Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan and the others boiling with enthusiasm, and nodded with satisfaction.

He believed that in a little while, word would spread that the royal family had found a cure for fever.

This matter will immediately become a hot topic of discussion among the people of Bianjing.

As for the prince Zhao Run's teasing of Fang Meiren, after the people knew what was going on, they would immediately lose interest in it, and then participate in the prescription for treating fever with great interest.

Fever is a common illness that can be encountered in every household.

You can also meet people who die of fever.

So the people knew how terrible the fever was.

Now that there is a prescription to treat this disease, the people are naturally concerned.

After all, this prescription is at stake for their lives.

It is believed that the prince Zhao Run's flirtation with Fang Meiren will soon be silenced under the impact of the prescription incident.

A simple lie easily smoothed down the matter of the prince Zhao Run molesting Fang Meiren.

There is a little bit of spring breeze and rain.

After Kou Ji arched his hand towards Fan Zhongyan and the others, he left in the carriage with a smile.

Not long after driving on the royal street, Bao Zheng chased after him in a carriage.

"Sir, wait......"

After Bao Zheng caught up with Kou Ji's carriage, he lifted the curtain of the carriage and shouted.

Kou Ji also lifted the curtain of the carriage, was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "The little life is good, don't take the ox cart anymore?" ”

Bao Zheng laughed softly: "Su'er said, I am now also an important minister in the court, and then I will take an ox cart and lose my identity." ”

Kou Ji laughed and said, "You care about this? ”

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Xu'er cares." ”

Kou Ji smiled and asked, "Not afraid of spending money?" ”

Bao Zheng said frankly: "The palace sent it doesn't cost money, and if I don't sit down, it's a waste." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he raised his head and laughed, and his laughter was very hearty.

At the beginning, he had the intention to match Bao Zheng and Zhao Xu, just so that Bao Zheng could live a better life.

Now it seems that Bao Zheng is doing well.

Eating soft rice is very moisturizing.

Bao Zheng stopped the carriage to the sound of 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 away his smile and said lightly, "Didn't you tell you just now?" ”

Bao Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "The student is not a fool, how can he believe that lie." ”

Kou Ji asked, "What if I say I'm telling the truth?" ”

Bao Zheng sat up straight, and said with a straight face: "Then please explain to Mr. Why did the Imperial Forest Guard arrest the three imperial court officials?" They have nothing to do with the Fang family. ”

Kou Ji sighed: "I know that I can't hide it from you." ”

Bao Zheng smiled.

Kou Ji stared at Bao Zheng and said, "Everyone else pretended to believe my words, why do you still chase after the roots?" ”

Bao Zheng confessed: "They know that the prince did not do anything wrong to Fang Meiren, so naturally they will not pursue the truth anymore." But differently, there is also a wife in the student's family who is waiting to know what happened. ”

Kou Ji sighed with emotion: "Drive the three products of the dynasty to be a servant, Zhao Su, the princess, is majestic." ”

Bao Zheng smiled and said: "The students are as happy as they are. ”

Kou Ji exclaimed, "It seems that your husband and wife are living very well. In this way, the teacher is also relieved. But you're not the kind of soft bone that is driven by others. ”

Bao Zheng said bluntly: "The students themselves also want to know the inside story. If things stop there, students will naturally rejoice. If things don't stop, then the student is willing to help Mr. ”

Kou Ji smiled: "What do you see? ”

Bao Zheng shook his head and said: "It's not that I see anything, but the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have seen that the seizure of the heir has begun." Since it is a succession, the means cannot be so simple, and there cannot be only one beauty involved in it. ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Since we all know that there is a lot of involvement, why are others hiding, but you squeeze your head and drill in?" ”

Bao Zheng said with a smile: "The student just thinks that with Mr.'s current status, he should not be tied up by this trivial matter of the royal family, let alone run around for this trivial matter of the royal family." ”

Kou Ji smiled dumbly, "Do you think that the official family let the teacher know about this matter, is it a big deal to be useless?" ”

Bao Zheng nodded without any hesitation.

Kou Ji said faintly: "Then do you know that this matter has to be me?" ”

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 die, the more royal secrets you know, and the shorter your life." ”

Bao Zheng said with a straight face: "Students are not afraid of death. ”

Kou Ji smiled and asked, "Then do you dare to ask the fourth concubine and dare to imprison the prince?" If you don't go through the official family, can you suppress the group of concubines in the official family? ”

Bao Zheng opened his mouth, speechless.

He can't ask the fourth concubine to blame, even if he takes Zhao Zhen's holy decree to the past, people can not give him face.

Imprisoning the prince is even more impossible.

In the entire Great Song Dynasty, only Zhao Zhen could imprison the prince.

It is even more impossible to suppress the concubines of the six palaces.

If someone can give him a good face, it can already be regarded as giving him face.

Townspeople's homes?

Wash and sleep.

He can't be like Kou Ji, who will cut people when he says he will cut people, who will be afraid of him?

Bao Zheng smiled bitterly, "It seems that this matter can only be handled by Mr. ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently.

Bao Zheng looked at Kou Ji and asked, "Listen to Mr., this matter looks small, but the fourth concubine and the prince are involved behind it?" ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "You said that you have taken the heir, so naturally there is no one Fang Meiren in this matter." She didn't have anything to do, so why did she take the initiative to run around for other princes? ”

Bao Zheng nodded and said: "That's right, among the four concubines, the concubines, the concubines, and the concubines all have princes by their side, although they are still young, they are not small compared to other princes."

The fourth concubine is now taking action to pull the prince off the horse, which can be regarded as helping her prince cut off his opponent. ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Now that the prince's foundation is not stable, the sooner they make a move, the better it will be for them." ”

Bao Zheng groaned: "The official family is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, in fact, they will wait until the prince can't sit still on the prince's throne before making a move." ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "Having said that, who can wait in the face of that position?" Even if you have to wait, why don't you sit in the position of the queen and your son sit on the throne of the crown prince and wait? ”

Bao Zheng said bluntly: "The position of the prince is a target. ”

Kou Ji sighed: "Money is not a good thing, but everyone likes it." ”

Bao Zheng sighed, "Da Song is troublesome......"

Kou Ji scolded with a smile: "Do your thing." Now that the restructuring has not completely covered the place, you still have a long way to go, and you have not had time to worry about other things.

The reason why the division is charging forward is to prevent these trivial things from shackling you, so that you can thoroughly implement the reform. ”

Bao Zheng was stunned and said, "Sir...... That's not what you just said. ”

Kou Ji said without being salty or light: "As a teacher, I call it a lot of things." ”

Bao Zheng said with a smile: "I don't know if it's true or not......

Kou Ji glanced at Bao Zheng and commanded in a low voice, "Help me check Fang Meiren." ”

Bao Zheng was stunned, "Chen Lin ......"

Bao Zheng only said two words, and he understood Kou Ji's intentions.

"Mr. thinks that someone will stare at Chen Lin, so Chen Lin can't find out the end. That's why the students were asked to secretly investigate the matter. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

"Check who the beauty has been with since she was a child, and who she has the closest friendship with......"

Bao Zheng said solemnly: "The student understands ......"

Kou Ji waved his hand, signaling that Bao Zheng could get out.

Bao Zheng was not ambiguous, and immediately got out of Kou Ji's carriage.

After Kou Ji returned to the mansion in the carriage, Liu Heng and the housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward.

"Fourth Brother ......"

"Old man......"

Kou Ji smiled and said, "It's okay anymore." ”

Liu Heng and the housekeeper breathed 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 waves, it won't affect our brothers. ”

Liu Heng sighed: "Having said that, it is a trouble after all. It's better to be calm and quiet. ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded, and asked Liu Heng and the housekeeper to go down and rest.

After Liu Heng and the housekeeper went down, Kou Ji returned to the study and waited quietly for news.

In a flash, it was the middle of the night.

Chen Lin rushed to the bamboo courtyard by moonlight.

After arriving at Kou Ji's study under the guidance of the housekeeper, he said straight to the point: "The three fellow villagers of the Fang family have already been tried, and they have not seen the Fang family before.

However, during the interrogation of Fang's brother who was an official in the court, he got a piece of news.

Before Fang's entry into the palace, he had a personal maid who seemed to know a little of Fang's secret.

A year before Fang entered the palace, she made a mistake and was expelled from Fang's house.

Our family has already sent someone to find this maid. ”

Kou Ji groaned, "In this way, the Fang family really has a secret. ”

Chen Lin nodded solemnly.

Kou Ji asked again, "What about the others?" ”

Chen Lin said in a deep voice: "The people in the palace have contact with a cannon shop in Bianjing City. ”

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes, "Cannon Fang? ”

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 Changxinglong.

Kou Ji has a lot on his mind along the way.

Although the gunpowder used to make fireworks is not very powerful, if the quantity is large enough, it will also have a considerable amount of lethality.

The imperial court's own artillery workshops are everywhere, and there are many civilian artillery workshops.

Before the advent of firearms, gunpowder was a plaything in the eyes of the Great Song people.

After the appearance of firearms, the imperial court strictly supervised firearms, but did not close down the civilian artillery workshops.

Because there's no way to turn it off.

The number is too large.

When the shutdown is closed, many people will lose their jobs.

What's more, the biggest firecracker merchant is the royal family.

Once the firecracker workshop was shut down, the biggest loss was the royal family.

In addition, the previous secrecy measures of the Great Song Dynasty were not strict.

Gunpowder recipes are everywhere.

There are also many craftsmen who know the recipe for gunpowder.

It is also recorded in a number of widely circulated books.

Even if the royal family closed the cannon shop, it could not stop the circulation of gunpowder among the people.

Because firecrackers have become a must-have thing for the celebration of the Great Song Dynasty.

So the people will not abandon it.

The royal closure of the cannon workshop will only make the price of fireworks among the people rise, and private cannon workshops will become a trend.

In the later era, when all aspects were far greater than the Song Dynasty countless times, it was still impossible to ban the fireworks cannons, let alone in the Great Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji and Chen Lin hurried to the street where the firecracker workshop was located, and they heard a violent explosion and saw a ball of fire rising from the street.

Kou Jizhen's ears buzzed, and the horses pulling the cart neighed, and began to scurry wildly.

The ground trembled violently.

Chen Lin was quick to move, and suddenly rolled out of the carriage and cut the ropes that bound the horses.

The carriage fell to the ground in an instant, and Kou Ji planted a big heel.

Chen Lin rubbed the blood on his hands, quickly walked to Kou Ji's side, and helped Kou Ji up.

Several guards who jumped off the horse after the horse was startled quickly gathered at Kou Ji's side, guarding Kou Ji and Chen Lin in the center.

Kou Ji stood up in a trance, "Where's the groom?" ”

Chen Lin said in a deep voice: "I was thrown off the carriage, and I don't know where to go." ”

Kou Ji slowly came back to his senses, and heard the chaos on the streets, screams, and artillery battles, and immediately ordered: "Quickly, send people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to block this place." ”

A guard replied and hurried to pass the word.

Kou Ji, supported by Chen Lin and the guards, walked to the side of the street, saw the chaos on the street, listened to the continuous sound of cannonballs, and sneered: "Chen Lin! People are demonstrating against me! ”

Chen Lin looked at the firelight, and said with a smile: "It's really too much......

Kou Ji took two deep breaths, calmed down, and said to Chen Lin: "Now is not the time to pursue this matter. Can you catch the palace man in the palace who has been in contact with the gun workshop? ”

Chen Lin shook his head with a gloomy face, "It's dead...... It's still buried by our own hands. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, "Your subordinates? ”

Chen Lin's face was very ugly, and he said in a low voice: "Our family is in charge of the inner government, and the people who procure and supervise are all under the control of our family." He's kind of a member of our family. ”

Kou Ji stared at Chen Lin and sighed: "Your people have come into contact with the cannon workshop privately, and you actually know it." Are you pretending? Are you ready to plot evil? ”

Chen Lin's face darkened.

"The imperial court is implementing the reform, and the officials have to know the trends, so our family spends most of our time staring at Wu Desi. Our family is loyal to the official family. ”

Kou Ji sneered: "Whether you are loyal or not, you don't count what you said." You'd better find out as soon as possible who your men were bribed by and whether they entered the palace with gunpowder.

If the gunpowder explodes somewhere in the palace, you won't be able to escape the hat of your bad intentions. ”

"Our family...... At best, it is a dereliction of duty......"

"If the official family and the prince and the princess are injured, can you justify a dereliction of duty?"

“……”

Chen Lin lowered his head and was speechless.

If Zhao Zhen and the prince and daughter were injured by gunpowder, then even if Chen Lin died a hundred times, it would be difficult to atone for his sins.

Kou Ji waved his hand at Chen Lin, "You are not needed here, you go back to the palace as soon as possible to find out about this matter." Let's see if the people under your hands have made gunpowder, where the gunpowder has gone, and by the way, check whether this matter has anything to do with Fang Meiren's death.

You'd better find out about this as soon as possible.

If the other party dares to light the cannon workshop under the noses of you and me, he will definitely dare to ignite gunpowder in the palace. ”

Chen Lin screamed: "Who dares! ”

Kou Ji snorted coldly: "It's useful to shout so loudly? Don't go check it out yet! ”

Chen Lin gritted his teeth and left here in a hurry.

Chen Lin brought eunuchs with him when he left the palace, but most of those eunuchs were not proficient in martial arts.

Equestrianism is also average.

After all, Chen Lin himself is a master of martial arts and poison skills.

When he travels, he usually doesn't bring martial arts.

As soon as the artillery shop was blown up just now, the horses ran away with them and didn't know where they went.

After Chen Lin left, Kou Ji stared at the cannon workshop that was still burning and bursting.

"The surprises are really wave after wave...... Who is it? ”

Kou Ji waited in place for a long time, and the people from the Five Cities Terracotta Division hurriedly arrived.

Later, the people from Kaifeng Mansion and the people from the Inspection Department also arrived.

Koji left the mess up to them and left.

Since the other party has blown up the artillery workshop, it means that everything that should be destroyed is almost destroyed.

Even if he stays here, he can't find anything.

When Kou Ji returned to the house, he saw Liu Heng holding a big gun at the gate of the bamboo courtyard, and a musket pinned to his waist.

"Fourth brother, someone used firearms in Bianjing City?"

After Liu Heng saw Kou Ji, he immediately greeted him, looked around vigilantly, and welcomed Kou Ji into the mansion before speaking in a deep voice.

Kou Ji shook his head, "It's not that someone used firearms, but someone blew up the cannon shop." ”

Liu Heng said in a heavy voice: "Tomorrow, let's equip the people in the house with muskets." ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "At present, in Bianjing City, only the Imperial Forest Guard is equipped with a musket. ”

Liu Heng said solemnly: "The enemy dares to blatantly make such a big move in Bianjing City, it can be seen that he is an arrogant person. Arrogant people will act arrogantly.

It is not impossible to find a group of dead soldiers to rush to kill Koufu. ”

Kou Ji snorted coldly, "As long as the other party is still sober, he won't have the guts." ”

Liu Heng frowned and said, "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of ......."

Kou Ji shook his head slowly, "As soon as the artillery room explodes, the people of Bianjing City will inevitably panic, if I equip the guards in the palace with muskets, the people of Bianjing City will panic even more."

The more this happens, the more we can't mess around.

It must be as steady as Mount Tai and respond to all changes without change. ”

Liu Heng gritted his teeth and said: "Fourth brother has no object of suspicion, say it, I will kill him." So it's a hundred. ”

Kou Ji actually nodded and reported five names.

"Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, Concubine Zhou Shu, Empress Cao, and the ...... of the official family"

Liu Heng stared in astonishment, thinking that he had misheard.

Kou Ji saw Liu Heng's stunned expression and asked lightly, "Something?" ”

Liu Heng hesitated and said, "Concubine He, Concubine Zhang, and Concubine Zhou Shu want to get rid of you, I can understand." But what about the queen and the official family?

Why did you include them in it? ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "Fang Meiren just died, and she hasn't spent the night yet. The most suspicious ones are Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and Concubine Zhou Shu, and I am now secretly investigating whether Fang Meiren's matter is related to them.

But I didn't look suspicious of any of them, nor did I fight any of them with open fire.

If the queen blows up the cannon workshop, she will arouse the anger in my heart and let me and the third concubine fight to the death.

In the end, no matter how it ends, the queen and the crown prince are the biggest winners. ”

Liu Heng pondered for a moment and said, "You just experienced the matter of Fang Meiren today, and just suspected Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and Concubine Zhou Shu, and just found the cannon workshop, and the cannon workshop exploded."

This matter is easily associated with Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and Concubine Zhou Shu......

Others get in the way, but it's easy to be ignored......"

Kou Ji nodded, "Yes, if I fight with Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and Concubine Zhou Shu, it will be the queen and the crown prince who will benefit the most, so I will list the queen among them." ”

Liu Heng asked, "What about the official family?" Intimidating you? Intimidating you? Or do they 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 cannon shop has been blown up, and the people in the palace have been in contact with the gun shop. Whether gunpowder was secretly transported into the palace, no one knows.

There's a good chance it will appear anywhere before finding out those gunpowders.

This includes the official side.

The official family knows that I value my affection, and I will never leave him when he is in danger.

Therefore, as long as the gunpowder is in the palace for a day, I will not leave for a day. ”

Liu Heng frowned and said, "But fourth brother, you have no intention of leaving now." ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "After the restructuring is completely implemented in the local area, I should leave." Once the restructuring is thoroughly implemented at the local level, a complete system for handling government affairs will be formed from top to bottom of the government and the opposition.

There can be one official in this system, but there can be no more prime minister.

Now the restructuring has been carried out from the government to the state.

In a few months, it will be implemented to the county.

As long as it is implemented to the county, it is basically completed.

It's time for me to leave Bianjing. ”

Liu Heng groaned: "But after the restructuring is completed, there are still a lot of government affairs to deal with. For example, the implementation of indoctrination. ”

Kou Ji sighed: "Government affairs can never be dealt with. What I can provide to Da Song is a general direction. The indoctrination has been on the right track, Jia Changchao has done a good job, as long as Jia Changchao is given some time, he will definitely improve the implementation of the indoctrination of the Great Song Dynasty.

So whether there is me or not is no longer relevant to Da Song.

You see, I didn't go to court for a few months before, and the Great Song Dynasty didn't run smoothly.

The decrees are not yet being implemented in a safe and steady manner.

I'm just playing a deterrent role in Da Song now.

But I'm not irreplaceable. ”

Liu Heng said: "So the official family will use this method to stumble your feet and leave you behind." ”

Koji nodded.

Liu Heng asked, "How should this matter be investigated?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said: "Before this matter was exposed, there was no trace left, the only palace people who were implicated had already been buried by Chen Lin, and the people in the artillery workshop were probably blown up to the sky together with the artillery workshop."

So I reasoned that there was no longer a living mouth. ”

"That means you'll never find out?"

Liu Heng frowned.

Kou Ji sighed: "No, whether it was done by the official family or not, after Chen Lin found out the answer, he will naturally know." If it wasn't done by the official, then we would have to wait, waiting for the other party's next move. ”

"How do you determine if this was done by the government?"

"Then it depends on whether Chen Lin can find out whether the palace people have gunpowder and where the gunpowder went. If gunpowder is found, it can rule out the suspicion of the official. If it can't be found, then it can't be ruled out. ”