"He is worthy of being a man who leads the troops, and his body is extremely strong. ▲∴ top▲∴o'clock▲∴ small▲∴ said," Li Zhongyi smiled and motioned for Wang Xiaotong to sit down and speak.

Wang Xiaotong is not too stupid, after he thanked him, he followed Liu Jinshan's example, and sat sideways with only half of his buttocks.

"Does Wang Fangyu have a table word?" Li Zhongyi asked with a smile, Wang Xiaotong quickly got up, arched his hands and said, "If you go back to the palace, the last general will be Renzhong." ”

Li Zhongyi waved his hand kindly, and said with a smile: "Renzhong doesn't have to be so polite, your own family, the more courtesies, the more points." ”

"Alas, what you said is too damn ...... That's right. Wang Xiao didn't restrain Qiu Ba's habits at the same time, and almost scolded his mother in front of Li Zhongyi.

Liu Jinshan frowned frequently, and secretly scolded in his heart, if he doesn't read, he doesn't understand reason, after all, he is a broken household that can't be put on the stage.

Li Zhongyi didn't seem to hear Wang Xiaotong's foul words, and he asked: "I don't know what the reason is for the fire in the Hucao Pavilion Library?" ”

Wang Xiaotong did not hesitate at all, and said bluntly: "The good sect lord knows that in the opinion of the general, eighty percent of them were deliberately set on fire. ”

Li Zhongyi's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked, "Oh, how can you see it?" ”

Wang Xiaotong clasped his fists and explained: "The prince may not know something. At that time, the patrolman on the watchtower of the government saw the fire and sounded the gong to warn him, and the last general happened to be patrolling nearby, so he naturally rushed over with his subordinates. ”

"Don't hide it from the king, after the last general arrived at the fire, he found that the fire had reached the sky, and it was difficult to completely extinguish it." Wang Xiaotong swallowed his saliva and continued to introduce the details, "According to the report of the last general's subordinates. There was far more than one fire, with preliminary estimates of at least three starting sites. To know. This Caojia Pavilion Treasury is an important household tax land. Not to mention fire sickles, velvet, flint and other fire-starting objects, even candles are not allowed to stay in the warehouse. ”

Wang Xiaotong's orderly and well-organized logical analysis gave Li Zhongyi a more intuitive understanding of this fire.

"Fujun, because the fire is too fierce and the smoke is billowing out, the last general is worried that his sons will be smoked to death, so he didn't dare to order someone to rush in to extinguish the fire." Wang Xiaotong said this. staring at Li Zhongyi with blank eyes, he probably realized that the words just now were accidentally said and leaked out.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said: "Although the fire has caused huge losses, it is better to be cautious and cautious if human lives are at stake." ”

Wang Xiaotong grinned. Haha smiled and said, "That's it, what you said is very true. The flames rose five feet high, and even the iron could turn into water. How much more is the flesh? ”

Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile, and from Wang Xiaotong's description, it can be seen that the fire at that time was extremely strict. However, Wang Xiaotong cherished the thoughts of his soldiers. But it was also exposed.

With Li Zhongyi's encouragement, Wang Xiaotong no longer had any scruples. What he experienced, as well as the situation reported by his subordinates, poured out the bamboo tube like beans.

After listening to Wang Xiaotong's report, Li Zhongyi also had a rough idea in his heart, his previous prediction was not wrong, and it was almost certain that someone deliberately set fire.

As for the purpose of burning the Hucao Pavilion Treasury, it is likely that it is inextricably linked to the expansion of Kaifeng City and the sale of land.

Expanding the city to the point of a circumference of dozens of miles, it is conceivable that the magnates who learned the news in advance will definitely do everything they can, and they will cheat the common people who don't know the details, and if they can't cheat, they will simply take advantage of the situation.

Of course, even if it is an open robbery, the magnates involved will more or less give some money, and it is impossible to slaughter or drive away the Han landlords like the Eight Banners Army enclosed land near the capital.

Well, it's a bit tricky!

Li Zhongyi figured out the ins and outs of the arson case, and he knew very well that the case was widely implicated, and the trouble was not ordinarily big.

If things get bigger, Li Zhongyi, the prefect of Kaifeng, will be difficult to cover, but it is very likely that the boat will capsize.

Liu Jinshan, an old bureaucrat, was actually aware of the sinister nature of the fire from the moment he knew about it. Now, seeing that Li Zhongyi has been silent, he naturally understands Li Zhongyi's difficulties very well.

If it was just a certain magnate who bullied others and occupied the people's land, even if he was the prime minister, Li Zhongyi would have a way to overturn the case.

However, the expansion of Kaifeng New City involves a large number of magnates, once the water is revealed, it is likely to be unimaginable!

With so many powerful people as enemies, not to mention Li Zhongyi, a small Kaifeng prefect, even if it is Chai Rong, he must weigh the stakes involved.

Liu Jinshan knows very well in his heart that the urgency of the mountain is the only magic weapon for survival, otherwise, what is the use of wings?

Just when Liu Jinshan opened his mouth and was about to step forward, Li Zhongyi suddenly stood up and said lightly: "Let's go to the fire site first, and then make a decision." ”

Since the backer had spoken, Liu Jinshan had to swallow the "responsibility" that had rushed to his mouth, and together with Wang Xiaotong, he accompanied Li Zhongyi to Hucao's courtyard.

There is still a short road from Hu Cao's courtyard gate, and Li Zhongyi has already seen that in addition to splashing dirty water everywhere on the ground, it is a black and messy variety of shoe prints.

It can be imagined how noisy and chaotic Wang Xiaotong was when he commanded his subordinates to fight the fire?

At the gate of Tocao's courtyard, more than a dozen patrolmen lined up on both sides, clenching the barrels of spears or knives in their hands, and were heavily guarded.

Maybe it was the purple official robe that Li Zhongyi was wearing, and the goldfish talisman bag around his waist, which revealed his identity, and a team guarding the gate, before Li Zhongyi and them came closer, they had already led his subordinates, knelt down and saluted together, and shouted in unison: "Little ones, see the prince." ”

"That's it." Li Zhongyi waved his hand gently, signaling everyone to get up, "The brothers have worked hard, and everyone will be rewarded with money."

"Thank you for your grace."

The team wasn't too surprised, for him, the money was nothing.

However, the monthly salary of the team's subordinates was only a little more than usual, and their gratitude, from the bottom of their hearts, was exceptionally cheerful.

The world is big, eating is big, and raising a family is big!

Li Zhongyi has been in the military camp for several years, and he knows the needs of ordinary Qiu Ba well.

Walking into Cao's courtyard, Li Zhongyi saw a shocking scene: there were ruins everywhere, scorched wood and black stones, and sewage everywhere, which made it difficult for people to get their feet.

Wang Xiaotong is a big boss, so he didn't pay attention to the situation under his feet at all, but Liu Jinshan thought about it a little, took the initiative to come to Li Zhongyi's side, and whispered: "This place is too chaotic, why don't you let the lower officials investigate on your behalf?" ”

Li Zhongyi shook his head, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm in the Goryeo Kingdom, in the northwest frontier, and the corpse mountains and the sea of blood have flowed over, what is it here?" ”

Liu Jinshan showed an embarrassed smile, and secretly scolded himself in his heart, he really deserves to die, the new backer in front of him has been on the battlefield and killed countless barbarians, but he is not comparable to those pampered official sons.

Wang Xiaotong grinned and said, "Li Shuai...... Belch...... Li Fujun is a happy person, without those miscellaneous twists and turns. Oh, the villain is a big old man, don't mind if you are old. ”

Liu Jinshan stared at Wang Xiaotong viciously, this fool, if he can't control his stinky mouth, sooner or later he will be unlucky.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, and asked Wang Xiaotong casually: "How many heroes are there under your hands?" How many types of firefighting equipment are there? ”

Liu Jinshan understood as soon as he heard it, Li Zhongyi obviously wanted to test Wang Xiaotong and see if he was familiar with the affairs that should be managed?

Wang Xiaotong didn't think much about it, and replied when he opened his mouth: "If you go back to the palace, there are a total of 1,247 soldiers under the last general, divided into two shifts, day and night. There were also 500 wooden buckets and 50 iron fences to put out the fire,......"

Li Zhongyi nodded frequently, just based on Wang Xiaotong's report of several family treasures, it can be seen that although this fool has the spirit of being a shareholder, he knows his own staff well, and he has obviously worked hard.

Accompanied by Wang Xiaotong, Li Zhongyi stepped into the fire with one foot high and one foot low, stopping from time to time to listen carefully to Wang Xiaotong's analysis and reasoning.

Li Zhongyi walked around the scene of the fire, and after a big circle, he made a decisive decision.

"Brother Guangqing, please order someone to find all the painters in the house and paint the real scenes here one by one, I will be of great use." Li Zhongyi turned around and looked at Liu Jinshan gently.

"Yes." Liu Jinshan thought about it for a while, and immediately understood part of Li Zhongyi's thoughts, no matter how much it was described in the official document, it was better to draw the truth down, which would be more intuitive.

The scene of the fire was more than ten times worse than Li Zhongyi expected.

Since it was several key parts and was ignited at the same time, the fire naturally spread quickly and burned fiercely.

The main beams in the Tocao office hall have been burned down, and there are broken wood and broken rubble everywhere, and black smoke and fog are floating in the air, which is really shocking.

Suddenly, Li Zhongyi smelled the smell of oil blowing through his nose with the wind, and the taste was very light.

At first, Li Zhongyi thought it was the smell of paint, but after thinking about it carefully, his heart moved, and the smell was quite similar to the fierce fire oil he had used.

It's just that the smell of this oil is very different from the crude oil that Li Zhongyi once used.

In this era, even if many people find crude oil coming out of the ground, most people do not know its true use due to a lack of chemical knowledge.

The soap servant who was in charge of guarding the gate of Hu Cao, Wu Xiaoyi, where did he get the fierce fire oil?

may be the suspicion of using crude oil arson, which invisibly gave Li Zhongyi another important clue to investigate.

"Renzhong, do you know that there is a black oil?" Li Zhongyi asked Wang Xiaotong seriously, "Once this black oil is boiled, no matter how big the water is, it will not be extinguished." ”

Wang Xiaotong pondered for a long time, touched his head and said: "The villain has been in charge of the defense army for more than one day, but this is the first time I have heard of this kind of oil. However, the villain knew that lard, mutton fat and butter were quite dangerous to contribute to the fire. Once burned, it is very difficult to extinguish. ”

The inspiration in Li Zhongyi's mind flashed immediately, daring to be emotional, he thought about it himself! (To be continued......)

ps: There is one more in the early morning, at least 3,000 words!