Li Changkong frowned and asked, "I dare to ask Mr. Zhou, what will happen if someone inhales this smell for a long time?"
"This... depends on the specific situation and specific analysis. Different smell poisons have different effects."
"If it is a potent poison like Yama Powder, ordinary people have no chance to take it for a long time, and they will die suddenly in an instant."
"Even if you are a martial arts master, I'm afraid you can only last two or three days at most."
"But if it is a soft odor poison or a chronic odor poison, it will be very different."
“The most common effect is addiction!”
"The more you smoke it, the more addictive you become to the smell."
"Then what if one day we can no longer smell this smell?" Li Changkong said with shining eyes.
"It can range from madness to death!" Zhong Yu said. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something. His pupils shrank instantly and he stared at Li Changkong closely, asking: "What do you mean, Mr. Li?"
"Yes, I guess this smelly poison is probably the cause of Wei Xiang's death."
"In fact, even he himself didn't realize that it was poison, but thought it was a common thing."
"As a result, he lost his life in a confused manner."
After Zhong Yu pondered for a moment, he nodded heavily and said, "It's very possible!"
"It's just that the specific results may require obtaining odor poison and conducting research."
Li Changkong nodded and said, "Then go in."
After a while, a group of several people entered Wei Xiang's courtyard, each covering his mouth and nose with a wet towel.
After half an hour of searching, the source of the smelly poison was finally found.
A sachet!
But it is not an ordinary sachet. It is inlaid with gold wire and jade. It is so beautifully made that it is extraordinary at first glance.
With Li Changkong's eyesight, he felt that such a sachet could at least be used as a mortgage for ten thousand taels of silver if placed in a money store.
"Such a precious thing must not be owned by Wei Xiang." After walking out of the courtyard, Li Changkong took off his towel and looked at the wooden box in Zhong Yu's hand and said.
This is a wooden box made of sandalwood, a unique object of the Ministry of Punishment, specially used to deal with odor poisons.
Now, the sachet is placed inside it.
"What Lao Li said is absolutely true. This sachet is somewhat of a clue. Your punishment department must be more careful and try to find out who put it there," Liu Yu said solemnly.
Hearing this, Zhong Yu nodded hurriedly and said: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is true. The entire punishment department will definitely go all out to follow the clues of this sachet and find out the murderer as soon as possible."
Liu Yu nodded and sighed: "I hope I can find something useful."
Obviously, even Liu Yu himself did not have much confidence in this.
He somewhat knew something about Liu Jing, his half-brother.
This is an extremely cautious person who either doesn't do something or does it right.
It is obviously extremely abnormal for a sachet that is extremely inconsistent with Wei Xiang's status to be placed here in such a grand manner, as if waiting for them to get it.
And as the old saying goes, when things go wrong, there will always be a monster.
The other party must be prepared to be discovered.
Otherwise, why would it be so blatant?
Furthermore..., he felt that although Zhong Yu was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, he was still somewhat unreliable.
This can be roughly seen from the few things this person has done before.
…
Since receiving the sachet, the Ministry of Punishment and the Imperial City Department have naturally been investigating it intensively.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
Zhengde Hall, morning meeting!
At this court meeting, all civil and military officials were present.
The prince is here, Li Changkong is here, and even Liu Jing is here!
Obviously, this court meeting was different from the past, as officials of a certain rank and above were required to participate compulsorily.
"Today, I will mainly talk about two things." Sitting high on the dragon chair, the majestic and solemn Emperor Jing Xing spoke.
"One of them is the two games of ink and treasure notes."
"Both these two bureaus are the key points of the household department. They are related to people's livelihood and cannot be left without a master for a day."
"Do you have any recommendations?"
"Your Majesty, I would like to recommend the Hanlin Academy to compile the manuscript. Congratulations to Taibai and Chen Dao." Zhong Yu, the Minister of Punishment, immediately stood up and said loudly: "Both of these two people were among the top three in the imperial examination last year, and they have both political integrity and talent."
"I have been compiling in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, and I never make any mistakes, which shows that I am careful."
"His Majesty also said just now that the Second Bureau of Ink and Treasure Banknotes is the key point of the household department and is related to people's livelihood. Such an important position requires even more careful people."
As soon as Zhong Yu said these words, he lowered his head. Both He Taibai and Chen Dao, who were bored, were shocked, and then they frowned slightly, confused.
They are all confident people, even a little arrogant, and naturally believe in their own abilities and talents.
But I believe it, and I am not arrogant enough to think that the Minister of Punishment would recommend me for no reason.
What's more, the reason for recommending myself is really lame.
There are so many books in the Hanlin Academy, not to mention them, even some old Hanlins in their 40s and 50s will make mistakes from time to time.
Not to mention myself.
After Zhong Prison, Zhou Bingzheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, also stood up and said: "What the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment said is very true. We have all seen the talents of He Taibai and Chen Dao in the Hanlin Academy for these days."
"I believe that giving young people more opportunities is not a bad thing."
Following closely behind was Ding Guogong Zhang Xun: "What the two ministers said is absolutely true. We are all fine after all. This vast country will eventually be handed over to the hands of young people."
"With more opportunities and more hard work, the people I work with will suffer less hardship in the future, which is always a good thing."
Hearing this, Ma Rulong also stood up and said: "What the adults said is absolutely true, and I deeply believe it!"
If I was just surprised just now, I am shocked now!
He Taibai and Chen Dao looked at each other, and both could see the anxiety in the other's heart.
What is their identity and status that makes them worthy of being recommended by so many big guys?
Could it be that he was involved in some partisan dispute?
When I thought of this, and then thought about it a little bit, I understood.
Zhong Yu belongs to the prince, Zhou Bing is the prince's father-in-law, Zhang Xun is the representative of the nobles, and he must stand for the prince.
The Ministry of War has good relations with the nobles, so although Ma Rulong talks the least, he still expresses all the attitudes he needs to express in his words.
The message is already obvious, the prince is flattering them!
Then the opposite is...
The two of them turned their attention to King Jing, and sure enough, his face looked ugly to the naked eye.
"I think it's inappropriate. The two Hanlin Academy editors are indeed talented, but their qualifications are still relatively young. The second department of Baochao Ink is very crucial. It would be better to find someone with high moral character and high prestige to take over." Lu Zhengzhan, the Minister of Rites, came out.
, expounding his point of view in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Li Changkong's eyes moved slightly, and he already had a calculation in his heart.
Except for Huang Li, the Minister of Household Affairs who has not expressed his position yet, the situation of the six departments in the court is already very clear.
"Master Jia, what do you think?" Emperor Jing Xing's majestic voice came from the dragon chair.