Chapter 46 Countermeasures
"Back to the emperor, last night the minister suddenly received a report from the soldiers, the Dengjia Street began to burn, when the minister led the troops to go, I also saw, Xing Guogong, Xing Zhaolin Jin, Li Cheng, the son of Prime Minister Li Cheng, Qiu Ye, Dongfang Yu, Xia Jinghong, several people have arrived at the scene."
"It won't take long to help the ministers rescue the trapped people. The county lord of Qingqing also arrived at the scene, and she also brought a few cauldrons, boiled porridge, and distributed it to the suffering people. ”
"It was raining heavily, and the fire was quickly extinguished, and the cause of the fire had been identified, and there was a private gun shop in that alley."
"When the workers were making the cannonball, they accidentally ignited, and there were a lot of black powder stored in the warehouse, so there was an earth-shattering explosion and a series of fires."
"Okay, that's great, there's a private artillery workshop right under my nose, so next time, are you going to transport explosives into the inner courtyard of my palace?"
The emperor laughed angrily, "What do you guys do with wine bags and rice bags all day?" It's a huge private artillery workshop, why can't it be discovered? ”
At this time, General Wang Shen sweated like rain and stammered back, "The ministers are negligent." Please forgive the emperor. ”
"Who is this black workshop, built in the capital?"
"This, this," General Wang couldn't answer at all.
"Did any suspicious people be caught at the scene?"
Xia Yi played a round and said, "Yesterday, the old minister played chess with you in the palace, and when he arrived at the scene, he caught a few sneaky people, and they were already handed over to the criminal department for investigation. ”
"Xing Guogong, can you tell me what the results of the investigation are?"
"Back to the emperor, at first, these thieves were silent, and they were expecting someone to come to save them, and the ministers punished these thieves heavily, and they spoke."
At this time, he paused, and the emperor asked, "What did you say?" With me here, what are you afraid of? Say it! "Yes, Your Majesty, these thieves are said to be the leading stewards of the eldest prince's brother-in-law, Liu Jing, so the matter involves the emperor's relatives and relatives. The ministers did not dare to make assertions, so they came to report to the emperor for decision. ”
"Your Majesty, the minister has sent someone to escort him outside the palace."
As soon as these words came out, no one in the hall dared to talk, and the emperor said angrily, "Great, send someone to pass on Liu Jing." ”
"Bring him up."
"Minister Liu Jing, see the emperor. Liu Jing went to the hall and shouted that he was wronged, saint, saint, this matter has nothing to do with the villain, the villain doesn't know anything. ”
"Okay, you Liu Jing, if you don't know anything, those little thieves will bite you." Xing Guogong asked.
"I really don't know, maybe, maybe they are biting indiscriminately, trying to find someone to take the blame for them." Liu Qing was excited and began to talk nonsense.
"Then why isn't he afraid of biting others? It's you. The emperor clenched his fists and slammed the bookcase. Liu Jing, do you dare to quibble when you are dying? ”
"I really don't know about this, Your Majesty, please enlighten the Emperor!"
Liu Qing began to kowtow, and after a while, blood appeared on his forehead, and the whole person looked extremely miserable. It's just that everyone thinks of the misery of the people that General Wang just talked about, and they can't feel pity for him.
Xing Guogong took out another strong evidence at this time, and said, "Everyone, please see what I have in my hand, it is your Liu Jing's private jade medal, if you really have nothing to do with this private artillery room, why is your jade medal on those little thieves?" ”
Liu Qing couldn't speak with his mouth open, and the emperor immediately said, "Liu Qing, I am asking you once, but I am guilty!" ”
"The minister is guilty, the crime is not to keep the jade medallion, the jade medal was lost a few days ago."
Xing Guogong listened to his quibbles, couldn't help but grit a mouthful of silver teeth, and scolded angrily, "Bold, do you know the situation of the people yesterday, how many people died because of your family?" How many people have been displaced? It's all because of your lack of greed to do this black-hearted workshop. ”
"Say! Who else is behind you? ”
"You have no high-ranking official position, and you have no real power in your hands, how can you smoothly transport this gunpowder to the capital?"
Liu Qing looked like a person who had not gone through major events, and was repeatedly frightened and questioned by Xing Guogong, and was speechless for a while, and actually fainted.
When the emperor saw this situation, his face was so heavy that he could drip water, and said, "If someone comes to press this beast into the building of the Criminal Department, Xing Guogong will interrogate him well, and then go back and forth, and order the eldest prince and the second prince to return quickly." ”
"Scatter!"
After the early dynasty.
The old prince was just about to board his carriage, when he heard from behind, "Brother Xia, Brother Xia, wait for me." ”
It was Xing Guogong who walked quickly.
There seemed to be a puzzled look on his face, Xia Yi said, "In this case, it is better for you and me to go to my house to have breakfast together." ”
"Yes, that's very good."
The two boarded Xia Yi's carriage together, "Brother Xia, what do you mean by what do you say the emperor means?" ”
"The sacred heart is unpredictable, at this time it is in the outside world, let's not talk about state affairs, only talk about family affairs, yesterday, I saw your son-in-law Xing Zhaolin, the older this kid is, the more like you, he is really a talent, he also helped to fight the fire yesterday."
"Thank you for the praise of the old prince, my son can be said to have only the courage of a reckless man."
"Hey, where do you say that? Childe was smart yesterday, there was originally a woman who was knocked under the eaves, and we dug for a long time, but we were never able to rescue the lady. ”
Later, Ling Gongzi was smart, thought of a lever method, found a fulcrum of a piece of wood, and pried up the main beam of the whole house. With a gap about half an arm's size free, the woman crawled out on her own. ”
"Saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, but Childe saved many lives yesterday."
"Where is the old prince who said so godly? It's better for you to take it with you. When he came back to talk to me yesterday, I was so scared that my heart jumped out of my throat. ”
"The common people are already poor, and after this battle, I don't know how miserable it will be."
Lao Wang also thought of yesterday's human tragedy, and he didn't know what to say at this time.
In the palace of the third prince, "Master, master, come, quickly put this ointment on your arm, we are helping some poor people, why do you still carry the wood yourself." "At that time, the house was crumbling with fire, and it collapsed all at once, and I couldn't dodge, and I was burned on my arm.
The third prince looked at the scar and said, "I'm burned, and I still have good ointment to wipe off, so what do you say those people should do?" ”
"Oh, my master, let's take care of ourselves first. This is the secret medicine in the inner courtyard of the palace, which is worth a thousand gold. However, the doctor has seen your scar and said that it is too deep, and it may not be able to completely remove the scar. ”
The third prince waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "What's this, as a man, just a few more scars on his body." ”
The henchman carefully sprinkled the medicinal powder for him, wrapped it in gauze again, and said, "Master, you need to avoid eating these days, and you can't eat spicy food and seafood." At this time, the winter fish in Jinzhou began to be fished, you like this bite the most, but unfortunately you can't eat it in the last two months, and then wait for next year. ”
"It's okay, just a bite to eat, I can't be hungry after all." The third prince was still smiling, "Oh, why is my master still smiling?" ”
"You know what?" The prince glanced at him lightly. "Yesterday, the lord of Qingqing County discussed with General Wang in an orderly manner, and then took a big pot to boil up rice and distribute it to everyone." "I don't know how many people are grateful, but now even the children on the street will sing songs and praise the good deeds of the county lord."
"The master didn't praise us, why are you so happy?"
The third prince was poked in the heart by his henchman, and immediately kept silent, waved his sleeves and said, "You go down first," the henchman withdrew from the room in confusion.
Xia Qingqing slept until dawn, "County Lord, it's time to get up." ”
"Don't make a noise with me, I have a headache, I want to sleep a little longer."
"Isn't the county lord catching a cold?" Xiao Qing stretched out his hand to support Xia Qingqing's forehead, and was so hot by this temperature that he shrank his hand, "Hurry up Xiao Lu and go to the doctor, the county lord has a low-grade fever." ”
Xia Qingqing turned over and hugged the quilt and said, "Don't toss, I should have a cold." Just let me get some more sleep, sweat! ”
"Quick, the county lord has already burned and started talking nonsense, what is this cold? Quickly send someone to get the sign into the palace and ask the imperial doctor to come. ”
Xiaoqing hurriedly said, at this time, the old prince who had just entered the mansion was watching a small man running out in a hurry, and then asked, "Why are you so unruly?" Don't you see me and Lord Xing here? ”
"Don't come here to say goodbye!"
"Lord, lord, are you back? The county lord of Qingqing had a fever, and the little young girl asked me to enter the palace with a sign and ask the imperial doctor to come. ”
"Really?" The old prince walked one step at a time and two steps towards the Qingqing courtyard. happened to meet Xiaoqing who was about to go in with a decoction, "See the old prince, Lord Xing Guogong." ”
"How's your county lord doing?"
"Back to the prince. The county lord said that he was sleepy. The slave maid boiled a bowl of ginger soup for the county lord, thinking that it would be better to sweat first. ”
Xing Guogong also reassured, "It shouldn't be a big deal, since the county lord is well, it's too little, I heard you talk about the county lord getting sick again." ”
"After such a heavy rain yesterday, it should be fine after sweating."
"After the imperial doctor saw it, he also replied to me."
"Yes, old prince."
"Brother Xing, let's go to my study, and the two of us will have a detailed chat."
"Listen, Brother Xia arranged."
The two of them walked into the study, and the next person had already put the food on the table. "Let's talk while we eat."
The old prince immediately picked up his chopsticks and sandwiched a chopsticks of shallots mixed with tofu, and said, "You can taste my shallots, they are all grown by yourself, but they are delicious." ”
Xing Guogong said with a smile and a smile, "Old prince, I'm here to talk to you about business." ”
Lao Wang also suddenly said, "Yes, what are you talking about?" ”
"This time, the people in the private artillery room said that it was the seventh brother of the eldest prince and the leader, do you think this is true?"
"You have the private seal in your hand, what else is really fake?"