Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 20 Arson
Several consecutive days of good weather have made the air dry, which is a good time to set a fire.

Chen Gu didn't plan to wait any longer. Firstly, he couldn't stand guarding his body like this every day. Secondly, the sewer was becoming more and more disgusting. Chen Gu was afraid that someone would dump a baby in there again one day. That would be very uncomfortable.

Although the plan is not perfect, we have to try to know whether it will succeed or not. There is no perfect plan in this world.

Besides, man proposes, God disposes. If you are 50% sure, you can do it. For something like this where you can get out of it, you can give it a try even if you are 30% or 20% sure.

Anyway, even if it fails, it would only be a loss of some supplies, and Chen Gu, who has a huge sum of 900 taels of silver, can definitely afford the loss.

So at four o'clock in the morning, Chen Gu, who heard the night watchman's sound, climbed out of bed, changed his clothes, covered his head and face, and took the high-proof liquor, water gun, dynamite cans, fire starters and other things he had prepared in advance and entered the sewer.

I came to Bai's Restaurant through the sewer. The yard was quiet and there was no one there.

Chen Gu brought a total of four dynamite cans, each containing more than half a pound of gunpowder. Because the cans were a bit large, half a pound of gunpowder could not fill the cans, so Chen Gu added half a can of soil to cover the explosives.

Chen first arranged four explosive tubes, one next to the well and used a stick of incense to delay it for about ten minutes. This was prepared for people who came to fetch water to put out the fire.

One was placed at the entrance of the restaurant, with a stick of incense used to delay the time for about twelve minutes. It was prepared for people who were escaping from the restaurant.

There are two more that are placed on both sides of the courtyard gate, with a delay of about 20 minutes. These are prepared for the people from the Water Dragon Bureau.

As for whether it will work or not, and whether it happens to hit someone, that is not something Chen Gu can control. As the saying goes, man proposes, God disposes.

After arranging the explosive tanks, Chen Gu began to spray white wine with a bamboo water gun.

The fire was specifically fired along the eaves and the walls. That place is high. Once the fire starts, unless people from the water dragon department come, it will be difficult for the people in the yard to put out the fire at such a high place with buckets of water. Even if you use a ladle to scoop water and pour it up, it will only be half the result with twice the effort.

As time was running out, Chen Gu did not dare to use the water gun for too long. After shooting two bamboo tubes, he directly picked up the sheepskin bag and poured the remaining white wine at the foot of the wall.

After blowing the fire stick to light the fire, Chen Gu quickly ran back and got into the sewer. However, before putting down the stone slab, Chen Gu stayed for a while, watching the green flames from the burning white wine burn all the way to the eaves, then he put down the stone slab and left quickly.

It only took Chen Gu a few minutes to leave the sewer under the main street. Even if he had to crawl, it didn't take him long to get back to his front door.

As soon as Chen Gu pushed open the stone slab and exposed his head, he saw a blurry face appear in front of him, with two eyes staring at him motionlessly.

Just after coming out of the dark sewer, with the help of the faint light outside, Chen Gu could clearly see that it was Liu Er's face.

"Do you want to scare me to death?" Chen Gu was instantly filled with anger. Even though the most important thing at this moment was to hide his whereabouts, Chen Gu couldn't help but curse out loud.

Liu Er raised his hand and fanned himself in front of him, saying with a disdainful tone: "Go in and wash yourself quickly, it stinks worse than falling into a cesspool. If the whole city is searched later, you won't be able to hide like this!"

Chen Gu climbed out of the sewer, covered the stone slab, and walked inside while asking, "Does the Bai family have the ability to ask the county magistrate to search the entire city?"

"With money, there's nothing that can't be done!" Liu Er couldn't help but smile as he watched the direction of Bai's Restaurant becoming brighter and brighter.

"boom!"

Just as Chen Gu stepped into the house, a loud noise came from the direction of Bai's Restaurant, followed by screams, and then a commotion. When Chen Gu was taking a shower, another loud noise came, followed by screams.

When Chen Gu came out of the shower, there were two more loud noises, and more screams.

At this time, flames were already rising from the direction of the Bai Family Restaurant.

When Chen Gu went out, the alley was already full of people, looking in the direction of Bai's Restaurant and talking.

Say anything.

Most people were discussing whose house the fire had broken out, while others were praying to God, hoping that the fire would not spread.

What Liu Er said about a city-wide search did not seem to happen. Not only was there flames blazing from the direction of the Bai Family Restaurant, but it was also very noisy. Many people must have gone over to help put out the fire.

Chen Gu didn't know what the fire looked like exactly, but judging by the size of the fire, it should be difficult to put out. Now it all depended on how much supplies the Bai family could rescue from the restaurant.

In fact, there is no need to grab things like gold, silver, and copper coins. They won’t be burned anyway. You can just pick them out after the fire is out.

The key is whether the cloth, pearls, silver bills and other various documents, as well as opium, these valuable things can be rescued.

No matter what, the Bai Family Restaurant was definitely doomed. Being able to burn down this filthy place, Chen Gu's basic goal had been achieved, so Chen Gu was in a good mood.

He felt that his thoughts were much clearer, and when he smelled the faint sweet scent of fireworks, Chen Gu was even happier.

This means that the Bai family's opium was not rescued, and at least a large part of it remained in the sea of ​​fire. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to smell the unique sweet smell of the opium from a distance of several hundred meters.

"Okay, go to bed early. I'll help you pull the wood back tomorrow morning. You can sleep for two more hours!" Liu Er smiled at Chen Gu.

Chen Gu shook his head and said with a smile: "No, I'm fine. I'm happy and have endless energy. It doesn't matter if I work hard!"

The flames shot up into the sky and illuminated the alley where Chen Gu was. Wang Wu and his family were also standing outside watching the excitement. Wang Wu was secretly watching Liu Er and Chen Gu.

Wang Wu was still frightened of Chen Gu, a seemingly young boy. The first time they met, Wang Wu almost died at Chen Gu's hands.

At that time, Wang Wu felt the strong murderous intent in Chen Gu's eyes, so he decisively admitted his mistake and begged Chen Gu to let him go on the grounds of his mother, wife and children at home.

Seeing Chen Gu's smiling face at this moment, Wang Wu couldn't help but reveal a thoughtful look. Wang Wu knew about the transaction between gang leader Wang Jian and Zhang Haomin and Zhang's Restaurant.

Although it is not known how much money the two men earned exactly, it was definitely a lot, because Zhang Haomin moved away with his family, and Wang Jian also became generous.

Regarding the seasoning, Wang Wu actually guessed that it was related to Chen Gu, but he had no evidence and since it involved Chen Gu, Wang Wu did not interfere too much to avoid getting himself into trouble.

Just when Wang Wu looked at Chen Gu, Chen Gu actually saw Wang Wu as well. The moment their eyes met, Chen Gu smiled strangely, which scared Wang Wu so much that he quickly turned his head away.

(End of this chapter)