The guards in front of Wei An had surrounded the entire small building. The lights in the dark building finally came on. The officials living in the post station were a little confused. They looked at Wei An blankly, not knowing what she meant. After a long while, someone asked Wei An: "What does the princess mean by taking us to see the truth?"
The postmaster's face was ashen. He struggled a few times in Han Bo's hands but couldn't break free. He looked a little hideous.
Wei An gave Qing Feng a look, and he understood. He made a gesture and quickly took a few guards to add oil to the haystack in front of the wall. Wei An watched coldly, and glanced at the postmaster, smiling and said, "Someone just set a fire to fish in troubled waters, so now we will do the same and see if we can force the instigator out."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tinder in Qing Feng's hand fell on the haystack. With the help of the wind and oil, the fire suddenly shot up into the sky, shocking the officials of all ranks and making them take a step back.
Such a big fire! Someone came up to Wei An in fear and asked, "Princess, if there were innocent people inside, wouldn't they have been burned to death as well?"
This is no joke! If there were people inside, wouldn't they be burned to death in such a big fire
Su Ping and Wen Xiu stood on Wei An's left and right, fearing that those people would pounce on them in anger, and moved closer to Wei An nervously.
Wei An was not afraid. She coughed, listened carefully to the noise inside, and suddenly laughed: "My Lords, you can see who is behind this and wants to burn people to death, and even kill people to provoke you."
The people that Qingfeng had brought with him poured oil on three sides, leaving only the area where Wei An and the others were watching the fun untouched. Therefore, the fire was the smallest here. The adults followed Wei An's gaze and saw Uncle Xu, who was protected by countless people and rushed out in the flames.
They were all officials in the court, and they saw each other every day. Some of the lower-ranking ones naturally didn't know this famous figure, but the higher-ranking ones recognized the person in front of them at once, and couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.
The more courageous ones thought for a moment and called out Uncle Xu's name, asking him, "Why is Uncle Xu here?!"
Needless to say, these officials were naturally on duty, some were taking up their posts, and some were returning to Beijing to report on their work. However, Uncle Xu did not hold any official position, let alone work for the emperor. His appearance at the post station at this time was not a serious matter.
Uncle Xu was in a bit of a mess because of the smoke and fire. His clothes were wet and stuck to his body because of trying to avoid the fire. The people below were busy helping him take off his wet clothes. When he heard someone asking, he raised his head and looked over there, then looked towards Wei An.
Actually, this was the first time they had a real face-to-face confrontation. Uncle Xu met Wei An's gaze and smiled sinisterly: "I am going on a long journey to visit a friend, but I don't know why the princess is here and why she set fire to people? Murder and arson are heinous crimes. The princess can't be so bold just because she is the prince's legal wife, right?!"
Wei An was quite good at turning the tables. He sneered and glanced at Han Bo, who then quickly threw the postmaster in front of Uncle Xu.
"Uncle Xu, do you know this person?" Wei An looked at him slowly with a smile on his face, as if he was talking about something very insignificant and not worth mentioning: "When he came to sound out the situation before, he claimed to be a relative of the Nanjing Minister of Rites. Actually... it's not entirely false. He is indeed a relative of the Nanjing Minister of Rites, and the Nanjing Minister of Rites is also related to the Xu family, right? If I remember correctly, it seems that our ancestors are connected..."
She even knew all this! Uncle Xu felt the taste of blood in his mouth, sneered and said stubbornly: "Even if that's the case, what can it prove?! It's normal for me to be here? Can it prove that I set the fire?!"
"Some things are coincidences once or twice, but it's unfortunate if they happen many times in a row." Wei An lowered his eyes and looked at him, not beating around the bush with him: "This whole time, Master Xu has been following me for more than a few days, is this also a coincidence? Also, my people followed this postmaster before and found out that he had gone to look for Master Xu's disciples in Shanxi. What's even more unfortunate is that if this fire forced me out, there should be a large number of bandits on the official road waiting to kill me, a fat sheep, am I right?!"
Wei An actually found out everything! This sinister and vicious woman, she clearly had everything under control, but she was still waiting for them to make a move and then catch them!
Uncle Xu opened his eyes and sneered: "You've said everything you can. I have nothing more to say!"
Although he was caught by Wei An, he still maintained a high attitude, because he knew that Wei An did not have the courage to take action - this is Shanxi, if Wei An dared to take action, the governor of Shanxi would not let her go, and she would not be able to leave this place by herself.
Since she was fearless, he mocked her with a sarcastic smile on his face: "The princess' words are golden, she will convict people if she says so..."
"My words are not golden." Wei An interrupted him. Seeing that the postmaster was already struggling on the ground and was a little tired, he laughed and said, "Master Xu, don't you think it's wrong? Some of the people who just went back to tell you the news seem to be unfamiliar?"
Uncle Xu opened his eyes wide, then frowned in confusion and uncertainty.
Wei An smiled and said, "We controlled a few people ourselves, and then let our guards slip in. I guess they also found something..." Wei An's voice was slow, but it made Uncle Xu feel cold. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "I don't know what you are talking about!"
"It doesn't matter if you don't know. It's enough for the adults to know." Wei An raised his eyebrows and glanced at Han Bo: "Did you get the result?"
Han Bo had a look of hatred and pride on his face. He smiled and said, "Princess, I found out that those people said they were instructed by Master Xu to set the fire here. They wanted to burn a few people to scare you. If they couldn't burn it, they wanted to kill or injure some of these adults so that they wouldn't cause any trouble..."
Since we are talking about signing and sealing, it must be true. The adults couldn't help but be surprised, and then they became scared and angry.
It was not easy for them to study hard for ten years to become an official, but Uncle Xu treated their lives as worthless, which was really unacceptable. (To be continued)