Upon hearing this, the firefighter didn't dare to say anything else. He immediately hung up the phone and arranged for the police to go out.
After the call, Li Rui began to think about the cause of the fire — what exactly was that ball of light? However, he couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time.
After waiting for a few more minutes, the firefighters arrived in a hurry. They were so fast that it was shocking.
At this moment, the north side of the small building was burned to ashes, and the fire had already reached the south side of the street. The roof of the south side had already been burned through, and the flames were red with a hint of blue and white. They soared more than 30 feet into the sky, and one could feel the temperature of the flames while standing on the street.
After the leader got out of the car, he ignored Li Rui and Wen Moshi. As he observed the fire, he ordered his subordinates to set up the water hose and prepare to fight the fire. After he was done, he instructed Li Rui and Wen Moshi to stand further away so that they wouldn't affect the fire.
Li Rui and Wen Moshi obediently avoided them and stood under the eaves of the shop diagonally opposite them dozens of meters away, watching them put out the fire.
The firefighters were professionals after all. After they were ready, they used two water guns to put out the fire. In less than 15 minutes, the fire was put out.
At this moment, the north side of Fragrant Ink Garden had been completely burned and collapsed. The south side of the street hadn't been burned much and could still barely hold on, but the entire shop was beyond recognition and destroyed overnight. The black ashes and white smoke contrasted with the sprinkling rain. The scene was extremely desolate and unbearable to watch.
The leader of the team was a captain. He found Wen Moshi, the shop owner, and asked her what caused the fire.
Wen Moshi couldn't explain it clearly, so she recounted the whole story of the ball of light.
Li Rui remembered that he had taken a photo of the ball of light on his phone, so he took it out and showed it to him. The group of firefighters gathered around to join in the fun.
After looking at the photo, the captain pointed out the essence of the ball of light. "That ball of light should be a ball of lightning."
Li Rui repeated in confusion, "Ball of lightning?"
The platoon leader nodded his head and began to explain to the people present, "Ball lightning is commonly known among the people as' rolling mines'. It is a type of round lightning ball. In fact, it was a bit unscientific to call it a lightning ball, because it was not made of lightning. Some scientists suspected that it was made of ions, plasma, and other substances, but until now, no one could give an accurate analysis. Ball lightning is usually produced during summer thunderstorms and is formed very close to the ground. At present, there is enough evidence to prove that it is a natural substance that likes to be close to human habitation. "
Li Ruiqi said, "Like living close to human environments? It still had consciousness? Is it alive? "
The Company Leader shook his head. "Of course not. It has no consciousness. It's dead. However, it did often appear in places where humans lived. This might have something to do with the heat energy emitted by the human body. Ball lightning rarely appears in our Azure Sun, but once it does, it will cause a lot of trouble. You were lucky this time. Although half of the house was burned, you are fine. This is a great fortune. "
Li Rui did not know whether to laugh or cry. Fragrant Ink Garden was almost burned down, and this was called a great fortune. However, what he said made sense. Human lives were the most important. Compared to lives, not to mention a building, even ten thousand taels of gold was meaningless.
The platoon leader asked again, "Didn't you close the windows?"
Li Rui said, "I closed the windows, but that ball of light … the ball of lightning burned a hole in the window and directly drilled in. It gave us a big fright …"
The platoon leader said, "Sigh, there's nothing we can do. Be careful next time. When you see this kind of ball of lightning, you have to avoid it. Don't go near it … "
After the fire brigade left, Li Rui and Wen Moshi stared at the broken walls of Fragrant Ink Garden. The rain had stopped, but water droplets were still dripping from the eaves. A gust of wind blew past, bringing with it the unique smoke from the fire. All the paintings on the first and second floors of the shop were burned. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, they could no longer be used.
Li Rui sighed and asked, "What are your plans? Are you going to build a new building, or? "
Wen Moshi said, "Of course I'm going to rebuild it! This was left behind by my grandfather. How can I just stand by and watch it get burned down? "
Li Rui suddenly understood why she, as the daughter of the capital's famous painter, Wen Xing, came to Azure Sun to live alone. It turned out that her grandfather's house was in Azure Sun, and this Fragrant Ink Garden, including the courtyard behind it, was her grandfather's property. In other words, this girl could be considered half a person from Azure Sun. Thinking of this, he immediately felt closer to her.
"Rebuilding it won't be done in a day. Now, find a place to stay. I should go home."
Wen Moshi said, "I don't have to find a place to stay. I'm staying in the old residence now. My grandfather has a few houses in Azure Sun, and Fragrant Ink Garden is just one of the shops. "
Li Rui thought to himself that her grandfather's family was a big family in Azure Sun. It was good enough for an ordinary family to have a house in the city, but he had a few houses and a shop. This obviously wasn't from demolition. He was probably a landlord or something like that. He said, "Alright, then go back and rest. I should go home too. Goodbye." With that, he walked to the car.
"Thank you!" Wen Moshi suddenly shouted.
Li Rui stopped and turned back. "What are you thanking me for?"
"Thank you for catching me just now!"
Li Rui raised his eyebrows and shook his head. He didn't say anything and continued walking. This girl, he really didn't know what to say to her. They were already friends, so why was she still so polite?
At the same time Li Rui drove home, in the eastern suburbs of the city, there was a courtyard with a sign that said "Azure Sun Youth Political Training Base". The wind and rain were dark, and the flowers and trees were swaying. The courtyard was empty, and there were only a few old buildings built in the seventies and eighties. Only a few rooms were lit, and the scene was a little bleak.
This training base was actually one of the two locations of Azure Sun City's Commission for Discipline Inspection. Ordinary people who passed by the entrance of the courtyard would never think that it had such a function.
In the deepest part of the courtyard, there was a three-story dormitory building. There were more than a dozen rooms upstairs and downstairs. Other than two rooms on the second floor that were connected with flashing lights, the other rooms were pitch black. The two rooms were connected from the inside to the outside. They were originally two separate dormitories, but later on, for the convenience of the two teams' members looking after and interrogating them, they were directly connected. The two teams' members lived in the inner room, and the two teams' members lived in the outer room.
Now, the secretary of the former mayor, Yu Heping, and the first secretary of the city government, Ji Gang, was sitting on a single bed in the inner room. A middle-aged man stood opposite him, and the two were whispering to each other. The door of the room was closed.
"… … Just tell me this, and don't say anything else. The two teams' members will go easy on you, and they will not pester you to investigate. Secretary Wei also asked me to pass on Mayor Yu's words to you. He wants you to rest assured that the Commission for Discipline Inspection is ours, and they will not make things difficult for you. "
Ji Gang listened and nodded. He smiled bitterly and said: "I will remember it. Help me reply to Secretary Wei and Mayor Yu. I promise to perform well and will not let them down."
The man said: "Okay, then if there is nothing else, I will leave first."
Ji Gang suddenly thought of something and pulled him back: "Hey, Director Wang, don't go yet. I can't just tell them this. I also gave 200,000 RMB to Li Haitao from the Public Security Bureau. What if the two teams investigate the source of the money? What should I say?"
The man asked curiously: "You have been working for so long, and you can't even save 200,000 RMB?"
Ji Gang sighed bitterly: "This excuse can be used, but I am afraid that the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Anti-Corruption Bureau will investigate my account. I have more than a million RMB in my personal account, and my wife has a few million RMB in her account. This … Sigh, it is hard to explain. "
The man thought for a moment and said: "Don't worry, I will ask someone to find your wife and ask her to find a way to transfer the money away as soon as possible. As long as the Anti-Corruption Bureau does not investigate you, you can rest assured about the Commission for Discipline Inspection. "
Ji Gang sighed and said: "That is the only way … I have another thing that I need you to pass on to the Mayor. He must avenge me. I did not know that Li Rui was Lu Qingman's husband, and I made a big fool of myself. But he did have an affair with the general manager of Shengjing Hotel, Ou Yangxin. It is real, and I can't be wrong. As long as we find someone to keep an eye on them for a while, we will be able to catch them. I did not have time to keep an eye on them before, but they must be related … "
At 10: 30 that night, Yu Heping was in the study room of Building 1 of the Standing Committee Building of the Municipal Party Committee's Family Compound. He heard about the situation from Wei Hai on the phone. After he hung up the phone, he slammed the table and said to himself angrily: "This Ji Gang, he can't even protect himself, but he still wants to take revenge on Li Rui. What a fool! Humph, he already embarrassed me this afternoon, and now he is still holding on to Li Rui's style. Does he want me, Yu Heping, to lose face in front of Song Chaoyang and the others? "
He was so angry that he stood up from the armchair, clasped his hands behind his back, and walked around the study room a few times. After he calmed down, he suddenly remembered that Ji Gang had told him a long time ago that Li Rui and Ou Yangxin had an ambiguous relationship. He must have found something and said that. So, did Li Rui and Ou Yangxin really have that kind of relationship?
Thinking of this, Yu Heping became energized. He returned to the armchair and wrote down Li Rui's and Ou Yangxin's names, connected the two names with a line, and wrote down Song Chaoyang's name above Li Rui's. Looking at the three names, he thought to himself: If I can catch Li Rui's style, then I can copy what Song Chaoyang did today and slap Song Chaoyang's face in front of Song Chaoyang's face. Then, not only can I get rid of his top subordinate, Li Rui, to avenge Ji Gang, I can also ruthlessly cut down Song Chaoyang's power and destroy his prestige. It can be said that I can kill two birds with one stone. But the problem is, how should I catch them? Ji Gang said to send someone to keep an eye on them, but who should I send? Who can keep an eye on them?
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