Chapter Seventy-One: Saltpeter
Steward Ye smiled shyly: "Lord Hui, these carriages arrived last night, and they will be loaded later." ”
Lin Yanyan walked to the carriage and walked around the carriages.
Her nose was sharp, and she smelled a familiar smell, saltpeter?
Saltpeter is also known as saltpeter, bitter nitrate, flame nitrate, fire nitrate, ground frost, raw nitrate, etc., recorded in the "Compendium": saltpeter taste pungent, bitter, slightly salty, and warm. into the heart and spleen. Wenli traditional Chinese medicine saltpeter has the ability to dispel filth and purify turbidity, break through the accumulation, dilute the water and purify the solid, detoxify and reduce swelling. Indications: Typhoid fever in summer, cold and heat, vomiting and diarrhea, scrofula, neck scrofula, blood stasis and abdominal pain, jaundice, black dice, sand and stone drenching pain, headache, throat paralysis, eye redness, sores and ulcers, swelling and poison, etc.
Lin Yanyan continued to wander around quietly, and smelled the smell of saltpeter on the three carriages.
Steward Ye was calm, everything had been cleaned up, and the adult couldn't see anything.
"Good day, what did you find?" Xiao Qian asked.
Lin Yanyan raised his eyes to look at Steward Ye, and clearly saw that Steward Ye's throat slid up and down twice, which was a sign of nervousness.
Lin Yanyan smiled faintly: "I didn't find anything, just take a look." ”
Then he saw that Steward Ye was not very obvious and breathed a sigh of relief.
Coming out of the second warehouse in the south of the city, the lunch was over.
The three of them didn't eat breakfast, and they were hungry at this time.
"Let's find a place to eat first, although we haven't found any clues, but we still have to eat, let's go, I'll have a treat." Xiao Qian said.
"Who said there were no clues?" Lin Yanyan raised his eyebrows.
"What did you find?" Xiao Qian and Lu Zhaonan spoke in unison.
"Saltpeter, I smelled saltpeter in three wagons, and there was also a smell of saltpeter in the warehouse located in the east of the city, so it can be seen that they carried a large amount of saltpeter into the city."
Xiao Qian's face changed greatly: "Saltpeter is a thing controlled by the imperial court, and saltpeter entering the city is subject to approval, only for medicinal purposes and some special purposes." ”
"yes, so there's a problem here. Do you remember that I said that Father Meng used to work in a firecracker workshop and was blown off three fingers. Meng Chao must be very familiar with saltpeter, so he insisted on continuing to check despite Guo Yongli's scolding, I guess Meng Chao's death was related to these trucks of saltpeter. ”
When Lu Zhaonan heard this, he said: "Immediately arrest the owner of the Shunchang Carriage and Horse Company for interrogation." ”
"It's not that simple, Guo Yongli really reprimanded Meng Chao for inspecting the convoy and causing congestion at the city gate? Or did Guo Yongli know what was in the carriage? Who the hell got so much saltpeter in? And what do you want to do with these saltpeters? This matter is very complicated and may involve a wide range of things, so I didn't say anything just now, so I made Steward Ye think that we had returned in vain, so that some people could continue to act with confidence, and we would have the opportunity to follow the vine. ”
"What you said makes sense, fortunately, we have eyebrows, let's dig deep along the two clues of Guo Yongli and Shunchang Car Company. Eat first. Xiao Qian's confidence has increased greatly. Lin Yanyan really had a set of investigations, he and Lu Zhaonan looked at it for a long time and found nothing, Lin Yanyan found important clues after turning around the carriage.
"You guys go eat, I have to go home first, and I ran out in the morning without having time to explain anything." Lin Yanyan was worried about the Zhu family, maybe the Hou Mansion had already turned the world upside down at this time.
Besides, when the three of them eat together, she will feel that she is redundant.
"It's okay, I'll send someone to call you if there is a situation."
Lin Yanyan smiled bitterly: "Can you change someone?" It's not good to let Guan catch the head come every time! ”
Xiao Qian touched his nose: "I know, today's situation is special." ”
After Lin Yanyan said goodbye to Xiao Qian and Lu Zhaonan, he rode back home. Halfway down, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "Zhen Gongzi." ”
Lin Yanyan didn't react for a while, and walked forward by himself.
"Zhen Gongzi......" The man raised his voice.
Lin Yanyan turned her head in accordance with the sound, only to see a carriage coming up later, and a person in the carriage lifted the curtain and was looking at her shyly.
Belch...... It's Wang Yiren.
Lin Yanyan hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and bowed: "Doctor Wang, it's a good day." ”
"Where did Zhen Gongzi come from?" Wang Yiren was overjoyed when he saw Zhen Ri'an.
She has been waiting in Yuqing Hall for two consecutive days off, but she has never seen Zhen Ri'an come to her, which makes her empty every day, and the tea and rice are not fragrant.
"I just went to investigate the case, and I want to go back to Shuntian Mansion at this time, and Lord Xiao is still waiting." Lin Yanyan said this deliberately, afraid that Wang Yiren would say something to invite her, it would be better to meet her and take her to tea. Now she just wants to go home for dinner and listen to gossip.
"Zhen Gongzi is really busy." Wang Yiren was a little disappointed, people were busy with official business, so it was not good for her to delay others.
"The duty is involuntary." Lin Yanyan snorted slightly.
Wang Yiren's mind moved, and said: "Zhen Gongzi, tomorrow I will rest, and invite Zhen Gongzi to come to Yuqingtang for a cup of tea, I have a few questions for Zhen Gongzi to ask for advice." ”
"Tomorrow is not the third day." Lin Yanyan wondered.
Wang Yiren's ears were feverish: "I haven't taken a break for many days, and I will take a day off tomorrow, so it's decided, and I will wait for Zhen Gongzi in Yuqingtang tomorrow." ”
After Wang Yiren finished speaking, he lowered the curtain and ordered the coachman to drive quickly, for fear that Zhen Gongzi would regret it.
Lin Yanyan looked at the departing carriage and cried and laughed, is Wang Yiren on the run?
About tomorrow, tomorrow I don't know how many things will happen. Yes, it is also a serious matter to contact the Wang family, so I still have time to go.
In an ordinary restaurant in the south of the city, Xiao Qian looked at Lu Zhaonan gobbling it up, and couldn't help but say: "I think you still don't mess around in Shuntian Mansion, you really want to do something, I'll arrange a quiet errand for you." ”
"No, I'm not one to give up when I'm in trouble." Lu Zhaonan said while pulling the food into his mouth. Ma Dan, he hadn't been so hungry for a long time, and his hungry heart was close to his back.
"Why should you be embarrassed by yourself? I know you just think it's fun to investigate the case, but in reality you've seen it, it's not fun at all, it's only bloody, dirty, and sinful......"
Lu Zhaonan said: "Who said I was for fun? I think it's very meaningful to do this, the Meng family died so miserably, I must investigate it, investigate it to the end, and catch the murderer. I admit that I'm not good enough compared to Lin Yanyan, but everyone has their first time, just get used to it in the future, don't tell me don't do this kind of thing again, I don't like to hear it, anyway, it's useless if you say it. ”
Xiao Qian laughed helplessly, it was the first time I had seen Lu Zhaonan look so serious.
may be because of Lin Yanyan, a jewel in the front, so he thinks Lu Zhaonan is useless, but if you think about it, a talented person like Lin Yanyan is rare, and he can't compare. After Lu Zhaonan saw such a bloody scene, it is worthy of recognition that he did not retreat.
"Okay, you eat slowly, there are still a lot of things to deal with when you go back to the yamen later." Xiao Qian picked up the rice bowl and ate slowly.