Chapter 546: Night Fire, Xiao Wende is in Danger
"Sixth brother, it's over at the Guo family's ancestral house!"
Upon hearing that it was the Guo family's ancestral home, Gu Yanchen used his lightness skills to rush away without hesitation.
Lu Anfu and his companions also ran outside in a hurry. However, before they had taken a few steps, flames shot up into the sky from the direction of the Guo family's ancestral home.
Ji Dehua was stunned for a second, and the next second he shouted at the top of his voice: "The fire is coming, hurry up, the fire is coming!"
When Qu Feng and several others who lived in Chen's house heard the noise, they ran out immediately. Seeing this, they quickly ran towards the Guo family's ancestral home while shouting to the surrounding villagers.
The wind is strong in the northwest at night, and any spark can cause a big fire.
Ji Dehua was shouting from house to house along the path when a dark figure flashed by between the ridges of the fields. As a former centurion, no movement escaped his eyes.
After realizing that there might be something fishy about the fire in the Guo family's ancestral home, Ji Dehua quietly called Ning Gang who was following behind him, and quickly chased after the black shadow.
Not far from the Guo family's ancestral home, the Lin clan leader's family heard the noise. After they understood that there was a fire, the sound of gongs followed.
Many villagers in Yongfeng Village were still asleep, and they thought in a daze that the foreign ghosts had come, so they hid in their homes and dared not even show their heads.
When Ran Qingxuan hurried over, she smelled a strong smell of kerosene. What was burning was the wood she brought back for building the house, as well as glass and some sundries, including the sweet potatoes and potatoes piled at the back.
Gu Yanchen, Gu Yanjing, and Chen Zhao were using shovels to shovel sand and gravel on the ground to put out the fire. Later, Lu Anfu and others were about to go over with tools in their hands when they were stopped by Ran Qingxuan.
"Sister-in-law, why are you stopping us?"
"The fire is so big, if we don't put it out quickly the wood will get burned!"
"Wait a minute, brothers. I'll go get something to put out the fire."
After hearing what Ran Qingxuan said, Gu Yanchen pulled himself out and brought him into the ancestral home.
"Qingxuan, the water tank is frozen. How can we put out the fire without water?"
"Don't worry, I'll get something to put out the fire right away."
As soon as he finished speaking, the fire extinguisher purchased from the mall appeared in the tent.
"Pull out this steel needle, aim the tube at the fire source and press it down." Ran Qingxuan demonstrated it on the spot. Gu Yanchen understood it at a glance, quickly picked up a few bottles and ran out.
He held four fire extinguishers and gave them to Gu Yanjing and Chen Zhao. The two didn't know what they were, so they held them in their hands and looked at Gu Yanchen.
Gu Yanchen took off the safety buckle and aimed it at the fire source. A large amount of white foam came out from the long tube, and the fire in a corner was put out in two breaths.
The two people who got the fire extinguisher took a look and imitated Gu Yanchen's actions to pull out the steel needle and start pressing.
The flames instantly shrank when the foam sprayed out, but because there were too many places on fire, Ran Qingxuan didn't care about being exposed and kept moving fire extinguishers outside.
Qu Feng and his companions came running over breathlessly. Without even asking any questions, they picked up the fire extinguisher and started putting out the fire.
The villagers who were awakened later also hurried over carrying buckets of water. With their participation, the fire was quickly brought under control.
Ran Qingxuan didn't care about the losses. After making sure that the people putting out the fire were not injured, he found Chen Zhao who was standing there in a daze and trembling all over.
"Brother Chen, what happened?"
Chen Zhao was still in a daze. Chen Chengping, who had rushed over, saw how anxious his son was.
"Zhao'er, please say something!"
Chen Zhao reacted and said quickly: "Brother Wende was watching in the second half of the night. I was half asleep when I heard him shouting that there was a thief..."
As a result, the fire started outside before I could get up, so I hurriedly put out the fire while shouting. ”
The men in the Gu family all practiced martial arts, had internal strength, and had sharper hearing than ordinary people, especially in the dead of night when everyone was asleep, they could hear more clearly.
Fortunately, they responded quickly, otherwise the damage caused by the fire would have been even greater.
"Is Brother Chen injured?"
He had taken the initiative to take up the night watch this time, but he didn't expect something like this would happen. Chen Zhao seemed not to hear Ran Qingxuan's question and just kept talking to himself.
"Sister-in-law, I'm so sorry for keeping vigil like this..."
The Chen and Xiao families also had deep apologetic expressions on their faces. There was no reason for Ran Qingxuan to blame their good intentions, so he hurried to comfort them.
"Anyway, these things can be bought at any time, as long as the person is fine."
"Brother Chen, don't blame yourself!"
Seeing that he was shivering from the cold in only a single layer of clothes, Gu Yanjing quickly found a robe for him to put on. At the same time, Ji Dehua and Ning Gang came from a distance, escorting a dusty man.
"Who is this person?" Although they couldn't see his face clearly, the villagers present felt that he was very familiar.
"Just now when we were calling for help, we saw him sneaking past the edge of the field. He was obviously related to the fire here!"
"You are slandering me!"
When the voice was heard, the villagers who came to put out the fire immediately recognized who he was.
"Isn't this Hong Laizi from our village?"
Someone came forward to take a closer look, and after confirming that it was him, he immediately frowned and said to the Gu family, "This person is from the Qian clan."
Ran Qingxuan had a cold face as he thought about the imperial edict of pardon that arrived after Qian Ming was beheaded in the morning.
"Did Qian Lizheng instruct you to set the fire?"
"Who said I set the fire? Did anyone see it?"
Without any evidence, the Gu family naturally had no way to deal with him. Hong Laizi thought that he had thrown away the flint and kerosene used for setting the fire, so he suppressed his inner fear.
"Brother Wende should have chased him out. He must have seen who set the fire!"
When Chen Zhao mentioned it, everyone noticed that Xiao Wende was missing.
"This man has been arrested, why hasn't Wende come back yet?"
The Xiao family was a little worried. Ran Qingxuan was about to ask when he noticed a dark red spot the size of a palm on Hong Laizi's trouser leg.
As a woman, she found it difficult to touch him, so she gestured to Qu Feng and he squatted down to touch her. But when he pulled his hand back, everyone present was stunned.
"It's blood!"
"Is he injured?" Gu Yanchen asked anxiously, and he asked this not because he was worried about Hong Laizi in front of him...
"We didn't move him at all when we caught him, so how could he get hurt?" Ji Dehua and the other man were also a little puzzled.
"broken."
Qu Feng tore open his bloodstained trouser legs, but found no wound, and cursed inwardly.
"Quick, go find someone!"
Realizing that Xiao Wende might be in danger, the Xiao family members immediately panicked. Seeing this, the villagers spontaneously lit torches and went down the road to look for him.
Mrs. Xiao Li Ping suddenly felt dizzy and could not stand. Xiao Wenmei and Xiao Zhe's wife Mu Qing hurriedly supported her.
Ran Qingxuan took advantage of the villagers dispersing to look for someone, pulled Gu Yanchen over to block himself, and then took out the night vision goggles and put them on.
She decided to buy this old house because of its excellent location and she could see the whole village.
And her decision proved to be right at this time...
"It's on the left side of the last house, about five or six hundred meters at eleven o'clock!"
It only took Ran Qingxuan a dozen seconds to see through his night vision goggles a motionless figure lying on the side of the field.
Gu Yanchen used his Qinggong skills to rush over quickly, and Ran Qingxuan immediately called on a few family members to rush back.
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