The place where the fire caught fire was the Yamen of the Staff, and it stands to reason that the Yamen of the Staffing General should be the most heavily defended place in the entire Fort of Victory, so why did it suddenly catch fire? Who can run in and set fire? There is only one answer: the person who set the fire was his own person in the house.

And Dong Ce just came to Victory Fort, how can he have any of his own people in the general's yamen? The people in the house, basically, are all Huang Wan's people. Needless to say, this fire must have been ordered by him.

And Dong Ce also knew very well why he did this.

To be honest, such means were rare in the Ming Dynasty, but they were common in the Song Dynasty. In the Yamen of the Song Dynasty, the situation of the small officials deceiving the officials was very strict, and there were often small officials who went up and down, and the treasury was empty, and then when a new official was transferred over, they saw that the deficit could not be filled, and they could not make up for it. In this way, there is no way to find out. If you want to hold them accountable, there is no evidence at all, and it is often not these petty officials who are responsible for those shortcomings, but the officials.

I don't know how many times this kind of thing happened in the Song Dynasty, and Dong Ce saw a lot of it when he read the history books. But he didn't expect that someone would play this trick on him today.

Not to mention, although this method is old-fashioned, it really works, looking at the current situation, I am afraid that all the account books and everything have been burned clean, then Dong Ce really has no evidence to get Huang Wan. It is not enough to rely on Han Yongning's accusations alone, there is no basis for words, in addition to human witnesses, there must also be physical evidence, but now the physical evidence has been burned.

There is no doubt that Huang Wan's trick is really powerful, and Dong Ce must admit that he was a little careless this time, but he didn't expect Huang Wan to be able to fight back in a desperate situation.

Huang Wan smiled and said: "Master Dong, I don't seem to be in a hurry, now the general yamen is on fire, in the future, this general yamen is yours not mine, why don't you go to put out the fire?" ”

The smile was full of schadenfreude.

Dong Ce smiled lightly: "It's okay, it's okay, the person who set the fire, I guess he is also quite measured, what should be burned must not be left, and if it shouldn't be burned, it is estimated that it will not be affected." ”

"Putting out the fire, someone is already doing it now, but I don't have to worry about it, what I should do is how to find out the person who set the fire and the person behind him."

When he said this, his eyes flashed with coldness, and he kept staring at Huang Wan.

Huang Wan's expression couldn't help but froze, and the smile on his face became a little stiff.

He knew that Dong Ce must have seen through this matter and instructed him, but what he had nothing to fear was that even if Dong Ce knew, he would be helpless against him. But now, he's suddenly a little less sure. I don't think he can do anything to himself, but at this time last year, who would have thought that Dong Ce would take a year to sit in the position of the general of Beidong Road?

He shook his head, forcing himself to banish the unsettling emotion from his mind. Huang Wan said lightly: "Master Dong, what do you think of this handover now?" If nothing happens to me, then I'll take my leave. ”

Dong Ce smiled: "Lord Huang Wan, please take care of yourself!" Today's handover is over. ”

Huang Wan laughed and strode down the city wall.

Today's series of confrontations between him and Dong Ce, there was no doubt that he suffered a loss at the beginning, but in the end, he took a big advantage and made Dong Ce suffer a big dumb loss, but he couldn't tell the bitterness.

Huang Wan had obviously already packed his things, and left after waiting for the handover with Dong Ce, and about a quarter of an hour later, he left Fort Victory, surrounded by more than ten family members under his command. These family members are also his last bit of family members.

He was accompanied by a dozen wagons, in addition to the family members, filled with all sorts of large and small chests, apparently filled with the belongings he had looted over the years.

Dong Ce looked at it, a little annoyed in his heart. Originally, if he could successfully find Huang Wan's handle today and detain him here to prevent him from leaving, he would have a great chance that Huang Wan would be able to spit out everything he had eaten over the years. But after that fire was burned, he was completely helpless.

When Huang Wan left, he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but he went out from the West City Gate. At this time, Dong Ce and others were still on the West City Gate.

After leaving the city, Huang Wan glanced back at Dong Ce, his eyes were full of provocation and pride.

At this time, his mood stabilized, and he forced himself to believe that Dong Ce had nothing to do with him.

For Huang Wan, many of the possessions in this victory fortress can be taken away. But there is nothing he can take with him the people of the Victorious Castle - except for his householders.

The military soldiers are different from the family members, the military soldiers belong to the imperial court, while the family members belong to the generals. The generals who were the heads of the family provided them with food and drink, clothing, armor, weapons, food, and so on, and they were also loyal to the head of the household. And the object of their allegiance is only the head of the family, and no one else.

When the head of the family is transferred, he can take them away.

Therefore, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, these generals used the salary of the imperial court to support their families, which was indeed an extremely cost-effective deal.

And there are also cases of people like Huang Wan who have been cut off from their posts and continue to support their families. After all, although Huang Wan was cut down, he was born in a Jiangmen family after all, and his family power is very huge. Not to mention this kind of official family, even if it is an ordinary rich family in the local area, there are basically family members in the family. In such a family, it is normal to have some family members who can fight and kill.

Of course, it must be very expensive to continue to support these family members, and since they have been cut off, the court will not give them money, so they have to bear it themselves. But Huang Wan has accumulated a considerable amount of money over the years, and he has accumulated a lot of savings, and for him, although the money spent to support these families is a lot, he can still afford it.

And Huang Wan firmly believes that although he has been cut to serve the people, he will not always be cut to the people. When the time comes, if they become officials again, these families will be ready-made, and they will be reorganized.

A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "As long as my plan succeeds, you will have to invite me back when the time comes!" ”

Huang Wan left, and Dong Ce went down the city wall and went to the general yamen.

At this time, the fire in the general's yamen had been extinguished, and sure enough, as Dong Ce expected, the place where the fire caught fire was a courtyard in the general's yamen, and there were several warehouses in that courtyard, which were specially used to store files, account books and other things. Among the general yamen of Nuoda, only this small courtyard is on fire, and the rest of the realm is fine.

The generals of Fort Victory who came with Dong Ce could see what was going on, but there was no evidence, and no one could say anything.

Who set the fire?