Qiao Mei shouted desperately towards the surrounding areas, "Fire! Fire! Come and help put out the fire!"
The neighbors rushed out to help and the entire alley became bustling with activity. They were not doing it out of goodwill though. Given Shao Yin's usual behavior, there were definitely not many neighbors who were willing to befriend her. Their main reason for helping was most likely because all the houses here were interconnected. The wind was currently quite strong, so if the fire became bigger, all the houses here would be affected.
Huang Zhong and his gang of men were definitely not a match for Xia Wen's team, so they were subdued very quickly. Huang Zhong hugged the bag of medicinal wine tightly and refused to let go. He had been waiting for the house to explode so that he could grasp the opportunity and slip away in the chaos. Based on his calculations, the explosion should have happened by now.
