"Thank you, Childe, thank you, Madam, you are really good people......" The poor people who got the news and lined up to receive winter clothes thanked Dane.

Zhou Xiya and Xiao Jingqing were distributing winter clothes to the poor, when they saw a shopkeeper under Zhou Xiya running over quickly, with a look on his face.

"Miss, it's not good, something happened."

"What's going on?" Zhou Xiya asked, this steward is still Li Mu's previous steward, and he has been responsible for managing Li Mu's shop, and it is rare to see him so panicked.

"I just got the news that a batch of our newly produced goods was hijacked when they were being shipped to the north, and I just came to tell you that someone informed me that a warehouse in the south of our city was set on fire, and there were a large number of winter clothes in it, all of which were cotton clothes, and soon they burned, and the fire was no longer controllable." Steward Wu was very anxious, this was obviously someone who was facing them, not to mention the hijacked convoy, that is, the warehouse, and someone was also strictly guarded, because there were clothes and fabrics inside, it was easy to walk the water, and it was even more strictly guarded, but this time the fire came too fast, and it was caught off guard.

"Xiya, look" Xiao Jingqing pointed to one direction in the sky, black smoke billowed in the direction of the south of the city, he knew where Xiya's treasury was, it must be where the fire could not be controlled, so there would be such a big smoke.

Zhou Xiya took a step back, almost didn't stand firm, she was a warehouse.

"What can I do, what can I do here, I can't control it" Steward Wu's mouth was bubbling in a hurry, although he had already notified someone to put out the fire, but only relying on the basin and bucket, how much water could be used to put out the fire.

"Xiya. Don't worry, let's go over and have a look, and I'll mobilize the city's guards to help put out the fire. Xiao Jingqing frowned, this fire burned too fast.

"Okay, I'll rush over first, and you can help me mobilize people to put out the fire." Zhou Xiya walked quickly to the guard, grabbed the reins, turned over on his horse, and galloped away.

"Look at Madame, go quickly." Xiao Jingqing ordered his guards.

Xiao Jingqing took the horse and left. It's just that people who put out fires. It's a drop in the bucket at all, and it's all a warehouse gathering area, if the fire can't be controlled, it is likely to affect the surrounding warehouses, and the losses will be even greater. Things are even harder to solve.

Watching the crowd suddenly leave. The poor man who was receiving his clothes was stunned. Looking at the clothes in this car, I don't know what to do, a child looks at no one anymore. I wanted to take my clothes and was slapped by an old man.

"Listen to me, today the second son and the second lady of the Xiao family came to send us winter clothes, this is a good person, we can't take other people's clothes and do nothing, we can't help anything else, but we can still do it with a basin and a bucket to help deliver water to fight the fire, this clothes are left for two people to watch, everyone goes to that guy to help fight the fire." The old man shouted, he still had some prestige in this slum, so he stood up.

"Yes, let's go and help put out the fire, how much can we do." One of the middle-aged women answered, and ran home to find the pot.

Soon everyone dispersed

On the other side, Zhou Xiya galloped quickly, and soon arrived near the warehouse in the south of the city, because he was looking for a fire, many people gathered on the road, some people helped to carry water to fight the fire, and the boss of the surrounding warehouse also came, afraid that it would affect his own family, so he quickly organized people to snatch out the goods inside, the ground was snow and water, and now it has become mud, and his own warehouse is already full of fire, and he can't see the situation inside.

Zhou Xiya got off the horse, squeezed through the crowd and rushed in, looking at her warehouse, Zhou Xiya knew that the goods inside could not be grabbed, and saw a man who was sitting on the ground crying, Zhou Xiya recognized it at a glance as the person who showed her the warehouse, and pulled him up by grabbing his clothes, "How could it catch fire, the fire is so fast, is there anyone inside?" ”

"Miss... Miss, we didn't know, the fire suddenly ignited, we went to put out the fire when we found it, but it couldn't be extinguished at all, and there were two people inside, the fire was too big, we couldn't find them, and now they must have been burned to death. Saying that, the man suddenly cried, and when such a thing suddenly happened, he panicked all of a sudden, how could he have any opinions now.

Zhou Xiya shook him off, looked at everything around, there were a few who helped to put out the fire, and more in the distance was to watch the excitement, who was not in a hurry if the fire did not burn, and now she wanted to cry without tears, and she was accompanied by the bosses of several surrounding warehouses.

My own treasury can't be saved, and now the surrounding warehouses can't affect others anymore.

Zhou Xiya turned over and stood on top of the two big wooden boxes that were snatched out and shouted, "I am the second lady of the Xiao family, everyone listen to me, the fire is too big, please help move the goods from several warehouses around quickly, all those who come to help, I will pay fifty yuan, but if anyone tells me to steal something, as long as I find it, I will not be spared." ”

Fifty yuan is still very exciting for ordinary people, and it is guaranteed by the people of the Xiao family, so they are not afraid that someone will repay the debt, and some people will stand up.

"Steward Wu, find these shopkeepers, demarcate the area, stack the snatched goods separately, and find someone to keep an eye on some, to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to make trouble, and when looking for someone to quickly find a wooden basin bucket, prevent some people from cleaning up a piece of isolation belt, to prevent the fire from spreading bigger, if not, push the gun to prevent the spread of the fire." Zhou Xiya instructed Wu to manage things.

"Yes, Miss, I'll do it, Miss, you stay away from here, it's not safe here." Steward Wu wiped his eyes that were lost by the smoke.

Steward Wu is a very capable person, and he quickly stopped the manpower and put out the fire while fighting the fire.

At this time, Xiao Jingqing came with the city guard, with these soldiers, the action was faster, and soon the warehouses of the two families next door to Zhou Xiya were emptied, the houses were pushed to, and the middle became a mess of stones, and without combustibles, the fire could not spread.

Zhou Xiya just watched her treasury turn to ashes, and she didn't even know when Xiao Jingqing was standing beside her.

"Xiya ......" Xiao Jingqing wiped the ash stains on Zhou Xiya's face, a little worried.

"I'm fine, this thing doesn't hit me yet, this incident is definitely not an accident. If I find out who it is, I will never let me go, how much I have lost, I will let him return it tenfold and hundredfold. Zhou Xiya's face was gloomy.

"Okay, I'll check it for you," Xiao Jingqing sighed.

Because there are a lot of things in the warehouse, although the fire was artificially controlled and did not burn around, but Zhou Xiya's own warehouse alone burned for two hours before it was completely burned out, looking at the ruined house. Zhou Xiya pushed Xiao Jingqing's hand away. Go to the storeroom.

There were also sporadic fires burning, and there were a lot of unburned clothes on the ground, and you could see the blackened cotton inside, and the broken wood lay under your feet. Zhou Xiya looked at the huge warehouse, but now it has become a charred and black ruin. Slowly the goods turned to ashes. Zhou Xiya's face was gloomy, this matter was not over.

"Be careful, don't go in. There are also some small flames inside, and it is not safe to go in. Xiao Jingqing grabbed Zhou Xiya, who was about to go inside, full of worry.

"Second son, the fire has been extinguished, because the fire was put out in time, the fire did not spread to the surrounding warehouses, but the two warehouses next door were pushed to, in addition, the goods did not suffer any loss, we found charred human bones in this warehouse, it should be two people, and the deceased should be the person in this warehouse." The leader of the Protectorate came to report.

"Okay, I know, take someone to clean up the scene, count the damage, appease the affected warehouse owner, and I'll deal with it later." Xiao Jingqing explained.

"Wait, take me to see those two bones." Zhou Xiya suddenly spoke.

"Yes" The commander of the city guard glanced at Xiao Jingqing's face, and only after seeing him nodding did he agree, "Second son, second lady, please come with me." ”

Zhou Xiya cautiously walked to the corner of the collapsed wall, looking at the pile of human bones on the ground, no, to be precise, the person was scorched, the person still had some flesh, and the head was well preserved, the two people were leaning together, and they died together.

"Xiya, don't look at it." Xiao Jingqing didn't want his wife to see such a corpse, such a miserable scene was not something that a woman should see.

"Open their mouths, I want to see their mouths" Zhou Xiya ignored Xiao Jingqing and ordered one of her guards to follow.

The guard did not hesitate, stepped forward and pinched the charred head, the person's head was still there, and after the mouth was pinched open, Zhou Xiya saw the clean tongue in the corpse.

"This man died before the fire burned?" Xiao Jingqing also saw the problem.

"Yes, these two people should have been killed by someone, so there is no soot in the mouth, and the death of these two people concludes that someone deliberately set fire into this fire and not an accident." Zhou Xiya looked at the two people and said, this also confirmed her thoughts, she never believed that a pole could burn so quickly, she invited four people to look at the warehouse, if it was an accident, what were these people going to eat.

"Let's get out." Zhou Xiya walked out first.

When I came outside, I saw that Steward Wu was talking to a few shopkeepers who were involved, and several shopkeepers looked a little excited, too, they were also affected by the pond fish.

Zhou Xiya walked over: "Don't quarrel with the bosses, because we have suffered losses due to the fire in our warehouse, it is ours, we are compensating for your losses, please make some lists, see what you have lost, how much money you have lost, and report it to Steward Wu, as long as it is reasonable, we will compensate." Zhou Xiya talked to them as the boss.

"Okay, since the second lady of the Xiao family has come forward, then we won't say anything, but because of your treasury, we have also lost a lot, we believe in the strength of the second lady, the business is not benevolent, we also hope that we can have the opportunity to cooperate with the second lady in the future, this time the matter is over, as long as you lose money, we will not say anything." One of the shopkeepers weighed it and said, they all know that this big boss is the second lady of the Xiao family, who is Xiao Houye, this should be heavenly, no, this is the most powerful in the south, where are they offended by these small businesses, as long as people lose money, forget it, and they can also change their friendships.

"Okay, since everyone is a happy person, then I won't say anything, if there is a cooperative project in the future, I must give priority to you, I still have something, I'll see you again." Zhou Xiya bowed slightly, gave Steward Wu a look, and led Steward Wu to the side to speak.

"There are four people watching in our warehouse, two died, one was frightened just now, and the other one, why didn't I see it." Zhou Xiya deliberately looked at it before, but she didn't see the person who looked at the warehouse, she had been to the warehouse twice, so she remembered the four people who took care of the warehouse.

"Miss is talking about Xiao Dongzi? It was he who went to inform me that there was a fire, and then I was in a hurry to inform the lady and asked him to find someone to organize Steward Liu to put out the fire, but I don't know why Steward Liu didn't come, but one of our nearest shopkeepers heard the news and brought someone to help put out the fire. Steward Wu was also puzzled.

"Hurry up and send someone to find that little Dongzi, he must have a problem, find him may be able to know something, this fire is not an accident." Zhou Xiya felt that there was something wrong with that little thing, and said directly.

"Yes" Steward Wu was about to leave, but Zhou Xiya grabbed him, "By the way, what did you tell me before, what happened to our convoy being hijacked?" ”

"Miss, our freshmen produced a batch of goods, including clothes, jewelry, and porcelain, divided into three teams of people, and transported them to the capital, Yangzhou, and Jinzhong, and the front and rear feet left Yingtian, but the news came back that yesterday the three convoys were robbed, the goods were robbed, and the people who escorted the goods were also killed, and the means were clean and neat, not like ordinary bandits, but someone was deliberately targeting us." Steward Wu told the news he had gotten.

"Check, use all your strength to find out, who is behind the scenes, since it was robbed not far from Yingtian, plus this fire, this murderer must be in Yingtian, check it for me, whether it is someone who is against us in business, or someone who has interests with us, we must investigate." Zhou Xiya directly ordered, "By the way, also, check Xiao Ruiqing for me to see if he did it." "The first thing Zhou Xiya suspected was Xiao Ruiqing, she had just offended Xiao Ruiqing some time ago, and Xiao Ruiqing had the ability to do so.

"Yes" Steward Wu glanced at Zhou Xiya, and should leave.

After the fire, Zhou Xiya handed over the matter to Wu Steward to deal with, there are a lot of people who help to fight the fire today, although it will cost a lot of money, but if it really burns several warehouses around, the loss of these compensation is not what the money can make up for now, she can only admit this loss.

On the carriage back home, "Xiya, your loss this time is not small, the liquidity is not too sufficient, I have some money in my private treasury, you can take it to emergency." Xiao Jingqing held Zhou Xiya's hand.

"No need, I can still support it, the money in my dowry hasn't been touched yet, I'll just transfer it to the emergency, the flow of the store in other places will soon make up for this shortfall, they want to trip me up in this way, they also underestimate me too much, if I need it, I will talk to you" Zhou Xiya shook her head, Xiao Jingqing's words were still very heartwarming, she knew that Xiao Jingqing used money in a lot of places.

"I'll look into this for you, and I'll be on your side no matter what happens." Xiao Jingqing held Zhou Xiya in his arms, he knew that Xiya was suspicious of his eldest brother, and he also doubted, alas, it seems that it is not possible to be stable anymore. (To be continued.) )