Happy Little Scholar

The house is in a good location, it is considered a high-end residential area in Qing'an Prefecture City, the people around are either rich or noble, I don't know if it is a coincidence, the princess's house is next door. Tian'lai' novel

The courtyard allocated to Li Yi is the largest, but he did not live in it. This place is less than a quarter of an hour away from Ruyifang. He has already lived there and there is no need to move around.

Lao Fang and his friends are obviously very satisfied with this new home. After seeing their own house, the melancholy caused by moving away from Liuye Village quickly disappeared.

Although it is still far from the big house with beautiful wives and concubines he imagined, at least it has taken a big step towards the goal. Progress is a good thing, and a bright and beautiful future is waiting for them.

There is no need to worry about those green forest bandits coming to cause trouble. Even the brainless guys dare not gather so many people at the same time to run wild in the prefecture city. Without so many people, they will die ugly when they meet Lao Fang and his friends.

The formula of gunpowder has been handed over to Li Mingzhu. If this thing is not seen by others, he will never hand it over in his life. But since things have come to this point, he can only pretend to be generous and give it away.

As for what they will do with this thing later, he doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know.

However, things in the world are like this. Accidents always come so suddenly, and no one knows what will happen next.

On the second day, Li Yi, who was originally recuperating at home, was hurriedly called by a constable. Half an hour later, he appeared in a village close to the city.

Li Mingzhu had arrived before him and was standing under a courtyard wall at this moment, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

On the way here, the constable had already introduced the matter to him in general.

This place is called Liujia Village, and they are now in the home of a landlord in Liujia Village.

This morning, the servant of the landlord came to the yamen to report that something strange happened at home, and several constables followed the servant to investigate.

The matter is not big or small. Two of the three cows of Mr. Liu's family died strangely last night. The oxen for farming have been registered with the government. If you kill them privately, you will go to jail. Two of them died in succession, so there must be an explanation. If Li Yi had not asked for leave, he should have brought the yamen runners to check early this morning.

"What's wrong? Is there something strange?" Li Yi walked in front of Li Mingzhu and asked with a little doubt.

For such a matter as the death of two cows, Li Mingzhu might take care of it when she has nothing to do. After all, it is her nature to be nosy. But she just got the gunpowder formula yesterday, and she should not have the time to do so now.

"Look, is this..." She looked at Li Yi and pointed to the area around the collapsed courtyard wall, with a tone of doubt.

Li Yi looked in the direction of her finger and was also slightly stunned.

A part of the courtyard wall, which was several feet high, collapsed, and a large black pit appeared at the base of the wall. After a slight surprise, Li Yi pinched a handful of soil on the ground, put it to his nose and smelled it, and smelled a familiar pungent smell.

This time, even he was a little surprised. It couldn't be... really such a coincidence?

Turning his head, he looked at Li Mingzhu and nodded slightly.

"That's right."

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"My lords, even if I have the courage to kill cows, I dare not kill cows! I really don't know how they died!"

A fat man in a clerk's uniform cried with snot and tears, which was really sad to see and hear.

At this time, of course, he couldn't stay calm. If this matter couldn't be explained clearly, and the blame was put on him, he would really be finished.

"Okay, okay, stop crying. What happened last night? Tell the truth." Li Yi was a little annoyed by this guy's crying, and waved his hand and said.

The problem now is not about the death of two cows.

I don't know which talent actually found the black gunpowder. If this matter cannot be explained clearly, many people will be in trouble.

Seeing the county lieutenant's words, the fat man immediately stopped crying.

"Sir, the thing is like this. Yesterday, I just married my third concubine. I drank a few more cups with the guests at night. When I woke up, it was already past midnight. I took off my clothes..."

"Skip this part..."

"I was planning to do that... Suddenly I heard a shocking sound from outside, and I was scared and weak at that time..."

"Skip this part too..."

"..."

"When the servants of the mansion went to see, two cows in the cowshed were dead, and even a hole was missing in the courtyard wall." The fat man was still a little scared when he thought of this matter at this moment, and said in horror: A servant said that when he got up at night, he saw a fire in the cowshed, a thunderbolt fell from the sky, split the courtyard wall, and the two cows were taken away by God..."

"I swear that I will eat vegetarian food, build bridges and roads, and do more good things for the villagers in the future. I only ask God to look at me and take care of my parents and children, and never send down the thunderbolt again..."

Liu Yuanwai knelt in the yard and kowtowed continuously. He was scared to death by the noise last night, and he was scared at that embarrassing moment. Whether he can still have a happy life in the future is also a question.

"It is definitely gunpowder." Li Yi turned his head and looked at Li Mingzhu and said in a low voice.

Her Royal Highness pressed her eyebrows and looked at Li Yi with an extremely complicated look.

Yesterday he just said that from the perspective of "probability", someone will discover the secret of gunpowder in a day or decades. It really came true, and it was the worst possibility.

"Why are you looking at me? It's not me."

Li Mingzhu glanced at him. She knew it wasn't Li Yi. No one could come out at night when the city gates were closed. Moreover, he offered the formula without any selfish motives, and he had no grudges with Mr. Liu, so there was no need to do such a thing.

The current plan is to find out the person who knows the formula of gunpowder as soon as possible. If he is used by someone with ulterior motives, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Think carefully, who do you have grudges against on weekdays? Don't miss any of them." Li Mingzhu looked at Mr. Liu and asked with a frown.

"No, no, I have always been law-abiding and kind to others. I don't have any enemies." Mr. Liu said with a puzzled look on his face, shaking his head.

"Does that mean you admit that the death of the two cows was your fault?" Her Highness's face was a little unfriendly.

"Mr. Zhang from the neighboring village had a quarrel with me last year over the ownership of a piece of land, and I'm afraid he has been holding a grudge."

"Liu Ergou, he is a farmer in the village, and I have always had a grudge against me."

"To be honest, I was caught having an affair with the wife of the lame Liu family next door a few days ago. Although I compensated him with a coin, I always feel that he looks at me strangely these days..."

"..."

After being looked at by Li Mingzhu, Mr. Liu's amnesia was immediately cured, and he started talking nonstop.

Her people had already written it all down. After a while, Mr. Liu said with a bitter face: "My two lords, I really can't remember anything except these."

The person who recorded it twitched his mouth. There were more than 20 names written on the paper.

"Master, the third wife hasn't eaten since yesterday. The cook brought the food over just now, but she still didn't move. No matter how we persuaded her, it was useless..." A round-faced girl ran in from the door, talking as she ran. When she saw the people in official clothes in the house, she was stunned.

Li Yi felt that this third wife was probably a person with a story.

However, in this era, there are many such things. Parents' orders and matchmaker's words are everything. The probability of a woman marrying a man of her dreams can be ignored.

Liu Yuanwai laughed dryly and said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh. This third wife of mine has been in the brothel for a long time. She just entered the mansion yesterday and may not be used to it. I will slowly train her in the future."

"Brotherhood?" Li Yi and Li Mingzhu looked over at the same time.