It was already ugly time when the fire was completely extinguished, and several nearby streets had been blocked by the patrolling Kyoto Prefecture government after the fire, and the capital had been under martial law for a period of time, so there was no onlooker except for the firefighters who rushed over nearby. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

More than a dozen officers from Kyoto Prefecture were also involved in fighting the fire, and after the fire was extinguished, the officers immediately searched to see if anyone had died in the fire.

Compared to the local yacha, the yacha in Kyoto Prefecture are well-trained, and during the martial law period, such a fire naturally had to be handled with care.

In the midst of the ruins, although the fire was extinguished, there were still sporadic fireworks.

After the fire was extinguished, Mr. Qiu also quickly counted the personnel of the pawnshop with the shopkeeper Xu, the pawnshop of the Qi family is not small, the shop is connected to the shopkeeper Xu, and there are eleven people in the front desk and the back store, but there are only five people on duty here tonight, except for the shopkeeper Xu who personally sits in the front hall, the other four people are guarding the back warehouse.

Pawnshops redeem things, come and go, and there are naturally not a few kinds of goods stored in the pawnshop, in addition to some cash stored in the shop.

The pawnshop was a few days ago, because of the shortage of money, so it temporarily stopped collecting, but in order to prevent some old customers from investing, these silver were still placed here, just in case, the Jinyi Hou Mansion is no matter how difficult it is, these silver do not dare to call the past, after all, the most important thing is a "letter" word, some old customers vote, that is to have no excuse to refuse to accept the pawn.

Between the broken bricks and tiles, a few iron chests were found in which the silver was sealed, and a lot of the silver was left in them, but it was also judged that the treasury was located.

It's just that except for the silver, most of the other things stored in the storehouse, except for a very few fireproof things, have been burned.

Yang Ning followed behind Mr. Qiu, shuttling through the ruins of the pawnshop, with a solemn expression.

"Shizi, everything in the pawnshop is almost burned." Manager Qiu took the two of them to look for them in the ruins, and said with a wry smile: "How much is the loss, the account books have also been burned, and it is difficult to calculate for a while, but it should not be less." Fortunately, the guys in the store are safe and sound, which is a great luck in misfortune. ”

Yang Ning didn't say much, even if Manager Qiu didn't say anything, he knew that this fire had dealt a heavy blow to the Jinyi Marquis Mansion.

"Shizi, shopkeeper Xu said that the source of the fire should be on the back library." Qi Feng had already come up from behind and said to Yang Ning: "He said that in the middle of the night, he heard a shout from the backyard, got up to look, and found that the back library was on fire, and hurriedly ran over, at that time, the back library had already started a fire, and the fire spread quickly, he was in a hurry to fight the fire with the guys on duty at night, but with the strength of a few people, it was difficult to extinguish the fire, so he could only put out the fire while sending someone to help." ”

"Where were the books of accounts at that time?" Yang Ning asked.

Qi Feng said: "The account books in the shop are all placed on the counter, the shopkeeper Xu was in a hurry to put out the fire, messed up, and failed to take out the account books in time, and when he reacted, the counter also burned, he wanted to grab it and take out the account books, but the fire was too big, and a few guys pulled him back." He added: "Chen San also proved that the fire was burning from the warehouse, and they didn't have the key in their hands. ”

"So, the fire started in the storeroom?"

"Several of them said it was." Qi Feng said: "On the edge of the back library is the dormitory of the guys when they are on duty at night, and they take turns to guard and patrol in the middle of the night. ”

Yang Ning frowned and said, "If it is a fire source here in the back warehouse, then how did the warehouse catch fire?" Xiang asked Mr. Qiu, "Who is the key to this storehouse?" ”

Mr. Qiu: "The pawnshop is the most important place in the pawnshop, even if it is the shopkeeper Xu, it cannot be opened alone." When the warehouse is airtight all around, there are no windows, the only way in and out is the door with two locks, Xu shopkeeper and Lu Chaofeng each have a key to open a lock, only two keys together can enter the warehouse. ”

"Where is Lu Chaofeng?"

"Lu Chaofeng and Shopkeeper Xu take turns to be on duty at night." Manager Qiu explained: "Tonight, Lu Chaofeng is on rotation, and it is Xu's shopkeeper on duty, it stands to reason that after the listing is closed, no one can enter the warehouse." ”

Yang Ning said: "This is strange, when no one can enter the warehouse, but the fire is burning from the warehouse, isn't it a hell of a life?" ”

Manager Qiu also frowned and said: "The warehouse is heavy, and it will never open the door at night, and it is strictly forbidden to enter the warehouse with fire, and it will never cause a fire in the warehouse." ”

"Who was the first to find out?" Yang Ning groaned slightly, and finally asked.

Qi Feng hurriedly said: "It's Chen San, he said that when he was on duty, he inspected it, and then went to the thatched house, and when he came back, he found that the library had burned, and the fire was burning very fast, and in a blink of an eye, there was fire everywhere, he woke up several other people, and then alarmed the shopkeeper Xu, and when the shopkeeper Xu came over, the warehouse was already on fire." ”

Manager Qiu said angrily: "What is this Chen San doing? Didn't he know that there could be no shortage of people in the treasury for a moment? ”

Qi Feng didn't speak, Yang Ning thought to himself that it was a fart to care about these at this time.

"In this way, this fire started to burn when Chen San-went to the thatched house." Yang Ning thought thoughtfully, "The last trip to the thatched house, it didn't take long, and when he came back, several other people were still asleep, that is to say, the people in the pawnshop would not enter the warehouse with lights at all." ”

Manager Qiu shook his head and said: "Without a key, you can't get in if you want to, and these guys have been in the pawnshop for three or four years, they are all old guys, and they all know the rules in the pawnshop, and they will never make such a mistake." Yes, when I locked the warehouse today, I personally walked around the warehouse, and there was absolutely no firearm in it, and I personally watched the warehouse lock the door. ”

"Mr. Qiu has been here in the afternoon?" Yang Ning asked.

"The deadline for the money is coming up tomorrow." Manager Qiu frowned: "The third lady asked me to come to the pawnshop to have a look, to see if there is anyone to redeem it, and I can call some silver from here." In the afternoon, I came over here and checked the treasury to see if I could get some money to go to the house. ”

Manager Qiu is the chief manager of the Marquis of Jinyi, Yang Ning already knows that the father of the head of Qiu followed the old Marquis of Jinyi back then, helping the old Marquis of Jinyi to take care of all kinds of things in the mansion, in good order, at that time, Manager Qiu also followed his father to do chores, and when his father was old, Manager Qiu took over his father's position and helped continue to take care of the Hou Mansion, and he has always been conscientious.

The two shops in the Hou Mansion, a pharmacy and a pawnshop, the business has always been good, although the behind-the-scenes operators of the Hou Mansion are Gu Qinghan, but after all, it is a female stream, and it is a female dependent of the Hou Mansion, so it is not suitable to show off outside, so many specific things outside are taken care of by Mr. Qiu.

Yang Ning bowed slightly, and said, "Manager Qiu, can there be extremely flammable things such as sulfur in this warehouse?" ”

Manager Qiu shook his head and said, "Absolutely not, there is sulfur in the pharmacy, but there will be no such things in the warehouse of this pawnshop." He asked, "Does the prince think that the fire in the treasury was started by himself?" ”

"It's hard for me to imagine anyone else going into the storeroom to light a fire other than burning it themselves." Yang Ning sighed: "There can't be anyone who will enter through the wall, right?" ”

Mr. Qiu's expression was solemn and thoughtful.

Qi Feng finally said: "Lord Shizi, the guys in the pawnshop will never set fire to themselves, these are all old guys from the Hou Mansion in Jinyi, loyal to the Hou Mansion, I am only worried about ......!" ”

"Worried about what?"

"I'm worried that someone will take advantage of the opportunity to set fires." Qi Feng hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Maybe someone is an enemy of my Jinyi Marquis Mansion and wants to do something in the pawnshop." ”

Manager Qiu nodded slightly and said: "What Qi Feng said is not unreasonable, Shizi, the general has an upright temperament, maybe he has offended some people, and now that the general has just passed away, the pawnshop has inexplicably started a fire, it may not be that there is an enemy behind his back." ”

"Oh?" Yang Ning's eyebrows tightened: "Enemy? Glancing at the two of them, "You all think someone set the fire on purpose?" ”

Qi Feng nodded and said, "This is extremely likely, otherwise this fire cannot be explained." ”

Yang Ning didn't say anything, put his hands behind his back, walked around among the rubble, suddenly stopped, squatted down, stretched out his hand and stuck on the ground, and then sniffed his fingers to the tip of his nose, Qi Feng had just passed, but Yang Ning had already gotten up, went around to other places, and squatted down again.

"Lord Shizi, did you find anything?" Qi Feng asked softly.

Yang Ning got up, shook his head and said, "It's nothing." At this moment, he suddenly heard a noise behind him, and when he turned around, he saw that a group of people had gathered not far away at this time, Shopkeeper Xu and Gu Qinghan were surrounded in the middle, Duan Canghai stood beside Gu Qinghan with a cold face, and was on guard.

Yang Ning saw that the group of people was violent, his face sank, and he walked over quickly, and heard someone say: "Third lady, we all know that the Jinyi Hou Mansion is now in charge of you, we have always respected the Jinyi Hou, and we have no intention of offending, but this time there is such a big thing, we can only offend." This fire was caused by your pawnshop, I don't know about other people's homes, our shop, the livelihood of the whole family is counting on it, and now it is burned clean, the family has no support, and I hope the third lady will give a word. ”

"Who's to say it's not." Someone on the side sighed: "Your Hou Mansion has a big business, one finger is thicker than our waist, and a shop is gone, which will not hurt your Hou Mansion, but for us, it is already peeling skin and drawing blood." We respect the Hou Mansion, the Hou Ye has just passed away, and we don't want the Hou Mansion to be too ugly, if this matter can be solved in private, there is no need to work in the government. ”

A few more people were crying and complaining, and Yang Ning immediately knew that in a short period of time, several shops that had been involved had come over.