Chapter 533 Heavenly Punishment
When Wan Laoer saw that Qi Ye was holding his travel permit, he became even more anxious. Without the travel permit, he would lose his identity card. If the government investigated, he would be arrested as an illegal resident.
"Give me back my pass, you thief."
Wan Laoer's face turned red with anger, and he tried desperately to break free from the servants' restraints, but the more he struggled, the more ruthless the servants became, pinching Wan Laoer's neck hard and pushing him down.
Wan Laoer was like a stubborn donkey and was very unwilling to accept the result.
"Humph, would I steal your pass? What does my Seventh Master want? Your pass says where you live. You came from the border, and you actually said you know the Duke of Zhenguo? What a joke. Take it away now and don't bother with him."
Seeing that the other party did not believe him, Wan Laoer wanted to tear up his pass and take them away.
"The Duke of Zhenguo is called Wan Jinshu. He has two sons, one is Wan Xingmo and the other is Wan Xingchen. He also has a daughter named Wan Yirou. The Duke of Zhenguo broke one of his arms. I also know how it was broken. I saw it with my own eyes."
The action of tearing up the pass was paused for a moment. This person spoke as if it were true. Could he really be a relative of the Duke of Zhenguo?
"Seventh Master, this man must be here to take advantage of you. You dealt with him for the Duke of Zhenguo. Maybe the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion still remembers your favor."
Seeing that the Seventh Master was a little hesitant, the servant immediately offered an idea.
"The fire is coming. The fire is coming."
When the two sides were in a stalemate, bursts of exclamations were heard outside the inn.
And soon, the sound of gongs was heard outside.
"The fire is coming. The fire is coming."
"Seventh Master, what's making such a loud noise outside?"
"You ask me, who should I ask? Why don't you get out and take a look?"
As the Seventh Master spoke, he kicked the servant on the butt. The servant staggered and almost fell to the ground, but he quickly steady himself and rushed outside.
The servant ran to the street and saw flames rising into the sky a street away from the inn, illuminating half the sky red, as if a ferocious beast had opened its bloody mouth.
There was chaos on the streets, with shouts of fear rising one after another.
People had just been awakened from their sleep and were rushing out of the door in dishevelled clothes and with looks of panic.
Everyone was running towards a place far away from the fire. The sounds of shouting, children crying, and adults scolding merged into one in the street.
At this time, officers and soldiers from the City Defense Department came quickly on horseback.
When the servant saw this, he immediately ran back to the inn.
"Seventh Master, there's a fire outside. Let's run quickly. It's about to burn over."
"A flood? There hasn't been a flood in the capital for many years. Why did it happen today? Let's go out and take a look."
The Seventh Master seemed quite excited. He brought a group of servants to the door of the inn and saw flames and thick smoke in the distance, spreading rapidly towards them along the direction of the wind.
At this speed, the shop opposite will be burned in less than a quarter of an hour.
"Seventh Master, are those shops that were burned yours?"
The servant pointed at the burning shop and asked tremblingly.
The Seventh Master was so busy watching the fun that he hadn't realized that his shop seemed to be nearby. It was just that he seldom went to the shop. The rent was collected annually and there was a special accountant to collect the rent. He usually didn't care about these things. Now that he was reminded by the servant, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have bought and half-robbed several connected shops at a low price from a person who was running a business poorly a few years ago.
"I remember what you said. It seems like this happened. How did the shop catch fire?"
At this time, Qi Ye was not too worried about the shop. Even if the shop was gone, he could just ask the person who rented the shop for compensation and then buy a new one somewhere else.
"Seventh Master, you're not in a hurry? This is your shop, isn't it?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? If the shop is gone, isn't it enough to have money?"
He bought it at a low price, and now the shop was burned down by the tenants. So he extorted some money from them, and maybe he could buy more shops. It was a good thing to burn them down.
The Seventh Master's abacus was clacking.
"The fire is about to spread. Hurry and take everyone back to the house."
The Seventh Master ordered the servants to take all the people away.
But as soon as he finished speaking, heavy rain suddenly began to fall from the sky.
"Seventh Master, it's raining. Go inside and take shelter from the rain. Don't get wet."
The servant held the top of Master Qi's head with his hands, and several people hurriedly ran into the house.
But even so, the heavy rain still poured down on them.
As soon as he entered the room, Qi Ye sneezed.
"A-choo——"
"Boss, please light the charcoal fire and make some ginger tea. Didn't you see that Master Qi sneezed?"
The shopkeeper's heart was filled with joy: It's what he deserves. He deserves to catch a cold. It would be best if he gets sick and doesn't get cured. He deserves to die. There will be one less scourge in the world.
However, the shopkeeper still bent down and stepped back, going to the back to instruct the waiter to work. He felt strange in his heart, thinking that the fire came fiercely and went out without any warning. How could it rain so heavily in such a winter?
Heavy rain only occurs in summer; it is very rare in winter.
The fire on the street across the street was quickly brought under control by the sudden rain, and was showing signs of gradually dying out.
The people from the City Defense Department saw that the fire had been extinguished, but the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping.
Although they are in good health, they cannot withstand the rain in winter.
"General, there is an inn up ahead. It's still open. Shall we go over there and take shelter from the rain?"
"Okay, tell the brothers to go to the inn and send two more people to check if there are any casualties in the burned shop."
"yes!"
The Seventh Master and the servants in the inn were also saying that the fire and rain were very miraculous.
"Seventh Master, why did it rain when the fire was halfway through? It seemed as if only your shop was burned, as if God did it on purpose."
After the servant finished speaking, he realized that there seemed to be something wrong with what he said. After thinking about it carefully, he found that his words were misunderstood as if God wanted to punish the Seventh Master.
"Bullshit."
“Yes, yes, yes, I was just farting. Don’t be angry, Master Qi. Just think of it as me farting.” The servant said as he slapped his mouth lightly.
But the servant's words left a mark on the other servants' minds, and they all began to speculate on their own: could this really be what God did on purpose?
Master Qi glanced at the few people and said gloomily, "If you dare to talk nonsense, I will pull out your tongues."
"Hey, who is so arrogant? How dare he resort to lynching?"
A majestic and magnetic voice came from the door of the inn.
Everyone's eyes turned to the door of the inn, and they found an officer in silver-grey armor standing at the door.
There were dozens of soldiers following behind him. The rain was flowing down their armor, forming a puddle of water on the ground.
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