Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan and the others full of enthusiasm and nodded in satisfaction.
He believed that in a while, the news that the royal family found a prescription for fever would spread.
This matter will immediately become a hot topic among the people of Bianjing.
As for Prince Zhao Run's molesting of Fang Meiren, the people would immediately lose interest in it after learning the whole story, and then enthusiastically participate in the prescription for the treatment of fever.
Fever is a common disease, and every family can encounter it.
You can also meet people who die of fever and sickness.
Therefore, the common people all know the terrible fever.
Now that there are prescriptions to treat this disease, the people are naturally concerned.
After all, this prescription is related to their lives.
I believe that Prince Zhao Run's molesting of Fang Meiren will soon disappear under the impact of the prescription incident.
A simple lie easily smoothed out the prince Zhao Run molesting the beauty of the room.
There is such a smell of spring and rain.
After Kou Ji arched his hands to Fan Zhongyan and the others, he smiled and left in the carriage.
Not long after driving on the Yujie, Bao Zheng chased him in a carriage.
"Sir, wait..."
After Bao Zheng caught up with Kou Ji's carriage, he opened the curtain of the carriage and shouted.
Kou Ji also opened the curtain of the carriage, froze for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's a good little life, don't you take the bullock cart?"
Bao Zheng chuckled softly: "Xu'er said, I am now a heavy minister in the court anyhow, and then take the bullock cart and lose my identity.
Kou Ji laughed and said, "Do you care about this?"
Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Xu'er cares."
Kou Ji smiled and asked, "Aren't you afraid of spending money?"
Bao Zheng said frankly: "Sent from the palace without spending money, I wasted it if I didn't sit."
Hearing this, Kou Ji raised his head and laughed with a hearty laugh.
At the beginning, he deliberately matched Bao Zheng and Zhao Xu in order to make Bao Zheng a better life.
Now it seems that Bao Zheng has done well.
Eating soft rice is very moisturizing.
Bao Zheng stopped the carriage in Kou Ji's laughter, and then climbed into Kou Ji's carriage.
After the carriage started again, Bao Zheng asked in a deep voice, "What happened in the palace?"
Kou Ji put aside his smile and said faintly: "Didn't I tell you just now?"
Bao Zheng smiled bitterly: "Students are not stupid, how can they believe that lie."
Kou Ji asked: "What if I say I'm telling the truth?"
Bao Zheng straightened up and said with a serious face: "Then please explain, Mr. Yu, why did Yu Linwei arrest the three imperial commanders? They have nothing to do with the Fang family."
Kou Ji sighed: "I know I can't hide it from you."
Bao Zheng smiled.
Kou Ji stared at Bao Zheng and said, "Everyone pretends to believe what I said, why are you chasing after the roots?"
Bao Zheng confessed: “They knew that the prince did not want to behave indiscriminately to Fang Meiren, so naturally they would not pursue the truth. But different, there is a wife waiting to know the whole story in the student’s family.
Kou Ji sighed with emotion: "The princess Zhao Xu is so prestigious that he drives the third rank of the dynasty to be a servant."
Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Students are as sweet as sweethearts."
Kou Ji admired: "It seems that your husband and wife lived very well. So, you can feel relieved as a teacher. But Bao Zheng is not the kind of cartilage that is driven by others."
Bao Zheng said bluntly: "The students themselves want to know the inside story. If things stop here, the students will naturally rejoice. If things don't stop, the students are willing to help her husband."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "What do you see?"
Bao Zheng shook his head and said: "It's not that I saw anything, but that the civil and military people of the Manchu dynasty saw that the seizure of the concubine had begun. Since it is the seizure of the concubine, the method cannot be so simple, and it is impossible that only one beauty is involved. "
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Since everyone knows that the implications are wide-ranging, why are you squeezing your head in while others are hiding?"
Bao Zheng smiled and said: "Students just feel that Mr. Yi's current status should not be swayed by this trivial matter of the royal family, let alone running for the trivial matter of the royal family."
Kou Ji laughed blankly, "Do you think that the officials let the teacher know about this, it is the big talents and the small ones?"
Bao Zheng nodded without hesitation.
Kou Ji faintly said: "Then do you know that I have to do this?"
Bao Zheng frowned and asked, "What's the solution?"
Kou Ji put his hands in front of his abdomen, and said with emotion: "Because the deeper you are involved, the faster you will die, the more royal secrets you know, and the shorter your life will be."
Bao Zheng said with a serious face: "Students are not afraid of death."
Kou Ji smiled and asked: "Then you dare to ask the concubine and imprison the prince? Can you control the concubines of the official house without passing through the official house?"
Bao Zheng opened his mouth, speechless.
He couldn't ask the guilty concubine, even if he took Zhao Zhen's imperial decree, they could still deny him face.
Imprisoning the prince is even more impossible.
In the entire Song Dynasty, only Zhao Zhen could imprison the prince.
It is even more impossible to keep the concubines in the sixth palace.
People who can give him a good face are already considered to give him face.
Live in someone else's house
Go to sleep.
He couldn't be like Kou Ji, saying that he would kill someone, who would be afraid of him
Bao Zheng smiled bitterly, "It seems that this matter can only be handled by the husband."
Kou Ji smiled lightly.
Bao Zheng looked at Kou Ji and asked: "Listening to Mr.'s point, this matter looks small, but the Fourth Concubine and the Prince are involved behind it?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "You all said it was a concubine, so naturally there can be no only one Fang Mei in this matter. She has nothing to do, why would she take the initiative to run for the other princes?"
Bao Zheng nodded his head and said: "That's right. Among the Four Concubines, Concubine De, Concubine, and Concubine Shu, all have princes on their side. Although they are still young, they are not young compared to other princes.
The Fourth Concubine is now taking the shot to pull the prince off the horse, which can be regarded as helping his prince to cut off his opponent. "
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Now that the prince has a weak foundation, the sooner they make a move, the better it will be for them."
Bao Zheng pondered and said: "The official family is in its heyday. In fact, they wait until the prince can't sit still in the prince's seat before taking action."
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "Nevertheless, who can wait to face that position? Even if you have to wait, why don't you sit in the position of queen and your son sit in the position of prince?"
Bao Zheng bluntly said: "The position of the prince is a target."
Kou Ji said with emotion: "Money is not a good thing, but everyone likes it."
Bao Zheng sighed, "Da Song is troublesome..."
Kou Ji smiled and scolded: "Do your business well. Now that the restructuring has not completely covered the place, you still have a long way to go, and you haven't been thinking about other things.
The reason for being a teacher is to not let these trivial things get you in the way, so that you can thoroughly implement the restructuring. "
Bao Zheng said in amazement: "Sir... You didn't say that just now."
Kou Ji said indifferently: "Being a teacher is a multitude of things."
Bao Zheng laughed: "I don't know if it's true or not..."
Kou Ji glanced at Bao Zheng and whispered: "Help me check Fang Meiren."
Bao Zheng was taken aback, "Chen Lin..."
With only two words, Bao Zheng understood Kou Ji's intention.
"My husband thought that someone would stare at Chen Lin, so Chen Lin couldn't find out the end. That's why the students were asked to investigate the matter secretly."
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
"Check out who the beauty of the house has been with since childhood, and who has the closest relationship with..."
Bao Zheng solemnly said: "Students understand..."
Kou Ji waved his hand, indicating that Bao Zheng could get out.
Bao Zheng was not vague, and immediately got out of Kou Ji's carriage.
After Kou Ji returned to the mansion in the carriage, Liu Heng and the housekeeper hurried forward.
"Four brothers..."
"Master..."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "It's all right now."
Liu Heng and the housekeeper let out a sigh of relief.
"That's good, I'm really afraid of making some waves."
Liu Heng said with a smile.
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "Even if there are any disturbances, it will not affect our brothers."
Liu Heng sighed, "Nevertheless, it's a trouble after all. It's better to be calm."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded, letting Liu Heng and the housekeeper go down to rest.
After Liu Heng and the housekeeper went down, Kou Ji went back to the study and waited for news quietly.
It was midnight in a flash.
Chen Lin rushed to the bamboo courtyard under the moonlight.
After being led by the housekeeper to Kou Ji's study, he said straightforwardly: "The three Fang's fellow villagers have been tried, and they have not seen the Fang before.
However, during the interrogation of Fang's brother who was an official in the court, a piece of news was obtained.
Before Fang Clan entered the palace, there was a close-fitting maidservant who seemed to know a little about Fang Clan's secret.
One year before Fang entered the palace, she made a mistake and was expelled from Fang's house.
Our family has sent someone to find this maidservant. "
Kou Ji groaned: "In that case, Fang really has a secret."
Chen Lin nodded solemnly.
Kou Ji asked again, "What about the others?"
Chen Lin said solemnly: "The people who bought in the palace had contact with a artillery shop in Bianjing."
Kou Ji stared, "Painthouse?"
Chen Lin nodded heavily.
Kou Ji asked: "Which one?"
"Chang Xinglong!"
"Go now!"
Kou Ji got up without any hesitation and walked out.
Chen Lin hurriedly followed.
The two left the house, got into the carriage, and rushed to Chang Xinglong.
Kou Ji has been thinking about it all the way.
Although the gunpowder used to make fireworks is not very powerful, if the quantity is large enough, it will have a considerable amount of lethality.
The imperial court’s own artillery houses are everywhere, and there are also many civilian artillery houses.
Before the advent of firearms, gunpowder was a plaything in the eyes of the Song Dynasty people.
After the appearance of firearms, the court strictly supervised firearms, but did not shut down civilian artillery.
Because there is no way to close it.
The number is too large.
After the shutdown, many people will lose their jobs.
More importantly, the biggest firework merchant is Royal.
Once the fireworks workshop is shut down, the biggest loss is the royal family.
In addition, Da Song's previous secrecy measures were not strict.
Gunpowder formulas are everywhere.
There are also many craftsmen who know the formula of gunpowder.
There are also records in some well-circulated books.
Even if the royal family closed the artillery, it could not stop the circulation of gunpowder among the people.
Because fireworks have become a must-have for the Great Song festivities.
So the people will not abandon it.
The royal closure of artillery will only increase the price of civilian fireworks, and private artillery workshops will become popular.
In the later generations, when all aspects were far surpassed the Song Dynasty countless times, it was impossible to ban fireworks, let alone in the Song Dynasty.
Kou Ji and Chen Lin hurried to the street where the fireworks workshop was located, they heard a violent explosion, and saw a group of flames rising from the street.
Kou Jizhen's ears buzzed, and the horse pulling the cart roared and began to scurry wildly.
The ground under his feet trembled violently.
Chen Lin's eyesight was quick, and she suddenly rolled out the carriage and cut the rope that bound the horse.
The carriage car fell to the ground in an instant, and Kou Ji had a big somersault.
Chen Lin rubbed the blood on her hand, quickly walked to Kou Ji's side, and helped Kou Ji up.
Several guards who jumped off their horses after the horse was startled quickly gathered beside Kou Ji, guarding Kou Ji and Chen Lin in the middle.
Kou Ji stood up in a daze, "Where is the groom?"
Chen Lin said solemnly: "I was thrown off the carriage, I don't know where I went."
Kou Ji slowly recovered, hearing the chaos on the street, screaming, and firecrackers one after another, and immediately ordered: "Quickly, dispatch the people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Masi to blockade here."
A guard responded and hurried to spread the word.
Kou Ji, supported by Chen Lin and the guards, walked to the side of the street. Seeing the chaos on the street, listening to the continuous firecrackers, he sneered and said: "Chen Lin! People are demonstrating to me. !"
Chen Lin looked towards the flames, and said with a chuckle: "It's really too much..."
Kou Ji took a deep breath, calmed down, and said to Chen Lin: "It's not the time to investigate this matter. Can you catch the palace man in the palace who had been in contact with the artillery?"
Chen Lin shook her head with a sullen face, "It's dead... I still buried it by our own hands."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, "Your people?"
Chen Lin's face was very ugly, and she whispered: "Our family is in charge of the inner government and the people who purchase the supervision are in our family's control. He is considered to be our family."
Kou Ji stared at Chen Lin and said with emotion: "Your people have come into contact with the artillery in private, and you only know that. Are you pretending? Are you going to plot wrongdoing?"
Chen Lin's face went dark.
"The imperial court implements restructuring, and officials need to know what's going on, so our family spends most of the time staring at Wu Desi. Our family is loyal to the officials."
Kou Ji sneered and said: "You are loyal or unfaithful, and you don't count. You'd better find out who bought your people as soon as possible, and whether you brought gunpowder into the palace.
If the gunpowder explodes anywhere in the palace, you will not be able to escape the hat of conspiracy. "
"Our family... is negligent at best..."
"If the official family and the prince and the prince are injured, can you justify a dereliction of duty?"
"..."
Chen Lin dropped her head, speechless.
If Zhao Zhen and the prince and prince were injured by gunpowder, then even if Chen Lin died a hundred times, it would be difficult to atone for her sin.
Kou Ji waved his hand to Chen Lin, "You are no longer needed here, you go back to the palace as soon as possible to find out about this. See if the people under your hand have made gunpowder, where the gunpowder has flowed, and check it again by the way. Is it related to Fang Meiren's death
You'd better find out the matter as soon as possible.
If the other party dares to light the artillery under your nose, you will definitely dare to light gunpowder in the palace. "
Chen Lin screamed: "Who dares!"
Kou Ji coldly snorted: "It's useful to shout so loudly? Why don't you check it out!"
Chen Lin gritted her teeth and left here alone.
When Chen Lin went out of the palace, he brought eunuchs with him, but most of those eunuchs were not proficient in martial arts.
Equestrianism is also average.
After all, Chen Lin herself is a master of martial arts and superb poison.
When he travels, he usually doesn't bring martial arts.
When the artillery exploded just now, the horse ran with them without knowing where.
After Chen Lin left, Kou Ji stared at the artillery that was still burning and bursting.
"Surprises are really wave after wave... Who the hell is it?"
Kou Ji waited for a long time in the same place, and the talents of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses hurriedly arrived.
Then the people from Kaifeng Mansion and the Inspection Division also arrived.
Kou Ji handed them over to clean up the mess, and then left.
Since the opponent has bombed the artillery, it means that everything that should be destroyed is almost destroyed.
Even if he stayed here, he couldn't find out anything.
When Kou Ji returned to the mansion, he saw Liu Heng guarding the entrance of the bamboo courtyard with a big gun in his hand and a musket pin on his waist.
"Four brother, someone used a firearm in Bianjing City?"
After Liu Heng saw Kou Ji, he immediately greeted him. After watching vigilantly for four weeks, he greeted Kou Ji into the mansion before speaking in a deep voice.
Kou Ji shook his head, "It's not that someone used a firearm, but someone bombed the artillery."
Liu Heng said with a heavy voice: "Tomorrow, let the people in the house be equipped with muskets."
Kou Ji raised his brows, "Currently in Bianjing, only Yulinwei is equipped with a musket."
Liu Heng solemnly said: "The enemy dared to make such a big disturbance in Bianjing. It can be seen that he is an arrogant person. An arrogant person will act arrogantly.
It is not impossible to find a group of dead men to rush the Kou Mansion. "
Kou Ji snorted coldly, "As long as the other party is still awake, he won't have the courage."
Liu Heng frowned and said, "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case..."
Kou Ji slowly shook his head, "When the artillery room explodes, Bianjing must be panicked. If I equip the guards in the mansion with rifles, the people in Bianjing will panic even more.
The more this time, the less we can be chaotic.
Must be as stable as Mount Tai, in order to remain unchanged and respond to ever-changing changes. "
Liu Heng gritted his teeth and said, "Is there anyone suspected by Brother Si? Tell me, I'll kill him. That way, it's a hundred dollars."
Kou Ji nodded unexpectedly and reported five names.
"Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang, Concubine Zhou Shu, Empress Cao, Officials..."
Liu Heng stared in amazement, thinking that he had heard it wrong.
Kou Ji saw Liu Heng's stunned expression and asked faintly: "Is there a problem?"
Liu Heng hesitated and said: "The three of Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang and Concubine Zhou Shu want to get rid of you, I can understand. But what about the queen and the official
Why would you include them again? "
Kou Ji bluntly said: "Fang Mei has just died and has not stayed overnight. The most suspected are Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang, and Concubine Zhou Shu. I am also secretly investigating whether Fang Mei's affairs are related to them.
But I didn't show the look of doubting any of them, nor did I fight against any of them openly.
If the queen used to blow up the artillery, arouse the anger in my heart, and make me and the third concubine die.
In the end, regardless of the outcome, the queen and the prince are the biggest winners. "
Liu Heng thought for a moment and said, "You have just experienced Fang Meiren's affairs today, and you just suspected Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang, Concubine Zhou Shu, and the artillery was exploded just as soon as I found the artillery.
It’s easy to think of Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, Concubine Zhou Shu...
Other people make trouble from it, but it is easy to be overlooked... ”
Kou Ji nodded, "Yes, if I die with Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, Concubine Zhou Shu, the queen and prince will benefit the most, so I list the queen among them."
Liu Heng asked, "Where is the official? To frighten you? Terrorize you? Or do you want to kill you?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "To keep me!"
Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji puzzled.
Kou Ji explained: "The artillery has been blown up and the people in the palace have been in contact with the artillery. No one knows whether gunpowder has been secretly carried into the palace.
Before finding out those gunpowder, it is likely to appear in any place.
Including the official side.
The officials know that I value love and justice, and I will never leave him when he is in danger.
So as long as the gunpowder is in the palace for a day, I won't leave it for a day. "
Liu Heng frowned and said, "But brother, you don't mean to leave now."
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled and said, "I should leave after the restructuring is fully implemented in the localities. Once the restructuring is fully implemented in the localities, the government and the opposition will form a complete system of government affairs processing.
There can be one official in this system, but there cannot be one more prime minister.
Now the restructuring has been implemented from the government to the state.
In a few months, it will be promoted to the county.
As long as it reaches the county, it is basically completed.
It's time for me to leave Bianjing City. "
Liu Heng pondered and said, "However, after the restructuring is completed, there are still many government affairs to be dealt with. For example, the implementation of enlightenment."
Kou Ji sighed: "Government affairs can never be done. What I can provide to the Song Dynasty is a general direction. The education has been on the right track, and Jia Changchao has done a good job. As long as Jia Changchao has some time, he will definitely improve. The education of the Great Song Dynasty was promoted.
So the presence or absence of me is irrelevant to Da Song.
You see, I didn't go to court for a few months before, and Da Song is still running smoothly.
The various decrees are not being implemented in a stable manner.
I'm just playing a deterrent role in Da Song now.
But I am not irreplaceable. "
Liu Heng said: "So the officials will use this method to stumble your feet and leave you behind."
Kou Ji nodded.
Liu Heng asked: "How should this matter be investigated?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "Before the incident was exposed, no trace was left. The only implicated palace man was buried by Chen Lin long ago. The people in the artillery shop were probably bombed into the sky along with the artillery shop. .
So I infer that there is no life left. "
"That means it will never be found?"
Liu Heng frowned.
Kou Ji sighed: "No, whether it was made by the official. After Chen Lin finds out the answer, she will know. If it is not made by the official, then we have to wait and wait for the other party to settle down."
"How to determine whether this matter was done by an official?"
"Then it depends on whether Chen Lin can find out whether there is gunpowder in the palace, and where the gunpowder went. If gunpowder is found, then the official can be ruled out. If it can't be found, then it can't be ruled out."