Daming: At the beginning, the big snow dragon rides to create a martial arts court

Shangliu Village, Qianliu Village and Xialiu Village.

The three villages have a total of 80 people.

When the police found out, the village was littered with corpses. More than 200 people were killed, and some had their heads chopped off.

Babies and children were impaled, women were raped and murdered, most of the houses in the village were burned down, and all property was robbed. The scene of robbery is very imaginable.

According to the confessions of the villagers, some bandits rushed into the village, killed everyone they saw, and looted wantonly. The more people resisted, the harder they killed.

Later, after the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice arrived, based on the clues found by the Yamen police, it was deduced that the bandits nearby were looting.

But another doctor from a big medical clinic in Mingxue County insisted that someone had poisoned the water.

This big medical center was opened by a great philanthropist, and it has a good reputation in the past few years. The poor people nearby will go to the medical center for treatment if they have no money for medical treatment.

Those doctors insisted that they were treating the villagers. Some people took the opportunity to poison the water and killed more than two hundred people.

After further investigation by the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, there are also two opinions among the people, one is that the pill was poisoned, and the other is that the bandits robbed.

After this case happened, Nanzhou encircled and suppressed bandits within a radius of a hundred miles in Mingxue County, but in the end no one admitted to participating in the massacre.

Bao Zheng read the case files more than a dozen times in a row, only to feel that the clues became a mess and became more and more complicated.

Judging from the records in the case files, what Jin Lian said is correct, it seems that it is really possible that the massacre was carried out by bandits.

However, some people insisted that it was poisoning by elixir.

How did two very different accounts come together for one thing?

If Bao Zheng has seen the movie "Rashomon", he will know that it is very similar to Rashomon.

The parties involved in the incident insisted on their own opinions, expressing and proving or weaving lies in ways that are beneficial to themselves, which ultimately made the truth confusing and difficult to come to light.

"Master Jin, why is there only such a small file description for such a big case? It's not in line with common sense."

"You said in front of His Majesty that you have never given up on the investigation of this case during your tenure, but as far as I know, you just stepped down from your post as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to become Minister of the Household Department this year. If you have not given up on the investigation in the past five years, the case file It can't be just one page....."

Bao Zheng put away the case file, and his tone became more questionable: "My lord should know what kind of crime it is to deceive the emperor!"

"presumptuous!"

Jin Lian got up suddenly, furious: "When will it be your turn to question me, a little servant of the Criminal Ministry!"

Bao Zheng took two steps back, looked straight at Jin Lian, and said with firm eyes, "This is a case that His Majesty has said so well that he will investigate the case. Please let me know clearly."

Jin Lian breathed a little, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "I have never given up on this case, I take it out from time to time, maybe I can find some clues from the case files, but I haven't found any clues in the past five years, are you satisfied? Alright."

"This may be the best result for adults." Bao Zheng said.

"What do you mean?" Jin Lian stared at him coldly.

Bao Zheng smiled slightly: "I mean, there is no clue, it is the best result for adults."

"By the way, please let me have another word. Your majesty cannot tolerate sand in his eyes. The deeper the concealment, the more angry your majesty will be. There is only one page of the case file for such a big case. A fool also knows that there are many things hidden in this case."

"Xiaguan firmly believes in a belief, as long as you do it, you must leave traces."

After finishing speaking, Bao 2.1 Zheng bowed slightly, turned and left.

Jin Lian sat down heavily, staring quietly at Bao Zheng's leaving figure, his hands under his robe were clenched tightly, and his veins were exposed.

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At noon, Qinglong, Bao Zheng, and Di Renjie met in Beizhen Fusi Prison.

Qinglong opened his mouth and said: "I called up the case file of Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei was indeed dispatched back then, and cooperated with the Nanzhou Weisuo army to wipe out the bandits. It has nothing to do with this case, so far, Jin Yiwei is not involved."

Di Renjie said in a deep voice, "There are very few files in Dali Temple."

Bao Zheng nodded: "The Ministry of Punishment is the same. The information recorded is similar to what Jin Lian said. But I am more and more sure that the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple are involved in it and hide this case.".

Chapter 81

in the palace.

Wang Yuyi reported: "Your Majesty, the composition of this Penglai Dan is complicated, and I can only distinguish three kinds, which are Aphrodisiac..."

"stop!"

Zhu Qiyu's stroking Ke Ke stopped suddenly, and Ke Ke raised her head and rubbed Zhu Qiyu's hand dissatisfied, wanting him to continue stroking.

Doctor Wang was a little confused: "Your Majesty...this drug..."

"What's the drug like?"

He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard the name, but he was not sure.

"A hibiscus is a kind of raw herb with alternate leaves, deeply pinnately divided, lobes lanceolate or strip-lanceolate, and rough hairs on both sides. The buds are ovoid, with long stalks, drooping when they are not open; the sepals are green, and the flowers are It falls off after opening..."

"White milk can be collected after puncturing the fruit of Afulang, but after a while, it will condense into brown, and some will appear black..."

"It has the effects of treating dysentery, detoxification, vomiting, abdominal pain, cough, etc. It also has the effects of nourishing the stomach, regulating the lungs, relieving the mouth and throat, etc. Taiyuan Hospital also has..."

Listening to Wang Yuyi's talk, 26 Zhu Qiyu finally remembered that poppy was called in many ways in ancient times, and Afurong was one of them, but it was only used as a herbal medicine and ornamental, and later it was made into yapian.

In history, it was paid as a tribute from abroad during the Tang Dynasty, and Fulin Kingdom (Eastern Roman Empire) sent envoys to offer Diyega.

And "Diyega" is yapian.

At the same time, poppy seeds were also introduced by Arab traders.

But at that time, it was purely for ornamental and medicinal purposes, and had no other effect.

As an ornamental plant, people at that time often chanted it in their poems.Yong Tao wrote in "Return to the Xiegu": "Walk through the dangerous inn and get out of Baoxie. After going through the plains, it seems to be home. Thousands of miles of sadness are gone today, and rice sac flowers are seen for the first time in front of the horse." "Rice sac flowers" are poppies. .

Wang Shimao praised poppies in "Hua Shu", he wrote: "After peonies, poppies are the most prosperous. If you plant them carefully, they are so beautiful."

Xu Xiake was amazed when he saw a field of red poppies at the foot of Baiyun Mountain in Guiding, Guizhou Province.He wrote in "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes": "Yingsu flowers are bright red, clustered with thousands of leaves, the flowers are huge and dense, and the beauty is not diminished."

Over time, the medicinal properties of the opium poppy were also developed.

It is recorded in medical works such as "Materia Medica Yanyi", "Bai Yi Xuan Fang", "Compendium of Materia Medica".

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records the method of harvesting raw yapian at that time, he wrote:

"A lotus was rarely heard in the previous generation, and it is useful in the near. The cloud is also the body fluid of the poppy flower. When the poppy has green buds, prick the outer green skin of the poppy in the afternoon, without damaging the inner hard skin, or three to five places, and the next morning. Take it out, scrape it with a bamboo knife, put it in porcelain, and dry it in the shade."

Li Shizhen probably couldn't have imagined that hundreds of years later, the things made of this beautiful flower would poison countless people and start a history of the enslavement of the Chinese nation for a hundred years.

Zhu Qiyu deeply knew that if the spread of drugs was harmful, he would absolutely not allow Daming to spread such things on a large scale.

He finally understood why Zhang Zhong Ming knew that Penglai Dan was related to the Nanzhou massacre, he was in charge of the Penglai Chamber of Commerce in Nuoda, backed by the British government, and there were not too many ways to make money, so why did he still sell Penglai Dan.

On the one hand, it is because Penglaidan's profits are too high.

On the other hand, if he dare not sell Penglaidan, those who are addicted to eating Penglaidan will tear him apart.

After eating Penglaidan, which contains poppies, you will be excited, just like taking a stimulant. It makes you feel ecstatic, but after taking it a few times, you will never be able to live without it, and once you leave it, life will be worse than death .

Thinking about it this way, those who kneeled outside to force the palace were really because of the huge power of the British government?

Perhaps the person who took the elixir was afraid that Zhang Zhong would confess himself.

Perhaps they were afraid that Zhang Zhong would disappear, and they would have no pills to take.

Now another question, where did the poppies come from?

Thinking that there might be countless addicts in the court, and a group of addicts running the country, Zhu Qiyu shuddered suddenly.

Addicts will do anything insane in order to take drugs.

"MD, Lao Tzu, the Ming Emperor, is too sad. Zhu Wushi, Nan Wang, Prince Taiping's sons are not enough, and a scholar was poisoned, and such a big thing was involved."

Zhu Qiyu slandered.

In his mind, this case was more terrifying than Nanwang's rebellion.

"The key to this case is Zhang Zhong. As long as he opens his teeth, the truth may come to light."

Zhang Zhong must still be fishing him out to the drug-addicted dignitaries at this moment. It is probably useless to try to pry his teeth open and torture him.

"Your Majesty is thinking about how to pry Zhang Zhong's mouth open? The concubine may have a way." Wu Yan suddenly said.

"Oh? What can you do?" Zhu Qiyu cheered up.

Wu Yan smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, can you know the life and death talisman? The courtiers and concubines will."

"Isn't the Life and Death Talisman a unique skill of the Xiaoyao School?"

"Being a unique skill of the Xiaoyao School does not mean it is a unique skill."

"Show me Beizhen Fusi!"

Outside the Qianqing palace, noble officials are still kneeling, the oldest one is 70 to 037 years old, knees are swollen after kneeling for a long time, but when things got to this point, they dare not leave without authorization, they can only feel the pain The raw ones knelt outside the Qianqing Palace.

"His Majesty……"

Seeing Zhu Qiyu come out, everyone looked at him eagerly.

Zhu Qiyu didn't even look at it, and left straight away.

Seeing that Zhu Qiyu was still ignoring them, the honorable officials looked at each other speechlessly, and Xu Chengzong, the grandson of Xu Da V, the first hero of the Ming Dynasty, said coldly: "Zhang Yu, do you know what I want to do most now?"

Zhang Min remained silent.

"What I want to do most now is to execute Zhang Zhong, a bastard, and cut his body into pieces!"

Gritting his teeth is far from enough to describe Xu Chengzong's tone, every word seems to be squeezed out from between his teeth, icy cold, containing boundless hatred.

Zhang Fu sighed: "Everyone, I didn't know that Zhang Zhong did such a beastly thing. If my brother was here, I would beat him to death without bothering you."

At this time, Zhang Min said: "Everyone, please rest assured, the law does not punish the public, and we did not violate the law, but..."

Miao Zhong sneered and said: "Do you think this is what we care about? If this kind of thing is exposed, wouldn't it shame the ancestors? Where will we put the lintel!"

Thinking of the miserable appearance of his son at this moment, Xu Chengzong's face was full of sadness and hatred.

Chapter 82 Principles

"Let's go, let's go, His Majesty's attitude is very clear, don't say kneeling for a long time, even if you kneel until you die, you won't see us."

Chen Xun, who had never spoken, stood up. He was 66 years old, and he knelt for a long time. He stood up and staggered so as not to fall.

Xu Chengzong glanced at Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu with eyes full of deep-seated hatred, and left straight away.

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Duke of Wei.

As soon as I returned to the backyard, I heard a scream from a distance: "I want Penglai Dan! Give me Penglai Dan! I am so happy, brother, I beg you, I beg you, give me one Bar!"

Penglai is a fairy mountain in myths and legends. Zhang Zhong named it Penglai Dan, which seems to imply that Penglai Dan is an elixir.

"Penglaidan!"

The hatred in Xu Chengzong's eyes grew stronger. He hated the so-called Penglai Pill, and also hated Zhang Zhong, the chief culprit who sold the Penglai Pill.

Thinking of his son's painful appearance, Xu Chengzong clenched his fists and made a clicking sound, and walked quickly into the backyard.

In a house, several servants stood tremblingly by the side, and in the room, a man roared and rolled wildly, his face was ashen, his limbs trembling, and his body was sweating coldly.

"I want Penglai Dan! I want Penglai Dan!"

Xu Jian was like a trapped beast, frantically wanting to tear everything apart. Tables were overturned, stools were smashed against stools, and nothing was pleasing to the eye. Everything that could be smashed in the room was smashed.

"Brother, I beg you, I belong to your own brother, you can't look at me in such pain."

Xu Jian knelt on the ground and kowtowed fiercely to Xu Chengzong's son-in-law, who is also the next generation of Wei Guogong Xu Du.

"Don't say I don't have Penglai Pill, even if I do, I won't give it to you." Xu Chu grabbed Xu Jian's shoulder and shouted:

"Xu Jian, your hands were able to hold a ten-stone bow back then, and you were able to descend a fierce horse. How strong you are. Brother is proud of you. How did you become like this? Please cheer me up¨.!"

Xu Jian didn't listen at all, he just begged: "Brother, give me one, just one, I won't eat after eating..."

"Father, father, give me one."

Xu Jian was trembling, sweating all over his body, yawning, and crying.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Xu Jian suddenly raised his head, crawled towards Xu Chengzong, and grabbed his leg: "Father, I'm so cold, I've already entered the ice cellar."