The next day, early in the morning.

Liucang Avenue, Puhua Apartment.

Or rather, the former site of Puhua Apartment.

The construction of this building officially began in 194 and was built in 196 of the new calendar, and now it is unrecognizable, as if it had been damaged by someone with explosives, the entire fifth floor has disappeared, and the entire apartment, the walls full of cracks are charred black.

You don't have to think about it to know that all kinds of arrangements and all kinds of hard work in it must have turned into ashes and no longer existed.

Puhua Apartment is a five-storey complex apartment building wholly owned by the Ningpu County authorities, and at the beginning of the construction, it was the heyday of Ningpu's economy, and the start of Puhua Apartment was also a high-profile event.

"Vigorously introduce talents, create a better Ningpu", "livable Ningpu first floor", all kinds of slogans shouted extremely loudly, after the completion, Puhua Apartment announced that the occupancy rate has not been less than 90%, but well-informed people know how much water is behind this data.

It was built in the most glorious time of the small county town of Ningpu, as the dust of the fifth obelisk was settled, the development situation of Ningpu took a sharp turn, from prosperity to depression seems to be just a blink of an eye, this highly symbolic building was destroyed at this time, it seems, it is also a fateful ending.

The fire has been extinguished, and the fresh morning air is filled with the smell of burnt burning.

All around, there were crumbling cement blocks, rocks, charred wooden planks and broken glass shards.

The scene has long been under martial law, with Puhua Apartment as the center, the joint dispatch of the public security bureau, the fire bureau and the county government authorities have set up a cordon, the leaders present stood in the cordon, surrounded by a large group of uniformed public servants.

The focus of the current work is to confirm whether there are still survivors in the apartment, just now, the people from the Public Security Bureau and the Fire Department have joined forces to enter the apartment, searching for possible signs of life, and the leaders of the three parties who are surrounded by people are all solemn, anxiously looking at the entrance of the black hole-like building.

It's been half an hour since someone was sent in, and soon, things will come to an end.

Outside the cordon, there was a lively crowd of onlookers, everyone was watching, and everyone wanted a good result.

For those who watch the excitement, this is a big event happening around them, and on this eventful time, no one wants to be the next big party.

For the grassroots officials of the Public Security Bureau, the Fire Bureau, and the county government authorities, this is a troublesome matter, but it is not only a job, but it is also a logical way to save lives.

For the leaders who rushed to the scene first, they thought more, although human life is precious, but compared with the black yarn on the top, it has become a matter that needs to be weighed.

At this time, there were a total of four cadres who held positions at or above the deputy level in their respective organs, and two of them already had remorse in their hearts, knowing that this matter was so troublesome, and that they should not have come to this troubled water.

Outside the crowd, Li Qing, who was wrapped in shadows, looked at the blackened building, and his expression was silent for a while.

There were a lot of burns on his left hand and shoulder, and he relied on his brutal physique strengthened by extraordinary strength, and this injury was not insignificant.

Not far from him, Xie Kai, who looked embarrassed, sat on the street dejectedly, claiming to be an elite talent, and he had always paid great attention to his image, but at this time, he didn't care about the strange eyes of others looking at him, and hid his face and wept.

He lived on the fourth floor, and after drinking, he slept very lightly, and when he heard the movement last night, he thought it was an earthquake, and hurriedly ran downstairs, but he happened to witness a scene that he will never forget:

Bloodshot flames burst out from the fifth floor, and the storm of flames engulfed the entire building in an instant, and in a beastly howl, the tall buildings began to crumble, and the rocks flew like the end of the world.

The waves of flames emptied and rolled up, and the sky never sleeped.

People kept waking up, and the surrounding buildings, people in disheveled clothes rushed out of their buildings, and then they were smashed back into the houses by the clouds of cement and rubble.

But that didn't dampen their curiosity, and people everywhere raised their heads and hundreds of pairs of eyes to witness the burning of the emblematic building of Puhua Apartments.

They saw the god-like figure looming in the sea of fire, and heard the hysterical roar.

Yes, rumors are full of rumors, and they are spreading.

Xie Kai is of course very miserable, after years of hard work, the proud residence was burned by this heavenly disaster-like flame, and all of them were in vain.

But that's nothing.

In the direction where Li Qing looked, the crowd parted like a tide after a commotion, and several stretchers covered with white cloths were carried out and placed flat on the open space on the side.

The officers of the Public Security Bureau carrying the stretcher all looked solemn, and some even had red eyes, but they held back their tears from falling.

Of these bodies, there are four of them, who were left to guard the scene yesterday.

Li Qing clearly remembered that these four people did not die from the flames that engulfed Puhua's apartment, but were easily dealt with when Zheng Yongwen, who had fallen into madness, rushed upstairs.

The other corpses were the people of Ningpu who really died in the fire.

"Do you know anyone, come and identify the body." The security officer in the black uniform and the blue collar badge held a notebook and said coldly.

It seems that no relatives of the deceased were present, and for a long time, there was no movement in the crowd.

In the shadows, Li Qing became more and more silent, really speaking, the deaths of these people are all related to him.

But Li Qing couldn't save them, last night, Zheng Yongwen absorbed all the essembra in the room, and the violent extraordinary power made Li Qing unable to resist at all, so he could only rely on the shadow and darkness to protect himself.

If you don't have time to take care of yourself, how can you take care of the lives of others?

"Let's go!"

Another corpse was carried out, Li Qing glanced at it, and then turned around and left the scene.

It is Zheng Yongwen, his corpse is the most miserable, after the madness, there is only one way to die waiting for him.

……

In the conference room of the Public Security Bureau, it was dark and packed.

In addition to people from the Public Security Bureau, people from the county government authorities, including Ma Ningyuan, the top leader of Ningpu County, were also present in person.

Gao Zhihuai sat in the middle of the front row on the side of the door, and opposite him, Ma Ningyuan was sitting.

At this moment, he is reading the report materials in his hand word by word, and from time to time he picks up the teapot and takes a sip slightly, and the conference room is terrifyingly quiet, so when he puts the teapot back on the table, many people's hearts tremble.

I don't know where to see, Ma Ningyuan's eyelids lifted slightly, and swept to the opposite side.

What he looked at was not Gao Zhihuai, the chief director of the Ningpu Bureau, but the two deputy officials of the county bureau on the left and right sides of him, Li Qing and Lu Yuedong.

Especially Li Qing, Ma Ningyuan's gaze scanned back and forth on the young deputy director intentionally or unintentionally, as if he wanted to make a clear look at the young man who was looking down and comparing on the notebook.

Not only because the report in his hand was drafted and written by this young man, but also because as the leader of Ningpu, Gao Zhihuai had already secretly reported Li Qing's true identity to Ma Ningyuan.

There have been a lot of rumors about last night's incident, and these rumors, without exception, have reached Ma Ningyuan's ears.

Of course, this kind of matter must be the responsibility of the people from the Propaganda Department, but the matter is very serious, and Ma Ningyuan asked that everything about last night's incident should be reported to him.

Some people say that it was the hostile elements of the Northern Federation who secretly infiltrated Ningpu to sabotage with the intention of demonstrating and disturbing people's minds.

Some people say that it was the people in the apartment who used the fire carelessly, which led to this human tragedy, and as for the flame figure and the mournful roar, it was just an illusion caused by the firelight.

There are also people who insist that the figure like the god of fire is indeed true, and that the figure seems to be chasing something, and it is only in the end that the chase is fruitless, and in anger and shame, it bombards the building like a madness, causing this tragedy.

It is also said that the gods wanted to cleanse the world of evil, so they sent down the fire of heavenly damnation, and although it is not clear who this god is, people speculate that it is the moon mother who symbolizes eternity, and the Venerable One who is called the moon sacrifice.

The official unified tone to the outside world agrees with the second theory, saying that it is the illegal hoarding of explosives by residents at home, and the improper use of fire caused the spread of flames to detonate the explosives, which has nothing to do with the hostile elements of the Northern Federation, the phantom of the god of fire, and the gods of the gods.

Li Qing lowered his head, what was the truth, in his heart, he couldn't be clearer.

The fire burned all the pale runes in the room, and the rich essentia was also absorbed into Zheng Yongwen's body, and by dawn, the essentia breath also volatilized, and there was no trace of extraordinary power left on the scene.

As for the crystallized heart, it was now lying quietly in the secret library under the office, this transcendent item that was formed by Zheng Yongwen did not know how to sacrifice and was not incinerated by the flames, so Li Qing brought him back and confiscated it as a trophy.

"Zhihuai, tell me what you think."

I don't know how long it took, Ma Ningyuan finally put down the materials in his hand and asked.

On this occasion, even though he knew that Li Qing might know more about it, Ma Ningyuan, as the leader of the county bureau, should naturally have a direct dialogue with Gao Zhihuai, the director of the bureau.

"Then I will make a brief report to the county on behalf of the Ningpu Bureau."

Gao Zhihuai picked up the small book that had been buckled on the table, and when he saw this action, Lu Yuedong's eyes immediately slanted.

"To put it simply, this is a typical vicious public incident, and it is a suicide attack made by Zheng Yongwen, the real murderer of the '127 Serial Murder Case', who was forced to be cornered by Deputy Director Li Qing of our bureau."

"Deputy Director Li is brave and courageous, and he is suspected of fighting criminals, and I think he should be commended."