It was Du Lan who opened the door to the palace, and when he saw that the visitor was Song Huiyue, he was very happy and regretful - if the prince knew that the eldest lady came to the door on his own initiative, he would probably have to fly to change clothes and stage a beauty trick.
All kinds of things that women are obsessed with.
After learning about Song Huiyue's purpose, he led her outside the study and gently knocked on the door: "Chang Shi, eighth master, the eldest lady is here."
As for Yin Xiao, he defaulted to being part of Song Huiyue and did not inform Yin Xiao's name.
The sound of a chair being dragged was heard in the room, and then Xie Zhou opened the door and welcomed Song Huiyue in.
As soon as she entered the door, Song Huiyue first saw the dusty You Song.
You Song's clothes were wrinkled into dried pickles, his beard was unkempt, and he looked tired and couldn't sit still. A waiter supported him to prevent him from falling. Although he didn't fall, his eyes had been closed and he was snoring slightly.
I think everything has been explained clearly and I can sleep peacefully.
"Du Lan, carry your brother to rest." Xie Zhou ordered.
Du Lan quickly came in, picked up You Song, and carried him out steadily.
"My father-in-law, my eighth brother." Song Huiyue said, "Bless you."
"Tell Bago to visit more people, and from now on call me A Zhou." Xie Zhou didn't like the word Bago very much.
He asked Song Huiyue to sit down, went out and brought in a bunch of jujubes with a basket, and placed it on the small table in front of Song Huiyue. He moved a stool himself, sat across from Song Huiyue, and ate the dates together.
Xie Chuan asked Song Huiyue: "Are your mother-in-law and Qinghui okay?"
Song Huiyue nodded: "Thank you, father-in-law, for your concern. They are all doing well. Qinghui has gained weight."
Xie Zhou stuffed a jujube into Song Huiyue's hand and said, "You are here to ask for news about the prince. The prince is fine. I asked You Song to come back with the news."
Before that, his face was full of sadness, and he didn't know where King Jin was. After You Song came back, he let go of his worries a little, but he didn't let go completely, and his brows were still frowning.
Song Huiyue held the jujube in her hands: "Is your prince really fine?"
Xie Zhou answered vaguely: "I got a little injury, it doesn't matter, it has been taken care of."
Song Huiyue then asked: "Did the smelting field really just collapse?"
Xie Zhou immediately glanced at his old father, and seeing that Xie Chuan had no intention of stopping him, he told the truth: "Sister Yue, the smelting field did not collapse, but an explosion occurred. More than 400 people died, including the workers inside.
Almost no one made it out alive."
Song Huiyue took a breath: "The tabloid only said... Hedong Road hid it!"
Xie Zhou whispered: "If the prince's guess is correct, it must be the Zhang family. In their eyes, human life is not valuable."
"What does the prince want to do? Are there any difficulties?" Song Huiyue asked again.
Xie Zhou was surprised by Song Huiyue's intuition and muttered: "The prince naturally doesn't want this matter to go away, so he made some simple arrangements. Here in Kyoto, the prince wants us to buy a large amount of sulfur and saltpeter."
Song Huiyue thought for a while: "It's the new year, and it should be easy to buy these two things in Kyoto. People who perform medicine, puppets, pyrotechnics, and acrobatics, as well as the artillery workshops that make firecrackers, need a lot of sulfur and saltpeter."
Apart from Kyoto, these two things are the prosperous Liangzhe Road and Liangguang Road where shopping is easy.
When I was in Tanzhou, it was rare to see this thing even at the end of the year. The firecrackers that were set off were all transported to Tanzhou by water from Liangguang Road for sale.
Nowadays, the only place that can buy large quantities of saltpeter and sulfur the fastest is Kyoto.
Xie Zhou frowned: "There are too many people staring at us. If we make any move, it will be easy for people to guess the prince's purpose."
As soon as he finished speaking, a chamberlain came to the corridor and said that he had a greeting invitation and that the judge from Hudu came to visit Chang Shi.
"It's really no big deal that I won't come to your door." Xie Zhou stood up and walked out, "I won't do anything else today, just entertain guests."
The news of King Jin's accident spread throughout Kyoto, and there was an endless stream of people who came to inquire about the news. Some people could not see him, but some people had to see him.
For example, the chamberlains sent from the palace and the colleagues in Huduzhong.
He walked to the door, rubbed his face, and looked sad, as if he were mourning his heir, and went out to express his grief.
Xie Chuan stopped him: "I'm going to meet the people from Hudu."
These people are in the same company as the prince and need to be more careful.
So Xie Zhou came back, sat down on the stool, stuffed a jujube into his mouth, and said to Song Huiyue: "We have been in Kyoto for some time. The Zhang family has been watching for so long. The prince's men
There are a few people who must have understood it very thoroughly. You are in charge of the tea house and it is said to the outside world that you have taken over it. However, the relationship between this cannot be hidden from anyone who is interested. Neither Qin Niang nor Master Tie can use it, and the smell of sulfur and saltpeter is too great.
It's so big that it's really difficult to transport it out quietly, so I have to think of a way."
Song Huiyue pinched the jujube in her hand. After a moment, she raised her head and looked at Xie Zhou: "I'll go."
Xie Zhou held the date core in his mouth and expressed nervous doubts: "Are you going?"
"Well, it's not that far. I can still come back before the Chinese New Year." Song Huiyue took a bite of the dates. "I'll go to the gambling room to find a gambler who is desperate to lose, and ask him to buy goods on the dock. I don't want the goods.
After getting off the pier, I took a boat out of Kyoto and announced that I was looking for Dr. Qinghui."
After thinking about it carefully, she said: "Let You Song catch the peace train and take the official road, and divide the troops into two or three routes."
After saying that, she lay down forward, hugged Ba Dou, and began to think long and trivially, trying to make her sudden plan more thorough.
Xie Zhou sat beside him, breaking down what she said and thinking about it in his heart.
When he finally thought about it, a light flashed through his mind and he felt that there was a lot to be done about this matter.
"Sister Yue, I have an idea."
Song Huiyue raised her head and smiled: "Me too."
So during Xie Chuan's banquet, the two of them talked to each other and finalized the method of transporting saltpeter and sulfur out of Kyoto.
At noon that day, Song Huiyue went to the teahouse and returned home in the evening. By midnight, Song Qinghui developed a high fever.
In December, the water in the Northland turned to ice. Mrs. Song did not go out, but she was not affected by the cold wind. Tan Ran was strong and strong and could withstand the cold. Aunt Lin and Yuan Yuan caught colds one after another, but the symptoms were mild and neither of them had any symptoms.
Taking it all seriously, he didn't expect that Song Qinghui was weak and immediately felt hot all over after getting over the illness, unable to take any medicine or food.
Tan Ran went to invite Dr. Zu overnight. After seeing it, Dr. Zu shook his head and told Song Huiyue that all the crux of the problem was in the head.
I heard that there is a doctor who treats head ailments near Hebei Road. Song Huiyue can try it.
Song Huiyue immediately chartered a passenger boat at the pier. She couldn't even wait for dawn and was leaving immediately.
Yin Xiao came in from the outside and said to Song Huiyue: "Madam, the ship has arrived and you can leave at any time."
Song Huiyue applied a hot handkerchief to her eyes, turned to Mrs. Song and said, "Mom, please go into the house. I'll be right back."
Mrs. Song took the fox fur cloak and scarf from Yuan Yuan and wrapped her tightly: "Be careful, go early and come back early."
"I know."
Aunt Lin came out of the kitchen and brought the Codonopsis pilosula chicken soup that had been simmered for half a night to Song Huiyue: "Drink quickly to warm up. If we go out at this time, there is not even a noodle eater on the pier."