Tiancheng's task was completed very well, the last fire in the Lu Guogong Mansion caused a big mess, Xiao Hansu also asked Xiaotian to go to the Wenguo Mansion early to ask Wen Guogong for help, and Wen Guogong Qian Zhan didn't ask the reason and entered the palace without saying a word, and reported the fire in the Lu Guogong Mansion to the emperor.

It stands to reason that this kind of thing is not within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

So when Qian Zhan left to wait for the other ministers in the side hall, the emperor summoned Su Ji and asked him to find out what happened.

Su Jiu's movements were very fast, and he came back without waiting for the other ministers to arrive, and told him about the Su family.

Jing Ziheng's face was slightly angry after hearing the whole story, he knew that this was done by Lu Guogong, otherwise the Lu Guogong Mansion would not have caught fire at this time, but he was even more angry that the Jingji Defense Army actually had Lu Guogong's minions!

After thinking about it, he asked Su Ji to go out and find out the details of the matter before reporting back, and all the ministers had already arrived at that time.

The big guys have also heard about the fire in the Luguo Mansion, and they have said that it is a natural disaster, and the weather is already very hot in May this year, and there is very little rain this year, and there has not been a drop of rain since the beginning of summer.

Xiao Hansu was silent in the crowd, after today, some things can't be suppressed, and then the people of the Su family will be imprisoned, and Luoluo is the party, even if she has married into the Xiao family, she will still be convicted and imprisoned.

Zhang Yushi snorted when he saw him: "Your Majesty, the minister heard from the people who went to check that it was not a natural disaster. ”

"The scene is a warehouse in the backyard, and there are no other buildings around, but due to the gunpowder used by the arsonist, several houses in the backyard have also been burned, but fortunately, there are not many casualties."

No big casualties means that there are no casualties among the master's family, and maids and servants are not counted.

"They all say that it is a natural disaster, but according to what the minister has seen, can gunpowder be used in natural disasters? So this thing is mostly man-made! ”

"It's just that the minister really doesn't understand, who can get gunpowder? There is also black powder among the people, but the control is relatively strict, and it is impossible for black powder to appear in the capital, which is clearly the official gunpowder that blows up the mountain! ”

Zhang Yushi said eloquently, "The Jing Dynasty has an order that civilians are not allowed to bomb the mountains and mine at will, so those who want to sell mountains and rocks use black powder, but in our Jing Dynasty capital, where can we use black powder?" And who wants to take the risk of getting black powder? ”

"Those who possess and sell gunpowder privately in our country should be sentenced to death by hanging! If the amount is large... That's a direct raid on the family! ”

The so-called large amount is only eight taels, and the eight taels of black powder are not gunpowder at all, if it is not fun to watch as fireworks! Rao will still be exterminated if he is like this, which shows how harsh the national law of the Jing Dynasty is on the strict prohibition of black powder.

Jing Ziheng listened to him patiently, and had already guessed most of it in his heart, this matter was done by Xiao Hansu and Su Qing, they did it for the Su family to be besieged, but why was the Su family surrounded by Lu Guogong?

Mostly because of Su Qing's identity, does Lu Guogong already have evidence?

Therefore, Xiao Hansu took the gunpowder from the military department and went to the Lu Guogong Mansion to set it on fire, in order to buy time, what plan did they probably have?

When the emperor kept thinking about what the plan would be and what it was, Zhang Yushi had already finished speaking, and seeing that the emperor didn't pay attention to him, he said again: "Your Majesty! The stakes are high, and the man who stole the gunpowder may have had bad intentions! ”

"Please ask the emperor to judge!"

When he said this, he said it as if the truth was already on his side.

Jing Ziheng smiled and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, do you think I should reward Zhang Yushi?" ”

Zhang Yushi didn't know why, he thought that the emperor said that he would reward him because of the advice just now, so he immediately excused himself, saying that he was a courtier, and no matter what he did for the emperor, it was his duty, and he didn't need a reward at all.

Jing Ziheng smiled: "I said that you should be rewarded, you should be rewarded!" Look at it, among the Aiqing people present, there are not a few people who have heard about the fire in the Lu Guogong Mansion, but if you know that the traces of gunpowder have been found in the Lu Guogong Mansion, I'm afraid you are the only one, right? ”

The other ministers were stunned, they really didn't know about gunpowder!

"Being able to investigate things so clearly in such a short period of time, do you feel a little wronged in the Imperial Observatory? Do you think I should reward you and promote you to the Criminal Department? This is a compliment.

The others looked sideways and looked at Zhang Yushi with a very strange expression, he would know so clearly, there were only two possibilities.

The first fire was set by him, and the gunpowder was also stolen by him, although he was not an official of the Ministry of War, but he was the imperial historian, and he had the obligation to supervise hundreds of officials, and it was understandable to occasionally go to the Ministry of War. The second fire was a natural disaster, but he wanted to take the opportunity to blame some people, so there were traces of gunpowder.

When gunpowder is mentioned, the first person to bear the brunt of the suspicion is the people of the military department, followed by other officials who are qualified to enter the military department.

In this way, it is self-evident who he wants to blame.

Zhang Yushi trembled, he forgot how this matter was going to be completed.

He hesitated for a long time before saying: "Your Majesty, this is not investigated by the minister, the minister turned around and went to the mansion of the Duke of Lu before he came." ”

It means that he listened to what Lu Guogong said, Jing Ziheng nodded, which is reasonable, but now that the situation is clear, it is also commendable that he dares to directly take a position.

Zhang Yushi didn't think of this, he only thought about how to make a lie, but forgot to whitewash the peace.

Although everyone knows that he is from Lu Guogong's faction, but knowing is knowing, now he is saying it in a different way.

By the time Zhang Yushi reacted, the words had already been spoken, and he had no choice but to bring up the previous topic again: "Your Majesty, about this person who stole gunpowder..."

Jing Ziheng waved his hand: "I will go and check." Turning to Xing Jian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, he said: "Xing Aiqing, is there an eyebrow about the princess and the concubine?" And the fire, is it related to the fire in the Lu Guogong Mansion? ”

Xing Jian came out of the line and saluted: "Back to the emperor, not for the time being." Because the backyard was burned by that fire, there was almost nothing left, and there were no clues left at all. As for the fire... The fire in the Horse Mansion was lit by pouring fire oil, and the entire backyard burned up, which required a lot of fire oil, and it can be seen that the people behind it have been planning for a long time. ”

"As for the fire in the Lu State Mansion, if there are really traces of gunpowder, then it should not be the same person. If it is said that the fire is serious because of the fire oil, gunpowder is known for its destructive power and lethality, if it is the same person, the minister feels that this person is a bit of putting the cart before the horse. ”

When you want to kill someone, you don't use gunpowder, you actually use gunpowder to burn a warehouse? (To be continued.) )