I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Concubine Wei Gui is still in the imperial city.

She was a year older than Li Shimin, and although she had always been steady, she played mahjong a lot. After setting up the table and setting up the mahjong, she started playing soon.

Fight until dark.

Zhou Xiaosan returned to the imperial city late, waiting at the gate for the round to finish.

Li Shimin waved his hand to let Concubine Wei retreat.

His complexion is not very good-looking.

It seems that their old Li's family doesn't have much talent in this kind of thing. Playing cards today, even though the three players at the poker table tried their best to give way to him, but...if they can't do it, they can't do it.

Cheng Yaojin was confused.

Why...Three [-] cards were played from Li Shimin's hand, and he could still hold on to the three cards in the end, thinking that he still had the possibility of a one-handed win?
If you are absent-minded, don't play mahjong, just chat together.

"How's the investigation going?" Li Shimin tidied up the mahjong table slowly, and asked, he couldn't tell at all that he was a little depressed because he was not going well in playing mahjong.

Zhou Xiaosan replied: "Your Majesty, the source of the guns has been found out."

"It was indeed made by Duke Lu's mansion."

Saying that, Zhou Xiaosan paused.

"Duke Lu's mansion started making guns three years ago, and a total of 470 guns were made in three years."

Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin frowned when they heard this value.

Li Shimin was shocked that so many were made.

Cheng Yaojin was shocked that Zhou Xiaosan had found out so clearly in the past half a day, and... when did I make so many?

Zhou Xiaosan continued to introduce with a blank face.

"There are 170 eight unqualified products, and these 170 eight are recorded in the book, and the book says they are destroyed."

"Four qualified products 290."

"A total of 280 firearms were found in Duke Lu's mansion."

"Among them 260 long spears, all of which have been found. Fifty of them were used by the personal guards, and 240 were kept by Lu Guogong, which were locked in the warehouse. They were not lost. Another ten were found in the cowshed, which were said to be used for slaughtering cattle."

Li Shimin could not help but look at Cheng Yaojin.

good guy...

There are 240 in the collection... there are even ten used for slaughtering cattle.

Cheng Yaojin smiled and scratched his face: "Your Majesty, you also know that my cow... um... it is always easy to be aggressive and go crazy."

"When using a knife in the past, people were easily injured, so I thought about it. Isn't it more convenient to use a gun?"

Li Shimin rolled his eyes, it was impossible for him to believe such nonsense, he waved his hand and let Zhou Xiaosan continue talking.

"There are 34 pistols, [-] of which are used by personal guards, and the remaining guns are reported by the officials. Six of them are used by Lu Guogong's son, and they have been identified."

"The remaining eight are missing."

Cheng Yaojin's face sank, he pursed his lips, gritted his teeth, his expression was a little ugly.

In my own home, I still lost eight guns...

Zhou Xiaosan took a deep breath, looked at Li Jing, and continued, "The Duke of Wei's residence also started making guns three years ago, and a total of 170 guns were made in three years."

"There are a total of [-] shots of unqualified products, which are recorded in the book and destroyed."

"Finished 71."

"Among them, sixty long spears were used by the personal guards. They have been identified and have not been lost."

"The minister specifically inquired about the guns and ammunition in Duke Wei's mansion. A total of more than 120 rounds of ammunition were manufactured and recorded one by one. There should be 120 rounds of remaining ammunition, and [-] rounds were indeed tested."

But this news did not make these people smile.

There is no problem with the things in the records, but the bullets used to assassinate Li Zhi and Yin Xuan were indeed admitted by Li Jing and made by his craftsmen.

Cheng Yaojin is missing, and he can still follow the traces to investigate.

But... Li Jing...

Since the records are so perfect, it can only be said that there is a big problem with the personal guards in the mansion, who hid some bullets while practicing firearms without telling him.

There is a problem with the personal guard... It is like a cat lurking in a mouse's nest.

"Could it be another family's craftsmanship, which happens to be related to your family, pharmacist?" Li Shimin couldn't help asking. He also felt that if there was something wrong with the personal guard, it would be too creepy.

Li Jing shook his head.

But before he could speak, Zhou Xiaosan spoke first: "It is indeed possible."

"But...the possibility is probably not very high."

"Duke Lu and Duke Wei, did they communicate with each other when they were making guns?"

Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing nodded, of course they did, making guns is not an easy task - in the very beginning, they all failed one by one.

For example, Li Jing made guns for three years, and the yield rate was less than half, while Cheng Yaojin's yield rate was more than half, but it was only because of the large base later that he filled in this number abruptly.

At the very beginning, the yield rate of the two of them was even less than [-]%.

"That's it." Zhou Xiaosan exhaled, and said softly, "I have a little understanding of firearms. After all, Lord Zhengyang gave me a pistol for self-defense."

"Chen Guan, the guns in Duke Lu's mansion have different calibers from the guns produced by Fengchao and the imperial court. The bullets of each caliber of guns are suitable."

"Even if the bullet is smaller than the caliber width, it will jam when fired."

"Even... the caliber is the same, but the bullet technology is different, which will cause jamming."

The three little old men nodded.

They thought of the fact that the assassin who assassinated Li Zhi was stuck in the chamber after firing three bullets.

This is also impossible.

Although it is possible to manufacture firearms now,... the accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

"Unless... some family's guns happen to have the same caliber as the guns made by the two dukes' mansions, otherwise... there is no way to fire the bullets."

Zhou Xiaosan's explanation made the faces of the three little old men more serious.

"I understand." After a long silence, Li Jing let out a sigh of relief, but instead he laughed, "Then this period of time, the old man can only feel wronged and stay at my son-in-law's house."

"For the affairs of the family, Zhou Shangshu worked hard, and you keep the fish talisman for yourself, and investigate as you like."

Banzi is a nickname for a son-in-law.

Cheng Yaojin widened his eyes, gasped, looked at Li Jing, and cursed: "You are so shameless, I want to borrow Zhengyang Mansion."

"You are nameless, what did you do in the past?" Li Jing sneered and waved his hands.

Cheng Yaojin patted his thigh: "There are also criminals in my house, it's not safe."

"Then you go to your son-in-law's house." Li Jing waved his hand and said lightly.

Cheng Yaojin pinched his waist: "My son-in-law's home is not as safe as Zhengyang's."

"The safest place is in the imperial city." Li Jing said, with a hint of bewitchment.

Cheng Yaojin's mouth was faster than his brain, and he said bluntly: "Fart, can the imperial city be as safe as Zhengyang Gongfu?"

Li Shimin didn't speak, just looked at Cheng Yaojin who was stiff like a rotten wood.