"It's on fire?" Jin Shiwu, who was studying the bones in the study outside, asked in surprise, "Who can let it go?"
"I don't know yet, but it could be those soldiers." The subordinate said, still breathing heavily because he was running in such a hurry.
Jinba and Jinjiu heard the words and came out of the inner study.
"Zhaishuiling is on fire?" Jin Ba asked in shock.
"Eighth Master, the fire was very big," the subordinate said, "the first place that caught fire was our Tianjia Residence."
"Who are those soldiers?" Jin Jiu frowned, "Maybe we should kill them instead of ignoring them."
"Even if we want to kill them, we don't have enough time," Jin Ba said solemnly, "After coming and going for at least two hours, it is very likely that we will not know that they arrived at Zhaishuiling, and that Zhaishuiling has already caught fire."
"Do you want to put out the fire?" Jin Jiu asked.
Jin Ba asked back: "How many industries do you have in Zhaishuiling?"
"There is only one farm outside the village, so it should not be affected by the fire."
"What about you?" Jin Ba looked at Jin Shiwu.
"No, but those traveling doctors in Zhaishuiling have a good relationship with me, and the medicinal materials they have obtained are all of good quality." As he spoke, Jin Shiwu sighed, "If this fire catches them, I'm afraid all the medicinal materials in stock will be lost."
It’s okay.”
Jin Ba then looked at Jin Eleven and Jin Twelve who came out of the inner study room.
The two are twins, but the Jin brothers all look alike.
"I have no property," Jin Shi said. "I am the poorest and most incompetent among the Jin brothers. What property can I have?"
"I have quite a lot," Jin Twelve said, "but I am not short of this little money."
After Jinpachi collected the information, he looked at his men: "Then let's burn it. We still don't need to pay attention to it."
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Buckets of water were brought from the Dianqing River and poured onto the burning buildings.
The wooden houses that could not withstand burning collapsed in pieces, but the folk customs in Zhaishuiling were simple and the owner did not bother to cry and continued to save the neighboring houses.
The soldiers of the Yan army who had been trained arduously for the past half a year were now far superior to the strong men in the village in terms of strength and physical fitness. They were running around carrying buckets, and they were of great help.
Led by a village woman, Xia Zhaoyi went to look for inns and restaurants in the village. Behind a wine shop that had just caught fire, she found the bodies of the owner and his wife.
The village woman was so frightened that she covered her mouth and screamed.
Xia Zhaoyi stepped forward to check the temperature of the corpse. The blood on the ground was trampled into a dirty mess. Xia Zhaoyi carefully examined it for a while and confirmed that there were at least five different footprints.
Looking at the traces on the ground near several large wine jars, it appears that many of the wine jars have been moved away.
Seeing the fire spreading towards the wine vats, the village woman shouted: "Girl, let's go quickly!"
"Come right here!" Xia Zhaoyi said.
She stretched out her hand to open the wounds on the corpses, and found many wounds on their bodies, not from swords or knives, but from axes.
It's not an ordinary wooden ax used for chopping wood, it's more like a battle ax.
A scream came from outside the hospital.
The woman ran out to watch.
"It's murder!" a girl screamed, "It's murder! The old man is dead!"
At the same time, the fire here caused surrounding neighbors to come to put out the fire.
Xia Zhaoyi left the wine shop, thanked the woman, and went alone to the house pointed out by the girl.
In any village, if there is a murder case on weekdays, it will be a top priority. But at this moment, the whole village in Zhaishuiling is busy putting out fires, and they can't take care of other people being killed.
The oil seller's house is in a dark alley. It has no yard and is very narrow. There is only one window in the whole house.
The oil seller died tragically inside the door, with his back upward and his feet outward. The wounds on his body were also caused by a battle axe.
It was as if someone was chasing him, ran in from the outside, and was hacked to death.
Maybe he was a witness.
However, he died much later than the couple, and the blood from his wounds had not even solidified.
The young girl said anxiously from afar outside: "Old Man You's brother broke his leg. My father asked me to call Old Man You over, but he died!"
Xia Zhaoyi looked at the ground outside the house. If you didn't look carefully, it would be difficult to see the bloody footprints on the ground.
Suddenly, Xia Zhaoyi frowned slightly.
There are only footprints of coming, not going.
She stood up and looked into the dark room with her clear and bright eyes.
The room was quiet, without any sound.
The small oil ball lamp in Xia Zhao's sleeve slipped down, and her slender ring finger skilfully stroked the hollow sphere. The shaft rolled, igniting a ball of light and illuminating the footprints on the ground.
"Come out." Xia Zhaoyi said, his voice calm and calm, without any ripples.
After a long time, a man's voice sounded from the rafters: "You are Miss A Li."
"Come out." Xia Zhaoyi said.
"I have admired Miss Ali for a long time, and today... I will compete with you on a few moves!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a tall man rushed over from the rafters, holding two short-handled thunder-breaking battle axes, and swung them directly towards the girl's face.
Xia Zhaoyi quickly avoided it and counterattacked with a whip.
The man slashed with his battle axe, his sword was thirsty, and he vowed to kill the girl with one blow.
One strong and one soft, they fought for twenty times in the narrow and dark room. The man was dripping with blood, his wrist was injured by Qian Sibi's barbs, and he could hardly hold the battle axe.
If the fight continued like this, he would undoubtedly suffer a loss. The man suddenly took steps and ran outside.
"Girl!" Xia Zhaoyi said immediately, "Run!"
The girl didn't know that this was being said to her, so she stood far away because of fear at first. But after hearing the fighting in the house, she quietly came over and poked her head in. When she saw the man suddenly rushing out, she screamed in fright, turned and ran away.
The man raised his battle ax and struck her on the head.
Xia Zhaoyi's figure swept away, the long whip wrapped around the man's wrist, and pulled it back hard.
Qian Sibi's barb almost caused the man's wrist to be torn into pieces.
He then raised another battle ax and struck it down.
Fortunately, the girl had escaped, and the battle ax flew into the air, slashing into the stone wall.
Immediately, he heard a violent whipping sound in his ears, and he instinctively ducked back. The long whip that almost blinded him hit his chin.
What a fast whip!
It was wrapped around his wrist just now!
The man immediately attacked again, but this time he had no room to parry.
The dark wooden house also blocked the girl's sight, but as long as she was given a little light, her long whip would also grow eyes.
The man was beaten back repeatedly. Although he had a more lethal weapon in his hand, he could not match the opponent's speed and agility.
The girl moved quickly, moving like a flying dragon, focusing on his back and neck. If he could react quickly and meet the girl head-on, then the girl would attack his eyes.
In the end, he was forced to chop and swing his ax in the air in an unorganized manner, hitting and running at the same time.
Xia Zhaoyi wanted to capture him alive, but this man was very skilled with a battle ax, and it was extremely difficult for her to get close.
Just as she showed her dagger, a man and a woman came back to pick up the man. Seeing Xia Zhaoyi chasing after her, the man and woman drew their weapons at the same time and rushed towards Xia Zhaoyi.
