After being overwhelmed by the case for several days in a row, everyone finally had a short night's rest.

The floating corpse with a frost knife, and the congratulations to Wanfeng on the Qian Gang, are all forgotten.

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun, the two busiest people in Kaifeng Mansion, and Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu, the two "family members" who had the least complaints, spent a leisurely and satisfying night.

Of course, this also includes Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang, who were recently "dismantled".

Even Nangong was given a short vacation by Zhao Zhen and fell asleep peacefully with his arms around the pillow.

Until midnight, everyone who was tired from playing was finally ready to take a rest.

Everyone in the other courtyard dispersed and went back to their rooms.

By the West Lake, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked back hand in hand, and met Zhao Pu carrying Gongsun on his back, and the shadow guards carrying a large bag of coconut shells.

Gongsun was probably tired, so he lay on Zhao Pu's back and fell asleep.

The Ninth Prince walked slowly.

After saying hello, Zhan Zhao looked at the shadow guards with some confusion, and asked Zhe Ying in a low voice, "What are the coconut shells used for?"

Zhe Ying said that they were eating coconuts on the shore just now. The husband said don’t throw away the shells. Coconut shells are the best for breeding voodoo insects, so we picked up all the coconut shells.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both said "Oh...".

At this time, a gust of wind passed by.

The wind at night is still a bit cool.

Zhao Pu felt Gongsun move on his back and stopped.

Ziying took a cloak and helped Gongsun put it on.

Gongsun raised his head, looked around, and muttered, "It smells like..."

Zhan Zhao also smelled a faint smell of smoke, but there were many barbecue shops nearby, so everyone didn't pay much attention and continued walking back.

Back in the other courtyard, the four of us, who were tired from playing, took a shower and went to bed.

It was late at night, and the courtyard on the mountain was unusually quiet.

Just as everyone was falling asleep, a strange noise broke the tranquility.

Zhan Zhao suddenly opened his eyes and sat up suddenly.

Bai Yutang also woke up.

"What's the sound?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Fifth Master shook his head, it sounded like wind, but something didn't seem right...

When the two got off the bed and opened the door, they heard the sound even more clearly.

At this time, the roof was full of shadow guards, and Zhao Pu and Lin Yehuo also opened the door and came out.

In the yard next door, Tianzun and Yin Hou were already on the roof.

Everyone in the yard found that people standing high up were all looking in the same direction.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also went up to the roof and looked into the distance... and saw blazing flames burning somewhere on the shore of the West Lake.

Zhan Zhao took a closer look and shouted, "Oops!"

What caught fire was the small building where Boss Qian lived and the shops opposite. They had all been swallowed up by the flames.

Since the fire broke out late at night, even though the West Lake was very busy during the day, the shops were closed at night. In addition, the neighbors who lived before had moved away because Li Chengde wanted to close the shop, so there was no one there. When someone found out, it started

By the time the gong was sounded as a warning, the fire was already out of control.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao jumped on Yaoyao's back and rushed to put out the fire.

Lin Yehuo, who is best at putting out fires, also climbed on the dragon's back and went with them.

The three of them stood on Yaoyao's back, looking at the distant flames and frowning.

Lin Yehuo asked, "Am I confused from sleep? Why is the fire such a color?"

Indeed! Not only Lin Yehuo was confused, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also found it strange... Generally, flames are yellow-red with black smoke above them, but the flames above this fire turned out to be deep purple.

Everything looks weird.

The yamen's water dragon team has already been dispatched, but it seems that watering the fire is of no use, and it is getting stronger and stronger as it burns.

Yaoyao flew down the mountain and soon arrived near the small building.

Lin Yehuo jumped up to a high place and shouted to the people of the Water Dragon Team, "Get away!"

The crowd dispersed, and as soon as the Fire Phoenix Wufeng Palm came out, strong winds blew up all around, and the fire immediately became smaller.

Bai Yutang also came to the vicinity of that street. As he walked by, a layer of frost climbed on the surface of the scorched houses. Because of the intersection of cold and heat, large amounts of water vapor evaporated in the sky.

Zhan Zhao and the large number of government officials who arrived first searched for anyone who had been killed.

Fortunately, the entire street where the fire burned was uninhabited, so there were no casualties.

Gongsun, who came with Zhao Pu with the medicine box, was relieved to see that there were no injured people.

However……

Just when the fire was completely extinguished, a "boom" was heard.

Everyone quickly dispersed...

The small building collapsed because its load-bearing pillars were burned down.

After a burst of smoke and dust, only a pile of ruins was left on the ground.

The shops on that street were also burned to pieces, leaving only the charcoal black frames of the houses, which was shocking to see.

Zou Liang came to help with the soldiers and horses of the Imperial City Army. Zou Liang, who was in charge of the water dragon team in Black Wind City, took one look at the condition of the ruins and said, "Man-made arson!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also agreed. Because there was no strong wind tonight, but the fire burned the entire street, it could only be that someone poured kerosene on the entire street, otherwise it would not have burned like this. Moreover, the small building and

This street is separated by a road, so it's unlikely that both sides accidentally caught fire at the same time!

In addition, the leader of the Water Dragon Team said that the fire fuel may not be ordinary kerosene. The fire cannot be extinguished at all. If there are no experts here today, it may burn until tomorrow.

When it comes to man-made things, everyone thinks of one person - Li Chengde!

A few days ago, there was a sudden announcement that the shops would be closed down and all the tenants were driven away. Then tonight, a fire suddenly broke out and the whole street was completely burned. It was a coincidence.

Zhan Zhao walked around the area, trying to find any possible witnesses, but after searching around, there was no one around.

Zhan Zhao touched his chin and began to think.

Behind him, Bai Yutang poked him.

Zhan Zhao turned around, and the Fifth Master motioned forward... It turned out that Gongsun and the others were preparing to go back, and were waving to them.

It's still relatively hot in the fire place right now, so it's dangerous to go in, and I can't find anything in the dark right now, so I'll just wait until tomorrow morning.

Zhan Zhao followed and walked forward, but when he looked at Gongsun walking in front of him, he suddenly stopped and looked left and right.

Bai Yutang also stopped and asked him puzzledly - what's wrong?

Zhan Zhao asked, "Yutang, just now Gongsun said he smelled paste, is it nearby?"

Bai Yutang also remembered it.

Zhao Pu in front also heard Zhan Zhao's words and stopped, looking not far away - he had indeed smelled the smell of paste just now near there.

Only Gongsun asked in a daze, "Is there any? Speaking of which, aren't we reflecting the moon in the Three Pools?"

Zhao Pu was also a little helpless. The bookworm was probably tired from rowing just now...

"If it was nearby, would it have started burning just now?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"But we didn't see any fire when we passed by." Zhao Pu calculated the time, "If it started burning at that time, it wouldn't have been burning for so long without anyone noticing, right?"

"Could it be... that they were burning the things in the house?" Master Wu asked.

Zhan Zhao thinks it makes sense. What’s the use of burning down the house? Naturally, the purpose of burning a house is to burn down the things in the house. But who knows how intense the fire will be. If the house is burned but the contents are preserved, wouldn’t it be in vain?

?Or maybe the purpose of burning this entire house is to cover up what you really want to burn!

Everyone looked at each other and concluded that the most suspicious person was Li Chengde!

Back in the other courtyard, everyone was even more tired after playing and tossing for half the night, so they fell asleep and slept until dawn.

…

The next morning, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang got up early. They felt that there was too much to investigate. The thirteen corpses and thirteen frost knives in the courtyard of the Qian Mansion, He Wanfeng's map and the talismans were burned last night.

That small building... What's strange is that there are so many things that can be investigated, but there are so few clues.

"Alas..." The first thing Zhan Zhao did when he got up was sigh.

After Fifth Master changed his clothes, he raised his hand and patted Zhan Zhao on the back, which meant - Cat, don't sigh so early in the morning.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang and murmured in a low voice, "It would be great if He Wanfeng's martial arts were as good as Uncle Fu's... It would be great if he were still there now. I could ask him directly about many things."

Bai Yutang was helpless, "Besides, my master and your grandpa don't seem to be very familiar with him."

"After all, during the war, there were four parties opposing each other, each with his own master..." Zhan Zhao was depressed, "Isn't there anyone who is familiar with him? Has he ever told anyone about this matter?"
To be continued...