Chapter 690: [Theft of the Powder Office]

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I didn't expect that what I usually said to those students of the spy academy was taken so seriously by Li Xiaogong.

He said, "Uncle Lee is right. However, in this matter, Hou Junji is very suspicious, so he needs to send more people to keep an eye on him. On the other hand, check whether Hou Junji has ever been in contact with the gunpowder bureau and stolen gunpowder, and to do this, we need to tell my father about this matter, and after he decides, we will do it according to his decision! ”

Regarding Li Chengqian's opinion, Li Xiaogong nodded in agreement.

After the two discussed, Li Xiaogong took Li Chengqian to see the things found from the spy, the package of gunpowder, and the formula.

The gunpowder was wrapped in a piece of oiled paper, wrapped in three or four layers, which was very tight, and it can be seen that the spy attached great importance to this thing.

The other recipe was written on the cloth, and Li Chengqian thought that the text on it would be the ancient style of Korean characters, but at first glance, Nima's was actually the Chinese character of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but despise it.

The Chinese characters are easy to read, and the writing on them is miscellaneous, and it is completely different from Li Chengqian's formula, only one or two raw materials are the same. But if the raw materials are not proportional, then there is no gunpowder.

In this way, it seems that the real formula for gunpowder cannot be obtained by the spies, and it is just a rough guess!

The situation here can be divided into several situations.

After Hou Junji stole the gunpowder, there was no way to get the gunpowder formula. It can be seen here that the secrecy system of the Gunpowder Bureau is still very high. Hou Junji is the Minister of National Defense, and even he can't get the formula, let alone others. Even Cheng Lao and Li Jing, who are now in charge of the Gunpowder Bureau. There is no way to get it, and the master below. The recipe is divided into several parts, and none of the engineers below necessarily know what the whole recipe is.

It is possible that Hou Junji had subordinates working in the Gunpowder Bureau. So I was able to get gunpowder, but I couldn't get the formula, so I could only guess it by myself, so I wrote it down indiscriminately and handed it to Goguryeo's spies.

It is also possible that Hou Junji has subordinates who are in charge of the raw materials of gunpowder, and knows the two raw materials, and other places are also guessed.

Judging by these circumstances, no one has stolen the recipe yet. Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Fortunately, otherwise this gunpowder will be in the hands of the enemy, and won't Datang suffer?

"Has anyone seen this recipe?" Li Chengqian asked.

Li Xiaogong replied: "I have seen it on the 42nd. He saw gunpowder written on the recipe, so he guessed it. Except for him, no one has seen it, protected by No. 2, and since coming here, no one has touched it. Number 42 is now locked up! ”

No one knew the recipe for gunpowder, so see what was written inside. Well, of course, I don't know what it is. However, there is a package of gunpowder next to it, and gunpowder is written on the top of the formula, which is still easy to guess.

And the gunpowder formula is kept secret not only from the enemy, but also from its own people. So the recipe can't be seen by anyone. Even if it's a spy, you have to guard against it after you see it.

So Li Xiaogong not only didn't look at the formula, but also locked up No. 42. It's the right thing to do.

"This recipe is fake and useless. Put the number 42 out. Li Chengqian said.

When Li Xiaogong heard this, his face was overjoyed. said: "It turned out to be fake, then it's good!" ”

With a fake formula, there won't be any pressure when you get to the spy house. If it's a real formula, then it's troublesome, their spy hospital said that they haven't seen it again, so will Li Chengqian and Lao Li believe it?

Well, now that the proof is fake, the pressure on the spy house is gone.

The other is that the formula is fake, so there is no fear that the formula will be leaked out first, and it will not pose a threat to the country.

"Let's go see my father now!" Li Chengqian said to Li Xiaogong.

Li Xiaogong nodded.

Lao Long put away all the evidence, and then followed Li Chengqian out.

Temple of Manna.

Lao Li was discussing state affairs with Fang Xuanling and others.

After Li Chengqian and the others came in, they stood aside and waited for Lao Li to finish talking about the matter.

Lao Li had already stopped, wanting to hear Li Chengqian come to him first.

But Li Chengqian refused, saying: "Father and Uncle Fang should put state affairs first, and the affairs of his sons and ministers are insignificant, so it doesn't hurt to put them on hold." ”

Although he said this, Lao Li and Fang Xuanling both heard that Li Chengqian had a secret matter to talk to Lao Li, and even Fang Xuanling couldn't listen to it.

Seeing even Lee Hyo-gong standing next to him, it quickly reminded people of something.

So Lao Li and Fang Xuanling hurriedly ended the state affairs, and Fang Xuanling said goodbye and walked out of the Manna Palace.

Lao Li waved his hand to the people in the hall and asked them to go down, and soon Li Chengqian, Li Xiaogong, Lao Li, and Li Yifeng were left in the hall.

"Cheng Qian, what's the matter, let's talk about it!" Lao Li Ying's eyes shimmered, and he asked.

Li Chengqian stepped forward and said, "The spy institute stopped a Goguryeo spy and found gunpowder and an incomplete formula from him. And the spy secretly had contact with Hou Junji in Chang'an! ”

He took the evidence out of his sleeve and said, "This is the gunpowder and the formula." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly felt a gust of hot wind blowing in Lao Li's direction!

It's almost November, the weather is getting colder, where is the hot wind?

But Li Chengqian just felt it, and it made him difficult to breathe for a while.

This is Lao Li's momentum!

A kind of royal momentum to be powerful!

A momentum that has been touched against the scales!

Li Yifeng came down and took Li Chengqian's evidence and handed it to Lao Li to see.

Lao Li just glanced at it, and then didn't pay much attention to these two pieces of evidence, looked at Li Chengqian and Li Xiaogong, and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

As far as he is concerned, he doesn't need to study the authenticity of the evidence and how many ingredients there are, as long as Li Chengqian and the others find evidence and show it to him.

Li Xiaogong stood up and expressed the opinions he had discussed with Li Chengqian before.

"Well, okay, I'll let Li Jing check with you!" Lao Li said in a deep voice.

Li Yifeng went down and asked people to call Li Jing in.

Li Chengqian and Li Xiaogong both quieted down, and Lao Li's words were a little to blame Li Jing.

This gunpowder bureau is in charge of him, and someone stole the gunpowder and touched the formula in it, which is a dereliction of duty!

Now I asked Li Jing to cooperate with Chahou Junji, to beat him.

In the heart of Lao Li, the emperor, who knows if he will suspect that Li Jing and Hou Junji have friendship, so he relaxes him!

After a while, Li Jing arrived.

When he saw the oppressive atmosphere in the Manna Palace, his heart couldn't help but burst.

After he saluted Lao Li, Lao Li showed him the gunpowder and formula.

…… (To be continued.) )