Don't be ridiculous if you spread gossip. He wouldn't even dare to borrow his courage. At this moment, he wished he could poke his eyes out and make him blind.
For God's sake, there is no medicine that can cause amnesia if you take it. Give him a pound of it.
Han Changmu soaked in the tub, looked at the clothes on the rack with disgust, and sighed gloomily.
He clenched his fist and slammed it into the water, causing water to splash in all directions.
He followed that little girl and found out some things, but he also fell into that little girl's trap. This was not good. It felt too bad to lose control.
His heart skipped a beat. The water for washing his feet or his face was no longer the most important thing. What was important was who leaked the news.
He had so many things on his mind, and the place was so shabby that he couldn't clean it. He only soaked for a moment, pushed back the feeling of disdain for himself, got up quickly, changed his clothes, and walked out.
He Zhenfu, who was guarding the door, turned pale when he saw Han Changmu coming out, staggered in fright, lowered his head and tried to reduce his presence.
But how could such a big man ignore it? Han Changmu walked past him expressionlessly and said calmly: "Seal the Qinglong Temple. You take the four monks back to the Internal Security Department and imprison them."
As if He Zhenfu had been granted amnesty, he hurriedly escorted the people back without asking any more questions.
The sky was already bright, and the sun without warmth hung high in the sky. It was originally a cold winter day, but this fire burned the streets and alleys as hot as summer.
The hustle and bustle in the streets and alleys was still there, but the firelight had gradually extinguished, leaving only a few dark fires that crackled softly.
More than half of the house had collapsed. On top of the burning ruins and broken tiles, black smoke covered large swaths of ashes and filled the air. A burning smell wafted in the wind.
The fire was surprisingly restrained and could only burn down the house without affecting the neighbors at all.
It's just that the ground burned by the rolling flames has completely melted the snow, leaving smoky black marks on the compacted loess ground. The buckets of water are splashed and washed, and the loess and charred black marks are left. The traces were mixed together and turned into patches of mud.
The guards of Wuhoupu wore special clothes and shoes, and stepped on the ruins of the fire, not letting go of any sparks that could start a prairie fire.
The people in the workshop were standing outside the ruins, pointing at the fire scene.
"Isn't this house unoccupied?"
"There is someone who just moved here not long ago. She is a young lady."
"Oh, that's a pity. The house was burned down to this point, and the little lady probably won't survive."
The people onlookers sighed for a while. Some people originally wanted to go into the ruins to have a look, but when they heard that there was only a young lady living inside, they immediately gave up the idea.
How much money can a little lady living alone have, even if she has some good things, this fire will burn them all.
Han Changmu stared at the ruins and smiled meaningfully at Yao Yao: "The fire is so big, the people in this house should be burned to death."
Yao Yao raised his eyebrows: "This official doesn't know how to set fires. I don't know how big a fire can burn someone to death."
Han Changmu glanced at Yao Yao noncommittally.
The death guards came out of the Beiya Forbidden Army and said that they could not kill people and set fires. It was as ridiculous as saying that they were born as humans and could not eat or sleep.
"The remaining fire has been extinguished, and the remaining investigation matters will be left to Jingzhao Mansion." The captain of Wuhoupu hurriedly came over to salute, and extinguished the fire for a long time. The man's body was soaked with water, and his hair His clothes were stained black by the fire, his face was covered with traces of smoke, and his voice was hoarse, apparently due to the smoke in his throat.
Yao Yao was very polite. He took off his bag, poured out the silver and handed it over. He smiled brightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brothers. Don't be too little with this little silver. I'll treat you to tea."
The captain was not polite, took the money and said with a smile: "This is another expense for Yao to join the army."
Yao Yao laughed: "It doesn't matter, I'll ask Mr. Fu Yin to report it to me when I get back."
The captain also laughed loudly, but his voice was still a bit muffled and hoarse.
Han Changmu looked at the two people intently. He had always known that Yao Yao was smooth. Now it seemed that she was indeed smooth. She was also very smooth to him in the past, but now she was so blunt and outrageous.
The captain didn't recognize Han Changmu, so he didn't say much to him. He just cupped his hands towards Yao Yao, greeted his men, and evacuated from the ruins of the fire scene.
Yao Yao waved his hand behind him and said, "Go in and search every corner."
After hearing this, the Jingzhao Mansion detectives behind her quickly spread out and started searching very quickly according to the search method from the surroundings to the center.
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows and asked in a low voice: "I took a look and found that your bag of silver contains a hundred taels."
Yao Yao said calmly, "Yes, there are twenty people coming back from Wuhou Pu, each with five taels of silver."
Han Changmu was stunned for a moment: "You are usually such a stingy person, why are you so generous this time?"
Yao Yao remained expressionless: "All the money spent is Jingzhao Mansion's money. I have nothing to feel bad about."
Han Changmu choked and frowned slightly: "The people in Wuhoupu all have their own salaries, and it is their duty to put out fires. Why should Jingzhao Mansion give another silver reward?"
Yao Yao explained patiently: "Master Fu Yin said that water and fire have no mercy. Anyone who can put out fires and fight floods does it with his head in his belt. Injury and death are common. In addition to salary, we will give him Although a small reward is better than nothing, it is still better than causing these hard-core people to be hurt and sad."
When Han Changmu heard this, he felt it was very reasonable, but he thought about the appearance of Liu Jinghong, the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture. He seemed to have an honest face, but in fact he was full of calculations. He did not look like someone who would say such upright words.
He looked at Yao Yao calmly. This nonsense seemed to have been made up by Yao Yao himself.
Yao Yao noticed Han Changmu's gaze and looked at him calmly.
Of course she made up this nonsense, but she gave it willingly.
The detectives from Jingzhao Mansion were not slow in their search, and they quickly searched from the four corners of the ruins to the center.
That place was the most severely burned. The entire main building collapsed. The broken bricks and rubble were burned black and turned into powder when stepped on.
The policemen were rummaging through the ruins. Yao Yao was on the outside and had no intention of going in to help. He always looked calm and calm.
Han Changmu squinted his eyes slightly, and made an inexplicable test: "You seem to have determined that there will be no survivors there, and nothing valuable will be found."
Yao Yao's expression did not change, his heart did not beat, and he smiled coolly: "The young envoy said that with such a big fire, I am afraid that everyone will be burned to death. If everyone is burned to death, what will be left?"
Han Changmu hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and changed the topic: "Jingzhao Mansion has received the sage's order, right? The sage asked Jingzhao Mansion to assist the Internal Security Department in handling the case. Who did Liu Fuyin send here?"
Yao Yao curled her lips. Isn't this asking questions knowingly? If Liu Fuyin could find someone who was more convenient than her in the Jingzhao Mansion, she would read his name upside down.
Anyway, she went to Ying Mao to make up the numbers, not to work hard to earn merit. She just needed to arrive.
She looked as usual and said calmly: "Liu Fuyin arranged for Xiaguan to go there. After the affair is resolved, Xiaguan will go to the Internal Security Department and obey the instructions of the Major Envoy."
Han Changmu nodded. He didn't detect any reluctance in Yao Yao's words, so he twitched his lips and said, "In that case, I will be waiting at the Department of Internal Security."
While talking, the detectives had completed the survey of the ruins, and the team gathered and stood beside the ruins. He Dengglou ran over panting, took a breath, and saw Han Changmu standing next to him. What the hell was he doing? Not daring to make any mistakes, he bowed respectfully: "Join the army, young envoy, no one has been found in these ruins."
Yao Yao had expected this result, but she still breathed a sigh of relief quietly, as if her heartstrings that had been held high were finally relaxed. She nodded and asked in a deep voice: "Can you see the situation now?" Is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?"
He Denglou specializes in medicine. He is very meticulous and his ability to judge the fire scene is beyond ordinary people. This is why Yao Yao can safely let him investigate while he watches from the outside and is happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper.
He Denggou took a small piece of black stuff from the hand of a policeman behind him and put it in front of Yao Yao: "Please take a look at it if you join the army."
Yao Yao frowned and reached out to turn over the black thing. It was hard and a little sticky on the surface. When he smelled it carefully, he found that the burnt smell was mixed with a very weak strange smell.
She picked out a piece of sticky stuff from the surface and crushed it between her fingertips. She was able to pull out a long, black sticky thread.
Han Changmu also came over and took a closer look. His eyelids twitched and he hesitated: "This is it?" He thought for a while and asked: "Can you cut it open and take a look?"
Yao Yao nodded.
Han Changmu drew out his dagger, and with a flash of cold light, it fell on the dark hard lump.
The thing was very hard when pinched, but it was not difficult to cut it open, and it was not as hard as expected. The hard piece was split into two, revealing the black and yellow core inside. It was soft and soft in hand, and it turned out to be a handful. cotton.
Han Changmu picked it up and smelled it, and became even more puzzled: "This is an animal skin. How could it be burned like this? It was not burned. Where was it found?"
He Denglu bowed slightly and said, "To tell you what the young envoy said, this was found on the kang in the main room. There was a small amount of animal skins in this thing, but most of it was catkins, reed flowers and straw. What was burned was only ashes. ."
Han Changmu was silent.
He knew this, cotton wool was expensive and hard to come by, and ordinary people couldn't afford it, so he used catkins, reed flowers and straw, hunted some small animals in the mountains, skinned them, mixed them together and sewed them in bags, and spread them on the kang to keep warm.
Although this method is much worse than cotton wool, it can support ordinary people through the long cold winter.
