Chapter 0029 Move the tiger away from the mountain
After Kou Ji painted a fake "Spring Exploration", he smeared a layer of yellow phosphorus on it.
Yellow phosphorus does not spontaneously ignite when exposed to air, it also has a corresponding ignition point.
In humid air, it will only catch fire if it reaches 30 degrees Celsius; in dry air like Bianjing City, it will need to reach 40 degrees Celsius before it will catch fire.
Kou Ji had already inquired about the process of depositing goods at Donglai Pawn Shop, so he knew that once Liu Heng sold the fake "Spring Play" to Donglai Pawn Shop, the shopkeeper of Donglai Pawn Shop would definitely sell the "Spring Play" to Donglai Pawn Shop.
》Fake goods are stored in the warehouse.
When Kou Ji heard that Liu Heng was carrying a huge sum of money through the market, he knew that the fake "Spring Exploration" had been placed in the warehouse.
That's why he arrived at Ziqi Gambling House, pretending to be dumbfounded and specially selected a private room behind Donglai Pawn's warehouse.
And after he arrived at the private room, he asked for two more braziers, just to help Donglai heat the warehouse of the pawn shop.
The warehouse of Donglai Pawn Shop is only separated from the private room of Ziqi Gambling House by a wall, and it is a nearly sealed space, so it is particularly easy to heat up.
When the temperature reaches the ignition point of yellow phosphorus, the fake "Spring Play" will spontaneously ignite, causing a fire in Donglai's pawn shop.
Of course.
Kou Ji did so much not just to set fire to Donglai's pawn shop, nor to unite with Liu Heng and steal a fortune from the Wu family.
The fire in Donglai's pawn shop was just a trigger.
Kou Ji took his second treasure, and Chief Kou followed him, and walked all the way to Zhouqiao Street.
At the intersection of Zhouqiao Street, a group of government officials stood there, seemingly waiting for someone.
Kou Ji went up to him and bowed his hands.
"Wu Xian is gone?"
The leading man returned the favor and said, "I just took the housekeeper and left the mansion in a hurry."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "Donglai Pawn walks on water, "Spring Exploration" was destroyed, naturally Wu Xian can't sit still... let's do it."
"good!"
The leading man led the government officials behind him and rushed into Zhouqiao Street under the watchful eye of Kou Ji.
They arrived at the Wu Mansion and knocked on the door of the Wu Mansion.
The door was opened by an old man.
Without waiting for him to speak, the government officials pushed him away and rushed in.
When the servants who were cleaning the courtyard saw this scene, they dispersed in a hurry. Someone quickly ran to the backyard to inform Wu Xian's wife.
After receiving the report, Wu Xian's wife hurried to the front of the main hall and stopped the government officials who were still rushing in.
"You are from that yamen. Breaking into the palace of an official of the imperial court without permission is a capital offense!"
Wu Xian's wife was considered to have seen the world. Facing a group of vicious government officials, she did not panic at all, but instead shouted loudly.
The leading man bowed his hands and said, "We are Kaifeng government officials and have been ordered to search your residence."
After saying this, the leading man took a waist tag, barely waved it at Mrs. Wu Xian, and put it away before she could see it clearly.
Mrs. Wu Xian was stunned and said in a deep voice: "Kaifeng Mansion Yamen Officer, why do you want to search our Wu Mansion?"
The leading man said: "Uncle Guo has lost a painting given by the Queen at his house, and it is said that it has flowed into your mansion. Uncle Guo has sued your mansion to Kaifeng Mansion, and the mansion has ordered us to come and search."
When Mrs. Wu Xian heard this, she exclaimed: "How come the paintings from my uncle's house are in our Wu house?"
The leading man said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "Whether there is any, we will find out after searching. If not, Wu Yushi of your mansion will just go and impeach the uncle. If there is, everyone in your mansion will have to come with us."
"search!"
After the leading man gave an order, the government officials rushed out and began to search the Wu Mansion.
Wu Xian's wife wanted to stop him, but she hesitated.
Wu Xian was not here, so she couldn't make up her mind.
The matter involves the uncle and the queen, and it is not something she alone can make the decision for.
With her mind at a loss, Mrs. Wu Xian could only tell the servants at home, "Go quickly and tell the master about this. Let's say that people from the Kaifeng Mansion have come to search the house, saying they are looking for the paintings in the uncle's house."
Time passes minute by minute.
Two-quarters of an hour later, the government officials returned from various parts of the Wu Mansion and gathered around the leading man.
One of the government officials nodded vaguely to him.
Later, the government officials reported separately that no paintings were found.
The leading man bowed his hands to Mrs. Wu Xian and said, "I'm sorry. We'll go back and report to the mansion now that there are no paintings from Uncle Guo's family in the Wu mansion."
When Mrs. Wu Xian heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It would be fine if it wasn't, it would be fine if it wasn't..."
The leading man once again bowed his hands to Mrs. Wu Xian and led the government servants to quickly leave the Wu Mansion.
After leaving Wu Mansion, they hurried to the entrance of the alley.
Kou Ji was waiting for them at the entrance of the alley.
"Got it?"
"Got it!"
A rhinoceros belt wrapped in brocade was thrust into Kou Ji's hand by one of the yamen servants.
Kou Ji took it and fumbled around in his hand, then said to Governor Kou behind him: "Is it this one?"
Governor Kou nodded blankly.
Kou Ji carefully put away the rhinoceros belt and said to the officials: "Thank you for your help. I will be the host another day and treat you to a drink."
The leading man shook his head and said: "No need, we are helping you, not you. If you want to reward our brothers, it is also a reward from you, not you."
Our brothers are leaving first, farewell!"
Kou Ji clicked his lips and was about to speak, but he had already left in a hurry.
He could only swallow back the words of praise that were on his lips, let out a long sigh, and said quietly: "These steps are really useful for me... I don't do things sloppily at all."
After sighing, Kou Ji put his hands on his back and said leisurely: "Let's go back home. The rhinoceros belt has come back, and the trouble caused by my father has been solved. For the rest of the time, we will just sit and watch the Wu family's demise.
"
Erbao nodded innocently.
Governor Kou and his entourage recovered from their daze and looked at Kou Ji with dumbfounded expressions.
He didn't understand at all how Kou Ji got this rhinoceros belt back.
Obviously I just visited a brothel, painted a few paintings, and gambled a few money, but didn't do anything related to this rhinoceros belt.
Seeing Kou Ji walking in the direction of Kou's Mansion, Chief Kou became a little panicked.
He shouldn't panic. He was an informant sent by the Kou government. After returning to the government, he would tell Kou Zhun exactly what Kou Ji had done.
If Kou Zhun asked him, but he didn't know anything about it, Kou Zhun would definitely punish him based on his temper.
"Young Master, please wait for me, I have something to say..."
"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get home."
"It will be too late to go back home."
"..."
A long time after Kou Ji and others left Zhouqiao Street, Wu Xian, who was still waiting at the gate of Donglai Pawn Shop as if he were mourning for his heir, received a message from his servant and returned home.