Feeling the headband being taken off, the monkey glanced at Mr. Wu, and the hatred that had been vaguely there before was no longer in his eyes.
Mr. Wu also touched the monkey’s head and said with a smile:
"Then let me give you a name! Just call it Wu Hou."
Wu Hou accepted the name with some understanding.
Later, Mr. Wu held Wu Hou and together with Ye Ming, returned to the burned inn to check the situation.
At this time, the inn had completely collapsed and turned into a sea of fire.
Many people carried buckets and kept rushing back and forth to pour water. It took a lot of effort to put out the fire.
The innkeeper looked at the ruins in front of him with despair, and kept chanting "It's over, it's over."
Seeing this, Ye Ming went to the ruins, pushed aside a piece of wood, dug out a vase, and brought it to the shopkeeper:
"Shopkeeper, you have a precious vase here, which is priceless."
Hearing this, the shopkeeper took a look at the vase, shook his head and said:
"This is a fake, I bought it with another innkeeper.
He bought the real thing, and I just bought a fake to show off. "
Ye Ming smiled and said, "What if I told you that this is the real thing?"
Hearing this, the shopkeeper looked at the vase and then at Ye Ming in surprise.
Ye Ming handed the vase to his hand and said casually:
"Anyway, you have nothing now, so you might as well take your stuff and try your luck."
The shopkeeper was somewhat dubious when he heard this.
But right now he really has no other way out, he can only try it later.
Seeing that the shopkeeper's mood had stabilized, Ye Ming pointed to the ruins and asked:
"What's the reason for the fire tonight?"
Hearing this, the shopkeeper became a little excited again.
“Someone set the fire, someone deliberately set the fire.
I slept lightly at night, and I heard noise outside, as if someone was splashing water.
Then I smelled the smell of fire oil, and by the time I realized something was wrong, those people had already lit the fire..."
The shopkeeper became angrier as he talked and expressed serious suspicion that someone from another inn in town had done it.
At this time, someone suddenly shouted:
"Look, there are words here!"
Everyone heard the sound and went over to check. On the wall not far from the ruins of the inn, someone had written a series of crooked large characters with lime powder, including typos.
"The holy fire calls, and the fierce fox lives forever."
Next to the eight ugly crooked characters, there is also a very ugly and abstract dog drawn.
Mr. Wu came forward and after reading it, he said:
"The word 'Zhao Zhao' is written wrong."
When other people around him saw this, they looked unhappy.
"No, it's the Holy Fire Fox Cult. Are they here?"
Someone said with some fear.
Mr. Wu heard this and asked.
Many people in the town knew about this "Holy Fire Fox Cult", and everyone was talking about it.
Mr. Wu finally understood after listening for a while.
It turns out that Laoshizi's "Holy Fire Fox Cult" is a complete cult.
These guys all worship the "Fierce Fox God" and act according to the will of the Fierce Fox.
This sect likes to use fire to purify all things in the world.
If brothels and other places were considered unclean, they would be burned down.
He thought the inn was too crowded and burned it down.
Thinking that the rich and wealthy were the worst, they burned them down again.
He thought the hut was ugly and dilapidated, so he burned it down.
All in all, no matter what it is, they have a reason to give you a fire to burn it.
I don’t know who the upper echelons of these guys are at the moment, but the lower echelons are all ruffians, bandits and bandits.
So far, they have committed several crimes in many places in Ganzhou.
However, the government could only catch some low-level gangsters and the like, but could not find the higher-ups. This also made many people worried. No one wanted to fall asleep because their home was burned down.
In fact, this matter was quite a big deal, and many people knew about it.
Mr. Wu didn't know about this because he didn't go out for a long time.
After hearing about the evil deeds of this sect and seeing it with his own eyes, Mr. Wu's sense of it suddenly dropped to the lowest point.
When the townspeople saw that this sect was causing trouble, they were shocked and angry. Many people ran to the county to report the incident overnight.
The county may not care about other matters, but this sect's matter is on King Wu's desk, and the government will definitely take care of it.
Ye Ming walked to the wall where the writing was written, stretched out his hand to touch the fox that looked like a dog, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Mr. Wu stepped forward and asked:
"Did Mr. Shanyuan discover anything?"
Ye Ming smiled and said: "It seems that our trip will not be boring."
Seeing that Ye Ming's words were unclear, Mr. Wu seemed to continue to ask, but Ye Ming kept silent and stopped talking about the matter, which was helpless.
Wu Hou recovered quickly, and by dawn, he was as active and active as before.
Seeing this, Mr. Wu said to Ye Ming:
"This monkey is careless and difficult to teach. Unlike your white horse, which is docile and well-behaved and doesn't even need a leash."
Hearing this, Ye Ming smiled and said:
"Because I have already tied the horse, I can control it without a rein.
Mr. Wang is still undecided, and there is naturally still a long way to go. "
Mr. Wu felt that what he said was reasonable, so he communicated with him and moved forward.
The county seat is not far from this town, and the two of them arrived shortly after the sun rose.
Although the fur on Wu Hou's body was burnt, his active nature was not diminished at all. After entering the city, he still chased cats and dogs, caught chickens and plucked their feathers, which made many people disgusted.
Seeing this, Mr. Wu pulled him to his side and scolded him.
After being told something, Wu Hou restrained himself a little, but he couldn't control the incense and started making trouble again.
Mr. Wu restrained him again, and so on.
During the morning meal, they ate noodles again. Under Mr. Wu’s gaze, Wu Hou sat on the chair in a rare manner and tried to hold the chopsticks.
He is very unskilled in using it and can only poke it here and there.
Many passers-by saw this and found it interesting. Many people mistakenly thought that Mr. Wu was training monkeys to perform tricks, and they were making noises to get Wu monkey to perform a part.
Seeing a group of people watching him, Wu Hou immediately bared his teeth and made a fierce look, trying to scare everyone away.
Seeing this, everyone laughed even more happily.
When Wu Hou saw this, he wanted to throw bowls and chopsticks to hit people.
Just when I stood up, I saw Mr. Wu next to me looking at me. I shrunk my neck and stopped making mistakes. I fiddled with my chopsticks again and tried to eat noodles.
After breakfast, Mr. Wu was about to ask people in the county about what nearby sights he could visit when he suddenly heard someone say that the grievance drum in front of the county government office was being beaten.
Generally speaking, people will complain to officials only when they have no choice but to complain.
But generally no one would beat the drum of injustice.
This time, someone suddenly beat the drum, which was strange.
Everyone in the county, but those who had free time, ran to watch.
When Mr. Wu saw this, he naturally wanted to take a look.
He came out this time just to gain knowledge and find inspiration.
Ye Ming also smiled and followed the crowd.
Not long after, everyone gathered outside the county government office.
You can see that five people are taking turns playing drums outside the county government office.
All five of them looked poor, with shabby clothes and unkempt hair.
Next to the five people, there was a cart of something covered with cloth. I didn't know what it was.
Some people speculated that it might be something like evidence.
The sound of drumming was so loud that everyone in the county government office was naturally alerted.
The magistrate came here immediately.
But seeing that there were all the onlookers outside, it was hard to be too violent, and there was no way for the government servants to stop the drummers.
After knocking for a while, I saw a large number of onlookers gathered around.
The five people looked at each other and then stopped.
Seeing this, the magistrate sat in the hall, preparing to ascend to the hall, waiting for these people to come forward and state their grievances.
But they saw the five people walking to the cart and peeling off the cloth on it, revealing that the contents were five wooden barrels.
Everyone was confused when they saw this, wondering what kind of evidence it would contain.
The person with the sharp nose twitched his nose slightly and said:
"Why does it smell like kerosene?"
When other people heard this, they were also curious and didn't know what was going on.
At this time, the five people started to open the five barrels.
The barrels were indeed full of kerosene, five barrels in total.
The magistrate sitting in the lobby saw it from a distance, and his expression suddenly changed:
"No, they're coming, go and stop them!"
However, the magistrate's shout was obviously too late. At this time, the five people had already lifted the kerosene barrels and poured them all over themselves.
After pouring kerosene on them, the five people shouted at the same time:
"The holy fire shines brightly, and the fierce fox lives forever!"
After saying that, several people opened fire folders and set themselves on fire.
Flames instantly rose up on the five people.
The five people immediately screamed in pain and rushed to the county government office while screaming.
When the onlookers saw this, they were all frightened, and many people ran away in panic.
For a moment, the scene was in chaos, and several stampedes occurred immediately...
When the county magistrate saw the five people rushing towards the county government office, he was shocked and angry, and quickly asked the government officials to stop them.
However, when faced with the five crazy "burning men", the government officials did not dare to step forward and retreated to avoid them.
The five people screamed and rushed into the county government office. Each found a flammable place and either crashed to death against a wall or a pillar.
Although they are dead, the fire oil on their bodies is still burning.
After a while, the entire county government office was on fire, with thick smoke rising into the sky. Those who didn't know it thought the county government office had been breached.
The magistrate ran outside and looked at the county government office that was engulfed in fire. He was almost frightened to death.
At this time, the county captain arrived with a large group of people and immediately organized everyone to put out the fire.
After a long day of work, the fire was finally put out.
Fortunately, the walls and columns inside the county government office were made of bricks and stones, so they did not collapse.
But after such an experience, the county government was basically half-wasted.
The most important thing is that the county government office was burned down, which was equivalent to a slap in the face of the entire county. To put it more seriously, it was a slap in the face of the current King of Wu!
The magistrate knew that if such a big thing happened, his crown would definitely be in jeopardy, but before he was dismissed from office, he decided to try to make amends.
Immediately ordered the entire city to search for demons from the "Holy Fire Fox Sect".
In fact, the city gate had been closed by the county captain's order as early as after the fire in the county government office.
Mr. Wu, who witnessed the whole incident of burning down the county government office, said angrily:
"This cult is so unscrupulous that it dares to openly attack the county government."
Ye Ming didn't express any opinion, just said:
"It seems that I can't go out for the past two days, so I can take a good rest here."
Mr. Wu has no objection to this.
Walking continuously for the past few days made him feel very tired, so he wanted to take a rest.
But this break is not peaceful.
That night, a brothel in the city was set on fire again.
Fortunately, this time it was discovered quickly and the fire was stopped before it started burning.
A few scoundrels were caught afterwards, but the real leader was not caught.
The county magistrate, county magistrate, and county lieutenant searched the entire county for three days.
In the end, they only caught a group of gangsters who didn't know the real situation.
This made the magistrate extremely helpless.
Someone from above came to the county seat to take over the matter, and the county magistrate and others were also taken off their hats.
The newcomer, regardless of right or wrong, arrested all the gangsters in the city, arresting them first and then interrogating them.
Although there is still no clue about the high-level members of the Holy Fire Fox Sect, it has improved the security of the entire county by several levels.
After a lot of trouble, the newcomer failed to grasp the key clues.
The county town could not remain closed, so in desperation, it had no choice but to open the city gates and restore traffic.
On the day when traffic was restored, Ye Ming and Mr. Wu took their horses and monkeys out of the city...
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