Chapter 114: Arson

In the middle of the night, everything is silent.

In the midst of the beating of 'Bang, Bang Bang ......', the husband shouted at the top of his voice: "It's safe." ”

The southwest corner of the county is dark, only a high-walled compound is still lit with a string of dead wind lanterns, and the white lamp paper is written in black with the words 'Kunshan County Reserve Warehouse'.

The reserve warehouse of this dynasty is similar to the regular closing position of the previous dynasty, but it is more focused on giving relief to the people than on stabilizing grain prices. When there is peace, most of the grain stored in the warehouse is loaned to farmers in late spring and collected after the autumn harvest.

In the event of a famine, the grain stored in the reserve warehouse became the main source of relief for the disaster victims in the county.

However, it is not surprising that in the 200 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, officials have been in their hands, large households have evaded payment of grain, the people have not repaid their loans, and there has been a gradual shortage of warehouses. By the time of the Longqing period, this good governance of benefiting the people had already existed in name only.

When Zhao Shouzheng took over Kunshan County, there were only 2,000 stone of grain left in the reserve warehouse.

The two of them were still too few at that time, in fact, Kunshan County has floods and disaster relief every year, and there is still some grain in the library, which can only show that the previous county master still has a conscience.

However, since Zhao Erye took office, five boatloads of grain have been shipped every day, although the daily expenditure is also a lot, but the stock of grain in the reserve warehouse has finally gradually increased. The largest of them is almost full.

This made the people of the county feel a lot more at ease, and the rush to buy in the market gradually subsided, and prices finally stabilized.

Kuding, the official in charge of the warehouse, has also been busy for a while, loading and unloading ships every day, entering and leaving the warehouse, and they are all tired like dogs.

Tonight, while Ambassador Tang was going home, Vice Envoy Liu went to bed early. As soon as someone greeted them, the Kudins gambled and played for money, so that they could relax.

The shouting and shouting in the duty room spread far and wide in this quiet night, and even the officials of Kunshan County who were patrolling outside the wall could vaguely hear it.

"We're patrolling for them, and these guys are happy inside." Wearing a lantern with the word "fast class" written on it, the catcher wearing a big red coat took a quick sip.

"I think, let's go back and play two too." The companion on the side smelled the itchy hands.

"Forget it." The rest of the catchers shook their heads. "The county government is full of people from the big lord, who dares to mess around when they are on errands?"

"yes, let's wait until it's worth it." The catchers are depressed to death. "When the eldest lord came to take office, he brought more long-term followers than the county officials, and I have never heard of it."

"I'm not afraid of a lot of people, but there's still a way to fool around. It's the two masters who are so damned, how can they be so knowledgeable? As soon as they put their wings, they know where you're going. It's really a kiss. ”

"Don't talk about it, endure it for two years, and be a good errand. The eldest lord is a dignified champion, and he has been promoted after two years of work......"

The group of catchers quickly talked, and gradually walked away.

When the voices dissipated, more than a dozen black shadows crept out of the Fangjia Alley behind them.

These people have bulging bags on their backs, walk in the shadows of the walls, and they are not good people at first glance.

After a while, they touched the back door of the preparation warehouse. The leader gently pushed the closed door.

Then I heard a creak, and the door opened.

Seeing that it was not locked, the man breathed a sigh of relief, turned around to greet his companion, and touched it.

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The courtyard of the reserve warehouse was equally quiet, except for the lights in Kudin's duty room. The shouts of the big and small came from the duty room.

The uninvited guests became more and more light-hearted, and they followed the root of the wall to the A-shaped warehouse located in the middle of the courtyard.

Through the faint light of the air death wind lamp, you can see that the door of the warehouse is closed, and there is a big iron lock hanging on it.

The leader took a key from his bosom, held his breath, inserted it into the keyhole, and twisted it slightly.

Then there was a soft click, and the big iron lock opened.

The man suppressed the pounding heartbeat and removed the lock. Then he and his companions slowly pushed the heavy barn door open a crack that could be passed.

Then two lookouts were left behind, and the rest slipped into the storehouse.

The warehouse was pitch black, and I could only vaguely see bags of neatly stacked grain, piling up a huge A-shaped warehouse.

The leader beckoned, and the men who followed him removed the heavy leather bag from their backs, pulled off the cork, and poured the fire oil on the sacks that the black general had brought.

The grain is moisture and non-flammable, and it is difficult to ignite it with only a thin layer of sack outside. The temperature must be high enough to be close to the state of carbonization and no water before it can be burned, so you must remember to bring flammable materials when setting fire to the grain depot.

Soon, when the ten bags of oil had been emptied, the man in charge took out a fire fold, blew the velvet in it, and ignited a knife of yellow paper.

The yellow paper burned very vigorously, and the big mole on the face of the leader was clearly reflected.

The big mole expressionlessly threw the burning yellow paper into the oil of fire.

With a bang, the oil burned brightly, and in a blink of an eye, it spread, and the whole granary was as bright as day.

The big mole and his accomplices smiled smugly.

Da Luo Immortal can't save this Jiazi warehouse!

"Withdraw!" Seeing the smoke billowing up, the big mole covered his nose and turned around with his men and ran.

Who knew that the door of the A-word warehouse couldn't be opened.

"What's going on?" The big mole and the others were anxious, and pushed and pulled the door vigorously, so that the lock just rang.

"How did you lock the door!" The big mole snorted several times, but no one responded.

Obviously, the two people who were looking at the wind outside the door were gone.

At this time, everyone in Curry panicked and slammed the door together, shouting hoarsely.

"Someone, help! I'm going to burn people! ”

Strangely, it's not far from Kudin's money-paying room. There was another fire and shouting in the warehouse, but still no one came to check on it.

It was as if there was only this warehouse left in heaven and earth, and there were no other living people.

Looking at the fire that was burning more and more, the emotion of fear instantly swept over everyone.

The big mole banged on the door vigorously and screamed in despair, "Open the door!" I haven't lived long enough, I still have a lot of youth......"

"Woo, God help, I don't dare to do bad things anymore!" All his men collapsed, and while banging on the door, they cried out:

"Whoever can save me out, I will be a cow and a horse for him for the rest of my life!"

"Retribution......" There is a psychologically fragile one who sits directly on the ground, watching the raging fire and waiting for death.

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Just when everyone was desperate, a lazy voice suddenly sounded outside the barn door:

"Want to figure it out?"

"Yes!" When the desperate crowd heard that, they were like drowning people who had grasped a life-saving straw, and they were all excited. One by one, they put their faces on the door and shouted:

"Let us out, let us out!"

"Then you have to answer a few questions to me first, and when you're satisfied, I'll let you out." The eyebrows were burned inside, but the man outside said unhurriedly: "If you can't answer, you will be burned inside." The arsonist was burned to death by the fire he set himself, which shows that every drink and peck are determined by heaven, and the ancients did not deceive me. ”

"Don't be verbose, if there is anything, hurry up and ask, the fire is burning to the ass!" The bearded man and the others anxiously urged the man.

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ps. I have received a clear reply from the website in the morning - the works of the three idiot brothers are still ensuring the lives of his family, and the manuscript fee has never been interrupted. In other words, the fact that the platform swallowed the manuscript fee is purely a rumor! As an old friend of the three idiot brothers, I am speechless, it's okay to scold the platform, but please don't consume the deceased and the bereaved family, okay?!

It feels really uncomfortable and uncomfortable, and I won't say anything in the future.

Above.