Red House Shoufu

Chapter 365

The hustle and bustle of the capital only lasted for a short day and then inexplicably died down. Many people were watching the attitude of the palace, especially the old emperor of Longshou Palace who rarely appeared in front of the officials.

It's a pity that the excitement didn't show up, and the emperor didn't express any views on the Rongguo Mansion.

The imperial court still arranges the most important events in August as usual: the Mid-Autumn Festival feast, the autumn division of the provinces, the autumn planting, the payment of nine borders, the rewards of the soldiers abroad, and so on.

With the reminder from Daiyu's letter, Lin Shu postponed the revenge plan he originally had in mind.I should go to the Ministry of Industry, I should go to the East Palace, I should go to the East Palace.

Regarding Zhen's poisoning of Concubine Jinghui, Lin Shu didn't mention it to anyone, nor did he show the slightest interest.Even when Gao Wanjiang came to him, he didn't ask him.

However, judging from Gao Wanjiang's slightly sluggish mental state in the past two days, he probably didn't sleep well in the past two days.

On the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, Lin Shu came out of the duty room of the Ministry of Industry and was about to go to the East Palace for lunch, when the clerk at the door rushed over.

"My lord, Your Majesty orders you to enter the palace to have an audience!"

……

Together with Lin Shu, Gao Wanxuan, the fifth son of the emperor, and Xue Pan, who was training in the East Palace School, were also ordered to enter the palace.

The emperor gave the opportunity face-to-face, and asked the fifth son Gao Wanxuan and Lin Shu to leave Beijing immediately and go to Shunyi County in the northeast of the capital to visit Prince Teng, the inspector of the nine provinces who was seriously injured.

As for Xue Pan, it was Prince Gao Wancheng who ordered him to lead [-] elite soldiers to protect Gao Wanxuan and Lin Shu, and it was also for the sake of the reputation of his subordinates.No matter what Wang Ziteng did, he was Xue Pan's real uncle after all.

The three of them received the imperial edict, hurriedly ate their lunch, and then flew towards Shunyi County.Fortunately, the official road in Gyeonggi is relatively stable, and it is not too uncomfortable for Lin Shu and Gao Wanxuan to get on the carriage.

Starting from the capital city to Shunyi County, Lin Shu and the others spent nearly four hours even if they were going fast.

By the time the group arrived, it was already the first hour of Haishi, and Shunyi County had already closed its gates.After Xue Pan showed the imperial gold medal, the gate of the city slowly opened. The county magistrate Fang Juexian and the officials of the county government had been waiting at the gate for a long time.

"Chen Shunyi County Magistrate Fang Juexian (Ma Mingwei, Cao Lishu...) pays his respects to His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, see Lord Lin!"

The torches illuminated the surroundings extremely brightly, and Lin Shu could see that the officials in Shunyi County looked very nervous, and seemed to be eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the capital as soon as possible.

Gao Wanxuan was not very patient with official matters, so it was naturally Lin Shu who took the lead in dealing with these red tapes.After exchanging pleasantries, everyone rushed to the county government together.

Fang Juexian invited Lin Shu to the side, and said eagerly: "Scholar Lin, this official is also a student of Elder Qian Ge, so the official and Bachelor Lin are from the same school. This time, you must save this official!"

"What happened? Why is Uncle Wang in Shunyi County, which is more than two hundred miles away from the customs!"

Same door?With Mr. Qian's temperament, when did he really recognize any students?It was Liu Yuanlang himself, the old man only reluctantly recognized him after a long time of investigation.

Lin Shu didn't promise anything, and asked curiously: "Your Majesty received an urgent report from the Embroidered Clothes Guards. Uncle Wang was assassinated in Shunyi County. Where is the assassin? Has anyone found out who did it?"

Although Lin Shu didn't answer his words, Fang Juexian still complained in a low voice: "Your official is also full of doubts. Uncle Wang's personal soldiers suddenly appeared outside the county seat covered in blood the night before yesterday, and at the same time brought county uncle Wang According to the official certificate, the county uncle was attacked twenty miles north of the city. When the subordinate officials arrived with people, only a few soldiers of the uncle's mansion survived in the entire camp, including the seriously wounded county uncle Wang.

Prince Teng, the County Boss of a country and a military commander of the first rank in nine provinces, was seriously injured in an attack under his rule. Fang Juexian felt that he had suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck.

Apart from a dozen corpses of Tartars at the scene, there was no trace of useful clues.The few government servants in the county town can't find anything at all, and this is a big case that blew the sky. Fang Juexian didn't hesitate to throw this hot potato to the embroidery guard.

So he wrote a letter overnight, handing over the case to the Embroidery Guards, and rushed into the city at the same time, and then he didn't go anywhere, just guarding the city gate and waiting for the capital's support.

Fortunately, the center also attached great importance to this case, and after only one day, the capital sent Lin Shu, a prince who could make up his mind and a rising star in the officialdom.Taking advantage of the relationship of "same family", Fang Juexian felt that he should be able to get through this time safely.

"Scholar Lin, I have asked Wu Zuo to carefully examine which Tartar corpses. They are either Tatars or Oirats. Unfortunately, there is no specific identity token, and I dare not make decisions without authorization..."

Lin Shu interrupted Fang Juexian's speculation: "If there is no evidence, don't say it. The Tatars have already paid tribute to our great Chu. It is useless for diplomatic relations to spread the word."

"Yes, the bachelor is right, the official has been hasty." Fang Juexian quickly apologized, and then added: "But just in case, the official has ordered all foreigners in the city to be detained until the case is investigated." Clear, otherwise they will not be able to step out of the county."

Fang Juexian did nothing wrong in this point. Before the case was clarified, the foreigners in the city were indeed the most suspected.As for the human rights of these foreign people, in the eyes of Dachu people, it is not worth mentioning at all.

Lin Shu nodded: "Since that's the case, after I visit Uncle Wang, I will first check with these foreign people."

Wang Ziteng was seriously injured and unconscious, and Shunyi County naturally did not dare to take chances.Fang Juexian vacated the back house of the county government office, and placed Wang Ziteng and several living soldiers of the uncle's family there. At the same time, he summoned all the doctors in the city to treat the injuries of Wang Ziteng and others.

The accompanying imperial doctor untied the white cloth wrapped around Wang Ziteng's abdomen, and a long and deep wound appeared in front of everyone.

Gao Wanxuan had never seen such a situation before, and immediately felt a little sick.Lin Shu coughed softly and said: "Your Highness has been bumpy for half a day today, County Magistrate Fang, please send His Highness to rest first, I have an official watching over here."

"Yes, Your Highness, I have asked someone to prepare the room..."

After only Xue Pan and the imperial doctor were left in the room, Lin Shu asked, "Old Yang, how is County Uncle Wang's injury?"

The imperial physician Yang Zhigui is one of the imperial physicians who are most good at trauma in the Imperial Hospital. He looked at several wounds on Wang Ziteng's body, shook his head and replied: "The wounds are all vital, and the two heaviest are the abdomen and chest. Among them, the wounds on the chest The cluster of arrows is still in the body, probably because the doctor here saw that it was caught between the sternum and was not sure about taking it out. Mr. Lin, this old man is only [-]% sure..."

"There is a way to wake Mr. Wang Xianbo up, and he needs to make up his own mind on this matter!"

"Wang Xianbo's high fever doesn't go away, and if it's too late, it will change!"

Hearing Yang Zhigui's words, Lin Shu gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's start."

Yang Zhigui looked around and said, "This old man needs help. Brother Liu and the others will take a day to get there. It's too late. Let the doctors in the city come over to help, and then prepare hot water, white medicine, spirits..."

The follow-up staff from the Tai Hospital hadn't arrived yet, so Yang Zhigui had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.Fortunately, Shunyi County had already called all the doctors in the city, and they hurriedly got on their horses to help with the order.

Lin Shu was not idle either, and first went to question Wang Ziteng's living bodyguards.By the time the sky was slightly bright, he had already basically understood what happened.

Wang Ziteng hurried back from outside the pass because he received a secret order from the Dragon Head Palace, a handwritten letter from the Supreme Emperor.

The handwriting was hidden inside Wang Ziteng's boots, except for some blood stains on it, the handwriting was clear.Lin Shu was also someone who had seen the handwriting of the Supreme Emperor, but he couldn't tell if it was true or not. The seal on it was indeed one of the Supreme Emperor's private seals.

The content of the secret decree is simple, let Wang Ziteng immediately lead the troops to Beijing, punish the rebels, and help the new king succeed to the throne.

The letter did not say who the rebel was, nor did he mention who the new king was, but judging from the current situation, Wang Ziteng did not fully follow the secret decree, otherwise he would not have been in the capital just a day away. Shunyi County was seriously injured and fell into a coma.

"Brother Xue, take someone to send this secret letter to the capital immediately, and present it to His Majesty in person. Then, please His Majesty make an idea, it is best to send more troops over here."

Lin Shu pondered for a moment, and instinctively told him that the letter behind this letter might not be as simple as assassinating Prince Teng.He couldn't believe anyone in Shunyi County. If he only had 300 people in his hands, he wouldn't be able to sleep well.

Xue Pan hesitated and said: "Scholar, if the general leaves, the safety of you and His Highness..."

"Don't worry, it's fine for the time being. You go and come back quickly, and go to my house by the way, and let Fuquan bring someone over!"

Seeing Lin Shu's resolute attitude, Xue Pan could only leave with fists in his hands.

Everything was arranged properly, Lin Shu did not rest, but went to Gao Wanxuan's resting room, and after a secret discussion with him, Gao Wanxuan temporarily took over Shunyi County.

The sky was completely bright, but the gates of Shunyi County were still closed.The yamen servants began to go to the street and beat the gong to announce that the owner of the city had changed hands temporarily. At the same time, the people were not allowed to go to the street for no reason, waiting for the government to come to investigate one by one.

Because of limited manpower, Lin Shu left 100 forbidden troops to protect Gao Wanxuan, Wang Ziteng and others, and brought more than [-] people with him to start the investigation from the foreign vassals in the forbidden city.

Shunyi County is the only way from the capital to Liaodong and the desert. In addition to the trade between the Great Chu and the Tatars, there are no fewer than dozens of various caravans living in the city at this time.

It is not an easy job to check one by one with a team of hundreds of people, and Lin Shu was exhausted to death in just one morning.

"My lord, this caravan is imported from the West Market, and it contains gunpowder!" A captain under his command quietly handed a small cloth bag to Lin Shu, and whispered in his ear, "The Firearms Battalion only started this year." There are still hundreds of catties of the used ones in these boxes.”

Lin Shu, who was already drowsy, was taken aback. It seemed that he was no longer sleepy at all, so he hurried over to check.

This look almost scared Lin Shu out of his soul. In the rough wooden box, cloth and other coverings were piled on top, and the bottom was tightly packed with the latest gunpowder developed by the firearms workshop.

Hundreds of catties of gunpowder were randomly piled up in the dark room, and there were still soldiers of the imperial army standing around with torches to illuminate them.

"Get out quickly, and be careful not to let the torches get near these boxes..."

Before the words fell, there was only a loud bang, and there was a loud bang not far from the courtyard, and a huge mushroom cloud rose on the south side of the county.

The ground seemed to be trembling, and Lin Shu's heart sank immediately: "Seal this place, and detain all the people in this caravan, and the rest of the people will immediately follow me to the south of the city!"

When Lin Shu led his people to the place where the explosion occurred, he saw that an apparently large-scale courtyard had been flattened by the tremendous power of the gunpowder, and all the surrounding civil structures were destroyed. varying degrees of damage.

Dismembered limbs and broken arms can be seen faintly among the ruined walls, and there are occasional groans.Fang Juexian and other officials from Shunyi County also brought people here, and the officials almost fainted from fright when they arrived.

"It's over, it's over, why did this happen? This is the largest restaurant in the county, and it's full of people!"

"Hurry up and save people!"

Lin Shu hadn't figured out what this place was for at first, but when he heard that it was the largest restaurant in the county, he felt even worse.

A restaurant was razed to the ground by gunpowder, how could there be fewer casualties.After a while, more than 20 corpses were moved out, and the injured were even worse.

The new gunpowder made by the Ministry of Industry is improved and powerful.Lin Shu's complexion became worse and worse as the number of deaths increased, until a corpse whose clothes and appearance were completely different from those of the people of Dachu was brought out, and the unknown fire in his heart erupted instantly.

"Zhou Wen, immediately lead people to detain all the foreigners in the city. Without a warrant from the official, no one is allowed to visit. If you encounter resistance, you will be shot!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Zhou Wen, a hundred households of the imperial army, led people to set off immediately, and Lin Shu turned his attention to Fang Juexian, the magistrate of Shunyi County, who was still staring at the ruins in a daze.

"Lord Fang, gunpowder is a forbidden item in our dynasty. Why would the people of Fanbang show up in Shunyi County with the forbidden item in a big way? The inspection at the gate of the city can't be done?"

Not to mention the people of Fanbang, even Dachu's own people cannot touch such things as gunpowder.What's more, every time they enter the city and leave the city, like the Fanbang caravan, the soldiers at the gate of the city have to be checked one by one.

With such a large amount of gunpowder, even if you smell it with your nose, you can smell the smell of sulfur.Even if a dog is squatted at the gate of the city, today's situation will not happen.

Fang Juexian didn't know what was going on, his legs were already weak, and his mind was completely blank.He didn't understand anything about gunpowder at all. The first thing he thought of at this moment was that so many people had died for no reason under his rule, and the people in the Ministry of Punishment might have prepared a cell for him.

"Scholar Lin... I... I'm an official... I'm an official... I don't know either!"

"You don't know? How did you become the county magistrate? Trash!"

Lin Shu didn't care about the rules and etiquette at all, and detained all the officials in Shunyi County.Gunpowder can appear in Shunyi County, which proves that there is a big problem in the capital.

Either the Ministry of Industry or the Forbidden Army, the only places that can smuggle gunpowder out of the capital.And so much gunpowder, since it can be exploded in Shunyi County, it can also be exploded in the capital or the important towns in Jiubian.

The people from the Embroidery Guards quickly sent Lin Shu's hastily written secret letter to the capital, and at the same time Lin Shu gave another order to summon the surrounding village braves to rush to the county seat.

He became suspicious of everyone in the city. After detaining all the people from the foreign countries and the county officials, he imposed a curfew in the city and waited for the reinforcements from the capital to arrive.

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Before the reinforcements from the capital arrived, the prince woke up!

Yang Zhigui's medical skills are almost among the top in Da Chu. He is proficient in trauma and temporarily stabilized Wang Ziteng's injury after a night of treatment.

Not only did the ancient surgery remove the cluster of arrows stuck in the sternum, but it also used acupuncture to wake up the prince.

After Wang Ziteng woke up, he was about to meet people from the capital. When he saw Gao Wanxuan and Lin Shu, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked all the unrelated people in the room to retreat, and asked Lin Shu, "How is the Supreme Emperor?"

After Lin Shu and Gao Wanxuan looked at each other, they replied truthfully: "Before I leave the capital, everything in Longshou Palace will be fine!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Wang Ziteng breathed a sigh of relief, and after a few heavy coughs, the white cloth that bandaged the wound was stained red.

However, he didn't care about this, and continued to say with a frown: "There is a rebellion in the governor's mansion of the five armies and the imperial army, and someone wants to assassinate the second sage at the Mid-Autumn Festival feast!"

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　　Feel sorry.The codeword software I used was stuck again. After the computer was restarted, the plot that I wrote for three hours disappeared, and I just re-wrote it until just now. This has brought inconvenience to the readers. Old Miaomiao kowtowed... ...(;ω;`) Woohoo!

　　
　
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