Li Kezhuo's study was tidy and tidy, and Li Hongyu searched it carefully, but there was nothing suspicious." 『Ww』W.2.

However, Li Hongyu was not discouraged by this, and patiently checked in the various rooms of the Li family, since Li Kezhuo dared to offer the "elixir", he must have been prepared for it, and he must have destroyed those suspicious things.

When he entered a utility room that was locked outside, Li Hongyu's nose couldn't help twitching a few times, and then his brows furrowed, and he vaguely smelled a faint fragrance in the room, as if it was the smell of sandalwood.

Because of the high price of sandalwood, only large families can afford to use it, usually used to clean the air, calm the nerves and pray for blessings, so the smell of sandalwood in this utility room is really a bit strange, it seems a bit tyrannical, even Li Kezhuo's study does not seem to use sandalwood.

The so-called "things must be demonic", sandalwood appeared in a place like the utility room is obviously not in line with common sense, which makes Li Hongyu's heart perk, if he didn't guess wrong, this place is where Li Kezhuo dispenses pills, so he lit sandalwood in order to cover up the smell of medicine.

Since the smell of sandalwood is very light, if the sergeants of the Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi rushed in to search, then they would definitely not notice this subtle anomaly.

In view of the presence of sandalwood that should not exist in this utility room, Li Hongyu cheered up and looked at the situation in the room, although there were a lot of sundries in the room, they were well organized, not messy at all, and there was a thin layer of ash on it.

Li Hongyu's eyes soon fell on the blue brick ground under his feet, the ground was very clean, and there was no dust on the bricks, which aroused Li Hongyu's interest.

According to common sense, there should be few people in a place like the utility room, so the ground should be the same as the sundries, and there should be a lot of dust.

But the strange thing is that there is a layer of ash on the sundries in the utility room, but the ground is extremely clean, which shows that someone has just cleaned it, which undoubtedly confirms Li Hongyu's guess just now, this utility room is where Li Kezhuo made medicine, so he used sandalwood and cleaned the ground.

However, there were gaps between the green bricks on the ground, so Li Hongyu leaned down and carefully inspected the brick joints through the sunlight outside the window, wanting to see if there were any surprises inside.

In Li Hongyu's opinion, it is very likely that Li Kezhuo spilled the medicine on the ground, which is why he cleaned the ground so cleanly, if that is the case, then there will be residues of medicine in the brick joints

"Someone?" Sure enough, Li Hongyu soon found that there was a powdery substance in some brick cracks, so he shouted outside the door.

"My lord, what happened?" Hearing the shout, Liu Han, who was waiting outside the door, hurriedly led several military attaches and walked in quickly.

"Let people pick out the things in these brick cracks, you must be careful, and the official will give them a credit after this matter is completed." Li Hongyu pointed to the powdery substances in the brick cracks, and said to Liu Han in a deep voice, maybe this is an important breakthrough.

"Master Li, it's already noon, you can eat first after a busy day." After arranging manpower according to Li Hongyu's instructions, Liu Han opened his mouth to remind Li Hongyu that Li Hongyu had been at Li's house all morning before he knew it.

"Find a restaurant and let them deliver the meal, and the money for the meal will be reported by the official." Li Hongyu knew that the people in Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi must have been hungry, so he said to Liu Han in a deep voice.

"Master Li, the money for this meal is naturally from the lower officials, how can it cost you a lot." Hearing this, Liu Han hurriedly smiled and said, this kind of thing is naturally rushed by lower-level officials.

"This official is the chief officer of this mission, so the money will be paid by this official, let the restaurant get a few more meat dishes, don't drink, and the brothers will be more motivated when they are full."

Li Hongyu waved his hand and asked Liu Han not to be polite, since he is the leader, he naturally has to look like a leading official, and he doesn't care about this little money.

"Master Xie Li." Seeing that Li Hongyu had a bold personality and was not as hypocritical and pretentious as other civil officials, Liu Han suddenly had a lot of good feelings in his heart, agreed with a smile, and ordered his subordinates to go to the restaurant to order food.

The soldiers immediately cheered when they heard this, their meals should have been prepared by the chef of Jinyi Weibei Town, and sent over, but now Li Hongyu spent money to invite them to eat, so they must be able to have a big meal, how could the dignified Zuo Chunfang University Scholar be so bad?

This has raised Li Hongyu's image among the soldiers of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi to a new height, you must know that the civilian officials hate and look down on the people of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi the most, thinking that they are the lackeys of the royal family, but Li Hongyu obviously does not have this prejudice.

"My lord, because the amount is too small, I don't know what these things are?"

About half an hour later, a hundred households brought a small porcelain plate in front of Li Hongyu, on which there was a small pile of powder the size of a fingernail, which the soldiers had carefully pulled out of the cracks in the bricks.

Li Hongyu took the small porcelain plate and stared at the pile of powder carefully, and really couldn't see what it was, so he put it to his nose and sniffed it, there was a very complex taste, and the color was a little strange, as if several substances were mixed together.

"Lord Liu, let people make every effort to investigate thoroughly, and this official should know what happened to Li Kezhuo and the Li family recently, especially who Li Kezhuo has interacted with." After letting the small porcelain plate be put away, Li Hongyu instructed Liu Han in a deep voice, "This official wants to enter the palace, and this place will be handed over to you." ”

"Master Li, the meal is coming soon, will you enter the palace after eating?" Liu Han was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help but speak.

"No, the queen, the crown prince and all the adults are waiting for this official!"

Li Hongyu waved his hand and walked away, with a solemn expression on his face, presumably the palace and the court have become a mess now because of the death of Emperor Taichang, so where does he still have the mind to eat now.

Seeing this, Liu Han hurriedly led the military attaches of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi to send Li Hongyu out, and watched Li Hongyu leave in a carriage at the gate of the courtyard, and then shook his head helplessly, he has been in the officialdom for so many years, so he naturally knows the huge psychological pressure that Li Hongyu is under now.

"Master Li is very happy and sad, yesterday was full of guests, and now he has become a prisoner."

"I heard that the emperor died because the 'elixir' offered by Lord Li was fake."

"Do you think Champion Lang can find out about this matter?"

"In just over two months, two emperors have died, did someone move the dragon vein of our Daming."

"Once Lord Li's charges are confirmed, will he be beheaded all over the house?"

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The street in front of Li Kezhuo's house was already full of people watching the excitement, talking there, at this time the news of Emperor Taichang's death had been announced, and it was easy for people to guess that the Li family was searched by the people of Jinyi Weibei Town, and it was related to this matter.

When Li Hongyu went to the Forbidden City, he made a trip home, changed into the mourning clothes of the previous Wanli Emperor's death, and then hurriedly entered the palace.

In the Qianqing Palace, many civil and military officials of the imperial court had gathered, kneeling there and crying bitterly, and when they saw Li Hongyu coming, they all subconsciously looked over, and then showed a puzzled look: I saw several chamberlains following behind Li Hongyu struggling to carry two large baskets covered with white cloth to follow behind, and they didn't know what was in the basket.

"The queen mother, the minister went to Li Kezhuo's house by order, and he insisted that the elixir offered to Emperor Daxing was given by the immortals, and the minister did not have any harvest related to the elixir in his home for the time being, but now he has a large amount of property in his family, and the minister is asking people to count the specific amount."

Entering the dormitory of the Qianqing Palace, Li Hongyu first kowtowed to Emperor Taichang who was lying on the dragon bed, and then reported to Empress Li who was talking to the British Duke and others in a deep voice.

"Queen Mother, what is contained here is the list of people who have given gifts to Li Kezhuo, and the minister has not had time to look through it, please ask the Queen Mother and the prince to decide."

At this time, the attendants put the two baskets covered with white cloth on the ground behind Li Hongyu, and Li Hongyu stepped forward and lifted the white cloth covered on it, revealing the fold of the gift in the basket, and then bowed down to Queen Li.

Hearing this, the British ministers who were whispering about Emperor Taichang's funeral on the side looked at Empress Li and Zhu Youxiao with concern, wondering what choice the two made, and many people looked a little nervous.

After all, the vast majority of officials with heads and faces sent people to the Li family to give gifts yesterday in order to curry favor with Li Kezhuo, and if someone made a fuss about this matter, it would be difficult for them to get out.

"Prince, what do you think?" Empress Li pondered for a moment when she heard this, and then asked Zhu Youxiao beside her, wanting to see how Zhu Youxiao would deal with this matter.

Everyone's eyes then fell on Zhu Youxiao's body, Zhu Youxiao looked a little stunned for a while, after all, he was only sixteen years old, he was an out-and-out young man, and now he was still immersed in the death of Emperor Taichang, and it was indeed a little difficult to suddenly decide such a thing.

Involuntarily, Zhu Youxiao's eyes fell on Li Hongyu's body, which made Li Hongyu feel a burst of relief in his heart, it seemed that Zhu Youxiao was the first to think of him instead of Sun Chengzong when he was in danger.

Li Hongyu knew that this was difficult for Zhu Youxiao, because he had told Zhu Youxiao similar things before, and told him how to control the courtiers, which contained similar situations.

Unlike Sun Chengzong and others in Zhan Shifu, Li Hongyu did not blindly talk about the truth of the Book of Sages and Sages when he taught Zhu Youxiao, and talked about etiquette and benevolence, which seemed very empty, but explained to Zhu Youxiao how to govern the country and the tricks of the ministers according to local conditions, so he was deeply liked by Zhu Youxiao.

"Queen Mother, Erchen felt that this matter had nothing to do with Li Kezhuo's offering of pills, so in order to avoid some unnecessary suspicions circulating in the market, Erchen thought it would be better to burn these things to the ground."

Sure enough, after experiencing the initial shock, Zhu Youxiao came back to his senses, groaned for a while, and then bowed his hand to Empress Li, and replied with a serious expression.

The British Gonghe Fang Congzhe and others secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, Zhu Youxiao made the most correct choice, otherwise I don't know how many officials will be unable to sleep, and I don't know what kind of bloody rain these gifts will lead to in the court.

There is no doubt that once it is confirmed that Li Kezhuo deliberately murdered Emperor Taichang, then these orders will become the focus of factional battles in the capital.

Empress Li's eyes showed a look of relief, she didn't want the tragic factional strife in the officialdom of the capital after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, which was undoubtedly unfavorable to the imperial power, so Zhu Youxiao's performance made her very satisfied.