"In the name of the cabinet, issue an order to Chen Dongyang, asking him to immediately pass the order to the adjutant of the fleet to return the fleet immediately."

This is very unusual.

Let this fleet continue to stay in the sea area, lest any unpredictable troubles occur.

"yes."

Liu Bowen nodded.

He did not continue talking about this matter.

Liu Bowen was well aware of His Majesty's behavior. Since His Majesty did not ask the court officials to handle it, then His Majesty would personally handle the matter without them, the ministers, having to worry about it.

In other words, in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, above this matter, all the worries of their ministers are useless. It is beyond their control and beyond their power.

"continue."

Zhu Xiongying said calmly.

Liu Bowen knew Zhu Xiongying, and Zhu Xiongying also knew Liu Bowen.

Whether there is anything wrong can be seen at a glance.

"Your Majesty, Yin Tianfu has submitted a major case to the cabinet. A fire broke out in a village outside the northern suburbs of the city last night. Thirty-seven households in the village, with a total of 132 people, were all killed in the fire. No one survived."

Zhu Xiongying frowned slightly again.

Fire?

Thirty-seven households?

One hundred and thirty-two mouths?

It was a suburb, a village, and as far as the eye could see, there were large tracts of open space.

Even if there is a fire, villagers will have plenty of opportunities to escape. It is impossible for everyone in a village to be killed in the flames.

"According to people in nearby villages, they saw blue flames rising into the sky last night."

Liu Bowen said again.

'Blue flame.'

Zhu Xiongying smiled coldly, with a cold light passing through his eyes.

Blue flames must be something unusual.

"There have been a lot of weird things lately."

"Come and see with me."

One word comes out.

In an instant, the figures of Zhu Xiongying and Liu Bowen disappeared from the spot.

Xiao San, Dao Yan and the other six people who were ten feet away looked at each other in silence and still waited obediently.

………………………

To the north of Yingtian City, dozens of miles outside the countryside, is Xinghua Village.

As the name suggests, this village is named after planting apricot flowers, and it also makes a living by planting apricot flowers, so it is called Xinghua Village.

The entire back hill of the village is covered with apricot trees planted all over the mountains and plains. This was the case before the Ming Dynasty was established. It has been going on for hundreds of years and it can be said that it has a long heritage.

Thirty percent of the raw materials for apricot flower wine in Gyeonggi Province come from this small apricot flower village.

However, at this time, Xinghua Village no longer had its former beauty and had completely turned into a scorched earth.

"Mr. Yang, these are the corpses of all the villagers. The ashes are mixed together and they can no longer be counted clearly."

An open space in the center of the village.

Yang Shiqi frowned. There were some scattered bones placed in front of him. When these scattered bones were pieced together, he couldn't even put together ten corpses.

But Yang Shiqi knew that these were a total of 132 people, the remains of the entire Xinghua Village.

As the governor of Yingtian Prefecture, if such a shocking event occurred within his jurisdiction, Yang Shiqi, a local official, naturally needed to rush to the scene as soon as possible.

"Is there any sign of the murderer?"

Yang Shiqi asked in a deep voice.

"Sir, our people have searched a radius of fifty miles and found no trace of the murderer. There is nothing strange in the surrounding villages."

After listening to the report from his subordinates, Yang Shiqi felt even more heavy-hearted.

What exactly is hatred?

You have to burn down a whole village!

The person who did this has a ruthless heart and vicious methods, which are rare in the world.

"Sir, these are the household registrations of the 132 villagers of Xinghua Village transferred from the Ministry of Household Affairs. According to your order, we have arrested the traders who have had bad relations with Xinghua Village and are now all being detained in the government office.

middle."

Xinghua Village makes a living by growing apricot flowers, and these apricot flowers are sold to merchants who make wine.

When it comes to buying and selling, there is no getting around wrangling.

Naturally, Xinghua Village often has price disputes with merchants who come to purchase, causing conflicts and even violence.

The most serious incident was when a vendor gathered more than 30 thugs and wanted to give Xinghua Village a slap in the face in order to lower prices. Fortunately, the government noticed it and stopped them in time, and punished all the thugs.

Yang Shiqi took the villagers' household registration list, looked at the cold names on it, and frowned, puzzled.

Why burn down a village based solely on interests and grievances based on transaction prices?

Just when Yang Shiqi couldn't figure out the murderer's motive, two figures appeared in front of him.

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what he was doing.

"I am here to see you, Your Majesty."

After the Husky finished saluting His Majesty the Emperor, he looked at Liu Bowen aside.

"teacher."

Liu Bowen smiled and nodded.

Liu Bowen had previously accepted San Yang as his disciple according to Zhu Xiongying's wishes. According to his position, Yang Shiqi was his eldest disciple.

When Liu Bowen was in charge of the court, in addition to government affairs, he also had an important task, which was to train Sanyang into a minister who could take charge of his own role and support the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xiongying glanced at the village. Rows of houses had been completely burned to black charcoal. Because the fire was not contained in time, even the large apricot trees in the back hill were burned to the ground.

This means that the price of apricot flower wine in Gyeonggi Province will probably increase in the future.

His eyes swept over the ashes on the ground again.

A ray of cold light flashed in the Archmage's eyes.

In the land he ruled, such bizarre things happened, and one hundred and thirty-two people died tragically for no reason.

"I want to see who dares to cause trouble under my nose."

Zhu Xiongying snorted coldly.

In an instant, the entire village began to evolve.

The house that was burnt to carbon black was quickly restored, and all the ashes on the ground were thrown back. Everything...

Starting from the perfect state last night, I started to re-enact it bit by bit, just like watching a movie in reverse.

Liu Bowen and Yang Shiqi behind him were all dumbfounded by the scene before them.

Everyone is amazed in their hearts, His Majesty the Emperor is even more awesome than before!

……………………

at the same time.

Forbidden City, Ziwei Hall of Zhaixing Tower.

Arya, who had been sore all night, slowly woke up at this time.

"How can this man be so powerful..."

Aaliya couldn't help but sigh.

Just like yesterday, I got out of bed, walked to the star-catching platform wearing silk, and blew in the warm sunny wind, which can make people sober up.

Standing by the railing, Arya couldn't help but recall what happened last night, that hearty battle, and couldn't help but have a blush on her cheeks.

She found that her mind was filled with images of that man.

"Arya."

Suddenly, a very familiar voice came from behind.
Chapter completed!