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Chapter 380 Fire Responsibility

"Look, it's all right!" Su Ge withdrew his long needle, looked at everyone proudly and said, and at this time Xu Mingyuan was really clear-sighted, looking at everyone with a painful expression.

"Brother Fan!" Lin Shuran called him softly, Xu Mingyuan burst into tears as soon as he saw her, his face was full of guilt and helplessness.

I saw that he cried and said: "Mom, I got into trouble, I got into big trouble!" Then he buried his head and cried again.

"Brother Fan, it's fine, as long as you are fine!" Lin Shuran comforted him, but Xu Mingyuan just cried and shook his head. He is a student of the Imperial College, so he understands how important Zangshuge is to the Imperial College and the students. Tens of thousands of books were burned, which was undoubtedly a great loss, and he didn't know how to make up for it.

"Fourth brother, don't worry, I still have monthly bills. I'll go to the bookstore to buy books tomorrow morning, and we'll pay for it!" The sixth son Xu Mingzhou said aloud seeing Xu Mingyuan's pain and sadness. In his opinion, it's not just a few books. Have the books been burned? Just go to the street to buy them.

Xu Mingye and the others also said that they would go to the street to buy books with Xu Mingzhou tomorrow. It was an accident.

It's just that things are not as simple as they imagined. After the fire broke out, the Library Pavilion was reduced to ashes in an instant. Both the teachers and students of the Imperial College demanded that Xu Mingyuan be severely punished. They were all very angry because of Xu Mingyuan's carelessness. Fifty thousand volumes of precious books were burned like this, and several old gentlemen fainted from heartache, and one of them is still awake.

Books are the most important things for gentlemen and students, and the books in the Imperial College Library are even harder to find outside, and there are even many orphan copies inside. Once they are gone, they are really gone, that is, those outside When the literati and scholars heard that the Library Pavilion of the Imperial College was burned, they all sighed to the sky, burst into tears, and demanded that the murderer be severely punished. Naturally, the General's Mansion was once again pushed to the forefront.

Although Xu Mingyuan may not have caused the fire intentionally, but the fire did start because of him, so the General’s Mansion is responsible for the fire in the Cangshu Pavilion. Due to the pressure from the Imperial College and those literati, the Emperor had no choice but to order Xu Junze to be in charge of rebuilding the Imperial College The Zangshu Pavilion, and all the [-] volumes that were burnt must be reproduced to make up for the loss caused by Xu Mingyuan.

"Fifty thousand volumes of books? When will we have to copy them!" After hearing the news, Xu Minghao turned into a bitter face with worry, and he had just heard from Fang Da from the Yushi Mansion next door that the gentlemen of the Imperial College still demanded these things. Books must be written by famous masters. Books written by ordinary people are not eligible to enter the library of the Imperial College. What's more, there is a three-month deadline.

"I'm sorry, I'm the one who got involved in the General's Mansion!" Xu Mingyuan locked himself in his room for the past few days, and the brothers from the Xu family went in to accompany him and relieve him. Even though he was knowledgeable and smart, he still wanted to There is no solution, and he doesn't want to make excuses for what he did wrong, he just doesn't know how to really make it up.

"Fourth brother, you didn't do it on purpose, let's think of a way to collect [-] volumes of books within three months." Seeing that Xu Mingyuan was depressed again, Xu Minghao quickly comforted him.

At this moment, someone outside the door reported that Xiao Chen, the servant of the Criminal Department, wanted to see Xu Mingyuan. Everyone was puzzled what Xiao Chen was looking for Xu Mingyuan, but after Xiao Chen came in, he asked Xu Mingyuan to carefully recall the night when the Zangshu Pavilion caught fire , who else has entered the library besides him.

Xu Mingyuan shook his head. At that time, there was no one else in the Library Pavilion except him, but he remembered that when he went in to find a book with a candle, he was suddenly hit by something behind him, and it was this bump that caused him to knock over accidentally. Deng Zhu, and then the library suddenly caught fire. Fortunately, someone passed by and rescued him first, otherwise he would have died in the flames.

"Can you still remember what hit you?" Xiao Chen tightened his eyes and asked Xu Mingyuan.

Xu Mingyuan frowned and thought about it carefully for a while, then shook his head. He told Xiao Chen that at that time he thought that he might have accidentally bumped into something, and afterwards he also thought that the moment he was hit might be caused by wild cats that occasionally appeared in the Imperial College Yes, because at the same time as the candle fell, he heard a meow.

"Master Xiao, this fire is all because of me, but I really didn't do it on purpose, and I am willing to accept any punishment!" Although the emperor had ordered Xu Junze to solve the matter of Zangshuge, Xu Mingyuan always felt that this was his big break. What a disaster, he should be most responsible.

Xiao Chen just glanced thoughtfully at Xu Mingyuan who was full of guilt. The reason why he came to Xu Mingyuan to check the situation today was that he discovered that the fire in the Cangshu Pavilion that night might not be that simple at all, because according to the description of the people who were at the scene at the time, the intensity of the fire It was so rare that it was so fierce. Afterwards, he also surveyed the scene and found traces of flammable phosphorous powder. If it were not for these phosphorous powders, the fire in Zangshu Pavilion might not have been so big at all.

"Have you ever seen someone bring phosphorous powder into the Library Pavilion in the Imperial College?" Xiao Chen asked Xu Mingyuan again.

Xu Mingyuan immediately shook his head. This phosphorus powder is flammable and dangerous. The gentlemen have warned them a long time ago that they are not allowed to bring this kind of thing into the Imperial College for fear of causing a fire.

After Xiao Chen left, Lin Shuran also asked Xu Mingyuan to inquire about the situation, and after learning about the conversation between Xiao Chen and him, she thought that there might be something hidden about the fire in the Zangshu Pavilion, but anyway, the fire was caused by the candle in Xu Mingyuan's hand Yes, he still has to bear the greatest responsibility.

"Mother, I'm sorry!" Except for the three words "sorry", Xu Mingyuan didn't know what else he could say. Xu Junze and Lin Shuran took on everything for him. He felt guilty and sad, but he also wanted to do something to make himself feel better. Feeling better, "Mom, you can just punish me, or let me do whatever you want!"

"Don't worry, it's you who caused the incident. Naturally, you need to be punished. I will punish you to copy books at home first, and don't think about other things!" Lin Shuran said with a smile.

"But what about the [-] volumes of books? Within three months, the handwriting of famous masters will be impossible!" Xu Mingyuan bit his lower lip and said with red eye circles.

"Why can't it be done!" Lin Shuran smiled mysteriously and approached him, "If others can't do it, it doesn't mean that our General's Mansion can't do it. Isn't it just fifty thousand volumes of books written by famous masters? There will only be more and no fewer books for the Imperial College Zangshuge!"

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