~

It's just past eight o'clock now, and most people are still awake.

Because Fu Dalong's house suddenly caught fire, everyone in the family compound was attracted to the main compound.

The men went to help put out the fire, while the women stood around watching.

As soon as Ruan Zhao got closer to the crowd, he saw Wang Shufang and Hu Xiu standing in front of the crowd.

"Sister-in-law, Sister Hu Xiu."

Wang Shufang and Hu Xiu heard the voice and turned around. After seeing that it was Ruan Zhao, they quickly pulled her forward.

Wang Shufang asked Ruan Zhao in a low voice with a mysterious look on her face, "Sister, can you please take a look at Secretary Fu's house to see if there's anything unclean? The fire in his house just now was really fierce and we couldn't put it out!"

Hu Xiu also echoed from the side, "Yes! And his family has been in trouble one after another, this is too much of a coincidence!"

Haha, these two people are quite sharp!

Ruan Zhao pretended to have just found out about it, looked carefully at the situation in Fu Dalong's house, and then his face became serious.

Seeing her like this, Wang Shufang and Hu Xiu both thought they must have guessed right.

Wang Shufang: "Sister, what did you see?"

Hu Xiu: "Is there something unclean in his house?"

Ruan Zhao sighed solemnly, then turned around and said to the two of them.

"Sister-in-law, Sister Hu Xiu, please stop meddling in his family's affairs!"

Wang Shufang became even more curious when she heard this. "What's going on? Is there really something going on in his family?"

Hu Xiu also pulled Ruan Zhao's arm, "Yeah? What happened to his family?"

After keeping everyone in suspense for a long time, Ruan Zhao spoke deliberately in a meaningful tone.

"His family has done so many bad things, so this is retribution!"

Wang Shufang was stunned for a moment, her eyes rolling around several times, as if she finally figured something out.

"I was wondering why their family members suddenly had accidents one after another! It must be karma.

But... I haven't heard that Secretary Fu did anything bad, have I? "

Hu Xiu was also a little hesitant. "I heard from my old man Meng that Secretary Fu and the chief of staff of our military region are not on good terms. He has been forming factions in the military region and trying to win over people everywhere.

Do you think this has something to do with this?"

Wang Shufang also knew this, but she was older and more experienced, so she didn't dare to say anything.

When she heard what Hu Xiu said, she looked around nervously, then glared at Hu Xiu.

"I say, how can you be so careless with your mouth? If someone hears what you said, your man's future will be ruined!"

Hu Xiu was also scared when he heard it, and quickly covered his mouth and looked around.

"I was wrong, I just slipped up!"

Ruan Zhao was watching from the side and found it funny. These two people were talking about feudal superstitions for a long time without being scared, but they became scared after talking about a few words about military and political matters!

~

Looking at the fire that had been extinguished, Ruan Zhao suddenly remembered something and asked subconsciously.

"By the way, sister-in-law, where are Liu Fengqin's son and elder sister-in-law?"

Just now at Fu Dalong's house, it was obvious that only two people died, namely Liu Fengqin and her mother-in-law.

But Liu Fengqin's son and her elder sister-in-law had clearly returned.

"Huh?" Wang Shufang was stunned by the question. "Have Liu Fengqin's son and sister-in-law returned? We didn't see them!"

Ruan Zhao was stunned for a moment, "Didn't you see the Fu family come out?"

Wang Shufang shook her head. "When I came here, the fire was already burning, and I didn't see anyone coming out."

Hu Xiu also responded, "Yeah, I came early and didn't see anyone coming out."

Hu Xiu said this with a look of pity on his face. "Alas! With such a big fire, I guess the people inside can't escape!"

This is a little strange!

Ruan Zhao was certain that apart from Liu Fengqin and her mother-in-law, there was no one else inside.

Could it be that the little boy and his aunt left again?

When Ruan Zhao was wondering, an old lady who lived close to the compound suddenly said.

"You're talking about Secretary Fu's grandson and daughter. I know they went home in the afternoon, had dinner, and then left.

Alas! Fortunately they left, otherwise they would not have been able to escape from such a big fire!

Ruan Zhao finally understood.

Ruan Zhao didn't know whether Liu Fengqin intended to protect them, but he discovered that although the two people were members of the Fu family, they knew nothing about the Fu family's affairs, so they were basically not involved in the Fu family's cause and effect.

And it seems that they rarely come back to live at Fu's house.

So when on the bus, Ruan Zhao didn't detect any trace of Fu Dalong's family on those two people.

Wang Shufang, however, heard something else. "Sister, how did you know about Liu Fengqin's son's return? Do you know them?"

Moreover, why did she only ask Liu Fengqin's son and sister-in-law, but not Liu Fengqin and her mother-in-law?

Wang Shufang stared at Ruan Zhao with hope, she thought Ruan Zhao must have figured something out.

In the end, Ruan Zhao simply replied, "I went to the city today, and I ran into them on the bus on my way back."

Wang Shufang stared at Ruan Zhao's face for a while, feeling that she was not telling the truth.

Unfortunately, she couldn't see through Ruan Zhao at all and could only nod.

"Oh, that's how it is!"

~

After the fire was put out, except for the four blackened walls that were still standing, the inside was basically flat.

Fortunately, the fire did not spread to other houses, and the soldiers were now hurriedly cleaning up the mess.

"Captain Liao! What's the situation inside?"

Wu Rui had been helping to put out the fire, and his army green shirt was stained black all over. Seeing that the fire was finally out, he quickly found Liao Zhiyuan to ask about the situation inside.

Liao Zhiyuan had just come out of a round of inspection. When he heard Wu Rui's question, he shook his head with some regret.

"It's all burned!"

Wu Rui's eyes darkened, and he asked again, "What about the Fu family?"

Liao Zhiyuan turned around and waved to the two soldiers behind him, and the two soldiers hurried forward.

They each held a washbasin filled with black ash.

Liao Zhiyuan gestured to Wu Rui to look at the washbasin, and then explained with a heavy face.

"We went in and checked around and found two areas of ashes that were human ashes. Based on some traces left around them, we determined that they were the ashes of Mrs. Fu and her daughter-in-law."

Wu Rui took a look at the ashes and his face looked a little gloomy.

He was originally investigating Fu Dalong's case, but Fu Dalong hid himself very well during his lifetime, so he could not find any clues, so he could only send people to keep an eye on Fu's family.

But today, a big fire broke out and the Fu family and two members of the Fu family were burned to ashes, making it impossible for him to investigate.

Liao Zhiyuan added, "Captain Wu, I still have to report the situation to the commander, so I'll be leaving first."

When Wu Rui heard this, he immediately looked up and said.

"I will go with you!"

Except for some who stayed in the army on duty, the rest of the leaders were in the compound, including Commander Wu.

They arrived at the scene as soon as the fire broke out.

After Wu Rui finished speaking, he took Liao Zhiyuan to meet Commander Wu.

~

After hearing the news that Liu Fengqin and her mother-in-law were burned to death, everyone couldn't help but feel sad.

Knowing that nothing was wrong, Ruan Zhao didn't stay any longer. He said goodbye to Wang Shufang and left.

Ruan Zhao still heard from Wang Shufang about the follow-up of this incident.

The army leaders asked someone to investigate the cause of the fire in Fu Dalong's house, but because the scene was burned so cleanly, nothing was found.

In the end it can only be defined as an accident!

Wu Rui felt that there was something fishy about this matter, but he had people keeping an eye on the Fu family and didn't find anything unusual.

After some hesitation, Wu Rui decided to go to Ruan Zhao to ask again.

Liu Fengqin's son and sister-in-law had already left, but then they received a notice from the army saying that something had happened at home.

The two hurried back the next day.

Now, apart from the two of them, there is really no one else left in the Fu family.

Liu Fengqin's sister-in-law was heartbroken. After holding the funeral for Liu Fengqin and Fu Dalong's wife, she left with her nephew.

From that day on, the Fu family completely left the family compound.

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