Chapter 96: Stopping
A disaster of this magnitude, the previous court released the detailed findings of the investigation.
Water and fire had no mercy. The reason why Jiang Yishi dared to take this risk was because she knew the exact time, the arsonist first lit up the warehouse of the theater, in which corners he poured the oil, and there were only two people who committed the eucalyptus, and one of them, the zither player, was crippled. As long as Hua Hua found the place in advance and lured Jiang Xun and Jiang Da there, she could catch the arsonist and stop the fire.
Jiang Yixi was grateful to the heavens since she was reborn. She felt that since she knew about this incident, she should have stopped it and saved so many lives and properties, which was also her way of repaying and giving back to the heavens.
There was another thing, she was afraid that Jiang Xun was really destined for an early death.
If Jiang Xun has saved many lives, I hope he will be favored by the heavens and have a smooth life.
After the meal was over, Jiang Yishi proposed to go to the theater to watch a play.
Jiang Xun was reluctant to do so. Sister even in men’s clothing, can be seen as a handsome young lady, how can go to that kind of place.
He pouted and said, “Grandma said, uncle’s birthday will invite the opera troupe to sing in the house.”
Jiang Yishi was very insistent, “I haven’t been to the theater yet, I want to go in and take a look. There are also girls who dress up as men and go to the theater to watch plays, as far as I know, several girls from the Marquis of Wangping House have been there many times.”
Jiang Xun can not, only have to as sister’s intention, and hand her cloak hat to her on, and then pressed low.
Full of serious face instructed, “go later, sit at the end, before others go first leave. Most of the men who go to those places are unstable, don’t let them look at your sister’s good looks.”
Jiang Yishi laughed in her heart, but still agreed quickly.
Jiang Da and Shui Ling both wanted to go to the theater.
Jiang Da rubbed his hands and laughed, “I heard a few buddies say, Caiyun Qing sings well, looks handsome, hands are also good, somersaults than the martial arts student is even more skillful …….”
Shui Ling said with a smile on her face, “The slave girl has never seen a play, today can be counted on great luck. Don’t worry, if any man dares to look at you more than once, I’ll beat him up and make him look for teeth.”
Arriving at the entrance of the theater, Jiang Yishi removed the rosary beads from her wrist and hid her hand in her sleeve while turning the beads and chanting Buddha in her heart. Jiang Xun paid the money and took the number plate, a few people into the garden.
Theater garden is not allowed to dogs and cats into, Jiang Yishi has not yet arrived at the door of the theater, flowers have climbed the fence over.
Once into the theater door, is a large courtyard, the left side has a stage, the weather is good when you can sing outside. The big house directly in front of it is the theater, and when the weather is cold, the opera is sung inside; to the right is a row of compartments.
The play has already started, except for two people at the entrance of the garden selling number plates and collecting money, the courtyard is empty. Standing outside, you can hear the faint sounds of singing and drumming.
Everything was so calm and peaceful.
The theater was very dark. The theater stage at the very front was more than half a zhang high, and Cai Yunqing was singing on the stage. Under the thick ink and heavy colors, it was impossible to see her true appearance, but it was also possible to tell that she was very beautiful. She rolled over a few heels and stood still, juggling the sword in her hand a few times, and there were shouts of approval and applause from below.
In the front row were a few tables with fruits and snacks and tea, and a few people were sitting at the tables watching the theater. There should be King Wen Li Shao and Princess Li Jiao in there.
Seeing that there were still a few empty seats in the last two rows, Jiang Yixi several people sat at the very edge of the last row.
After a quarter of an hour or so, Hua Hua ran and shook Jiang Yishi’s leg. It didn’t dare to scream for fear of being kicked out.
Jiang Yishi lowered her body and picked it up, wrapping it in her cloak and lowering her head.
Flower Flower pressed against her ear and barked in a very soft voice, “Those two fire-lighters are coming, quickly let Jiang Xun Jiang Da follow me.”
Jiang Yishi put Hua Hua down and whispered to Jiang Xun’s ear, “Hua Hua seems to have found out what’s going on, it’s about to cry in a hurry, you quickly go with it to see, don’t let it run away and lose.”
She couldn’t go with it, if she went Shui Ling would also go, plus Jiang Xun and Jiang Da, the target was too big.
Jiang Xun knew that Hua Hua was the ultimate smart cat, coupled with the curiosity of a teenager, and he was not interested in watching the show, without any hesitation he ran out after it without any hesitation.
Jiang Da wanted to stop it, but seeing that his master had already run away, he could only follow him out.
In less than a quarter of an hour, there was a cacophony of noise from outside, followed by the shouts of several people, “Going to the water, going to the water …….”
One of them was Jiang Da’s rough and loud voice.
These voices scared everyone, and everyone screamed and got up to run outside. Jiang Yishi and Shui Ling were closest to the door and were the first to run out.
There were over a hundred people in the theater, and they ran towards the door in a swarm. The light was dim, tables and stools were knocked over, some people were knocked to the ground, and the people behind them then stepped over and cried out ……
The few actors on the stage were also stunned, two of them ran toward the back stage, and a few of them jumped off the stage and ran forward in a rampage.
King Wen likes to enjoy the ordinary life of the commoners, and never brings secret guards out of the microclothes, and the subordinates he brings are not many. Today, he only brought two guards, two long followers, and a nurse who served his daughter.
The sudden turn of events had stunned him, and as he was being picked up by one of the guards to run outside, he was nearly knocked over by the playwright who jumped from the stage, and the other guard pushed the playwright out of the way with one hand.
When King Wen tried to hold Li Jiao, he saw that the actor jumping off the stage had knocked down the nurse who was holding Li Jiao and several other people, and when he was about to step on the nurse, Caiyunqing quickly picked up Li Jiao in the nurse’s arms and ran out of the house.
King Wen could not help but be half dragged and half embraced by one of the guards as he ran outside, and one of the guards pushed and shoved those who blocked King Wen’s way.
The people ran outside and saw smoke rising from the roofs of several houses behind and beside the theater, and some people were carrying buckets of water to put out the fire.
Not long after, Jiang Da and Jiang Xun tied up two men with their costumes and dragged them to the front yard.
The troupe ran up and asked what was going on.
Jiang Xun said, “We were looking for the toilet in the wrong place, and saw this man sneaking around the corner to spread oil, so we hid to see what he was going to do. Who knows that there is a person following behind who is lighting a fire ……”
Jiang Yishi secretly happy, smart boy, not good to tell the flowers, made up this excuse.
A class master look alike person was a little suspicious, pointing to one of the tied up people and asked, “Wang Lame, say, why did you set fire.”
Wang Lame was a Jinghu player, in his thirties, thin and lame. He was terrified, shaking and crying, “I didn’t set the fire, this kid is talking nonsense.”
A few people in the troupe ran over, gasping for breath and said, “We heard the commotion and ran over, the costumes in the house had already burned, this big brother and the little brother were putting out the fire, and when they saw us go over, they went to catch those two. Fortunately, it was discovered in time ……”
Wang cripple and the other man cried and denied, saying that the fires were lit by the two men who caught them.
The class master was a bit baffled, and wanted to have someone arrest Jiang Xun and Jiang Da and ask them together. These two people he did not recognize, much less believe.
An old man in the troupe ran over and pointed at Jiang Xun and Jiang Da and said, “They were the first ones to put out the fire, if it wasn’t for them, we would really be finished …….”
He had a sense of survival after the robbery, and cried at the back of his words.