After explaining other things, Qiu Shaohu left Dengyun Pavilion.

In the end, not only did he get some carbon phosphorite from Ren Chuanning, but even Zhan Jinggang asked him to help him order some, and he could get it in a few days.

Although Ren Chuanning volunteered, saying that if he wanted to configure the materials of gunpowder, or directly prepare gunpowder, it was not impossible. But Qiu Shaohu still politely declined, and he was ready to find another channel in this regard.

It's not that he doesn't trust Ren Chuanning, but to avoid causing trouble to the other party. After all, what Qiu Shaohu has to do in the future will inevitably not leak the news, and Ren Chuanning will not be able to escape the blame when the time comes. It is better to diversify channels, but also to indirectly diversify risks.

"I'm just afraid, if I ask Ren Chuanning to buy gunpowder for me, his eyesight is not good, don't accidentally take the charcoal to me by mistake." Qiu Shaohu shook the package containing carbon phosphorite in his hand and thought to himself.

The feeling of wrapping tentacles was soft and slightly hot, and Qiu Shaohu was slightly stunned.

With this feel, it seems a little wrong.

Carbonite is a mineral with sharp edges and corners, and it should not be this paralyzing feeling at all.

Looking at this package again, it seems to be exactly the same as the package that Ren Chuanning himself was holding before, can't the entire Dengyun Pavilion use the same piece of furoshi, right?

Qiu Shaohu felt that something was wrong, so he opened the package three times and five by two, but he saw that there was a cloud of ash inside, and where was the carbonaceous phosphorite.

"Ren Chuanning, who is short-sighted, really took the wrong one again." Qiu Shaohu was speechless, and was about to turn his head back and change back.

His nose twitched twice, but at the same time he smelled something unusual about the dust.

I was curious, and I couldn't help but lower my head and smell it carefully, only to understand why, "The soil of the old city wall can refine nitrate, and it is the raw material of gunpowder!" ”

I don't know who it is, through Dengyun Pavilion, to buy this kind of thing.

At this moment, Qiu Shaohu looked up and found that in the corner of the street, there were two people hidden, looking at him loomingly.

Their eyes were fixed on the package in Qiu Shaohu's hand.

……

"About the report of Chaomen City, adults don't want to hear it?" Cheng Tingdong was smoking a cigarette pouch, looking leisurely. Although in terms of official rank, Cheng Tingdong is only the fifth grade, and Jiang Wei is from the third grade, but firstly, Cheng Tingdong's background in the army means that he has deep qualifications, and secondly, he is older than Jiang Wei in terms of age, so he is still calm and light in the face of his nominal superior.

"The flying pigeon message, not that most of it has been said. The rest of the details will be discussed when we go to the official affairs of the Yamen. But you came to me in private, obviously not for business. Jiang Wei finished eating the pastry, wiped his mouth, and looked at Cheng Tingdong beside him.

Cheng went to dodge subconsciously first, not knowing what the other party meant.

Cheng Tingdong nodded, knocked the cigarette ash in the cigarette pouch on the chair next to him, and said, "I don't know about the monster, so I handed it over to Fu Shendu to investigate." What have you been checking recently? Why should it be difficult for Master Guo. ”

"Lord Luan, the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, died not long ago, and since he is an official of the imperial court, Taifu naturally ordered us to investigate this matter thoroughly. You and I all know that in recent days, there has been a lot of opposition from the court and the central government to the new land policy of the prince's horse washing, and this Lord Luan is the one who has taken the lead in opposing the most fiercely. At this time, hehe......"

Cheng went to know that the prince washed the horse is the prince's scholar and political person, which is equivalent to the prince's teacher, if the current emperor dies and the prince succeeds to the throne, it is a genuine emperor, which is equivalent to the position of today's prince.

Therefore, the policy promoted by the prince is impossible without the prince's handwriting.

However, in all dynasties, the prince interfered in politics, which was very easy to be intolerable to the emperor.

That is to say, the Metropolitan Procuratorate died violently, which seems simple, but behind it is mixed with the matter between the current saint and the prince, and the relationship between the DPRK and China is complicated, and the people involved are not careful, it will be a catastrophe.

This kind of thing, only he Jiang Wei dared to directly take over the investigation at this time.

"Oh?" However, Cheng Tingdong seemed to have something else in mind, "Listening to Lord Jiang's words, if it weren't for Lord Taifu Xiahou asking you to investigate this matter, it seems that you wouldn't be willing to get involved?" ”

Cheng Tingdong thinks about it more and more carefully than his son.

"It's disrespectful to say this," Jiang Weipi didn't smile, "Whether it's Taifu or you and I, we all eat the emperor's food, listen to the emperor's dispatch, and do our best for the emperor." Since it is also for the emperor's efforts, what difference does it make who to listen to? You and I have to do our best. ”

After speaking, Jiang Wei clapped his hands, and the other guards of Xuanzhen Division took the order and left here with him.

In the empty mansion, only the father and son were left for a while. Cheng Tingdong chuckled and took the cigarette pouch back into his arms.

"Father, you can still laugh." Cheng Fuxian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This Jiang Wei is like a fat tiger, I can't breathe at all." Doesn't he smile like this to everyone else? ”

"It's not the same only for Taifu." Looking at his puzzled son, Cheng Fuxian explained: "When he crossed to the south that year, Jiang Wei's father died in the chaos, and it was Taifu Xiahou who helped his father collect the corpse, as well as the cemetery and funeral that Taifu single-handedly managed. Since then, he Jiang Wei has been looking forward to Taifu Weima. This time, the Taifu asked him to investigate the case, and he knew that the prince and the prince had always been at odds with the prince, so he would inevitably find ways to target the prince and wash the horse, and show no mercy. ”

"The prince and the emperor are involved, and now the prince is also involved, Xuanzhen is investigating this kind of thing, father, you dare to bring me to see him at this time, fortunately, he directly sent us to investigate the monster, and did not let us follow." Cheng is still a little afraid.

Cheng Tingdong suddenly laughed, and after laughing, he continued: "You just want to be simple, it is precisely because I brought you over to meet him that he will let us investigate the monster, instead of investigating the case with him." ”

Cheng went to be puzzled first.

Cheng Tingdong sneered: "He Jiang Wei has always come to see inferior people, and when he sees me taking you, he must think that I want to pave the way for my son in the court, so I took you to meet various high-ranking officials everywhere and familiarize yourself with human relations in advance." In this way, he will also deliberately pick up some important but not so troublesome things for me to do, which is also an opportunity for you to make meritorious contributions. After all, he is happy to do it. But he Jiang Wei didn't expect that I was doing this on purpose, so that you and I would have time to do something else! ”

Cheng Tingdong saw through Jiang Wei, so he planned from this. And Jiang Wei didn't expect that the opportunity he gave Cheng Tingdong to investigate alone would be used by the other party to investigate his benefactor, Xiahou Ceyong, the imperial master.

The Sima family and the Xiahou family have a great relationship, if he wants to investigate Sima Yin, the two families are contradictions that Cheng Tingdong can't bypass, so he must prepare early.

……

There is no doubt that he was being followed.

This is what Qiu Shaohu can be sure of.

For two days in a row, he deliberately went to different places in the capital, just to deliberately test it.

I can always find that the two people are suspicious and have been following them.

They don't try to get close, and they never go away, but no matter where they go, Qiu Shaohu can find their tracks.

And once, Qiu Shaohu tentatively threw the package he got in a place, and then walked away by himself. The two men immediately separated, one ready to pick up the package, while the other continued to follow him.

It wasn't until they turned around and retrieved the package that they realized that they might have been aware of it, so they disappeared for a while, but a day later, they reappeared.

It's really haunting.

In this way, it is indeed the package that he took by mistake that attracted these people, the old city wall soil can be refined saltpeter, which is an important material for making gunpowder, and it is also one of the materials for alchemy, it is not surprising that this kind of thing will appear in Dengyun Pavilion, but I just don't know, what do these two people want it for.

Qiu Shaohu thought about asking Ren Chuanning directly, but thought that maybe the other party didn't know about it, and doing so might cause trouble to the other party; I also thought that maybe I just threw this package away, and then got rid of them.

But at this time, a series of strange things have appeared in Kangjing one after another, such as monsters, strange scriptures of the full moon, black insects in the resting place, and now I don't know who secretly collects gunpowder, and the secrets involved are probably more complicated.

Perhaps his enemies are also involved.

This possibility made him unable to ignore it.

But what to do?

Qiu Shaohu was a little irritable when he thought about it, walked to an alley in front of him, and disappeared behind the corner.

Soon after he left, two footsteps followed, but looking at the depth of the alley, the two stalkers glanced at each other, and then one guarded the exit, and the other cautiously went in to find Qiu Shaohu's figure.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, the man on guard rested against the wall.

His eyes inadvertently scanned the ground, and the rain had accumulated a puddle of water on the ground the day before, and the water reflected Qiu Shaohu standing on the wall and examining his reflection.

This person was taken aback and was about to shout, when Qiu Shaohu jumped down and hit the opponent's forehead, making him unconscious.

Seeing that no one was alarmed, Qiu Shaohu was cautious and followed into the alley.

In the deep alley, another scream was soon heard.

"Okay, let me see who you really are?" Looking at the unconscious two, Qiu Shaohu began to search his body, both of them were carrying a package on their backs, Qiu Shaohu took it down and opened it first, and what came into his eyes-

"Pickaxes, shovels, hammers, ladders......" Qiu Shaohu became more and more strange, "Soil, not like farm tools, not like carpenter's tools, this is?" ”

At this moment, from those tools, a cold aura suddenly appeared, making Qiu Shaohu's whole body agitated. The darkest feeling, like dead air, is spreading.

However, this breath did not target Qiu Shaohu, and before he could react, the dead air drifted into the bodies of the two unconscious people, making the two of them completely breathless.

"What a vicious method, is this for fear that I will find out something?" Qiu Shaohu still had palpitations, "Different from the weirdness of the resting place, this feeling is like really facing a dead corpse, lifeless." Corpse ......"

Suddenly woke up, Qiu Shaohu immediately understood who the two of them were.

The things they were carrying were clearly tools for tomb robbing.