The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

Thanks to the timely arrival of the Beijing garrison, the fire did not spread, but it was still burning vigorously.

Jiang Ziyan anxiously watched them put out the fire from the side, his heart was burning. If the people inside had not been rescued at this time, there was no possibility of them surviving.

At this time, someone patted the shoulder behind him, Jiang Ziyan looked back, it turned out to be Zhang Qiu.

"Brother Zhang, why are you here?" Jiang Ziyan asked in surprise.

"Brother Yan, you forgot, I'm working under General Mingwei now, our garrison army is here to put out the fire, so naturally I'm here too."

Jiang Ziyan looked a little dazed because of the fire tonight, he nodded, "Yeah, I forgot that you were also in the garrison."

Then he asked again: "Are there many people killed inside tonight?"

Zhang Qiu said: "We don't know the exact number of people, and we will have to wait until your stewards verify the list and account books to know the exact number. But you don't have to worry too much, except for those who are close to the fire. , We saved all the others that could be saved, and many people suffered from burns.”

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhang. I went over to look at those burnt workers just now, and I have comforted them."

"Okay, then you can take a look here first, and I'll go over to help first."

"Okay, you go over quickly."

After Zhang Qiu passed by, he also joined the ranks of fighting the fire. In the early stage, they used water to put out the fire, but the fire became more and more fierce, and it didn't work at all.

They are now adopting the method Jiang Ziyan said, using quilts and sand to put out the fire.

This method was very effective, and after about an hour, the fire became much smaller.

It was also General Mingwei who had a flexible mind. Seeing that the efficiency of extinguishing the fire was too low at the beginning, and fearing that the wind would blow and the fire would spread to the surroundings, he simply ordered people to clean up the surrounding weeds and all other flammable things, and isolate them from the fire. A fire ring comes.

So even though it took a long time for the fire to be extinguished, it did not spread to a wider area, hurting the farmland and the people living nearby.

Lin Zhao hasn't been idle since he came here. There are still a lot of injured people around. He asked people to transfer these injured people to another place suitable for recuperation, and arranged for a doctor. He did it very carefully.

After finishing these tasks, he walked up to Jiang Ziyan and stood still, took out a cloak from the horse beside him and put it on him, and said, "All the injured patients have been transferred to the city for treatment tonight, and some of the seriously injured should not be moved for the time being. I will let people find a suitable place nearby to resettle them. Don't worry, the doctor will help them heal well."

Jiang Ziyan tightened his cloak, fastened the cloak belt on the front neck and shoulders, and turned to look at Lin Zhao: "Thank you for your hard work. It's already this hour, you should go back to the palace first, and you have to go to work tomorrow, so don't delay. "

Lin Zhao said, "It's okay. I have already explained to Uncle Chen that I will ask him to take a day off for me tomorrow. I won't go to the Ministry of Industry. I will accompany you to settle the matter here."

"okay."

"Where is Chang Lin, how is he?" Jiang Ziyan asked.

Changlin also works in this winery, so he learned how to manage the winery from the front manager Qi.

This time the brewery encountered a fire, and he just came out after inspecting the things in the factory and was ready to go back.

Unexpectedly, a fire broke out behind him. He was one of the luckiest group of people, and he was the first to call other people to fight the fire.

Lin Zhao replied, "Changlin is still busy over there with the injured, let me come over and tell you not to worry about him."

Jiang Ziyan felt much better, "It's good that he's fine."

It was two hours later when the fire was completely extinguished, and Jiang Ziyan stayed up all night.

The fire started burning all night, but fortunately, because of the cold weather, the patrol battalion and the garrison had sufficient manpower, so it was extinguished faster.

After arranging this matter, it was already noon the next day.

Jiang Ziyan didn't close his eyes from last night until noon the next day, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Lin Zhao helped him get on the horse, "I have already arranged everything here, you go back with me, take a good rest first, and discuss other matters after the rest."

Jiang Ziyan nodded and followed him back to the palace on horseback.

He didn't eat lunch, but only ate a little in the morning. Jiang Ziyan didn't feel hungry. After he came back, he was led into the room by Lin Zhao, and then lay down to rest.

From last night to this morning, the nerves in his brain have been tense until the number of casualties is counted. He heard the steward come to report the number to him. There were 12 dead and 68 injured, of which 32 were seriously injured. Everyone is slightly injured.

Such a large fire burned overnight, and the number of casualties is considered a blessing in misfortune.

Jiang Ziyan was silent for a while after listening, and then explained some things about compensation and medical treatment. He just came back and lay down on the bed to sleep peacefully.

Lin Zhao has been guarding him by his bed, waiting for him to breathe evenly and fall asleep before leaving.

Lin Zhao also didn't sleep all night, but he was in a different mood from Jiang Ziyan. After closing the door, he went directly to the study and called Steward Chen over.

"Uncle Chen, ask someone to investigate secretly, what is the cause of the fire in the brewery this time."

Butler Chen replied, this matter is strange to anyone who looks at it.It is the twelfth lunar month of winter. Although there is no snow and the weather in the north is dry, there is no reason for such a serious fire incident to happen.

If there is such a big fire in summer, it may be possible to confuse the public, saying that it was caused by the dry weather, accidentally knocking over the candlestick, etc.

But in this season, every day is cold and windy, and there is no scorching sun, so why did the fire break out for no reason?

This thing is obviously man-made.Moreover, it was obvious that such a large brewery was set on fire, and it was clearly prepared.

After thinking for a while, he understood the key to this.

Lin Zhao rubbed his temples. He didn't sleep all night. His eyes were dry and his body was tired. Just as he was about to rest, the door of the study was pushed open.

It was Jiang Ziyan who came.

Lin Zhao was surprised and said, "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to take a good rest?"

Jiang Ziyan said: "I rested, but I had a nightmare. I dreamed that many people were burned to death in the fire last night. I dreamed that their family members came to find me, so I was awakened."

Lin Zhao took his hand and hugged him in his arms, "Don't think too much, I will take care of the rest, so you don't have to worry."

Jiang Ziyan sat sideways on Lin Zhao's lap, leaned on his shoulder, and said softly, "Well, I'll leave it to you. Didn't you sleep last night? Why are you still busy in the study, sleep for a while Well, there is something to be dealt with after waking up, isn't that what you told me?"

Lin Zhao also hugged his arm tightly, pulled him to his chest, put his chin on his shoulder, and said in a slightly tired voice: "I'm going to rest now, but you have to stay with me, we sleep together."

Jiang Ziyan didn't know what he thought of, his face blushed slightly, and he said in a muffled voice, "Sleep together...then what, aren't you tired?"

Lin Zhao felt a little strange when he said this, and suddenly realized what he was thinking, and said with a smile, "What are you thinking? Am I such a beast?"

Jiang Ziyan slandered, aren't you just like you in normal times!

"Come on, let's go to sleep."

"Ah."

Lin Zhao took Jiang Ziyan's hand back to the bedroom, and the two of them took off their coats and went to sleep.

Probably because Lin Zhao was lying beside him, Jiang Ziyan subconsciously felt more secure. This time, he didn't have any nightmares, and he slept very comfortably. When he woke up, it was dark.

Butler Chen has been asking the kitchen to prepare food for them, which is heated in a steamer in the kitchen so that they can eat it after they wake up.

It was cold, and even though there was a charcoal fire in the room, Jiang Ziyan still didn't want to go down, so he ate on the small table on the couch.

Lin Zhao indulged him in these petty tempers, as if he wanted to spoil him.

After eating, Jiang Ziyan had time to talk to Lin Zhao about the fire in the brewery.

"This incident is definitely not an accident, it must be man-made." He said, "When the winery was first built, the plant planning inside was designed by me personally. Wine is something that must never encounter fire. Therefore, the factory regulations that workers have to follow usually clearly state that no open flames should be seen, let alone candles.”

"The few people on duty now are all buried in the sea of ​​flames, and there is no proof of death. The other party really has a good plan, but why did they set fire to my winery? Could it be that the eldest princess did it?"

Lin Zhao shook his head, denying his guess.

"The possibility of the eldest princess is not very high. Maybe she will still hate the two of us because of Princess Qingyang being reprimanded by the emperor, but she would not think of burning the winery to such a large extent by the means of a back house woman like her. things."

"Besides, I asked last night that the guards near the winery are very strict, and the guards will rotate every hour. The fire this time obviously broke out from inside. Some of the people on duty may have betrayed you. Otherwise, some top experts will get in."

Jiang Ziyan felt that what Lin Zhao said was very reasonable. Judging from the princess's behavior, setting fire to the brewery was indeed not like her actions.

But apart from the eldest princess, he never thought of anyone he had offended before.

Lin Zhao sighed at this moment, held his hand, and said, "Maybe this matter is used to warn me, not against you."

"Warning you?" Jiang Ziyan was surprised. He burned a brewery as big as his to warn Lin Zhao?

Lin Zhao nodded, and expressed his guess, "Do you still remember what I told you, when I had a secret conversation with Song Jie in the Huixin Building, there seemed to be a figure outside the door?"

"Of course I remember." Jiang Ziyan nodded. This happened not long ago, so he naturally has an impression.

"Song Jie said that the person might have been sent by the queen mother, so the queen mother already knew that Song Jie and I were in contact now. Maybe it was because she was afraid that I would find out something and knew the relationship between the two of us, so someone set it on fire Your distillery, use this as a warning to me not to meddle in my own business."

Jiang Ziyan was a little annoyed, "The empress dowager's methods are really ruthless! She doesn't care about human life at all. If she doesn't take action at ordinary times, she will directly destroy such a big industry as me. She doesn't treat the workers inside as human beings at all."

Lin Zhaodao: "Perhaps her original intention was to destroy the brewery. If the casualties caused are too great, it will easily attract the attention of Jingzhao Fuyin, and it will be bad if it is spread to the emperor's ears. That's why she We specially chose to attack at night, which can not only make enough noise, but also reduce casualties."

"This old woman is really thoughtful, no wonder she wants to be the emperor arbitrarily and exclusively! Then what shall we do next? Let's just forget about such a big loss?"

Although he made his fortune in business in Linzhou, Linzhou relies on papermaking. Now that he is in the capital, he wants to expand his business territory outwards, relying on this recipe for wine making.

Now his largest property in the capital was wiped out overnight, and the other party just moved his mouth lightly, and no one even knew that she did it. This is too embarrassing.

A sharp light flashed in Lin Zhao's eyes, and he said, "How could it be? Since he gave us such a big meeting gift, we should naturally return one to show our sincerity."

When Jiang Ziyan saw his expression, he knew that he had a plan in mind, and after being stuck in his heart for so long, he finally felt a little better.

After leaving the Ministry of Industry the next day, Lin Zhao made an appointment with Song Jie again.

Although Song Jie has a bad reputation, in Lin Zhao's view, at least for now, he is a trustworthy person.

Ti Xing Si has handled cases for the emperor for many years, and any adult in the capital who has dirty things in his back house can hardly hide it from Ti Xing Si.After all, the power to appoint, remove and command the Criminal Division is in the hands of the emperor.

Lin Zhao asked Song Jie for something, which is not important even if it is important, it is the secret affairs of some officials' back houses.

Within two days, someone from Yushitai wrote a letter to impeach Zuo Deyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, for not being strict in his family. He couldn't help doting on his concubine and destroying his wife.

Originally, the son of a third-rank official in the imperial court accidentally committed a crime. He covered it up for him, and the crime he was finally sentenced was not very serious.

But it just happened to be so unfortunate that the man who was accidentally killed by the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials happened to be the only son of Guozijian Jijiu and Xiao Wangye's father-in-law.

Now the matter is complicated, Master Su directly asked Xiao Wang, the son-in-law, for offering wine to the Imperial College.

His only son died. At that time, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials sent his son Jia Quan to the Ministry of Punishment. Although he was not sentenced to death at that time, he remembered clearly that he was sentenced to exile for three thousand miles.He just gave up.

Unexpectedly, he received news in the past few days that he saw Jia Quan again in Beijing. It was written that Jia Quan had already died in exile, so who is this Jia Quan now?

Su Jijiu lost his beloved son, so naturally he would not let go of any clues.With Lin Zhao leading the way for him, and through the evidence given by Song Jie, he discovered that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials actually concealed the fact that his son had been saved.

This matter was stabbed to the emperor, it was already a crime of bullying the emperor.

And this Minister of the Ministry of Officials belonged to the Empress Dowager, the emperor was naturally happy to see him have an accident, so his heart was biased towards Su Jijiu.

Taking advantage of this incident, the emperor dismissed Jia Su, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, from his post in accordance with the laws and regulations of the country, and finally his family was sentenced to exile.

And the Empress Dowager in the deep palace has no room to intervene at all. The evidence of this matter is solid, and the emperor intends to solve it quickly, so it only took half a month from the occurrence to the end of the matter.

Ci'an Palace.

The empress dowager, who was over fifty years old, looked like she was 40 years old. At this time, she had a hideous face, and she raised her hand and threw the cup on the table to the ground.

The female officer serving on the side did not dare to step forward, but knelt down and said: "The empress dowager, please calm down."

The confidante who served the queen mother came in from the door, waved her hand, and let all the maids who were serving in the room go out.

She walked up to the queen mother and whispered in a low voice: "I found out, it's the son of Prince Rong's mansion."

The Empress Dowager clenched her fists, her nails were embedded in the flesh, she seemed to feel no pain at all, and suddenly let go, with a smile on her face, but her eyes were icy cold.

"Bengong didn't expect that he would return such a big gift to Bengong. It was just a winery that moved his sweetheart, and he quickly returned it. It seems that his sweetheart is really important ah!"

The mother said: "Mother, the son of King Rong did not save you a bit of face this time, and he struck fast and ruthlessly. Do you want to teach him a lesson?"

The queen mother got up and walked towards the potted plants in the room, picked off a flower, and said: "Chonglan, he is warning me, don't touch his sweetheart."

"Then shall we..."

"It's not urgent, it's just that this time the Palace has lost such a general from the Ministry of Officials. It's a bit of a loss. Go and tell Liu Li that he must take the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

"Yes, ma'am. The Ministry of Punishment..."

"The Ministry of Punishment is suffering for itself this time. Who made the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials befriend him? Although he is not one of us, he may not be able to hold the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Let the people below take this Fill in the position, remember, do it in a concealed manner, so that the emperor will not find out that it is our person."

"Yes, empress. It's just that this son of King Rong has gone too far this time. It's clear that he is against you, empress. Don't you plan to punish him?"

"He is now the eyeball of that old man, King Rong. If I dare to move my mind on him, King Rong may overthrow my Ci'an Palace in the next second. It is because of this that I let people from the Palace His sweetheart will act and give him a warning."

"I didn't expect this little guy to be a kind of love. That's all. The word love is poison. Once it touches the bottom line, he might be the next crazy Marquis Wu'an. Tell the people below, but don't treat that Jiang Ziyan first. Let's do it."

Mammy replied: "Yes."

"Also, the emperor is keeping a close eye on me right now, so let us all be careful. Also, let people keep an eye on the Criminal Division, especially Song Jie."

After the nanny agreed, she retreated, and the maids who had sent out before were also waiting outside. The queen mother leaned on the bed and sighed, the bracelets and rings on her head collided with each other, making a tinkling sound.

Suddenly a young man's voice sounded: "Why do you need to sigh?"

The queen mother still maintained that posture, which shows that this man has been in her bedroom.

The man came out from the side hall next to him. He was dressed in white and had a handsome face. He walked up to the Queen Mother and squatted down, taking the initiative to beat and knead her legs.

It's just that the hand gradually slid upwards, and the meaning is self-evident.

The Empress Dowager did not stop his movement, but stretched out a finger to slightly lift his chin, leaned closer and said in an ambiguous tone: "Ziyong has only been here for two days, but he has won the favor of this palace. Today, Just listen to Ziyong."