At this time, among the crowd outside the main entrance of the small courtyard, a wretched guy was looking into the house, his eyes were full of flames, and even a guy with an iron body would be engulfed by the monstrous flames.
There was a smile on the corner of the wretched man's mouth. This operation seemed to be very successful, and he could finally show his credit to the master. However, he has done too many such things, and he understands a truth. If some things have not been seen with his own eyes, then It was not an established fact, so he hid behind the crowd, watched the pale innkeeper waving his hands and shouting, watched the guys carrying buckets to put out the fire, and waited quietly, waiting for the fire to be extinguished, to see if there was a fire inside. There were a few corpses as expected.
Many guests of the inn gathered around here, their faces were extremely terrified, and a guy with a clapper also joined the crowd, shaking his head and sighing: "I shout every day, the sky is dry and things are dry, be careful of the candles, but why don't you let go?" What about your heart?"
The guys and the interested guests tried their best to put out the fire. Although the fire had almost burned the house and nothing could be rescued, everyone still tried their best.
The innkeeper's face was pale, but the horror in his heart was a hundred times more gloomy than his face. He no longer had the heart to take into account the loss. The only thing he was afraid of now was how to explain to Vice Inspector Ye, the son of the prefect of Suzhou, that the man who lived in this yard , but Vice Inspector Ye personally brought the guests, so he felt weak all over, his legs were weak, and he really wanted to kneel down.
Although the fire is very large, it will always be extinguished, so when the fire is completely extinguished, everyone sighs. The originally elegant small courtyard is already full of smog, and the black smoke behind the fire is still floating gently , The scorched door panels and roof beams were put together in a haphazard manner.
The innkeeper's face was ashen, his voice was a little trembling, and he asked a clerk, "Where are... people inside?"
The guy looked around, but he was clever, and said a few words in his ear, the innkeeper was taken aback, his face was full of weirdness, it seemed a little unexpected.
The wretched man frowned, finally got out of the crowd, approached a guy who had just come out of the house, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, is anyone dead inside?"
The guy glanced at his mouth, then turned his head and said, "I don't know how to see it? Grandma's, Crow's mouth."
The wretched man's face immediately showed hostility, but fortunately he knew the seriousness of the matter, he snorted coldly, looked around, saw that everyone was sighing and sighing, and some people were silent, but no one paid attention to him, so he walked slowly Into the house.
There was a burning smell in the house. Although the fire was extinguished, there were still sporadic sparks in some places.
The wretched man glanced slightly, his eyes fell on the scorched bed, the body was already a mess, the burnt sheets were still emitting black smoke, but there was no corpse in the body.
The wretched man immediately frowned, the muscles on his face twitched, and he walked back and forth anxiously in the house, his eyes never letting go of one place, and searched everywhere, but the whole house was searched, and there were burnt objects everywhere, but there was no half body. .
The hands and feet of the wretched man felt a little cold. In his heart, every step was well designed, and it was impossible for the people in the room to escape, but now he didn't see the expected corpse. It was really weird.
He walked slowly, and finally saw that the door frame at the back door was all falling off. He seemed to think of something. He walked over quickly, stood at the back door, smelled the burning smell, and looked out. After the fire was extinguished, the backyard was quiet, only a faint The bright moonlight shone down, and two thick poplar trees stood in the garden. The trees were green, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and there was no one in sight.
"Fuck!" The wretched man couldn't help but cursed, and was about to turn around and enter the room when a thick figure jumped out and punched the wretched man on the head. Without a snort, he was about to go limp. With his arms crossed, he lazily picked up the wretched man, put his hands on his shoulders, turned around and walked quickly, and went out through the small door in the backyard.
Outside the door, Xue Poye and the others were waiting. They saw Tie Niu carrying a person out, so he didn't say much. Mingxu said in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, it's right here."
Next to it is a small temple, which is extremely quiet and remote, it is really a good place to kill and rob.
The small temple is a kind of sacrificial building. During festivals, people will come to worship the heaven and the earth and pray for blessings. However, it is very deserted on weekdays. Moreover, this kind of small temple is not like a real temple, and there is no one to guard it.
The small temple was pitch black, and because no one had come for a long time, everything inside was covered with a layer of dust. A huge altar was set in the middle of the temple, with a few chairs scattered around it, and nothing else.
Tie Niu threw the wretched man on the ground, then took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, you are right, this kid is sneaky, I'm afraid he is the guy who set the fire."
Xue Poye didn't care about the dust on the chair, sat down heavily, took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, and finally said: "I fucked up, I almost died there."
At this time, several people were in a state of embarrassment. Tieniu had been burned in many places, and blisters appeared. Master Shao seemed to have not recovered from his panic, and his clothes were burned into holes. The burns, but fortunately, his life was not harmed, which is also a great blessing among misfortunes.
Mingxu was silent for a moment, and finally said: "We failed to protect the safety of the shopkeeper, please come down to the shopkeeper!" Tie Niu also immediately lowered his head, bent his body, and said respectfully: "Tie Niu is guilty, Tie Niu is guilty."
Xue Poye waved his hand, and said softly: "I can't blame you this time, and I didn't expect someone to do it. Grandma, it's good to be alive, or you can always get revenge."
This time it was safe and sound. Speaking of it, Ming Xu contributed the most, Xue Poye looked at Ming Xu with admiration and said: "Yes, you have made meritorious service this time, I will remember it for you."
Mingxu hurriedly said he didn't dare, Xue Poye said seriously: "To be meritorious is to be meritorious, there is nothing to dare, hehe, if you survive a catastrophe, you must have future blessings. It seems that my blessings will be great in the future."
Ming Xu frowned and said: "Shopkeeper, we are new here, who will do this to me?"
Xue Poye pursed his lips, and sneered at the wretched man: "When he wakes up, everything will be clear, hehe, Tieniu, your punch is so powerful, you don't know how long it will take you to faint if you beat this kid like this. "
Several people sat down to rest first. Although they said it lightly, it was nothing more than to relieve the huge pressure after life and death. It was fine for Mingxu and Tieniu, but for Xue Poye, this time it was really a I walked through the ghost gate once, which was very different from the time at Savage Ridge.
There was silence in the small temple, only the sound of slight breathing.
Only a few strands of moonlight came in through the gap, and the room was dim, with only human figures visible.
"Ming Xu, how come you can move when the fire is on?" After a long time, Xue Poye finally broke the silence: "I couldn't move at all at that time?"
Since he was hit by Qihuasan, everyone should be unable to move, why Mingxu can
Mingxu explained: "This time they came prepared. Before setting the fire, they must have put Qihuasan into the room with a blowpipe. This Qihuasan is mixed with the flower juice of seven kinds of poisonous flowers and soaked in moso bamboo. Once the moso bamboo is ignited, it can be blown out from the blowpipe. It is colorless and odorless, but it is very effective. It can make people numb the whole body in a short time and cannot move. Only in this way, when they set fire to the house, they will not run away. Watching myself being burned to death."
Tieniu was very angry when he heard that, he slapped the handle of the chair, and with a "click", the handle of the chair was smashed into pieces.
"Then why are you alright?" Xue Poye asked.
Ming Xu was silent for a while, and finally said in a low voice: "I tasted poisonous weeds when I was very young. I have tried many herbs and almost died of poisoning a few times. Qihuasan happens to be a poison that I can resist. However, this Qihuasan is pure in nature, so I also received some poisonous gas, but fortunately I was able to move. If you want to put us to death, please... also ask the shopkeeper to come down!"
Xue Poye sighed, Mingxu had so many abilities that he felt overwhelmed, so he couldn't help but said, "What other abilities do you have, can you tell them all at once?"
Mingxu lowered his head embarrassedly, and said in a low voice: "This... This is my last skill."
Xue Poye chuckled, but felt emotional in his heart, although Tieniu's strength is boundless, and Mingxu's methods are extraordinary, but the vigilance of these two people seems to be a bit weaker, suddenly thinking of Xiao Pan, if Pan Silang is here, I'm afraid the other party will still He was discovered by Xiao Pan without doing anything, a character who is proficient in tracking and assassination, and his vigilance is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Although this major event happened, except for Master Shao who was still stunned, the others were also relieved, and there was no fear in their hearts. Instead, they were eager to know who the enemy was so they could fight back.
The wretched person didn't know whether he was stunned or really knocked unconscious. In short, he didn't wake up for a long time, and they were all exhausted. They rested quietly in this small temple.