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Chapter 150 Arson
Since Yan Hao became a county magistrate, he has to deal with more things every day. He has to spare at least a few hours to deal with various affairs: such as various lawsuits, there are at least a few cases every day, ranging from homicide cases to minor ones. .There are also matters in each county, such as applying for funding to repair waterways, dealing with floods, typhoons, fires, or strong welding bandits, etc., all need to be decided by Yan Hao.

He felt that being an official was tiring, and the level of complexity was much higher than that of being a simple businessman.

Fortunately, he has a lot of classmates, and he has already invited a few former classmates to come to help, so that he can spare some time to sneak around, otherwise he would be busy at least until late at night every night.But these classmates can only pay their own salaries, and the imperial court only recognizes one quota, and the other personnel, Yan Hao, can only help out secretly. If it wasn't for Yan Hao wearing this official skin, he would be the largest in the county. Otherwise, there is definitely no way to do this.

There is no way, who told you that you want to be an upright official, otherwise you can falsely report some places, and then ask your classmates to take the top.

He felt a bit too aggrieved by doing this official. In such a state, he didn't seem to have made much progress in cultivation. He felt that it would be better for him not to be an official.At noon this day, he took care of all the things. It was rare that this day was so easy. He felt that he could relax in the afternoon. In the past few months, he was like a clockwork robot, and he had no time to stop.

Those country gentry and local tyrants ignored him, as if they didn't know him as a person. Regarding some of his decrees, they implemented them seriously in disguise, and the implementation was so-so.

After working so hard, Yan Hao said that if he didn't rest for a day or two, he would die.

In the afternoon, Yan Hao was about to go out, but immediately someone from his subordinates came to report: "My lord, a fire broke out in Donglai Town in the middle of the night, and half of the street has been affected. More than 30 people were killed and injured, and 300 people were homeless. Come to the county magistrate to ask the adults to come to the town to guide the disaster relief and apply for material support."

"What, the fire, so I can leave immediately after I change my clothes." Looking at his casual clothes, Yan Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, my beautiful half-day vacation is gone like this.

So Yan Hao took Wu Jie and a few yamen servants, rode fast horses, and rushed to Donglai Town without stopping, and arrived in the town within half a day.When we came to the scene of the fire, we saw that half of the street had been turned into ruins, and smoke was still coming out, and there was still residual heat.

And the Donglai town official over there already knew about Yan Hao's arrival, so he hurried over to pay a visit: "Master Yan, this lowly official is incompetent, such a tragedy is really heartbreaking."

"Well, let me tell you about the ins and outs of the incident, the damage, how the wounded were treated, and whether the homeless were resettled..." After Yan Hao asked a series of questions, the town official didn't know how to answer .

When he was dumbfounded, Yan Hao also realized that he had too many questions, so he changed his words and said, "Okay, let's talk about the ins and outs of the fire."

"This time the fire seemed to be caused by humans. It started burning in the middle of the street, but it spread quickly and was extinguished by a crowd of people."

"Man-made, does anyone know who did it?"

"According to some people who came back from the night and the nearby people, there was a man in black who was acting suspiciously around at night, and the suspicion was very high. The officials have already drawn a puzzle with them, but they didn't see his appearance clearly. , I only know his figure, but this person seems to be an arsonist who is wanted in the neighboring county, that person seems to set fire everywhere, and the officer suspects that he is also responsible for many fires in the past few months."

"Oh, there is an arsonist. This guy is so vicious. It's really unjust not to bring him to justice." Yan Hao scolded loudly. "The top priority now is to deal with the injured, comfort their families, and resettle the victims. I brought ten thousand taels of silver and quickly built temporary shelters and distributed warm clothes and food."

Afterwards, Yan Hao went to visit the wounded, comforted the family members of the deceased, and then visited the homeless victims to comfort their emotions.

With Yan Hao, the county magistrate, the progress has been accelerated a lot, and it was completed within a few days. As for the arsonist, there is no trace at all. Yan Hao doesn't know if this guy has escaped or not?If he left here, it would be much more difficult to find him.

Yan Hao had no choice but to take precautions and issued an official document to inform all the towns under him to investigate hidden dangers and prevent fires. He also specifically stated that an arsonist had arrived in Donglai Town, everyone be careful.

Such an official document certainly caused a great impact. Those town officials, regardless of their ability, whether they were corrupt or not, all seriously supervised the handling of this matter. Every place in Lizheng and the squires received this notice, asking them to Check out your own one-acre three-point land by yourself, and pay attention to outsiders.

With such an arrangement, Yan Hao felt a little relieved, but he was still worried, so he began to patrol Donglai County every night, like a black ghost, patrolling his own territory.

For three or four nights in a row, Yan Hao didn't notice any movement at all, and even those sneaky guys didn't come out to commit crimes. They seemed to know that Yan Hao, the county magistrate, was still around and didn't dare to mess around.

Thinking about it this way, Yan Hao acted like he was leaving the next day, but when it was normal, he disguised himself and immediately returned to the town to find a hiding place. At night, he started his hunting .

Sure enough, at night, Yan Hao found a figure wandering around. He was carrying a lot of rucksacks on his back. Yan Hao, who had a good nose, immediately smelled the smell of kerosene and sulfur, which are necessary for arson.

Yan Hao didn't arrest him immediately, he followed him for a certain distance, and found that he had left the town. Yan Hao thought he had discovered him, but he didn't expect to head towards a village in the distance. Yan Hao watched He didn't know what he wanted to do. Could it be that he was so interested in thinking of setting fire to the countryside?

Sure enough, it was true. This guy really went to the village and found a place where seven or eight families were connected. In the corner, he took out a bottle of kerosene and prepared to light it. Flash, came behind him, puff puff. . .After a few strokes, he hit several acupuncture points on his body, causing him to collapse on the ground.

After that, Yan Hao didn't stay any longer, and took this guy back to the town hall, and interrogated this guy overnight. I was very angry.

But after some interrogation, he didn't expect that he had a lot of background.

(End of this chapter)