Fu Jiuqu and Cai Qi went to Shenyu Wazi for a while, but they didn't see Qingyu Gongzi, the palace tune called "Song of the Cave Immortals", and there was no performance today.

Fu Jiuqu specially asked the little guy to inquire, and heard that Qingyu Gongzi was sick and had not been on stage for two or three days, so he was not interested in sitting down again.

"Let's go."

"I don't understand." Cai Qi asked, "Why are you interested in him too?" ”

Fu Jiuqu glanced at him, "You don't have to understand. ”

"The gods are mysterious. Okay, if you don't say it, you won't say it. Cai Qi glared at him dissatisfied, pulled people and left, "Let's go to the pharmacy and pick up my daughter-in-law." ”

Fu Jiuqu pulled his arm out of his hand.

"Don't go. I still have something. ”

Cai Qi looked him up and down strangely, "Do you want me to help?" ”

Fu Jiuqu hesitated, hooked his hand at him, and Cai Qi put his ear up.

Fu Jiuqu asked: "He used to ...... No, I mean I ......."

Cai Qi didn't hear the following for a long time, and frowned.

"Chonglou, what the hell are you going to say? Why do you look strange lately, aren't you evil? ”

Fu Jiuqu closed his eyes and waved his hand, "Maybe." Let's go to the pharmacy. ”

When the two of them went to the pharmacy together, they were having lunch in the workshop, and they were happy inside and out. This place is like some kind of magic, and it makes you feel good at looking at it.

Cai Qi sat down unceremoniously and let people serve the meal, Cao Yilan looked at him with great disgust, and kept looking at Xin Yi.

Xin Yi just didn't see it, and called Fu Jiuqu aside.

"You're going to Shen Yuwazi?"

Fu Jiuqu was slightly stunned and smiled lightly, "Can you guess this?" ”

Xin Yi: "Any clues?" ”

Fu Jiuqu was silent for a moment and said, "The person is not here. But about Yulin Lane, I asked Cheng Cang to send someone to investigate, it shouldn't be long before there will be clues......"

He suddenly asked Xin Yi, "Have you ever seen the medicine puppet?" ”

Xin Yi snorted, "There are often performances in the Goolan tile, this kind of professional artist is very powerful." I don't know how it works......"

Fu Jiuqu said: "Today, Shen Yuwazi is also preparing a medicine puppet, I saw that paper dummy flying up, spinning in the air, I thought, the white-clothed fluttering 'ghost' in Yulin Lane, is it a medicine puppet, a kind of illusion performed with gunpowder?" ”

Xin Yi was silent for a moment and did not respond.

The medicine puppet is actually a kind of fireworks show, which was very popular in the Northern Song Dynasty, through the control of professional artists, and with the help of the power of gunpowder, paper characters can make puppet show like a puppet show in the air. It's a pity that this technique has been lost in later generations, and the current artists who specialize in medicine puppets will not easily reveal the tricks of acting, let alone teach apprentices casually.

"However, with the help of the explosion and combustion of gunpowder, the puppet will definitely make a sound......

"The man didn't say in the letter that he was silent."

“……”

That being said, if there is a noise or a medicine puppet, how can it be mistaken for a ghost?

This doesn't make sense, but the rich imagination of the second generation of Fu still opened Xin Yi's mind a little.

Seeing that it is a human appearance, it is not necessarily a real person.

After all, the kind of light work that can "fly around" in the air does not exist.

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Three days later, the euonymus came.

That day, he happened to be resting, and he was dressed in civilian clothes and came to the house to ask for a meeting.

Fu Jiuqu had never had direct contact with him before that day, and he was afraid of being a gangster, so he specially called Xin Yi to join him.

So the people of the eldest princess's mansion once again saw the loving appearance of the husband and wife going in and out together, and they were overjoyed.

"The princess of the county, the princess of the county."

Wei Mao saw Fu Jiuqu, and saluted his subordinates as always,

Fu Jiuqu hurriedly asked people to take a seat for him.

"Lord Wei came today, why did you come here?"

Euonymus glanced at the girls and guards in the hall, and his eyes turned slightly.

Fu Jiuqu exchanged glances with Xin Yi and motioned for them all to go down.

Only then did Wei Mao pick up the teacup and said slowly: "Jingzhong is going to Yangzhou after the prince of the county, can this matter be serious?" ”

Fu Jiuqu thought for a while and smiled slowly, "I'm also waiting for the official will." ”

Euonymus suddenly raised his eyelids, glanced at Fu Jiuqu and Xin Yi's indifferent appearances, sighed, and put down the teacup.

"I'm not going to beat around the bush, let's get straight to the point. The king of the county has been investigating the affairs of Yulin Lane recently? ”

Xin Yi was shocked and looked towards the guard spear.

Fu Jiuqu said: "The eyeliner of the Imperial City Division is really good. ”

Euonymus arched his hand: "It's all up to the county king's cultivation." ”

Seeing Fu Jiuqu's indifferent expression, he smiled embarrassedly, "Don't misunderstand the county king, it's not that his subordinates intend to investigate the county king's whereabouts, but unfortunately, the Imperial City Division is also investigating the plain county king in Yulin Lane......"

Fu Jiuqu: "Oh? ”

Euonymus said politely: "Now that I have just a little eyebrows, I can't help but reveal it to the county king." The king of Pingyuan County bypassed the ordnance superintendent and privately opened a workshop to produce and sell black powder, and the case involved a wide range of ...... If the king of the county has no friendship with him, it is better to have less contact. ”

The two have worked together for many years, and Fu Jiuqu has the grace of knowing the spear, and he does not want the case of the king of Pingyuan County to involve Fu Jiuqu.

Therefore, this sentence can be regarded as a kind of awakening.

Fu Jiuqu smiled lightly, "It seems that nothing can be hidden from the eyes of the Imperial City Division." ”

Xin Yi glanced at the coldness in his eyes, coughed lightly, and said to Euonymus with a smile: "It's not mine, a few days ago, I was angry with my husband and deducted his usefulness, which made him scarce, and it happened that the king of Pingyuan County fell in love with a painting in his courtyard, so he transferred it to him......"

The euonymus was silent.

Xin Yi sighed with a smile again, "Hey, I'll just say, no wonder the king of Pingyuan County is so rich, and his shot is 10,000 taels." It turns out that people are doing this kind of business......"

The Northern Song Dynasty already had weapons that used gunpowder as raw materials, such as fire-priming fire, fire-capsule, fireball, etc., but gunpowder was more used in entertainment fireworks, so that shelf fireworks and drug-issuing puppets were prevalent, but the development of firearms was very slow. But slow does not mean no, because of the high explosive and high flammability of black powder, the Northern Song Dynasty court also strictly controlled the raw materials, except for government-run workshops, private individuals are not allowed to make and sell gunpowder.

I don't know if the king of Pingyuan County is willing to take the risk, whether it is purely for money, or if he has other purposes.

Euonymus didn't say, and they didn't want to ask again.

Xin Yi glanced at Fu Jiuqu and said with a smile:

"The king of the county is now at home and will not interfere in the affairs of the court. It's just a bit of a coincidence, two days ago, I heard a patient in the pharmacy say that Yulin Lane is always haunted, and at night, there is a ghost in white clothes flying from this yard to that yard......"

After a pause, she didn't wait for the guard spear to speak, and then said nervously.

"Strange to say, since I heard this, I have always had nightmares at night, and when I close my eyes, I see the ghost in white...... The king of the county sent someone to investigate, but he didn't expect to run into the Imperial City Division. ”

After that, she threw the question to Wei Spear again, "I wonder if Lord Wei has heard about this, does he have any explanation?" ”

Seeing that she said something serious, the corners of Fu Jiuqu's mouth twitched slightly.

Euonymus laughed.

"Don't be afraid, princess. Wei also heard about it. There is just a little eyebrow at the moment, it is precisely that the king of the plain county has built an adobe house in the back house to make gunpowder, and there are no ghosts in white, and there are ghosts who pretend to be ghosts......"

He arched his hand towards Fu Jiuqu again.

"When there is evidence, I will report to the king of the county."

Fu Jiuqu returned the salute, but did not speak.

Euonymus sat for a while, said something about the Imperial City Division, and left after about a cup of tea.

Fu Jiuqu snorted, a little unhappy.

"Is this here to keep me from meddling?"

Xin Yi frowned, "Then can we still check?" ”

Fu Jiuqu glanced at her, "What are you looking for?" This matter is obviously already in sight, and it only depends on how the emperor will deal with it. Hum! Since ancient times, ordinary people have to go to jail for stealing chickens, and the emperor's relatives have done something shady and some people have come out to wipe their farts. ”

Xin Yi raised his eyebrows, but did not speak.

It is said that he was also born with a golden spoon, and it is not easy to have such an awareness, and it should be encouraged.

"Alright. With the Imperial City Division investigating, it's none of our business. Haunt him. ”

She glanced at Fu Jiuqu.

"For a while, you are concentrating on researching medicines, so as not to go to Yangzhou and prepare nothing."

Fu Jiuqu: "It's no problem, it's just ...... Are you sure you want to go to Yangzhou? Is Kyori bad? ”

Xin Yi smiled quietly, "Since it is Brother Jiu's idea, there must be his intentions." I must go to Yangzhou. ”

Fu Jiuqu coughed lightly: "Then what if the emperor changes his mind?" ”

Xin Yi looked at him sideways, and always felt that his expression had changed compared to before, and she couldn't tell where it had changed when she looked closely, but his eyebrows were clearly friendly and gentle, so she smiled a little more.

"You go to face the saint. I'm sure you'll have a way. ”

“……”

Fu Jiuqu felt that she was the puppet of the medicine hair in her hand, and wherever she pointed, she had to fight wherever she went.

It's only hateful that the system is not there, otherwise the whole world is up to him, don't say that the emperor is obedient, even if she is made to obey his words, it is not impossible......

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