Zhang Ke heard Wei Zhongxian speak and asked him to help, but he just smiled slightly.

"Father-in-law, we worked together a few years ago, and in the blink of an eye, I have been named King Anton, with a different surname as the king, unprecedented in my Ming Dynasty, Zhang has arrived now, just to hold the profit and Baotai, the wealth is extended, and I don't think about anything else."

Bah!

If you hadn't stirred up the wind and rain, you wouldn't have the trouble you have now!

Wei Zhongxian scolded secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to bring it out on his face, and said with a smile: "The prince is polite, it is the duty of a minister to be loyal to the country and share worries for the master." Besides, the things in front of me still come from the chaos at the beginning of the year, and the prince can't ignore it! ”

Zhang Ke's face suddenly changed, and he said unceremoniously: "Father-in-law Wei, you still dare to mention the things at the beginning of the year, do you want to kill Zhang?" ”

No one dared to be so rude with the nine thousand years old, and Lao Wei's anger surged and he pressed it down again.

"Lord Wang, it's still the same sentence, the recovery of Liaodong, the credit is world-remarkable, some things, how can it stump you?" Old Wei said reproachfully.

Zhang Ke snorted and said, "Father-in-law Wei, for the sake of our past friendship, let's talk it thoroughly, so as not to play dumb riddles." ”

Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhang Ke's solemn expression, and also raised his spirit.

"The teacher taught me that as an official, you have to think twice, think about danger, think about retreat, and think about change. I have achieved the position of the prince, there is no way to retreat, it is precisely because of this that I must see the danger carefully, because everyone else has a way out, but I don't! To put it mildly, the court of the Ming Dynasty is the final say of the civil officials, and a military general like me is already attracting people's attention, once a son of heaven and a courtier, if I leave a handle and am caught by the civil officials, just a royal history to the matter, a fold, I have to step down. Even if you are in prison, you will be sent to the vegetable market to be stabbed! ”

When Zhang Ke said this, he came face to face with Wei Zhongxian, and he almost sprayed a nine-thousand-year-old face.

"Since I entered Beijing, I have been recuperating from illness and not asking about the world. The people in the military department are good, they intercepted millions of taels of silver, and said that they were rewarding Liaodong, but I didn't see a single one, so I carried such a big black cauldron. Even if you're nine thousand years old, you can keep things down. But in the future, as long as someone turns over the old accounts, I, Zhang Ke, will definitely be ruined. Father-in-law Wei, be kind! ”

Lao Wei's face was slightly red when he said a few words, and indeed he calculated Zhang Ke and wanted to use his prestige to block the mouth of the civil official. However, Zhang Ke's words made Wei Zhongxian feel even more fear, fear from the bottom of his bones!

Zhang Ke, as the highly meritorious King Anton, is still so jealous of civil officials, for fear of being knocked down.

But what about him Wei Zhongxian. When fighting Donglin, how many people were killed, how many people were dismissed, and these people's classmates and friends. How many protégés and old officials!

He Wei Zhongxian was full of problems, and once he changed the dynasty, he lost the complete trust of the Son of Heaven. The 9,000-year-old who is currently in the scenery may be like Zhang Ke said, and it will be folded up one by one. There's nothing left.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian was cold, and his teeth couldn't help chattering.

"What's the matter, Grandpa Wei is not feeling well?" Zhang Ke asked.

"No, no." Wei Zhongxian's momentum was obviously much weaker.

"Lord Wang, Tian Ji really doesn't think about it, and our family will punish him severely when we turn around. In fact, the silver did not fall into our hands much, but was taken away by those gang of Zixungui, they are rats, thieves, and robbers! ”

"Really?"

"Naturally. Otherwise, how could they blow up Wang Gong's factory and destroy the corpse. ”

"Oh!" Zhang Ke pretended to be surprised and said: "Gonggong Wei found out the cause of the explosion of Wang Gong's factory, was it done by the nobles?" ”

"This ......"

Wei Zhongxian's face turned red, so he had no choice but to say: "Lord Wang, didn't our family just come to ask you because they couldn't find evidence, and we asked Lord Wang for help." ”

"Hehe, there is no way to be nine thousand years old, what can I do!"

"No, Lord Wang, you must have a way, it can be regarded as our family begging you, as long as you help our family find evidence, deal with the culprit, make the master happy, let the hundred officials convince you, and in the future, our family will promise you one, no, it is two conditions."

"Quite a lot!"

Zhang Ke pondered for a while and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Wei, Xiao Wang doesn't ask for anything, just to live in peace." I'll help you find the evidence, just don't release it outside. ”

What is the requirement?

Wei Zhongxian, who was ready to be slaughtered, almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, and his heart was full of tenderness. I just can't think of a clue. Dealing with Zhang Ke is the most annoying point, and you can never see what he's thinking?

He cares more than anyone else where he shouldn't care, but when it really comes to the distribution of benefits, why did he retreat again, what a real evil door!

"Cheng, Lord Wang, let's decide."

……

The two sides reached an agreement, Zhang Ke asked Lu Xiangsheng to lead a group of demolition soldiers to Wang Gong's factory to check, the layman watched the excitement, and the insider watched the doorway.

Jinyiwei couldn't find anything, these guys who can be called the king of soldiers arrived at the scene, carefully inspected, measured everywhere, wrote and painted, and saw Wei Liangqing confused.

"Master Lu, we're almost done."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled: "What do you get? ”

"My lord, due to the scale of the explosion, it is difficult to find direct human and physical evidence. However, according to our speculation, the explosion of gunpowder should be between a thousand and two thousand tons. ”

Wei Liangqing asked curiously on the side, "Lord Lu, how much gunpowder is this?" ”

"Tons are Western units, almost equivalent to two thousand catties, I want to ask the Governor, how can the capital store so much gunpowder?"

"Well, I'm going to look it up." Wei Liangqing was also confused, but fortunately, Zhu Qi and they handled things well and quickly figured out the situation.

Speaking of which, Yi Qiē also has something to do with Zhang Ke, because the Yizhou soldiers used firearms to fight even victories, the Ming army's pursuit of firearms reached a fanatical Cheng Dù. However, it is easy to make firearms, but it is difficult to preserve gunpowder, so in recent years, the output of gunpowder workshops in Beijing has increased day by day, and the amount of gunpowder in stock is amazing.

Lu Xiangsheng combined with the news transferred from the military department that Wang Gongchang's gunpowder depot had at least 700 tons of gunpowder, half of which was transported to various forts on the nine sides after the year to defend against the Mongols.

"Well, Wang Gong's factory does store a lot of gunpowder, but it is less than the estimated amount, what is going on?"

When Zhu Qi heard this, he hurriedly replied: "Lord Lu, the extra gunpowder is actually a firecracker. ”

"Firecrackers?"

"That's right. This is not just the Spring Festival, there are a large number of firecrackers in Beijing, next to Wang Gong factory, is a few warehouses, I heard that the number of firecrackers is amazing! ”

"Ridiculous!"

Lu Xiangsheng was suddenly furious, and set off firecrackers next to the gunpowder factory, purely because the birthday star was drinking arsenic...... Look for death! I really can't imagine that the most important gunpowder factory in the capital is so lax in management, even if it doesn't explode this time, it will be difficult to know when there will be problems.

"Check. Continue to investigate and find out the source of the firecrackers, who dares to be so bold. ”

I have to say that Jinyiwei is an amazing spy organization, and in less than a day, Zhuo Shisan led the people to find out the largest firecracker dealer in the capital in Pimp Hutong.

This person's name is Lu Fu. He doesn't have anything, it's just that his sister is the daughter-in-law of Xu Xi, the Duke of Dingguo, and he is the brother-in-law of the future Grandpa Guo. It was through this relationship that he was able to get extremely cheap gunpowder from Wang Gongchang. made firecrackers, and even occupied the premises of the original powder magazine and stacked his firecrackers.

caught Lu Fu and immediately sent him to Dongchang Prison.

This guy is a soft bone. As soon as I heard that the East Factory pulled it directly, I said all the things that I didn't.

According to Lu Fu, his firecracker business was all done years ago. After the New Year, they were all resting at home, and the warehouses were all sealed, so it was impossible to detonate Wang Gong's factory.

"When you rest, is there no one to take care of the storehouse? Will they miss and cause an explosion? ”

"No, no, you don't know, the small warehouse is next to Wang Gongchang, and the soldiers on patrol will take care of it, it's all a family, a family, hehe."

Zhu Qi snorted coldly and said, "Don't be hippie and smiling, during the Chinese New Year, won't anyone go to Wang Gong's factory?" ”

"This ......" Lu Fu hesitated, the whip in Zhu Qi's hand shook a beautiful whip flower, and said sharply: "Speak, tell the truth!" ”

"Yes, yes, someone has been there, saying that they want to move some old account books to me."

When Zhu Qi heard this, his eyes lit up: "Who is looking for you, and what day is it?" ”

"It's Xu Wu, the housekeeper of the Dingguo Mansion, which day, let me think about it, it seems to be the night of the tenth day of the first month. I'm still wondering why he's in such a hurry, and he's still busy in the New Year......"

Zhu Qi reported the news, Lu Xiangsheng looked at it, and immediately said: "Ning Guogong, please see, at the tenth day of the first month, it happened that the accounts of the sixth branch were calculated, and the nine thousand years old had to deal with the greedy ink and silver taels." As a result, Dingguo Gong sent people to smuggle the account books and wanted to hide them in Lu Fu's warehouse temporarily. It can be seen that they have already saved the idea of transferring the evidence, perhaps because they are worried that it is not safe to transfer to Lu Fu, so they simply took a spoonful of stew and detonated Wang Gongchang, leaving nothing behind! ”

Lu Xiangsheng's inference was reasonable, and when Wei Liangqing heard it, he immediately nodded.

"Sure enough, it's them! Master Lu, I'm going to report the nine thousand years old and arrest Xu Wu immediately. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "Don't be busy, there is still something to give to Ning Guogong." ”

After waiting for a while, Song Quan and Chen Minqing came together, and they held several official documents in their hands.

"I've seen Lord Lu, I've seen Ning Guogong."

"Excuse me, how are you doing?"

Song Quan arched his hand and said: "Lord Lu, it's a shame to say, the capital is in chaos right now, we just found out that on the tenth day of the first month, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, sent an official document, saying that he wanted to transfer a batch of gunpowder to Changping, as well as the certificate of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to go out of the city, but there was no record of transportation outside the city, and the things were not shipped out." ”

"I remember!" Zhuo 13 said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, Lord Shoufu ordered martial law in the nine cities. Strictly prevent people from smuggling goods and destroy evidence. ”

Hearing this, everyone finally sorted out the situation in general.

When it was rumored that the weapons workshop was going to be investigated, several princes thought about hiding and transferring the criminal evidence, but because the Jinyi guards were strictly guarded, they did not succeed in the transfer, and in panic, they detonated Wang Gong's factory, perhaps they did not expect that it would cause such a big tragedy......

The news reached the celebrant supervisor, and when Wei Zhongxian saw it, he immediately scolded: "Crazy, crazy!" Order, fence off the mansions of Dingguo Gong and Chengguo Gong! (To be continued......)