The fire burned overnight, and dozens of houses in the Gusu Post House were all reduced to ashes, but fortunately no one was found to be burned to death.

Those who stayed at the inn were awakened by the fire and could run out of their rooms in a few steps, and they all escaped with their lives. There is only one strange house, which is obviously inhabited by people, and when the fire is burning, no one is allowed to escape. When the fire was extinguished, the door was opened, and the house was filled with ashes from the burning roof, but no one was burned to death.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there were no dead people.

The fire was a bit strange, because it was spring, and there was no stove in the house. The only source of fire was oil lamps. But when the fire started, it was already the second half of the night, and everyone had already turned off the lights and went to bed. If there is no fire in the house, how can it catch fire?

This means that the fire was not caused by the people staying in the house. And according to all indications, it was set on fire by man. But who set the fire? Why fire prevention?

People do everything for a purpose, and the same is true for setting fires. What was his purpose in setting this fire?

No one can answer.

There were a lot of onlookers, and there was nothing to say. Gusu's Ling Yin came, inspected the scene, and asked the relevant personnel. But nothing came of it. That's the end of it.

At this time, Fan Li and Lu Hai were in the palace of King Wu, reporting the situation to King Wu.

Lu Hai said: "The minister is already asleep. Suddenly, there was a slight noise outside the door, and I hurriedly got up to check, but I didn't know that I couldn't pull it. When I touched it with my hand, it turned out that the door had been entangled with a cowhide band. Fortunately, the minister had a self-defense short sword and cut the cowhide band, so he was able to get out. As soon as the minister came to the street, the post house behind him was burned. You see, this is the cowhide band. ”

King Wu took the cowhide band, still ignorant, he couldn't figure out what was going on.

Lu Hai said: "King, it can be concluded that this fire is aimed at the ministers. The person who set the fire used a cowhide band to entangle the minister's door to death, and when the fire burned, the minister could not let the door escape, and he would be burned alive inside. This is equivalent to escaping death. ”

As he was talking, Bo Yao and Wu Zixu also arrived one after another, they picked up the cowhide band to look at it, and silently retreated to the side.

King Wu said, "Let's talk about it, what's going on?" "Look at Bo Ya.

Bo Yao said: "The minister is stupid, and he can't think of this for a while. ”

King Wu looked at Wu Zixu again, and Wu Zixu said, "Does the Sigong Order have enemies in Gusu?" ”

Lu Hai said: "Wronged! Lu Hai has just been in Gusu for two days, how can he make enemies with people? ”

Wu Zixu said: "King, the old minister can't think of what is going on. ”

Lu Hai said: "The king, the minister is a craftsman, the four seas are his home, and he relies on his craft to beg for food. The king favored him, and asked the ministers to build Gusutai, and the ministers were grateful to the king, and they valued a craftsman so much. In my heart, I was determined to repair this platform to repay the king's kindness.

"The minister didn't know who was guilty of this matter, and he used this method to kill the minister. Since Wu Guo did not accept the ministers, the ministers asked to leave, leave Wu State, and flee for their lives. ”

King Wu said: "Lu Qing is slow. It's not that Wu Guo can't tolerate you, but that some Xiaoxiao has bad intentions towards you. Say with a conscience: Lu Qing has not done an inch of merit to Wu for the time being, and the widow will make you a doctor, which is enough to show that the widow is very important to Lu Qing. Lu Qing don't say anything, Gusutai still has to count on Lu Qing, don't make it difficult for the widow! ”

Fan Li said: "Doctor Lu, the king sincerely stays, don't say anything more." The construction of Gusutai is a major event of the king, and it will not be possible to do it without Dr. Lu. ”

Lu Hai sighed and said: "The minister heard: the scholar dies for the confidant, and the woman is the one who pleases himself, since the king values Lu Hai so much, the minister will stay in the state of Wu and do his best to build Gusutai." ”

King Wu said happily: "Okay, Lu Qing believes in people." ”

Fan Li bowed down to King Wu and said, "King, the minister thinks that this fire is very strange. To be sure, it was deliberately set on fire. And the purpose of arson is to burn Dr. Lu Hai to death. A big living person would not stay in the house and be burned to death, so the gangsters used cow tendons to entangle the door to death, blocking Dr. Lu's way of escape, and the means were despicable and vicious. ”

"But as Dr. Lu said, he has only been in Gusu for two days, and there will be no enemies. So why would anyone still put him to death? It depends on who he influences? Who will Dr. Lu influence? Dr. Lu was invited by the king to build Gusutai, and whoever did not want the king to build Gusutai was the one who attacked Dr. Lu. Because Dr. Lu is gone, Gusutai can't be repaired. ”

King Wu said: "Young Uncle's analysis makes sense, you continue." ”

Fan Li said: "This matter is already very clear, since the king proposed to build Gusutai, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, hundreds of officials, who agree with the construction of Gusutai, who does not agree with the construction of Gusutai, the king is very clear in his heart, the minister will not say more." ”

He said, "The king." Chen agreed with Dr. Fan's analysis. Bo Ya has followed the king for so long, and he has never disobeyed the king's will, if the king pointed out that Bo Ya disobeyed the king once, the assassination of Dr. Lu this time was done by Bo Ya. ”

King Wu said, "Dazai is loyal to the widow, and the widow will not suspect Dazai." ”

Bo Yao let out a sigh: "King Xie trusts." ”

Next, it was Wu Zixu's turn to make a statement, and King Wu looked at Wu Zixu, which meant urging him to speak. Fan Li saw the extremely unnatural expression on Wu Zixu's face, and had already concluded that this fire was sent by Wu Zixu. Wu Zixu is an upright person, and occasionally he engages in intrigues, and he shows it all on his face.

Wu Zixu bowed down and said: "King, the old minister once opposed the construction of Gusutai, but that was not out of selfishness, the minister was worried that the construction of Gusutai will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, causing the treasury to be empty, if there is an emergency, Wu will be in a dangerous situation." But the minister did not stop it, and the matter of building Gusutai was still moving forward, and the minister felt powerless to stop the construction of Gusutai, so he no longer raised different opinions. Yesterday, Dr. Lu gave a speech in Gusutai, and the old minister also agreed, and the king was Mingjian. ”

Wu Zixu is not good at lying, he told lies, his heart was uneasy, and his face was red and white for a while. He really had no choice but to make this decision, this is not Wu Zixu's style. He is the kind of man who is above board, with white knives in and red knives out.

Fan Li saw it in his eyes, sneered, and said: "Xiangguo is the only person in the DPRK who clearly opposes the construction of Gusutai. Of course, there may be other ministers, who are against it in their hearts and do not say it. As Sangkook himself said, he couldn't stop it, and he agreed yesterday. But I still don't agree in my heart. Of course, Xiangguo knew that Gusutai needed a technical master to preside over the construction. If you kill this technical master, Gusutai will not be built. Xiangguo sent someone to kill Lu Hai, will it be a smooth thing soon? ”

"Nonsense!" Wu Zixu shouted, "You said that I sent someone to set the fire, what evidence do you have?" ”

Fan Li knew that Wu Zixu did it, but there was no evidence. Analytical reasoning alone cannot defeat Wu Zixu. But this matter can be used to knock Wu Zixu and let him know that Fan Li has begun to counterattack. So he said: "Xiangguo temporarily calms the wrath of thunder, if there is evidence, the king has already ordered the arrest." But Xiangguo has to admit that Fan Li's analysis is very reasonable, isn't it? ”