Chapter 209 Yama's Means
Jiangzhou City, covered by night, seemed particularly quiet. There was no one in the streets and alleys except for a few spots of updates passing by the time report. Especially near the military granary warehouse located in the north of the city, it was even more empty. Only when the night wind blew across the treetops would a rustle of leaves sound.
But suddenly, a few figures emerged from the dark night. They did not sneak up from the street next to them, but quietly emerged from a small door next to the granary. The guy who was fat and bloated and slow was Qi Kun, the manager of the warehouse.
After scanning the surrounding environment and confirming that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and asked the two black shadows next to him: "Are everything done? Nothing is missing or wrong?"
These two men seemed much nervous than him. After looking around, they heard someone say in a trembling voice: "Then... we have spilled all the oil on those accounts, but I'm not sure if this is done?"
"Of course there will be no problem. You have less knowledge in Jiangzhou City. There have been dozens of fires like this in our Song Dynasty over the past century. As long as the account book is completely destroyed by the fire, the court will not be able to continue to investigate, and the previous matters will be left unresolved." Then, he added in his heart, I did this after being given a tip from Prefect Cai, so naturally I was foolproof.
Yes, after some discussion with his own Mr. Xixi, Qi Kun finally understood the real intention of the article "Yueyang Tower Notes" mentioned by Cai Jiu. In fact, the inside story is not the article, but in Teng Zijing, the builder of Yueyang Tower, this guy used the method of burning the account books during his tenure to prevent the court from finding out all kinds of evidence of his greed for public funds. Speaking of which, the Yueyang Tower, which was left to later generations, might be related to his previous corruption. Isn't it still famous all over the world because of a powerful article by Fan Zhongyan?
So in Qi Kun's opinion, he set a torch tonight to store various accounts and burned the account room, which can be damaged forever. Once there is no evidence, can Sun Tu be forced to confess or force himself to commit suicide? Even if he dares to do this, I am afraid that other officials in Jiangzhou City will not agree.
"You two light candles and go burn the account." As he spoke, Qi Kun stepped out of the door next to the granary and quickly left the place after the fire broke out.
The two men looked at each other, although they were uneasy, they could only follow the order. After all, they had been tied to the pipe. At that moment, they lit two candles as thick as thumbs with their trembling hands, turned around and wanted to enter the granary again.
But at this moment, two light sounds suddenly came from the side, and two sharp winds came one after another. Before the two had time to react, two feather arrows had penetrated from the back of their necks and came out from their throats, causing them to fail to make a scream, and they had already suffered the consequences on the spot.
The two corpses fell down with a muffled sound, and blood quickly spread on the ground, which seemed particularly strange and terrifying under the light of one of the candles that had not yet been extinguished. It was not until this time that Qi Kun had a soul from the shock, and immediately opened his mouth and wanted to make a scream.
But as soon as his mouth opened, a figure rushed to him from the darkness. A powerful hand suddenly covered his mouth, making the scream return to his throat, and also made Qi Kun widen his fearful eyes. Seeing the appearance of the young man who suddenly appeared in front of him, a whimpering sound suddenly appeared in his throat, and his hands were waving to break free from control.
Because the young man in front of him was so frightened that it was the two days that made him unable to sleep or eat, and forced him to take the risk of thinking about the root cause of using a torch to burn all the accounts and the accounts to fire them all together - Sun Tu.
At this time, Sun Tu was staring at him with cold eyes, and after a moment, he said in a voice without any emotion: "Qi Kun, since you are seeking death, don't blame me!" As he said that, he quickly pulled out a feather arrow from his waist and stabbed him with his backhand.
Qi Kun, who was not skilled in martial arts, couldn't even dodge. He immediately got an arrow in his throat, his eyes widened, and his limbs twitched for a while, but no matter what he did, he could not get rid of Sun Tu's control. After a while, he finally became angry, and his body stiffened, and he was already depressed.
When Sun Tu let go and threw it on the ground like a rag bag, two people flashed out from the darkness behind him. It was Tang Feng and Yang Zhi. The former's face was still a little pale at this time. He really didn't expect that Sun Tu would be so cruel today, which really reflected the title of Iron-faced Yama that he won in Tokyo.
In comparison, Yang Zhi seemed much more calm. After all, the two of them were shot by him in the dark before. As for Lu Da, they did not come together today. Sun Tu, who had learned the lessons before, dared not leave Yaer alone at home again.
Seeing the two of them coming, Sun Tu grinned: "Qi Kun is really brave enough. He really dared to set fire to destroy the evidence. But this is exactly what I hope to see. It is time to end." As he said that, he strode into the granary. It was quiet inside. Obviously, the guards that should have had had had had already been transferred away by Qi Kun, and no one knew what was happening here.
"You find oil and spill some of them in front of several of the warehouses so that we can light the fire." Sun Tu turned around and ordered as he walked in.
"Ah... Dutou, are you going to burn the food here?" Tang Feng was stunned and asked in panic.
"Don't worry, I have a sense of responsibility. But if I didn't burn some food, the matter would not be serious, and I would not be able to completely put the charge on the three of them." Sun Tu explained casually, then waved his hand and urged the two to act immediately.
Yang Zhi patted Tang Feng on the shoulder. He had already vaguely guessed Sun Tu's intentions, so he didn't feel that it was strange. He was a little more awe of Sun Tu. This young man's courage is much greater than himself, and he is so amazing in his work...
No matter what they were thinking, they could only follow Sun Tu's instructions at this time. There was already a lot of oil in the warehouse, and it was even easier to find it. Soon, a lot of oil was poured in front of the two warehouses close to the accounting room. Then Sun Tu lit up the fire note with him. As his wrist trembled, the fire note had been thrown into the accounting room that had been arranged by Qi Kun and the others.
"Huh-boom!" The account room, which was already full of oil, quickly sparked a fire when it was attracted by the fire, and then it quickly spread to all sides, and the flames had already risen.
Sun Tu and the other two had quickly rushed out at this time. After leaving the granary and looking at the burning fire, Sun Tu shouted loudly: "Go away, go away! Put out the fire quickly! Someone set the fire!"
At the same time, Yang Zhi also shouted loudly: "Where are the thieves going?" While shouting, the three of them quickly adjusted the corpses of Qi Kun and the other two, and looked like they were about to escape, but were shot to death by the three of them with arrows on the spot.
After they got all this done, they quickly rushed back to the granary again, started to pick up the water stored in the warehouse and poured it onto the fire, completely pretending to put out the fire regardless of personal safety.
At this time, their screams and the fire had alarmed many Jiangzhou people around them. Amid the sound of the gongs of Dangdang, countless people ran out of the originally quiet alley, took the water and helped put out the fire together. Then, even an official army stationed at the north gate rushed over.
Fortunately, everyone came in time. With almost half an hour of collective efforts, the fire that almost affected the entire military granary warehouse was finally put out. There was only one accounting room, and one and a half warehouses next to it were burned out beyond recognition, but the grain from several other warehouses was preserved.
It was not until this time that everyone focused on the three people who were lying in the pool of blood in front of the door, and then someone exclaimed: "This... isn't this a joint decision?"
"It's Qi Kun, the manager of the warehouse. He and his accomplices were crazy about setting fire to the Jiangzhou Army Grain Warehouse. Fortunately, I brought people to arrive in time and killed them and stopped this disaster." Sun Tu, who was so dirty that he was so dirty that he revealed his identity until then, and said in a cold and determined tone: "I am Sun Tu, the new Jiangzhou team trainee."
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene became even more quiet. Everyone looked at the scene in front of them in surprise. Even the officials didn't know what to react.
At the same time, the fire had already alarmed Cai Jiu, who had just fallen asleep. At this time, he was wearing a coat and standing in the backyard of his mansion. Looking at the scene where only wisps of black smoke were still rising in the north, touching his long beard and smiling: "This Qi Kun has some mind and courage. Finally, he understood the prompts that I gave him, and did not waste my thoughts. In this way, this matter should come to an end."
What made him particularly satisfied was that the fire seemed to have little impact and was quickly put out. Obviously, Qi Kun also knew what the result he wanted, so he didn't dare to make things too big.
However, Cai Jiu's happy mood did not last long. When he planned to rush to the yamen as the prefect to give the people in the city a good impression, the housekeeper of the mansion rushed to report with surprise: "The master has something wrong... A thief has set fire in the military granary warehouse just now, but he was blocked by Sun Tuanlian who was worried about the situation. The thiefs were about to seize the road, but Sun Tuanlian and others shot arrows, and the thiefs who set fire were actually Guan Gouguan Qi Kun and two veterans guarding the warehouse..."
"What did you say?" Cai Jiu's smile froze, replaced by a full of incredible...
Chapter completed!