Chapter two hundred and fortieth unfortunate words
The location of the house is very good. It is considered a high-end residential area in Qing'an City. People around it are rich and noble. I don't know if it is a coincidence, but the house next door is the princess's house.
The yard assigned to Li Yi was the largest, but he did not live in it. This place was less than a quarter of an hour away from Ruyifang. He was already used to living there, so there was no need to move around.
Lao Fang and the others were obviously very satisfied with their new home. After seeing their own house, the trace of melancholy caused by moving away from Liuye Village quickly disappeared.
Although it is still far from the big house with a lovely wife and beautiful concubine that he imagined, at least he has taken a big step towards his goal. Progress is a good thing, and a bright and bright future is waiting for them.
There is no need to worry about those green forest gangsters coming to cause trouble. No matter how brainless a guy is, he would not dare to gather so many people at the same time to run wild in the city. If there are not so many people, if they encounter Lao Fang and the others, they will die ugly.
The formula of gunpowder has been handed over to Li Mingzhu. This thing has not been seen by anyone. He will never hand it over in his life, but since the matter has reached this point, he can only pretend to be generous and give it away.
As for what they would use this thing for in the future, he didn't know, and he didn't want to know.
However, things in the world are like this, accidents always come so suddenly, no one knows what will happen next moment.
The next day, Li Yi, who was continuing his training at home, was hurriedly summoned by a policeman. Half an hour later, he appeared in a village close to Fucheng.
Li Mingzhu had arrived before him and was standing under a certain courtyard wall with a thoughtful expression on her face.
On the way here, the policeman had already given him a general introduction to the matter.
This place is called Liujia Village, and the location where they are now is the home of a landowner in Liujia Village.
This morning, a servant from the landlord's family came to the Yamen to report that a strange thing had happened at home. Several police officers came with the servant to investigate.
The matter is either big or small. Two of the three cows owned by Mr. Liu's wife died mysteriously last night. The cattle were all registered with the government. You will be jailed if you slaughter them privately. Two of them died in succession.
There has to be an explanation. If Li Yi had not asked for leave, he should have come to check with the government officials early this morning.
"What's wrong? Something is fishy?" Li Yi walked up to Li Mingzhu and asked with some confusion.
Li Mingzhu might take care of things like killing two cows when she has nothing to do. After all, it is her nature to be nosy, but she just got the gunpowder formula yesterday, so she probably doesn't have the time now.
"Look, is this..." She looked at Li Yi and pointed around the collapsed section of the courtyard wall, her tone a little surprised.
Li Yi looked in the direction of her finger and was slightly startled.
Part of the ten-foot-high courtyard wall collapsed, and a large black pit appeared at the base of the wall. After being slightly stunned, Li Yi pinched a handful of soil on the ground, put it between his nose and smelled it, and smelled something familiar.
pungent smell.
This time, even he was a little surprised. It couldn't be... really such a coincidence, right?
Turning his head, he looked into Li Mingzhu's eyes and nodded slightly.
"That's right."
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"Two adults, even if you give me the courage to do this, I don't dare to kill the cows! I really don't know how they died!"
A fat man in uniform was crying with snot and tears. It really saddened everyone who saw it and shed tears when he heard it.
Of course, he couldn't keep calm at this time. If this matter couldn't be explained clearly and the blame was placed on him, he would really be doomed.
"Okay, okay, don't cry. Let's tell the truth about what happened last night." Li Yi was a little upset by this guy's crying, so he waved his hand and said.
The problem now is no longer a matter of two dead cows.
I don’t know which talent actually invented the black powder. If this matter cannot be explained clearly, many people will be in trouble.
When the county captain spoke, the fat officer immediately stopped crying.
"Sir, what happened is this. Yesterday Xiaomin just married his third concubine. He drank a few more drinks with the guests at night. When he woke up, it was past midnight and Xiaomin took off his clothes..."
"Skip this section..."
"The villain was just planning that... when he suddenly heard a shocking sound coming from outside. The villain was so frightened that he became weak at that moment..."
"Skip this section too..."
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"When the servants of the house came over to take a look, two cows in the cowshed were dead, and even a hole was missing in the courtyard wall." The fat man was still a little frightened when he thought of this incident, and said in horror: "A servant said
When I got up at night, I saw the fire in the cowshed soaring into the sky, a bolt of thunder falling from the sky, splitting open the courtyard wall, and the two cows were taken away by God..."
"The people swear that from now on they will eat fast, chant Buddha's name, build bridges and pave roads, and do more good deeds for the villagers. I just ask God, for the sake of the people, whether they are old or young, never rain down divine thunder again..."
Liu Yuanwai was kneeling in the yard, kowtowing non-stop. Thinking about what happened last night, he was frightened half to death. Moreover, being frightened at that embarrassing moment, whether he can have a happy life in the future is also a question.
"It's definitely gunpowder." Li Yi turned to look at Li Mingzhu and whispered.
Her Highness the Princess pressed her eyebrows and looked at Li Yi with extremely complicated eyes.
He just said yesterday that from the perspective of "probability", someone will discover the secret of gunpowder in as little as a day or as long as decades - and indeed he was right, and
It's the worst possibility.
"Look what I did, it wasn't me."
Li Mingzhu glanced at him. Of course she knew it wasn't Li Yi. No one could come out even if the city gate was closed at night. Moreover, since he could offer the formula without any selfish motives and had no grievances with Liu Yuan, there was no need to do anything.
Something like this happens.
The plan for now is to find the person who knows the gunpowder formula as soon as possible. If someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of it, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Think carefully, you have grudges with everyone in your daily life, don't leave out any of them." Li Mingzhu looked at Liu Yuanwai and asked with a frown.
"No, no, Xiaomin always keeps to himself and is kind to others. He doesn't have any enemies." Liu Yuanwai looked confused and shook his head.
"Does that mean you admit that the death of the two cows was your fault?" Her Royal Highness's expression turned a little unkind.
"Zhang Yuanwai from a neighboring village had a quarrel with the villagers last year over the ownership of a piece of land. I'm afraid he has been holding a grudge."
"Liu Ergou, he is a farmer in the village, and he has always had a grudge against the common people."
"To be honest, he was involved in an affair with the cripple Liu's mother-in-law next door a few days ago. Although I paid him a lot of money, I still feel that the way he looks at Xiaomin is weird these days..."
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After being looked at by Li Mingzhu, Liu Yuanwai's amnesia was immediately cured and he started talking eloquently.
There were people beside her who had already written down everything. After a while, Liu Yuanwai said with a bitter face: "Two adults, apart from these, I really can't remember anything."
The person who recorded it twitched his lips. There were already more than twenty names written on the paper.
"Master, the third lady hasn't eaten since yesterday. Just now when the cook brought the food over, the third lady still didn't move. No matter how hard we tried to persuade her, it was of no use..." A round-faced girl ran in from outside the door, running
While talking, when he saw several people wearing official uniforms in the room, he immediately froze there.
Li Yi felt in his heart that this third lady might also be a person with a story.
However, in this era, there are many such things. Parents' orders and matchmaker's words are all. The probability of a woman marrying a suitable man is so low that it can be ignored.
Liu Yuanwai gave a dry laugh and said: "To make the two adults laugh, Xiaomin, the third lady, has been staying in Goulan for a long time. She just entered the mansion yesterday and may not be used to it yet. Xiaomin will slowly train her in the future."
"Goulan?" Li Yi and Li Mingzhu looked over at the same time.
