"What's going on outside? Why is it so noisy?"
Xu Yuehuai yawned and noticed that Qi Guze had also woken up long ago.
Qi Guze said, "I don't know either. I'll ask them."
As he spoke, he called out to the outside, and Pei Xuan immediately responded.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Qi Guze asked, "What's going on outside? Why are there so many people around?"
Pei Xuan explained, "Your Highness, Duan Nian and I went to the west side of the city to ask the old doctor some questions. But when we got there, we suddenly saw that his courtyard was engulfed in flames. It was too late to save him then, so we called the government to come and rescue him."
"They're probably putting out a fire right now, that's why it's so chaotic."
Upon hearing this, Qi Guze asked, "Who set the fire? Have you found them?"
Pei Xuan said, "When we arrived, we didn't see anyone setting fires around us, but we guess that the people from the Underworld Kingdom were not involved, because they spread the fire to the entire West Street."
"The entire West Street area is on fire right now, completely disregarding the lives of the people of the Dark Moon Kingdom. This definitely has nothing to do with the people of the Dark Moon Kingdom."
However, Qi Guze frowned after hearing what Pei Xuan said.
"This cannot be separated from the relationship with the Kingdom of Dark Moon. After all, the entire West Street was engulfed in flames. This matter will definitely be blamed on people from other countries besides the Kingdom of Dark Moon. And since I am here with Ah Yue, it is inevitable that some people with ulterior motives will try to pin the blame on us."
"Perhaps the other side deliberately set the fire to harm the general public, incite public anger, and make them attack us."
Qi Guze's guess was not unreasonable; the other party could not be ruled out as being from the Mingyue Kingdom.
After all, there are people in the entire Mingyue Kingdom who do not want to establish diplomatic relations with the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Those people have been secretly trying to harm Qi Guze and his group through various means.
Now that such a good opportunity has presented itself, even if these people didn't design the fire, they will definitely use this fire to blame Qi Guze and his group for it.
"How could this be? This was clearly not done by the prince. They killed innocent lives and still did such a thing. It's utterly despicable!"
Pei Xuan thought that the other party actually wanted to plot against Qi Guze, and immediately felt that the other party was really too despicable, how dare they do such a thing.
Qi Guze and the others are clearly innocent, yet they are being secretly harmed like this.
We must dig out all those people hidden in the Dark Moon Kingdom as soon as possible, lest they affect Qi Guze and his group's plans and cause them to be constantly harmed.
"Has the fire on West Street been extinguished yet?"
"It sounds like there's been a lot of noise outside for a while now, and it's still going on."
If the fire is extinguished, the noise will probably stop soon.
The noise we hear now seems even more intense.
I don't know if the fire didn't stop, but instead got worse.
Xu Yuehuai looked at the figures moving outside and asked Pei Xuan a question.
Pei Xuan said, "I don't know either. I'll send someone to check right now."
"Okay, be careful, don't let anyone find any fault with us, lest they use this against us!"
Qi Guze gave Pei Xuan some instructions.
"Yes, sir! I will be careful!"
As Pei Xuan spoke, he quickly arranged for people to go and check on the fire situation on West Street.
A short while later, someone hurriedly returned to report. The man was covered in sweat and looked somewhat terrified.
"What exactly happened over there? Tell me quickly!"
Pei Xuan hurriedly questioned the man, but the man's expression remained uncertain.
It took him a long time to catch his breath.
"The entire West Street was engulfed in flames! All the residents inside perished!"
"Some civilians who rushed into West Street to try to put out the fire were also beaten to death by the officials!"
"What? What are you talking about? Weren't the officials there to put out a fire? Why are they beating civilians to death?"
Pei Xuan couldn't believe it when he heard this.
Why did the officials they asked to put out the fire not only fail to do so, but also kill civilians?
What exactly is going on?
Could this fire have been started by the officials' men?
Or are they among the common people whom the officials want to deal with?
"It's true! My relative saw it! When I got there, I was watching from the rooftop, and I just happened to see the officials killing people!"
“Every civilian who broke in, when entering the fire, would turn a corner where he was not seen by other civilians, and then an official would follow behind him, ostensibly to protect him, but in reality, he would slit his throat in a secluded corner.”
"Many civilians died. After they died, their bodies were thrown into the fire and burned directly, becoming one with the fire!"
"The people outside had no idea about the situation, and all the people who went to West Street to ask for help died in the fire. There probably wasn't a single survivor."
When Pei Xuan heard these words, he felt the hairs on the back of his head stand on end.
"How could this be? Aren't those officials going to help? These are clearly citizens of their Dark Moon Kingdom!"
Qi Guze and Xu Yuehuai were both startled when they heard this inside the house.
I never expected these officials to do such a thing, completely disregarding the lives of the common people and secretly harming many others.
Qi Guze said, "I guess there are some of their officials in West Street who want to erase some evidence, which is why they don't care about these people's lives."
"I estimate that all the evidence has been burned. Even if we send people to search now, we won't find anything in the fire."
Xu Yuehuai said, "Then what should we do? Just let all those people on West Street die?"
Qi Guze said, "Although we can't handle this matter, we can ask other officials from the Mingyue Kingdom to take charge!"
At this point, Xu Yuehuai suddenly thought of someone: Zhao Yinfang, Master Fang.
"We can ask Xiao Fang to take some men over there. Lord Xiao Fang will definitely be willing to save those people and can also deal with the county magistrate and his officials!"
As Xu Yuehuai said this, he immediately got up.
She was only wearing thin clothes, and Qi Guze grabbed her.
"You shouldn't go there. I'll have them send someone to look for Lord Fang."
As Qi Guze spoke, he pulled Xu Yuehuai back into the bed.
He then sent Pei Xuan to personally find Zhao Yinfang and bring him to West Street to help resolve the fire issue.
Pei Xuan immediately went to find Zhao Yinfang. Zhao Yinfang's courtyard was far from the direction of the fire, and he was unaware of the incident at the time.
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