Xie Xun acted quickly and took his men to the Taoist temple that night. When the fire was set down, the entire Taoist temple was ablaze.
When Xie Xun returned to the house with his men, Qin Rushuang had already heard the noise outside.
The Taoist temple is located on the top of a hill. It caught fire in the middle of the night, and the fire could be seen throughout Zhou County.
"Why are you wearing so little? Be careful of catching a cold." Xie Xun took the coat from Qingzhi and put it on Qin Rushuang.
"When the prince went to set the fire today, did he ask someone to withhold some of the incense as evidence?"
"Of course." Xie Xun said, "Don't worry, I have already arranged everything."
"The fire only reached the place where the incense was stored, and there was a deliberate noise as soon as the fire started."
"The people in the Taoist temple soon discovered it. I asked the people below to watch. The Taoist priests in the Taoist temple started carrying water to put out the fire before leaving."
Qin Rushuang nodded, looked at the fire on the mountain and said, "That's good."
"Aren't you going back yet?" Xie Xun stood side by side with her.
"Wait a little longer."
Qin Rushuang still looked at the top of the mountain. Just looking at it, both of them realized that something was wrong.
"My lord, did you check when you went to see if there was enough water in the Taoist temple? Why hasn't the fire gone out yet?"
Xie Xun nodded, "Of course. There are two wells in the Taoist temple, and where the incense is placed, they also specially kept water tanks. The water in the water tanks is full."
"Then how come the fire hasn't been extinguished after burning for so long..."
"Oops!"
The two looked at each other. Could it be that their actions were discovered by others and they wanted to take the opportunity to destroy all the incense and indirectly destroy the evidence?
Xie Xun patted Qin Rushuang on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, part of the incense has been left. When I left, I saw that many Taoist priests had escaped from the Taoist temple. No matter how big the fire was, it would burn the Taoist temple at most."
Already."
Qin Rushuang nodded, "Then let's send someone to the Yamen to inform them. The Yamen will have more manpower, so no lives will be lost."
Xie Xun naturally nodded in agreement.
The people under his command went to the Yamen and came back with the news that the fire on the hilltop had alarmed the Yamen people, and the county magistrate had gone to put out the fire with the Yamen servants.
Qin Rushuang was still a little worried, but it was already late at night, so she was half-pushed back to the room by Xie Xun and fell asleep.
Before going to bed, Qin Rushuang still felt uneasy, so she said to Xie Xun: "Let's go to the Yamen tomorrow and have a look. If it doesn't work, we will reveal our identity. We will stabilize the situation in Zhou County first."
Xie Xun tucked the quilt for her and replied, "Okay. I'll listen to you."
Early the next morning, Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun took people to the Yamen.
There were heavy troops guarding the outside of the Yamen. Qin Rushuang frowned when she saw the battle. The atmosphere in the Yamen was unusual.
As soon as they approached, a government official stopped them.
"Who are you in the powerhouse of the Yamen? If you want to redress a grievance, unless it's a murder case, move back."
"Brother Yamen, what happened?" Qin Rushuang asked.
"Don't ask around," the officer said with a cold face.
Qin Rushuang winked at Qingzhi, and Qingzhi took out a small bag of silver and gave it to the yamen servant. As expected, the yamen servant's brows relaxed a little.
"Tell me, what's the matter? I can send a message for you, but it depends on the county magistrate whether the case will be handled or not. There are a lot of things going on in the Yamen now."
"No, no, we are not here to handle a case. We just want to ask how the fire in the Taoist temple yesterday went?"
The yamen servant's expression became strange. He looked at Qin Rushuang and the others again and asked, "Why are you asking this? Don't ask around."
Qin Rushuang's thoughts changed. It seemed that after Xie Xun's people left, something must have happened to the Taoist temple that they didn't know about.
So Qin Rushuang said to the yamen servant: "I am also a believer of Taoist Wang, so I came to inquire about it. There was such a big fire last night, and I felt uneasy, and..."
Qin Rushuang made an expression as if she was hesitant to speak. The Yamen servant frowned after hearing what she said, "Do you know anything about Taoist temples?"
Qin Rushuang didn't know what he was talking about, but she still followed his words.
"I do know something about Taoist temples, but I can't tell you. I want to talk to the county magistrate."
After hearing this, the Yamen servant immediately said, "Then you come with me. If you know anything, you must tell the county magistrate on May 10th. You must not hide it. Do you understand? This is a matter of more than ten lives!"
Qin Rushuang was shocked when she heard this and looked at Xie Xun.
There are only a dozen Taoist priests in the entire Taoist temple. What does the Yamen mean?
But soon they knew why the atmosphere in the yamen was so serious today, and why the yamen servant wanted her to tell everything she knew.
As soon as they entered the Yamen, they saw more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground.
The corpses were all covered with white cloth, but from the corners of clothes exposed under the white cloth, it could be seen that the deceased was a Taoist priest from a Taoist temple.
"You guys wait here, I'll inform the Lord."
After the Yamen servant left, Qin Rushuang approached Xie Xun and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? Why are they all dead? Is it because the fire was too strong?"
Xie Xun also frowned.
"Absolutely impossible. When the King left yesterday, many Taoist priests had already escaped from the Taoist temple, and the fire was not too big. The water stored in the Taoist temple can definitely be put out. Even if the fire cannot be put out, the Taoist temple will be burned down.
It’s impossible for everyone to die!”
Just as the two finished talking, a man wearing county magistrate's clothes came out. It was the man Xie Xun had told Qin Rushuang before, Zhou County Magistrate Chen Zhihao.
Chen Zhihao had a straight face and immediately scolded Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun when he saw Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun: "Where did the unscrupulous people come from talking nonsense! What do you know about the Taoist temple? The Taoist temple was just dry and caught fire last night! There is no basis for it!
Don’t talk nonsense in front of me about your matters!”
As soon as Qin Rushuang heard what he meant, she knew that Chen Zhihao wanted to characterize the incident as an accidental fire, but was this really the truth?
"Sir, listen to me. I know something about Taoist temples. They may not have died because of the fire..."
"Shut up!"
Before Qin Rushuang finished speaking, Chen Zhihao interrupted her.
"Nonsense! Come here! Drive these two people out of the Yamen!"
Seeing that Chen Zhihao bit him to death and the fire in the Taoist temple was an accident, and the death of the Taoist priests was also an accident, Qin Rushuang glanced at Xie Xun, and it seemed that she had to reveal her identity now.
There must be something fishy involved in the deaths of the Taoist priests. If Chen Zhihao doesn't identify himself anymore and waits until Chen Zhihao disposes of the corpses of these Taoist priests, there will really be no clues to investigate.
The subordinate on the side received Xie Xun's approval and immediately took out the token from his waist.
"Open your dog eyes and see clearly! King Huai is here, why don't you kneel down quickly!"
