Chapter 186 There's a Storm Tonight
Yang Qiuchi went on to say: "There is another very important basis for judging that the fire was set on purpose, that is, this fire has two ignition points!"

"Two fire points?" Song Yuner asked.

Yang Qiuchi nodded: "Yes. The concierge also introduced just now that when he ran here, he saw the second granary—that is, the one we checked just now—flame burning through the roof, and then, right next to it. The roof of the third granary that we owned also burned through the roof."

"You know, it's the granary that started the fire. The roof is covered with tiles, so it's not easy to ignite, especially when the fire just started. Did you notice the description of the porter just now? He said that the third granary immediately followed. Burned through the roof."

"This sentence gives us two hints: the first hint is that the third granary should have caught fire almost at the same time as the second granary caught fire; the second hint, 'burned through the roof', shows that the third granary The fires of the three granaries were also burned from the bottom up."

"We can judge from the current ruins that the two granaries are more than ten steps away from each other. If the third granary was ignited by the fire of the second granary, what the porter saw was not "burning through" from the bottom up. ’, but a parallel ‘ignition’.”

Song Yuner didn't have any intuitive impression of this kind of big fire, and couldn't imagine the difference between "burning through" and "igniting", so she frowned and imagined.

Yang Qiuchi smiled: "Don't think about it, Yun'er, I'll find another evidence for you, and you will be clear." Yang Qiuchi walked to the third granary, pointed to a scorched wood and said: "You Look at this log, what do you find?"

Song Yun'er took a closer look, took a piece of wood and scratched it, and exclaimed joyfully, "This crack is also relatively thin and shallow. Could it be... Could it be that this is where the fire started?" Then she followed the log and planed to open the bottom cover. He picked up one and scratched it open, and exclaimed happily: "Look, there is also the grease pine wood that was used to light the fire just now!"

"Very good!" Yang Qiuchi admired Song Yuner's comprehension ability in his heart, and continued: "These two traces confirm what the concierge said, proving that there were two places where the fire started at that time. If there is a fire, usually it will not be in two places. Therefore, in the same fire scene, generally there will not be two fire points. On the contrary, if more than two fire points are found in the same fire scene, it can be concluded that this is intentional fire."

Now, Song Yuner and the others understood, and when everyone understood this problem, they discovered another shocking problem: Who set fire to the disaster relief food in the yamen?What is the purpose?
There are many possibilities for arson: outsiders stole food to set fire to destroy evidence; Yamen officials guarded themselves and set fire to extinguish traces; revenge against chief envoys or other officials related to food release; set fire to retaliate against social dissatisfaction; children or Mental patients set fires; set fires in order to allow themselves to hoard and operate at high prices; even set fires to save themselves for meritorious service, etc. Of course, there is another possibility, that is the conspiracy of the Jianwen Yu Party.

After thinking about this incident together, Yang Qiuchi felt that there were signs that this was not an ordinary arson, and the last one was very likely. If so, then the matter was serious, so he decided to go back to the post station first.

Back at the post station, Yang Qiuchi first sent two guards to the Yamen of the prefect of Wuchang Prefecture to observe the movements of the hungry people in the square, and then returned to the post station to report.Then he called Song Yuner, Master Jin, Master Long, Nan Gongxiong, and Xia Ping to his room. Master's opinion.

After the crowd came, Yang Qiuchi closed the door, took out his Jinyiwei badge from his pocket, and handed it to Master Jin: "Look at this first."

Master Jin took the waist card with both hands, and Master Long also came up. The two of them looked carefully at the front and back, and they were taken aback immediately, and quickly knelt down on their knees: "My lord, Commander and Special Envoy of Jin Yiwei! Please forgive me for my ignorance!"

Yang Qiuchi smiled and said, "I won't tell you how you know. Get up quickly." The two masters stood up, hands down, with panicked faces.

Song Yun'er looked at the two masters suspiciously, seeing that they were both sincere and fearful, and then looked at the two guard leaders Nan Gongxiong and Xia Ping, but they were not surprised by this, it can be seen that they already knew.

Song Yuner looked at Yang Qiuchi in disbelief: "You, you are the special envoy of Jin Yiwei Commander?"

"What, isn't it?"

Song Yun'er was a little embarrassed, of course she knew what this position meant. Back then, Ma Du's little chief banner of Jinyiwei almost put her father down.The person in front of her was the special commissioner of the supreme leader of the Jinyiwei Commander, and wherever she went, it was as if the commander was there in person. Now she understood why Ma Du, Niu Dahai and the others were both affectionate and respectful to Yang Qiuchi.

The young man she always called brother turned out to be a high-ranking official of Jinyiwei. If you ask for confidentiality, there is no special need not to disclose it. So I have been keeping it from you."

Yang Qiuchi apologized to her in turn, which made Song Yun'er a little surprised and moved, and her mood immediately relaxed a lot: "Then, should I call you your lord or your brother?"

"Of course you call me brother! That's what they call you, sir. You are my good sister, so of course you must call me brother!"

"Hey!" Song Yun'er nodded joyfully, and shouted crisply: "Brother~!"

"Hmm~!" Yang Qiuchi laughed, let go of Song Yuner, turned around and walked in front of the two masters, and said, "Two masters, do you know why I want to reveal my identity?"

The two thought of Yang Qiuchi's concern about the granary fire and disaster relief today, and immediately figured out the joints inside. If Yang Qiuchi hadn't regarded the two of them as confidantes, how could they know such secrets.Glancing at each other, they bowed their hands together and saluted: "Thank you for your attention to us, sir, we will do our best to help you!"

Yang Qiuchi smiled and nodded in satisfaction.

Master Jin continued: "The two of us saw the official document of the appointment of the special envoy from Mr. Song, the magistrate of Song County. We knew that Mr. Song's main mission was to arrest the remnants of Jianwen's party, and he was responsible for the basic duties of the Jinyiwei pickets."

"Your Excellency should be aware that the Wuchang Chief Secretary's granary was set on fire and the magistrate's office has not distributed relief food for a long time. It may be related to Jianwen, and I need to come up with ideas."

"Exactly! Let's all sit down and talk, we will all be our own people in the future, so don't be too cautious." Yang Qiuchi said.

"Yes!" Master Jin and others sat down.

Yang Qiuchi said: "I thought about it, before the government's disaster relief funds were distributed, how did the victims in Fangyuan who were hundreds of miles away know about it, including those as far away as Hui'er, who knew that Wuchang would release food. The disaster victims from all directions and eight villages gathered in Wuchang City, how did the news spread so quickly? This is quite strange."

Master Jin said: "Adult, do you suspect that some of them deliberately spread the news and gathered the disaster victims to Wuchang City, and have other intentions?"

Yang Qiuchi said: "Yes, especially this afternoon, so many hungry people got the news that the prefect's yamen in Wuchang Prefecture will release food tonight, but I met prefect Tan today, and he has no intention of releasing food at all. Then What is the intention of those who spread the news?"

Song Yun'er said: "Is there any need to think about it? It must be an opportunity to create chaos among the hungry people!"

If this is the case, Wuchang City may not be peaceful tonight.Everyone thought of this result.

At this moment, the guards sent by Yang Qiuchi to observe the news rushed back and reported to Yang Qiuchi: "My lord, the prefect's yamen is full of hungry people, and all the arresters and strong people in the prefect's and chief envoy's yamen have come forward to maintain order, it was announced that no food would be released tonight, but the hungry people didn’t believe it, and some people began to shout to rush in to grab food.”

"Because of the fast arrest and the small number of people, the commander of Huguangdu has sent troops to join the guard. But there are too many hungry people, and even the nearby streets are crowded. Once there is a riot, the army may not be able to suppress it."

Yang Qiuchi asked in surprise: "What about now? Have the hungry people rioted?"

"Not yet, it's just that people keep shouting and rushing into the yamen to grab food!" the guard replied.

"Explore again!"

"Yes!" The guard withdrew.

Yang Qiuchi frowned, and said, "You guys give me advice, what should I do now?"

Master Jin thought for a while and said, "My lord, the most urgent thing to do now is to open warehouses to release food and stabilize the situation. Only by stabilizing the emotions of the victims will there be no major troubles. As for what is wrong inside, we can only wait to appease the hungry people. Let’s talk about it after the situation is stabilized.”

"But prefect Tan has no intention of releasing food!" Song Yun'er said.

Master Jin thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Then there is only one way, use Huguang Jinyi Guards, forcefully take over the disaster relief affairs of Wuchang prefect's yamen, and open warehouses to release food!"

Yang Qiuchi thinks exactly like this, the chief envoy is a senior official of the second rank, and even the prefect is a fourth rank, and I, a small county magistrate, can't afford to offend any of them, but Jin Yiwei has the power to picket all officials, no matter your official No matter how high, once the handle is caught, it will be taken down.

However, he didn't know if this method would cause trouble for himself. It involved political struggle, which was not his strong point. This was also the main purpose of Yang Qiuchi's revealing his identity to Master Jin and the others and asking for opinions.

Yang Qiuchi asked: "Is this okay?"

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