The wife of two taels of silver

Hu Yong nodded hurriedly: "Do it! I'll do it! I'll do whatever Big Brother tells me to do, even if it means going through fire and water!"

"You don't need to go through fire and water," the man laughed, but his laughter was full of mockery. "Just set a fire."

Hu Yong didn't dare to refuse, he said quickly: "Okay, okay! I'll let it go!"

"On the second day of August, Qingyang Academy was set on fire." The man's voice was still calm. After he finished speaking, he threw a silver ingot weighing ten taels at Hu Yong's feet.

The moment Hu Yong saw the money, his eyes widened. He really wanted to take it, but he didn't dare.

The man looked down at him and said, "Use this money to treat your hand. Are you sure you want to do it?"

Hu Yong bravely grabbed the silver, slammed his forehead on the ground, and shouted, "Come on!"

"Okay." The man took out another silver note and said, "Look up, this is the deposit. I'll pay you another hundred taels after the job is done."

Hu Yong raised his head and looked at the banknotes in front of him with his eyes wide open, even breathing cautiously: he had never seen so much money in his life.

"I will do my best!" Hu Yong took the money tremblingly and kowtowed again.

Just now, taking the opportunity to get the money, Hu Yong saw the man's face clearly. It turned out to be Princess Anle's gigolo husband!

Hu Yong recognized him; he had seen him when Princess Anle came to Beijing.

Gu An said: "Except you, Yan Qiang, Liu Weitao... I have already taken care of them. When the day comes, you will all act together."

Hu Yong knew the names of the people Gu An had just read out. They were all laborers working at Qingyang College like him.

Hu Yong nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes!" The fat on Hu Yong's face was trembling with excitement.

Two hundred taels, that’s two hundred taels!

After explaining everything, Gu An was about to leave. As soon as he turned around, he looked back slightly, and this time his voice contained a warning: "I think it will be easy to find you. If you dare to take the money and run, you will die miserably."

Hu Yong shuddered again and kowtowed again: "I dare not! I dare not! Sir, please put your heart back in your stomach. I will never run away!"

Gu An didn't know whether he believed Hu Yong's words or not. After listening to him, he turned around and left. However, in a moment, Hu Yong could no longer see him.

Hu Yongwang looked around and made sure that there was no sign of Princess Anle's gigolo husband. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead again.

In just a blink of an eye, he disappeared without a trace. Hu Yong knew that killing such a person would be as easy as crushing an ant.

Hu Yong stood up by supporting himself on the ground with his intact right hand. The sweat in his palm was about to soak the banknote. He quickly let go and took a lot of effort to fold it and put it in his pocket.

The next day, Hu Yong went to Qingyang Academy with his hand bandaged like a bun.

Hu Yong saw Yan Qiang and the others, and from the glances they exchanged, he knew that they were thinking the same thing - it seemed that Princess Anle's gigolo husband had already informed everyone.

The six of them took some time out to gather in the small bamboo forest during lunch.

At first, none of the six of them spoke. Hu Yong was the first to speak: "We need to discuss what to do that day."

After the first person spoke, others followed suit. Finally, they reached an agreement that on the second day of August, they would first pour wine on the wall and then light a fire.

They discussed for four or five days before coming up with the final solution.

Hu Yong was mainly responsible for buying, storing and pouring wine, and he also needed to send away the old man You Dacai who was guarding the door.

During these days, the six people were busy preparing every day, and finally, it was the second day of August.

On the second day of August, the sky was blue with dark clouds, and it was a good day like usual. Everyone in Qingyang College thought that today would be an ordinary and happy day like every other day, except for Hu Yong and the other six people.

While the students were in their last class, Hu Yong and his colleagues had secretly sprinkled white wine on the pillars outside the church.

After finishing the job, Hu Yong tricked You Dacai out. When You Dacai was enjoying his duck, he ran out on the pretext of having to go to the bathroom, but in fact he came out to start a fire.

After Hu Yong lit the fire assigned to him, he ran back to the kitchen as if nothing had happened and started eating meat with You Dacai.

Later, the fire spread, and Hu Yong carried You Dacai out and quickly left Qingyang College, this living purgatory.

Hu Yong originally didn't even want to care about You Dacai, but You Dacai was too kind. When Hu Yong's hand was injured, he rushed to do everything for him. Then Hu Yong felt a little compassion and chose to carry him out at the last moment.

However, if Hu Yong knew that it was You Dacai who betrayed him later, he would definitely regret rescuing You Dacai.

"That's it..." Hu Yong swallowed his saliva. He didn't dare to look at the three people in front of him. He could only stare at the floor.

Zhao Hongwei frowned and asked, "Did I give you the hundred taels later?"

Hu Yong shuddered and said, "It was given to me the day after the fire. I don't know who put it on my pillow."

"Why did you hide in West Street?" Lin Haitang asked.

"Because they're all dead!" Hu Yong raised his head abruptly, but when he met Lin Haitang's gaze, he suddenly lowered it again, like a frightened bird. "They're all dead. Every one of them who's still alive, I was afraid I'd die too. I, I ran away. I thought West Street was so chaotic that no one would find me..."

"So," Gu An asked expressionlessly, "you mean you only saw me on the ninth day of the seventh lunar month, right?"

Hu Yong nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes..."

The three of them were silent. After a moment, Lin Haitang took out some water and handed it to Gu An.

Gu An understood what he meant instantly, sat down in front of Hu Yong, pinched his chin and forced him to drink.

Hu Yong thought it was poison and began to tremble again, like an electric motor, shaking non-stop: "No! No! I won't drink it! Please, sir, spare me, uh--"

Gu An's grip was very strong, he clamped his chin to prevent him from moving, and poured the water in at once.

After Gu An let him go, he looked at his hand, and the disgust in his eyes was beyond words.

Hu Yong lowered his head and coughed violently, his face and neck turned red and thick. He wished he could cough out his stomach, but in the end, he coughed out nothing.

After Gu An returned to Lin Haitang, Lin Haitang took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, grabbed Gu An's wrist and wiped his hand clean, then threw the handkerchief to the ground, not intending to keep it anymore.

After a moment, Hu Yong's eyes began to stare and his head drooped, like a puppet with its strings cut.

"Hu Yong, who asked you to burn down Qingyang College? Repeat the whole process." Lin Haitang asked.

As soon as Lin Haitang finished speaking, Hu Yong began to narrate the whole process in a relatively flat and stiff tone.

Zhao Hongwei was very curious, his eyes sparkling with curiosity: "Hey? What is this?"

"Be good and be good." Lin Haitang explained: "It can make those who go down tell the truth."

After hearing Lin Haitang say this, Zhao Hongwei felt even more curious.

What Hu Yong said was exactly the same as what he said when he was awake just now, which means he did not lie.

For a moment, there was no sound in the room. Lin Haitang, Gu An, Zhao Hongwei and the others were a little unsure of what to do.

Originally, they all thought that as long as they caught Hu Yong, they would be able to catch the mastermind behind the fire at Qingyang College. However, they never expected that after catching Hu Yong, they would get such a result.

Things have reached a dead end again.

Zhao Hongwei was the first to break the silence: "Gu'er, I know it wasn't you. Do you know? There's a man in Jianghu known as the Thousand Faces King. He's an expert at creating human faces. This time, the person pretending to be you probably wore that mask."

Originally, they were still hoping for a better outcome, thinking that the fire might not be targeting Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan, and that they were just unlucky. However, at this point, they all knew that the fire was targeting the entire Princess Mansion.

"Alas!" Zhao Hongwei sighed, patted Gu An on the shoulder, and said, "Gu'er, I will help you get to the bottom of this matter and find out which bastard is behind this. When I find him out, I will kill him!"

Gu An also sighed slightly, with a rare look of fatigue in his eyes, and said, "Thank you, big brother."

Lin Haitang also said: "Thank you, big brother."

Zhao Hongwei waved his hands, wanting to liven up the atmosphere, but also sincerely wanting to. He rubbed his hands, smiled innocently, and said, "Hey, sister-in-law, can you give me a bottle of that sweet drink?"

Lin Haitang laughed, took out three bottles, handed them over, and said, "Brother, I'll give you three bottles. These are all I have left. When you need more, just let me know and I'll make more."

"My sister-in-law is so righteous!" Zhao Hongwei held the Guaiguaishui in his palm and laughed.