The morning sun had just shone on the ancient streets, and Huo Jilin's antique shop was quietly located on the corner as usual. The shop displayed various rare antiques, each of which carried traces of time and historical stories.

Huo Jilin was carefully wiping a blue and white porcelain vase, his expression focused and peaceful. At this moment, the door of the shop was suddenly pushed open, and a burst of hurried footsteps broke the tranquility in the shop.

I saw a burly man with a face full of flesh striding in, followed by several burly men. The man was dressed in gorgeous but somewhat exaggerated clothes, and his eyes revealed a sense of arrogance and greed.

Huo Jilin frowned slightly, put down the rag in his hand, went up to him, and said politely: "Sir, what can I do for you?"

The man looked around carelessly, then fixed his eyes on those precious antiques, and said with a greedy smile: "Boss, I like all the antiques in your store, name a price!"

Huo Jilin's heart tightened, but his face remained calm, saying: "Sir, I'm really sorry, these antiques are my favorites, not for sale."

The man's face sank, and he said viciously: "Hmph! Don't refuse a toast, the price I offer will definitely satisfy you."

Huo Jilin insisted He shook his head firmly and said, "It's not about the price. These antiques are of great significance to me. I won't sell them."

The man was so angry that he slammed the table and roared, "You ungrateful thing, I must get these antiques today!"

Huo Jilin straightened his back and said fearlessly, "No matter how arrogant you are, I won't change my mind. This is my store, my antiques, I said I won't sell them!"

The man glared at Huo Jilin with gritted teeth and threatened, "Don't regret it!"

After saying that, he waved his hand, and several big men behind him began to mess up the store, pushing some of the antiques to the ground.

Huo Jilin was so angry that his face turned red, and he shouted loudly, "Stop it!"

However, those people ignored his shouting and continued to destroy it wantonly.

Huo Jilin rushed up to stop it, but was pushed back by a big man and almost fell to the ground.

At this time, the man said coldly: "What do you think? It's not too late to change your mind now."

Huo Jilin glared at him and said: "You bunch of robbers, I will not let you succeed even if I die!"

The man completely lost his patience, a trace of madness flashed in his eyes, and said: "In this case, don't blame me for being rude!"

He took out a fire starter from his arms, lit it and threw it at a pile of shelves with silk.

In an instant, the flames rose up, and the store fell into chaos.

"Fire! Fire!" Huo Jilin was anxious, trying to put out the flames while shouting for help.

The man stood aside, watching all this triumphantly, and said: "Humph, this is the end of your ignorance!"

Huo Jilin was furious and shouted at the man: "You will be punished!"

The neighbors around heard the shouting and rushed over, some holding buckets and some holding brooms to help put out the fire.

With everyone's efforts, the fire was finally brought under control, but the store was in a mess, and many precious antiques were damaged to varying degrees.

Huo Jilin looked at the tragic scene in front of him, heartbroken, with tears rolling in his eyes. He secretly vowed to make this hateful guy receive the punishment he deserved.

After the fire was put out, Huo Jilin looked at the devastated store, his heart was broken. He clenched his fists, and the flames of anger burned in his eyes.

The neighbors around him came up and comforted him.

"Boss Huo, don't be too sad, as long as the people are okay." An old man said.

Huo Jilin suppressed his grief and said, "Thank you for your help. I will not let this account go!"

At this time, a young man said angrily, "This is too much. We must report to the government and let the government arrest these evil people!"

Huo Jilin nodded and said, "I will report to the government now."

Huo Jilin came to the government and told the county magistrate what happened.

The county magistrate frowned and said, "There are such arrogant people. Don't worry, Boss Huo, I will investigate this matter thoroughly."

However, a few days passed, and there was no progress on the government side. Huo Jilin was anxious and came to the county government again.

"Mr. County Magistrate, why is there no movement in this case?" Huo Jilin asked anxiously.

The county magistrate looked embarrassed and said, "Boss Huo, that group of people seems to have some background, and it is a bit difficult to investigate."

Huo Jilin heard it and said angrily, "Are we just going to let them get away with it?"

CountyLing hurriedly said: "Boss Huo, don't worry, I'll think of a way."

Huo Jilin left the county government disappointedly.

Back to the shop, when Huo Jilin was frowning, a mysterious old man appeared.

The old man stroked his beard and said: "Young man, I heard about your experience, maybe I can help you."

Huo Jilin looked at the old man in doubt and asked: "Old man, what can you do?"

The old man smiled slightly and said: "I know some details of the evil man. The reason why he is so arrogant is that there is a powerful backer behind him. But as long as we can find evidence and overthrow his backer, this evil man will naturally have nowhere to hide."

A glimmer of hope flashed in Huo Jilin's eyes, and he said: "Then please give me some advice, old man."

The old man lowered his voice and said: "You go and check some of the illegal things that the backer has done. As long as you have evidence, you can catch them all in one fell swoop."

Huo Jilin said gratefully: "Thank you, old man."

After a hard investigation, Huo Jilin finally found some key evidence.

Just when he was about to go to the county government office again, the evil man came to him with his men.

"Humph, do you think you can do anything to me by finding some evidence?" The evil man said arrogantly.

Huo Jilin glared at him and said, "You have done many evil things, and you will be punished sooner or later!"

The evil man laughed: "Punishment? I think you are overestimating yourself!"

At this time, the county magistrate arrived with officers and soldiers.

The county magistrate said loudly: "Bold evil thief, your crime has been exposed, why don't you surrender!"

The evil man's face changed and said: "Sir, there must be a misunderstanding."

The county magistrate sneered: "The evidence is conclusive, and you still want to quibble? Come on, take them down!"

The officers and soldiers rushed up and subdued the evil man and his men.

Huo Jilin finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, the county magistrate, for your justice."

The county magistrate said, "This is my duty."

The shop gradually returned to its former calm, and Huo Jilin reorganized the damaged antiques.

One day, the mysterious old man appeared again.

Huo Jilin hurriedly thanked him, "Old man, thanks for your guidance."

The old man smiled and said, "There is justice in the world. As long as you don't give up, there will always be hope."

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