The Villain's Ledger Has No Heroes Chapter 88: The Night the Vault Took Fire

The alarm began in the Northern Memorial Office shortly after midnight. A bell rang twice, stopped, then rang without rhythm. Ma Zhen woke before the lodging servant reached the door. The northern sky was red above the roofs, and a procession of clerks carried water buckets through the street as though paper could be saved by the noise of their urgency. Ye Jingshu found smoke seeping from the…