Chapter 399: The Arsonist
Sun Jiu had just heard the news and hurried over.
When he looked up, he saw a fire in the attic, and his face immediately changed.
"My drawings?"
Sun Jiu screamed miserably, and ran in the direction of the attic, looking like a mad demon, as if he didn't care that the first and second floors of the attic had been on fire.
When Chen Mu saw Sun Jiu's appearance, he was taken aback, and immediately waved to the guards.
The guards stepped forward to stop Sun Jiu, Sun Jiu struggled for a moment, and suddenly came back to his senses and saw the identities of the guards in front of him.
He turned his head to look behind him, and saw Chen Mu standing among many adults, Sun Jiu immediately walked in front of Chen Mu, and was about to say something when Li Mao brought a few books from the side, and put a few drawings into his arms.
Sun Jiu was stunned and lowered his head, glanced at the books and drawings, and saw that these were his own things, the drawings were intact and not ignited by the fire, and Sun Jiu was finally completely relieved.
Chen Mu couldn't help but smile when he saw him like this, and then shook his head silently.
Seeing Sun Jiu's panicked look, he left all his drawings in this attic, so he thought that the fire in this attic had nothing to do with Sun Jiu, and it had nothing to do with Lord Xu who left the attic with him.
If it was really that Lord Xu who did it to the attic, Sun Jiu couldn't have noticed that something was wrong.
Chen Mu frowned and thought about it for a while, and was about to continue to ask, when he heard a rush of footsteps behind him, Chen Mu turned his head to look behind him, and saw the guards walking quickly.
Those guards still had a person in their hands, and threw that person in front of Chen Mu, Chen Mu was stunned and took a step back.
The man was dressed in a white shirt with black ashes on the edges of the corners.
Chen Mu narrowed his eyes slightly, and with just a casual glance, he could see that the ashes should be the ashes left over from the burned wood chips.
This person has something to do with fighting.
This thought flashed through Chen Mu's mind, he sneered and spoke.
"Who are you?"
The man also saw that Chen Mu's identity was extraordinary, he shrank his head, trembling and not daring to speak.
Chen Mu glanced at the guards who had captured the man, and when the guards saw this, they bowed, and the situation when the 1510 Daoming arrested this person.
"We found this man in the back alley of the research office, this man was in a hurry, he looked like he was about to flee the alley, we noticed that this person was acting strangely and grabbed him."
"The ashes on this man's body are also extremely suspicious, and when we caught this man, we found fire folds in the depths of the alley not far from this man, as well as some other things that started the fire."
"We didn't see anything on this man's body that started the fire, but the ashes on this man's body prove that this man had something to do with the fire."
When several people caught this person, Chen Mu heard this, nodded clearly, and when the man heard the guards say this, he immediately raised his head and glared at a few guards, and then said angrily.
"You bloody mouths! I have nothing to do with the fire! ”
"As you say, you have not found anything in me that causes a fire, so why do you want to put the fire on me?"
"I haven't found anything on you that started the fire, but you have ashes on the hem of your clothes, how do you explain that?"
Chen Mu said this coldly, the man was dumbfounded when he heard this, he gritted his teeth, and said after a moment of silence.
"Yes...... It was the ashes that I accidentally got on when I burned the paper, but it was just some dust, and your government was heavily guarded, so I couldn't have set it on fire again. ”
Seeing the young man say this, Chen Mu raised his eyebrows.
He looked up at the adults present and spoke.
"Does any of you recognize this man?"
If the person who set the fire is really this person, then there must be a reason for this person to set the fire.
It was very likely that it was because of personal enmity, and when many adults heard Chen Mu say this, they all stared in the direction of the young man.
After carefully distinguishing it, all the adults present shook their heads silently, and no one recognized this young man.
When the young man saw the reaction of the adults, he sneered, rolled his eyes, and said triumphantly.
"I said it a long time ago, this matter has nothing to do with me, don't spew blood."
"If this matter is related to you, we can find out if we want to, even if you don't want to tell us your identity, we are people from the imperial court, so naturally we have a way to find out your identity."
"When the time comes, search carefully in your residence, and if this fire really has something to do with you, there must be clues to your residence."
Chen Mu said this quietly, and when the young man heard Chen Mu say this, his eyes moved, and a little nervousness appeared on his face.
"If you want to check, I won't be afraid of you checking, I'm doing it right, sitting upright, even if you send someone to investigate thoroughly, it's impossible to find out what's wrong!"
The young man gritted his teeth, quickly hiding the nervousness on his face, and said.
Chen Mu raised his eyebrows when he saw this, he nodded in response to the guards standing beside him, waved his hand, and then said.
"Okay, since he has already said so, then call the county order, let the county order bring the roster of the people in the capital, check carefully, and you will definitely be able to find out the identity of this young man, and arrest him first and put him in the dungeon."
"When we take someone to his house, we will be able to tell whether the young man has been wronged or not."
When the guard heard this, and was about to retreat, Chen Mu noticed that the young man's eyes showed a look of panic, and he subconsciously struggled, looking at him as if he wanted to block the guard's movements.
When Chen Mu saw the young man's appearance, he chuckled.
The young man noticed the expression on Chen Mu's face, he gritted his teeth, and finally silently withdrew his movements, only looking in the direction of the guards with anxiety.
Several of the guards turned to leave, and after waiting patiently for a moment, the prefectural order was brought, and the young man glanced at the prefectural order, becoming more and more uneasy.
The county commander looked at the young man, and then arched his hand at Chen Mu and the others.
"We have found out the identity of this person, and there is also evidence in this person's house that this person conspired with others to take action against the research office, and I have brought those letters, please take a look at them."
When the county magistrate said this, he waved his hand to the officials who followed behind him with a serious face, and immediately several officials stepped forward, holding a stack of letters in their hands.
When the young man saw the county magistrate say this, and saw what the officials were holding in their hands, his face immediately changed, and he immediately rushed forward and said.
"Impossible! You can't find proof! I...... I've long since ......"
Hearing the young man say this, Chen Mu raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction of the young man.
The young man also realized that he had not noticed for a moment, as if he had revealed something, and he immediately closed his mouth and gritted his teeth.