"Lord Xiao Fang, something terrible has happened! A fire has broken out on West Street!" Pei Xuan shouted directly into Zhao Yin Fang's courtyard.
Where is the fire?
Upon hearing the sound, Zhao Yinfang rushed out. He was still wearing only a single layer of clothing and no shoes, his bare feet touching the ground.
Pei Xuan said, "There's a fire on West Street! You must hurry and save the people!"
Zhao Yinfang could hardly believe it. "Why didn't you go to the county magistrate for the fire on West Street? What are you doing here looking for me?"
"I'm not the kind of official who solves fires! I don't know how to put out fires!"
Seeing that Zhao Yinfang did not trust him immediately, Pei Xuan hurriedly explained, "But if Lord Fang doesn't dare to go to West Street to put out the fire, I estimate that everyone in the entire West Street area will die tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yinfang immediately sensed that something was amiss.
"How could everyone on West Street be dead? What on earth happened?"
"If you don't explain yourself clearly to me, I won't go over there."
Zhao Yinfang is now being targeted by many people in the entire Mingyue Kingdom's court.
Suddenly, in the middle of the night, someone came looking for him, saying that something had happened on West Street and that if he went there blindly, he might be targeted by others who would set him up in a trap.
He has an elderly mother to support and young children to raise; he simply wouldn't trust others so easily.
Pei Xuan said, "You should go and see for yourself!"
"I went to see the officials before, but they didn't do anything useful. They didn't help the people of West Street; instead, they..."
Pei Xuan stopped speaking halfway through his sentence, which made Zhao Yinfang, who was standing next to him, feel particularly strange.
"What are they doing instead?" Could it be what he's thinking?
Pei Xuan said, "You'll see for yourself. I dare not speak of this matter."
If he takes the initiative to explain, what if Zhao Yinfang suddenly blames him later?
If this suspicion is pinned on him, it will affect Qi Guze!
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yinfang said to him, "Alright then, I will go over there today."
As he spoke, Zhao Yinfang decided to go to West Street for a look, and Pei Xuan led the way.
The two hurried towards West Street, and halfway there they saw the towering flames engulfing the area.
"I never expected that such a big fire would actually break out here on West Street."
Why is it that no one around seems to be reacting?
"Didn't they go to put out the fire?"
Zhao Yinfang found it extremely strange; the people around should have rushed over to put out the fire!
Why didn't any of these people go to put out the fire?
Instead, this area is now quiet, as if nothing has happened.
As they got closer to West Street, they realized that a large crowd had already gathered around them.
But none of them dared to make a sound; they all stood quietly in place.
They had some water nearby, but instead of going in to fight the fire, they were stopped outside West Street.
In front of them were the yamen runners from the government office.
Why would the yamen runners stop these people from putting out the fire?
Didn't they see how serious the fire on West Street was?
Even if all the constables were brought over, with their limited manpower, there was simply no way to put out the fire on West Street.
Then why are they still stopping these people?
Don't they want the fire to be extinguished? Is the goal to burn down the entire West Street?
Zhao Yinfang suddenly remembered so many things, and he felt a chill run down his spine as he thought about it more closely.
He hid in the crowd and did not initially cause trouble for the officials.
Pei Xuan seized the opportunity to leave quickly, making sure no one could see his presence, and immediately rushed back to report to Qi Guze.
He quickly returned to the Tianxianglou branch to see Qi Guze.
"How's it going?" Qi Guze asked.
Pei Xuan said, "I have already gone to find Lord Fang, and he is already on West Street."
"I'm sure that with Lord Fang there, he can resolve the matter quickly."
"It's a pity for the people of the Underworld Kingdom, because their officials didn't help, resulting in the deaths of so many people."
The officials also harmed the common people, killing many people.
No one knows how many people have died in West Street now; it's like a hellish place.
As flames soared into the sky, countless bloody disasters unfolded below.
"This is all the fault of the person behind it. They wanted to harm us, but in the end, so many people died."
Perhaps the person who set the fire never imagined that once the fire was started, the entire West Street would be devastated.
Perhaps when they set the fire, they thought that officials or other people would come to the rescue, but in the end, no one came to put out the fire, and those who did were instead tied down.
The entire West Street is now ablaze, and the death toll is countless!
Qi Guze also felt a surge of anger. It was fine for the people behind this to target him, but they shouldn't have dragged innocent people into it!
"We still need to find a way quickly and find out who's behind this."
"If we let them continue to do this, it will probably kill more people and bring more suspicion onto us."
"Let's hurry up and finish the barter with the Dark Moon Kingdom, then get back to the Great Zhou Kingdom!"
If they stay here, they will likely be constantly plotted against and framed by people hiding in the shadows.
Even if a single attempt to frame them fails, if you keep trying to frame them, you're bound to make a mistake eventually.
Once they are framed, the Mingyue Kingdom's army will likely seize upon their mistakes and use them to trap them within the Mingyue Kingdom.
Like hostages, this way the people of the Great Zhou Kingdom wouldn't dare to do anything to their Dark Moon Kingdom.
This is a really good thing, but it's a bad thing for them.
"The enemy is hiding in the shadows, and we haven't found any clues. It's very difficult to catch them now."
Qi Guze also wanted to find someone to capture them as soon as possible, but there was no way to do so at the moment, and he could only take it one step at a time.
"Go and search the area quickly. See if anyone went back to check on the fire. Find out who is the most suspicious."
Upon hearing this, Pei Xuan immediately sent people to investigate.
At that moment, Zhao Yinfang noticed the difference on West Street and immediately understood that the officials were influencing the people to put out the fire, while they themselves were not actually putting out the fire!
Because there was no trace of water being transported around, and water is definitely needed to put out the fire, they simply did not mobilize any water resources!
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