Li Xiu didn't take the matter of the Huiming monk to heart, and after he rested at home for a few days, he had to go to the financial supervision again, although now the entire financial supervision is on the right track, there are not many things for him to worry about, but some important things still need him to make decisions, such as he didn't come these days, and there are a lot of things in the prison.

Fortunately, after the backlog of things was dealt with, there were not many things in ordinary times, which made Li Xiu not have to be as busy as before, and he didn't even have time to go home, and slowly he got used to this regular life, getting up every morning and rushing to the financial supervision to deal with things, eating in the prison at noon, going home at dusk in the afternoon, and having dinner with his family, and living a peaceful and peaceful life.

However, the only thing that made Li Xiu a little unhappy, Li Shimin, the big boss, seemed to be unable to see him so leisurely, and summoned him to the Liangyi Palace from time to time to discuss matters.

Originally, Li Xiu thought that the days would go on so peacefully, and the weather was getting colder and colder, seeing that this year's winter was coming, but thinking of next year, Li Xiu couldn't help but have a headache, because he thought of the letter that the bearded guest gave him before, and he also promised Zhang Shiyi to give the other party an answer next year.

In the evening of this day, Li Xiu still rode home in the carriage as usual, and when passing by the intersection in front of his house, Li Xiu thought of the Huiming monk who stood here last time, since the last time he asked people to throw the other party to the north of the city, he heard Xu Duwei say that the other party had run back once, but was driven away by Xu Duwei, and since then, the other party has not come again.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile easily, it seems that although the Huiming monk is a little stupid, he is not stupid yet, at least he knows how to retreat, if the monks in the world are like him, then Wei Zheng and Fu Yi and others will be much easier.

When Li Xiu returned home, dinner had already been prepared, Princess Pingyang hugged Li Luo, chatted with Yiniang and Yuechan while waiting for Li Xiu, when he saw him come back, the family immediately sat down to eat together, after the meal Li Xiu teased a group of children to play, Princess Pingyang and they sat together and continued to chat about family life.

When it was almost the second watch, the children in the family were all sleepy, and Li Xiu asked people to take the children back to sleep, and today it was his turn to go to Yuechan, and he took a bath under Yuechan's personal service, but he was not very honest when he took a bath, after all, Yuechan also wanted to have another child during this time, because Princess Pingyang and Yiniang had sons, but she only had one daughter, so she was also a little anxious.

After the passion, Li Xiu and Yuechan also hugged each other and slept together, but just when he was sleeping, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and woke him up, fortunately, Yuechan seemed to be tired, and at this time he slept very soundly, and then Li Xiu got out of bed lightly, and then came to the door to call the maid and asked, "What happened outside, why is it so noisy?" ”

"Master Qiyu, the slave maid seems to have heard someone shouting in the front yard just now that there was a fire, but it shouldn't be in our house, it is estimated that there is a fire in a nearby Zhuangzi." The maid replied at the moment that she had only woken up a while earlier than Li Xiu, so she didn't know much, and what followed was also her guess.

Hearing that it was a fire, Li Xiu couldn't help frowning, unlike the cement boxes of later generations, almost all the houses in Datang were wooden structures, and the most feared thing was fire, especially when the winter was relatively dry, a little spark could cause a fire, for example, last winter, there was a fire in Chang'an, which burned down half of the street, and five people died, and there were not a few burns, as for the economic losses, it is impossible to count.

The nearby Zhuangzi are all tenants of his own family, and Li Xiu is also very worried about the fire, so he got dressed and came to the front yard, ready to go to see the situation of the firefighting, in case someone is injured, he can also help to treat it, after all, he still understands simple wound treatment.

But before he could go out, he saw Xu Duwei coming in a hurry, and when he saw Li Xiu, he immediately gave a deep salute and said, "Donkey, something is wrong, someone has been burned to death!" ”

"What?" Hearing that someone had been burned, Li Xiu couldn't help but be taken aback, and immediately asked again, "Which Zhuangzi is it, has the fire been extinguished now?" ”

"Huh? It was not the people of Zhuangzi who died. Xu Duwei was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then replied.

"Not from Zhuangzi?" Li Xiu was also a little confused at this time.

"I don't know, the fire is not the nearby Zhuangzi, but someone at the intersection of the place set fire, as a result, we rushed to put out the fire with a bucket, and finally put out the fire, but found that there was a corpse in the fire, and the nearby Zhuangzi was also alarmed, I asked people, there are no fewer people in the Zhuangzi, so I guess this person should not be our Zhuangzi!" Xu Duwei opened his mouth to explain at this time.

Li Xiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, why did someone set fire at the intersection? However, since Xu Duwei said so, it must not be fake, and he was also very curious at the moment, so he stepped out of the mansion and prepared to check it in person, and Xu Duwei hurriedly followed.

The place where the fire broke out was the intersection where the monk Huiming stood last time, and now it is also full of people, not only the guards and subordinates in the house, but also the tenants of the nearby Zhuangzi who rushed to fight the fire, after all, at this time people are most afraid of the fire, so no matter where the fire is, the people nearby are obliged to rush to fight the fire, many people are even shirtless, the night at this time is also quite cold, and they are not light in the cold, but because they burned people, so many good people still refuse to leave.

At that moment, Li Xiu separated the crowd and walked in, only to see that there were many burned firewood piled up in the middle of the intersection, although it had been extinguished, there were still puffs of green smoke on some of the firewood, and the air was also filled with a foul smell of burnt skin and meat.

More than a dozen guards formed a circle to prevent the surrounding people from entering inside, Li Xiu took a lantern from the hands of the subordinates next to him, and then stepped inside, and sure enough, he found a charred corpse curled up in the ashes of the fire, the skin and flesh on his face were burned, revealing black bones, and he couldn't distinguish the other party's true face at all, let alone confirm the identity of the other party.

"Sir, we found this nearby!" But at this moment, I suddenly saw a steward who was guarding here walking forward quickly, and then the two things he found were sent to Li Xiu, and when he saw these two things, Li Xiu couldn't help but be stunned, and then his face became gloomy.