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Chapter 35 Cold Night Arsonist

Two days after that, Li Ling has been busy in the shelves, sorting out documents and files in a variety of categories and then putting them together one by one. Although it is cumbersome and mechanical, as long as he sees the originally messy bookshelf becoming orderly due to his own cleaning and re-arrangement, Li Ling doesn't feel a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

There is another advantage of sorting out various books here, that is, it can give Li Ling a better understanding of some things in the officialdom today, because not only does it store official documents sent by the superiors' yamen, but also the official newspapers issued by the court. This is equivalent to an internal reference for later generations, and it is not something that ordinary people can see. He used it as a pastime when he has nothing to do at night.

This made Li Ling see that many policies of the Great Yue Dynasty were changed. In fact, after the founding of the country, Great Yue was really in a mess, and various rules and regulations had some styles in the new era, such as equal importance to civil and military affairs, such as to become an official, you don’t have to pass the imperial examination, and the imperial examination did not only take the relevant content of the Four Books and Five Classics, but also many categories. However, since Taizu’s death, with the change of emperors in several dynasties, these rules were slackened one by one, which did not mean that they were abolished, but were gradually thrown aside...

After discovering this change, Li Ling unconsciously started to get angry: "Tsk, it seems that I think it's good. This dynasty's Taizu and grandson are a time traveler, and they have accomplished a big deal! Unfortunately, many of his ideas are too advanced, and the people are dead and the government is over. In the end, they are corrected by the rolling historical inertia. Time travelers cannot confront history after all."

After sighing for a few words, Li Ling felt ashamed again. He was also a time traveler, so he could change history and establish a dynasty, but he could only struggle to survive. Is the gap between people too big?

In addition to these documents, Li Ling read the most. Although they were all account books from many years ago, Li Ling still read them with relish because he could clearly capture loopholes from these accounts, thus imagining how the officials had stolen the government's money into his wallets before. It can be said that the stored here was all the handles of many officials and men in the county town.

The handle... When Li Ling thought of this layer, his heartbeat suddenly became faster. He thought of a key point: "Since the things here are so important, they should send their confidants here to take care of them. How could they let me, a commoner, come here? And it was specially arranged by Zhuang Hong. What kind of conspiracy is there?"

Once such suspicion arises, Li Ling's mood is no longer peaceful. He hears the cold night wind blowing outside, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart becomes stronger and stronger. As a result, he cannot fall asleep until the second hour, and only toss and turns on the bed, always feeling that some danger is approaching.

Suddenly, Li Ling heard some other movements outside besides the wind. Although it was not very clear, it could be heard that he was approaching. This made him even more shocked. He immediately turned over from the bed, put on his thick jacket, and took out a short knife about two feet long from under the pillow.

Since he was broken into the house by a thief several months ago and injured him and his sister, Li Ling has been hiding a short knife with him as his last self-defense. At this moment, he drew his sword in his hand and tiptoed down slowly from the second floor attic. Although there was no fire candle and the room was pitch black, he had been here for two or three days and had already familiarized himself with the entire space. Without any touching the ground, he had touched the locked door.

Li Ling put an ear on the wooden door, held his breath and heard a clatter and tick sound, just like someone was peeing in front of the door. Then, he smelled a pungent smell floating in from outside, and was stunned, then his body shook. He already knew what it was: "Cai oil! He wanted to set fire!"

Thinking of this, Li Ling did not hesitate at all. He gently raised the door bolt, weighed the weight and raised his hand high. His eyes, which had adapted to the darkness, had caught the figure of the outside being drooping the vegetable oil from the outside through the crack of the door. At this time, the other party was only four or five steps away from the door. Judging from his appearance, he should have almost poured out all the vegetable oil.

Li Ling immediately exerted a fierce force and opened the closed door. The man was already rushing out, and the door bolt in his hand hit the other party's head.

The man was still lowering his head and pouring vegetable oil. He didn't expect that the person who should have been sleeping inside would suddenly come out and be caught off guard. He didn't even have time to dodge. He just turned his head and let the latch pass through the door bolt. The shoulder and neck were still hit hard. With a bang, he staggered and fell to the side.

Li Ling hit the opponent in one shot but did not relax. He immediately grabbed the door latch again, and the door latch changed from straight to sweep, and at the same time his left hand bent out, tying out the opponent's waist and abdomen. Sure enough, the guy reacted quickly in pain, and stepped back and dodged the second door latch, but he could not avoid the attack below. With a muffled groan, his body was beaten.

Li Ling took the opportunity to scream: "There is a thief!" Taking advantage of the other party's panic, the door bolt in his hand slashed again. This time it hit the other party's forehead. With the bang, the slightly crispy door bolt was broken into two pieces!

He was beaten continuously, and was hit hard in the forehead in the last moment. Even this strong man could not bear it anymore. With a humming sound, his body softened and he fell to Li Ling's feet. At the same time, the bottom-bottomed clay pot in his hand also fell to the ground and rolled out.

At this moment, Li Ling was breathing rapidly. This was the first time his body was hurting someone. After a while, he calmed down and slowly squatted to check the other party's condition.

The man was lying on the ground with his head and face covered with blood, his eyes closed, which looked a little scary. But Li Ling only looked at his nose with his hand and knew that he had just fainted. He was a little relieved. He went over and picked up the jar and looked at it, sniffed it, and was sure that it was the vegetable oil that could help burn.

After waiting for a while, the surroundings were still quiet, which made Li Ling's brows frown quickly. This was inside the county government. The two screams he had just screamed had already spread far away. When he heard such a movement, the officers on duty should have come quickly to see if they were. But as a result, no one has come until now, so there is no need to think about what this means.

If Li Ling had some doubts before, then he could now confirm that he was here that was the trap set by Zhuang Hong. The man in front of him wanted to burn himself to death in the Gai Pavilion! A raging flame ignited in Li Ling's eyes, he didn't want to be enemies with anything, but if someone really wanted to hurt him, he had to fight back!

At that moment, he found a rope, tied the unconscious guy to death, and then dragged him into the house. Not long after, the man woke up slowly, at first a little confused, and then found that he was tied to the ground, and immediately struggled.

"Don't try harder. The rope is strong enough. I have tied a knot. You can't get it away." Li Ling walked up to him at this time, bent down to look at him half-bently. Under the reflection of the candlelight, he felt a little familiar with this face.

"Let me go, otherwise I will make you look good!" This man had already recalled what happened just now. Although there was a hint of panic on his face, his tone was still very hard and he was threatening. But as soon as he struggled, Li Ling had already kicked him out and kicked him over again: "At this time, do you still want to scare me? Do you know what situation you are in? He actually wanted to set fire to the trench cabinet and said, "Who asked you to come here?"

Li Ling's stern reprimand was exchanged for the other party's contempt and the word "Phone": "You want to know this too? Tell you, this time, you will definitely die. Now if you let me go, I can still make you die more, otherwise..."

Li Ling smiled, because this guy was angry. He really didn't expect that this guy had already fallen into this place and dared to threaten himself with big words, as if he was tied up. At that moment, he squatted down, with a sharp knife in his hand, and it suddenly crossed the other party's throat: "I think you didn't understand your situation. Do you really think I dare not do anything to you?"

"You...you dare..." This person's eyes flashed with fear until then. He wanted to retreat but his body was tied up, and he moved a little bit, and the knife was still pressed against his neck. This made his words tremble a little, and he was so harsh that he was timid on his face.

"What's the matter that I dare not?" Li Ling said coldly, and said in his hand that the blade had cut through the other party's skin, and a trace of blood had oozed out. "This is the county yard building and the cabinet that you actually intend to set fire is a serious crime. I will hold you. Even if you kill you, it will be a way to eliminate the harm for the people. Maybe the county yard will reward me!"

Speaking of this, Li Ling's tone became more and more sarcastic. He stared at the other party's eyes and said, "Tell me, who wants you to come here! If you want to blame him, I don't care, then leave your life behind!"

The murderous aura made the man finally feel real fear and life threatening. After all, he was not a desperate person, and he never thought of really giving up his life for someone. He shrank and begged for mercy: "Slow... wait, I say, I say!"

"explain!"

"You take the knife away first, otherwise I can't speak."

Li Ling tskated and then pulled the knife back slightly, but he was still not far from him, and could stab him at any time. Then he stared at him again and urged: "Why don't you tell me quickly. Who are you? Who asked you to come here to set fire?"
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