The guards open the warehouse door.

A faint oil lamp illuminates a corner of the warehouse.

"You go over there, I'll go here."

"Yes."

The two separated and went in different directions.

The man hiding in the shadows suddenly made a noise behind the guard as he approached.

As soon as the guard turned around, he only heard a "bang", and the kerosene lamp in his hand suddenly broke, and the lamp oil and sparks instantly flew to the cloth and burned.

The guard was startled and hurried to extinguish the fire, but the cloth burned too fast for him to put out the fire in time.

"It's on fire, quick, find someone to put out the fire!"

Another guard rushed at the shouting, turned and ran out when he saw the flames.

Neither of them noticed that when they turned around, several figures had quietly followed.

They hid in the shadows, watching the guards running over, remembering where they had come, and waiting for them to go to the warehouse before leaving in the direction they had come.

The fire in the warehouse was put out in time and did not spread in a large area.

When Qiao Yang got the news and rushed over, the fire had already been extinguished.

"Joe is in charge, a total of eighteen pieces of cloth have been lost, and the rest of the things are fine."

The cloth had just been brought in today, and he saw that it was all good material, and it was still for the city lord, but it was burned down in the night.

"How can a good thing catch fire? Didn't I tell you to pay attention to such a big window? ”

Tonight, the two guards who were guarding stepped forward and said, "Master Qiao is angry, we were originally guarding the door, but suddenly we heard a strange movement inside, so we opened the door and came in to check, and I don't know why the oil lamp suddenly broke." ”

"How can an oil lamp be broken when it's good?"

Qiao Yang asked people to bring the broken oil lamp, but the oil lamp had been torn apart, and there was nothing abnormal at all.

"Send a few more people to guard it, and you can't go out on any more errands."

"Yes."

……

Thunder pierced the night sky and illuminated the dark earth.

As the night deepened, almost all the people in the city fell asleep, and only the flower building in Longba was lively.

After Long Ba and the others were cleaned up, Su Tong did not order them to close the flower building, but Long Ba was seriously injured and closed for a few days, and now it is back in business.

A few drunken guests walked out of the flower building with each other in their arms, and were about to go back when they saw a pretty figure sobbing at the corner of the street.

Several people drank a lot of wine, and when they heard this low sob, their hearts were scratched by cats, and they staggered over.

"Which little lady doesn't come home at night and cries here?"

"Hehe, let the master coax a few people."

When the woman saw them go suddenly, her face turned pale with fright.

"What are you doing? Don't come here. ”

A few people were drunk, and they didn't care about getting up, and went directly to pull people.

"Ahh What are you doing, let go, let go of me! ”

The movement quickly caught the attention of the security bureau who patrolled at night, and the security bureau ran towards this direction with lanterns.

"What are you doing at night?"

A few drunks looked at the man's uniform, and his consciousness was slightly clearer.

"Help, save me, help me......" The woman curled up on the ground and shivered in fright.

Zhou Xing glanced at the woman and glared at the drunks, "After drinking a little wine, you feel that you can do it, don't you hurry up and get out of me." ”

There was a drunken man who was a little unconvinced and wanted to make a move, but was quickly stopped by another companion, and the people who attacked the security bureau may have been guilty of a crime, and they didn't want to die yet.

"Crazy you, hurry up and go."

A couple of drunks stumbled away.

Zhou Xing took the long stick in his hand and walked up to the woman, "Girl, are you okay?" ”

The woman slowly raised her head, the dim light of the lantern illuminated her soft side face, and I felt pity for her wet eyes.

"Thank you so much for this hero."

Zhou Xing saw that there was nothing wrong with her, so he took a step back and stayed away from her, "Since the girl is fine, go back quickly, it's not safe to be outside at night." ”

After Zhou Xing finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, but a woman's weak voice came from behind him.

"I, I don't have a place to ......"

Zhou Xing looked puzzled, "Nowhere to go?" So where did you live before? ”

The woman looked up in the direction of the flower building.

Zhou Xing knew about what happened before, and knew that Long Ba had secretly arrested some women and asked them to pick up guests in Hualou.

"You...... Is it from the flower building? Did Ryuhachi's people arrest you? ”

The woman lowered her eyes and whispered, "Yes...... It's sold, but I don't want to stay in that place, please help me, hero, I, I really don't have anywhere to go. ”

Zhou Xing frowned in embarrassment, "Okay, I'll take you to the shelter first." ”

You can't let a soft woman sleep on the street at night.

"Thank you heroes, thank you heroes."

The shelter was originally set up for people who had just arrived in Tiankui City and did not have a place to live for the time being, but now almost everyone has been settled, so there is only one janitor in the shelter.

Zhou Xing asked the uncle to go and bring two steamed buns for the woman.

"After eating, let's rest for a while, and I'll go to Hualou tomorrow to ask you about the situation."

Tiankui City has a clear rule that the woman who does things in the flower building must be voluntary, if the woman herself is unwilling, even the woman's family cannot forcibly sell the person, otherwise the woman will sue the security bureau, not only the woman's family but also the flower building will be punished.

When the woman heard this, she hurriedly said: "Ask the hero a little woman to live, if my father is punished, he will definitely not let me go." ”

The regulations are dead, but people are alive, and Zhou Xing feels that the woman's worries are not unreasonable.

"Don't think too much, stay here with peace of mind first, it's too late today, and I'll talk about it tomorrow."

The woman nodded kindly.

After Zhou Xing left, he did not go back to rest, but went to the flower building.

When the people in Hualou saw the person wearing the uniform of the Security Bureau coming, their hearts were raised, and Su Tong's previous shock to Hualuo was still vivid in their minds, for fear that if something happened again, their good days would come to an end.

The person in charge didn't dare to be a little lazy, "Isn't this Brother Zhou, why did you have time to come to us today?" ”

According to the rules of the city, people from the Security Bureau are not allowed to go to Hualou, and Zhou Xing is definitely not here to have fun wearing a uniform.

The director led Zhou Xing to a side room, and the snacks and tea were served.

"Don't be nervous, I came here today to ask you something, someone is selling his daughter today?"

When the principal heard this, his heart trembled, "Ouch Brother Zhou, we definitely didn't force anyone, you have to figure it out." ”

Zhou Xing smiled: "I just asked casually, how many people did you accept today?" ”

The principal couldn't figure out his purpose, so he could only say honestly: "Originally, I wanted to accept one, but people didn't want to, so let's forget it." ”

(End of chapter)