Standing on the seven-story pagoda, looking at the blazing fire on the side of the Dazhong Bridge, seeing the crowd calling for help on the street, looking at the soldiers who appeared from time to time, Ying Tianfu was on duty, although he knew that it was none of his business, Wang Fulin had a feeling in his heart that something was the beginning of a major event - it was not that he had any premonition of facing danger, but that he had encountered too many things one by one over the years, and he couldn't let him not think deeply. At this moment, he pondered for a moment, and then asked Cheng Naixuan beside him: "That Italian bookstore shouldn't just sell books, right?" ”

Cheng Naixuan heard Wang Fulin ask this, and immediately became energetic: "If you ask me about this, I'm right." I'm not as honest as you, Mr. Ke is whatever he says, plus I'm tired of being challenged everywhere. I also have some time to myself to wander around......"

"Getting to the point!"

"You're so anxious...... The Italian bookstore is the place that sells the most exam-taking books in Nanjing. He has the most complete collection of model essays, and the most secret techniques on the topic, do you remember the collection of model essays that Mr. Ke gave us before? It is said that it is a small-scale circulation, that is, it is sold over there, one hundred taels of silver a volume, a limited edition of fifty copies, which has already been recorded in the account of five thousand taels, known as the pearl of every word, this township test must be useful. But what is the result, the township test is over, you should know, needless to say that our Mr. Fang's great ability, but that collection of model texts is almost completely useless, it can be said that some people's money has been wasted! ”

"So you mean that those candidates who felt that there was no hope of winning the promotion, and at the same time threw a lot of money into it, burned down that bookstore out of righteous indignation?" Wang Fulin took a light breath and said in a low voice. "But in a place like Nanjing. It's doing this kind of business again. How can there be no deep backstage behind it? As soon as this fire burns, nine times out of ten, it will be another big case. ”

"Anyway, this time it has nothing to do with you, the scourge." Cheng Naixuan squeezed his eyebrows, saw that Wang Fulin smiled at himself angrily, and when he saw that the fire was under control, he went downstairs by himself, he hurriedly chased after him, but said with a smile, "It is said that Zhang Jiayin, the governor of Yingtian, won the trust of the first assistant Zhang Ge because he killed Shao Fang before. And I recognize you, will it be ...... when I turn around"

"What will be? This kind of arson case is managed by the county yamen, and the governor yamen is at most instructed to solve the case within a time limit, how can he have the time to intervene in person, besides, Zhang Jiayin and I have dealt with each other twice, and some of his subordinates are capable people, why are you looking for me? Anyway, I haven't been to the Italian bookstore, and I can't hit the eight poles, so I'll take a detour when I go out. Never go to Dazhong Bridge, it's always okay, right? ”

Cheng Naixuan saw that Wang Fulin was eloquent. But the fox tail was revealed in and out of the words, obviously for fear of being approached by things again, and he suddenly snickered. Sure enough, when they quietly returned to the Xin'an Hall, they learned that many students had gone to see the excitement, and there were no more people like them who would rather spend time climbing the pagoda to watch from afar, and it is said that hundreds of talents had gathered at the scene. Faced with such a situation, Cheng Naixuan couldn't help but glance at Wang Fulin, the meaning was obviously very clear.

"Go back to your room and sleep...... The sky is falling, and there is a tall man on top! ”

This time, it was not in Hangzhou when he was carried to the government by Yan Yuan to teach a lesson, and then it happened to be his meeting, I was impressed by Yan Yuan's awe-inspiring righteousness, nor was it in Hankou Town, it was Shao Fang who was there to calculate the Hui Gang and Wang Daokun, and the matter had nothing to do with himself, Wang Fulin made up his mind and never made a head bird. When he returned to the room, he found that Xiaobei was not there, so he hurriedly went out to ask Cheng Naixuan, who expected him to spread his hands, and said that his wife, Miss Xu, was not in the house. The two of them stared at each other and chuckled inwardly. Isn't it that the two are the same age to see the fun?

At this moment, they heard a voice from behind them: "Two nerds, what are you doing standing at the door?" ”

As soon as Wang Fulin turned around and saw people, he was relieved. He didn't say a word about what he was worried about with Cheng Naixuan just now, and pulled the person back to the room with a haha. However, as soon as Xiaobei entered the room and poured a cup of tea in one go, and then said where he had just gone, his face drooped.

"Sister Xu heard that the place where the fire caught fire was not far from our Xin'an Hall, so she didn't worry, so she specially pulled me to take a car to see it. It is said that the fire was set by three or four shows, and after setting the fire, two ran away, but one did not leave at all, but stayed there, and shouted in front of the public, someone who had no conscience to make the black money of the candidates, and blew those fan essay collections to the rare in the sky and the underground, and also said that the bookstore was the most famous black shop in Nanjing, and even secretly recorded the names of the candidates, if the people were lifted, and there was no background, they would be threatened with the things they had bought here for the exam, which was the most despicable and shameless......

Although Xiaobei was not the first time to go to the scene to see the lively people, and he was still in the car with Miss Xu, there were already a lot of onlookers at that time, and there was a lot of noise about all kinds of discussions, and it was not difficult to sort out the context. So she said a lot of indignantly, and finally said with some hesitation: "That Xiucai also said that anyway, he is alone, he doesn't want to die for fame, and he wants to burn this black shop, and he wants to hear this kind of thing until the sky, he doesn't believe that there is no king law in this world!" ”

Extremist, resolute, and reckless...... Judging from the current situation described by Xiaobei, it is indeed something that can only be done by the kind of desperate show who knows that it is impossible to win.

Wang Fulin thought that Xiaobei just came back after watching the excitement, but he was not worried that she would get into trouble, so he simply asked again: "Then the onlookers and others can someone say, who opened this bookstore?" ”

Xiaobei nodded, but said in a low voice: "It is said that behind it is Meng Fang, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison. Don't look at the same surname as Meng Chong, the former eunuch of the celebrant and the seal, but it has nothing to do with it, he is the godson of Feng Bao, the current eunuch of the eunuch of the celebrant and the seal. ”

Feng Bao's godson?

Wang Fulin couldn't help frowning. After Gao Gong's dismissal, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao's heart of cutting grass and eradicating the roots did not die, so they took advantage of the palace incident at the beginning of the year, intending to implicate Gao Gong and put him to death, but the scheme was revealed when Feng Bao personally interrogated, so in the end, he could only end the case hastily, so far, but the shock inside and outside the court did not end, Zhang Juzheng claimed that he had no edge, but even many officials who were not in Gao Gong's department hated Feng Bao's power eunuch. And now that a bookstore is burned in Nanjing, but it is Feng Bao's godson who is involved, will this matter be simple?

Seeing Wang Fulin sighing and rubbing his chin in distraction, Xiaobei couldn't help asking: "This matter seems to be quite complicated, it didn't take long for the scene to start clearing, and now the Dazhong Bridge has been blocked." ”

"Originally, I wanted our two families to have a good time in Nanjing City, but now it seems that we have to forget it." Wang Fulin shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "If you think about it, you won't sit at home behind closed doors, and disaster will come from heaven." ”

The sudden fire made the hearts of the people who were already floating after the township test even more restless. Early the next morning, when most of them had just woken up from their sleep, the streets were once again filled with heavily armed officers and soldiers, claiming to be the culprits of arson. Because the person who was arrested on the spot was Xiucai, and the remaining two arsonists were also identified as Xiucai who participated in the Nanzhili Township Examination in Jinke, so even these scholars with meritorious and privileged bodies had to face the search and interrogation of the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division holding portraits, and the Xin'an Hall was naturally no exception.

However, there are dozens of talents living here, and it is the temporary residence of Hui merchants, and the deputy commander of the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division, who led the team, finally maintained a little politeness. However, his attitude is acceptable, but he is not ambiguous in his search, all the way from the outside to the inside, always meticulous. Before and after the Xin'an Guild Hall, when he came to the second gate, one of the stewards of the guild hall had to intercede in every possible way: "Second Master Pan, the people who live behind are all those wealthy businessmen and their children in our Hui Gang, and even some of them have their families, which is really inconvenient." If you have to search, can you let the female relatives separate and avoid it first? ”

The second master of Pan frowned, but he thought that there were a lot of jinshi from the six counties of Huizhou every three years, and there were also quite high-ranking officials in the court, so it would be bad if he offended too much, so he agreed to this condition after a little thought. Sure enough, compared with the Xiucai in front of him, who often shared a room with two or three people, the courtyard house at the back was obviously much more exquisite, he deliberately restrained the sergeants under his command, and the guests inside were much more important than the Xiucai in front, and they were not stingy with rewards, so they were fine.

When he pushed open the door of a room and saw two well-dressed young men playing chess, he had just glanced at them and compared them with the shadow figure in his hand, when suddenly he heard a voice from behind.

"Second Master Pan, I caught it, I said that I caught an arson prisoner!"

Hearing this, Pan Er's heart suddenly jumped. In his opinion, the arsonist who spent money but gained nothing, and finally burned down the bookstore, was most likely some poor scholars, and the children of wealthy merchants who could live in these courtyards behind the Xin'an Guild Hall would not make such a big move because they spent some money, and he personally searched it just for the sake of prudence, plus he was afraid that something would happen to his subordinates. Therefore, he glanced at the two young men who looked up in surprise, and saw that they did not look like the portraits drawn at all, and as soon as he said his offended, he immediately turned away.

As soon as he left, Wang Fulin immediately dropped the black and white in his hand, and said angrily to Cheng Naixuan: "Everyone has searched the door, but you still have to put up a shelf to pull me to play chess, what if you meet an unreasonable person?" ”

"But aren't people very reasonable?" Cheng Naixuan hurriedly smiled, and then said again, "The words reported outside just now sound like I caught an arsonist in our Xin'an Guild Hall, I don't think it's like that, right?" Shuangmu, at this time, you can't hang up without yourself, go and see! ”

Wang Fulin also knew that he couldn't hide at the moment, so he snorted angrily and immediately got up and went out. When they almost followed the group of officers and soldiers who had gone out to the front lobby, they saw that two sergeants had already dragged a young man in a Confucian shirt to the door, and many of the students behind them were making loud noises, and some people were even agitating to snatch people back. Faced with this messy situation, before Wang Fulin could see clearly who the arrested person was, Cheng Naixuan exclaimed.

"Isn't that the Jiang civilization of Wuyuan?" (To be continued......)