The more this happened, the more Lin Fan felt that there was something wrong with Zhao Jinyan. Could it be that he was the Minister of the Ministry of War mentioned by the monks at Fayuan Temple?
He only heard about this matter from Xu Da and Xu Er. Before he could identify who it was, he couldn't arrest them both without evidence.
"Alas! It's really troublesome. If I were the emperor now and just called the two of them together, and each of them would hit them with twenty sticks, and if they didn't recruit them, they would continue to fight. Things would be much simpler."
Thinking of this, Lin Fan looked at the sky and saw that it was already night.
I didn't have a meal, so I went to Zhao Jinyan's house to have dinner. I happened to take advantage of this opportunity to explore Zhao Jinyan's tone.
Zhao Mansion!
The doors of other officials' mansions were painted with vermilion paint, inlaid with copper ingots, and kept clean. However, the paint on the door of Zhao Jinyan's mansion was almost gone.
Bang bang!
Lin Fan knocked on the door. Not long after, a servant came to see Lin Fan. When he saw Lin Fan, he curiously asked: "May I ask which family the young master is from, and why do you want to see my master?"
"I am Emperor Wuhou Lin Fan. I have come to discuss some matters with your master. Please inform me."
Lin Fan said with a smile.
kindness!
Hearing that Lin Fan was Emperor Wuhou, the servants did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went in to report. At this time, Zhao Jinyan was at home. When he heard that Lin Fan had come to his mansion, he immediately said angrily: "Damn it! This Lin Fan actually
The first one to come to trouble me!"
Today, Lin Fan was in the court, asking for special privileges from Emperor Chongzhen. Officials from all ministries had to cooperate with him in investigating the case. No matter what Zhao Jinyan thought, he also felt that Lin Fan would not come to him.
However, Lin Fan happened to be the first one to come to him. Zhao Jinyan asked his servants to bring Lin Fan in, while he waited in the living room without going out to greet him.
Lin Fan walked into the living room and saw Zhao Jinyan with a proud look on his face. He had no intention of standing up to greet him. He didn't mind and found a stool to sit down.
"Marquis Diwu, why do you have time to come to my Zhao residence as a guest today?"
Zhao Jinyan said coldly.
"how?
Am I not welcome in Mr. Zhao’s house?
If you are not welcome, I will leave now."
Lin Fan stood up and started to leave.
He just saw Zhao Jinyan's attitude and knew that this person was definitely not the person he was looking for.
Zhao Jinyan's mansion is really in ruins. Moreover, Zhao Jinyan is also extremely arrogant and the city is not deep. It would be strange if such a person could unite with the people of Fayuan Temple to cause trouble.
"Haha! Lord Wuhou really doesn't take my Zhao family seriously. He comes and leaves whenever he wants. Could it be that he thinks Zhao is easy to bully?"
Zhao Jinyan said coldly.
Lin Fan had no choice but to sit back and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhao, I came to the Zhao Mansion this time. Actually, I just want to have a chat with you and connect with you. I have no other intention."
"If you think I'm here to check your property, you don't take my royal guards seriously. If Zhao Furuo is really rich, I would have been here a long time ago."
snort!
Zhao Jinyan snorted coldly and said: "I am very aware of Emperor Wuhou's abilities. You have taken care of so many officials. If you really want to deal with me, it will be easy."
"However, Mr. Zhao and Marquis Diwu have no emotional contact. Marquis Diwu should just explain his purpose directly."
Hearing what Zhao Jinyan said, Lin Fan had no choice but to make up an excuse: "I was attacked a few days ago, and the people who came to kill me came with blunderbuss."
"You also know that I have counted all the Jinyiwei's fire guns, and there are no shortages. Moreover, the fireguns in the hands of those people are not the Jinyiwei's equipment."
"Is there really no shortage of muskets at the Ministry of War?"
After hearing Lin Fan's question, Zhao Jinyan thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "If Mr. Lin hadn't said anything, I really wouldn't have realized this problem."
"A lot of the firecrackers in my military department were damaged some time ago, and I didn't check them carefully. If these firecrackers were not damaged, but were replaced by others, it would be troublesome."
"Where are those damaged muskets?"
Lin Fan asked.
"As usual, it is difficult to repair a damaged fire gun, but if it wanders outside and is obtained by someone who is interested, it will still cause a lot of trouble to the court, and it will be burned!"
"This kind of thing is normal. Because the Ministry of War has a large number of firecrackers and the Ministry of War is short of manpower, I just assumed that the firecrackers were improperly maintained and did not investigate carefully!"
"Now that I think about it, those muskets probably came from the Ministry of War, what?
Does Mr. Wuhou want to use this to cause trouble for my Ministry of War?
Or should we arrest Zhao and chop him up?"
Zhao Jinyan said coldly.
Lin Fan looked at Zhao Jinyan now and felt that this guy deserved a beating. If he hadn't been a civilized person, he would have slapped him hard in the face.
"I don't mean that at all. I know that as long as I know the origin of this fire gun, it will be fine. Since it is not Mr. Zhao's problem, it must be someone else's problem."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
kindness!
When Zhao Jinyan heard Lin Fan's words, he immediately became alert and said, "You mean, someone from the Ministry of War wants to kill you?"
"It's not that someone from the Ministry of War wants to kill me, it's that someone from the Ministry of War conspired with the people who wanted to kill me and provided them with guns. Moreover, the ultimate goal of these people is not me!"
Lin Fan said.
Zhao Jinyan thought for a long time and said: "Actually, there is another thing that I have always found strange, but there is not enough evidence..."
"whats the matter?"
Lin Fan asked.
"The Ministry of War has a batch of gunpowder, which was originally going to be transported to the capital. However, on the way to the capital, the ship was inexplicably silent, and it has not been salvaged until now."
Zhao Jinyan said in a deep voice.
If this batch of gunpowder had been quietly transported to the capital, there would be big trouble!
After hearing this, Lin Fan also said in a deep voice: "Why didn't you tell me this news earlier! We are in big trouble. This batch of gunpowder is probably already in the capital!"
Lin Fan seemed to have guessed what these people were going to do. The amount of gunpowder purchased by the Ministry of War was very large. This batch of gunpowder could probably blow up the entire palace and destroy it.
The group of people also said that the Minister of War would help transport the things into the palace. Lin Fan hurriedly stood up and said: "I have something else to do, so I won't chat with you for now."
After saying that, he left. Zhao Jinyan followed Lin Fan closely and said, "Have you guessed who did it?"
"That's right, but this is my Jin Yiwei's business and has nothing to do with you."
Lin Fan said.
"As long as it is related to His Majesty's safety, it is related to me. Do you need me to transfer someone from the Ministry of War to help you handle this matter?"
Zhao Jinyan asked.
"There are not many reliable people in your military department right now. I'd better handle it myself. You can just pretend that nothing happened."
Lin Fan said, then he shot up, shuttled between the houses, and quickly headed towards Bai Husi.