After Chen Yong returned, he was not idle. He actually asked the servant to check the specific things.
The case of refugee cannibalism is far away and difficult to investigate, but you can still find out about it at the brothel.
The sudden sending of so many women to the government is really eye-catching. You can find out by spending some money and making some inquiries.
The boy ran for a while and then went back to reply to Chen Yong: "Master, I don't know the specifics very well, but I heard that all the major brothels sent four or five girls to the government, and the girls all had different accents.
, but I am sure that it is definitely not from Jiangnan. I don’t know why it was sent to the government.”
"The most important thing is that the government sent someone to the Donglai Inn where Miss Duan lives, and Miss Duan asked the innkeeper to open a few new rooms for them to stay in."
This was all the boy could find out. Chen Yong then asked: "What about the cannibalism of refugees?"
"This villain didn't find out, but it should be common for this kind of thing to happen on that kind of road. The young master has been in the mountains for many years and ignored the world. He doesn't know that people's hearts are sinister. In fact, the villain has heard that some people are hungry and anxious.
They are all able to exchange their children for food."
The explanation given by the boy was very fair. It was based on his experience and he did not mean to speak for Zhao Huanyu.
"There is such a person! So, that girl did something good and saved those girls?"
The boy nodded and said, "If nothing else, yes."
Chen Yong suddenly became anxious: "Then didn't I blame Miss Duan again?"
The boy no longer wanted to speak, but nodded.
At the beginning, he had advised his young master not to be impulsive and wait until he understood the matter clearly before talking, but he just didn't listen. Now who can blame him for being anxious?
"But even if she saved these girls, what would she do with all the food she took? Shouldn't she sell it at a high price like other merchants?"
Chen Yong tried hard to make excuses for himself, trying to prove that he had not done much harm to Zhao Huanyu.
But in fact, even his servant thought it was too much, so how could he not hurt Zhao Huanyu?
Just as he was thinking, a fire suddenly lit up by the window. He hurriedly looked over there and said curiously: "That seems to be the direction of Donglai Inn. Why is there a fire in the middle of the night? Let's go, let's put out the fire!"
With that said, without waiting for the boy to react, he had already ran out with his robe in hand.
"Master, master, be careful!"
The young man was really worried about him. If something happened to the young master, how would he explain it to the master of the family?
Zhao Huanyu had some insomnia and had not yet fallen asleep when she heard someone outside shouting that the water was running out. She turned over and sat up, put on her coat and ran outside.
Post-modern technology is so advanced, but people are always dying in the sea of fire, let alone this era.
"Get up, get up, you're in trouble, find a safe place to hide!"
Zhao Huanyu wanted to settle the people around her first and then take care of others. Fat Ya and the other girl reacted very quickly and were already protecting her.
Zhao Huanyu said: "Don't worry about me, you take care of yourselves first, I'll go check on the girls next to you first!"
As she said that, she was about to run out. Fat Ya ran in front and said, "Sister, please find a place to hide first. I'll go and see!"
Zhao Huanyu was deeply moved by this call from her sister. She had always known that Fat Ya was a good child. He had followed her for so long and had been thinking about her and standing in front of her in everything.
But no matter what, Fat Ya is just a seven or eight-year-old little girl. How could she let her take risks for this?
"Forget it, let's not cause any trouble! Fu Song, take someone to arrange the other girls first, and then help if you can help put out the fire!"
She shouted into the dark night, Fu Song responded, and then disappeared.
Everyone in the inn was already in chaos. The warehouse of the inn was on fire. Fortunately, there was no one there. So far, there were no casualties.
Zhao Huanyu and everyone stood in a safe open space, and she fell into deep thought as she watched everyone busy putting out the fire.
It seemed that the fire was aimed at her, because the warehouse was specifically burned. There was so much good food in the warehouse. Once it burned down, her trip to Jiangnan would be in vain.
Fat Ya was so anxious that she burst into tears beside her: "What should I do, sister? The warehouse is on fire, so much food will be wasted! What should those refugees do? Wow, why did this happen? Those refugees
Why is it so painful! Wuwuwu..."
Fat Ya cried louder and louder, and the other rescued women also began to cry softly.
Yes, why are their lives so miserable?
Although they had already suffered natural disasters, they still encountered man-made disasters. They were sold to such a far away place. Now they finally have hope for the future. All the food they had finally obtained was burned.
Some desperate people even wanted to rush into the fire to rescue the food, because they thought that food is expensive now, so if they move some out now, it will be theirs. If they sell it outside, they will have to sell it for a lot of money.
Zhao Huanyu watched all this with cold eyes and said nothing.
"It's on fire, it's on fire, please retreat!"
Chen Yong ran over in a hurry, carrying a broken bucket in his hand. It was obvious that he was carrying water, but because the bucket was broken, it was already empty when he ran here.
Despite this, he still took the bucket and poured it forward with all his strength.
Zhao Huanyu:......
Splashed with loneliness.
"Where's my water? Come on, come on, go get some water!"
Chen Yong finally realized that there was no water in his bucket, so he grabbed the bucket from the boy and continued to rush forward to put out the fire. Instead, he asked the boy to fetch water.
Looking at this scene, Zhao Huanyu's mood changed again.
Although she really hates this Chen Yong, she feels that he seems to have some serious illness, he always likes to meddle in other people's business, and he can't get things right.
But when serious events happen, he is still useful. For example, right now, he is obviously a young man, but he is still willing to rush to the front with a bucket. Instead, he lets the servants carry the water and do some relatively inconvenient tasks.
Dangerous things.
There was a moment of relief in her heart. After all, people are not perfect. They have bad sides and good sides. What's more, Chen Yong had doubted her again and again before, and he just wanted to do good things.
After about a quarter of an hour, the fire finally subsided. Everyone who was fighting the fire had black ash on their faces. But after the fire subsided, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The innkeeper kept counting people and asked everyone loudly: "Is everyone here? Is there anything wrong with anyone?"
Everyone shook their heads to show that they were still alive, and the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief.
But when I turned around and looked at the warehouse that was burned to ashes and the row of bungalows connected to the warehouse, I couldn't help but wipe my tears.
Although there were no casualties, the losses were huge. How should he explain to his employer?
"How did the fire start today? Who is on duty tonight? Didn't they notice something strange?"
The shopkeeper lost his temper at the boys below. Everyone lowered their heads in disgrace and did not dare to speak. Especially those on night watch who wanted to stick their heads in their crotches.
They were really lazy and sleeping during the night watch, because usually everyone is like this and would never expect to encounter something like this tonight.
Fusong and others also came out and said, "Girl, all the food inside has been burned."
The shopkeeper then remembered that Zhao Huanyu's grains were still in their warehouse. He felt that the sky was about to collapse and hurriedly ran over to apologize to Zhao Huanyu.
"Girl, we really didn't mean this! We didn't expect why it suddenly caught fire. We... oh, what can we do?"
The shopkeeper was so anxious that his legs became weak and he collapsed directly on the ground. At this time, the food was worth a sky-high price, but now it was all burned by a fire. Even if he had to risk his life to pay for it, he couldn't afford it!
I thought Zhao Huanyu would make things difficult for him, but unexpectedly she reached out her hand to help him up and said, "Shopkeeper, I don't blame you for this. If nothing else, the fire was directed at us. These losses to the inn
I will take responsibility for it. As for the food, you don’t have to feel too guilty, because the food is all fine and I had people move it in advance."
This short sentence contained a huge amount of information, and the shopkeeper was stunned.
What's going on? Aren't the sacks of ashes inside all grains? Why do you say they were moved in advance?
Could this girl be too sad and become a fool?
The shopkeeper looked at her with wide eyes in disbelief and said: "Girl, now that the matter has come to an end, let's express our condolences. These things tonight are indeed due to the poor supervision of our inn, which has caused huge losses to the girl... You,
If you are not angry enough, you can take my old life, alas!"
He sighed heavily, it was over now, there was no point in being sad anymore.
He is the shopkeeper here and the steward here. If something happens to him and he can't pay for it, he can only pay for it with his life.
Zhao Huanyu:......
Why is it that no one believes the truth?
Although Fu Song and the others were also curious about when the food was moved, they would not ask more questions at this time. There were some things they should not interrupt. If the girl said it was moved, then it must have been moved.
Didn't they follow the girl out during the noon period? Maybe they were transferred at that time.
"Shopkeeper, what I said is true. The food is fine. I have transferred it in advance. You can use the money to renovate the warehouse and those bungalows. I am really sorry for causing you trouble this time.
"
As Zhao Huanyu said this, he took out the banknote and handed it to the shopkeeper. Seeing him crying, she felt a little embarrassed.
When the other women heard these words, they immediately became energetic and looked at Zhao Huanyu with bright eyes. They did not expect that she would retain such a hand.
But other people in the inn were a little confused. When was this transferred? Why didn't they know?
But no one has the time to ask these questions now. After being woken up in the middle of the night and putting out fires for so long, everyone is exhausted physically and mentally. They just want to go back and lie down and go to sleep, so they don't have the time to worry about this.
After making sure that the fire was out and no one was injured, everyone went back to sleep. The shopkeeper also took the banknote and left with a silly smile.
They were the only ones left in the entire backyard. Zhao Huanyu said: "I had expected that someone would attack the food, so I found someone to move it quietly. I'm probably on the way back now, so you don't have to worry."
In fact, all the food is in her space, but it seems that it can't be taken out easily at the moment, otherwise people will definitely be suspicious.
"Girl is wise!"
Fu Song nodded, deeply admiring her ability to plan ahead.
Zhao Huanyu smiled bitterly: "I am not a wise person. It's just that people's hearts are sinister. It's always good to be more careful. By the way, don't pay attention to tonight's things for the time being. Act like you don't care. Go back to sleep and wait for the people behind the scenes.
I can't help it, I just have to show my weakness."
I originally planned to leave Jiangnan early tomorrow morning. After all, it would be difficult to arrange the arrangements with so many girls around me, so I had better go back as soon as possible.
But now that this happened, she couldn't go back so easily, otherwise wouldn't she be taking advantage of the person behind the scenes?
"yes."
Fu Song and others responded and prepared to go back to sleep.
Zhao Huanyu was also about to go back, but at this moment, Chen Yong, his master and his servant, emerged from the nook and cranny next to them. Both master and servant were dark, as if they had been rolled in the charcoal fire.
"Pfft, cough, cough..."
Chen Yong coughed several times uncomfortably, then stood up with some difficulty and took two steps.
"Miss Duan, are all those grains really still there?"
Zhao Huanyu saw that his whole body was dark and took a step back in disgust.
Although Zhao Huanyu was moved by his risklessness in rushing into the sea of fire to put out the fire just now, his previous behavior could not be written off just like that, so Zhao Huanyu still asked with a straight face: "What, Mr. Chen wants to meddle in my business again?"
"No, no, the girl misunderstood, I don't mean that! It was all my fault before. I didn't understand the situation of the matter, so I blamed the girl for misunderstanding the girl. It's all my fault. I apologize to the girl, as long as the girl is willing to forgive me.
, I’m willing to do whatever I want!”
"But before that, I still want to confirm that the food is really still there. I have thought about it seriously. Since the food is in the girl's hands, it is the girl's freedom to do what she wants to do with it, and I have no right to interfere.
Even if the girl wants to sell it at a high price, there are still people who can eat the food, which is better than being burned to ashes by such a fire."
"In addition, if the food is really still there, I am willing to buy it with the girl and send it to the refugees. Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Although I am not a monk, I still want to do good deeds. Please
Girl, please give me this chance."
He was afraid that Zhao Huanyu would just leave, so he said a lot of things in one breath, but they were definitely from the bottom of his heart.
He had offended Zhao Huanyu many times before, but he really shouldn't have done so. So when he knew that the food was being burned, he went in desperately to save it. Later, he heard from Zhao Huanyu that he had prepared to move the food in advance, so he completely dealt with this matter.
The girl was impressed.
Despite her young age, she was really thoughtful about things, which he didn't expect at all.
At this moment, Chen Yong admired Zhao Huanyu so much that he fell to the ground.