Chapter 170: Arson

"Did you find out?"

The door of the box was opened and Fu Da came in.

"Don't let me go to those places next time. They're really disgusting."

Fu Da wiped his sleeves, seeming to be very disgusted.

Chen Shiyi smiled.

"Then you would like to talk to Bo Yuan."

Fu Da frowned slightly.

"That's one of our own, how can it be the same?"

Chen Shiyi raised his eyebrows.

"Let's get back to the point. When is the owner of Yinhelou usually in?"

"It's probably after dusk, when the lights are bright and business is booming."

Chen Shiyi nodded.

"Okay, let's do it as soon as it gets dark."

Fu Da was completely confused.

"What do you want to do?"

"Set fire!"

Fu Da asked in disbelief.

"How to put it, how to put it, nothing is prepared!"

"Look..."

Chen Shiyi pointed to the location of Yinhelou.

"Kyoto is a flat land, and every household should have a drainage ditch, which flows from the shallow outside of the house into the ditch on the street. Now that it has not rained, there is no water in the ditch. I only need to block the drainage ditch outside the Yinhelou and pour kerosene into it, so that the kerosene can spread from the bottom to the top to the drainage ditch in the inner courtyard of the Yinhelou..."

Fu Da looked at her in horror.

"How much kerosene will that take?"

"It doesn't matter how much you need, but it's true that you need water."

"What does arson have to do with water?"

"Kerosene has a strong smell and floats on the water. I just pour more water in the back and add kerosene, and it can be easily ignited."

"What's the point of burning only the kerosene in the ditch? What about other places?"

Chen Shiyi pointed at the sturdy tree behind the Yinhe Building.

"It is the fire-bending."

"Do you want me to go again?"

Fu Da didn’t know what Chen Shiyi’s shaking head meant. How was she going to ignite this fire?

And the kerosene. Not long after she talked to him, she saw a very inconspicuous carriage parked behind.

When night fell, Chen Shiyi and Fu Da got on the carriage with two huge barrels inside.

Two huge bamboo pipes were inserted deep into the drainage ditch and slowly overflowed into the drinking crane building.

After they drove away in their carriage, they went up to the second floor of a nearby teahouse.

In the wine-drinking crane building opposite, the lights are bright, the wine is fragrant, the tent is warm, the shadows are overlapping, the ethereal and melodious songs are pleasing to the ears, the piano sounds are melodious, and the moon is bright, it is like a fairyland...

The bow in Chen Shiyi's hand was already fully drawn.

Fu Da stood aside with his arms folded, staring at the arrow with eagle-like eyes.

"You made arrows out of bamboo?"

She didn't say anything, just stared into the distance intently.

In a flash, his right hand loosened, and a feather arrow whizzed out and flew towards the Drinking Crane Tower. In an instant, the branches of the tree broke in half, and one or two branches had already extended into the drainage ditch.

Chen Shiyi drew his bow again, and the arrow ignited a cluster of bright flames. He pulled the bow fully and let go, and the arrow pierced into the drainage ditch like a meteor.

The spark spread through the drainage ditch like a fire snake, instantly spreading to the entire drinking crane building.

The branches instantly caught fire, spreading to the entire tree, and then the roof of the second floor also started to catch fire.

Chen Shiyi pulled the bow quickly again with a normal expression, and the wine altar in the house was hit with a whoosh, and the wine splashed everywhere.

Instantly, flames broke out in the room.

Steady, accurate, ruthless...

There was a rare look of admiration in Fu Da's eyes.

"Aren't you afraid of burning people to death?"

Chen Shiyi took a breath.

"No, if I wanted someone to die, I would just do it later."

The fire in the drinking crane building shot up to the sky, and people screamed and called for help.

People kept pouring out of the door.

Chen Shiyi watched all this quietly.

"Let's go and catch him."

Cang Huang, the owner of Yinhelou, escaped from the fire and was dragged onto a carriage in the chaos when he stood at the door.

He looked at Chen Shiyi in the carriage. He saw that she looked normal with a smile on her face. He guessed that she must have been the one who set the fire today.

"Aren't you afraid that the people behind the Yinhe Building will investigate you?"

"What are you talking about, Boss? I'm just here to chat with you today. I don't understand what you mean by pursuing the matter."

The owner of the drinking crane restaurant laughed disdainfully.

"I advise you to let me go, otherwise..."

“Pah…”

Chen Shiyi slapped him hard.

"Remember, you are a prisoner now."

The owner of Yinhelou gnashed his teeth with hatred, because no one except his own master dared to treat him like this.

However, he still had to be aware of the current situation. He didn't know what this woman was going to do by kidnapping him.

"You are such a hot-tempered girl. I just want to go back to Boyuan. Is it necessary to go to war?"

“Pah…”

Chen Shiyi slapped him again.

"Think about it before you speak."

The owner of Yinhelou had blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, and the fishy smell went straight into his mouth. He licked the corner of his lips and smiled.

"It wasn't me who started the fire at Qinyunlou."

"Are you trying to excuse yourself?"

"I'm telling the truth."

Chen Shiyi was silent for a while.

"I want to know what you were thinking when you threw kerosene into Qinyun Building?"

The owner of Yinhelou didn't understand why Chen Shiyi asked such a question.

"It's nothing. A friend of mine mentioned this to me when we were drinking, and I did it for him."

"So, you actually have no grudge against me, but you threw kerosene into the Qinyun Building just because of a friend's casual remark, without caring whether the fire would kill anyone?"

“I didn’t think that much at the time.”

"What does human life mean to you?"

The owner of the drinking crane restaurant was suddenly speechless.

Suddenly, Fu Da, who was driving the carriage, stopped and whispered to Chen Shiyi in the carriage.

"We are surrounded."

The owner of the drinking crane restaurant smiled proudly.

"My master has come to rescue me."

Chen Shiyi looked at him deeply, then turned and got out of the carriage.

She stood at the front of the carriage, and Fu Da sat beside her with his right leg bent, looking lazy.

Opposite, rows of horses stood side by side.

On horseback were well-equipped soldiers wearing silver armor. Leading the group was a man in a black brocade robe, with a high bun and a white jade crown. He was a high-ranking and powerful person.

The moment he saw Chen Shiyi coming out, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Why did you come out and kidnap someone instead of staying at home and sleeping?"

Hearing the person opposite him say such familiar words, Fu Da's lazy eyes instantly opened.

Chen Shiyi bowed respectfully to the visitor.

"I bow to Uncle Ninth Prince."

Long Muchuan rode his horse to Chen Shiyi's side and looked at her carefully.

"Get up, have you lost weight recently? You don't look well."

Chen Shiyi blinked.

"Did you figure it out? This is all thanks to Uncle Nine's men."

Long Muchuan frowned.

"What happened?"

After hearing this, the owner of the Helou restaurant broke out in sweat.

That girl actually knew her own master, and sounded like she was very familiar with him.

Besides, when had he ever listened to his master and spoken to a woman so kindly?

Oh no, I did something stupid this time. I’ll be in big trouble if I don’t die.