Good! Really good! This family is so cruel, living in someone else's house to steal someone else's property, and now they want to kill someone else.

Xiao Yueshan quickly called people to go to Qiu's house, where the fire was in the backyard.

There was no fire in the front hall, so it was safe for everyone to go in. Xiao Yueshan led people to the woodshed. The servant picked up an axe and chopped open the door. They saw Qiu Zhuo, who was covered in wounds and lying on a broken straw mat next to a pile of firewood, dying. There were also many history books he had compiled next to the firewood pile.

The historical books that Qiu Zhuo had carefully preserved were already in tatters, and it seemed that they were used by the Tang family to start a fire.

Xiao Yueshan immediately ordered someone to help him out carefully. Thinking that Qiu Zhuo's history book was indeed quite valuable and it was not easy for him to write so much, he ordered someone to take the books out of the woodshed.

Unfortunately, her worst plan today was to have a big fight with the Tang family. She only brought ten servants with her, and now she felt that the number of people was not enough.

After rescuing Qiu Zhuo, they had to look for Qiu Shunci. The smoke became thicker as they got to the backyard. The yards of other families connected to Qiu's were also affected.

It was the season of clear and crisp autumn weather, and the brick-and-wood structure burned quickly. The heat was so intense that Deng Tong had to dissuade them, "Miss, this place is too dangerous. Why don't you retreat and wait for the fire team to arrive?"

All around her were the sounds of wood cracking and people shouting, and the neighbors nearby were carrying water in batches, which made it impossible for her to think calmly.

She had never been to the backyard of the Qiu family, so she didn't know where Qiu Shunci was imprisoned. The Qiu family's house was not big, but because there were many people living there, there were many compartments, and it was too much effort to search room by room.

She calmed herself down and vaguely heard the sound of knocking on a door in a side room. She quickly called the servants to go and open the door.

After pushing open the door, they found that the person locked in the small room was Qiu Shunci's personal maid Du Juan. The girl's hands were tied behind her back, her feet were tied up, and her mouth was gagged.

Dujuan's clothes were torn and tattered. She crawled to the door on her knees and banged her head against it to make the noise.

I don’t know how long she persisted, her knees were worn out and her head was bruised.

Xiao Yueshan hurriedly protected the disheveled Dujuan, and asked Deng Tong to take the servants to put out the fire and search for people first. She took out a bed sheet from the hut and wrapped Dujuan, removed the cloth stuffed in Dujuan's mouth, and gently untied her bound hands and feet.

"Save the lady, save the lady..." The young woman's voice was hoarse and extremely unpleasant. Her tears could no longer flow, and only two dry tear marks remained on her cheeks.

"Okay, where is your young lady? I'll take people to look for her." Xiao Yueshan said firmly. Her gentle hands seemed to give Du Juan a lot of strength.

"I'll take you to find it." Du Juan struggled to stand up with a hoarse voice, and Xiao Yueshan quickly supported her.

They left the side room and Dujuan stumbled towards the backyard. When she saw the house with the biggest fire, she clenched her fists and her whole body trembled.

"The lady is here! They locked her up here!" She rushed towards the burning room like an enraged lion.

The door of the house was closed with a big lock on it, and thick smoke was billowing out from the roof. Xiao Yueshan directed people in an orderly manner to put out the fire and cool down the house while breaking down the door to rescue people.

The servant used an axe to break the door lock, and the door opened. Hot smoke rushed in, and everyone was choked and coughed, and their eyes were so smoked that they couldn't open them.

When the smoke and dust cleared a little, I saw that the beams in the house were on fire. Qiu Shunci had fallen at the door, hit in the waist by fallen wood.

Xiao Yueshan screamed and hurried to pull her. Du Juan also ignored her own injuries and went to rescue her.

Deng Tong called on people to pour water to cool down the body and remove the wooden beam from Qiu Shunci's body.

After a long day of hard work, the firefighting team arrived. Fortunately, there was no wind today, so the fire did not spread too far. The firefighting team brought professional equipment, and the surrounding residents and Xiao family servants helped control the fire in the early stage, so the fire was quickly put out.

Seeing the fire-fighting team arrive, they had already rescued Qiu Shunci and his daughter Qiu Zhuo. Qiu Shunci inhaled too much smoke and was hit by a wooden beam, and has been unconscious ever since; Qiu Zhuo also had a high fever and was unconscious; Du Juan was covered in wounds.

Seeing the miserable state of the people, Xiao Yueshan arranged for someone to take them on a carriage back to the Xiao family, and asked the servants to call a good doctor.

After leaving the Qiu family, Xiao Yueshan met the Tang family. He didn't even want to roll his eyes at these rubbish who were living off others.

Tang's mother, who was in the lead, stopped her shamelessly, "Girl, where are you taking my daughter-in-law? Now that our family is in trouble, we have nowhere to stay. Since you are taking my daughter-in-law with you, you can't ignore me and the children!"

Old Deng's shamelessness is really amazing. "I am a friend of the Qiu family, not the Tang family, get out!" Xiao Yueshan scolded.

"If you don't care about us, I will never let you take my daughter-in-law away today! This woman is a member of my Tang family in life and a ghost of my Tang family in death. There is no reason to let outsiders take her away!" The old woman immediately started to throw a tantrum.

"Oh my God! They said the Qiu family was a family of scholars, and my daughter-in-law was shameless enough to cheat on someone! If I didn't let her elope with someone, I would have set fire to the house. Now the adulterer's family has come to take her away to elope. If I let her go, how can I explain to my son?"

The Qiu family raised such an unvirtuous and unfilial daughter who had an affair with someone else. I will go to the government office to sue you!"

She slandered the young lady in a loud voice, dancing, crying, shouting and singing. There were already many neighbors who came to put out the fire, and now there were even more people watching. Deng Tong and others hurried to protect the young lady.

Xiao Yueshan gently pushed away Deng Tong who was protecting her, and looked down at the old woman who was crying and making a fuss on the ground.

"Everyone with eyes is watching, whose daughter-in-law is cheating on someone else? As a mother-in-law, you are just talking nonsense and slandering your daughter-in-law's reputation. You are really a traitor!

As the in-laws, your Tang family has no roof over your head and no place to stand. You and your whole family are living in your daughter-in-law's house. You wear other people's clothes, eat other people's food, live in other people's houses, and use other people's money. Not only do you not treat your in-laws with courtesy, you also beat and tie them up, set fire to them in an attempt to kill them, and embezzle their property. I'm afraid you will be struck by lightning!

You want to go to the government office? Okay! You'd better go early! If you don't go, the Qiu family will sue you when they wake up!"

Xiao Yueshan was not a delicate lady from a noble family. She could scold just like Tang's mother. Moreover, her logic was clear and her words were powerful. Even the unreasonable and shrewish Tang's mother was frightened by her and forgot what to say for a moment.

"When you're in court and submit your complaint to the magistrate, don't hide!" Xiao Yueshan pointed at the people of the Tang family one by one with her jade-like fingers.

"Let everyone in the capital see your good son and your family doing such bad things that are worse than pigs and dogs and will wipe out the entire family!" He said viciously to the women of the Tang family.

It was enough to scold her, but Qiu couldn't delay in treating the injuries of Qiu Shunci and Du Juan. She glared at Tang's mother and asked the servants to carry the three injured people onto the carriage.

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