Yuan Shi Tian

Chapter 15 Murder and Arson

A small and exquisite copper button seal lay quietly in Xun Shaoyu's hand.

This was found on the chest of a Taoist priest. It was wrapped in a gold silk purse and looked very inconspicuous.But only after touching it with your own hands can you feel the 'weight'.

"This is……"

In a trance, a scroll slowly unfolded between the eyelids.

There are towering and majestic sacred mountains, misty protrusions, exquisite mountains, majestic and majestic.

The five sacred mountains, each according to their position, stand majestically in the void scroll.There are traces of misty aura floating up and down, as if they are one with these five sacred mountains.

He looked down at all these changes and was moved by them.

What a majestic and majestic sight this is!

Living in thousands of mountains, the sun and moon are bright, looking at thousands of rivers, and the sky is clear.

A wisp of bright light fell suddenly, and a simple stone mirror was surrounded by thousands of mist.

This round of stone mirrors, for a moment, illuminates the picture of nothingness.

It's like the bright moon in the sky, so bright and bright that people can't bear to blaspheme it.

But this bright moon seems to be carrying infinite weight, slowly pressing on the void scroll.

Click!Click!Click!

However, this bright mirror hangs high like the full moon on this scroll.

But let the silence of the void overflow, gradually coming out, overwhelming and fragmented.The deep darkness slowly opened before his eyes.

"what……"

Xun Shaoyu suddenly woke up, and everything in front of him returned to darkness and depth.

But he didn't know when he started, he was already sweating profusely, and his fingers pinched unconsciously.

Suddenly, I felt a touch of softness when my fingers touched it.

"How could..." Xun Shaoyu watched helplessly as the copper button seal on his hand was unconsciously crushed like flour.

A strange feeling suddenly hit his heart, as if he was confident about everything and everyone at this moment, and he was even-keeled, which made him a little panicked.

This is another perspective, a sense of self, almost 'God'-like.

This wonderful feeling is certainly something that others can only dream of.

But Xun Shaoyu, who was suspicious by nature, suddenly had a doubt about this.

"Don't stay here for long!"

His mentality was calm, and it was not the time to ask the bottom line, so he looked at Zhou Za calmly.

Then he rummaged around to see if there were any traces left behind.

After erasing the traces one by one, he rummaged through the bed again.

The origin of this Taoist is unknown, and he was hunted down and strangled by the court for carrying such a treasure.

Such a character must be extremely difficult to deal with, and he will also have an extraordinary 'legacy'.

A treasure that can attract the attention of a stone mirror is extraordinary.In this world, they must be among the top treasures, and they are very few in number.

Based on the level of essence of heaven and earth in this world, even if there are treasures more mysterious than this copper button seal, it should definitely not exceed the number of five fingers.Anyone who has the opportunity to come into contact must be a first-class big shot in the world.

Xun Shaoyu was quite interested in the 'legacy' of such figures.

He searched the Taoist's body again, not missing a trace, but found nothing.

It was only during the inspection that I discovered that this man had suffered serious trauma. The wound had even festered due to the lack of effective treatment for a long time.

"No wonder it's so easy to get!"

Xun Shaoyu whispered to himself.

Under the serious injury, he was extremely weak, and he had enough drugs, and he was surprised when he struck, so it was ruthless and effective.These together are the key to meritorious service.

"kindness?"

Xun Shaoyu glanced at it and saw a roll of cloth, vaguely stuffed between the bed and the wooden pillow.

He stretched out his hand and pulled out the cloth, and at first glance, it turned out to be a small piece of tadpole writing.

It's just that Xun Shaoyu, who is a farmer, can't understand literature, can't read big characters, and can't read anything, so he has to roll it up and stuff it around his waist for later.

These heavens, worlds, cultures and teachings may be analogous and similar.But words and the like are just one part of the world.Xun Shaoyu has been baptized for three generations, but he has never seen a world that can be used in all heavens.

Maybe in the future, we will meet someone who can reach the heavens, but now, it is really impossible.

Checked again and found nothing.

He tore off a piece of sleeve cloth from the Taoist's robe, and calmly placed it in front of him to block the splash of blood.

With a sudden force, he pulled out the stone dagger, and blood spattered everywhere, like blood mist.

Xun Shaoyu left the blood-stained sleeve cloth on the ground.

He took out the flint and soon lit the sleeve on fire.

"Murder and arson, how wonderful! How wonderful!"

At this moment, his eyes were cold, like a butcher's, looking at everything in front of him.

As the saying goes, murder and arson are punished.

This is ridiculous!

In ancient times, productivity was limited, so residential buildings could not all be made of bricks and tiles.

On the contrary, wooden houses and even thatched houses account for the vast majority.

Made of wood and grass, these are flammable and difficult to put out.Often when a fire occurs, pieces of residential buildings are turned into carbon soil and burnt to white ground, causing great losses.

Therefore, since ancient times, the government has attached great importance to fire. There is a method of "be careful not to dare to catch fire, and cut off the end of the fire; if the fire breaks out, the car will be broken if it is thought that there is chaos; if five people cannot be found, cut them off; if they find them, remove them."

It is expressly stipulated that the first culprit who caused a fire shall be beheaded; if someone deliberately sets a fire, he shall be punished by breaking up a car for the crime of conspiracy; if he is an accomplice of the arsonist and fails to report the information, he shall also be sentenced to death; only those who actively report the fire shall be spared from death.

From this point of view, we can see that the government has a "zero tolerance" attitude towards fires.

On a par with rebellion and rebellion, you still want to recruit peace?
If you don't pursue it, there will be no way to the sky and no way to the earth, even if the government is weak.

"But... nothing can be compared to a fire. It burns cleanly and leaves no trace!"

Xun Shaoyu put the clean stone dagger into his sleeve, kept the burned sleeve cloth on the bed, and climbed out of the cellar along the short ladder.

The cellar was re-covered by covering it with planks of wood.

Then he raised his head and looked at the hut of the Six Elders. With his eyes flashing, he murmured: "The last hidden danger..."

He touched the stone dagger in his arms and gritted his teeth: "That's all..."

…………

The red light soared into the sky!

The fire spreads!

Boom!Boom!Boom!
"It's water! It's water!"

A young man, with a look of horror in his eyes, banged the gong hard and shouted loudly.

This cry seemed to make the small Shanghe Village completely boil.

"what……"

The woman screamed in terror, and the villagers followed one after another.

Many men ran out to put out the fire without even putting on their shirts.

At this time of year, drought and famine have made it difficult for farmers to survive.

Now if another unexpected disaster happens, everyone says, "fire and water are ruthless", if all this worthless belongings are reduced to ashes.

How should these villagers, who have nothing, live?

"Quick! Quick!"

"Go away..."

Boom!Boom!Boom!After going out, many men came over carrying buckets of sand.

Fire prevention and fire fighting have been around since ancient times!

In normal seasons, people have the habit of storing water in front of their homes.A household stores several large tanks of water and places them in front of the door to prevent fires from getting out of control.

However, during drought, water is precious!

How can we prevent fires that may come when we don’t know when, while ignoring people’s daily needs?
Therefore, ordinary people accumulate piles of sand and use sand to extinguish it.

"You brat... hurry up and put out the fire..."

Father Fang took several young men at home, each carrying a wooden bucket, and shouted anxiously.

Fang [-], Fang [-], and Fang [-], the three and a half boys, obediently picked up the bucket. The weight of this bucket of sand was really not light.The oldest one, Fang Er, who was already [-] this year, was out of breath and only went back and forth once.

Xun Shaoyu's eyelids were lowered, his upper body was naked, and he looked at the six old homes that were burning with a gloomy expression.

The short top was no longer suitable for wearing in public because it was stained with blood.

So Xun Shaoyu, neatly and neatly, threw his only shirt into the fire, finishing it once and for all.

Anyway, in this chaotic situation, Xun Shaoyu had a hundred reasons to explain the fact that he lost his shirt afterwards.

only……

Xun Shaoyu took a hidden look and said, "Bang!"Boom! 'The man who beats the gong.

It was this man who was the first to discover that Liu Lao's home was leaking water.

It was also Liu Lao's life that should not be cut off. When the fire first broke out, this man discovered him and carried him out of the hut, only to save his life.

This is because Xun Shaoyu did not have the intention to kill.

Otherwise, if one blow of the knife kills the six elders, why bother burning down the hut?

It's just that Fang Jiu, his predecessor, has received the favor of the six elders, and these six elders are also kind to others in the village.Feeling grateful for a sliver of friendship, Xun Shaoyu didn't do anything wrong.

But in order to prevent the Taoist's body from being discovered by the Six Elders and causing unnecessary trouble, he still burned such a fire.

When a fire occurs, it's not just the houses of the villagers that can be burned down.Many, many more will disappear together...

Six elders, it’s not like they deserve to die!

"You brat...don't put out the fire yet!"

Fang's father was sweating profusely and running back and forth carrying a bucket of sand. He looked at Fang Jiu in a daze, worried and unhappy.

You know, fire is no small matter!
Whenever there was a disaster, the court would not cut off hundreds or even thousands of heads.

If dozens of heads are lost by chance, this can be regarded as benevolent governance by those in power.

There is no mercy when it comes to fire, no matter what is involved.

Even witnessing a fire and not rescuing it is a capital offense.

"Ah..." Xun Shaoyu's acting skills came to the forefront instantly, and he waved his hands in fear, as if he was a frightened cat.

Father Fang was stunned for a moment, his face softened, he shook his head and said to Fang Er beside him: "Xiao Jiu is probably scared... Let Jiu'er go pick up some gravel..."

This is the feeling of adding a calf!
There are dangers during fire fighting, but picking up gravel is undoubtedly much less risky.

But he still couldn't let Xun Shaoyu just go home and rest without doing anything.

In the event of a fire, everyone, young and old, must participate in disaster relief!

The imperial decree is like this, no one dares to treat it as child's play.

"kindness……"

In the eyes of Fang's father and eldest brother, Xun Shaoyu has always been a good boy, lowering his head timidly.

Fang Er patted his younger brother's young shoulder hard: "Stay away from the fire and don't get close to it. When you hold the bucket to load gravel and feel that you can't carry it, pack less. Don't be brave and be careful..."

"Well..." Xun Shaoyu lowered his head and silently praised his predecessor in his heart.

The predecessor, Fang Jiu, has been timid and afraid of getting into trouble since he was a child. He tolerates things when he can and gives in when he can. He has always looked honest and honest, or cowardly and incompetent.

But who could have imagined that the ignorant and scared child in front of him was the real culprit of the fire.

I'm afraid that even if the Taoist is not ignorant, pointing to the bridge of Xun Shaoyu's nose in front of everyone, and telling the "truth" loudly, it will be futile.

The fixed impressions that have been formed since childhood are not so easy to change or reverse.

(End of this chapter)