When it was really dark, Meng Tian and Meng Li each took five people, and then twelve people took off the fire oil and water bladders they were carrying, and then scattered them on the poppies little by little.

It's the height of summer, and the weather here in Chu is hot and humid, so if you want to burn these poppies with fire, there is no better way than to use fire oil. There are dozens of acres of poppies planted in Xiangjia Zhuangzi, which are located in the fields on both sides of the road in front of Zhuangzi, and at a glance there is a sea of poppies, which is also a bit spectacular.

Looking at these things that could kill people in the dark night, Meng Tian said coldly: "Do it." ”

Everyone untied the water bladder and sprinkled the oil on the poppies. The kind of fire oil that Meng Li found was very flammable, and it burned for a long time, originally Meng Tian also felt that the fire oil found by Meng Li was not enough to burn all the poppies of the Xiang family, and then Meng Li dropped a little bit and poured it on a piece of wood, and then the whole wood kept burning from the place where the fire oil dripped to, until the whole wood was slightly ashed, Meng Tian nodded incredulously.

"Be careful, don't get this oil on your body, otherwise your life may be in danger. Meng Tian whispered to his men.

Everyone sprinkled fire oil on the poppies while going backwards, and after two rounds of two trips, they finally sprinkled all the poppies with fire oil, and this time they used up all the fire oil they had brought.

Meng Tian and Meng Li returned to the road to meet, and then Meng Li took out the flint from his body, lit a handful of firewood and grass, and threw it into the poppy fields on both sides.

The burning firewood and grass fell into a field of poppies sprinkled with fire oil, and when it hit the ground, the flames paused for a moment, and then began to spread to the surrounding area, and within ten breaths the flames had burned more than a foot high, and they were getting more and more intense.

Seeing that the fire had already burned, Meng Li said to Meng Tian: "Young General, let's withdraw, I think it won't be long before the people of the Xiang family will find out about the fire here, and even if they want to, they won't be able to save it." ”

Meng Tian looked at the flames that were burning more and more, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. Xiang family, this is the consequence of your anger on me Meng Tian, tonight is just a plate of appetizers, and I will come with a large army in the future, and then settle accounts with you.

"Major General?" Seeing that Meng Tian did not react, Meng Li asked tentatively.

Meng Tian turned around and said, "Let's go, the people of the Xiang family will definitely guess that we did it, so tonight we will leave here and return to the Qin State." ”

Meng Tian and Meng Li began to retreat with people, the fire at this time was no longer controllable, even if the people of the Xiang family found out, they could only be busy fighting the fire.

"It's not good, let's go to the water, let's put out the fire!" Someone in the Xiang family's Zhuangzi finally discovered the fire in the flower field and shouted for help.

Then there was a flurry of chickens and dogs jumping in the Zhuangzi, and all the people who had just laid down put on their clothes and ran out with buckets.

Xiang Feng had just laid down, and he hadn't closed his eyes yet, and then he suddenly felt a red light coming from inside the house, and Xiang Feng didn't know what was going on. Then there was a knock on the door, Xiang Feng quickly got up, and ran over to open the door without bothering to put on his shoes.

Outside the door was Huang Wouji, seeing Xiang Feng open the door, Huang Wouji said eagerly: "Master, something is wrong, the flower field is on fire." ”

"What's the matter, how could there be a fire in the flower field?" Xiang Feng asked. This season is a rainy season, and Xiang Feng has long forbidden to pile up anything that can be burned around the flower field, so Xiang Feng felt a little inexplicable about the fire in the flower field.

Huang Wou-Ki pointed to the red-hot sky in the distance and said, "Don't believe it, the fire is no longer under control, the envoy has already rushed over, and the villain has come to report it." ”

Sensing that something was wrong, Xiang Feng returned to the house and picked up a robe and draped it on his body, and then in a panic, he casually put a pair of shoes on his feet and followed Huang Wuji out to the flower field outside the village. Number Seven

By the time Xiang Feng and Wong Wou-Ki felt the flower field, the fire had already burned half of the flower field, and the fire kept spreading, although there were subordinates in the Zhuangzi, including the attendants of the courtyard, they all kept running, pouring a basin or bucket of water on the fire, but the fire was still expanding, and there was no sign of stopping.

"Two brothers, I'm late. Xiang Feng ran to Xiang Qu and Xiang Liang, who were directing the firefighting, and said breathlessly.

Xiang Liang glanced at Xiang Feng and didn't speak, it was Xiang Qu who spoke. "How did you do that? How could a good flower field suddenly catch fire? What do you usually do?"

In the face of Xiang Qu's successive responsibilities and interrogations, Xiang Feng also had a hard time, and he assured God that he had absolutely done the safety work of the fire field, so how did this fire start?

Huang Wou-Ki sniffed his nose suddenly, then he ran to the burned flower field, pulled his hand on the ground indiscriminately, then put his hand under his nose and sniffed, and then got up and returned to Xiang Feng's side.

Huang Wou-Ki said to his three masters: "Master Qi and the two envoys, the villain feels that this fire is not like a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster. ”

"Oh, what do you say?" Xiang Qu asked, looking at Huang Wuji.

Huang Wou-Ki spread out his hand and pointed at the black dirt on the palm of the other hand and said, "This is the evidence I found in the flower field that I burned just now, and this can prove that this fire was deliberately started by someone. ”

"What do you mean?" said Xiang Feng as he looked at the black sludge on Huang Wuji's hands.

Huang Wuji clasped his palms together and asked, "I wonder if the envoy has ever heard of the name snake oil?"

Xiang Qu nodded and said: "I know, I seem to have read it in a book, this is something refined by a Taoist priest in South Korea, it is said that this snake oil is very easy to ignite, and once touched, it will wrap around you like a snake, until the fire burns your whole person to ashes." ”

"Not bad. Wong Wou-Ki continued, "I just smelled something strange in the air, a bit like the peculiar smell of snake oil. So I went to the soil to inspect it, and found that there was indeed a special kind of soil that had been burned with snake oil, and it was this oil sludge that made me sure that someone must have sprinkled snake oil in the flower field, otherwise how could this poppy flower be burned so quickly. ”

Xiang Feng looked at Xiang Qu and Xiang Liang, Xiang Qu and Xiang Liang were also looking at him, and then the three of them said a name from their mouths at the same time: "Meng Tian." ”

Xiang Feng said: "I can't think of anyone else except this person." He, and only he, would have come up with such a way to get revenge on us. ”

Xiang Qu asked, "What about the people who went to spy on Meng Tian?

"Back to the envoy, not yet. Wong Wou-Ki replied.

Xiang Qu slapped his palms and said categorically: "That must be him, it seems that the people we sent to monitor him should have also been killed by him, it seems that we all underestimate this young young general of the Qin State." ”

Xiang Liang said: "Big brother, what should I do next?"

Xiang Qu took a deep breath and then slowly spit it out, "Order, in the name of my father, give an order to the city defenders at the border pass, everyone who goes to the Qin State must give me a good search, I must catch this Meng Tian, I will break his body into ten thousand pieces." ”

Xiang Liang nodded, then turned around and left, this order must be sent to the border guards as soon as possible, after tonight, Meng Tian and the others will definitely flee in the direction of Qin, and they must rush to the front of them to block their way forward.