The gatekeeper of the Meng Mansion blocked the door, surprised and angrily said: "You are so courageous, this is the county magistrate's house, you dare to search!"
"The one you searched for was the county magistrate's house, get the hell out of here!"
Su Xuntian viciously pushed open the door of the Meng Mansion, waved his hand, and shouted: "Search!"
Ma Hui, Xu Haoran and other experienced police officers rushed into the Meng Mansion immediately and turned the Meng Mansion upside down.
The so-called evidence that Su Xuntian concocted earlier was false, and it was okay to fool the magistrate of Huazhi County who turned a blind eye, but it was far from enough to bring down an eighth-rank official. For deduction, they need real evidence, proof of real mortal crimes.
In order to get real and strong evidence, Zhou Ban came here with a head injury, personally directed the search, and called in all the seasoned police officers. They survived, but their ancestral craftsmanship did not let go. With their sophisticated eyesight, if the Meng family really had any secrets, no matter how secret they hid, they would still be able to find them out.
Just in case, Su Xuntian also prepared some false evidence according to Ye Xiaotian's instructions. If he couldn't find anything, he had no choice but to frame him. Bantou Su likes to do such things.
In the study, Ma Hui looked up, down, left, and right, but he couldn't understand a single big character. Finally, he waved his big hand and ordered: "It doesn't matter whether the wall is on the table or on the shelf, as long as there are words on it Yes, whether it is paper or porcelain, pottery, bronze and iron, all should be moved back to the county government office, and Lord Dian Shi will examine it!"
Mengxian Cheng has an old wife and four other concubines. Apart from his wife's residence, which is fairly simple and elegant, the residences of the four concubines are all resplendent and magnificent, with all kinds of utensils, calligraphy and paintings, pearls, jade, and antiques. Xu Haoran looked at these things, and said with a sneer: "An official with five shimi a month can save this property? It must have come from corruption and extorted bribes. They have all been moved to the county government office. Lord Dian Shi has a look!"
After Su Xuntian ran to Meng's house, he went to a latrine first. When he came out of the latrine, he tied his trouser belt and whispered to a policeman, "Have you found the cellar of Meng's house? Hurry up and find it. If you find it, you have to Pretending to be a prostitute den."
As Su Xuntian spoke, he raised his head, and happened to see Xu Haoran instructing Zao Li to move things out of the rooms of several wives and concubines of Meng County Cheng. Some looked miserable, and some cried and wiped away their tears.
Su Xuntian's eyes lit up immediately, and he said loudly: "When did Meng Qingwei accept so many concubines, why didn't I know? Look, there are so many big girls who don't want to lose money, it's hard to say that he didn't rape her inside." All the women who have been robbed will be escorted back to the county government office, and will be interrogated by the head of the capital!"
At this time, a catcher ran over quickly and excitedly said to Su Xuntian, "Boss Sub, we found the cellar."
Su Xuntian was overjoyed, and said: "Let's go and have a look!" Before he left, he hadn't forgotten to tell another policeman: "All these women will be escorted back to the county government, and none of them will be missing!"
Su Xuntian excitedly ran to the backyard of Meng's house. The police officers gathered on a piece of grass at the end of the back garden. They had just pried open a cellar entrance and followed the ladder to go in. Someone peeked in and saw that the cellar was very dark. It was spacious, and the inside was gloomy and dark without any light, so I asked someone to fetch a torch and was about to go in to have a look.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
Su Xuntian greeted quickly, grabbed the torch, and climbed down the ladder first.
"Ah! Such a big cellar, is it for storing autumn vegetables? Impossible, there is a problem, there must be a problem!"
Su Xuntian held up the torch and looked left and right, always feeling that this dark cellar was not like an ordinary cellar. When the other arresters came down quickly, he boldly moved forward.
"Ouch, here are some buckets!"
Su Xuntian patted a wooden barrel beside him, and hearing the muffled sound, he said excitedly: "This barrel is not empty, there is something wrong inside, there must be something wrong, open it!"
Su Xuntian buckled the lid of the bucket with his hand, but he didn't open it, so he called a policeman and told him to hold a torch for him. He then drew out his waist knife and pried it up with the tip of the knife. Su Xuntian pried it a few times. , When the lid was loose, he put the knife back into the sheath, opened the lid, and reached out to feel inside, but he felt that it was soft and was made of paper and cotton, as if something was covered under it.
Su Xuntian picked up the cotton and paper casually, and he didn't know what it was when he saw the black paint underneath, like some black powder. He snatched the torch from the policeman next to him, took a photo carefully, and was amazed. Grab a handful, spread it out in your hands, and look carefully under the firelight: "Huh? What is this, is it charcoal powder?"
"Aw!"
The policeman next to him suddenly yelled like a Tibetan mastiff, which made Su Xuntian tremble with fright, and scattered the black charcoal powder in his hand all over the ground. Su Xuntian scolded angrily: "Are you going crazy? What do you call it?" , do you know that scaring people can scare people to death?"
While scolding angrily, he waved the torch in his hand until the flames whirred. The policeman was scared out of his wits, and while he ran out, he turned around and shouted: "Boss, gunpowder!" ! Gunpowder! That's gunpowder!"
Su Xuntian held up the torch in wonder, looked in the direction of the arresting officer who had already disappeared, and said to himself inexplicably: "What medicine? Could it be that Meng Qingwei is dumping medicine? Pour him... ah? Ah, ah, ah~~~~"
Su Xuntian suddenly reacted, straightened his back, screamed, screamed several times in a row, and then ran away. Su Xuntian didn't need to support him when he ran to the entrance of the cellar. Holding the torch in one hand, he ran up the ladder with two legs.
Su Xuntian ran out of the cellar along the ladder, without stopping, he continued to run forward without touching the ground, and almost ran into another person's arms. That person was Bantou Zhou who came with crutches, and the two yamen servants hurriedly supported Bantou Zhou who was leaning back. Bantou Zhou looked at Su Xuntian, who was ashen-faced, and said displeasedly, "Boss Su, why are you panicking?"
Su Xuntian pointed to the back, raised the torch again, and said incoherently: "You, you, me, me, be careful, it's almost on fire, fire! Fire fire fire fire..."
Bantou Zhou said impatiently: "Huo Huo Huo Huo Huo Huo Huo Huo, what is Huo Huo?"
Su Xuntian stomped his feet vigorously, only then did he overcome his habit of stuttering when he was nervous: "Gunpowder!"
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The main materials prohibited from being transported abroad by the Ming Empire include salt, iron, gunpowder and tea, in addition to copper coins. For different countries, these strictly controlled materials are slightly different. For example, in northern countries, salt and tea are strictly controlled materials, but for southern coastal countries, banning salt has no effect, so the southern border will never Check these things.
But there is one thing that Daming must strictly control no matter what country it is, and that is gunpowder. This kind of material is military material, whether it is purchased privately, stockpiled or transported, it is a serious crime to catch it, and there are more than a dozen barrels of gunpowder stored in the deep cellar at the end of the back garden of the prime minister's house in Meng County.
There is a lot of gunpowder stored in the cellar, of course it is impossible to become Meng Qingwei's lascivious den again, who would choose such a place to fool around? Unless he wants to really fly in the ecstasy. Therefore, Su Xuntian's framing was easily exposed, but... who cares now
Regardless of whether Meng Qingwei hoarded gunpowder to sell it to mountain tribes at a high price, or transported it to the southern countries through Yunnan via post roads, this is an out-and-out crime. The evidence is overwhelming, and he is nailed!
Meng Xiancheng was arrested, and he was arrested by his subordinate, Tiexiang Dianshi, and then a mountain of evidence was found from his home. The news quickly caused a sensation in the whole city, and everyone was happily talking about it. When it came to Ye Xiaotian, there was no one who didn't give a thumbs up.
An Nantian gave his thumbs up and was full of praise: "Good boy, you have a way! How many people are there in the world who dare to attack your immediate boss? You must know that there is no one whose boss does not shy away from bringing down his boss. This Ai Dianshi His official career has been bumpy since then, but he still has no hesitation, this is his greatness."
Zhan Ning'er curled her lips and said, "It's so remarkable, didn't you just run away on the Huang Daxian Ridge that day?"
An Nantian shook his head and said, "That's wrong, who doesn't know that good men don't fight with women?"
Zhan Ning'er glared at her pretty eyes, and said coquettishly, "What did you say?"
An Nantian hurriedly said: "Ah! I mean, if you fight for everything, you are not a good man, but a young man, or greedy. If you do something and don't do something, you are a real man."
Zhan Ning'er let out a "sneer" laugh, and said sarcastically, "Big man? Knowing that he was poisoned by my Gu poison, why doesn't he dare to fart?"
An Nantian rubbed his chin, and said thoughtfully: "Yes! From my careful observation in the court that day, this is very inconsistent with this person's personality. Unless..."
Zhan Ning'er said, "Unless what?"
An Nantian said: "Unless, he has already guessed that you are scaring him!"
Zhan Ning'er was startled: "How can he be so smart?"
An Nantian said: "Don't you think he is stupid?"
Zhan Ning'er thought for a while, but said nothing. An Nantian knew that Mo Mo, for this cousin who always liked to be strong, actually agreed with him. An Nantian smiled, and said again: "I want to remind my grandfather to pay attention to this person."
Zhan Ning'er stared at him and said, "Such a small person, can he fall into the eyes of Grandpa?"
An Nantian said: "Every big man starts from a small man, even if he is born like you and me. Although Hu County has been regarded as an abandoned land by us, it is not necessarily impossible for this land to produce a few outstanding people. talent."
An Nantian stood up, with his hands behind his back, and walked slowly to the window. Outside the window was Shizi Street. They were on the second floor, condescending, but they saw the crowds bustling with each other. An Nantian sighed, "Talents are hard to come by..."
Zhan Ning'er also followed, and said disdainfully: "I think this person is rebellious. If you want to recruit him, you have to be careful to take advantage of him."
An Nantian smiled and raised his chin proudly: "Who am I?"