Another day, in a four-entry house in the south of Daping County.

A young man with bruises on his face was leaning against the bed, and a maid was gently kneading his legs.

This person is Xue Huai, the county magistrate who was beaten by Lu Nianwei two days ago.

He had already woken up, but it would take at least ten days and half a month to get out of bed.

On the side, Xue Biao had already talked about what happened to him and Baiwenzhai in the court.

"What can a mere seventh-rank official do if he comes from Changdan City? In Shuzhou, even if he is a single dragon, he will have to lie down for me!" Xue Huai said angrily.

"That county magistrate Lou is an old fox. When I get rid of Baiwenzhai first, I will go and deal with him!"

Xue Huai frowned, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He had never suffered such cowardly since he was born. He could no longer wait for his father to come back to avenge him.

"Abiao, go to the housekeeper to pay 20,000 yuan, and let Ma Wu from the suburbs of the county go to burn Baiwenzhai tonight!" Xue Huai said with a cold face.

Ma Wu was a bandit on the Yangtze River. He was robbed and specialized in picking wealthy people. The government encircled several times but did not find him.

Everyone thought that Ma Wu and the Xue family were still in contact.

Xue Biao was stunned and said, "Master, if Baiwenzhai is burned, I am afraid that the surrounding shops and the houses behind will also ignite. If there is a big fire, at least hundreds of people will die!"

Xue Huai glanced at Xue Biao and said coldly: "What are you afraid of? Just killing a few people. Besides, even if the court blames it, it will be blamed on the heads of Magistrate Lou and Ma Wu. What does it have to do with us?"

"Yes!" Xue Man also showed a vicious expression on his face, and then he did it.

At dusk that day, a middle-aged man with dark skin and short figure appeared in front of Baiwenzhai with two minions.

This leader is Ma Wu, a famous water bandit at the estuary of the Yangtze River.

He had already collected 10,000 yuan of deposit from the Xue family, and his mission was to burn Baiwenzhai to ruins tonight. As for how many people would be burned, Xue Biao had already told him that he had no need to worry. No matter how many rooms or how many people would be burned, he would not be found.

Ma Wu was born in a poor family and had always hated the rich and scholars, and even more hated all kinds of book shops, so he agreed.

Now, he came to investigate the situation.

He walked around Baiwenzhai and found that it was not difficult to burn the shop. He only needed to light a large amount of tinder oil in the second half of the night. This wooden house would immediately ignite. In addition, there were a large number of books stored inside. As long as the fire broke out, no one could extinguish the fire.

Just as Ma Wu was about to leave, he suddenly saw a person standing at the door.

He was stunned, then rubbed his eyes and looked at it again, murmured: "Then...isn't that Liu... Liu's benefactor?"

Ma Wu was excited and immediately said to the two subordinates beside him: "You guys wait here first!"

After saying that, he quickly walked towards Baiwenzhai.

At this moment, Liu Dazhong was watching the scenery at the door when he suddenly saw a middle-aged man running over and then kneeling down towards him.

"Benefactor, Ma Wu kowtowed to you!"

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

Ma Wu kowtowed three times to the ground.

Liu Dazhong asked with a confused look on his face, "You are..."

"I... Last year in Qiantang County, you saved a middle-aged man floating on the river and gave him his usual money. That person is me!" Ma Wu said excitedly.

Last year, he was attacked by another wave of river bandits in the river area of ​​Qiantang County. He was seriously injured and left in the river.

Just when he thought he was about to die, Liu Dazhong saved him and gave him his usual money to go home to do some small business and stop being a bandit.

He agreed with gratitude, but after thinking about it, he found that he could not do anything except being a river bandit, so he started his old career.

"Oh, you are Ma Wu." Liu Dazhong suddenly realized and then helped him up.

Ma Wu looked at Baiwenzhai and asked, "Benefactor, is this book shop yours?"

Liu Dazhong nodded.

"I have something very important to tell my benefactor. Can I speak in the house?" Ma Wu said with a serious expression.

Immediately, Liu Dazhong took Ma Wu to a side hall of the book shop.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Wu gave him 20,000 guan of money to his family, and then told Liu Dazhong that the Baiwenzhai burned tonight.

Liu Dazhong couldn't help but be shocked. Zhao Yan and Lu Nianwei lived behind the book shop. If Yibai Wenzhai was burned, Zhao Yan would have an accident.

Then Liu Dazhong's sins would be great.

He was simply the sinner of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

Liu Dazhong wiped the cold sweat from his face and murmured in his heart: We must teach this Xue Huai a lesson, otherwise this person will have continuous secret tricks.

"Ma Wu, can you do something for me?" Liu Dazhong said with a serious face.

Ma Wu nodded heavily and said, "The villain's life is saved by his benefactor, but it is sent by his benefactor."

Although Ma Wu is a traitor with evil deeds, he is particularly loyal.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Dazhong whispered to Ma Wu.

...

That night, the second half of the night.

A fire suddenly occurred in the backyard of Xue Mansion. The fire was particularly rapid, burning most of the house, and Xue Huai was even carried out of Xue Mansion.

When Xue Huai asked about the cause of the fire in the yard, a servant from Xue's mansion replied: It might be a ghost fire.

This answer almost made Xue Huai angry to death!

The one who set the fire was naturally Ma Wu. At this time, he had already boarded a large ship on the Yangtze River.

In Shuzhou, he was not afraid of the Xue Mansion, nor was he trying to escape with fear.

Instead, Liu Dazhong found a very good job for him in Hangzhou.

He immediately agreed and decided not to be a water bandit anymore.

On the second day, when the fire broke out in Xue's mansion spread throughout Daping County, Liu Dazhong informed Zhao Yan of Xue Huai's instructing Ma Wu to prevent fire.

Zhao Yan was very angry. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate was so bad that he set fire to Baiwenzhai, which would accidentally hurt many people.

Such people, for their own selfish desires, never give up until they achieve their goals, are simply beasts.

However, Heiwa looked confident and calm. With him and dozens of hidden guards, those people had no chance to set fire.

There is absolutely no problem with the safety of Zhao Yan and Lu Nianwei.

At the same time, Heiwa also discovered something very interesting.

In the past two days, near Baiwenzhai, a middle-aged man in patched clothes has been looking at Baiwenzhai from time to time.

Whenever Heiwa's eyes looked at him, the man pretended to look elsewhere and slowly disappeared.

Heiwa thought there was something wrong with this person, but he saw from his steps that he was not a martial arts practitioner, and almost ruled out the possibility that the other party was a killer.

Heiwa thought it was very interesting, so he told Zhao Yan about it.

Zhao Yan was sitting in front of the counter, bored, so he also observed the middle-aged man.

In his eyes, this middle-aged man's acting skills are very poor. He obviously wants to look into the store, but when someone else looks at him, he will deliberately avoid it.
Chapter completed!