Lu Mingzhu’s death did not have much impact on Xiao Muheng. She was just a woman he did not love.
Now he thinks more about how to climb up and hold power firmly in his own hands.
Lu family.
The old lady also learned about Lu Mingzhu's death. The people in the Xiao Mansion told her everything that Lu Mingzhu had done: "... The eldest young master sent the aunt to the manor to let her reflect on her mistakes, but he never thought that the aunt would be so depressed that she actually set herself on fire. The eldest young master was very sad when he heard about it, so he ordered the servant to come and report the news. I hope that the old lady Lu will be more mournful."
Lu Xiang was sitting next to the old lady. When he heard the words of the servant from the Xiao Mansion, he lowered his head silently, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
Even if Lu Mingzhu was dead, Xiao Muheng would still have to step on her corpse to show off his magnanimity and helplessness. How hypocritical.
The old lady glanced at the servant calmly and said expressionlessly, "I understand."
Backyard fighting doesn't harm the children.
Lu Mingzhu is vicious and selfish, would she commit suicide?
The old lady also worked her way up in the backyard, so don't treat her like a fool.
But Lu Mingzhu herself was going to be Xiao Muheng's concubine, and she would have to bear the consequences of the man she chose.
"Then I'll take my leave." The servant of the Xiao mansion said with his head lowered.
He felt guilty. The Lu family was an official family. No matter whether Aunt Lu committed suicide or was killed by someone, she died in the Xiao family. He was afraid that Madam Lu would use him as a scapegoat if they had a disagreement. After the matter was settled, he just wanted to leave here quickly.
"Yes." The old lady said mercilessly.
The servant clasped his fists and ran away.
"Mother Wen, tell Manager Du that there's no need to send a special message to the master. Let him focus on his work and wait until he returns to Beijing. These few days won't matter." The old lady ordered.
Mother Wen: “Yes.”
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