After the total solar eclipse, the porridge in a porridge shop turned blue. By chance, there were students from Tsinghua Women's University on the street. The students came over to take a look and started to popularize chemistry.
By the time the sun was mostly up, the people were less interested and things were going as usual. A storyteller was telling stories in a teahouse and mentioned the incident of blue porridge. He was shocked and said, "Guess what? Before the solar eclipse, there were as many white jade chips as there were.
Ordinary porridge turned blue! This guy has lived for more than 20 years and worked in a restaurant for several years. He has never seen blue porridge! He was so scared that his face almost turned blue.
, and ran out. Everyone, do you know the reason?"
"I know!" Several teagoers downstairs shouted, "Starch turns blue when it meets iodine! This is a chemical reaction. The remnants of the Maitreya Sect are here to scare the people!"
The storyteller was stunned: "What? Maitreya Cult?"
A fat tea guest stood up and said loudly: "Just now at the intersection, the students from Jian'an Polytechnic School told us that after the total solar eclipse, there were more than a dozen such things in the capital. The Yamen has arrested three, and there are more.
A dozen or so." The storyteller was confused.
It turned out that the team leader of the Zhongting Street science popularization group felt that the matter was strange, so he asked a classmate to hire a carriage to go back to school and tell the principal Jia Aniang about it. Jia Aniang immediately sent a letter to the political hall. After a while, the street was full of science popularization people,
Whether they were students, shopkeepers, fans or amateurs, they all started to learn about the porridge shop incident and said: "This incident has occurred in more than a dozen porridge shops, restaurants and even ordinary people's homes in the capital. Now it has been found out that it is
It is the remnants of the Maitreya Sect who are determined to cause trouble in the capital by taking advantage of the total solar eclipse. They send more than a dozen thieves to cause trouble everywhere and create blue porridge and rice to scare the ignorant people." The poor Maitreya Sect has already been wiped out.
, and Baba actually took the blame.
Originally a riddle was given to people to guess, and I wanted to whet my appetite for a while, but I was too impatient to tell the world the answer to the riddle first - the answer was different from my own. The storyteller felt as if someone had blocked his throat and could not continue talking.
By dusk, more than fifty cases of blue porridge had been reported to the political hall from all over the capital. Roman looked at Jia Cong with both laughter and laughter: "How do you know there is more than one?"
Jia Cong said lazily: "Although the King of Yan was wise, he did not accept science and engineering after all. Otherwise, why was it so difficult for the students of Yan State to learn some mathematics, physics and chemistry? I had a bad relationship with the old man from the Hanlin Academy! So he
The people under my command have not systematically studied chemistry. How many things do they know about the things that can change the color of starch? If they don’t know all of them, they got the recipe from some Taoist priest. Besides, Prince Yoshitaka’s people used this trick before, so it’s hard to say where it came from.
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Just as he was talking, Feng Ziying came closer with a portrait: "There are twenty-three storytellers who promote Blue Porridge. They have all been arrested and interrogated. They are all paid storytellers. This is the person who hired them."
Nai raised his hand and said, "It's not easy to find such a person in the vast capital."
Jia Cong and others took a look at it, but they didn't recognize it. Zhan Kun said: "Don't be anxious, ask more people to draw it, it will be useful tomorrow." Feng Ziying immediately gave the order.
Jia Cong waited for a long time and no one asked Zhan Kun why, so he asked himself. Zhan Kun smiled and said nothing. Jia Cong curled his lips: "How did Brother Feng know that he refused to tell?"
"I don't know." Feng Ziying said, "Everyone is busy right now. If Yi Zhi is not sure, he won't say anything. Since he already has an idea, he can just let others follow it. He will know when the time comes. There is no need to make any mistakes.
Understand, I am not a counselor."
Jia Cong thought it right and said with a smile: "I have to curb my curiosity and learn from Brother Feng." Then everyone went about their business.
There are five large official warehouses in the northeast of the capital and three in the northwest, with many garrison guards. Around the second watch that night, snow fell from the sky again. Several big trees were poked out of the Guangping warehouse.
It turned half white. Two watchmen walked slowly outside the west wall, wearing raincoats and bamboo hats. They looked up at the wall for a while, then suddenly took off their raincoats and bamboo hats, and climbed up the wall like apes.
They sat on the wall, looked around for a moment, and then jumped in. At this moment, gunshots rang out. The two men didn't even have a place to hide, and they were shot and fell into the wall. There were gunshots in the distance again, and from the southeast
The watchmen on the three west sides were also ambushed. The soldiers jumped down from the trees and dragged the dead bodies into the house for inspection - the watchmen all carried large sheepskin bags on their backs, and the bags were filled with clear oil.
Official warehouses are guarded by officers and soldiers, but there are naturally no private warehouses. Overnight, seventeen private warehouses in the capital caught fire. Fortunately, the man who put out the fire tonight got word from the superiors, saying that the Maitreya cultist who made the blue porridge confessed, and they tonight
It was planned to set fire to burn grain at night, so preparations were made early. Although the seventeen private warehouses were badly damaged, the fire did not spread to other places.
In the morning, the yamen from the Five Cities Military and Horse Department rode through the streets, busy drawing figures to capture the arsonists and the remnants of the Maitreya Cult last night. Several storytellers looked at it and jumped up in fright: Isn’t this the same thing as before?
Are you going to hire your own storyteller for a few days? It’s a shame that I listened to popular science first and didn’t make this money. Otherwise, if I got involved with the Maitreya Cult, I wouldn’t be able to wash it off even if I jumped into the Yellow River. I also have some expectations.
: The notice said that anyone who knew the whereabouts of this thief and reported it to the government would be rewarded with fifty taels of silver. Unfortunately, we didn’t meet him today. The government officials also specially sent some to the wealthy and powerful households so that the bosses and stewards there could take a look.
Prince Yan's Mansion also got a few portraits, and the servants gave them to the princess to see. Strangely enough, the man was clearly not ugly, but the princess couldn't eat after looking at them.
At about three o'clock in the morning, a man came to Wucheng Bingmasi. It turned out that he was the waiter of an inn. He recognized that this person had stayed at their inn last night, and he had an accomplice. The yamen officer immediately took the iron lock and went to the inn.
The arrest was in vain - the two men had escaped. Checking their names again, this person's name was Quan Er and his companion Zhang Lu. After two hours, the portraits of Quan Er and Zhang Lu, the remnants of the Maitreya Sect, were posted.
The streets and alleys were full. Feng Ziying couldn't help but cry out for Zhang Lu: "You took care of a Yanshan official bandit, but you framed him as a Maitreya sect."
The incident of the total solar eclipse was immediately forgotten, and everyone in the capital, both idle and idle, was talking about Maitreya Religion, and some people even revealed that the late prince's favorite mute concubine was also a Maitreya Cultist.
Jia Cong heard about it and asked Zhan Kun: "Where is the Ma family?"
Zhan Kun said: "I asked my third uncle to be sent to Qi State."
Jia Cong said: "Isn't the state of Qi so weak that it doesn't need to be dealt with vigorously?"
Zhan Kun said: "A little effort is worth a little effort. The princes of Qi have nothing to accomplish. Let them commit suicide and destroy themselves. Let's slowly wait for the people of Qi to migrate out voluntarily. Wouldn't it be good?" Jia Cong thought.
That's right, so I left it behind.
Instead, Lin Daiyu asked: "How did the eldest brother-in-law know that they would set a fire? This matter is too difficult. I thought it would be impossible."
"It is naturally impossible to burn all the grain in the city." Zhan Kun said, "So they only burned the official warehouses and the warehouses of rice shops. Although there will not be no grain to buy in the capital, the price of rice will be in vain, and the government will have no grain to buy.
The price was temporarily lowered. Ordinary people were reluctant to part with the money and went to the countryside to buy leftover rice with farmers but could not help it. It was inevitable that they would complain. Coupled with the disaster of the Tengu eating the sun and the discoloration of the rice porridge, rumors spread on the streets and people were frightened. Some people instigated a conspiracy.
Second, civil unrest is easy to arise. If Lu Dezhi, the commander-in-chief of Tianjin, raises his flag to clear the emperor's side, Zhao Changsong, the admiral of the Shenji Battalion, is in the city to provide internal support, and the King of Yan personally goes to recruit the imperial army, I'm afraid we will all have to escape in a hot-air balloon."
Jia Cong thought for a long time: "If that's the case, it won't scare Princess Yan to the point where she wants to send her grandson out of the city. Besides, our firearms and soldiers are ultimately stronger than the Royal Forest Army. They can't win with these alone. There must be something else."
"It's just speculation for now."
"Well, now we have withstood several attacks from the enemy, and victory is in sight."
Jia Cong finally survived the total solar eclipse and kept his official position. Jia Cong thought that he would have a good rest today. He had just returned home to invite Jia She back, and Lin Daiyu sent someone. The soldier clasped his fists and said: "
Our Prime Minister said, I'm sorry to the Regent. She didn't do what you told her."
Jia Cong was stunned for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "She is the daughter, and Uncle Lin is the father. There is nothing she can do." Then she couldn't eat the dinner, and Baba sat down, thinking that the three generations of the Lin family should be full.
Get up and go over.
As soon as we arrived at the door of Lin Mansion, the doorman said: "Why did the prince come just now? Our master and prime minister have been waiting for a long time."
When they arrived at the outer study room, Lin Daiyu sat on a chair, and Lin Hai stood by the window with his hands behind his hands. Jia Cong waved, "Hello, Uncle Lin, Hello, Sister Lin."
Lin Hai remained motionless and said, "Situ Pan came to see me today and I let him go."
"I know." Jia Cong said, "Can you please elaborate on what you two said?"
Lin Hai sighed: "Zuo just asked me why I want to rebel with you."
This afternoon, Lin Hai was playing with his grandson. The doorman came in to report that his old friend was visiting, and also brought a piece of paper. Lin Hai recognized the words on it, and hurriedly put on his big cloak and went out to welcome him. Only one person wearing a bamboo hat stood up.
In front of the threshold, there was not even a guard behind him. It was Situ Pan who had not seen him for more than ten years. The two of them looked at each other as if they were in a dream for a long time, and both sighed with regret. The boy shouted "Master" several times.
.Lin Hai woke up with a start and made a long bow: "Mr. Jiu."
Situ Pan smiled: "Mr. Lin, you are fine. May you treat me to a cup of tea?"
Lin Hai also smiled: "Please."
The two went straight into the study and asked someone to make tea. Situ Pan took a sip and praised: "Good tea." All the people waiting to serve went down, and the two sat opposite each other for half a day eating tea without saying a word.
, it was Situ Pan who finally said first: "Ruhai, I thought I have known you for many years, and I know you best. I can't figure out why you would rebel."
Lin Hai guessed that he would have this question, and said with emotion: "I don't know where to start with all these things." After thinking for a long time, he said, "I have only one daughter. If my daughter rebels, I am an old man.
Followed."
Situ Pan frowned slightly and said: "You are not a person without opinions. Besides, Jarvis's self-proclaimed character is not wrong."
"You read that right." Lin Hai said, "It's just that honest people may not be able to tolerate everything. Besides, when it comes to rebellion, the daughter takes the lead." Situ Pan was stunned. Lin Hai smiled softly, "The daughter was not prepared to rebel suddenly. Your Majesty,
It was you who ordered her to come to Beijing." The old man patted his desk and looked at Situ Pan, with a hint of catharsis, "You asked her to bring my grandson to Beijing alone."
Situ Pan shook his head and said: "The orphan king has no intention of asking her mother and son as hostages. Jarvis's parents, brother and sister-in-law are all in the capital, so why add two more? I really want the child to be a companion to the orphan grandson.
The boss already has the intention to cultivate his second son."
Lin Hai said calmly: "My lord, do you think you have good intentions? You have arranged an assistant for your grandson and found a backer for my grandson." Situ Pan raised his eyes and looked at him. Lin Hai chuckled, "My grandson is only two years old. Two years old.
How ignorant is your child? You just let him cross the ocean and leave his father, and you won’t know how many times he will see his father in the next few decades? How can this young master, who was originally so doted on, endure the snobbery of everyone in the prince’s house?
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Situ Pan frowned: "With his status, who dares to treat him lightly?"
Lin Hai said coldly: "Your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor are the biological children of the late Emperor. Why did you have such a difficult time in the palace when you were young? Your Majesty, do you still remember that you had a fight with the eunuch of the former Empress Dowager over a few snacks?
"Situ Pan took a deep breath. After a while, Lin Hai said, "The prince himself told the old minister about this. You beat up the eunuch who crushed the snacks. He didn't expect that the prince would completely ignore his identity and dare not
Fight back. Later, you would hit any slave who treated you two brothers disrespectfully. The people in the palace were afraid of being beaten by you, so your life got a little better. At that time, the prince was already seven or eight years old, and my grandson was
Two years old."
Situ Pan was stunned: "Is it because of this? Are you stupid, Ruhai? How can the Prince's Mansion be the same as the Imperial Palace? Gu and the third brother were trampled on because their maternal uncle lost his official position. Your grandson has Jia Wei behind him.
Si and Rong Guofu, who dares to bully him?"
Lin Hai shook his head: "The prince still doesn't understand. If a two-year-old child leaves his parents, how can anyone else take care of him or replace him? How much grievance does the child have to suffer? He is said to be a companion, but in fact he is different from a slave? He has to kowtow and kneel to the prince and grandson since he was a child.
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Situ Pan wondered: "Isn't it natural for a minister to kneel to the emperor? Doesn't he kneel to his parents and elders at home?"
Lin Haidun felt that he had been holding a breath in his chest for many years and wanted to spit it out, so he said with a smile: "That's why my daughter has rebelled." He paused, "My grandson does not kneel to his parents and elders. He is too young and has not learned yet. He may not be able to do so in the future.
He knows how to learn." The old man stroked his beard and said, "When he grows up, I will teach him that there is gold under a man's knees and he should not kneel to others." Seeing the shocked, angry and regretful look on Situ Pan's face, Lin Hai couldn't help but wonder.
In high spirits, he opened his mouth and said again, "Your Majesty, does he know when my daughter started to have objections?"
"when?"
"More than twenty years ago, I returned to Beijing from Yangzhou to report on my duties, and I was almost assassinated on the street. The late emperor, regardless of the unknown assassin, forced me to return to my post, intending to serve as a bait." Lin Hai felt proud for no reason, and he stretched out his hand and gestured "
"Nine". "The little girl was only nine years old at that time - the emperor treated her father's life as a child's play, so she rebelled."
Situ Pan frowned: "It's okay for a young girl to be ignorant. Now that she is old, she should understand the order of the king, the master, the master of heaven and earth. Isn't she allowed to become a military advisor as a woman? Which woman in the past has been able to get this position?"
"Hasn't she never repaid the defeat in a battle?" Lin Haili said confidently, "The kindness of knowing and encountering someone should be repaid with merits on the battlefield, how can it be repaid with a child? The child came into this world innocently and has done nothing wrong, so why should he be in this world?
Are you being wronged in a foreigner's house?"
Situ Pan didn't know how to answer him, and he felt like he was playing the harp to an ox. After a while, he said, "Ru Hai, when did you... become so narrow-minded?"
Lin Hai said with a smile: "Am I narrow-minded? I am narrow-minded because I don't want my grandson to be wronged? Do you dare to say that my grandson will not be wronged in the prince's house?"
Situ Pan said patiently: "Even if you are wronged a little when you are young, you can still temper your character, right? Who has not been wronged as a child? What about the future? Didn't I tell you? Yue'er deliberately cultivated that child!
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Lin Hai chuckled: "Let's not care about whether the child can succeed in seizing the legitimate son in the future, even if he can succeed, so what. The world is so big, does my grandson have to do things for him? Your Majesty, in all overseas countries, ministers will not kneel when they see you."
Situ Pan said coldly: "Where is Jia Cong? He doesn't kneel down even when the regent is a thousand years old?"
"Still kneeling?" Lin Hai said with a smile, "How often does he not climb on Cong'er's head? He has peed several times." Nai looked deeply at Situ Pan and said, "My lord, you have no idea what Cong'er is going to do.
What? I advise you to go to Taiwan and have a look, especially go to the school and listen to the lectures of the gentlemen. Cong'er has abolished the ritual of kneeling and worshiping. No one needs to kneel to anyone, and no one is allowed to kneel to anyone."