Qingyan glanced at it curiously, but unexpectedly she was attracted by the scene behind the yard.
There was a man moving firewood secretly in the back of the yard. Many people were busy in the front yard, so no one paid attention to or heard what was going on behind.
If the man was just moving firewood, Qingyan might have thought that he was helping like the people in front of her, but he carried the firewood not far away to the back eaves of the main house.
There was no backyard in this yard, and the fence was built along the side of the main house, so the firewood that the man moved was piled on the back wall of the main house.
It's obviously very strange to do this. Isn't this an attempt to set a fire?
Qingyan looked inside the main room and found an old lady coaxing three babies to sleep. Maybe it was the excitement outside that attracted the children, but the three children were very energetic.
At this time, the man behind had stopped moving firewood and took out the flint from his arms!
But we can't let him light a fire. It's windy tonight. If he does, it might get out of hand.
Qingyan quickly said to Chou Chou: "Chou Chou, please quickly use your consciousness to the northeast. In the direction where Han Yun got up the carriage just now, there is a very busy yard over there, and someone set a fire behind that house!"
Chou Chou knew what she meant immediately, and quickly looked over with his spiritual consciousness, and sure enough he saw a person sneaking around behind the house.
The man squatted there, but because the wind was a bit strong and the flint didn't look like a lighter, he hadn't lit it yet.
Chou Chou didn't directly take away the flint in his hand, nor did he take away the firewood. In that case, he would probably come back again after he ran away.
It used its spiritual consciousness to wet the pile of firewood, and then saw someone pouring water out of the yard. It used sound transmission to pretend that two men were chatting, saying that it was convenient for it to go to the back. When it saw someone piled a lot of firewood behind the house, it did not Know what to do.
This method worked really well. The woman who splashed the water quietly walked to the back to take a look without any doubt.
Then he was very smart and didn't yell. He ran back to the front yard and asked a few men to go around from both sides to the back.
As soon as those people arrived at the back, they attacked the man from the left and right and held him down. Then they shouted loudly and pushed the man to the front.
The people in front who didn't know what was going on at first knew what was going on after hearing what a few people shouted, and they all looked at the person who was being escorted and kneeling on the ground in disbelief.
"Why are you doing this? I think I have nothing wrong with you, so why do I want to kill my family?" One of the men, who should be the owner of the family, stepped forward and asked.
Although there are so many people in the house, if the fire really breaks out and the wind increases the intensity of the fire, not all the old people and children in the house may be able to survive.
Their house is made of wood. Once it burns down, it will be impossible to control it.
But if the other party intended to kill people, he chose a time when there were the most people. There were so many people here, there was no shortage of water here, and there was a small river flowing from the village next to it, so it might not be impossible to save him.
The man lowered his head and said nothing. Others asked a few more questions, but the same thing happened.
There was no other way, so someone proposed to send the person to the government at dawn. It was still quite far away from the government office, so someone would have to drive there.
When the man heard that he was about to be sent to an official position, he no longer kept silent and begged for mercy: "Don't send me to a official position! Don't send me to an official position! Someone gave me money to do this. I just followed people's orders!"
"who is it?"
"Yes, who is so wicked?"
"It's true, I'm going to have a happy event tomorrow, so coming here today is not going to cause any trouble."
"Isn't this Mr. Han's family offending someone? Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to do such a trick..."
"..."
The owner of the yard asked, and the people who were helping in the yard started talking about it.
At this time, there was the sound of rolling carriage wheels outside, and Han Yunqi's carriage was seen parked at the entrance of the courtyard. The coachman took down the bench in front, and the father and daughter stepped on it and got out of the carriage.
Because the courtyard door was open, the situation inside was clearly visible. Han Yunqi looked at the scene in the courtyard with a puzzled face, and subconsciously blocked his daughter behind him.
After all, I still don’t know what the situation is, and the yard is noisy, so I don’t want to hurt my daughter.
"Third brother, you are back. Second brother thought you were going to miss your nephew's important life event. Come on, come on in, don't stand outside."
The owner of the yard, Han Yunqi's second brother, was a little excited when he saw his brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and put aside the interrogation just now.
Han Yunqi led his daughter into the yard. He first called his second brother, who patted him on the shoulder, and then pointed to the man still kneeling on the ground and asked.
"What's going on? Who is he?"
Brother Han then remembered that there was still someone to interrogate, and told Han Yunqi roughly the cause and effect, "That's what happened. Now he admits that someone paid to instigate it. Before I can ask who it is, you guys are here. Now, let’s ask together.”
He, the third brother, has traveled all over the world and has seen a lot. With him, he has become more steadfast, and he was a little overwhelmed before.
Han Yunqi frowned after listening to his second brother's words, and looked at the man with sharp eyes, "Do you know that this is no different from killing someone? Even if he is hired, he is still a murderer. If he goes to the government, he will be sentenced to exile at the least. Punishment!"
The man was already scared, and after hearing Han Yunqi's words, he became even more frightened. He collapsed on the ground, causing the two people who were guarding him to prevent him from running away staggered.
The man lay on the ground and cried: "Don't... don't send me to the police. I didn't know it was so serious. He said he would just light a fire to make... make you chaotic. If there are many people, it will be extinguished soon... "
"Who is the person who instigated you? You'd better tell the truth!"
Han Yunqi was actually very scared. You must know that for his second nephew to get married, his mother came over a few days in advance to help with the arrangements.
If you don't see the old lady outside, she must be in the house. If there is a fire, even if she is not burned, she will be bumped, dropped, and choked!
Thinking of this, I hate the mastermind even more. I must find him.
The man was frightened and confessed immediately.
"It was Hou Sanwa from the next village who asked me to do it. He gave me five taels of silver and said he would give me another five taels when the job was done. I thought I would light a fire behind the yard and get one or two taels of silver. I was obsessed with money. I agreed..."
In fact, he was completely blinded by the "huge sum" of one tael of silver before, and he didn't even notice that there was a wall behind other people's yards. Even if there was a fire, there would be a buffer if the wall blocked it.
Brother Han's house is directly on the back wall of the house, and if there is a fire, it will burn down the house.
He has come to his senses now, but it's too late. He's been caught. He may have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die. He just hopes that for the sake of his honest confession, he will be generous and open to the outside world.
Han Yunqi was not familiar with this place. This was not his clan's territory. His second brother came here from behind, so he didn't know who Hou Sanwa was.
Obviously everyone else in the yard knew it, and his expression changed when they heard it.
Han Yun frowned and looked at his second brother. Brother Han pulled him aside and whispered to him: "Hou Sanwa used to be a famous gangster here. In the spring of the year before last, he somehow got the favor of the county magistrate. He was promoted to a small official in the yamen, responsible for collecting the young men of several villages here every year.
People here don’t dare to offend him, for fear that he will get in trouble and prevent them from paying the money to the young men. Then every year, those who go to build the dam will not come back..."
"How did you offend him?" Han Yunqi raised his hand to interrupt him and continued, asking directly what he wanted to know.
Second Brother Han said angrily: "It's impossible to say I'm offended, but I didn't know he was so petty.
The daughter-in-law that our Hongguang wants to marry was once engaged to him. In fact, it was made verbally by the fathers of both families when they were young.
Unlike the year before last, when Hou Sanwa entered the yamen and became a public servant, she no longer looked down on the girls in our village, so she said that the marriage would not count.
Last winter, she even married the fifth lady of the Lin Landlord's family. Now your sister-in-law has hired a matchmaker to propose marriage to our Hongguang family.
Normally, this should have nothing to do with him, Hou Sanwa, but I didn’t expect that man would not marry other people’s girls and would not allow others to marry them, and now he has even done this..."
Han Yunqi's brows furrowed even more tightly. According to what he said, it would be hard to sue the authorities. Although there was this witness, there was no way to prove that it was Hou Sanwa who instigated it. Maybe the other party would beat him up.
What's more, the other party still has connections. Not only might he not be able to touch the other party, but he might also be able to involve himself in it.
I was in a dilemma for a while and didn't know how to do it well.
Qingyan's consciousness has been paying attention to that side, so she watched the whole process and knew that this matter was not easy for them to handle.
Although Hou Sanwa is just a minor official, there is a county magistrate behind him. In a place like this, the county magistrate can speak more words than the emperor.
But that man was indeed quite disgusting. He broke off the engagement and married another, and he didn't want his girl to find happiness elsewhere.
There will be a banquet tomorrow, and if we let people set fire to it tonight, isn't this simply not letting people get married properly?
People at this time were superstitious. If someone died, the marriage would definitely not be consummated. Even if it burned down the house, it would be unlucky.
Qingyan used her consciousness to explore the surroundings, thinking that since that person was instructing people to do bad things, he would definitely not be able to sleep peacefully, or at least listen to some noise.
Whether in ancient times or in later generations, there was a lot of activity in setting fires and putting out fires.
It's just that her consciousness can only look outside, and she can't see into other people's houses unless they go into their rooms one by one.
There are several villages here, and it would take several days to search for each one. What's more, she doesn't know Hou Sanwa, and she doesn't know what she looks like or how to find it.
On the contrary, Chou Chou said to her: "You don't have to look for it. That Hou Sanwa is still in the county. I just listened to what they said and went to the government office. I saw two people drinking in the guard place. One of them called the other. One person and three children.”
Qingyan curled her lips, "It seems that that person is quite cunning. He knew that the person he hired was neither smart nor strict-mouthed, so he went to create an alibi for himself first."
Chou Chou nodded, "That's what the other party must have thought, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to the watchman on duty so late at night to have a drink and talk about something. It was just an awkward conversation."
"Do you think we should take care of it? After all, we have met Han Yunqi, and that Hou Sanwa is really not a good person."
Qingyan rubbed her belly and yawned again. In order to see what was going on over there, she didn't even enter the room, and she hadn't eaten dinner yet.
Chou Chou nodded, "No problem, I can kill that guy directly. That guy is carrying a debt and must have killed people, and there are more than one."
Qingyan raised her eyebrows, "No wonder he dared to let people set fire to him. It seems that he doesn't take human life seriously at all. Then you should teach him a lesson. It is best to make him unable to do bad things again in the future. Don't be merciful."
Chou Chou: "Okay, don't worry. You go back to the space first. Huang Jin has already prepared dinner. There are your favorite fried wild rice and stewed beans. After eating, you can go to bed. No need to wait. I will take care of him. I told you."
Qingyan nodded and entered the space with a thought. The carriage had already entered with Jin Yang and the others. She and Chou Chou had found an open space to sit on a stone and wait.
Knowing that Chou Chou would pay attention to both sides, she didn't care anymore. It was important to eat, and her stomach was growling.
It's past eight o'clock now. It's been more than ten hours since I finished eating in the morning. No wonder I'm so hungry.
I had thought about going into space to have a good dinner, but I didn't even think of eating snacks or anything.
After eating two bowls of rice in a row, Qingyan stopped her chopsticks and couldn't eat anymore. By then she would be too full to sleep.
I walked out of the yard and walked around the vegetable garden. I felt a lot more comfortable, and then I returned to the yard. Chou Chou was already waiting there.
Qingyan ran over and sat next to it, "How is it? Have you taken care of him?"
Chou Chou nodded, it could actually use its direct spiritual consciousness to deal with the other person, but there was someone around that person, and what happened was too bizarre, so it waited outside for a while.
After the two separated, when Hou Sanwa returned to the yard he rented in the county town, Chou Chou used his spiritual consciousness to control him and fell onto a stone mill, knocking him unconscious.
Chou Chou controlled the force and did not kill him at once, nor did he bleed. However, he was severely injured inside his brain. From now on, he can only be a fool. Sometimes he suffers more alive than dead.
When someone discovered him, with the smell of alcohol all over his body, others would just think that he was drunk and couldn't walk properly and fell down.
As for whether someone would do anything to him later, that was none of its business.
Qingyan heard what Chou Chou did and thought it was good. She helped Chou Chou so that he could eat quickly while they were keeping him warm in the pot.
While Chou Chou was eating, he told her about the situation at Han Yunqi's side.
"Han Yunqi and the others finally decided to forget about it, but they wrote a confession and asked the person to sign it as evidence. If Hou Sanwa makes another move in the future, they will sue her together."
Thank you "Your Majesty Ainz Ooal Gown" for your reward and support!
