"But if this happens, won't the Gong family be stigmatized as a traitor?"
Axiu tilted her head and said softly.
This is a problem, after all, everyone in the family, from the oldest to the youngest, has an old-fashioned character that accepts death.
Why don't she go home first and ask what's going on with her eldest brother's engagement?
They originally planned to stop here for a while and continue to the inner city tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, not long after falling asleep, Lin Mengya smelled a burnt smell.
Putting on her coat and walking to the window, she saw a fire not far away.
Streams of thick smoke shot straight into the sky, which was a bit scary to look at.
"Master, what's wrong?"
Bai Su walked to her side lightly and looked out the window together.
On the street, people kept coming and going to put out the fire, and gradually the fire was brought under control.
"It's strange, why is the fire so big?"
She was a little confused.
Although this is not the main city, because there are many residential buildings, the ancestors of the Gong family considered how to prevent fire when they built the city.
Moreover, Big Brother has also stepped up patrols at night. Normally, someone should have discovered the fire as soon as it started.
The location of the fire can be considered a relatively prosperous commercial district in the city, and it is said that there should not be such a big fire.
While she was thinking, there was a knock on the door below.
"Open the door, open the door!"
The sound was very urgent and noisy, and probably all the guests in the inn were woken up.
After she and Bai Su looked at each other, the two of them arrived at the door.
The night guard immediately opened the door, and standing outside were the same people from the patrol team he had seen during the day.
They poured in and occupied the lobby of the inn.
"Brothers, what's going on?"
The waiter in Taining Inn was not in a panic, but it was really difficult for him to deal with all the guests being woken up.
"We were ordered to search for arsonists. Have you seen any suspicious people here?"
Arsonists?
Sure enough, someone set the fire deliberately.
Although her suspicions were confirmed, she was not at all relaxed.
The patrol team can search for someone in the middle of the night, but this arsonist is not that simple.
"You also know that the guests who stay at our Taining Inn are all friends of the host family. How can there be an arsonist among such people?"
The waiter said with a smile, but the leader pushed him away.
"Whether it is yes or not, you have to check it before you know it. Come here, search it for me. Don't miss a single room!"
"yes."
Seeing that the group of people were about to rush upstairs, the clerk didn't care about anything else and ran a few steps quickly to block them in front of them.
"Brother, if you want to take the prisoner, That's a good thing. However, there are many women in our inn. Can you please let me go up and knock on the door one by one to announce them, so as not to disturb these women?"
You're right what you said, buddy.
After all, it was midnight and most people were asleep.
Moreover, most of the people who can stay here are wealthy businessmen or people from aristocratic families.
If they were allowed to break in like this, wouldn't they be scared to death?
But unexpectedly, the man glanced at the clerk coldly.
"Does the way you block the buildings horizontally and vertically have something to do with the arsonist? Search for me! Hurry up before the criminal escapes!"
"I can't do it, I can't do it!"
The guy shouted a few times, but he couldn't resist the brute force of those people.
Soon, he was restrained by someone and helplessly watched as they rushed upstairs.
Immediately, exclamations and yells came and went.
Fortunately, the three of them woke up earlier and had already put on their coats.
The patrol team didn't go too far. After carefully looking around the house, they retreated.
Although these people behaved rudely, they probably did so because they wanted to find the arsonist quickly.
"Boss, there is something weird in this room!"
Suddenly, all the attention was attracted.
But Lin Mengya frowned, isn't that Qinghu's room?
"What did you find?"
"There are obviously people living here, but now they are missing!"
how could be?
Qinghu usually would not leave her side easily. If he left temporarily, he would tell her.
They were still together before going to bed, so why was there no one in the room?
"Let me ask you, who lives here?"
The waiter glanced at Lin Mengya and the others and looked a little hesitant.
After all, this is an honored guest who has been warned by the shopkeeper and must not be offended.
"The person living here is one of our guests. However, this guest has a high status and will definitely not have anything to do with the arsonist!"
The leader of the patrol did not believe what he said, but walked in personally and watched his people rummaging.
"Boss, I found it!"
What did they find?
Everyone's attention was drawn there, and Lin Mengya and the others were also paying close attention to what was going on there.
"Let me ask you again, where are the others?"
The guy's face changed, but he still didn't change his words.
"You really misunderstood. The guests staying here have absolutely nothing to do with the arsonists."
But unexpectedly, the leader slapped the guy in the face with a cold expression.
"Did you know that in tonight's fire, sixteen members of three families were buried alive in the flames! How dare you protect the arsonist? I think you don't want to live anymore!"
"But, the guest here just arrived today, how could he set a fire?"
The clerk probably had never been so upset by anyone. Although his voice faded, he still defended Qinghu.
That man sneered.
"It seems that you won't shed tears without seeing the coffin. Bring it over!"
Before he finished speaking, the men who went in to search presented something.
From the outside, it looks like a piece of fire.
But it's specially made, and its appearance is a little different from the ordinary ones.
"This is the ironclad evidence we found in front of everyone! This thing is not common in Beiling. Only people who come from in front of them will use it! Moreover, we found something exactly like this in the fire scene. We
I once fought against an arsonist, and I saw him fleeing here. There is no mistake! Let me ask you one last time, where is he?"
With just this sentence, she knew that this matter must have nothing to do with Qing Hu.
What a master Qinghu is. If he really intended to set a fire, let alone these few, if there were a few more, he probably wouldn't even be able to see their shadows.
Moreover, if Qinghu did it, where would anyone be left alive?
It seems that someone deliberately framed me.
But, who did this? What is the purpose?
"I, I really don't know!"
The man was so frightened that he shook his head in denial.
Seeing him like this, the man ordered his men to throw him down, went straight to the counter, and took out the registration book.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she felt something was not right.
But the man soon turned his attention to her.
"It turns out that you are in the same group with him! Since he ran away, I can only take you back first! Someone, take him away!"
Bai Su held the long sword in his hand and was about to rush forward, but was stopped by her.
"We are innocent, so what can we do if we take a trip? However, if the investigation proves that we have nothing to do with the arson case, please trouble this big brother and send us back."
She was neither panicked nor excited.
Bai Su instantly understood what she meant, threw the long sword on the table, and captured her without mercy.
Axiu was also sleepy, but she probably knew that with sister Ya here, she didn't have to worry too much about anything.
The three women walked calmly and calmly into the surroundings of a group of strong men. The atmosphere was a bit strange.
"I hope so."
The man glanced at the three of them and led them out first. "Tell your shopkeeper that it's okay and we'll be right back."
The guy was a little anxious and wanted to stop him, but he didn't have the ability or courage.
After hearing her words, he nodded vigorously.
They followed the patrol out of Taining Inn. It was dark outside and the burnt smell was very uncomfortable.
Suddenly, she seemed to see a familiar figure standing at the entrance of the alley not far away.
But in the blink of an eye, there seemed to be no one there again.
She rubbed her eyes and looked over hard to make sure there was no one there.
It's strange. Could it be that she is dazzled?
"Hurry up! Don't even try to escape!"
Those people yelled loudly, and Bai Su glared at them coldly, then habitually protected her behind him.
"Master, what should I do?"
She asked in a low voice, but Lin Mengya did not panic at all.
"fine."
Who can do anything to her in her own territory?
Besides, even if the fire certificate was found in Qinghu's room, it doesn't prove anything.
Although this group of people could arrest her, they could not punish her.
She wanted to see what this group of people wanted to do.
The patrol team was newly established by the Gong family to maintain the security of the city within the fiefdom.
Because this is one of the entrances, it has more power and more personnel.
When they were brought to the patrol station, they discovered that there were almost hundreds of people here, and they all looked very tough.
As soon as they arrived here, they were put into a huge wooden cage.
"What's going on with these people?"
Lin Mengya's eyes lit up.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived here, I met an acquaintance.
The Gong Xun they met during the day also came over with a group of his own people at this moment.
However, when they saw that only three weak women were imprisoned, Gong Xun's face showed a hint of displeasure.
"It's just three girls. How could you do this? Release them quickly!"
However, someone stopped him.
"We can't let them go! These three people are the suspects in the arson case. If we let them go now, how will we account for the dead people?"
Gong Xun's face darkened and he looked at the man who gave the order to capture them.
"The arson case has not been investigated clearly. Besides, I have seen these three girls during the day. How could they possibly set a fire when they just arrived here? Chen Lu, please don't accuse a good person unjustly."
"I wronged a good person? Gong Xun, don't just rely on the fact that you are the adopted son of the Gong family to slander me here without any basis! I have evidence to arrest them!"