Chapter Twenty-Six: Setting Fire in the Night

"Has Wang Lun had a good reputation in the city lately?" Huang Qiu seemed to ask an inconsequential word. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Lord County, in recent years, Wang Lun's reputation as a talented man has also been occasionally heard in the county, but recently Wang Lun's reputation in the county has become big!" Last time, Zhao Zhushu and Huang Qiu also said something similar. It was after the trial of Niu Wa's case that the people who watched the trial spread Wang Lun's righteous words.

"The last time the case was tried, the lower officials just felt that it was obvious that you were the county lord, you enforced the law impartially and discerned everything, how could you have achieved Wang Lun's reputation." Master Zhao said with added fuel and vinegar, as if he was upset for Huang Hu.

"As a scholar, Wang Lun still has a righteous spirit." Huang Qiu praised Wang Lun silently.

Seeing that the county magistrate said this, Master Zhao was speechless and was silent for a while. It seems that there is a long way to go to deal with Wang Lun and get angry for his nephew. In fact, what Master Zhao didn't know was that he had successfully bought a thorn for Wang Lun in Huang Hu's heart, but Huang Hu was just hiding it.

"Dangdang!" Just when Huang Qiu and Master Zhao were silent, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Huang Qiu's voice was very majestic, and at this time, Huang Qiu had already finished talking to Master Zhao, so he beckoned people from outside to come in.

The person who came was Huang Qiu's servant, and he had been serving as a county official for three years. At this time, he saw that Huang Qiu's house was still in Master Zhao's house, and he didn't say anything.

"Lord Prefectural!" Huang Hu's servant saluted and only screamed softly.

"It's okay, Master Zhao is not an outsider, he has something to say." Huang Qiu saw that his servant didn't speak, and he was still satisfied with his performance, after all, to be a servant, you need to have vision to become a confidant. But Huang Qiu still directly instructed the servants to tell the matter in front of Master Zhao, so that he could also show favor to Master Zhao and show trust.

How did Master Zhao know that Huang Qiu deliberately made these things in front of him, he only felt that he had now become Huang Qiu's henchman, and he had won his trust, and he was grateful. Although he also thought in his heart that this might be the effect of the three hundred taels of silver, he immediately took the initiative to ignore it, and it was something that many people dreamed of to have a good relationship with the county magistrate.

Huang Qiu's servant over there got Huang Qiu's order, and immediately reported: "Lord County, a little scholar just came to the yamen, left a bag and left, saying that it was for you!" ”

Saying that, Huang Hu's servant took out a brocade bag from his sleeve and put it down on the several cases in front of Huang Hu, and handed it to Huang Hu. Master Zhao's eyes over there floated lightly from the brocade bag, although there was a brocade to cover it, but with his experience and intuition, he knew that there must be silver here.

Yao is as cheeky as Huang Qiu, and it is also embarrassing to accept bribes from others in front of his subordinates. Fortunately, Huang Qiu had the city government in his heart, and he coughed dryly to hide his embarrassment, and said: "If the person who came has anything to say, I'm afraid it's not a mistake!" ”

"The little scholar only said that the adults would know when they opened the bag." Huang Hu's servant replied meticulously.

Huang Qiu waved his hand to signal his servant to go out, and was about to open the bag, when his eyes suddenly swept over Master Zhao's book.

Master Zhao already knew that it would be even more embarrassing to stay any longer, and at this time, he and the county lord had reached a consensus, so he took the initiative to retire.

"Lord County, you are busy, so the lower officials will not bother." Master Zhao still closed the door after going out.

Seeing that Master Zhao knew so much, Huang Qiu nodded before opening the bag. In the eye are five silver ingots, each with about ten taels, and a note attached to it.

"Thank you for the care of the county lord, there are many troubles! Student Wang Lun chatted and expressed his respect! There was only this one sentence on the note, and nothing else.

After reading the content of the note, Huang Qiu knew in his heart that Wang Lun's thank you gift at this time, after all, he gave Wang Lun face today.

In fact, for Wang Lun now, Huang Qiu's initial impression is good, and the talented man under his rule represents his own cultural governance. However, recently, I have always heard Master Zhao say that Wang Lun's reputation is spreading more and more among the people, and Huang Hu is a little apprehensive in his heart, and Wang Lun has not used his official authority once or twice. But fortunately, Wang Lun is somewhat self-aware, and he has silver to honor every time. Thinking of this, Huang Hu's heart felt comfortable again.

Huang Qiu thought to himself: Look at how you can be a man, so as to see the after-effects.

Huang Dian's home is in the west of Juye County, not big or small, with more than ten people from the Huang family, Huang Wulang and Huang Yaozu all living here.

Today is not a good day for the Huang family, because of a dog, the young master was beaten and bedridden. And his own master also lost his errand, and the family immediately lost its pillars.

At dinner in the evening, the Huang family knew the news, and they were listless one by one, which caused Huang Dian to lose his temper again. Originally, after Huang Wulang, the youngest son of Huang Dian's favorite official, was reprimanded for no reason, the others were even more angry. When it was dark, the Huang family lay down early to sleep, wanting to spend this unlucky day quickly.

The third watch day had passed, and a black shadow turned over from outside the wall and entered Huang's house. The man, dressed in black and with light steps, made his rounds around the courtyard. After listening for a while, the man finally settled on a room and quietly came to the door.

"Oops...... Why does the fifth uncle hurt so much! "As soon as I heard what this person said, it must be Huang Yaozu who was injured today, but I didn't expect Huang Wulang to be in his room so late.

"Don't scream, you can't let people sleep like this!" Huang Wulang was very impatient with Huang Yaozu's shouting, he was arranged by Huang Dian's officials to serve Huang Yaozu at dinner, and he was very reluctant.

"Fifth uncle, I can't sleep, you can talk to me again." The pain on Huang Yaozu's back was unbearable, and he begged Huang Wulang to talk to him.

Huang Wulang had already accompanied Huang Yaozu to speak for most of the night, and he was already out of energy at this time. Unbeknownst to the two of them, it was their voices that attracted uninvited guests outside the door.

"Just bear with it, sleep, sleep, sleep!" Huang Wulang muttered about his nephew, where did he still care about Huang Yaozu's injury, and at this time he was already so sleepy that his eyelids were fighting.

After about a cup of tea, there was finally no movement in the room. The black-clothed man outside the door is bold and bold, and he no longer waits for an opportunity. I went directly to the firewood room I had just found, hugged two bundles of firewood, piled them at the door of Huang Yaozu's house, and sprinkled some tung oil. Then he concocted it in the same way, holding the firewood and piling it up in the main room.

When everything was ready, the man in black took out the fire fold and blew on it. The "poof...... burst into flames, and the blazing flames danced in the night.

The first thing to take care of was Huang Wulang and Huang Yaozu's house, and the chai that was sticky with tung oil quickly caught up, and gradually climbed up the windows and doors. The man in black knew that time was pressing, so he quickly set fire to the other three piles of firewood, and it was the dry season, and the fire instantly grew bigger.

The man in black had done everything and was satisfied, so he ran to the courtyard wall and flipped over with both hands. Standing outside the courtyard of the Huang family, the man in black watched the fire gradually get bigger, and his heart was a little shaken, not knowing whether what he was doing was right or wrong.

"Someone! It's on fire! Someone in the Huang family finally found out that their house was on fire and shouted.

"It's on fire! Get up! ”

"Get water to fight the fire, hurry up!"

More and more people woke up, and they all shouted for firefighting.

The black-clothed man hardened his heart, and left without looking back, leaving only the blazing Huang family compound.