Chapter 431 433 See
"Son, who do you think wants to harm us? We never make enemies with others. You didn't see that the fire just now suddenly burned me. If I hadn't been in a hurry and wanted to go to the toilet, your mother might be dead now." Mother Zhong looked back at the burning tent with a horrified face and said.
Mr. Zhong was like a madman, trying to rush into the burning tent, but was stopped by the rescue soldiers. “Don’t stop me, help put out the fire. There are all our family’s belongings and gasoline in the tent. If they are all burned, how can we continue on our journey?”
"Don't you smell it? The fire is burning your gasoline. Even if you rush in now, you can't get it out!" One of the soldiers looked at Mr. Zhong with some pity.
"No, impossible." Father Zhong roared with gritted teeth and eyes. This gasoline was saved by his family through working day and night and living frugally. It also included all the gold jewelry that Zhong Minglou had coaxed out of Xia Tian, all of which were used to buy this gasoline.
"Isn't that the oil barrel? If you don't believe me, you can go and take a look." The soldier on duty said, pointing to an empty oil barrel rolling around.
A lot of soldiers have arrived by now. They have dug a shallow ditch around the fire site to make a barrier. All the fire sources that could be extinguished with earth have been extinguished. Well, the weather is clear today and there is no wind. The fire site is not large. As long as the gasoline is burned out, the fire will naturally be extinguished.
"Comrade, this fire must have been set on purpose. We thought that no one would dare to do such a criminal thing since we were following the army. We didn't expect that the murderer would not take your army seriously at all. Comrade, you must find the murderer, make him compensate for our losses, and then arrest him. Otherwise, everyone will be in danger and won't be able to rest at night. How can we travel during the day?" Mother Zhong was a little suspicious at this time that the fire was set by Xia Kai or someone he sent. She was angry and scared.
"Have you offended anyone, or had any disputes with anyone recently?" Although there were no casualties, arson is no trivial matter. Wen Qingming reported and sent his officers over.
"Yes, yes, my daughter-in-law's younger brother Xia Kai may have some misunderstandings about us. He had a quarrel with us today and took his sister away." Mother Zhong said immediately.
Zhong Yingying watched as the officer in charge of investigating the matter sent people to Rong Xianxian and their camp.
The noise outside had already woken Rong Xianxian up. She frowned and looked at Xuanxuan who had sat up with sleepy eyes. Xuanxuan rubbed her eyes and yawned, "Mom, is it daybreak yet? I'm still so sleepy. It's so noisy outside!"
Rong Xianxian went to the cabinet next to the bed and took out a pair of earplugs and handed them to Xuanxuan, "It's not even daybreak yet. Something might have happened outside. It has nothing to do with us. You should get some more sleep!"
Rong Xianxian had already seen someone waiting outside her tent, so she comforted the child, put on her coat, and left the tent.
"Sister Rong, the tent of Xia Kai's brother-in-law's house caught fire. There were no casualties. Some people from the army came to investigate the situation. Xia Kai and I will go with them to take a look. You don't have to worry." Cui Lie briefly explained the situation.
"Okay, I understand!" Although she didn't know the cause of the fire, Rong Xianxian didn't feel any danger signals intuitively, so she didn't care.
After Cui Lie left, Rong Xianxian looked at the fire over there and saw that it had been brought under control, so she turned around and went back to the tent.
The two children were still resting in the tent, and Rong Xianxian would not go anywhere.
But just as she stepped into the tent, she was frightened to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat. A tall figure was sitting on a chair next to Xuanxuan's bed. Rong Xianxian immediately activated the Soul-Calming Bell, and silent sound waves attacked the man.
The man just turned around and smiled at Rong Xianxian. His exquisite and perfect face looked even more beautiful under the tranquil moonlight. The sound waves invaded his mind, and he was confused for a moment, then he woke up in an instant.
At this time, Rong Xianxian had already recognized that the person was Ning Qingyun. Her heart, which had just risen to her throat, calmed down and started beating again. She did not launch another attack.
Rong Xianxian was a little depressed. Her five senses were sharp and alert, but Ning Qingyun was able to enter her safe range quietly every time.
Ning Qingyun watched Rong Xianxian walking towards him with light footsteps. When he was about to stand up, Rong Xianxian pressed his shoulder with one hand and stepped on one of his feet. Then she crushed him hard. Rong Xianxian looked at Ning Qingyun's clenched hands and frowned brows, "Does it hurt?" Rong Xianxian asked softly in his ear.
Ning Qingyun let out a sigh, looked at her helplessly, and nodded in cooperation.
"I let you sneak in and you scared me just now." If Ning Qingyun hadn't been too close to Xuanxuan just now, Rong Xianxian would not have just activated the Soul-Calming Bell for fear of alerting the newcomer and threatening the child's safety.
"I'm sorry, I saw you talking to your teammates and I didn't want to disturb you, so I came in quietly." Ning Qingyun felt quite uncomfortable when he said this. The tacit understanding between Rong Xianxian and Cui Lie made him unable to ignore it.
"Isn't your team helping to guard the camp tonight? Why are you running to me?" Rong Xianxian asked puzzled.
"Huo Ye just told me that the brothers who were assisting in patrolling the camp saw the arsonist over there. It was the child from that family who did it. He heard the victim say that he had a dispute with Xia Kai before, so he passed the news back and told you not to worry. He will come out to testify when needed." Huo Ye originally planned to send someone to tell Rong Xianxian, but Ning Qingyun insisted on coming himself.
Rong Xianxian pulled her foot back from Ning Qingyun's instep somewhat embarrassedly, cleared her throat, and said, "I understand, thank you."
Fire scene.
After Cui Lie and Xia Kai arrived, Zhong's mother hid behind Zhong Minglou and looked at them with some fear.
"How's the on-site investigation going?" the officer in charge asked the scout in charge of detecting the scene.
"The fire burned away all traces at the scene, so it is impossible to determine the entire process of the crime. However, an incomplete handprint was found on the empty oil barrel. The murderer's hands may have been stained with gasoline." In the current situation, there is no monitoring equipment and no way to extract fingerprints. In addition, because the fire turned the surrounding area into a scorched earth, coupled with the isolation zone that was dug out to extinguish the fire and prevent the fire from spreading, the crime scene has been basically destroyed, and there is no way to investigate at all.
After listening to the scout's report, the officer in charge turned his head and looked at Cui Lie and Xia Kai with a headache.
(End of this chapter)
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