Bai Banxia grabbed Qi Zhen's hand and said, "Let's go help."
The second half of Qi Zhen's sentence was drowned out by the noise. Seeing this situation, he knew it was no longer the time to speak.
The two rushed forward and saw that all the lights in a stall were on fire. The stall owner hurriedly took his clothes to put out the fire, but he couldn't put it out at all. His hands were burned.
The fire had already reached the stall next door, which was a noodle stall. There was a bucket of water on the cart, so I hurriedly took it to put out the fire.
However, the water was limited and only part of it was extinguished. The fire spread very quickly and burned the shop behind.
"Go find water quickly, everyone, please help! Please!" the stall owner cried and begged.
The market was already in chaos, and everyone ran away for fear of being affected by the fire. However, because of the large number of people, the scene became even more chaotic.
"Don't mess around, be careful of trampling!" Bai Banxia shouted loudly, but the people around him were ordinary people who were naturally afraid of fires. They couldn't listen and just ran away for their lives.
If there were more than a dozen or more than twenty people, Bai Banxia and Qi Zhen could still stop them, but the people on this street were in chaos and they couldn't control them at all.
Qi Zhen grabbed her and said, "Look for water first."
Fortunately, there are calm people nearby. Someone said: "There is a well on the west side of the street. I know the road."
The man wanted to lead the way, but Qi Zhen stopped him and said, "We will go find it ourselves. You can help here. When the officials arrive, let them control the flow of people and organize people to fetch water and put out the fire."
"Okay, okay, sir." The man didn't know Qi Zhen's identity, so he felt that this man was imposing and must not be an ordinary person, so he quickly called out "Sir."
Bai Banxia and Qi Zhen picked up the wooden basins and barrels and looked for them together towards the west side of the street.
There were many people and the road was narrow, so they all got into a mess. Fortunately, both of them had Qinggong skills and flew through the eaves.
The man who was asked to wait there was dumbfounded. No wonder he didn't need to lead the way. This road was not an ordinary one and he couldn't lead the way.
The two quickly found a well on the west side of the street, filled it with water, and ran back from the eaves.
But the two of them only had four hands, and it took time to fetch water, so they couldn't stop the spread of the fire at all.
Fortunately, Zhang Tie and the others had already arrived. Officials were originally patrolling the streets tonight, and they rushed over as soon as they saw the fire.
As soon as the leader finished what Qi Zhen said, Zhang Tie and the others saw Qi Zhen and Bai Banxia running over from the eaves carrying buckets.
The two of them were covered in moonlight, like swallows on the roof. One was in black and the other was in green. They were exceptionally harmonious, like a couple.
If these two people were not together, no one in the world would be worthy of one of them, right? Zhang Tie murmured in his heart.
He hurriedly retracted his thoughts. Now was not the time to lament that he was a perfect match. He had to put out the fire and save people!
"Zhang Tie, take half of the people to maintain order. Li Jinniu, organize people to go to the west of the street to fetch water to put out the fire. Banxia knows where the well is." Qi Zhen said loudly.
Then he looked at Bai Banxia, "I'm here to help control the situation, you be careful."
"Don't worry." Bai Banxia went to find two more wooden barrels, picked up four barrels, and motioned to Li Jinniu and the others to follow.
Qi Zhen used his inner strength and shouted from the rooftop: "Everyone, please don't panic and stay where you are. If you run around again, it will be regarded as disturbing public order and will be severely punished!"
In this case, no matter how gentle you comfort you, it will be difficult to achieve much effect, and no one can listen calmly. Therefore, you can only impose strict demands and exert pressure.
"Zhang Tie, you are divided into two teams and go to both ends of the street to control them. Let everyone calm down first. If anyone is running around and screaming, just knock him out." Qi Zhen ordered again, this time speaking with his inner strength, his voice
The sound echoed throughout the street, not only for Zhang Tie, but also for everyone present.
"Okay." Zhang Tie immediately made arrangements.
Bai Banxia took people to fetch water. Hearing his words from a distance, he couldn't help but laugh. Qi Zhen became more and more impressive, and he really looked like a high-ranking official.
Finally, the chaotic market slowly stabilized, and the officials organized everyone to make way for a passage to get water to put out the fire. There were also strong young people who stepped forward and joined the fire-fighting team.
The wind subsided and the fire slowed down. Finally, with the efforts of everyone, the fire was extinguished.
At this time, Zhou Hai also arrived and saw that the fire had been extinguished, and he was greatly relieved.
"Zhang Captou, please lead people to patrol the town to prevent the spark from rekindling." Zhou Hai ordered.
"Yes." General Zhang Tie divided into two teams, one team inspected the west of the town, and the other team inspected the east of the town.
"Why did the fire start?" Zhou Hai asked.
Before Zhang Tie could reply, the owner of the lantern stall not far away knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Sir, please forgive me. The fire started in the small stall, but I was really careful. It was probably the sparks flying over from the stall next to me..."
When the noodle stall owner heard this, he yelled, "Fart, I'm cooking noodles and not stir-frying, so what sparks can there be? You caused my stall to be burned down, and I didn't even have the nerve to scold you, so you're still blaming me?"
"I, I..." The owner of the lantern stall was speechless. He was anxious and scared. He rolled his eyes and passed out.
"What are you doing? Don't pretend to be dead. It has nothing to do with me. Don't blame me again." The noodle stall owner stamped his feet anxiously.
Bai Banxia hurried over and said, "He is very angry. You should go aside and have a rest. The county magistrate will decide which one is right and which one is wrong."
The noodle stall owner didn't dare to speak. He just looked at his burnt stall and wiped his tears.
Bai Banxia took out the silver needle and injected it into the lantern stall owner. He soon woke up.
"I didn't set the fire, I really watched the candle carefully." He murmured.
"Don't be impatient. We'll talk about the specific situation later. Just drink some water and calm down." Bai Banxia asked the shop next to him for some warm water and gave it to him to drink. He felt better now, but the burn on his hand was not there.
It's mild and needs to be treated as soon as possible.
Qi Zhen walked to Bai Banxia and whispered: "There is something fishy about this fire."
"What did you find?" She looked at him and asked in a low voice.
The two lowered their voices, but they did not hide it from Zhou Hai who was standing in front of them. Zhou Hai frowned, his face suddenly changed, and he said solemnly: "We'll talk about it when we get back to the county office."
There were no major casualties at the scene, only some people had bumps. Fortunately, they were wearing thick clothes in winter, and none of them were serious injuries. After confirming that there were no problems, Zhou Hai allowed the people to leave in batches in an orderly manner.
The Lantern Festival Lantern Festival ended prematurely, and Bai Banxia felt regretful that she hadn't guessed a few more lantern riddles, nor had she experienced the power of Qizhen's "lantern-making tiger", and the rabbit lanterns and radish lanterns she had won for Xiaocao had also been lost.
He disappeared because of the rush.
But something as big as a leak has occurred, and the lantern festival can no longer be held.
"Wait for me here, I'll go and come back." Qi Zhen suddenly said a word and disappeared.
