After time travel, I ate glutinous rice bran in ancient times

A strange village, a strange guest room, a strange bed!

Wang Yugui tossed and turned and couldn't sleep for a long time. His mind was like a revolving door. He was thinking about Zhu Wu's case... and his family... and Miss Tan...

In the second half of the night, I finally fell asleep.

I was dreaming about being a scholar, riding Baifeng to Miss Tan's house to propose marriage.

Suddenly, there was a blast of gongs in his ears... It was so harsh that Wang Yugui sat up in fright.

There was another gong sound... Wang Yugui was completely frightened and woke up. This was not a dream!

Looking outside, the lights were bright, everyone in Zhang's mansion was awake, and there were people walking around outside.

"What happened?" Wang Yugui hurriedly put on his clothes, ran outside, grabbed a boy and asked

The boy said: "Master Wang, I must have scared you, it's on fire!"

"Ah? Where's the fire?" Wang Yugui was surprised and looked around while talking.

The boy said: "Master Wang, it's not our mansion that's on fire, it's other places in the village that are on fire. Didn't you hear the gongs in the village?"

"That's to wake up the villagers to put out the fire! Our master also took people out to put out the fire just now."

"Oh, where is the fire in the village?" Wang Yugui heard that it was not the Zhang Mansion that was on fire. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked hurriedly.

Another boy ran over and said, "Oh, it's terrible, Zhu Wu's house is on fire."

"Ah, how could Zhu Wu's house catch fire?" Wang Yugui was stunned.

The boy said: "I don't know, the village chief is leading his people to put out the fire."

"The county magistrate also came with many people!"

After Wang Yugui heard this, he started to run out.

As expected, the village seemed to be in a state of explosion, and everyone who was awakened ran towards Zhu Wu's house.

Before arriving at Zhu Wu’s house, I smelled the smell of fireworks from afar...

"Oh, this Zhu Wu is dead and there is no one in his family. How can it still start burning?"

"Yes, Mrs. Zhu is not here either, so why did it start burning in the middle of the night?"

"Oh, could it be that dead ghost Zhu Wu, whose ghost is still lingering, and he set fire to his own house..."

Women in twos and threes, talking while walking

When Wang Yugui arrived, the fire had been put out and the scene was in a mess.

The roof of Zhu Wu's house had been burned down. Fortunately, the villagers worked together to put out the fire in time, without affecting the neighbors.

"Master Hai, what is going on? Zhu Wu's body was not burned, right?" Wang Yugui saw Haizhi County and ran over.

Haizhixian looked at Wang Yugui and said, "Painter Wang, don't panic!"

Then he said to Liu Captou: "Liu Captou, the fire has been extinguished. Except for the villagers who put out the fire, no one else can be let in."

"Yes, sir." Captain Liu took the order and immediately sent people to seal the entrance of the alley to prevent the onlookers from approaching Zhu Wu's house.

"Village Chief Defu, the fire has been extinguished. You can go back and rest first. After daybreak, the county will ask you for questions." Haizhi County said to the old village chief who was accompanying him.

After hearing this, the old village chief said hurriedly: "Troubles happen one after another in the village. How can I still sleep?"

"It's better for me to stay here and wait for your orders!"

"That's good, you've got to work then," Haizhixian said, pointing to Uncle Zhu's house next door, and asked: "This family seems to have no one at home?"

"Sir, this is Uncle Zhu's house. Zhu Wu died. The old couple were afraid and went to live temporarily at their eldest son's house in the east of the village." Wang Yugui said hurriedly

Haizhi County listened and nodded: "Then let's borrow his house for the time being!"

"Sir, this place is too crude. You might as well go to the old man's house to rest," the village chief said hurriedly.

Haizhi County smiled: "Chief Defu, as soon as I arrived at Xiaozhang Village, a fire burned down the house. How dare I rest?"

“This county wants to investigate the case on the spot!”

With that said, he led everyone to sit down in the courtyard of Uncle Zhu's house.

"Ding San, where are Feng Si?" Haizhi County asked

Liu Captou kicked the two sloppy men beside him who were covered in smoke. Only then did Wang Yugui see clearly that the two people were Ding San and Feng Si.

"Sir, we have confessed our sins." Ding San and Feng Si were kicked in the head by Liu Bao. They came to their senses and hurriedly ran out and knelt in front of Haizhi County.

Haizhi County asked: "What are you guilty of?"

"I, we failed to guard Zhu Wu's body, allowing the thieves to take advantage of the opportunity and set fire to Zhu Wu's house," Ding San said hurriedly

Haizhixian nodded: "It's good to know. Fortunately, you snatched Zhu Wu's body out in time, otherwise, you two would have been guilty!"

"This county wants to ask you, you two are the only ones on duty in Zhu Wu's yard, where did this fire come from?"

"How did this county hear that you two were lighting a fire in the yard to warm yourself up?"

"It's already summer, and it's almost June. At this time of year, do you two want to warm up by the fire?"

"Sir, it's like this. In fact, it's not cold at this time of year."

"We made a fire, firstly to light up the yard, and secondly to strengthen our courage and remove the negative energy," Feng Si replied hurriedly.

Ding San also said hurriedly: "Yes, adults, this is also the first time for the children to look at a very scary-looking corpse so close."

"If all the brothers in the yamen were here, we wouldn't be afraid. It's just the two of us."

"I, we say we are not afraid, but we are still a little afraid in our hearts!"

"So, I lit a fire to strengthen my courage."

After hearing this, Capt. Liu couldn't help but cursed: "Useless thing!"

Ding San and Feng Si lowered their heads after hearing this.

"But, sir, the fire at Zhu Wu's house has nothing to do with us." Feng Si suddenly raised his head again and said.

Ding San also raised his head and said: "Yes, sir, although we lit a fire, we are also very careful."

"Our fire is far away from the house. There is Zhu Wu's body still in the house, so we don't dare to get too close!"

"Yes, sir, and we have been standing by the fire. It is impossible for the fire to run into the house on its own," Feng Si hurriedly continued.

Haizhi County looked at them: "You two didn't take a nap?"

"This... I just took a nap for a while. Hey, I've been busy all day and I'm really sleepy. I can't hold on anymore." Ding San lowered his head and quickly added: "But we know the rules and we have agreed. Taking turns taking naps!”

"But, in fact, you are all asleep!" Haizhi said loudly

Feng Si nodded: "Hey, sir, I can't hide anything from you!"

"We all fell asleep for a while, but I didn't sleep well either."

"I felt like someone was running past me in a daze, which scared me so much that I woke up."

"I opened my eyes and saw a black figure running out of the yard, and then I realized there was a fire in the house."

"I hurriedly woke up Ding San, and the two of us ran into the house desperately and finally snatched Zhu Wu's body out!"

"Yes, sir, that man also put straw in the house to start a fire. If we hadn't snatched it in time, Zhu Wu's body would have been burned by him," Ding San also said hurriedly.