Wishful Things

"Master, it is said that it is related to the Purple Star Sect."

"Purple Star Sect?" Ji Dong couldn't help frowning.

The Purple Star Sect is the best at using the opportunity to confuse people's hearts. The more chaotic the capital is, the more rampant they will be - especially recently, once the news of the King of Xiang collaborating with the enemy to assassinate the Empress Dowager has spread, the whole Purple Star Sect seems to be celebrating the new year.

The yamen servant roughly repeated the words of the person who came to report the case.

The general idea is that when this person was sitting in front of a closed shop on the street, sheltering from the rain and dazed, a young man came over, at first he just chatted with him, but then the chatting changed.

This is amazing.

As a native of the capital, even though he has been a little bit down lately, he never thought of going astray, so he angrily refused on the spot, and went straight to the Yamen.

After hearing the general story, Ji Dong felt a little complicated.

It is nothing new for the Purple Star Church to pick some people who seem to be unhappy in life and wait for the opportunity to persuade them to join the church.

The people in the capital are still too upright...

If you want him to say, what is there to refuse directly?

Now that the imperial court is in such a situation, who can say for sure what will happen in the future, why don't you know how to use the opportunity to leave yourself a way out?

Faced with this kind of invitation to join the church, why not come—not take the initiative, not refuse, and not be responsible?

Anyway, he has now roughly understood that the Purple Star Sect is not a heinous cult. They will not harm innocent people, steal or persecute them, and they will not persecute them. As for the rumors that sway the hearts of the people, they are mostly changed based on facts, not fabricated out of thin air...

The Purple Star Cult just couldn't find him, otherwise...

No, it's useless to find him.

It is said that the Purple Star Cult is very poor.

Poverty made Mr. Ji quickly dispel the dangerous thought that flashed through his mind.

As for the person who made the report earlier——

"Go and tell him that matters related to the Purple Star Sect are under the jurisdiction of the Jishiwei, not under the jurisdiction of this official. Let him go to the Fusi of Beizhen."

Everyone in the Purple Star Sect is extremely cunning and good at disguising, even the police guards can't get any benefit after many times, let alone a mere Beijing government.

Besides, he couldn't finish his own work. With this little salary, he would never be able to do chores other than his own job.

The yamen servant came down and went forward.

The man was still waiting outside the yamen with his sleeves folded. Although it was summer, it had been rainy for several days and it was still a little cold at night.

"I have already asked my lord for instructions. The case of the Purple Star Sect is not under the control of my lord. Please go to Beizhen Fusi."

The yamen servant said, pointing to the north.

The man who reported the case froze when he heard the words.

where?

Beizhen Fusi?

The man who suddenly felt that this kind of thing seemed to be nothing worth reporting to the police turned around and left silently.

The yamen servant turned around, and when he was about to close the door, he suddenly heard a burst of noisy footsteps approaching, accompanied by indistinct shouts.

Looking back, I saw a group of six or seven people running over in the rain, either holding umbrellas or wearing coir raincoats, or simply putting their sleeves on their heads in the rain.

As the people came to the front, the yamen servant finally heard what happened——

"Go and have a look, sir, there is a yard behind Liuyin Hutong that's flooded!"

"It's so hot that it burns!"

The yamen servant was quite surprised.

This kind of sky can also be burned, so the person who ignited the fire is really capable!

"Is there anyone else in that courtyard?" the yamen servant asked first.

"I heard that there is a young official living here!"

"The waiter went home early yesterday morning to visit relatives..."

"What official, didn't you say you were dismissed?"

Hearing everyone chattering, the officials didn't dare to delay, and after reporting the matter to their lords, they rushed over immediately.

When they arrived, many people were already watching and discussing - such a big fire, not to mention raining, even if you have a knife, you have to watch it.

After all, life is already boring enough, if there is nothing new to join in the fun, what's the point of being alive?

But everyone is not just here to join in the fun.

After the officials were organized, many common people also helped put out the fire together.

But the fire was burning fiercely, and seeing the source of the fire was a bit strange, saying that it was to fight the fire, but in fact it was half waiting to burn out the fuel.

Unfortunately, the weather was not good, and the rain stopped halfway through the rescue.

After such busy tossing, the fire was not completely extinguished until the sky turned white.

Most of the courtyard that had been burnt into ruins collapsed, and only a few beams of the main house barely supported the outline. Bursts of black smoke rose up, covering the surrounding area like a dense fog.

Taking advantage of this gap, several "common people" who helped out touched the secret room where all the institutions had been burned, and after hiding the two things that had been cleaned up in their sleeves, they shouted in surprise: "Master, this... seems to be a person here!"

Two officials hurriedly surrounded the past.

A mass of charred black objects that barely looked like a human being was crushed under the collapsed blue bricks.

The officials did not move without authorization, and immediately invited Wu Zuo to come and check.

It was confirmed by Wu that it was indeed a dead body.

Seeing the dead body covered with a white cloth being carried out by the officials, the onlookers either cast curious glances or sighed in sympathy.

At this time, suddenly a young man dressed as a servant ran over and looked at the house that had been burned to ashes. After the servant was astonished, he knelt down and cried loudly.

"My lord! How can you be so overwhelmed!"

It was this simple sentence that caused an explosion in the crowd.

They are all people who are used to watching the excitement, who doesn't have the basic inference ability?

"Hiss...couldn't this be the fire I lit?"

"I heard that this young man was specially sent back to visit his relatives earlier, perhaps it was deliberately dismissed, and he wanted to kill himself..."

"Didn't you hear what the servants said just now? In the secret room, traces of kerosene were found. The fire was lit with kerosene. This must have been prepared."

"I think it's because the official career has not been smooth recently, and he has fallen into a dead end..."

"It's not just that the official career is not going well, the family is gone, and it's not easy to be alone... Oh, poor man!"

"What poor people... I think you haven't been out for the past two days, and you haven't heard the news from outside the city?" said the man holding a baby who was eating buns.

Many people looked at him one after another.

This big brother with children is a familiar face, and when it comes to gossip, he not only knows a lot, but also keeps it true!

"what news?"

"Tell me quickly..."

"It's a long story..." Before the man said anything, he first asked, "Do you all remember Zhan Yunjiao, who was threatened and lured by a girl from the Xia Mansion last year and almost killed Miss Xu from the Duke of Zhen's mansion?"

Good night everyone.