69novels Chapter 181
Chapter 181
Zhou Yuan didn't think Cao Ye was a fool, but he knew very well that people who stay in high positions for too long will slowly become arrogant.
He was used to being arrogant, and suddenly he was contradicted by a young official from the south. His anger would inevitably overwhelm his reason, and he would naturally do something like arson.
Zhou Yuan asked Guan Lu to keep a close eye on the Yong'an Earl's Mansion and keep abreast of Cao Ye's movements and Shi Jin's departure time.
This fire tonight is not only the fire of the Yong'an Earl's Mansion, but also the first fire Zhou Yuan started as a new official.
This fire must burn vigorously enough, preferably to shock the entire Shenjing.
He sat in the North City Military Division and asked Guan Lu to pass on the message every half hour.
"Sir, there is no movement in the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion."
"Sir, there is still no movement in the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion."
"Sir, Yong'an Marquis Cao Ye got on the carriage and entered the inner city."
The third message made Zhou Yuan stand up and said in a deep voice: "Where is the governor?"
He Xiangnian's scalp tingled, and he ran in immediately, laughing dryly: "Commander, what do you want?"
Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "Gather two teams, prepare water dragons, wait for my order, and set off at any time."
"Yes."
He Xiangnian breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Zhou Yuan would find him something to do again.
Soon, Guan Lu came in again, clasping his fists and saying, "Sir, Shi Jin brought the servants of the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion, a group of nine people, to Mingxuanfang."
Zhou Yuan immediately turned around and looked at the map hanging on the wall, frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Mingxuanfang, that is... a military settlement area, and it is a military settlement area in the imperial palace."
Guan Lu's face changed and said, "They want you to die! It's not as simple as dismissal!"
Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said, "People can still live if they do evil, but they can't live if they do evil themselves!"
Guan Lu's face was still ugly, and he whispered, "Sir, Mingxuanfang involves the imperial guards, and there can't be any mistakes. Don't let anyone die!"
Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "I will make arrangements. You still keep an eye on them. No one can escape today!"
"Yes!"
Guan Lu left quickly.
Zhou Yuan looked up and saw that dusk was about to pass and night was about to fall. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
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Shenjing is the best place in the world, with a large population and rich nightlife. Of course, this does not mean that there is no curfew, but generally the evening drum will not be sounded until 3:45 pm, and no one is allowed on the street before midnight.
This is basically enough to meet people's nightlife needs. Brothels, gambling houses, theaters, etc. basically stop doing business at 3:45 pm.
Zhou Yuan's guess was not wrong. Shi Jin and others did plan to light a fire at 3:45 pm and return to the Earl's Mansion before midnight.
During this period of time, there were almost no people on the streets. They could do it without anyone noticing, and they could also cause trouble to the North City Army and Horse Division to the greatest extent.
Because the North City Army and Horse Division's night patrols often only lasted until 3:45 pm, and the night patrol team might have fallen asleep by then.
"I repeat, eight locations, wait for the evening drum to sound, and then set fire directly."
"The tung oil must be evenly poured, covering as much area as possible, so that the fire will start quickly, and even if the North City Bingmasi finds out, it will be too late."
The other eight people nodded slowly, they all carried backpacks filled with tung oil in pottery jars.
Of course, ordinary people couldn't have tung oil these days, but the Fifth Army Camp had a lot of war-ready tung oil, which was often used for the production of rockets and the needs of defending the city, and was always strictly guarded.
Now that these dozen jars were taken out, they would not be discovered at all, and once the fire started, who would have thought that someone had deliberately set fire with tung oil.
Thinking of this, Shi Jin smiled and squinted his eyes and said, "Let's go, remember to take the evening drum as a signal."
"Yes."
The eight people went to the eight directions of Mingxuanfang respectively.
At this moment, Zhou Yuan also led the people of the North City Bingmasi and marched out of Bingmasi Hutong.
"Zhang Fei, control all the suspicious people around, and never let them report to Shi Jin, so as not to waste time."
Zhou Yuan would not treat the other party as a fool. After all, it was the military camp that made the noise. The other party must know the importance of intelligence and must have sent people to monitor Bingmasi Hutong at all times.
So he had arranged for Zhang Fei to keep a close eye on the surroundings.
"Sir, they have been caught."
Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "The moment we came out, more than four people rushed to Yong'an Bo's Mansion and Mingxuanfang, but they were all intercepted by my people."
"Moreover, I arrested some pedestrians who were rushing to Mingxuanfang, regardless of gender, age or status. If I caught the wrong person, I will release him tomorrow."
Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "Well done. If this is successful, I will increase the funding for your Anbu."
Hundreds of Sibing pushedDozens of water dragons rushed to Mingxuanfang at the fastest speed.
As soon as they reached the halfway point, the heavy evening drum sounded.
Zhou Yuan looked in the direction of Mingxuanfang and shouted: "Quick! Mingxuanfang put out the fire!"
Everyone quickened their speed and ran towards Mingxuanfang, where there was already a fire.
"The fire broke out!"
"Come out! The fire broke out!"
The whole Mingxuanfang was in chaos. The fire caused by tung oil started too quickly, covering a large area of buildings in an instant. Men, women, old and young fled frantically.
Seeing this scene, Shi Jin's heart was finally relieved, and he sneered: "Southern man, you still don't know the cruelty of officialdom. Mingxuanfang caught fire, you kid is enough to be beheaded."
He turned around and left, but suddenly found a man standing at the entrance of the alley, a swordsman holding a long sword.
Shi Jin frowned and said, "Who are you!"
Yu Feng smiled softly and said, "Who am I? I'm just a passer-by, but I didn't expect to encounter an arsonist."
"Bullshit!"
Shi Jin was furious and said, "Which eye of yours saw me setting the fire? Get out of here, or I won't let you go."
People in the martial arts world are afraid of officials, and he deliberately revealed his identity because he didn't want to get entangled with them.
Yu Feng smiled faintly and said, "I'm going to catch you and send you to see the officials."
"You're looking for death!"
Shi Jin didn't dare to delay and rushed directly towards Yu Feng.
However, as the top master of the Wusheng Sect, Yu Feng was not as good as the Yin and Yang protectors, but he was not comparable to Shi Jin.
With just a few moves, he knocked Shi Jin to the ground and tied him up with a rope.
In other places, there were also people in the martial arts world who took action and arrested all the arsonists.
"Quick! Put out the fire!"
Zhou Yuan had already arrived, and dozens of water dragons were sweeping towards the source of the fire, but it would take at least half an hour to completely put out the fire.
"Si Bing enter Mingxuanfang, remember, you can die, but the people cannot die!"
"Yes!"
Hundreds of Si Bing roared, and except for the Si Bing who controlled the water dragon, everyone else rushed in.
Holding the young and carrying the elderly, the brave Si Bing rescued the people one by one.
The whole Shenjing was boiling. With the cooperation of dozens of water dragons, the fire was finally extinguished, and there were no deaths among the people, but more than ten people were injured.
He Xiangnian hurried over to Zhou Yuan and shouted, "Sir, the fire has been put out, and nine arsonists have been caught."
Zhou Yuan pretended to be shocked and said, "What did you say? Someone deliberately set the fire!"
He Xiangnian nodded and said, "We searched them and found fire starters and pottery jars that had been filled with tung oil."
Zhou Yuan said sternly, "Control them immediately. I will interrogate them all night!"
"The burned houses are registered, and the homeless people are all taken to the North City Military Department for resettlement and good care."
"Yes!"
He Xiangnian nodded heavily, looked at the thick smoke behind him, took a deep breath, and was only afraid.
Of course he could see that it was the Yong'an Earl's Mansion that was doing something bad, but it was a pity that Zhou Yuan had taken precautions in advance. This time, I'm afraid something big is going to happen.