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Chapter 67
The moon is dark and the wind is high.

Even though it was a spring night, the mountain wind blowing from outside the city still added a lot of bleak atmosphere to Kuding Lane.

Lamps were gradually lit on the abandoned houses in Kuding Lane, and the sound of officers and soldiers playing while resting could be heard.

At this time, two figures quietly touched the roof in the middle of Kuding Lane, furtively took out bows and arrows from behind, and shot at several surrounding lanterns at the same time without hesitation.

"call out--"

"call out--"

With a few clicks, several lanterns fell to the ground and burned.

The officers and soldiers resting inside noticed the movement and shouted: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Taking advantage of the time when the officers and soldiers came out with weapons, the two men quickly got up and ran across one roof after another, keeping bows and arrows in their hands.

They don't need to aim at all, they just need to shoot random arrows, and if they are lucky, they will shoot down a few lanterns, so that the officers and soldiers dare not fight back, and they can control the situation of the battle.

They wandered all the way, and finally attracted almost all the officers and soldiers in Kuding Lane. The officers and soldiers stationed together all took out their weapons, and they were bound to arrest the two of them.

Because the place where the station is actually composed of several alleys, and the distance between the alleys is not large, the officers and soldiers can only take action when they see two people appearing here, but when they arrive at the place, the two have already arrived there side.

For a while, Kuding Lane was in chaos.

The small leaders in each alley gathered quickly. After some observation, the officers and soldiers quickly realized that the intruder was on the roof of this area.As long as they also climbed onto the roof, the intruders would not be able to move as flexibly as they are now.

Just because of the deep night, it is impossible to judge how many people there are.But to be able to cause such a big chaos in a short period of time, there should not be very few people.The leader felt that the matter was serious, and immediately ordered some people to climb up to the eaves, and all the archers were also suppressed below.

A group of officers and soldiers carried weapons and climbed onto the roof from the nearest place.At the same time, the archers fired arrows from all sides, intending to drive the intruders into a controllable range.

Arrows flew like rain.

Ning Zai avoided a cluster of arrows by relying on the terrain, turned over quickly, dropped his bow and arrow and quickly jumped off the roof, followed by another person.

As soon as the two jumped down, they heard chaotic footsteps coming from the alley.

This is the place they had checked before, because it was deserted, so it was suitable for cutting in, but it was also because of the desertion, there was no place to hide, there was only a house that was damaged on all sides, and the low walls could not block the bodies of the two of them at all.

Ning Zai was a little nervous.

The enemy is outnumbered, if they take the lead, I will definitely be caught, if I take the lead...

Ning Zai made a decision in an instant, and was about to rush up to hit them by surprise, when the people around him suddenly poked him, and then quickly punched himself into the low wall next to him. It happened to be blocked by a low wall.

Then, the man ran towards the other side of the alley with all his strength.

At this moment, a small leader arrived with dozens of officers and soldiers, and he saw the running figure of the man at a glance.

"It's him, take it!"

A few officers and soldiers who were eager to do meritorious service rushed forward. The alley was not too long. They quickly saw the man's attire, and their hands and feet hesitated a little.

The officers and soldiers who were chasing people were still hesitating, but the person being chased was not polite at all. The person said anxiously: "They are going this way, hurry up!"

Before the words fell, the little leader also arrived, with a puzzled expression on his face: "Ning Yamen servant, why are you here?!"

That person turned around, it was Ning Zhong.

Ning Zhong looked very anxious, switched his head between the little leader and the other side several times, finally, as if resigned to fate, he sighed and said: "I rushed over when I heard the movement, just in time to see the thief jumping down, I was just in time If you want to chase, you will come."

The little leader was a little suspicious: "Is there any witness?"

Ning Zhong looked around in embarrassment, lowered his head helplessly, and said bitterly: "They are all elsewhere, and I am the only one here."

I have to mention that the two brothers of the Ning family have a very loyal, brave and upright appearance. At first glance, they look like good young men with good roots, and they will definitely not do things such as lying.

Seeing him like this, the little chief actually believed it in his heart.He had also heard that Ning Zhong was at odds with his colleagues on weekdays, and it was understandable that he wanted to return to the county government office if he was eager to make meritorious service. Besides, he was indeed eager to make meritorious service just now, so it shouldn't be a lie.

The noise in the rest of the place continued, and it seemed that there was another fire somewhere. The little chief didn't bother to ask Ning Zhong any more, and patted him on the shoulder: "The situation is unclear tonight, so don't act alone."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Ning Zhong's answer, he led a group of people and chased towards the alley on the other side.

After the officers and soldiers had all withdrawn, Ning Zai stood up from the low wall beside him, approached Ning Zhong and said, "Brother, what you did just now was very dangerous..."

Ning Zhong didn't answer, just said: "Quick, the matter is not over, we have to make sure that the bandits broke in."

Ning Zai also knew that this was not the time to be hypocritical, so he changed his attire slightly and headed towards the center of Kuding Lane again.

When this series of riots occurred in Kuding Lane, a major incident also occurred in the Meng Mansion on the other side of Qiongzhou City.

The Meng Mansion occupies quite a large area, and besides the main family, there are many servants from various ethnic groups, so there is a residential area around the Meng Mansion for them to live in.

The problem lies in these houses.

"It's dry, be careful with candles."

It was late at night, and it was the time for good dreams to go to bed, but Wang Xiaoer, who was on guard, yawned and shouted on the street.

Suddenly, there seemed to be some strange noises in the yard next door, as if a group of people were brushing something.The people inside the door moved and said: "Brother is right, the people in the city are really rich. Let's burn them to death today, and it will be much easier to fight tomorrow."

Another voice echoed: "Yes yes yes, burn them!"

Wang Xiaoer didn't like this errand at first, but he was so sleepy at this moment, he suddenly woke up after hearing these words.

What, someone wants to set fire to it?
How dare you set fire in front of the watchman!

"Bold, whoever dares to kill and set fire here, I will take you to the court!"

Thinking like this, Wang Xiaoer wanted to go to the yard to find out the person, and knock on the door to remind the people in the yard, who knew that before he got close, he saw a dozen or so black shadows rushing from the side door of the yard. He went out, ran straight into the alley behind and disappeared.

Wang Xiaoer hurriedly shouted: "There is a thief, come here, catch the thief!"

Before shouting a few times, I saw a raging fire in the courtyard where someone ran out.

This immediately frightened Wang Xiaoer, he didn't expect that they would really dare to set fire.The whole body was stiff and dumbstruck.

Then, rough and evil laughter came from the street behind, and there seemed to be the sound of metal crashing again, and the screams of men and women in pain and the cry of help came from the courtyard.

Only then did Wang Xiaoer come to his senses, scurrying about in the street like a headless chicken, shouting loudly: "Help! It's on fire! Get up and put out the fire!"

People were woken up one after another, but when the neighbors came to put out the fire, the fire was already very large.

The fire burned suddenly, and there was still a smell of kerosene in the air. The fire was very fierce.

The people fighting the fire didn't have time to react, so they could only watch helplessly as the flames had swallowed up the entire house, including the people in it.

The cries for help in the flames became smaller and smaller until they gradually disappeared. The poor residents of this house were burned to death in their sleep.

Such a large fire has also startled people farther away. You don't have to be shy about saving people in the fire at this moment. People from the head of the Meng family also dispatched, and the fire extinguishing became very smooth. Everyone worked together. After a hard fight, The fire was finally extinguished.

Although the fire was extinguished, everyone did not go back to sleep, but stood in the yard watching the thick black smoke.

Master Meng took the lead and stood in front of the crowd, his eyes were full of grief and he couldn't control himself.

"How is this going?!"

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(End of this chapter)