Chapter 31: The Burning of the Inn (Part II)

Fire, oil, firewood, charcoal and other materials are flammable materials, as soon as they encounter a flame, they immediately burn, and the flames rise higher and higher, but in a few moments, the entire inn is sunk into a sea of fire.

Billowing smoke rose and enveloped the small half of the sky above the inn, and the scene was quite spectacular.

The crowd of onlookers, with the flames and smoke rising, also rose to the top, with fear and excitement, and there was a lot of discussion.

Zhang Xiancheng had already retreated into the crowd, stroking his beard and smiling, looking at the fire he had set up, burning into a boiling flame, and he had a sense of accomplishment.

Wherever you fall, you must rise.

I was embarrassed in this inn that day, and today I finally have to rely on this fire to get it back. No matter what demons and monsters, under this raging fire, they must not turn to ashes.

"Hey, it's so fragrant, where does the smell of barbecue come from?"

Just as Zhang Xiancheng fell into the pleasure of subduing demons and eliminating demons with fire, the smell of barbecue came out of the roaring inn.

"It's strange, how can there be the smell of barbecue in the inn, could it be that some pig and mutton left in the back kitchen of the inn have been roasted by the fire?"

Someone muttered quietly, and then his face became ugly, because he thought that the barbecue might be roasted with some kind of meat.

Others also thought of it, and some couldn't help it, so they ran to the side and threw up.

The smell of this barbecue is likely to be emitted by the corpses in the inn being grilled over a large fire.

The onlookers all covered their mouths, and once they knew what it was, the tempting aroma of barbecue made people sick.

Fang Yue also felt sick to his stomach, but he thought of something else. Seeing Li Zhutou standing next to Zhang Xiancheng, he squeezed over.

"Li catches the head." Fang Yue called him, and he didn't have to be polite, and said directly: "There are still houses around the inn, although they are far away, but they must also prevent the flames from running over and causing a fire."

Li Zhutou glanced around the inn, and also had this concern in his heart, so he came to Zhang Xiancheng's side and said Fang Yue's words again.

Zhang Xiancheng glanced at Fang Yue and recognized that Fang Yue was the showman who helped him in the inn at the beginning, and his impression was not bad, so he asked Li Zhutou to take some officials and people to patrol around the inn to prevent the flames from reaching the nearby residences.

The fire at the inn burned for a long time, and finally slowly extinguished.

The horror that everyone feared did not happen, and everything was calm as the inn burned.

Of course, it was not completely calm, there were still some small twists and turns, Fang Yue and Li Zhutou and their patrol team encountered the phenomenon of flames rushing to the surrounding houses several times.

Fortunately, it was detected early and extinguished in time, and no damage was caused. In this process, Fang Yue had dozens of more merit points, which was an unexpected joy.

Other than that, there was nothing else to do, and the entire two-story inn burned into a pile of ashes under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Some people think that when the inn was burned, there were no demons and monsters, which was really a bit unpleasant. But most of the onlookers were relieved.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, it's enough to watch a fire, and if you really want to run out of the inn fire, it's a life-saving thing.

After a fire, Zhang Xiancheng was full of spirits, stood in front of the crowd, and said loudly: "Fortunately, the evil cult entrenched in the inn has been burned out by this official, and the people can rest assured."

The people around you look at me, I look at you, and finally crackle and applaud.

Zhang Xiancheng nodded with satisfaction, and when everyone applauded, he raised his hand and made a gesture to signal everyone to calm down and continue to listen to him.

"Although the evil has been removed, this ruin needs to be cleaned up. There may also be the remains of men who disappeared before, and they need to be cleaned out and buried in peace. I wonder if any strong man volunteered to clean up? And rest assured, the county government will not treat you badly, and it will have its own rewards. ”

After Zhang Xiancheng finished speaking, the scene was silent for a while, and the onlookers looked at me again, I looked at you, and no one came out to respond.

No one has ever seen this thing, and no one knows whether it was burned or not. If it was still hidden under the rubble, wouldn't it be very dangerous to clean up the rubble in the past.

The men who walked in and didn't come out were now charred and lying in the ruins of the inn. We have to be cautious.

Moreover, it is also quite taboo for a living person to touch a corpse, especially now that the corpses are burned like charcoal, and the legend is that there is a lot of resentment.

For all these reasons, no one wants to come forward. As for the heavy reward in Zhang County's mouth, because the county government's credit is too poor, no one believes it.

Who knew that after risking the danger and taboo to work, the county government would not use a few copper plates to send it away. Maybe the officials above feel that the reward has been allocated, but whether it can reach the hands of the rewardee, the officials have the final say.

Seeing that no one responded, Zhang Xiancheng was not much disappointed, he had already prepared for this, "You spare your lives, and this official can't bear to be harsh." Someone came, and brought Zhang Yekun and Zhao Sicheng up. ”

There were already two men in prison clothes who stepped forward.

Zhang Xiancheng changed his face, no longer pleasant, and said sharply to the two prisoners: "You two, you have been a traitor several times, and you have been taught repeatedly, and you should have been sentenced to be in the army for thousands of miles." However, Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and this official will now give you a chance to go to the ruins of the inn to collect the corpses. As long as the task is completed, the merit can be atoned for. ”

The two prisoners hesitated, and they had heard rumors of strange things in the county town recently, and they had heard rumors in the prison.

"Rubbing something, don't go up yet." The onlookers were a little dissatisfied and started to laugh.

The two had a bad reputation in the county and were not welcomed.

Zhang Yekun and Zhao Sicheng finally went up. Thousands of miles of troops, that's nine deaths, and you may be able to survive if you fight here.

Both of them are scoundrels, and after deciding, they can get out of the way.

It took a long time for the two to pull out more than a dozen charred corpses from the ashes of the inn, and the onlookers were amazed.

These corpses, which should be the men who strayed into the inn, now seem to have lost their lives.

When the first corpse was cleared, nothing strange happened, and the two prisoners let go of their trembling hearts, and then worked harder and harder, so easily that they could offset the felony of killing a thousand miles of soldiers, and such a good thing was hard to find with a lantern.

Seeing that the corpses had been cleaned up and the matter was nearing an end, everyone was relieved that the evil in this inn had indeed been resolved.

A lot of fear comes from the unknown, and if human beings can solve it, then there is nothing to be afraid of.

Some people still think in their hearts that the evil that can be burned to death with a fire seems to be nothing to be afraid of, and all the other demons and monsters in the county can do the same, and burn them clean.

However, just when everyone was slackening, the accident finally happened.

It was the skeleton of a dozen or so charred corpses lying on the ground, suddenly like frightened frogs in a pond, kicking on their thighs, bouncing up, their charred bodies swooping towards the crowd of onlookers.