A few hours ago, No. 1 returned to the mansion and explained the situation of Tongda Guesthouse. The mentality of the adults behind him suddenly exploded.
They are all very aware of No. 1's martial arts skills, although they are not as good as those powerful generals in the army.
But in the world of martial arts, he can be considered one of the best.
Even so, he still failed.
This shows that the other party attaches great importance to that letter.
There were no soldiers ambushing around the Union Tongda Guesthouse, so maybe they really found the list.
Under such circumstances, can the mentality of the adult behind him not explode?
Zhao Er looked at the moon in the sky and sighed.
They felt inexplicably unsure of whether their plan could succeed.
Suddenly, he saw a dark shadow running across the roof. Just as he blinked, thinking it was an illusion, a hand held him down.
Turning around, he saw a man in armor standing next to him.
"Housekeeper of Zhao Mansion in Mingzhou, Zhao Er, right?" Li Yuanfang looked at him and asked.
"You, who are you?"
"This is Chang'an, what do you want to do!"
Zhao Erqiang said calmly.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, noisy footsteps could be heard outside the courtyard. Before he could react, sounds came from all around.
"The court is handling the case, and the rest are avoiding it!"
"Everyone stop, stand still and don't move!"
Soldiers holding torches filed into the yard one by one under Zhao Er's gaze, and stopped the porters who were moving goods.
It's over, it's over!
Zhao Er's heart sank and he almost collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, Li Yuanfang on the side supported him.
At this time, Li Ke and Di Renjie also walked in surrounded by guards.
"Yuanfang, how is the situation?"
"Return to your lord, Zhao Er has been caught."
Li Yuanfang looked at the man he was supporting.
"very good!"
"Old Di, I'll leave the interrogation to you. Looking at him like this, it shouldn't take much effort."
Li Ke glanced at Zhao Er and handed the job to Di Renjie.
"I will fulfill my mission."
"Yuanfang, take it away."
Di Renjie bowed slightly, and the two left with Zhao Er.
At this time, Huo Qubing came over with a box.
"Your Highness, this is the cargo they want to transport this time."
When you open the box, you can see a box full of black powder, and with it comes an overpowering smell.
This smell...is somewhat familiar.
Li Ke sniffed it carefully, and then his expression changed drastically.
This horse riding is like gunpowder!
"Everyone put out the torches immediately!"
The sudden order made the soldiers present slightly stunned and unable to react for a moment.
"You bunch of idiots, put out the torches quickly, or we'll all die here!"
Li Ke urged.
Seeing that all the torches were extinguished, Li Ke breathed a sigh of relief, but a cold sweat broke out on his back.
His grandma's, the whole yard was almost blown up to the sky.
"Your Highness, could these powders be..."
Huo Qubing also remembered this smell at this moment, and his face changed slightly.
"Yes, it's gunpowder!"
"How many more of these boxes are there?"
Li Ke asked.
"They are basically all, but I'm not sure if they are all filled with gunpowder. It's possible that they are trying to pass them off as real." Huo Qubing replied.
"Lead people to check out the goods immediately, and keep all gunpowder under strict supervision."
"yes."
In about one stick of incense, all the goods had been inventoried.
What made Li Ke breathe a sigh of relief was that there was not much gunpowder in the cargo, only about twenty kilograms, and the rest was used to hide the black powder.
In other words, even if it exploded just now, it would not blow up the entire yard.
After all, the purity of this black gunpowder is not high.
However, looking at the twenty kilograms of black powder in front of him, a new question appeared in his mind.
Could this matter also involve the Ministry of Industry?
He only gave the recipe for black powder to the Ministry of Works.
Judging from the current situation, black powder is still in the development stage and cannot be sold externally.
Even if it is sold externally, it is provided to the army. How could it fall into the hands of a Mingzhou governor?
There is a big problem here!
"This case involves too much, so let's leave it to Li Er to investigate."
Li Ke made a decision immediately.
The current case can be said to be like pulling out the carrot and bringing out the mud, and then let yourself investigate. I don't know how many people will be offended by then.
Just thinking of those twenty kilograms of black gunpowder, Li Ke couldn't help but smile bitterly. To a certain extent, this was the butterfly effect brought about by his own time travel.
His battle in the Hexi Corridor was indeed famous, but at the same time he also brought a new weapon into the eyes of those who were interested.
However, the vision of the thoughtful person is indeed very unique.
Nowadays, black powder has just begun to be used, and it has not yet been mass-produced into weapons. If it is used by the opponent at this time, it may be possible to achieve a surprise victory.
With the decision made, Li Ke simply took the people back to the mansion and asked Huo Qubing to take strict control of the gunpowder.
On the other side, Zhao Er, who was under interrogation, did not resist stubbornly. After one round of criminal law, he punished all the people who should be punished.
Di Renjie sat under the oil lamp, finished writing the last word, and blew the paper gently.
"In this way, the whole incident is now clear."
"It's just a pity that we didn't catch the number one they talked about." Li Yuanfang sighed at the side.
"Haha, from Li Er's description, this number one is actually the ace killer of a certain killer organization."
"He and the governor of Mingzhou only have an employment relationship, so it is naturally impossible for him to follow Zhao Er."
"You don't need to blame yourself, just follow me to see His Highness."
Di Renjie stood up, patted his shoulder, comforted him with a smile.
…
After Li Ke read the confession, he had a clear understanding of the whole matter.
The deaths of those people in the caravan were indeed caused by Zhao Er and the others, and the person who took action was the ace killer of a certain assassination organization.
I don’t know the name, I only know the code name.
As for why they were killed, it was exactly what Di Renjie guessed. It was because someone in the caravan brought a list.
That person came to Beijing this time just to send this list to the court.
Of course, who is carrying the list, and what the list is used for, and even whose names are on it.
How did they find out that that person was hiding in the caravan?
Zhao Er didn't know all this. He just received Zhang Daozhong's order and then took No. 1 there.
Later, they tortured the people in the caravan and forcibly asked them where the list was.
Under such severe torture, one of them finally couldn't help it and took out a list.
After getting the list, Zhao Er asked No. 1 to kill all these people to avoid further trouble.
Turns out... this list is totally fake.
