dhibooks Chapter 446 Setting Fire 1
Chapter 446 Setting Fire 1
"Yes, old man!"
Sima Ping immediately complied, but was stopped by Sima Zhishang when he was about to leave.
"Choose a few good lightness skills to do, and run away after setting the fire!"
Considering that Yun Tingfeng and the others were there, Sima Zhishang didn't dare to be negligent, and said, "If you get caught, don't reveal that it was done by my Sima family!"
"Don't worry, old man, the servant knows!" Sima Ping nodded clearly, and then led Zhong Shi and Zhong Jin down.
"Father, the Yun family is teasing us like this. This matter is not simply a matter of burning a few Zhuangzi!"
Sima Weibo was furious in his heart. Sima Jincheng was beaten like that, and they paid such a heavy loss. He had never been humiliated like this in his life. How could he bear it!
"Hmph! Of course this matter will not be left alone!"
Sima Zhishang squinted his eyes, and there was a dark light in his cloudy eyes. The majesty of his Sima family could not tolerate anyone's provocation!
"I have already sent someone to contact Shan Yu. As long as he gives me the secret recipe of wine, I will help him unify the tribes in the north!"
Shan Yu is the king of the largest tribe in the northern grassland.
Over the years, the various tribes on the prairie had been fighting endlessly. Shanyu annexed other tribes and gradually grew stronger. Right now, he was only one step away from unifying the entire northern prairie.
If Sima Zhishang is willing to lend a helping hand, then the possibility of Shanyu Unification is even greater!
"But father, this is just for the secret recipe of wine, the price paid is too high, right?!"
Sima Weibo was a little hesitant. Obtaining the secret recipe of wine would certainly damage the momentum of Yun Family Wushuang Winery, but helping Shan Yu would be treasonous!
The deal between the two is too unequal!
Sima Zhishang glanced at Sima Weibo, and sighed slightly. The Sima family is not as good as the previous generation. If he doesn't plan for them while he is still alive, then when he goes, Yu Wenchang will definitely take over the Sima family. There is not even a scum left on the ground!
If he helps Shanyu, isn't he helping the Sima family?
"The emperor will not let Shanyu sit on the throne, he will definitely send troops to attack, and the most suitable candidate among them..."
Sima Zhishang thought about the figure he saw today, a light flashed in his eyes, and sneered, "It must be the champion!"
Yun Tingfeng has stayed in Dongfeng Mansion long enough, it's time to practice on the battlefield!
Without him in charge of the Yun family, he couldn't believe that they could still be up and running!
At that time, he will free up his hands to deal with those little bastards of the Yun family!
"But father, Yun Tingfeng is stationed in the northwest to defend against Jin's attack. The emperor may not send him there." Sima Weibo frowned and said.
"The Kingdom of Jin is currently in civil strife, and several princes are fighting for land. It is impossible to attack our country in the next few years, but once the Xiongnu is unified, it will pose a great threat to the entire north of our country. The emperor knows how to choose!" Sima Zhishang said calmly.
Sima Zhishang looked in the direction of the imperial palace outside the window. It's not that he couldn't see Yu Wenchang's cuts to the Sima family. He always backed down and didn't make a move. It wasn't because he was really afraid of Yu Wenchang, but because he didn't find a suitable opportunity. !
Now that his health is getting worse and worse, he can't wait any longer. Originally, he was a little hesitant about this matter, but after this incident, the relationship between the Yun family and their Sima family completely fell apart. stay!
"As long as Yun Tingfeng is not in Dongfeng Mansion, then it will be easy for us to help Ming'er to the top!" Sima Zhishang said meaningfully.
When Sima Weibo heard this, his body trembled slightly, and he understood Sima Zhishang's intention.
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"Is everything ready?"
Sima Ping looked at the three people behind him and asked.
"Don't worry, the steward, bring them all, and keep them on fire for you!"
The three of them patted the big burden on their bodies, and promised with a vow.
The three of them are the best light kung fu people in Sima's house, and they were specially selected by Sima Ping.
Most of the houses in Zhuangzi are wooden houses or thatched houses, and what they carry on their backs are kerosene and other things. As long as they can ignite the fire, it is no problem to burn down a Zhuangzi!
It's just a pity that the three of them are the only people with good lightness skills in the mansion, and there are only a few Zhuangzi who can be burned, otherwise, he will definitely send dozens of people to burn all the Zhuangzi they sent out!
This is better than sending Zhuang Zi to the Yun family!
"The martial arts of the members of the Yun family are extraordinary, don't confront them, run away immediately after setting the fire!"
Sima Ping looked at several people and warned: "If you are accidentally caught, you know what to say?!"
"Don't worry, Chief Manager, we understand that we absolutely dare not involve the Sima family!" The three of them looked at Sima Ping's eyes, their hearts trembled, and they immediately said.
"Well, hurry up and come back!"
Sima Ping nodded and told the three of them to act.
The figures of the three quickly disappeared from Sima Ping's field of vision. Sima Ping sneered and said, "Let you know that our Sima family's advantage is not so easy to take advantage of!"
In the manor, several people from Chu Zhuang sat around a table. After the discussion just now, they have already made plans for these Zhuangzi. As long as the arrangements are made now, next year, whether it is a winery or a ceramics workshop, The scale of the glass workshop can be expanded several times.
At that time, the ceramic workshop and the glass workshop can also be separated separately.
"What is the taste?"
Yunmengxi frowned as she smelled a strange yet somewhat familiar smell in the air.
"what?"
Everyone looked at Yunmengxi suspiciously, but they didn't notice anything wrong.
"I seem to smell fire oil!"
Yunmengxi and Chuzhuang had experienced a big fire before, so they are very familiar with this smell.
"Fire oil?!"
Chu Zhuang immediately got up and went to the window. As soon as he opened the window, the strong and pungent smell of kerosene hit his face immediately.
"Go! Someone set fire!"
Chu Zhuang immediately reacted, turned around and said to the crowd.
As soon as the words fell, the kerosene was ignited, and a tongue of flame rushed to Chu Zhuang's back from the window.
"careful!"
Yunmengxi was about to rush forward to rescue Chuzhuang, but Yun Tingfeng took the first step and pulled Chuzhuang back from the window.
"Chu Zhuang, are you okay?!"
Yunmengxi asked anxiously.
"I'm fine, let's go out and talk!"
Chu Zhuang shook his head, and everyone didn't care too much, and left the house immediately.
As soon as the few people arrived in the yard, the gate they had just come out was completely set on fire.
"People are there!"
Yunmengxi had the best eyesight, and the arsonist who was about to escape immediately pointed to the roof and said.
Yun Tingfeng flew onto the roof, and was about to capture the man, when the other party threw a full oil tank over in desperation.
Yun Tingfeng didn't want to let the kerosene can fall on the house, increase the intensity of the fire, and didn't care about chasing people, so he immediately took the can.
The arsonist took the opportunity to use lightness kung fu to leave immediately, and disappeared from sight within a few jumps.
"Fire first!"
Yun Tingfeng came down from the roof and said to the crowd.
In order to arrange for people to guard the village, they dispersed all the people around them. Now there are only two servants in the village besides them. Naturally, they have to do it themselves to put out the fire.
"Big brother!"
Chu Zhuang grabbed Yun Zhanfei who was about to fetch water, and said, "They definitely won't just set fire to this one Zhuangzi, you go and inform the other Zhuangzi, and tell them to be careful!"
The person who set the fire wanted to know who it was with his toes.
The other party's revenge mentality is very heavy, it is impossible to just set fire to their Zhuangzi.
Yun Zhanfei's expression changed, and he didn't care about continuing to fight the fire, so he galloped away on a fast horse.
"Hehe! So what about the general, he can't catch me!"
Han Yan looked at the fire in Zhuangzi in the distance, with a complacent expression on his face.
Even though Yun Tingfeng has reached the realm of half-step master, it is not easy to catch up!
"It's just a pity that a few of them were not burned to death, otherwise, the master will definitely reward you a lot!"
Han Yan shook his head, didn't wait any longer, turned around and was about to leave.
It's just that he took a few steps, and then suddenly stepped back slowly.
"Your speed is quite fast! Grandpa, I almost can't catch up with you!"
Wu Da bit a grass stalk in his mouth, looked at Han Yan in front of him and said with a sneer.
Although Han Yan didn't know who the person opposite was, he knew the clothes on the other party that belonged exclusively to the Imperial City Division.
Huangcheng Division is the emperor's man, and the martial arts of the people inside are all extremely strong, especially Wu Da, the commander inside, has reached the level of a half-step master just like Yun Tingfeng.
Han Yan didn't know if the other party was Wu Da, but if the other party could quietly appear beside him, his martial arts must be superior to him!
Run if you can't beat it!
Han Yan didn't tell Wu Daduo, but turned around and ran away.
Wu Da didn't go after him either, just waited in place.
Not long after, Han Yan returned to the original place, and was surrounded by the people of Huangcheng Division.
"Run! Grandpa, let's see where you can go today!"
Wu Da glanced at the fire in the distance, with a flash of anger in his eyes, and slapped Han Yan.
Han Yan couldn't dodge at all, he was slapped, knocked out several teeth in his mouth, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell directly to the ground.
"Head, should we help save the fire over there?"
The subordinates tied up Han Yan and came to Wu Da to ask him.
"The fire is too big to be saved. They have cut down all the surrounding trees that can be burned. When they are all burned, the fire will stop."
Wu Da shook his head. It is not so easy to save the fire that has been poured with kerosene, and it is useless for them to go there right now.
"Have you caught both of them over there?" Wu Da asked.
"I just saw the signal, and I have already caught it." The subordinate responded immediately.
"Well, bring the man with us, let's go back and return to the emperor!"
Wu Da nodded slightly, didn't stay here for long, turned and left.
Han Yan brought a lot of kerosene to the fire, and the roofs of all the houses were splashed on, especially the place where the warehouse stored the granary was splashed with a whole can.
It is impossible to put out such a big fire by relying on several people from Chuzhuang to fetch water from the river.
Several people made a decisive decision and immediately cut down all the trees around Zhuangzi to form an open space to prevent the fire from spreading.
"Damn it, even the granary is willing to burn!"
Yun Tingfeng looked at the granary full of grain, and there was a look of heartache in his eyes.
There is a famine everywhere right now, how many lives can be saved by taking out these grains, and it is being burned for nothing like this right now!
What a pity!
Chu Zhuang frowned, and his black eyes were full of fire.
The Sima family is really arrogant to the extreme!
Yunmengxi wiped the black stains on Chu Zhuang's face with a wet handkerchief.
Chu Zhuang looked at Yunmengxi beside him, and then at the fire in front of him, with a sneer on his lips.
People are doing it, and the sky is watching. He wants to see how long the Sima family can continue to be arrogant!
Yun Zhanfei came back from a distance on a fast horse.
"Brother, how about the other Zhuangzi?"
Everyone immediately stepped forward to inquire.
Yun Zhanfei wiped the sweat from his forehead, got off his horse, and replied: "I just went to the nearby Zhuangzi, and the little thief was about to set fire to it, but was stopped by the people from the Imperial City Division."
"The people from the Imperial City Department said that there were three people who set the fire. The speed of the person who set the fire in Zhuangzi was too fast, and they couldn't keep up. That's why he succeeded!"
Yun Zhanfei told everyone the news he got from there: "Right now, all three of these people have been arrested."
Hearing that the person was arrested, everyone's expressions softened a little.
But they also know that the person who set the fire is just a pawn, and they have no way to punish the real murderer right now.
"Huangcheng Secretary is the emperor's person. Since they are involved in this matter, we should not interfere." Yun Tingfeng frowned and said.
The fire burned for an entire hour, and then the fire gradually subsided.
Everything in the Zhuangzi was burned down. The only good thing is that their people were all right and escaped in time.
"The places these guys picked are all wealthy Zhuangzi!" Yun Zhanfei said cursingly.
The two hundred acres of land delivered by the Sima family are almost all sandy land and woodland, with only a few ten hectares of fertile land, and the few Zhuangzi in this area are also the most prosperous among them.
And this is the main goal of their arson.
"It's a good thing they don't have many people here. If they burn all the Zhuangzi, then..." Yunmengxi pursed her lips tightly, her eyes full of worry.
Fortunately, it is winter now, and the fields outside are barren. Otherwise, if they let them light a fire in the crop field, the fire would really be magnified.
"They didn't dare to set fire to all the Zhuangzi. They also wanted to vent their anger. It's really such a big mess, and it won't end well for them." Yun Hong shook his head slightly.
The group didn't stay here for long, and left with others after the fire was completely extinguished.
Chu Zhuang and the others left, but that didn't mean the matter was over.
Sima Ping has been waiting for news in a resting foot shop at the gate of the city.
However, the three Han Yan who set the fire did wait, but they were imprisoned in the prison car.
Sima Ping stared wide-eyed at the prison car passing in front of him, his eyes were full of shock and fear.
Wu Da rode in the front, and he also saw Sima Ping, with a mocking smile on his lips.
The reason why Sima Ping was not arrested was because he wanted to let the dog go back to inform the owner.
Wu Da led the people away, Sima Ping looked at the prison cart that had already entered the city gate, swallowed his saliva, and rushed back with his feet weak.
He had to go back as soon as possible to tell Sima Zhishang and the others the news!
"Your Majesty, the three people who set the fire have all been arrested and brought to justice."
Wu Da reported to Yu Wenchang in the imperial study.
"Ah."
Yu Wenchang was reviewing the memorial, and asked without raising his head: "Have you recruited?"
"At first I was stubborn, but I quickly recruited." Wu Da said respectfully.
Yu Wenchang nodded in satisfaction and said, "Go down first."
"Yes!" Wu Da came and went quickly, and left soon.
……
Sima House.
"Old master, master..."
Sima Ping returned to Sima Mansion in a disastrous defeat.
"Why is it like this? Is it set on fire?"
Seeing Sima Ping's appearance, Sima Weibo frowned and asked with displeasure.
"The three people who set the fire have been arrested!" Sima Ping pursed his lips and said in panic.
"Are you arrested? All three were arrested?!" Sima Weibo asked with wide-eyed eyes.
"Okay, if you are arrested, you will be arrested. At most, the Yun family will abolish people's martial arts, and they won't do anything..." Sima Zhishang waved his hands, unwilling to talk more about this topic.
"Master, they were not arrested by the Yun Family, but by the Commander of the Imperial City Division, Master Wu Dawu." Sima Ping said with a mournful face.
"Wu Da?!"
Hearing this name, Sima Zhishang and Sima Weibo's expressions changed, and their expressions suddenly became tense.
"Are you sure it's Wu Da?" Sima Weibo stepped forward, looked at Sima Ping nervously and asked.
"I saw it with my own eyes! Then Master Wu walked in front of the little man!" Sima Ping was full of helplessness. He also hoped that he was wrong, but the fact was that he was heading in the worst direction.
It's no big deal to be caught by the Yun family, at most Han Yan and the others will suffer a little.
But being caught by Wu Da, the consequences...
"If he falls into Wu Da's hands, I'm afraid we've already been recruited." Sima Zhishang said the result.
The three of Han Yan are not dead men, and they are not so loyal to the Yun family. If such a person falls into Wu Da's hands, it would be good if they can last for a quarter of an hour.
"Father, the emperor must know, we..." Sima Weibo looked at Sima Zhishang with a livid face, he didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only pin all his hopes on Sima Zhishang.
They originally planned to hide this matter from Yu Wenchang, but who knew, all of them were exposed in front of Yu Wenchang, and they were even caught and authenticated by him.
This matter has exploded.
Sima Zhishang closed his eyes, opened them slowly after a while, and said, "The only thing we can do is to save money and eliminate disasters."
"Father, what do you mean?" Sima Weibo asked Sima Zhishang with a puzzled expression.
"The emperor should have noticed it a long time ago, otherwise Wu Da would not have taken action to capture him back so quickly."
Sima Zhishang knew that Sima Jincheng's matter must not be hidden.
They can only rescue Yu Wenchang before it happens.
"Then father, how much do we have to take?" Sima Weibo pressed his lips tightly and asked with heartache.
They have already paid for two hundred hectares of land, and now they have to pay more. The Sima family has lost too much blood in the past two days!
Sima Zhishang is well aware of Yu Wenchang's greedy nature, and it will definitely not work if he has less money.
If you want to give it, give it a price that Yu Wenchang can't refuse!
Their Sima family is in charge of papermaking technology, and there are so many properties in the family, big and small, and the money can be gathered soon after it is gone.
But if Yu Wenchang took this opportunity to attack the Sima family, the blow to them would definitely outweigh the loss in money!
Sima Zhishang saw this very clearly.
"How many gold coins are there in the treasury?" Sima Zhishang looked at Sima Ping and asked.
"Report to the old man, there are 180 million gold coins in the treasury right now!" Sima Ping said immediately.
"The one million gold coins come out!"
Sima Zhishang looked at Sima Weibo and said, "Weibo, take the gold coins and enter the palace immediately to ask the emperor to present him with a present!"
Before Yu Wenchang explained the matter, there was still room for this matter to be reversed.
Sima Weibo also knew that now was not the time to feel sorry for money, so he gritted his teeth and came down.
……
"Your Majesty, Lord Shangshu please see me!"
Hong Da came in from outside the door, and whispered in Yu Wenchang's ear, "Master Shangshu brought 100 million gold coins, and they have already been counted, and they will be placed in the side hall."
"Tsk tsk~"
Yu Wenchang put down the imperial pen, his eyes were full of mockery: "I don't even want to stay in the clean private treasury, and his Sima family took out 100 million gold coins so easily!"
Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to punish the Sima family properly, but that old fox Sima Zhishang obviously knew him very well, so he sent 100 million gold coins in so quickly.
If Wushuang Winery had been opened a few years earlier and he had more money, he could still refuse. Right now, he is looking for money like crazy, and he really can't refuse the money from Sima Weibo!
One million gold coins is worth one-fifth of the country's annual tax revenue.
Knowing that Yu Wenchang was dissatisfied, Hong Da lowered his head and dared not speak.
"Okay, take the money and tell him, it's just this one time, not another one!"
Yu Wenchang thought for a while and added: "Let him prepare more gifts for the New Year's Eve!"
Since Sima's family is rich, of course they should pay more!
"Yes!"
Hong Da bowed his body and retreated.
"Eunuch Hong, is the emperor willing to see me?"
Seeing Hongda coming out, Sima Weibo came over immediately, stuffed a small gold brick into his sleeve calmly, and asked anxiously.
Hong Da took the gold bricks, and then said: "Lord Sima, the emperor said, only this time, don't make an exception!"
"Yes, yes, yes! The minister and the emperor promise that this incident will never happen again in the future!"
Hearing that Yu Wenchang was unwilling to pursue this matter, Sima Weibo immediately breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
In this winter, he was sweating all over.
"In addition, the emperor also instructed that this year's annual ceremony should be more generous." Hong Da coughed and said in a low voice.
When Sima Weibo heard this, his face became a little stiff.
Is 100 million gold coins not enough to feed Yu Wenchang's appetite?
He even wanted to extort money from their Sima family? !
"Yes, I know, I will definitely prepare a generous annual gift for the emperor!"
If Sima Weibo heard Yu Wenchang's request in the past, he would definitely refute it directly, and he could say a lot about the reasons.
But now, he couldn't say a word of rejection.
Sima Weibo dragged his heavy body and left the palace.
And Chu Zhangyang, who caused all this, woke up leisurely from the bed at this moment.
"This is where?"
Chu Zhangyang looked at the strange bed curtain with some vague consciousness, and murmured.
"Master Chu, you're awake."
The maid serving at the side saw Chu Zhangyang open his eyes, showing a look of surprise, and immediately said: "Young Master Chu, this is the guest room of Sima Mansion. You fainted earlier, so you rested in the guest room."
"faint……"
Chu Zhangyang's consciousness gradually returned, and he remembered what happened before he fell into a coma, and a strong look of fear gradually gathered in his eyes.
"Si, how is Mr. Sima?" Chu Zhangyang asked tremblingly.
He didn't forget that it was because of him that Sima Jincheng caused such a misunderstanding and called at the door.
If something happened to Sima Jincheng because of this, it would be a disaster for him!
"Master, he is in the room... The doctor said that his condition is not very good." The servant girl shook her head and said with a serious expression.
Sima Jincheng's injuries were fine, but he was frightened.
Because Yun Zhanfei was angry, he beat him up. Sima Jincheng has been having nightmares since he came back, and he has not recovered yet.
"I'm going to see Young Master Sima!"
Chu Zhangyang struggled to get up from the bed, ready to visit Sima Jincheng.
The servant girl couldn't persuade Chu Zhangyang, so she could only help him to go there.
"The young master has a high fever again. It's not okay to keep burning like this! It will burn your brain!"
The doctor patted Sima Jincheng's forehead. He had already poured a lot of herbs into Sima Jincheng.
"If something happens to Jincheng today, I will demand all of you die!"
When Sima Weibo heard the news as soon as he came back, he was furious immediately, and angrily reprimanded everyone.
The doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling fearful and anxious in his heart, he could only say: "Master, young master, this is a heart disease, and he can only heal it with heart medicine, and it is useless to continue pouring medicine!"
"The young master must have been frightened, he needs to find someone to comfort him!"
"appease?"
Sima Weibo frowned, who can he turn to comfort him at this time?
Sima Jincheng's old lady died early, so she couldn't find someone from the Yun family!
After much deliberation, he could only do it himself.
Sima Weibo sat by the bed, patted Sima Jincheng's body, and comforted him: "I'm here for my father, I'm fine, I'm fine!"
However, after a long time of appeasement, it didn't work.
Chu Zhangyang looked outside the door for a long time, thought for a while, then went in, and said to Sima Weibo: "Master Sima, maybe you can let the boy try it."
Sima Weibo recognized Chu Zhangyang. Recently, Chu Zhangyang often followed Sima Jincheng, and he had seen him several times.
Chu Zhangyang now wanted to atone for his crimes. When Sima Jincheng woke up, he might be able to forgive him for his previous mistakes when he worked hard to treat him at this time.
"Come and try!" Sima Weibo nodded without hesitation.
The main reason is that there is nothing he can do now, let Chu Zhangyang try, it is better than doing nothing.
"Master, we have already repelled the Yun family!"
"The Yun family has been cleaned up!"
"Chu Zhuang has been beaten to death by Zhong Jin."
"Yun Zhanfei was beaten to death by Zhong Shi!"
……
Thinking about the situation that day, Chu Zhangyang guessed that Sima Jincheng's heart disease should be Chu Zhuang and others, so he kept repeating in Sima Jincheng's ears that they were dead.
A blind cat meets a dead mouse.
As Sima Jincheng listened, his mood calmed down, and after a while, the high fever gradually subsided.
"Good! Well done!"
Seeing this, Sima Weibo breathed a sigh of relief, and praised Chu Zhangyang.
Chu Zhangyang showed a wry smile, and only waited for Sima Jincheng to tell Sima Weibo what happened before when he woke up, Sima Weibo could still treat him with such an attitude.