Chapter 695: If it’s not a dog cave, is it a man cave?
Situ stopped laughing and explained: "Mrs. Chai, the word enchanting can be praised or criticized, it depends on where it is used. It is not used in a derogatory sense..."
"Ah, so that's it..." Yuan Yuan was a little embarrassed, feeling that he was ignorant.
Situ Jing thought about it and said, "Since Mrs. Chai doesn't like this word, let me think about it again and change it to a more appropriate one."
"No, no, no, it's fine. Just like this, it's fine." Yuan Yuan waved her hands hurriedly.
As I was talking, I suddenly heard shouting outside...
"It's gone wrong, no, it's gone wrong!"
The three people in the hall were startled at the same time, and their eyes immediately turned to the outside of the hall.
"It's so good, why did it get lost?" Situ Jing said in shock.
Xiaohuan said angrily: "Who uses fire so carelessly?"
Among the three, only Yuan Yuan understood clearly that this was definitely not caused by accidental use of fire, but must have been caused by the Youlong tribe.
Xiaohuan frowned and ran outside the hall door. After listening to the direction of the sound of "water leaking" for a while, he turned around and said, "Miss, it seems there is a fire in the kitchen!"
Situ Jing quickly walked to Xiao Huan, looked at the direction of the call, and said anxiously in her heart: "I hope nothing will happen."
"Don't worry, Miss Situ, nothing will happen to you."
Yuan Yuan walked out of the hall as he spoke, seemingly calm, but secretly heightened his vigilance.
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When Situ Zhou, who was taking a nap in the second hall, heard the sound of running water, he jumped up and hurried over.
The fire was in a room where debris was piled up in the back kitchen of the county government office. There were many dry objects in it, and it would easily catch fire if there were any sparks.
When Situ Zhou rushed to the kitchen, several government servants were already carrying water to put out the fire. It seemed that the fire was not big and the burn was not serious.
Situ Zhou hurriedly directed his men to put out the fire quickly. Seeing the mess in the utility room, he asked angrily: "Who is on duty?"
Not long after he finished speaking, a middle-aged government servant in his forties walked up to Situ Zhou with his head hanging down.
"Sir... you are... a villain..." The middle-aged government servant did not dare to raise his head at all.
Situ Zhou asked angrily: "Why did it catch fire?"
The middle-aged government servant trembled and shook his head, and replied with a trembling voice: "Not even a villain... I don't know why, but the utility room is just for no reason..."
"you......."
Situ Zhou was speechless at such an answer. He asked several government officials who participated in putting out the fire, and everyone said they didn't know the reason.
While thinking about the cause of the fire, Chai Yan came.
"Master Situ, is it okay?" Chai Yan asked with concern.
Situ Zhou looked back and said hurriedly: "It's okay, Mr. Chai. The fire is not big. It was put out in time!"
After saying that, Situ Zhou waved his hands to the government officials: "It's all gone, let's clean up this place!"
The government officials responded quickly and dispersed immediately.
Chai Yan walked to the door of the utility room and looked inside, then turned back and asked: "Master Situ, why did the fire suddenly break out?"
Situ Zhou frowned and shook his head, saying: "I asked just now, but no one knows the reason... Secretary Chai, do you think it was Su Jushiyong who sent someone to set the fire?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out! If they did it, they must have wanted to create chaos and then take advantage of the troubled waters..."
As he spoke, Chai Yan glanced at the darkly burned utility room again and said, "But before we have definite evidence, we shouldn't make any rash assertions. After all, there are many people in the county government today. What if it's one of our own?"
Did it happen accidentally?"
Situ Zhou said with a serious expression: "No matter what, I have to send more patrol personnel."
"That's fine!" Chai Yan nodded in agreement, and Situ Zhou left.
After Situ Zhou left, Chai Yan found a lantern. He held the lantern and walked around the courtyard wall behind the kitchen, looking at this and that...
"What are you looking for?" Shangguan Peining asked curiously.
Chai Yan kept moving, and replied in his mind: "I was thinking, if Su Jushiyong sent someone to set the fire, how did that person get in? All the side doors are locked, and there are sentries on all sides.
......."
Shangguan Peining immediately asked: "You are so sure that you are someone who came in from the outside. What if there is a spy among you?"
Chai Yan shook his head and said to himself: "I'm not sure, maybe it's really a traitor who did it, but I still want to look around!"
While he was talking to Shangguan Peining, Chai Yan suddenly discovered a hidden hole in the corner of the wall. If the weeds at the hole hadn't been blown by the wind and swayed constantly, Chai Yan would have missed it.
"Is this a dog hole?" Chai Yan squatted down, pulled away the weeds and looked into the hole.
Shangguan Peining sneered coldly and said: "Nonsense, isn't it a dog cave, is it a human cave?"
"Man cave?"
Chai Yan couldn't help but be startled after hearing Shangguan Peining's words, then he lit up the lantern and stretched out his hand to measure the size of the hole.
"Why are you measuring this hole?" Shangguan Peining asked in confusion.
After Chai Yan finished measuring, his face became serious and he thought to himself: "Shangguan Peining, look at this hole. It's not big or small. A normal adult would definitely not be able to get through it, but children, dwarfs, or...
It’s different if you are a very thin person..."
"Do you suspect that someone got in here and set the fire in the kitchen?" Shangguan Peining asked.
Chai Yan did not answer, but held a lantern and bent down to search near the dog hole.
Shangguan Peining asked again: "What are you looking for again?"
"Footprints!" Chai Yan bent down and lowered his head, not missing every inch of his feet.
Sure enough, Chai Yan found several footprints and dents on the mud near the entrance of the cave.
Then, two faint footprints were discovered on a stone road leading to the back kitchen.
"It turns out he really got in from here!" Chai Yan couldn't help but frown.
Shangguan Peining was slightly surprised and said: "Oh, yes, you really discovered it!"
Chai Yan stood in front of the cave entrance and thought about it for a while, then placed the lantern on a tree branch nearby, and then rummaged around for stones.
After spending a lot of effort, Chai Yan finally found a suitable stone. The stone was slightly wider than the entrance of the hole. After Chai Yan used brute force to stuff it in, the stone got stuck in the dog hole, and the entrance of the hole was completely destroyed.
It is so tight that ordinary people will never be able to push it away easily.
"This should be no problem. Let's go see if there are any dog holes elsewhere!" Chai Yan clapped his hands, picked up the lantern on the tree branch and walked away along the wall.
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PS: The click-to-subscribe during the May Day period was a bit miserable. In order not to affect my coding mood, I stopped reading it for the time being!