What was written on the piece of paper was, "Anyone who carries this thing is prohibited from selling salt." Under the words was printed the seal of Tongzhi. The servant looked down, and without paying attention, he almost bumped into Liu Shuban who was walking towards him.
"Who are you!" Liu Shuban felt offended and yelled angrily.
This roar also alarmed Ye Tongzhi in the room. He quietly stepped to the window and looked at the two figures in the shadow.
"Where the hell did you come from?" Liu Shuban shouted again.
"I am a servant of Magistrate Zhao, you are..." He didn't know who this person was and didn't dare to offend him.
"Servant? Who did I think he was! I am the clerk of the household! You still deliberately contradict me!" His spittle flew onto the servant's face.
"It was just a bump. Where did you get such a big temper!" Seeing that Liu Shuban was looking down on him, he became anxious. He was so angry that he took out the voucher in his pocket and showed it to him.
Ye Yongjia's eyebrows moved.
"Did you see it?" The servant wiped the saliva from his face, "This is what Master Tongzhi prescribed..."
When he saw Liu Shuban's face turned pale, he stood there motionless.
He just realized it, quickly collected the note, pretended that nothing happened, and walked away quickly without looking back.
Ye Yongjia watched Liu Shuban stand for a long time before walking towards him and knocking on the door.
"It's Liu Shuban. What brings you here?" Ye Yongjia returned from the window to the door and opened the door.
"I'll do this..." Liu Shuban looked very nervous, with beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Speak nicely." Ye Yongjia glared at him sternly.
"Yes..." Liu Shuban didn't dare to look into his eyes anymore, which made him feel much more relaxed. "The household is in urgent need of a sum of money now. I wrote a receipt and asked the office to borrow it. Your consent is required." As he said this, he took out a receipt.
"Of course I agree," Ye Yongjia took the pen from the inkstone and asked for the receipt, "Sign your name, right?"
"That's right." Liu Shuban lowered his head and wiped his sweat.
"Okay, just take it."
Liu Shuban grabbed the paperwork and hurriedly walked out.
Although Liu Shuban knew that Tongzhi had done such a disgraceful thing, what he didn't know was that Ye Yongjia had already submitted a secret letter to Lu Deguang.
The letter was written concisely, which meant that Liu Shuban had discovered this matter. Lu Deguang was also shocked when he saw the letter. If he was just short-sighted and wanted to use trouble to blackmail money, that would be fine; but if word got out and the charges were proven, not only would his cousin's life be in danger, but he himself would also be involved. Although he is familiar with the actions of these subordinates, he is still a little unsure now.
As soon as he was in a difficult situation, he would call out his capable "strategist" Li Yong to ask for advice.
This is not a problem in Li Yong. All decisions caused by human nature are no problem for him. Therefore, he has a better judgment than others, and can be involved in it but stay out of it. But people are obviously more afraid of his ability to make people annihilate their conscience, which can make people closer to the cliff of shamelessness, despicability, cruelty and all other sins that can be called, and finally fall into the abyss of loneliness.
Lu Deguang was advancing towards this cliff step by step.
"Burn down the house...?" Lu Deguang asked hesitantly.
"This is the only way." Li Yong said firmly.
"Why not just kill him?"
"I'm afraid that Liu Shuban will inevitably tell everyone if he returns to his house. If something slips through the net and it's difficult to find it in the future, it will be troublesome."
Lu Deguang frowned, pondered for a while, and then said: "What a brilliant idea. Send someone to inform Ye Yongjia, teach him to select soldiers, and tomorrow night... burn the house."
Ye Yongjia, however, had no conscience or fear. In his heart, it didn't matter how many people were about to die, it was just a new feather added to this heavy pile of sins.
He immediately took the order from the prefect and transferred ten veterans who were not timid from the inspection department. He just said that the prefect wanted to select elites, so he ordered them to practice combat during the day. Manchu officials including Liu Shuban of the household also There is no doubt.
That day, Ye Yongjia came to the household again and met with the clerks. They just explained official matters and chatted about gossip. The clerks didn't think it was strange. Some of them were sharp-eyed. Seeing that Ye Tongzhi often paid attention to loose foundations and weak wood, he only thought that he wanted to renovate the house, and there was no other guess. But Liu Shuban always felt a little uncomfortable. Although he didn't know what Ye Yongjia's intentions were, he always felt a murderous aura in his heart.
Afterwards, Ye Yongjia left the house and kept silent all the way back to the government office. He sat down in the second hall and handed Lu Deguang a secret letter. The letter said, "The house is in disrepair and the houses are all made of wood." '.
A few tiny flames flashed out from behind the house, swaying gently in the night sky, hiding in the darkness; it illuminated half of Ye Yongjia's face, and floated back and forth in his eyes.
His face was facing the wind, the wind was quiet but strong.
The people in the room couldn't feel it. Shuban Liu yawned in such a quiet and peaceful night, and some colleagues even fell asleep on the musty-smelling table.
Today they all have to be on night watch. This is the prefect's arrangement. And Ye Yongjia came to inspect yesterday. He saw the certificate the day before yesterday. Liu Shuban vaguely felt that everything seemed to be connected. Only then did he have to stay alert and guard against being plotted by some vicious means.
The assassin suddenly came in? Or did you push the wall when I went out to relieve myself? While he was thinking about it, he smelled a burning smell again.
Or burn everyone in this house? If this is true, it would be too cruel. He thought over and over again, and became sleepy after a long time; he struggled to glance around, and immediately woke up: the fire spread to the top of the beams, extended to the roof, and the pillars were also burned at the same time, almost burning down.
Liu Shuban was so panicked that he couldn't care about anyone else. He pulled up his legs and ran to the door. The roof beam above his head was instantly knocked down. Fortunately, he ran away quickly and only scratched his head. Seeing that nothing happened, he hurriedly ran towards the street, followed by countless desperate wailing sounds.
Ye Yongjia stood in the distance, with the flaming red house reflected in his eyes. The house gradually collapsed, and the fire beams and fire pillars pressed down mercilessly. The chests of the people trapped underneath were severely burned, and their feet kicked wildly. , the mouth was wide open as if it were torn, and the eyes were bloodshot and almost bursting out. He seemed to be wailing loudly, but it couldn't be heard here. Several veterans couldn't bear to look any further, but Ye Yongjia didn't make any movement, not even the slightest change in his expression or the gentle wagging of his fingers.
When he saw a figure running out of the house, he shouted sternly, as if he had seen prey: "Catch him! Don't let him run away!"
Although several soldiers were still frightened by the scene just now, they still had no hesitation after receiving the order. Their footsteps were like wind, and they gradually closed the distance between them and Liu Shuban.
After all, Liu Shuban was not physically strong. After running for a short distance, he was caught up by the veterans. Liu Shuban's complexion turned yellow and blue, he looked at the soldiers and shouted:
"Master Yiye, it seems you were the one who set the fire!"
