Chapter 1274: Arson

I can also vent the anger in my heart, it makes me feel good just thinking about it!

Zhao Zhai was an impulsive and hot-tempered person, and he couldn't wait to put this idea into practice.

Two nights later, he brought about twenty people and quietly came to Zheng's mulberry garden under the cover of darkness.

The mulberry garden of 100,000 mu is huge. At this time of year, the mulberry leaves are sprouting and growing. Under the night sky, they are connected into pieces and you can't see the end at a glance.

Zhao Zhai ordered the twenty or so men to be divided into six groups, carrying oil, dry straw, flammable dry pine branches, flints, etc., to enter the mulberry garden from different directions, set fire to it, and then flee. At dawn tomorrow, they should disperse to different towns and not come back for the time being, nor contact each other.

In order to vent his anger, he spent a huge amount of money, giving fifty taels of silver to each person, and the leader ten more taels.

Several dozen taels of silver are enough for these people to go out and hang out for a month and a half.

By that time, the limelight of this matter will have passed.

Zhao Zhai planned everything very well, and he especially wanted to see with his own eyes the Zheng mulberry garden, which once belonged to the Zheng family and which Zhao Shu was very likely to have a share in now, destroyed. So that night he came in person with two trusted servants, forming a small team.

When he entered the mulberry garden and smelled the scent of fresh mulberry leaves, Zhao Zhai felt jealous because this place had never belonged to him, but he felt that it should belong to him.

But when he thought that this place would soon be destroyed in his hands, and how angry and sad Zhao Shu would be when he found this place turned into ruins tomorrow, he felt a sense of relief.

However, Zhao Zhai never expected that his "good brother" was no longer a good brother, but had been bribed and was already keeping an eye on him. Otherwise, how could he have so "coincidentally" discovered that he was secretly looking for someone and plotting something?

Zhao Zhai didn't get angry, but was caught red-handed along with those people he bribed!

Of course, to make it seem more realistic, some people had already set a fire, but it was put out almost immediately.

The farmhands and guards of Sangyuan Village beat up all the people, including Zhao Zhai and his servants, without hesitation in the dark of night, and then tied them up and sent them to the prefectural government office.

".Fortunately, our boss is careful. He said that she bought 100,000 mu of mulberry garden at once. Since she is from outside, who knows how many people are jealous! Who knows if someone will do something shameful and despicable behind the scenes. Therefore, we were ordered to take turns patrolling every day, especially at night. After all, those who do evil things like to take advantage of the dark night."

"Everything has been fine these days, and we thought the boss was being overly cautious! We were planning to tell the manager if nothing happened in a few days that we should cancel the night patrols. After all, it's not a good idea to continue like this in the long run. Who knew that last night..."

All the managers and farmhands gnashed their teeth and glared at this group of miserable thieves with hatred.

What a vicious heart!

Fortunately, they had been patrolling and did not dare to be lazy, so when they saw these people sneaking into the mulberry garden in groups last night, they quietly followed them.

I originally thought that they were just going to break branches and chop down mulberry trees, but I didn’t expect that they actually wanted to set fire!

If the fire breaks out, the huge mulberry garden will be destroyed.

(End of this chapter)