The wife of two taels of silver

The next day, Liu Wanwan and Liu Sanyou rushed back to the Princess's Mansion after hearing the news. Liu Wanwan was pregnant and her face was covered with tears.

Liu Sanyou supported Liu Wanwan as they walked forward. He was also anxious, but he still said, "Slow down, be careful not to fall. If you fall now, wouldn't it just make things worse?"

Liu Wanwan obviously took Liu Sanyou's words to heart. She slowed down her pace, but her face suddenly became anxious: "How can you let me calm down about this? I'm so anxious!"

Thinking of the rumors outside that Princess Anle's daughter was burned beyond recognition, Princess Anle almost cried her eyes out.

Whenever she thought of this, Liu Wanwan's pace unconsciously quickened.

The two were walking towards Gu Zhilan's room. Liu Wanwan couldn't help but yell, "Sister! Lanlan!"

The entire princess's mansion was shrouded in an atmosphere of panic and tension. The servants hurried back and forth with anxious looks on their faces, each of them hunched their shoulders and hunched their backs, wishing they could bury their heads in the ground.

Liu Wanwan pushed open the door of Gu Zhilan's room. The first thing that caught her eye was Gu Zhilan's face wrapped in gauze, with only a pair of eyes exposed.

Liu Wanwan almost couldn't stand, thanks to Liu Sanyou who was always there to support her.

"Lanlan..." Liu Wanwan's tears fell instantly. She called Gu Zhilan's name in a very low voice, for fear of scaring her.

Liu Wanwan no longer cared about anything else and quickly walked to the bedside. She raised her hands tremblingly. She wanted to hug Gu Zhilan, but was afraid of hurting her: "My baby..."

Gu Zhilan's head and face were wrapped in gauze, making it difficult for her to speak. She looked at her sad aunt Wanwan, threw herself into Liu Wanwan's arms, raised her gauze-wrapped hand, and clumsily patted Liu Wanwan's shoulder.

The door had already been closed by Zhang Ben.

Liu Wanwan was confused for a moment. She raised her head with tears in her eyes and looked at Lin Haitang, sobbing and looking at her questioningly.

Lin Haitang wiped away Liu Wanwan's tears and said, "Silly girl, have you forgotten that I have a space? I have already fed Lanlan the elixir, and she has recovered a long time ago. I just did this for show."

"Huh..." Two sighs of relief were instantly heard in the room. They were from Liu Wanwan and Liu Sanyou.

"Although the wound has healed completely, Lanlan was indeed severely burned before that, and all the places that were bandaged were burned." After a moment of silence, Lin Haitang explained.

Liu Sanyou and Liu Wanwan naturally began to feel distressed. Liu Sanyou frowned and asked, "What did the Dali Temple say? What caused the fire?"

Gu An shook his head solemnly and said, "The Dali Temple is still investigating, and there has been no progress so far."

The case is progressing slowly and everything is stuck.

Half a month had passed, and even though Lin Haitang and Zhao Hongwei continued to put pressure on the Dali Temple, there was still no progress.

Lin Haitang's face became darker day by day. She was now like a frightened bird. She felt that her three children were in danger at the slightest sign of trouble. She had no choice but to keep the three children under her nose all the time.

Gu Mo no longer went to class. Liu Sanyou taught him personally and also taught Gu Zhilan secretly so that she would not fall behind in homework.

Gu An also stayed at home for several days, staying by the three children's side. He sat with Lin Haitang, like two door gods, closely watching their every move.

But if you are a thief for a thousand days, you can't be on guard against thieves for a thousand days.

Lin Haitang and Gu An began to investigate the cause of the fire in the private school on their own.

According to Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan's recollections, when the fire broke out that day, it was supposed to be an arithmetic class. The students were all sitting in their seats, listening to the teacher's explanation. Suddenly, they heard someone shouting outside: "Fire! Fire!"

The noise outside entered the room, and the lecture hall suddenly became restless.

The old man holding the ruler was startled, and then he saw the raging fire outside. He immediately shouted, "Everyone run!"

Everyone dispersed, and Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan were not surprised. The two little guys just ran towards each other.

In the classroom, boys and girls sat separately, and Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan were not together.

Gu Zhilan realized that something was wrong, so she stood up and ran out. However, the place was too chaotic and everyone was in a panic. Someone squeezed past Gu Zhilan and pushed her to the ground.

After she fell down, several people stepped on Gu Zhilan and rushed over.

Gu Zhilan burst into tears. When Gu Mo rushed over, his sister's body was covered with footprints.

By this time, there was no one in the lecture hall, and only Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan were left in the room.

The raging fire completely blocked the two men's escape route.

Gu Mo pulled his sister up and said, "Lanlan, let's push the table away!"

The table and stools were made of wood, and if left alone, they would soon catch fire. The two people pushed away all the flammable items as much as possible, trying to create a temporarily safe space.

Gu Zhilan was injured while saving Gu Mo. At that time, the two little guys were standing on the ground, hugging each other tightly. Suddenly, Gu Zhilan heard a creaking sound above her head. She looked up and found that the beam was about to collapse.

At that moment, Gu Zhilan pushed her brother out and was crushed by the beam.

Gu Mo looked at his sister who was pinned by the wood. Her clothes were on fire. He didn't care about anything else. He got up and pulled his sister out with force.

Maybe the explosive force at that moment was too strong, or maybe there was not much weight left from the burned beam, miraculously, Gu Mo pulled Gu Zhilan out.

Gu Mo put out the fire on Gu Zhilan's body, but Gu Zhilan's eyes remained closed. Gu Mo finally couldn't hold it back anymore and burst into tears, calling for his parents.

After that, Lin Haitang found the brother and sister and took them out.

Lin Haitang and Gu An ran to the crime scene.

The entire private school was charred black, most of it burned down, and only the house in the southwest corner could barely show its original color.

The fire claimed the lives of eleven people, including seven students, two teachers, and two servants.

Click

Lin Haitang looked down and found that she had stepped on a piece of burnt charcoal.

The beige shoes were instantly stained black. Lin Haitang looked up expressionlessly and kicked the charcoal aside.

"We can't see anything here. Let's go ask those servants." Gu An looked around, his eyes a little heavy, and said to Lin Haitang.

Lin Haitang nodded, and the two of them got on the carriage and prepared to go to the Dali Temple.

Eleven people died and the incident became such a big deal that the Dali Temple detained all the servants in the prison so that they could be questioned.

"Wine." Lin Haitang suddenly spoke.

The carriage was extremely quiet, with only the squeaking of the wheels. Therefore, even though Lin Haitang spoke softly, the word "wine" still seemed very abrupt.

"What?" Gu An didn't react to what Lin Haitang meant for a moment, and asked back in confusion.

Lin Haitang nodded with certainty and said, "It's wine."

Lin Haitang raised her head, looked at Gu An and said, "There are at least eighty students in the private school, if not a hundred, and nearly twenty servants. If there was a fire somewhere, someone would definitely discover it immediately. Even if they didn't, it wouldn't be discovered until the fire was so big that it was irreversible."

"There is only one way, and that is wine. Someone sprinkled white wine on the house in advance, causing the fire to spread rapidly. Even after the fire was discovered, it was too late." Lin Haitang turned his head to look at the curtain that was slightly swaying due to the hurried journey, his face expressionless.

Gu An also fell silent. Like Lin Haitang, he stared at the curtain and the vague scene outside the carriage.

If what Lin Haitang said was correct, then the fire must have been intentional, not an accident.

Gu An's heart sank inch by inch. He knew that what Lin Haitang said was ninety-nine percent right.

The fire was man-made, so who was it targeting? Was it other students or teachers, or Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan?

A sickle was suspended above the hearts of Gu An and Lin Haitang, and it could strike down on their heads at any time, giving them a fatal blow.

When he arrived at the Dali Temple, the sweat on the Dali Temple Minister's forehead dripped down his temples.

The Dali Temple Minister had a sullen look on his face. He wiped his sweat off his forehead, forced a smile, and said dryly, "Princess Anle came here..."

He felt guilty. Lin Haitang glanced at the Dali Temple Minister, pretending not to see his expression, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I just have a few questions for the errand boy in the private school."

"Well, well..." The Dali Temple Minister chuckled, glancing around. "Those servants, after questioning, it was determined that they were innocent. Some were released, and some died on the way back due to old age and frailty."

Lin Haitang's face darkened, and his eyes seemed to weigh a thousand pounds as he stared at the Dali Temple official: "How many died, and how many returned home?"

There was a dead silence all around. The Dali Temple Minister's lips trembled as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. After a long pause, he finally stammered, "Two people returned home, and sixteen people died."

Lin Haitang's breathing stagnated. She laughed in anger and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, you Dali Temple are really great, good!"

Lin Haitang felt a foul breath in her chest, which could neither go up nor down, making her choke. She took a deep breath and felt her hands itching. She clenched her palms but felt that she had little strength. Then she shook her palms, raised her foot, and kicked the Dali Temple Minister to the ground, holding her stomach and screaming.

“Aa ...

"You, you, you, you—" The Dali Temple official covered his stomach with one hand and pointed at Lin Haitang with a trembling hand, saying, "Princess Anle, I am at least a third-rank official. How can you kick me just like that?!"

Lin Haitang smiled leisurely, but that smile made people feel terrified: "Go ahead and sue me, go sue me in front of the emperor, I'll be waiting."

Gu An put his arm around Lin Haitang's waist and said, "Don't move, it's too dirty."

After saying that, Gu An took a step forward. He looked coldly at the Dali Temple Minister who was curled up on the ground, with disgust and ferocity flashing in his eyes.

The Dali Temple official had a huge belly, comparable to Liu Wanwan's eight-month-old belly. He had a fat head and big ears, short legs, a face full of pits and a layer of greasy sweat, which was very disgusting. He tried his best to wiggle his fat backwards, his voice trembling: "What do you want to do?"

Gu An didn't say a word and moved his right foot. Although it didn't seem like he used much strength, the piece of meat on the ground instantly bounced two meters away and hit the thick elm tree.

“Ahhhhhhhhh!—”

The Dali Temple Minister screamed again.

The yamen runners rushed over after hearing the screams, holding spears in their hands, and were just about to see who dared to act rashly in the Dali Temple. Instead, they saw Princess Anle standing there with her arms folded across her chest, looking indifferent. Lieutenant General Gu from the parade ground was standing there calmly, looking at the person in front of him who was screaming.

Next to the elm tree, the oval-shaped fleshy ball was screaming. It was their immediate superior, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple.

The bailiffs froze in place, not knowing what to do.

Gu An glanced at the Dali Temple Chief Justice, then turned around and pulled Lin Haitang away, leaving a group of people behind.

After seeing Princess Anle and Deputy General Gu leave, the yamen runners immediately ran to the Supreme Court Minister and took a lot of effort to pull their boss up from the ground.

There was blood at the corner of the Dali Temple Minister's mouth. He was trembling all over, and the flesh on his belly was heaving like waves on the edge of a lake. He roared, "Asshole! Hurry and find a doctor!"

The Dali Temple Minister looked at the direction where Lin Haitang and Gu An left. There was no sign of them anymore, but he was still gritting his teeth in hatred. He accidentally twisted his body, which instantly aroused the pain in his stomach. He hissed in pain and quickly bent down.

The bailiffs found a cart, lifted the Dali Temple Minister onto it, and took him to the room where he was resting.

The doctor came quickly. When he arrived, the Chief Justice was still lying on the cart.

The Dali Temple Chief Justice was too heavy, and it was difficult for him to exert force on the cart. What's more, the Dali Temple runners usually neglected exercise, and they all had the body of a boiled chicken. There were a few tall ones, but they spent their days drinking, eating meat, and visiting brothels, and had no strength in their bodies.

After great effort, everyone finally lifted the Dali Temple Minister onto the bed so that the doctor could examine him.

The doctor lifted the Dali Temple official's clothes and saw the purple to black footprint on his stomach. He took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "This is too serious."

Finally, the doctor said that it would take at least two months for his injury to heal completely: the bruises on the skin and flesh were easy to heal, but the damage to the internal organs was difficult to heal.

The Dali Temple Minister lay on the bed, grunting like a pig. He thought about the pile of gold bars under the bed and felt that the two kicks were worth it.

He really wanted to report Lin Haitang and Gu An to the emperor, but he was the one who had killed those servants in prison on someone else's orders, so he had no way to complain to the emperor.

Lin Haitang and Gu An rushed to Yingxiong Village without stopping.

The two servants who survived were from the Hero Village.

After leaving the capital city, Lin Haitang and Gu An did not take a carriage anymore, but rode horses instead.

Galloping on horseback, Lin Haitang's long hair and Gu An's hair were entangled in the wind, and they were inseparable, only each other.

Soon, the two arrived at the Hero Village.