In the middle of the night, Nanchang City, which had been noisy for a day, finally quieted down, only the husband who patrolled the night, knocked on the bangzi, walked the streets and alleys, and shouted unhurriedly: "The weather is dry and dry, be careful of the fire candle ......"

Then, the 'Tongfu Inn' on Toad Street was set on fire......

"It's water, it's water!" The panicked shouts instantly alarmed Xiong Qitai, who had been sleepless all night.

He left his vassal secretary yamen alone, ran to the yamen of the Nanchang prefect, and kept an eye on His Royal Highness the King of Chu nearby. So he saw the fire for the first time. The first thought that came to my heart was, 'Damn, this is to see that Lao Tzu is not taking the bait, and I want to put aside here to play a bitter trick and frame Lao Tzu?' ’

"What the fuck is this hooliganism?" He hurriedly jumped to his feet and shouted, "Go and put out the fire, don't let them succeed!" ”

People and things haven't been found yet, he can't give King Chu a chance to be mad.

"Yes!"

His subordinates had never received such an order to surround the inn, but they were not allowed to approach the courtyard. Obviously, the other party has discovered their existence, but they are still strictly forbidden to arrest people, and now they have to fight the fire for them when they are on fire......

But fortunately, they were well manned inside and outside the inn, and hundreds of people rushed up in a swarm, and even splashed with a smear to extinguish the fire.

"Well done." Zeng Gangjing came out of nowhere, waved his hand and said, "Let's go back and rest, and find your clan to receive the silver tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes......" Most of the people who put out the fire were officials of the two divisions, so they naturally knew Zeng Zhentai. Before Xiong Fantai didn't openly turn his face with him, everyone still had to listen to him.

~~

On the fourth watch, the disgraced and anxious officials withdrew from the Tongfu Inn, and saw that the street had been blocked by officers and soldiers, Xiong Qitai was draped in a big hat, staring at the door of the inn with a gloomy expression.

"The fire has been extinguished." Thousands of households led by them hurriedly reported.

"Well, I see." Xiong Qitai nodded and asked in a deep voice, "What anomalies can you find?" ”

"It's a bit of a problem." Qianhu said in a low voice: "Originally, there were about thirty of them, and when they were fighting the fire, their subordinates counted carefully, and it seemed that there were six or seven less. ”

"Are you sure?" Xiong Qitai's pupils shrank, could it be that the king of Chu lit this fire, not to frame him, but to let people get rid of his ears and eyes?

"Seems to be the case." The deputy Qianhu next to him also echoed: "There are obviously a few fewer of them. ”

"! I guessed wrong again! Xiong Qitai took a hard sip. In fact, as soon as the fire broke out, he had already sent troops to surround the Tongfu Inn.

However, it was still a step too late, and the few people who had already been sent out by the King of Chu fled.

"It's broken!" The next moment he thought that the King of Chu was planning to come here, and he could only come for one purpose - to find the guard, and what he had.

And obviously, the other party already knows the whereabouts of the guard, otherwise there is no need to play this hand.

"They must not be allowed to find it first!" Xiong Qitai was in a cold sweat, he was already finished, and he couldn't catch up with the family anymore.

"Search, search, all of them!" Xiong Qitai finally made his ultimate move, and roared: "Let the Dusi Yamen also send troops, tomorrow the city gate will not be opened, search the whole city, and arrest all the injured people!" ”

~~

It has been less than two years since the province was changed to the third department, and the old system still maintains a strong inertia, especially in the provinces where the former governors were strong, and the political envoys were just high-ranking officials with different names, and they still gave orders to the judicial departments and the commanders of the capital.

Xiong Qitai is like that.

On the fifth watch, the sky was twilight, and the officers and soldiers of the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division marched out of the barracks in a mighty formation, preparing to carry out Xiong Fantai's orders.

The rumbling footsteps broke through the silence of the early morning, and on the streets, the citizens who got up early to work hurriedly avoided the side of the road, and discussed what had happened recently, and why even the officers and soldiers were dispatched?

"This posture is like catching a thief, could it be that the White Lotus Society is making trouble again?" Jiangxi is the birthplace of the White Lotus Society, and all kinds of guilds and sects emerge in an endless stream, and the citizens are actually a little surprised by the fact that the officers and soldiers are dispatched to the nest.

"No, it should still have something to do with Liu's participation in politics." The well-informed shook his head and said, "Didn't the imperial court send Qin to send it, so it must have something to do with it." ”

"Then you don't need to send officers and soldiers?"

While they were discussing, they saw an official riding across the street, and while riding a horse, he struck a gong and said: "Today, the murderer of Liu Shenzheng is arrested, and all the people need to keep people at home, prepare household posts, and wait for the door-to-door search!" ”

"Look, I'm not wrong...... the person who said it was very proud, enjoying the admiration of others.

A few beggars sleeping under the eaves seemed to have been woken up, stretching their waists and looking blankly at the chaotic scene in front of them.

"This, this is going to war?" It was the leader of the beggars who was questioned, for he was strong, and at first glance he was the food that the others wanted, and he ate most of it.

Of course, when grabbing land with other beggar gangs, he has to go first.

"Not really," said the smug man, who was in a good mood, and said a few more words to the beggar.

"But you stinky people who want food, let's quickly find a place to hide, otherwise the officials won't be able to catch anyone, and they will have to make up the numbers again."

"Thank you, uncle, this person is weird." The young beggar leader climbed up the pole and said, "It's just that we haven't eaten for several days, so we have to hide, and we have to go hungry again today." ”

Saying that, he said with a smile on his face: "Uncle is a good man to the end, send the Buddha to the west, and reward us with a few copper plates to fill our stomachs." Uncle does good deeds and accumulates virtues, and he will definitely give birth to a son in the future! ”

"Hey, you're a weird talker." That man was praised by the beggar to be comfortable, especially since he was in the critical period of seeking a child, and he couldn't spoil the lottery. Then he took out some copper plates from his waist, threw them to the beggar, and said, "I have rewarded you." ”

"Uncle Xie." The strong beggar had thick eyebrows, bulging cheeks, looking stupid, but his skills were not slow at all, he caught a few copper coins steadily, none of them fell to the ground, and he was still saying auspicious words in strings.

The people around him were also very comfortable, and they actually donated money one after another, and rewarded him with more than a dozen copper coins.

This thick-eyed beggar is naturally the sixth child......

Last night, he, Hu Quan, Luo Guanzhong, Liu Li, and a few thin guards, dressed as beggars, took advantage of the fire in the inn to sneak out over the wall.

didn't rush overnight, because Xiong Qitai was so hairy, it was actually curfew. Wandering around outside at night, I was caught directly.

So he took his begging team, curled up under the eaves of the street, and slept for a while......

~~

By the time the crowd dispersed, the sixth child had already asked for thirty yuan, and everyone's food money was enough.

"Cousin, why are you so skilled?" Liu Li, who watched it, was dumbfounded.

"Maybe," the sixth thought about it, and said proudly, "This is talent." ”

(End of chapter)