Kamino looked at Qingto's house in the distance with the lights shining outside, and asked a samurai behind him without looking back:

"Are you sure Tachibana Aoden is in the house right now?"

The samurai nodded: "It can't be wrong. That Tachibana returned home this afternoon and has not left the house since then."

Having said this, the warrior paused and then added:

"Mr. Kamino, two young samurai...probably friends of Tachibana Aoden entered Tachibana Aoden's home just now."

"Do you want to wait for those two people to leave? Or do you want to take action now?"

"Let's do it now." Kamino looked indifferent, without thinking.

"Yes." The samurai responded in a deep voice, then turned his head and winked at the five people standing behind him, "Do it!"

After saying that, the warrior leaned down, lifted up the four large porcelain jars with unknown contents placed at his right foot with his right hand, and pulled out an unlit torch that had been pinned to his waist with his left hand.

The five people standing behind the warrior also made the same movements: their right hand lifted a large porcelain jar containing something unknown, and their left hand held an unlit torch.

The six people headed by the samurai formed a circle and lit the torches in their hands.

"Follow me!" the samurai roared, then personally led the team and rushed out of the dark alley where they were hiding.

After the six people lined up in a "long snake", they rushed to Qingdeng's house in one breath——

Click! Click! Click! Click...

They threw the large porcelain jars in their hands in front of them, towards Qingdeng's home and courtyard.

The porcelain jar cracked...the jar turned out to be full of kerosene.

Handfuls of kerosene exuding a very pungent smell sprayed out as the porcelain jar broke, pouring everywhere.

It was as if these six people had rehearsed in advance, and their movements were very uniform.

The moment they threw the porcelain jar, they threw the torches in their hands forward at the same time.

When the fire oil meets, with a "whoosh", the flame instantly rises, and the flames spread rapidly along the oil line, like fiery snakes, dancing wildly under the night sky.

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…

Qingdeng happened to be sitting closest to the door of the living room.

After hearing the sound of burning flames coming from the direction of the entrance, Qingdeng's expression changed quickly.

He stood up suddenly, pushed open the door of the living room, followed the corridor outside the living room, and looked towards the entrance.

fire.

The raging waves of fire are raging.

The flames that had completely surrounded his door and entrance began to climb along the walls and bamboos and up to the ceiling.

Sparks flew, making a subtle explosion in Qingdeng's ears, and thick black smoke floated out, accompanied by the smell of oil, irritating his eyes and nose.

The red light of the flames illuminated Qingdeng's slightly blue cheeks.

"It's on fire!" Qingden turned around and shouted to Kondo and his party in the living room, "Follow me! Let's get out of the courtyard!"

After saying that, Qingdeng rushed to the east side of the hall and opened the wooden door on the front side of the hall.

The living room of Qingdeng's family is connected to their courtyard. As long as the wooden door in front of the living room is opened, one can enter the courtyard.

Kondo, Okita, and Saito are indeed martial arts practitioners.

After a brief period of shock, they quickly regained their composure and quickly and orderly ran into the courtyard along the wooden door Qingdeng opened.

Only the timid Kyuubei looked panicked and at a loss.

"Ah! Young Master! Our money..."

"Don't worry about money! Life is important!"

The fire was extremely fierce.

In just a blink of an eye, the fire snake spread from the entrance to the door of the living room, and Qingden could even feel the waves of fire beginning to burn his back.

Their important belongings are stored in the storage room on the second floor.

Under such a fierce fire, running up to the second floor to get property... was a complete act of seeking death.

Qingteng grabbed Kyuubei by the back of his collar and dragged Kyuubei out of his home, who actually wanted to go back to get his belongings.

In the courtyard, Okita frowned and sniffed his nose vigorously: "...Tachibana-kun! I seem to smell the smell of kerosene!"

"Yeah." Qingden nodded solemnly, "I smelled it too... But don't worry about it for now, let's escape first! Come with me! Our courtyard is directly connected to the street outside!"

Just now, when he discovered a fire at the entrance, Qingdeng had already smelled the extremely pungent and rich smell of fire oil...

But now I don't have time to figure out where the smell of fire oil comes from. It's important to escape to a safe place first.

There was also a fire in the courtyard, but fortunately it was not too big.

After narrowly avoiding the flaming snakes in the courtyard and escaping to the street in front of his house, Qingden relied on his night vision ability and suddenly caught a glimpse of several figures on his left.

He hurriedly fled towards the west intersection.

At this time, there should be almost no pedestrians on the streets.

There were sounds of breaking porcelain before the fire started...the strong smell of kerosene...there were a few figures escaping in a hurry on the street that should have been empty of pedestrians...

Qingdeng instantly understood what was going on.

At this time, Okita on the side exclaimed: "Ah! Tachibana-kun! Look! There seem to be a few people running away over there!"

Okita also discovered the arsonists who were escaping.

"Yes, I saw it." After a solemn expression, Aoto responded, turning his head and shouting to Kondo and others beside him, "Kyuubei! Kondo-kun! Okita-kun! The three of you go and notify the town fire department.

Put out the fire! By the way, tell the neighbors to take shelter quickly!”

"Saito, come with me!"

After that, Qingden spread his legs and chased after the fleeing arsonists!

Although Saito didn't know what Aoto wanted to do, he still hurried to follow without saying a word.

Okita stared blankly at Ayoto and Saito who were running after the arsonists, then turned around and said quickly to Kondo:

"Brother Kondo! I'll help Tachibana-kun chase the man! You and Mr. Kubei go and notify the town fire department to put out the fire!"

Kondo: "Huh?"

After finishing speaking, Okita didn't give Kondo any chance or time to respond. He turned around and chased Aoshisai who had already run away...

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…

"What's wrong? What happened?!"

"It's on fire! It's on fire!"

"What?! Let's go! Let's go!"

"Hurry up and call the town fire department!"

"Ahhhh——! Why is it on fire?!"

…

While chasing the arsonists, Qingdeng heard screams full of fear and panic coming from all around.

At this time, the residents of Hatchobori also noticed the fire that was very low away from them and getting stronger and stronger.

In ancient Japan, people had always been "disloyal in talking about things".

The reason is due to the population density and special housing styles of ancient Japan.

Japan is a narrow and densely populated country, with very little land suitable for human habitation. Tens of millions of people are crammed into such a small amount of land. The population density of big cities like Edo and Kyoto is quite exaggerated.

Exaggerated population density has resulted in houses being built extremely densely, and buildings in ancient Japan were basically made of flammable wood. Each house was a large flammable object.

Therefore...if any house catches fire, it is very easy to cause a very terrifying chain reaction.

A small fire caused a large fire, and a house burned down, causing the entire house in the area to be engulfed in flames, eventually causing most of the city to be burned down - this kind of thing was common throughout ancient Japan.

The most typical one is the famous "Meiryaku Fire" in Edo.

During the Meiretsu period in 1657, it was because of a burning kimono sleeve that two-thirds of Edo was burned down. Since this horrific fire started because of a burning sleeve, the fire was also

Known as the "Furisode Fire".

Hatchobori, which was originally quite peaceful, suddenly became extremely noisy and noisy.

People either hurriedly ran to seek refuge, or ran to notify the town fire department to put out the fire, or hurriedly moved their belongings out of their homes before the flames burned over...

More and more residents rushed out of their houses to escape. They blocked Qingdeng's vision and blocked Qingdeng's passage, making it suddenly more difficult for Qingdeng to chase people.

As a last resort, Qingdeng could only keep shouting:

"I am a member of the Sadachi Hui! I am chasing the arsonist! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
To be continued...