At this very sensitive and delicate moment, one day when he was in the court, Lord Yao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, suddenly reported to the emperor, saying that his third brother Yao Jingtang had learned of a strange thing, and foreigners in the coastal area distributed a refreshing thing called "Wuxiang" to the rich squires in many prefectures and counties for free.

This kind of thing called "black fragrance" can indeed make people feel refreshed after smoking, and even have the pleasure of fluttering immortals.

As a result, this object quickly became popular in the coastal area, and even became an elegant object for wealthy merchants and celebrities.

Many people invite guests into their homes to smoke it as a means of bonding.

Yao Jingtang felt that this matter was different, and after a period of investigation, he found that this drug called "Wuxiang" was actually addictive.

Once a person is addicted, as long as he stops smoking, he will be in great pain, and life is worse than death. Therefore, addicts will seek this object desperately, even at the cost of buying it from foreigners.

It can be seen that this is a conspiracy of foreigners, the purpose of which is to use this poison to lure people into addiction, and then sell it at a high price to make huge profits.

After investigating the matter, Yao Jingtang immediately sent a letter to his brother Yao, asking him to investigate the matter thoroughly and severely punish the foreigners involved in the case and those who colluded with him.

After receiving the letter, Lord Yao felt that this matter was not trivial, so he reported the matter to the court.

After listening to Lord Yao's statement, the officials were in an uproar. If this is true, it is indeed a big case.

Jinshang immediately ordered Yao Shangshu to investigate the matter thoroughly, and appointed Yao Jingtang, Yao Shangshu's third brother, as a temporary envoy, with the right to mobilize the officers and soldiers of the local government and local health centers to arrest relevant personnel.

Since then, following the smuggling salt case, another "Wuxiang case" that shocked the government and the opposition has surfaced.

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Early the next morning, the latest issue of the Beijing News reported on the incident, letting the people in the capital know for the first time that there was a poison called "Wuxiang" in this world, and this poison can also make people addictive.

The day after the Beijing News was issued, the literary newspaper, which was originally published in five days, suddenly went public a day ahead of schedule, and a whole page was added.

This extra page is nothing else, it is the "Wuxiang case" that has attracted the most attention in the past two days.

Even literary newspapers have started to report current affairs?

At first glance, many people can't help but have this question in their hearts.

However, when readers take a closer look, they find that this page is not so much current affairs as a detailed description of the dangers of "black incense".

Unlike the Beijing News, which only has text descriptions, the extra pages of the Literary Newspaper are almost all pictures, and the unique style of realistic painting is from Mr. Chi Fei.

Each painting is marked with a date, but strangely there is no year or month, and it is not known which day it was painted.

Below it is also a note for each drawing to explain what is drawn on it.

The first picture is a large cage, and the entire cage seems to be wrapped in paper, which seems to be airtight. The remarks below it also clearly state that in order to verify whether the black incense will become addictive, a cage was specially ordered, and the cage was sealed with oiled paper around it to prevent smoke from leaking.

The second picture shows a very large dog, which looks very vicious and powerful. The note below is that this is the test subject, a guard dog from a friend's house.

The third picture is an ordinary incense burner. The note below is that this is an incense burner that produces smoke from black incense, and an appropriate amount of black incense will be put into the furnace to ignite.

The fourth picture shows the dog in a cage and the incense burner in the cage, which can be clearly seen to be full of smoke. The following note is for this and the first day of the experiment, and in the face of these thick smokes, the experimental dogs appeared restless, probably thinking that there was a fire.

The next dozen or so paintings are to copy in detail all the reactions and changes of this experimental dog over the past few days.

From the beginning, it was very resistant to the smoke, and gradually became close to it as soon as it saw it.

On weekdays, symptoms such as atrophy, drowsiness, and slow reaction gradually appeared, and the previous fierce appearance was like two dogs.

However, whenever the dog smoked the smoke in the cage, he became very excited and agitated.

On the fifth day, the dog was painted anxiously sniffing around the cage, as if looking for something. The following note is that on the fifth day of the experiment, the smoking test on the experimental dog was stopped and its reaction was observed.

The next few paintings are a detailed description of all the dog's reactions.

From the initial irritability, it gradually became more and more abnormal, not only salivating at the corners of the mouth, but also constantly shivering, cramping, and shivering, as if he had a plague.

As if in too much pain, the dog kept whining, and his body kept twitching, looking very pitiful.

In the last painting, the note below is that dogs are still like this, but what if the addict is a person?

Because these paintings are so realistic, it is easy to see at a glance.

Especially the sentence at the end, it's just chilling.

Compared with the text report of the Beijing News, the series of illustrated displays of the Literary Newspaper are even more shocking.

That's the difference between text and picture.

Fueled by the Beijing News, this issue of the Literary Newspaper immediately set the largest sales since its establishment, selling a total of 26,000 copies.

Not only the common people, but also the rich and powerful who lived in the inner city rushed to buy it.

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It seems that Lone still underestimated Su Zhen as a person. This person is indeed a talent and should not be underestimated. The eldest prince Zhao Yuyu put down the literary newspaper he had just bought and said with feeling.

His staff stroked his beard and said, "This man is indeed a bit extraordinary, and judging from this issue of the newspaper, he should have known about it earlier." ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

"Your Highness, do you know that printed words and printed patterns are two different things.

Printed text only needs to be printed with movable type, which can be as short as one or two days or as long as four or five days.

However, the printing pattern is different, and the engraver needs to engrave the original drawing on the engraving little by little, until it is fully engraved before printing.

The more complex the pattern, the longer it will take to engrave. With such a large number of patterns, even if several engravers carved at the same time, it would take at least more than a month to engrave them.

In other words, Su Zhen should have known about this as early as a month ago.

He even suspected that he might have been the first to find out about this, otherwise how could he have thought of using dogs for experiments. ”

If it really happened to him first, why did he give the credit to Yao Jingtang?

He could have taken this opportunity to make a name for himself, and he could even be ordained an official for it. ”

"Your Highness thinks this person is someone who wants to be an official?"

The eldest prince thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's Lone who confused cause and effect." If this person wants to be an official, he will not give up this credit at all. Since he let it out, he just didn't want to get involved in this case. ”

"No matter what, as long as he is not from His Second Highness, everything will be fine."

Indeed, if such a talent is used by Zhao Yufeng, it is definitely not a good thing.

Lone thought at the beginning that if he didn't accept Lone's solicitation, Lone could only ruin him, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

It's just that he didn't expect that before Gu could recruit him, he was taken by the Duke of Zhenguo. ”

"This matter is far from over, and then it depends on what Yao Shangshu does."

"In order to make his brother famous, Yao Shangshu will definitely not let this matter end easily. We'll see. ”

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