Tang's dining table

Jiucheng Palace is located in the Yangtze River of Dushui, where "there are thousands of green mountains but only one river".

It is bounded by Tongshan Mountain in the east, Fenghuang Mountain in the west, Shijiu Mountain in the south and Bicheng City in the north. Tiantai Mountain is surrounded by abrupt rivers, with stone bones and pines and cypresses all over it.

It's the dog days of summer, but I don't feel the heat. The breeze blows gently, and the fragrance is fragrant and refreshing. It is really a good place to spend the summer.

Li Zhihe was hoeing, and the giant bear followed him. Occasionally, he saw some fat and tender bamboo shoots sprouting up, so he used the hoe to dig them up and feed them to the bears.

All the followers were three feet away from the emperor. Although there were many followers, the birds were not surprised.

There was a small stream gurgling in the mountain stream. Li Zhi walked up the stone steps. Soon, he saw a huge stele pavilion in a flat field.

Seeing the stone tablet in the stele pavilion, Li Zhi couldn't help but start chanting.

"This is written by Wei Zheng, the official of Julu County, the Secretary Supervisor and the School Attendant. In the month of Mengxia in the sixth year of Wei Zhenguan, the emperor spent the summer in Jiucheng Palace.

This is the Renshou Palace of the Sui Dynasty. In the Guanshan Kangdian Hall, there is a pool in the ravine, couplets are built across the water, towering towers are divided into rocks, high pavilions are built around it, long corridors are everywhere, the buildings are intertwined, and the terraces and pavilions are uneven. Looking up will lead you to a hundred search distances..."

The inscription is very long, but Li Zhi can recite it easily, because what is recorded on this stone tablet is how his grandfather discovered the spring water. It was written by Wei Zheng and written by Ouyang Xun.

Therefore, this inscription became his homework when he was a prince, and he could recite it by heart.

After walking a long way, Li Zhi felt very tired. He touched the bear's head, and the giant bear lay down on the ground, and Li Zhi sat on the back of the giant bear.

A grouse jumped out of the forest, but the giant bear ignored it. A rabbit jumped out of the grass, but the giant bear remained unmoved.

Li Zhi closed his eyes slightly and let his face feel the coolness of the wind.

The bear's hot breath burned his thighs, making him feel alive and alive.

When he opened his eyes, he looked at the eunuch in front of him who had been waiting for him for a long time and said, "Have you checked clearly?"

The eunuch bowed and said, "I found out clearly that it was caused by Qiu Shenji's domineering attitude and excessive cruelty."

Li Zhi smiled bitterly and asked again: "Who is the mastermind?"

The eunuch shook his head and said: "There is currently no mastermind. It can only be said that Qiu Shenji has caused public outrage."

Li Zhi said coldly: "There is no mastermind?"

The eunuch said again: "Replying to your majesty, there is indeed no mastermind. The cause of this incident was that Qiu Shenji took a fancy to a piece of silver jewelry in Dongshi and took it away by force. Hu Shang came forward to ask for money, but was beaten to death by Qiu Shenji's men.

Wannian County Magistrate Yunchu came to inquire according to the law and asked for compensation. The money was not much, just three coins.

However, he suffered a great shame and humiliation in front of the Tianshui County Duke's Mansion. The steward of the Qiu Mansion threw Yun Chu's invitation to the ground in front of everyone. Yun Chu was furious, drew his sword and beheaded the steward, and led a group of government servants to forcefully enter the mansion to question him. Qiu Shenji was besieged by Qiu Mansion tribes.

He was even expelled from the government for a time. Yun Chu was so angry that he mobilized the county government officials to arrest the people, stormed into Qiu Mansion, and beheaded twenty-seven people from the Qiu Mansion.

Just when Yunchu and Qiu Shenji were confronting each other, Jinwu Guards and everyone from Dali Temple arrived and calmed down the fighting that might have continued.

Then, when everyone in Dali Temple was inspecting the body of Buqu who died in the battle, they suddenly found clues to the case of the Tubo envoy's murder.

At this time, Yun Chu wanted to withdraw, but Dali Temple forcibly escorted a group of prisoners to the Wannian County Death Row. "

Li Zhi snorted and said: "Yunchu, this idiot, is being taken advantage of without knowing it. He is really stupid.

How did Dali Temple find out the clues? Is there any possibility of a trap? "

The eunuch secretly glanced at the emperor's expression and said quickly: "The possibility of a trap is very small because the incident happened suddenly.

The evidence in the Dali Temple files is conclusive, and it is not just one or two pieces of evidence, but a full 37 pieces of evidence, of which there are five witnesses.

The earliest evidence can even be traced back to the 21st year of Zhenguan.

Based on Lao Nu's six years of experience in controlling spies, there is absolutely no possibility of a trap. "

"Did you just say that the people from Jinwu Guard are here too?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, the person present at that time was Jinwu Guards Deputy General Han Jin."

Li Zhi stood up slowly, walked back and forth in the stele pavilion for a moment, and said indifferently: "Wannian County, Dali Temple, Jinwu Guard can be called three heads and six certificates, but why do I still feel that the inside story should not be that simple. "

The old eunuch said softly: "Since the evidence is conclusive, we might as well let Dali Temple continue the investigation. Your Majesty will discuss it after seeing the results."

"Are you involved in my assassination?"

The old eunuch whispered: "Qiu Shenji asked about the assassination of His Majesty. It was only within the palace and there was no leakage."

Li Zhi sneered and said, "Is there anything else in my household that my foreign ministers don't know about?"

The old eunuch quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "This is the sin of this old slave."

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "Let's see, let's see. You might as well tell Dali Temple that if they can find a new gunpowder formula, I will allow them to close the case as they want."

The old eunuch kowtowed heavily and left.

Walking to the mountainside, I wiped the sweat from my forehead, turned around and looked at the stele pavilion. The eunuch accompanying me said: "Master, has your Majesty noticed it?"

The old eunuch breathed for a moment and said: "Qiu Shenji must be eradicated, otherwise the blood will flow into a river in Dauchi.

Now, it depends on whether the real murderer is willing to reveal the gunpowder formula. As long as His Majesty gets the latest gunpowder formula, not to mention Qiu Shenji, even Qiu Xinggong will not be able to escape death. "

The middle-aged eunuch asked: "How could the murderer be willing to hand over the gunpowder formula?"

The old eunuch sneered and said: "I even suspect that this matter was originally caused by the murderer.

Otherwise, how could a housekeeper of a big family humiliate a magistrate of Jingxian County in public in Chang'an, especially when the magistrate of Jingxian County had no offense at all.

The murderer used the key of Wannian County Magistrate Yunchu to open the door of Qiu Shenji's house, and then let the people of Dali Temple discover clues to the case of the Tibetan envoys' murder.

I suspect that even we are part of the murderer's plan. He has accurately calculated that we must be thinking of getting rid of Qiu Shenji and must help them concoct some evidence to Dali Temple.

Otherwise, why must we choose Qiu Shenji? "

"Grandpa, you haven't said yet why the murderer wanted to hand over the gunpowder formula."

The old eunuch looked at the creek on the roadside and said, "How can a drop of water be hidden so that no one can find it?"

The middle-aged eunuch hesitated for a moment, followed the old eunuch's line of sight, and immediately understood.

"Hide in the water."

The old eunuch nodded with satisfaction and said: "The murderer holds in his hands a gunpowder recipe that is even more violent than that of the Gunpowder Workshop of the Datang Martial Academy.

However, even if it is stronger than Wuyan Institute's gunpowder, it is not so powerful that it cannot be touched. As long as Wuyan Institute is given enough time, then. It is not impossible for the Wuhan Academy to come up with better gunpowder.

Their gunpowder is special. As long as they explode it again, there will be clues to follow. Only if the gunpowder in their hands is the same as the gunpowder in the Wuyan Institute can the gunpowder truly play its role. Otherwise, even if there is gunpowder in their hands, they cannot use it. .

Therefore, I judge that the murderer will definitely be handed over, so that they can use gunpowder to do more things they want to do. "

"But the gunpowder is all in the Wuyan Institute."

The old eunuch looked at his disciples with pity and sighed softly: "As far as I know, the Yinggong took away two thousand kilograms to train the soldiers.

Duke Zhao took away a thousand kilograms, and it was said that he wanted to test whether this thing had the ability to break mountains and split rocks.

The Shaofu Supervisor, General, Ministry of Works, Sixteenth Guards... Even Master Xuanzang was very interested in this thing.

In the future, when gunpowder explodes again, there will be too many suspicious people. "

The middle-aged eunuch then sighed and said: "Such a sophisticated and calculating person is probably not something ordinary people can do."

The old eunuch said sadly: "We have seen the medicine-haired puppet for so many years. Every time we look at it, we just feel it is magnificent. Who could have imagined that it could have such shocking power.

Fortunately, the first time this thing was used, it was used on the Tubo people, and it only destroyed one bridge in the Tang Dynasty.

If it is used on His Majesty..."

The old eunuch was silent for a long time before continuing: "This is also the reason why Your Majesty is not too eager to pursue the murderer.

He also acquiesced that as long as the murderer handed over the latest gunpowder formula, His Majesty was prepared to fool the matter.

After all, the first explosion of this thing is the scariest thing. As long as the court knows the nature of gunpowder, this thing will no longer be able to harm His Majesty. "

The middle-aged eunuch whispered: "We have deceived His Majesty after all."

The old eunuch said: "How can you not know how to adapt to things? We are looking for the best gunpowder formula for Your Majesty."

The middle-aged eunuch suddenly understood after hearing what the old man said.

Wu Mei jumped off a flawless white war horse, dropped the riding whip and said to the accompanying palace attendants: "Shower and change clothes."

After she got into the huge bathtub and rested for a while, she said to the palace attendant: "Where is your Majesty?"

The palace attendant returned: "Your Majesty is at the stele pavilion."

"Is Wu Shun by your side?"

"Reporting to the queen, the person accompanying your majesty is Hua Xiong."

Wu Mei frowned and said, "You don't get close to a beauty, but you get close to a beast. I really don't know what your majesty thinks."

The palace man smiled and said: "For Your Majesty, beauties are common, but giant bears are not. The sweet words of beauties are not as loyal as the giant bears."

Wu Mei smiled and scolded: "One day I will skin all of this beast's skin."

The palace attendant laughed for a while, and then immediately said: "Qiu Xinggong's memorial has arrived. After your Majesty read the memorial, he said nothing.

Later, His Majesty met Zuo Daban at the stele pavilion. Zuo Daban determined that Qiu Shenji's incident was caused by public outrage. "

Wu Mei shook her head and said: "It's not public outrage, nor should it be public outrage. This should be an extremely sophisticated frame-up."

The palace man sighed and said, "I heard from Zuo Daban that the evidence is conclusive."

Wu Mei chuckled and said, "Believe it or not, this matter must have something to do with Zuo Daban, an old dog."

The palace man asked again: "Does the Queen want to save Qiu Shenji?"

Wu Mei said: "Since Qiu Shenji was recommended by Xu Jingzong, it is natural for him to blame Xu Jingzong.

We should also fail in front of His Majesty. As a woman, it is not a good thing to be better than your husband. "

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