Chapter 176 Fire
Shopkeeper Qian tossed and turned in the room, unable to sleep. Mrs. Qian was disturbed by him and simply sat up.
"What's wrong with you? It's a mess outside, but it will surely settle down after a few days. What's the point of you getting anxious?"
Shopkeeper Qian sat up irritably and said, "Go to sleep. It's none of your business. I can't sleep. I'm going to the study to check the accounts."
"Hey, you." Mrs. Qian threw a soft pillow in the direction where Shopkeeper Qian left, "You stinky man!"
Shopkeeper Qian came to the study and waited for a while with his hands behind his back. Until the second half of the night, he still didn't hear the familiar bird call, and his already anxious heart became even more uneasy.
Could it be... that it failed?
Or did he run away with his money?
After the night watchman finished his last watch, it was almost dawn. Manager Qian could not wait any longer and decided to go out and take a look, and by the way, find Manager Tian.
As soon as he opened the small door to the backyard, a sack fell in through the gap. Manager Qian was so scared that he almost screamed.
"Mmmm," Yin Liu struggled and twisted in the sack, making sounds.
Shopkeeper Qian came back to his senses and hurriedly opened the sack. He carefully identified the person in the dim light and confirmed that the person in front of him was indeed A Liu. He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
Shopkeeper Qian was so frightened that he fell to the ground and backed away repeatedly, "You, you, you..."
Ah Liu hadn't suffered such torture for a long time. His hands and feet were almost numb. "Mmm, mmm..."
"You were, caught?" Shopkeeper Qian said this in a trembling voice, thinking to himself, "It's all over."
You've been caught, why don't you just die!
Manager Qian suddenly got up, turned around and ran away.
Changquan threw a stone that hit Manager Qian's knee, and Manager Qian fell forward uncontrollably.
Pan He flew down from the wall and said, "Old man, look how scared you are! My apprentice trusts you so much, and you stab him in the back like this."
"No, no, it's not me, Mr. Pan, please understand. It really isn't me. Please spare me. I was also…"
"Shh!" Pan He simply knocked the man unconscious with a knife.
"Your words will be used as evidence in court, so you should save them for the court."
Pan He lifted the man up, and Yin Liu, who had just come out to breathe for a while, was pushed back into the sack by Changquan.
Yin Liu: “…”
So, the purpose of bringing him out this time is to torture him and scare Manager Qian?
Pan He: That’s it!
He is very vindictive. Anyone who dares to do anything to his two apprentices should be prepared for backlash.
At the brothel, Manager Tian also waited until dawn. When it was already bright, Manager Qian still hadn't sent any news, and Manager Tian began to panic.
When Ban's mother pushed the door open and walked in, Manager Tian immediately put on a warm smile on his face, "Ban's mother is here. It's just dawn today. Ban's mother won't rest for a while."
Ban's mother glanced at Manager Tian with a half-smile, "The master is very dissatisfied with what you have done. The master wants Deng Wenyan to vacate his position, not the life of an unknown brat."
"I know, I know, Mother Ban, please put in a few good words for me in front of the master. I've already sent someone to do it. As soon as anyone in the prison dies, I'll have them throw the dirty water on Deng. That person is his dear junior fellow apprentice. Without his connivance, how could he have such courage? When the time comes, the master will send someone to remove Deng Wenyan's official hat."
"Haha, then I'll wait for your good news. I hope to hear your good news today."
Manager Tian nodded repeatedly, bowed and scraped to send Ban's mother away, wiped the cold sweat from his head and went out to call East One, West Two, South Three and North Four.
The four agreed and left.
Shopkeeper Qian was taken into the prison. A bucket of cold water made him shiver and he woke up slowly.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Yin Liu and Yin Huai tied to stakes opposite him. Shopkeeper Qian stared and subconsciously moved, only to find with horror that he was also tied up.
"Tell the truth when you wake up, and you will suffer less physical pain." An Zhubu said with a cold face.
"I'm innocent!" Shopkeeper Qian opened his mouth and began to beg for mercy.
"You still want to beg for mercy after this? It seems you won't cry until you see the coffin..."
Shopkeeper Qian cried.
Manager Tian cursed.
"Useless trash!"
One from the east, two from the west, three from the south, and four from the north all knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.
The Qian family is now deserted.
They came back empty-handed, and now the city gates are still tightly locked, so there is only one possibility: the person is in Deng Wenyan's hands.
"In that case, don't blame me for being rude. Go ahead and get everyone out. No matter what, we have to open the city gates today and get the goods out so we can move on to the next step."
"Yes, sir."
Deng Wenyan has been having people monitor the movements of the brothel.
He already knew that he had gone to Qian's house in all directions but found nothing.
As soon as the four of them went out, Deng Wenyan's men immediately followed.
East One, West Two, South Three, North Four were arrested before they could even disperse the people who had taken the drugs.
With these four people, Deng Wenyan has more information.
The next person Deng Wenyan wanted to attack was Manager Tian.
However, he was a step too slow and Manager Tian died.
The brothel caught fire and the girls cried for help in the fire but were engulfed by it.
Seeing that the fire was about to burn the houses next door, the people were terrified and knelt on the ground crying, begging the county magistrate to have mercy and open the city gates.
All the upper-class circles in the county town put pressure on Deng Wenyan.
Deng Wenyan had to open the city gate to allow some people to leave the city after inspection, and at the same time sent more people to put out the fire in the brothel.
When the fire was brought under control, the entire brothel was engulfed and no one inside survived.
Deng Wenyan took people to count the number of people and found that three people were missing.
It is still unknown who the three people are.
The charred bodies were carried out one after another. The scene was so spectacular that it made people nauseous. Countless people hid in their homes to secretly check on the situation, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt meat.
The people looked at Deng Wenyan with fear and hatred.
Before the new county magistrate came, so many people had not died in the county town in decades. But as soon as the new county magistrate came, so many people died.
This county magistrate defeated their Guangyi County.
Deng Wenyan accidentally saw the eyes of the people and felt sad and painful in his heart.
This round is aimed at him.
When he went to the countryside before, he discovered abnormalities in the north and west.
No fewer than ten people are missing from those two places...
And the recent missing beggar case. If it weren't for Mr.'s interest, he wouldn't have been able to contact the north and west...
He was about to conduct a thorough investigation when he was thrown into prison. What does that mean... He startled the snake and it bit him.
It shows that his direction is correct.
Deng Wenyan walked faster and faster.
"County Lieutenant Dong, divide your troops into two groups. One group will head north to Jiule Town, and the other group will head west to Hetian Township..."
"Yes, sir, I will definitely live up to your expectations," County Captain Dong quickly led his men out.
After escaping from the county town, Ban's mother first released a carrier pigeon, and then rushed north with two confidants.
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