Chapter 218: A Strange Fire
Gossip, don't be funny, he didn't dare to borrow his two guts, at this time he hated to poke himself in the eyes and make him blind.
God, where is there a medicine that can make you lose your memory if you take it, give him a ten pound or eight pound.
Han Changdui soaked in the bathtub, looked at the clothes on the hanger with disgust, and sighed gloomily.
He clenched his fist and slammed it into the water, splashing in all directions.
He followed that Nizi and found out something, but he also fell in love with the little Nizi, which is not good, and it feels too bad to lose control.
His heart jumped, the footwater or the face wash was no longer the most important thing, the important thing was who leaked the news.
He had a thousand things in his heart, this place was simple and could not be cleaned, he only soaked for a while, pressed back the heart that disliked him, quickly got up and changed his clothes, and walked out.
He Zhenfu, who was guarding the door, saw Han Changdui come out, his face was pale, he was frightened, and he lowered his head to try to reduce his sense of presence.
But how could such a big person ignore it, Han Changdui walked past him with an expressionless face, and said lightly: "The Qinglong Temple is sealed, you take those four monks back to the Internal Guard Division first and detain them." ”
He Zhenfu was pardoned, he didn't ask a word, and hurriedly escorted people back.
The sky was already bright, and the sun without warmth hung high in the sky, it was originally a cold and silent winter day, but the streets and alleys burned by this fire were hot, like summer.
The hustle and bustle of the streets and alleys was still there, and the firelight had gradually been extinguished, leaving only the faint flames of the stars, crackling and making a soft sound.
The house had collapsed more than half, and black smoke was billowing and wrapping in large swaths of ash on the burning rubble, and the smell of burnt paste wafted in the wind.
The fire burned with unexpected restraint, and it only burned down this house, and it didn't affect the neighbors at all.
It's just that the ground that has been scorched by the flames has melted cleanly, and the ground compacted by the loess has left smoky and scorched black traces, and the buckets of water are splashed and washed, and the loess and scorched black traces are mixed together, stepping into patches of mud.
The guards of Wuhoupu, dressed in special clothes and shoes, stepped on the ruins of the fire, and did not let go of the slightest spark that could burn the prairies.
The people in the workshop stood guard outside the ruins, pointing at the fire.
"Isn't this house unoccupied?"
"Someone, who just moved here, is a little lady, young."
"Yo, that's a pity, the house is burned like this, and the little lady won't survive."
The onlookers sighed for a while, and some people originally wanted to go into the ruins to see, but when they heard that there was only a little lady living in it, they immediately extinguished this idea.
A little lady who lives alone, how much silver can she have, even if there are some good things, this fire will be burned clean.
Han Changdui stared at the ruins, and smiled meaningfully at Yao Qi: "The fire is so big, the people in this house should also be burned to death." ”
Yao Qi raised his eyebrows: "The lower officials won't set fires, I don't know how big a fire can burn people." ”
Han Changdui glanced at Yao Qi noncommittally.
The dead guards came out of the Beiya Forbidden Army, saying that they would not kill people and set fires, as if saying that they were born as human beings and could not eat or sleep.
"The embers have been extinguished, and the rest of the survey will be handed over to Jingzhao Mansion." The lieutenant of Wuhou Shop hurriedly came over to salute and extinguished the fire for a long time, this man was soaked with water, his hair and clothes were black and scorched by the fire, his face was full of traces of smoke and fire, and his voice was hoarse, obviously his throat was smoky.
Yao Qi was very polite, untied his pouch and poured out the silver and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Thank you brothers, don't be too little silver, please drink tea for your brothers." ”
The lieutenant was not polite, took the silver and said with a smile: "This is another expense for Yao to join the army." ”
Yao Qi laughed: "It's okay, I'll let Lord Fu Yin report it to me when I go back." ”
The lieutenant laughed along, but his voice was still a little hoarse.
Han Chang looked at the two of them intently, he had always known that Yao Qi was sleek, and now it seemed that she was really sleek enough, she used to be very tactful to him, but now, she was blunt and outrageous.
The captain didn't recognize Han Changdu, so he didn't talk to him much, but only arched his hand at Yao Qi, greeted his subordinates, and withdrew from the ruins of the fire.
Yao Ji waved his hand behind him and said, "Go in and search, you can't let go of every corner." ”
When the catchers of Jingzhao Mansion behind her heard this, they immediately dispersed quickly, and searched extremely quickly according to the search method from the surrounding to the center.
Han Changwan raised his eyebrows and asked in a low voice, "I looked, your bag of silver is enough for a hundred taels." ”
Yao Qi said lightly with an expressionless face: "Yes, Wuhou Pu has twenty people back here, and each person has five taels of silver." ”
Han Changwan was stunned for a moment: "You are such a slamming person, why are you so generous this time." ”
Yao Qi was still expressionless: "The flowers are all the silver of Jingzhao Mansion, what do I have to feel sorry for." ”
Han Changwan choked and frowned slightly: "The people in this Wuhou shop all have their own money, and it is also their duty to come to fight the fire, why should Jingzhao Mansion give another reward." ”
Yao Qi patiently explained: "Lord Fu Yin said that water and fire are ruthless, and anyone who can extinguish fires and fight floods is doing it with his head pinned to his trouser belt, and it is common for him to be injured and killed. Giving a reward of silver in addition to Yulu, although it is better than nothing, is better than letting these hard bones hurt their bodies and hearts. ”
Hearing this, Han Changwan felt that it made a lot of sense, but he thought about the appearance of Yin Liu Jinghong of Jingzhao Mansion, who seemed to have a generous face, but in fact, his eyes were full of calculations, not like a person who would say such righteous and awe-inspiring words.
He looked at Yao Qi quietly, this set of nonsense seemed to be made up by Yao Qi himself.
Yao Qi noticed Han Changdu's gaze and looked at him very calmly.
Of course, this set of nonsense is made up by her, but she is willing to give this silver.
The raiders of Jingzhao Mansion were not slow to search, and soon searched the four corners of the ruins to the central location.
The place burned down the most, the entire main house collapsed, the broken bricks and rubble were all burned black, and every step on it was powder.
The catchers were rummaging in the ruins, Yao Ji was on the periphery, and he had no intention of going in to help, and his face was always calm and calm.
Han Changdui squinted slightly, and the ghost envoy made a tentative sentence: "You seem to have decided that there will be no survivors there, and there will be nothing of value to be turned out." ”
Yao Qi's face did not change and his heart did not beat, and he smiled coldly: "It was the young envoy who said it, such a big fire, I am afraid that everyone will be burned to death, and that person will be burned to death, what else is left?" ”
Han Changwan finished for a while, took a breath fiercely, and changed his words: "Jingzhao Mansion has received the sage's will, the sage wants Jingzhao Mansion to assist the Internal Security Division in handling the case, who did Liu Mansion Yin send." ”
Yao Qi pursed her lips, didn't she ask knowingly, the current Jingzhao Mansion, if Liu Fu Yin could find someone who was more comfortable than her, she would read the name upside down.
Anyway, she is going to make up the numbers, not to work hard to earn work, just when the person arrives.
She looked as usual, and said lightly: "Liu Fuyin arranged for the lower officials to go over, and after the matter of going to the water, the lower officials went to the Internal Security Department and obeyed the instructions of the young envoy." ”
Han Changdui nodded, not hearing any reluctance from Yao Qi's words, so he pulled the corners of his mouth and seemed to smile: "In this case, this official is waiting in the Internal Security Division." ”
As they spoke, the catchers had already completed the survey of the ruins, and the team stood next to the ruins, He Denglou ran over panting, breathed a sigh of relief, and saw Han Changdui standing next to him, he didn't dare to make a mistake, and saluted respectfully: "Join the army, young envoy, no one has been found in this ruin." ”
Yao Qi had expected this result, but she still breathed a sigh of relief quietly, as if the heartstrings that had been held high had finally been loosened, she nodded, and asked in a deep voice: "Now like this, can you tell whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?" ”
He Denglou has a specialization in the art industry, He Denglou is as careful as a hair, and his ability to judge the fire scene is beyond ordinary people, which is also Yao Qi's confidence to let him investigate, and he watched from the periphery, and he was happy to be a shopkeeper.
He Denglou took a small piece of black stuff from the hand of a fast catcher behind him and put it in front of Yao Qi: "Please see if you join the army." ”
Yao Ji frowned, reached out and flipped through the black thing, hard, the surface was still a little sticky, and when he smelled it carefully, there was a very faint strange smell mixed in the burnt smell after the fire.
She pulled a piece of slimy stuff from the surface and crushed it with her fingertips, and she was able to pull out a slender, black sticky filament.
Han Changdui also leaned over to take a closer look, his eyelids jumped, and he hesitated: "This is?" He thought for a moment and asked, "Can you cut it open?" ”
Yao nodded his head.
Han Changdui pulled out the dagger, and the cold light flashed and landed on the black hard block.
The thing was very hard to pinch, but it was not difficult to cut, and it was not as hard as imagined, the hard lump was split in two, revealing the black and yellow core inside, and it was soft and soft, and it turned out to be a handful of cotton wool.
Han Changwan picked it up and sniffed it, and was even more puzzled: "This is an animal skin, how could it be burned like this, it was not burned, where did you find it." ”
He Denglou bowed slightly: "Back to the words of the young envoy, this was found on the kang in the main house, there is a small amount of animal skins in this thing, but most of them are catkins, reeds and straw, and only grass ashes are left when they are burned." ”
Han Changdui was silent.
He knew this, the price of cotton wool was high and it was not easy to get, and ordinary people could not afford it, so he used catkins, reeds and straw, and then went to the mountains to hunt some small beasts and skinned them, mixed them together and sewed them in bags, and spread them on the kang to keep warm.
Although this method is much worse than cotton wool, it can support ordinary people through the long winter.