The fire was extinguished 15 minutes later.
When everyone opened the warehouse, they found that some of the grain had been burned. Fortunately, they discovered it early, otherwise the rest would have been lost.
Everyone was furious.
Food is so precious, and they had just harvested the rice from the fields when someone came to do this heinous thing. This person is simply outrageous.
"Find the arsonist and tear him to pieces!"
"Yes, yes, yes, they killed the arsonist. It was despicable. He wanted to kill us all."
"We don't need people who damage food."
Enraged, the orcs began to denounce them.
Shen Miao was also very angry, but she knew that this person was very difficult to find. The other party chose to set a fire in the middle of the night, and almost no one saw it.
This matter has become an unsolved mystery.
However, judging from everyone's anger, they will be very disappointed if the murderer is not found.
Shen Miao was very conflicted. She turned to Qing Chen and told him about the problem. Qing Chen looked at her quietly, his beautifully shaped thin lips slightly parted, and said, "The murderer is not hard to find."
"What, you've made progress?" Shen Miao asked excitedly.
Qingchen shook his head slightly, unsure whether he was laughing at Shen Miao for being unintelligent when she should have been, or what. He said, "This person burned Xuanran's army's grain, which shows that he harbors resentment towards Xuanran's army."
Shen Miao thought it made sense, "Go on."
"Think about it, who hates Xuanran's army the most recently?"
After a pause, Qingchen added, "Of course, the scope of this person can be expanded to include, for example, the entire Beast Domain."
Shen Miao seemed to be deep in thought.
I hate Xuanran's army. They set fire to the grain supplies. Xuanran's army... the grain...
A glint of light flashed in Shen Miao's eyes, and she exclaimed, "I know! I just chased away an orc a couple of days ago. He was the canteen manager. He was expelled from the Xuanran Army for embezzling beast meat and cutting back on the army's rations. Could it be him?"
"You could send someone to his house to take a look," Qingchen suggested.
Shen Miao didn't even have time to let others go see. She ran to the fat orc's house herself. The door of the fat orc's house was half open. Shen Miao's family kicked the door open and rushed into the room, only to find that the bed was empty and there was no one there.
The fat orc's parents lived next door. They were unaware that their son had run away out of fear of punishment, and kept asking Shen Miao why she had driven her son out of Xuanran's army.
Shen Miao remained silent with a cold face, but answered the orc who had come to watch the commotion, saying, "Your son first embezzled the meat from Xuan Ran's army, and then set fire to the grain. The eldest brother was merciful and spared his life, but he's just walking down a path to his own death!"
"Nonsense, my son would never do that!"
"Don't you know the truth? Of course you do. You just focus on enjoying yourselves. Your son brings back plenty of nice things, doesn't he? Those are all things he stole from others. Now his retribution is coming. You two didn't interfere at first, so you'd better not get involved now." The beastmen were furious.
The fat orc's parents indeed shut their mouths and dared not speak again.
Shen Miao guessed that the person hadn't gone far, so she immediately summoned Xuan Ran's army to go with her to capture the traitorous orc.
Erbao was extremely excited and pestered Qingchen to go with him. Qingchen thought about it for a moment and agreed. The group left the beast domain and caught up with the fat beastman not far away.
He had been beaten with a stick a few days ago, and his wounds had not fully healed. He walked very slowly and seemed not to have expected to be discovered so quickly. The fat orc turned pale with fright and stumbled forward.
Because he was too panicked, he fell several times in a row. Xuan Ran's army caught up with him and slammed him to the ground. He was too scared and screamed and howled like a banshee.
Taking advantage of the situation, several Xuanran soldiers kicked and punched him viciously. If Shen Miao hadn't stopped them, the fat orc would probably have been killed before the trial.
Shen Miao ordered his men to escort the fat orc to the training ground. By this time, countless torches had been lit in the training ground. To the fat orc, every face behind the torches was a Yama, a demon who would take his life.
He was so frightened that he wet his pants, and a foul stench filled the air. The beastmen nearby covered their noses and kicked the fat beastman a few more times.
The fat orc had turned into a lump of fat, lying limp on the ground, half-dead.
He didn't hear a word of Shen Miao's pronouncements of his crimes, but he clearly heard the last few words: "Sentenced to beheading!"
His eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Xuan Ranjun lifted him up and forced him to kneel on the ground. The fat orc quickly woke up and struggled frantically, but because his hands and feet were bound, his struggles were useless.
A soldier carrying a sharp stone knife walked up behind the fat orc and raised the stone knife high.
Shen Miao looked around and saw that everyone had a look of fear on their faces. She remained expressionless and unmoved. Today, the fat orc's fate was meant to serve as a warning to others.
Tell them that military law is an ironclad rule, and once it is violated, there will be no leniency.
Anyone who wants to test the sharpness of the stone knife is welcome to provoke it.
The stone knife was indeed not very sharp, so the soldier infused it with his supernatural power and made dozens of cuts before finally succeeding.
When the person fell, blood splattered everywhere.
At this moment, even those who had previously hated the fat orc the most showed a look of pity on their faces. The fat orc had been slashed so many times; one could imagine how painful his death must have been.
After the execution was completed, everyone dispersed and went back to sleep.
Erbao was held in Qingchen's arms, unusually silent. Usually the one who was most attached to Chenmiao, he didn't even glance in Chenmiao's direction today.
As soon as he got home, he ran straight back to his room and locked the door behind him. Shen Miao noticed something was wrong and asked Qing Chen, "What's wrong with him?"
Qingchen glanced at Shen Miao, thought for a moment, and said, "She's probably tired from using her water powers to put out the fire today."
Shen Miao expressed her doubts; Er Bao's appearance didn't seem like he was tired, but rather frightened.
"Do you think I'm stupid? He's probably just scared." Shen Miao glanced at the door, looking somewhat worried. Last time it was Si Bao, and this time it's Er Bao. It's time to really train the courage of the kids in the family.
Qingchen remained silent for a moment, then slowly said, "That scene today is not suitable for the little one to see."
“But you didn’t take him with you either,” Shen Miao pointed out.
He didn't even blindfold Erbao before letting him face the bloody scene, proving that Qingchen also wanted Erbao to experience it.
Qingchen said, "I didn't take him away because he is a male beast, and he will face something even more cruel in the future."
When he went hunting in the mountains, he encountered large herds of beasts, and every time it was more bloody and brutal than this.
Shen Miao let out a breath and said without much confidence, "We can take it slow. You're taking too big a step."
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