After the bridesmaid left, Xia Quan looked at Zi'an impatiently, "What's the matter, Miss?"
Zi'an said, "I feel a little tired. Come over here and help Madam sit down over there."
The sound of gongs and drums became louder and louder, it seemed that the fire dragon was approaching.
Xia Quan looked a little nervous and said, "I'll go out and call someone."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
Zi'an picked up a chair and flew over. The chair hit Xia Quan's back, and Xia Quan staggered and fell to the ground.
Zi'an quickly went over to close the door, stopped him in his tracks, and said coldly, "Butler Xia really doesn't take a young lady like me seriously!"
Xia Quan was anxious and stood up suddenly. "I was wrong, Miss, please calm down. I will go find someone right away."
The ground outside the door and inside the house was covered with kerosene. Whenever a fire dragon passed by and the slightest accident occurred, this side room would instantly turn into a sea of fire.
So, he must leave here immediately.
He quickly got up and tried to open the door.
But Zi'an stood in front of him with a cold expression.
"It's too late, Xia Quan. You have to bear the consequences of the trap you set for them." Zi'an said sinisterly.
Hearing this, Liang quickly stood up and asked with difficulty, "What's going on?"
Zi'an looked at Liang and shook his head, "Who asked you to come with me to the side room?"
"Return the gift!" Liang said in surprise.
"Return gift? If I remember correctly, when you delivered the gift, it was in the side hall of the front yard. Why is it in the side room of the garden?"
Liang was shocked. "Is there any mystery here? Why am I dizzy?"
"Because the wine you drank was poisoned."
Looking at Liang's suddenly horrified face, I never expected that she was completely unaware of the situation.
"It was Ximen Xiaoyue. She asked me to count the return gifts with you. She told me to take this opportunity to apologize to you." Liang finally came to her senses. "Oh my God, is she trying to harm me?"
When Xia Quan saw the two men talking, he suddenly stood up and punched Zi'an.
He had a foundation in martial arts and thought it would be easy to knock down Zi'an.
But Zian leaped up, landed his elbow on his head, and raised his knee to hit his abdomen.
Zi'an attacked quickly and fiercely, punching Xia Quan on both sides of the temple with two punches, making him dizzy and falling to the ground.
Zi'an used Muay Thai, which emphasizes explosive power and heavy blows, using speed to defeat slowness. Xia Quan had a foundation in Kung Fu, but he could perform that set of moves, and Zi'an had already executed a perfect attack.
The moment Xia Quan fell to the ground, there was already a commotion outside the door.
He looked out through the crack in the door and saw flames shooting up into the sky. His eyes were filled with fear and he struggled to get up and rushed to open the door.
Zi'an kicked him away and said, "Don't go out. Wait here."
"You're crazy, you'll be burned to death too, open the door!" Xia Quan screamed in fear, "The Second Madam is asking, come and hold her, I'll go open the door."
Liang was so frightened that she could never have imagined that Ximen Xiaoyue would treat her like this.
"Why? Why did she do this?" Liang murmured, with fear and horror in her eyes.
Zi'an quickly picked up the silk, rolled it on the ground, and then connected it to answer Liang's question, "Because if you die with me, no one will suspect that this is a frame-up. Everyone will think that this is just an accident."
"There's a big fire, isn't there anyone putting it out?" Liang screamed in fear. She finally saw the raging flames outside.
"It can't be saved. Why do you think they chose the side room to start with? Because it's far away from the lake, and distant water can't put out a nearby fire." Zi'an twisted the silk hard, connecting them together.
Xia Quan became furious. He knew that the only way to get out was to kill Zi'an.
Zi'an tied the silk and saw Xia Quan rushing over. She picked up a chair and hit Xia Quan's foot hard. It was unclear whether the chair was broken or Xia Quan's bones were broken, but there was a "crack" sound.
Xia Quan rolled on the ground in pain, the chair broke and his leg bones were also broken.
Zi'an stepped on the back of his hand. The firelight illuminated her face, like a revengeful messenger with hatred. "Xia Quan, I told you that your head is only temporarily on your neck. I will come to take it eventually."
"Miss, please spare my life. I am just a servant and have no choice. I am just following orders. If I don't do as you say, I will be the one in trouble!" The fear of death finally enveloped Xia Quan's heart, and his eyes were filled with broken fear.
Zi'an stepped on him, tied his hair up again, stepped back neatly, and picked up the silk. Xia Quan could no longer stand up, so he could only crawl over with all his strength, but he couldn't pull the bolt.
The people who were drinking outside soon discovered that the side room was on fire.
Someone shouted in surprise: "Oh my God, there's a fire, there's a fire!"
The side room was located some distance away from the banquet area and was shielded by a tall building. Therefore, only those at the banquet noticed the fire when flames and thick smoke rose high.
A servant came hurriedly to report, "Prime Minister, a fire dragon accidentally fell over. The whole fire dragon fell down and set the side room on fire."
Prime Minister Xia was horrified. "Is there anyone in the side room?"
"Yes, the eldest lady and the second lady are in the side room counting the gift list and returning the gifts. Butler Xia Quan and the matchmaker are also here!" said the servant.
Prime Minister Xia's hands were shaking, and he shouted hoarsely, "Quick, put out the fire!"
There was a person who quickly left the table and ran to the side room.
The man moved so fast, as if flying, that everyone thought it was the Regent. However, it was not him. It was Su Qing.
The regent, who had been sitting and drinking, had already left quickly when he saw the open fire. At that time, the servant had not come to report yet.
He had been keeping an eye on Zi'an. When Zi'an followed Liang, he specially called a servant over to ask her. When he learned that she went to the side room, he kept keeping an eye on that side.
Because there was kerosene on the ground, the fire dragon quickly set the side room on fire. The raging fire swept in, devouring everything like a demon.
The servants had already brought water to put out the fire, but the fire was too big. In addition, the fire dragon already had kerosene and rosin. How could all these buckets of water brought from the lake put out such a huge fire
Murong Jie snatched the bucket of water from the firefighter's hand, poured it over his head, and rushed into the fire without thinking.
"Oh my God, the prince has gone in, the prince has gone in!" the servants shouted in shock. The fire was so big, it would be dangerous for the prince to go in.
Everyone rushed over. Su Qing was the second person to enter the fire scene, followed by Xiao Tuo, and the twelve General Chens.
Prime Minister Xia looked at the side room that was being engulfed by flames, his face full of worry, but a hint of viciousness gradually emerged in his eyes.
No one could escape from such a fire. Even if the Regent could rush in, he could not get into the house because, once the fire reached the door of the side house, the beams that had been placed in advance would fall down, completely blocking the way to survival.
The old lady stood far away, watching the fire quietly, chanting: "Amitabha!"
Murong Jie entered the fire scene, rushed through the yard and towards the gate. The fire burned the air around him, making it difficult to breathe.
(End of this chapter)