After seeing the kind of "back garden" full of bamboo, Jiang Chuge was so embarrassed that he never took the initiative to mention going to any part of the palace.

Even in the first few days, as soon as he saw Qin Ying, he took a detour.

Qin Ying felt helpless because of her behavior of avoiding him, and at the same time, in order to avoid her being bored, he took Yan Wanrong over and accompanied her through this difficult time of recuperation.

As soon as the two stayed in the palace, it lasted as much as ten days.

During this period, King Lin hid his identity and hired a Jianghu killer to send him to the prison of the Criminal Division, intending to kill Liu Hu.

However, because Qin Ying had already taken precautions, while he was not in a good position, he made Qin Ying and the prince completely sure that Lou Song and Han Xiao had a problem.

The suspicion in his heart was confirmed, and the prince chose a day, and after the early dynasty dispersed, he invited the prime minister to the East Palace, and the two grandparents had a secret talk.

Afterwards, the prime minister questioned and tested his grandson Han Chengdong.

It was finally determined that Han Chengdong's appearance in Liujiazhuang that day was just a suspicious plan deliberately laid out by Lou Song.

And the prime minister learned another news from Han Chengdong, the reason why Liu Hu started the idea of the Cao family girl that day did not seem to be as simple as it seemed.

The prime minister gave the matter to the prince, and the prince told Qin Ying again, Qin Ying sent someone to investigate carefully, but he didn't find the problem, so he had to be suspicious for the time being, and let people continue to investigate.

At this time, King Lin did not know that Lou Song and Han Xiao had already exposed the identity of the traitor because of the untimely assassination he arranged.

Under the combination of internal and external treatment, coupled with the conditioning of the precious ingredients sent by the prince, Jiang Chuge's body finally healed completely after half a month of injury.

It's just that there is a scar on the back.

But she wasn't discouraged by this, after all, the ointment I gave her to erase scars was still under the bed in her home in Fairview Lane.

After going back, let Yan Wanrong help apply it a few times, and the scar would dissipate.

Jiang Chuge, who had recovered from his injuries, took advantage of the gap in Qin Ying's early dynasty to simply pack up his baggage with Yan Wanrong, and then left together and returned to Jinxiu Lane.

After Qin Ying went down to the court, he first went to the prince of the East Palace to discuss the matter of the Red Lin Fire Dragon and King Lin, and then left the palace.

As soon as he got out of the palace gate, the housekeeper who had been waiting outside hurriedly stepped forward, bent down respectfully and said: "Lord Wang, this morning Miss Jiang took advantage of your arrival in the court, packed up her baggage and wanted to go back to Jinxiu Lane, because without your order, the guards are not easy to stop, so ......"

The housekeeper didn't continue here, Qin Ying really understood what he meant.

He sighed helplessly in his heart, and narrowed his eyes slightly:

Yan Wanrong tilted her head and looked up at Jiang Chuge slightly, with no lack of teasing in her smart eyes.

Jiang Chuge put on his clothes, fastened his belt, reached out and flicked it lightly on her forehead, and scolded with a smile: "You girl, why are you so naughty? ”

She knew that Yan Wanrong showed such an expression, but she felt that the person who came was Qin Ying.

Jiang Chuge went out and entered the courtyard, heading towards the courtyard gate, hoping that the person who came was Qin Ying, and hoping that it was not him, which was very complicated.

She removed the latch and slowly pulled it open.

The figure of a middle-aged man immediately came into view, and it was Liu Cheng, the shopkeeper of Liu Ji's carpenter shop in Yongzhou.

Jiang Chuge breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he was faintly a little lost.

"Master Jiang, I heard that you live here, and you were injured some time ago, so I came to visit, in addition, I have a few questions, I want to ask you."

Liu Cheng held the gift in both hands, bent down slightly, smiled decently, and had a humble attitude, and did not have any pride and complacency because he was unusually promoted to the fourth rank of the military superintendent by a holy decree of the emperor.

Before he arrived in Didu, he ordered his family to enter the city first and inquire about Jiang Chuge's residence.

Hearing that Jiang Chuge was injured and lived in King Yi's Mansion, he was worried about how to meet Jiang Chuge.

After inquiring again, Jia Ding informed him that Jiang Chuge had left King Yi's Mansion and returned to his residence in Jinxiu Lane.

So, as soon as he entered the city, he rushed to the shop to buy gifts, came to visit, and asked for advice.

"Shopkeeper Liu...... No, it's time to call you Young Eunuch Liu, please. ”

The visitor was a guest, and Jiang Chuge turned sideways and let Liu Cheng in.

The two entered the hall one after another, and went to the kitchen to boil water to make tea.

After a while, he entered the hall with the brewed tea.

"Sister Chu'er, you talk, I'll go out to play with my friends."

She felt that this uncle must have something important to discuss with Sister Chu'er when she came here, and it might be inconvenient for the two of them to talk if she stayed here.

"Okay, stay safe."

Jiang Chuge admonished, and left with Hu Tianle.

There were only two people left in the room, and Liu Cheng went straight to the point.

"Lord Jiang, I can't hide it, I'm here precisely for the emperor's decree to promote me to the rank of young superintendent of the ordnance superintendent. At that time, when I received the emperor's decree, my heart was very excited and happy, but after I calmed down, my heart was always hanging and difficult to settle. ”

Liu Cheng's expression was solemn, his brows furrowed into a Sichuan shape, obviously extremely distressed.

"If Lord Liu has any worries, you might as well say it directly, if Jiang Chuge can help, he will not refuse."

At the time of Yongzhou, without Liu Cheng's help, it would be difficult for them to successfully make a three-bow bed crossbow, and if so, more soldiers would be sacrificed in the defense of the city.

Although it was not her duty to do her best to save the lives of the soldiers.

But it was about Qin Ying, even if she didn't want to accept and admit her feelings for him, she couldn't stay out of his affairs.

Seeing Jiang Chuge say this, Liu Cheng took a heavy breath, sorted out the wording in his mind, and plucked up the courage to say: "The main reason why the emperor appointed me as the young superintendent of the ordnance prison is that when Yongzhou City was besieged, I participated in the process of making your three-bow bed crossbow, and the emperor intends to let me lead the craftsmen to make this extremely terrifying weapon of destruction in large quantities......"

When Yongzhou City was besieged, Liu Cheng climbed the city wall and saw with his own eyes the piles of corpses inside and outside the city wall.

Seeing the cruelty of war with his own eyes, he was greatly shocked in his heart.

He didn't want to see war.

However, every country, but anyone who can sit on the supreme position, can never be without ambition.

Liu Cheng feared that after the three-bow bed crossbow was made in large quantities, the emperor would give birth to the heart of the soldiers.

He knew that his thoughts were a great rebellion, and if they were known by the Heavenly Family, he would be beheaded.

At this time, the only person he could turn to for help was Jiang Chuge.

“…… Master Jiang, I don't know what to do under the condition of protecting myself and my family. I'm very confused right now, and I'm here to ask you to guide me. ”

After speaking, Liu Cheng stood up, dressed properly, bent down and made a gesture at Jiang Chuge, and his attitude of seeking advice was extremely correct, as if a student was asking for advice from a teacher.

Jiang Chuge hurriedly got up and straightened his body: "The holy order is hard to disobey, since the emperor intends to let you lead the craftsman to make a three-bow bed crossbow, you will do it." As for the war you feared...... There are many factors to worry about when starting a war, and the emperor is not a belligerent, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

The Eastern Qing Dynasty is adjacent to the three kingdoms of Beiyou, Nanyong and Xichuan.

At the junction of the Three Kingdoms, in addition to Shicheng, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack because of the barrier of the sky, Mocheng, which is adjacent to Xichuan, and Hongdu, which is adjacent to Nanyong, are easy to capture.

Once the Eastern Qing Dynasty launched a war, no matter which country it attacked, its forces would be seriously dispersed.

Among the four countries of the Wind Fantasy Continent, although the Eastern Qing Dynasty had the strongest military, the other three countries were not much weaker.

If the three kingdoms are twisted into a single rope, the so-called military superiority of the Eastern Qing Dynasty will be completely disrupted.

Therefore, Jiang Chuge boldly made a guess.

Qin Chenglang made an exception to appoint Liu Cheng, and spent time to keep her in Didu, the main purpose was to use their ability to make weapons to strengthen the army of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, so as to increase the weight of self-protection, rather than taking the initiative to attack.

Although Jiang Chuge did not tell Liu Cheng about her analysis, Liu Cheng believed in her from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Chuge asked him to do it boldly, and he had no worries.

On the second day, he took office and assumed the responsibility of the chief inspector of ordnance.

And Jiang Chuge also went to the Criminal Department to officially handle the case of the old woman of the Cao family against Liu Hu, the bully of Liujiazhuang.

She went to the office provided by the department for the commissioner to review all the evidence in the case of Liu Jiazhuang that the officers of the department had probed and collected during this period.

Due to the long time lapse, some of the information about the identities of the more than 10 women who were killed in the evidence is not yet detailed.

After Jiang Chuge thought about it, he summoned Wu Bantou and ordered him to follow the existing clues and personally investigate the identities of these more than ten women in detail.

After the head of the Wu Ban was ordered to leave, Jiang Chuge sent someone to Liujiazhuang to interrogate the four members of the Cao family, intending to hold a court trial of the case this afternoon.

In the afternoon, Jiang Chuge wore an official uniform and an official hat, walked into the lobby of the Criminal Division, and began to hear her first case in the Criminal Division.

According to the content of the complaint, after questioning and checking the four members of the Cao family one after another, Jiang Chuge took a picture of the shocking wood and ordered the messenger to take Liu Hu to the court.

Liu Hu was imprisoned for more than ten days, during which he experienced a massive assassination.

Although he saved his life, he was already depressed and embarrassed at this time, and he had long since lost the arrogance when he shouted with Jiang Chuge in Liu's Mansion and wanted to kill Jiang Chuge.

He would rather pass the court and be sentenced, whether to die or live to be happy.

After waiting for several days, Liu Hu finally ushered in the long-awaited voice.

"Liu Hu, Master Jiang summoned you to the court for trial."

Liu Hu, who was handcuffed and shackled, with a disheveled head, dirty clothes, and even a foul smell all over his body, was escorted to the court by two servants.

The four members of the Cao family were emotional when they saw him, especially Cao Lang, the son of the old couple.

As soon as he saw Liu Hu, he clenched his fists hatefully, and while scolding, he rushed towards Liu Hu, punching and kicking for a while.

Liu Hu's hands and feet were tied, and he could barely resist.

Fortunately, the two messengers separated Cao Lang from him in time, and Jiang Chuge also took a picture of the shocking wood, signaling Cao Lang not to make a lot of noise in the hall, so as to put an end to this chaos.

Cao Lang glared at Liu Hu hatefully, and walked to the side of the lobby unwillingly, standing with his family.

Liu Hu was pressed to the center of the lobby by two messengers and knelt down.

"Smack~"

Jiang Chuge took a picture of the shocking wood, and said to Liu Hu with a majestic face: "Liu Hu, you rely on your ancestors' family business, raise evil slaves, oppress your neighbors, do all the bad things, and even resist tolerance law enforcement, intending to kill the court officials." Now that the law is above, and this pass is judged against you according to the law, do you want to take the initiative to confess? ”

"Raise the punishment, I will recruit, I will recruit."

Liu Hu hung his head and did not look up at Jiang Chuge in the hall, with a gesture of resignation.

"My ancestors were the richest people in the township for three generations, and after I inherited the family business, I was not satisfied with just being rich, so I bribed the court officials including Lou Song, Han Xiao, Gu Yihua, Yan Jun and others with a large amount of gold and silver while working as a thug in the nursing home."

Liu Hu's hands on his knees slowly pulled into fists.

Lou Song, since you want me to die, I won't let you have a good time.

"Since then, I have money and power, and no one in the township dares to provoke me, no matter whether I beat or scold them, they can only accept it. Occasionally, one or two people who had the courage to enter the capital city to sue me were also cleaned up by the officials I bribed for various reasons. ”

At this point, Liu Hu suddenly looked up at Jiang Chuge, and said without quibbling: "I have been rampant in the township for decades, if it weren't for the fact that the old woman of the Cao family sued the Criminal Department this time, and happened to meet such a serious official as you, I would have continued to bully the villagers while bribing the court officials." ”