talk about the case

[Da Vinci (Italian architect, anatomist, artist, engineer, mathematician, inventor, 1452-1519): Not punishing evil is tantamount to encouraging others to do evil. 】

On the way, Xiuran held Yan Queqing's hand tightly, and when he arrived at Qingtian Mansion, he suddenly pulled him into the alley, embraced him, and said reluctantly, "Qing, I want to retreat temporarily, wait for me."

He lowered his head and let out an 'hmm', Xiuran tightened his grip dissatisfied, but Yan Queqing felt the pain and said, "Come back soon."

Xiuran had already realized it in the authentic fight, if he hadn't been worried about Yan Queqing, he would have retreated and practiced, and when Yan Queqing agreed to him, his sword intent became stronger and his Taoist heart became firmer.

He has never doubted himself, but now, holding Yan Queqing, he always feels that some things have changed quietly. In the past, the purpose of his cultivation was because he had to do it. There was no reason to give up and persist, just like breathing.But now, hugging Yan Queqing's waist and whispering, "I will protect you forever. Wait for me." A kiss on the cheek disappeared.

Yan Queqing's whole body trembled, she didn't know whether to be happy or sad.The happy thing is that he is not yet mentally prepared to face their different concerns, but the sad thing is that he will not be able to see each other again.

Yan Queqing leaned against the wall weakly and sighed.

Xiao Bai, who had a panoramic view of the scene, looked calm, and disappeared in a gust of wind.

In Qingtian Mansion, the open space is full of confiscated weapons, and officials come and go to study and register.Everyone was very busy. Huoshu led Jinyu, Li, and Kan to organize the manuscripts. Yinwei was busy with the follow-up work and the investigation of the identity of the mysterious person.

Lian Qiqi was busy taking care of Xiaopang and his friend Wang Yong. The two cooks raised their broken bones and palms, showing sympathy for each other.

In recent days, everyone has been very busy, except Yan Queqing, who was sitting in a gazebo with a watermelon in a daze. Xiuran's departure made Yan Queqing a little bit lost, and it was difficult for him to concentrate.

But now he was thinking about Mei Yuhua's strange behavior, of course she couldn't penetrate the court and attack the Grand Master, but now there is no clue, who is this person, and what is the purpose of making so many weapons with Mei Yuhua?Now that the weapons have been confiscated and completely destroyed, how will he eradicate the cancer of the court next?

Subconsciously wanted to discuss the case, but turned around to find that no one was there, leaning back on the chair in a daze, I was really not used to Xiu leaving.

Later, Taigong found many skeletons near the iron mine, most of which were women and children. Combining the time of death for inspection by Wu and the confession of Mei Yuhua's subordinates, they were Daoshan's family members.

And all the men in Nan'er Village were rescued near the iron mine, but Ning Wenshan disappeared.

No matter whether they are advanced or backward, wherever there are people, there will always be constant disputes. The rulers of Tianxuan and the Emperor have different personalities, but there is one thing that remains the same - aggression.

I don't know how Huali manages to deal with it. There is no dispute between the two big countries, at least on the surface it is still calm.

They shared Mei Yuhua's achievements together, including the Artifact Refining Association. Wen had already burned a copy and handed it to the elders of the Artifact Refining Association. Although the things are different, the methods are universal!The hot potato that worried Yan Queqing just disappeared in the struggle for power.

After the news was exposed, Haofeng was not so stupid and would take it all by himself, the Emperor Kingdom suffered first, and Wen Laozai, the craftsman, also got a share of the pie.

Haofeng calmed down for a while and stopped being annoyed. If Mei Yuhua was not found, Tianxuan would suffer catastrophe. There were gains and losses, so why ask too much? Fault, Ling Yan Queqing added a lot of points to it, and this practice saved his life in the future, of course, this is a later story.

Compared to Tianxuan who is in full swing, the Emperor's Kingdom is in dire straits, who leaked the secret!Who is the traitor!

This is something for later, the remaining question is how to find the mysterious person.

Kun said, "The young master asked me to check the knife before leaving."

Yan Queqing's eyes lit up, "That's right! All the knives in Daoshan's collection have been taken away by him. It will cost a lot of money to buy raw materials and manpower. As long as we find out who sold a lot of knives recently, there may be whereabouts."

He has been so distracted recently that he has forgotten this.

Qian Kun came over, "Sir, what are your orders?"

Yan Queqing thought for a while and said, "Investigate who has purchased a large amount of charcoal in the past three years, and there is news about this person."

"...My lord?"

Yan Queqing nodded.

In the evening, Taigong and Haofeng came secretly, and Haofeng said, "Sir, I'm really sorry for coming late at night."

"It's nothing." Yan Queqing knew what he was doing, and said straight to the point, "I have some guesses about the identity of the mysterious person."

Regarding the identity of the mysterious person, Yan Queqing decided to use the method of elimination.

"This person has been dormant in Tianxuan Kingdom for a long time. He must be not young. He is smart and can bear it. If he wants to usurp the throne, he must have a good reputation. , usually will not have too much contact with ministers and other royal family and nobles, otherwise the monarch would have doubts about the candidate. In the end, he will plan this matter in Tianxuan Kingdom, which means that this person has lived in the capital for a long time."

After listening to the analysis, Taigong thought of a person looking up at Haofeng, and Haofeng said, "He Yu Wangye."

Yan Queqing nodded.

Haofeng had no expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

The grandpa didn't quite believe it, he also had contact with King Yu, and he liked this prince quite a lot during the relationship, or he said the drama was too good.

After a while, Haofeng presented a large amount of information about King Yu, and he seemed to be an idle prince who made a small fortune and had nothing to do with the world.

However, Kun has gained something. After using powerful intelligence capabilities, the problems with King Yu surfaced one by one.

Carbon, isn't it necessary to smelt metals in large quantities?

"Although he was very careful in buying a large amount of charcoal, and let several groups of people buy and sell separately, but they were all hired by the housekeeper of the Heyu Palace. Calculated, the cost of charcoal in a month amounted to tens of thousands of catties."

Haofeng's eyes darkened, and he let out an "oh" with unknown meaning. It's not known whether it was because of his intelligence ability or with King Yu, or both.

Kun is a little worried, in case the identity of the young master is exposed...

In fact, the guards are the ones who least believe in the fact that Xiuran likes Yan Queqing. The shortest they have been with Xiuran is more than ten years. They are partners who grew up together, and Xiuran hates many things, including many Mind your own business.

In addition, for Yan Queqing's sake, he exposed his real identity many times. It's not that Xiuran can't see the light, but that he hates trouble and talks. Once his identity is revealed, it's hard to imagine how everyone would flock to Xiuran.

But Yan Queqing got rid of a lot of hate and never doing it, and let it be so natural that Yan Queqing didn't know that Xiuran had so many taboos.

Xun asked Kun, "What is the normal value?"

"I checked, and a prince's mansion burns about [-] catties of charcoal every month in winter."

Zhen whistled, "Several times over."

Xiao Hei's Huoshu suddenly said, "The birth of gunpowder is extremely miraculous. Sulfur is pure yang, and saltpeter is pure yin. When these two magical yin and yang substances meet in places where there is no gap, they will explode, regardless of people or things. All of them will be shattered and their bodies will be smashed to pieces. This is really a miracle of nature."

Everyone present looked at him, not understanding why he mentioned this.

Yan Queqing understood, "Senior Huoshu said that saltpeter and sulfur are the main raw materials in gunpowder, and it just so happened that a place we went had these two things."

"Cave?"

Yan Queqing shook his head, "One of the sources of sulfur is naturally formed sulfur after volcanic eruptions."

"Volcano?" The guard thought for a while and said in unison, "Hot Spring!"

"That's right, and it just so happens that both saltpeter and salt are formed underground, and appear on the surface as the water vapor evaporates. Salt is formed near water and the soil layer is thin, and saltpeter is formed near the mountain and the soil layer is thick. Because it dissolves in water, it is called saltpeter. Just behind Jinchixuan, there is a large area where saltpetre comes out."

"How did sir know?"

"When we went to see the No. 6 deceased, there was a wasteland behind the corpse, and there were many animals licking the land. It was salt. Then the Jinchixuan on the mountain could be saltpeter."

The answer is yes.

Hua Li said, "The boss of Jinchixuan is King Heyu."

The mysterious man who made so many weapons has only one reason, to fight war!Relying on Haofeng's position as a monarch and Haoxia's guess of the prince's identity, he seeks to usurp the throne.

Haofeng remained expressionless, but Yan Queqing couldn't help admiring him, he was really calm.

The grandpa was also satisfied. One of the reasons why the former emperor let Haofeng succeed him was because of Haofeng's character. The more difficult he encountered, the calmer he became.

Li Yuze roughly counted the weapons or raw materials in the cave, and found that there were a lot less.

Huoshu briefly glanced at the material list and said, "It seems that a lot of gunpowder is gone."

The grandfather also looked at the list of materials, and there were some things like nitrate and sulfur in it. How could he tell that it was gunpowder? Ammunition or other things could also be made.

"The explosive power of saltpeter in the vertical direction is great, so the explosive component used for shooting is nitre nine sulfur one. The explosive power of sulfur is large in the horizontal direction, so the explosive component used for blasting is nitrate seven sulfur three. The material list shows the proportion of the latter, Charcoal powder as an auxiliary agent can be made from the roots of poplar, withered fir, birch, etc., and charcoal is fired, among which the charcoal powder of bamboo leaves is the most dry."

It was this Bilie and these items that were missing.

Li Yuze interrogated the villagers of Nan'er Village, "They also said that they had made a lot of gunpowder, but there were only ammunition and a few boxes of gunpowder in the cave."

Haofeng asked, "How much damage can the gunpowder cause?"

Huoshu laughed, "You can blow up the capital, but there are too many ants and kill elephants." Low-level practitioners who didn't take precautions would also be injured.

The whole room was full of anxiety.

Hao Feng was frowning, but he soon cheered up, "Thank you sir, Mr. Xiu and everyone for your help recently, I am very grateful. There is nothing to reward, and the ice food feast will be in a few days. If you have time, welcome to the banquet. "

This is both an invitation and a precaution against emergencies.

The Tianxuan Ice Food Banquet is famous, but Yan Queqingqiao hastily agreed after thinking about it for a long time, but her heart was a little empty.

After half a month, the ice food banquet also started, Yan Queqing walked slowly leading Qiqi, Qiqi saw the grandpa and some ministers together from a long distance, so she came forward to say hello.

Yan Queqing felt very comforted when she saw that Qiqi was gradually getting bolder.

Hearing them chatting, the grandpa was very polite to an official, but Yan Queqing recognized him, Mr. Lian from the Ministry of Industry, "Fortunately, Mr. Lian finished the project ahead of schedule. I heard from Si Tianjian that there will be heavy rain today."

"Don't worry now, as long as the gates are closed and waterproof, Tiancheng will be very safe."

The rest of the ministers also praised, "It's all thanks to Master Lian."

The grandpa felt his sleeve being pulled by something, he looked down and saw Qi Qi and Xiao Hei, other officials greeted Yan Queqing when they saw Yan Queqing, Yan Queqing responded one by one, but Yan Queqing who was not in the mood for small talk Already avoided it.

[If you don't know lovesickness in your life, you will love it, and you will hurt lovesickness. ——"Shuangtune · Toad Palace Song" Spring Love Xu Zaisi】