kvmb Chapter 154 Take action
Chapter 154 Take action
Today, people entered the city later than yesterday. The street vendors had already occupied the best positions, set up their stalls, opened their mouths, and courteously called out to passers-by.
The prosperous and noisy streets provided the best cover for Luo Xiaoran. While following the Lin family team, Luo Xiaoran observed the surrounding environment.
Suddenly, a two-story restaurant came into Luo Xiaoran's sight. Luo Xiaoran seemed to be thinking about something. She quietly passed by the Lin family team and flashed into the restaurant.
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On the other side, Lin Shan was like a lost dog, following silently at the end of the team. The guards who had picked up the second young lady with him were also here, waiting to return to the Lin family to receive punishment.
Originally, the plan to bring the second young lady home had gone wrong, and the master of the family was going to execute Lin Shan, the leader, first. It was Lin Shan's uncle Lin Zhongquan who pleaded with the master of the family again and again, and the master of the family spared his life.
It was within Lin Shan's expectation that he could save his life, because his uncle was unmarried and he was his father's only son, and his father died to save the head of the family.
He is the only child of his generation. If he dies, his uncle and his father will really be without descendants.
However, he had no future in the Lin family from then on.
The uncle originally wanted him to serve one of the three masters of the Lin family, so that he could become a close servant of a master like the uncle in the future. However, who would have thought that his plan would be completely ruined by this trip to Changzhou!
Thinking of this, veins popped out on Lin Shan's sword-holding hand and he gritted his teeth. He really couldn't accept this!
Just now on the official road, he recognized at a glance that the carriages and the waiters were from the Dongfeng Caravan, and they were probably transporting goods to the northern border.
The Dongfeng Caravan can be said to be the richest and most mysterious caravan in Daliang. There must be a very prominent backer behind it, otherwise it would not be possible to develop to such a scale.
Even such a caravan had to retreat obediently after seeing the Lin family's sedan chair, which shows how respected the Lin family's status is, and he no longer has the qualifications to float in the power field of this huge family.
Even the maids who had traveled with him before, who had been so concerned about him and flattering him on the way to Changzhou, now acted as if they didn't know him and pretended to be cold and holy. It was really ridiculous!
For the first time, Lin Shan no longer felt a desire to touch women's hands, kiss their lips, or go to brothels for fun, but instead felt a sense of disgust from the bottom of his heart.
This disgust was not only because of those little maids who changed their attitude according to the situation, but also because the person who killed Lin Qianqian was also a woman!
Female killer!
Something flashed through Lin Shan's mind, and he suddenly raised his head, thinking of the woman who had looked into his eyes. In her arms was a boy whose face he could not see clearly.
The members of the Dongfeng Caravan were always men. Unless they were escorting slaves and there were women among the slaves, there were rarely women in the team, let alone children.
The old immortal Doctor Qi in Changzhou City has finally confessed that Wang Cuihua has a son!
He and his men searched for a long time but couldn't find Wang Cuihua's son. They thought the boy had died outside.
Could it be such a coincidence?
A woman and a boy appeared in the Dongfeng Caravan, where they shouldn't have been. A female killer was in the Dongfeng Caravan with Wang Cuihua's son?
Lin Shan closed his eyes and carefully reviewed the appearance of the woman in the Dongfeng caravan, but he couldn't match her with the masked female killer.
It’s just that the clothes that the woman was wearing didn’t seem to fit her well. They looked old-fashioned and worn out, a bit like what someone of Wang Cuihua’s age would wear.
Following this line of thought, the female killer was rescued by Wang Cuihua and borrowed a set of clothes from Wang Cuihua to hide herself. Later, she accidentally discovered that Wang Cuihua was dead, so in order to repay her kindness, she raised Wang Cuihua's son by her side.
Lin Shan's frown relaxed slightly. It was not impossible to think this way. Besides, the face could be modified, but the body shape could not be changed. The figure of the woman in the Dongfeng Caravan was indeed similar to that of the female killer...
The more Lin Shan thought about it, the more he felt that his guess made sense. Even if everything was just his fantasy and the woman was not a killer, after some operations, he could make her a scapegoat, as long as the head of the family stopped pursuing him.
Thinking of this, Lin Shan quickly walked to his uncle Lin Zhongquan, leaned close to his ear, and was about to tell his uncle what was on his mind, but he heard a series of shattering sounds, followed by a smell of alcohol spreading around.
On the second floor of the restaurant, Luo Xiaoran threw down several jars of liquor in one breath, along with a burning fire starter.
Most of the liquor was thrown into the team behind the Lin family, where stood Lin Shan and a dozen guards who were going to Wang Cuihua's house with him.
A jar of wine was also thrown on the sedan chair, as Luo Xiaoran's tribute to the most powerful minister in Daliang.
Lin Shan happened to raise his foot to the uncle at the front of the team and luckily avoided the wine jar, so that not a drop of liquor got on his body, and there was not even a spark on his clothes.
Luo Xiaoran clenched her fists, the opportunity was fleeting, and if she failed to strike once, she could not try again, so she quickly left the restaurant and hid.
The common people and vendors who had already avoided the Lin family's sedan chair were not affected, but the sudden fire caused chaos and the streets were in turmoil.
This time, the Lin family truly felt the literal meaning of "bringing disaster upon oneself". Anyone who had alcohol on their bodies was not spared and was almost always affected by the flames.
"There are assassins!"
The servants and guards whose bodies were on fire rolled on the ground trying to put out the fire. The guards who were not on fire quickly drew their swords and protected the sedan chair in a well-trained manner, alert for the next wave of attacks.
The curtain of the sedan chair was already on fire. Lin Shan and Lin Zhongquan, who were closest to the sedan chair, were terrified: "Master, please get out of the sedan chair!"
"Why panic!"
A loud shout came from the sedan chair, and then a big hand slowly opened the curtain and walked out.
Luo Xiaoran was attracted by the ring on his thumb. The ring was made of jadeite wrapped in gold. The jade was pure and the luster was gentle. The details could not be seen clearly because it was too far away, but it must be of top quality.
Looking upwards, he finally saw Lin Xiaotian's true appearance.
This man had ordinary looks, a square face, tiger eyes, and a thin body, but his aura was very strong. He hadn't spoken just now, so Lin Shan and others didn't even dare to lift the curtain of the burning sedan chair to talk to him.
The initial spark had turned into a raging flame with the help of strong liquor, and a faint burning smell could be smelled from the Lin family members who were caught by the flames.
Lin Xiaotian had a tense face and asked in a deep voice, "Who is causing trouble?"
Lin Zhongquan recalled the direction where the wine jar had fallen, and looked up. He saw several jars of strong liquor on the second-floor window of a restaurant on his left hand side, so he reported: "It must have been thrown from the high place of the restaurant."
Lin Xiaotian glanced sideways as Lin Zhongquan said, and saw that there was no one in the window. The vertical lines between his eyebrows were deeply outlined, "What are you a bunch of useless people doing here? Why don't you go in and check!"