Reborn on the day of marriage! After the marriage exchange, the elder sister went crazy

The owner of the bamboo shop had his hair and beard burnt, and his face was streaked with black and gray.

"I checked the candlelight before going to sleep, and suddenly I smelled smoke in the middle of the night."

"The store was full of bamboo and wooden items. When I rushed into the store, I found that everything was on fire. I couldn't put out the fire, so I could only climb over the wall in the backyard to get out."

At this point, the shopkeeper beat his chest and stamped his feet: "After I climbed over the wall and got out, I found that the whole street was on fire."

"Damn it!" the shopkeeper said as tears fell.

After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Li Jinglan looked nervous: "Are any other people injured?"

Today's houses are all made of wood.

It will catch fire when encountering fire.

A house caught fire and the neighbors were not spared.

"Where did the fire start?" Lu Bozhou also asked.

The shopkeeper wiped his tears and decided to answer Lu Bozhou's question first: "I have been fighting the fire since I got out. Later I heard that it started from our house."

Then he answered Li Jinglan: "Some people were injured, but not seriously. However, the whole street was almost burned out. How could it burn like this?"

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper felt a little scared.

"Fortunately, I slept in the backyard instead of in the store. If I had slept in the store, I would have died."

The shopkeeper was still terrified. "But I really checked the candles before going to bed. I don't cook in the store. Three meals a day are delivered to me from home. I just light the candles and close the door at night."

"Have you reported the case?" Li Jinglan asked.

The shopkeeper nodded. "Not long after the fire started, the firefighters arrived. They used a bucket to put out the fire for half the night..."

This is too big.

Li Jinglan decided to go back immediately.

Seeing that Li Jinglan was very anxious, Lu Bozhou said, "I will go back with you."

Anyway, the exams are over now and we’re just waiting for the results to be announced.

The results of the provincial examination will be announced in about half a month.

Since Lu Bozhou was going back to Nanli County, the Wang brothers decided to go back together.

Zhou Jin wanted to go back with them.

"It's boring to be alone in the capital anyway, why not go back with you guys?"

At Lu Bozhou's enthusiastic invitation, Zhou Jin decided to live in the Lu family.

If Zhou Jin wants to go back, he must inform his cousin.

The Wang brothers decided to wait for Zhou Jin for a day in Beijing.

Lu Bozhou and Li Jinglan went back first.

It was already evening when Lu Bozhou and Li Jinglan arrived in Nanli County.

The two had no time to go home.

Go to the county town first.

As soon as they saw the head of the Lu family coming back, the neighbors surrounded them.

"Your Lu family's store was the first to catch fire. Pay us the money."

"Our family wealth from several lifetimes was burned up overnight. Your Lu family must compensate us."

Everyone was outraged.

Lu Bozhou tried to comfort one but the other jumped up and started cursing again, and he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.

"My dear neighbors, I just finished the imperial examination yesterday. When I heard the news today, I immediately rushed back from the capital. Please allow me to investigate and find out what happened."

"Why do we need to investigate? The fire started from your house, so you have to pay for it." A neighbor looked at Lu Bozhou with a squinting eye, "Who knows if it was your family who set the fire on purpose?"

Lu Bozhou's eyebrows turned cold. "Without any evidence, how can you accuse me of arson? This is a crime that can result in imprisonment or even murder."

The neighbor was not afraid at all: "Why should I be afraid? You are the one I should be afraid of! Your house was on fire, not mine."

"Why do you insist that I set the fire? Did you see me setting the fire? If you saw it, then show me the evidence you saw. Don't just accuse me of something without any evidence."

Lu Bozhou looked at his neighbor coldly, his voice icy.

He has experienced a lot in the past six months.

When he looked stern, coupled with his status as a scholar, he immediately frightened the neighbor.

The neighbor said awkwardly: "After all, the fire started in your house."

"Starting a fire is starting a fire, and arson is setting a fire! These two words are completely different concepts."

Lu Bozhou kept on asking his neighbor, "More than a thousand candidates can prove that I took the imperial examination, and the chief examiner of the Imperial Examination Hall can also prove it for me. Since I was not there, did you set the fire?"

"What evidence do you have to prove that I set the fire?" the neighbor was shocked.

Lu Bozhou smiled coldly: "What evidence do you have to say that I set the fire? Did the examiners of the Imperial Examination Hall let me out to set the fire and then let me go back to continue the exam?"

The neighbor couldn't argue and became speechless.

Li Jinglan saw it clearly from the ox cart, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

This is the real Lu Bozhou.

He is eloquent and has a quick mind.

Lu Bozhou glanced at this neighbor and spoke to the other neighbors: "My dear neighbors, I just came back from the capital and I don't know anything about it. I will go to the county government office to report the case tomorrow morning. Those who are innocent will be innocent, and those who are guilty will be guilty."

A neighbor raised his voice and asked, "What if the fire really started from your house?"

"If the fire was caused by my fault, I will naturally compensate the losses of my neighbors and am willing to accept the punishment of the law."

Lu Bozhou snorted when he said this: "But if it's not our family's problem, whoever should be punished should be punished."

The man who had just quarreled with Lu Bozhou muttered in a low voice: "After all, the fire started in your house. There must be something wrong with your family."

After comforting the neighbors, Lu Bozhou and Li Jinglan went to find the firefighters.

Fire soldiers are the servants in the county government who are responsible for fires.

Considering Lu Bozhou's status as a scholar, the firefighters were very polite.

"We were cleaning up the mess on the street today. We determined that the fire was indeed started in your house."

Seeing Lu Bozhou's face change slightly after hearing this, the firefighters comforted him.

"The scene has not been cleaned up yet, so we cannot determine the cause of the fire."

Lu Bozhou and Li Jinglan looked at each other, both a little worried.

After leaving here, he went to find the head of the yamen runners.

Please ask the head of the yamen squad to help investigate what happened on the day of the fire.

After that, Lu Bozhou spent the whole day running between the government office and the streets.

By the time Zhou Jin and the Wang brothers returned to Nanli County, the number of people running around had increased to four.

Seeing that Li Jinglan was also very anxious, Lu Bozhou comforted her: "Before the results are announced, the government will not review any matters related to the candidates."

This is an unwritten rule.

If during the review of a candidate, it is suddenly found that this candidate passes the examination and becomes a juren, this will bring shame to the imperial examination.

The cases of the candidates will be heard only after the results are announced.

"We still have plenty of time for investigation," said Lu Bozhou.

Li Jinglan also asked the shopkeeper in detail.

The shopkeeper is a very careful person and he checks the shop before going to bed every day.

Then blow out the oil lamp and go to sleep.

The fire broke out on the seventeenth day, which was one of the days when the moon was at its fullest.

You don't need to turn on the light to see clearly when you get up at night.

The shopkeeper smelled something and knew that the store was almost burned down.

When he climbed over the wall, he found the whole street was on fire.

The bamboo shop's business was not very good, so Li Jinglan only hired one shopkeeper to sell the goods.

The shopkeeper is the only one who is in charge of selling the goods and looking after the store.

How could he sleep so soundly?

Li Jinglan shared her guess with the head of the yamen runners.

"I was just about to tell you about this. Your boss slept too soundly, which is not normal. So we found the meal he had before the fire and are looking for a coroner to examine it." The head of the yamen runners also had suspicions in this regard.

Li Jinglan felt relieved.

"If someone set the fire, who would it be?"