Chapter 123: The Bell Breaker
Secret recipe!
As soon as this news came out of Tong Bufu's mouth, the courtiers were in an uproar.
I thought that Jiang Yan was here to die, but I didn't expect that he was here to offer Fang to receive merit, and this hand reversal was ...... It's terrible.
Your Majesty hates this kind of grandstanding the most.
No matter how powerful the folk secret recipe is, it is impossible for it to affect the entire country of Daxing.
Zhou Qian pinched the fold in his hand, looked at the "grass people" Tong Bufu, who had a lot of breath below, and saw that the other party's body was standing straight, with his feet apart, like a standing posture in the army, he slowed down the decision to drag down and hit fifty boards, and asked in a deep voice: "Have you ever been in the army?" ”
"The grass people of Jinling, who were stationed at the northwest border on the front line, were discharged from the army due to an injury in one eye, and are currently working as a steward in the Ning family's perfume shop."
Tong Bufu strictly obeyed the instructions of the son, and did not say a superfluous word.
Ningjia perfume shop.
Rather than harm!
Zhou Qian's five fingers contracted, and he glanced at King Jin, who was tense and attacking.
Knowing the son is more than the father.
King Jin regarded Jiang Yan and Tong Bufu as enemies and was ready to attack at any time, and it seemed that his intuition was not wrong.
Originally, he wanted to drag Tong Bufu, who had redressed his grievances, down to the Criminal Department for trial, but Zhou Qian changed his mind after knowing that the Ning family had sent someone to offer the prescription.
He guessed that it was probably because something had happened to the Ning family that he had to sacrifice the perfume recipe to protect himself.
"Tong is not confused, I am not interested in ordinary business paths, and I have no intention of using rich private businessmen to collect money, I will not accept the perfume of the Ning family, if your grievances cannot be dealt with by Su Thorn History, I will personally break it."
When Tong Bufu heard the emperor's answer, it was similar to what Gongzi had explained, it was exactly the same, and his face turned pale with fright.
reacted, and hurriedly kowtowed to explain: "Your Majesty, the grass people are not offering perfume recipes. ”
"Your Majesty, Weichen can testify that what the Tong Steward is offering is the secret recipe for distilled liquor, which can purify ordinary soju into spirits after distillation, and the intensity is stronger than the tribute wine that is difficult to produce a pound of tribute wine in the Wantan of the Imperial Wine Workshop.
Jiang Yan and Tong Bufu sang and harmonized.
deliberately sold out Guanzi, and waited for the emperor to express his attitude, don't Ning family perfume secret recipe before he spoke.
At the same time, it also aroused the emperor's appetite, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of Ning Wuxian.
Although it is said that it is an unjust case, but it is not an unjust case, first offer the wine party!
Zhou Qian's clenched fingers opened, and he looked down at the content of the fold, and the one at the forefront did not mention the grievances, but talked about how important the recipe for the liquor was, and how strong the wine was, in addition to being able to drink, it could also assist in healing.
In particular, Su Rui's words that this side can increase Jinling's taxes by at least 30% deeply hit Zhou Qian's heart.
Although Daxing has been strong for a long time, the head of the family knows that firewood and rice are expensive, and the six departments always take turns shouting that they are short of money and ask for money every day.
Jinling has the largest tax collection in the country, and the increase of 30% is very considerable.
"There is such a strange recipe?!"
Zhou Qian didn't finish reading the rest of the fold, there was a smile between his eyebrows and eyes, and his eyes when he looked at Tong Bufu and Jiang Yan were much gentler.
"Steward Tong, this party is offered by you, and you can tell me, is it difficult to steam wine? If I let you steam wine on the spot, when will you be able to drink it? ”
Does it take more than a month to make wine? If this is the case, the only way to do so is to settle the case first.
Zhou Qian was thinking about it, when he saw Tong Bufu kowtowing again, and said loudly: "As long as you set up the pot and use the distiller brought by Lord Shangjiang, you will definitely see it within two hours!" ”
Two hours?!
Zhou Qian immediately stood up, pointed to the guard with a knife at the entrance of the hall and ordered: "Go to Yushanfang to move a pot, build a stove in front of the square, and I will personally watch this strong wine out of the pot!" ”
"As for this still......"
Zhou Qian looked at Jiang Yan with a smile.
Jiang Yan didn't have to sell Guan Zi this time, and hurriedly bowed his hand: "The minister has brought it, just on the back of the horse outside the palace gate, and send guards to protect it in case anyone damages it." ”
When talking about the word "damage", Jiang Yan also glanced at King Jin meaningfully.
Along the way, King Jin's people really didn't stop them, and they wished they could go faster.
But quietly found someone to wear out the sack, and even the iron sheet was worn off.
Zhou Qian heard the sound of the strings and knew the elegant meaning, saw Jiang Yan's vigilant eyes facing the King of Jin, and thought that the news of Ning Wuxian was concealed by the King of Jin, he added an account to the King of Jin in his heart, walked down the jade steps, and walked in front of the King of Jin.
"Parent ......"
"Old Fourteen, come with me to see what is fresh." Zhou Qian walked straight past King Jin, patted King Kang's arm lightly, and walked forward.
King Kang, who didn't know the wine recipe or the grievances, was obviously stunned.
Zhou Qian noticed this, and a question arose in his heart: King Jin suppressed this Ning Wuxian so much, wasn't it because this son was King Kang's person?
He originally thought that the cause of today's incident was because of the dispute between the two kings.
At this time, seeing King Kang's reaction, the anger in his heart was even worse: Is King Jin's mind so narrow-minded?
Just because Ning Wuxian wrote a poem that exposed Zhou An's luxurious life, there was an unjust case to sue the royal court, which is really unreasonable.
"Quickly invite the guards of the Jiang Governor's Mansion into the palace!" Zhou Qian snorted.
Originally, I just wanted to put pressure on King Jin by patting his shoulder, so that King Jin could restrain himself.
This time, he directly held King Kang's shoulders and walked out side by side.
King Jin was dumbfounded.
He hadn't recovered from the judgment error that Tong Bufu offered was not the secret recipe of perfume but the recipe for steaming wine, and he thought of a way to deal with it, and saw that his father deliberately expressed his dissatisfaction with him, so frightened that a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
How so?!
In the report submitted by Su Rui at the beginning of the month, didn't Ning Wuxiao and perfume be mentioned?
The father should not have known about Ning Wuxian, so he was in a hurry to rush people into Beijing to convict.
As long as Ning Wuxian is convicted of the death penalty today, who will mention this untimely Jinling poet immortal again.
He calculated it, but because Tong Bufu disrupted the wine offering, this is nothing, anyway, no matter what recipe is offered, it is also Tong Bufu's offering, as long as Tong Bufu dares to use the offering to save Ning Wuxian, he can put a basin on the Ning family's head to blackmail his father.
But now, what really scared him was his father's attitude towards him!
King Jin watched his father and his nemesis, King Kang, go away, he wanted to chase after him, but he didn't know what was happening, so he simply took a few steps behind and waited for his henchmen to gather around and discuss what to do next.
"No matter what the recipe is, you must let your father know, and the reward and the exoneration cannot be confused, otherwise everyone will follow suit, and the world will be in chaos." King Jin stabilized his mind and did not back down because of a momentary frustration.
He had promised Zhou An to deal with the matter, and it was impossible for him to let Ning Wuxian get away with it without saying a word.
If this is the case, when the matter spreads, he will only think that following him is only worthy of saddle and horse, and if he encounters things that are not worthy of being rescued by him, the prince of Jin, it will damage his majesty.
Except for his father, no one could ignore the majesty of his Jin Palace.
Whether it's Shixian or King Kang, no one can do it!
At this time.
Zhou Qian had already walked to a shady place in the square with King Kang, and when he turned his head, Jiang Yan was helping Tong Bufu down the steps, his eyebrows raised, and his face showed sympathy.
Seeing this, King Kang also said regretfully: "Father, this boy steward originally only injured one eye, but now he is blind, and the treatment of wounded soldiers needs to be strengthened." ”
King Kang thought that the other eye was not taken care of in daily life and was blinded.
Zhou Qian, who was holding the fold in his hand and hadn't finished reading it, thought the same way.
"Don't worry, wait until this party is verified to talk about this matter." Zhou Qian also knew that if Tong was not confused and did not go blind, he would have already come over at this time, and he would be able to get twice the result with half the effort.
Zhou Qian waited for a while, and his whole body was steamed out of a hot sweat by the heat, and finally waited for Tong Bufu to come, and the retort was sent to the square.
He waited for Tong Bufu to grope on the ground with both hands, and put the split still together bit by bit.
When it was put together, half an hour passed.
Zhou Qian couldn't urge a blind person, but no matter how good his temper was, when he saw Tong Bufu fumbling to put the still on the iron pot and groping to measure the depth of the iron pot, he couldn't help it anymore.
He looked at Jiang Yan and asked in a deep voice: "Governor Jiang, is there no other person in the Ning family's perfume shop who knows how to steam wine except for Tong Bufu?" ”