"Prefect Zhou, Magistrate Wang, and father-in-law, you don't have to send me away anymore! Go back!"
Lanzhou.
In less than three days, the locust plague here was completely wiped out by the Tianji Brigade. After breakfast, Li Zexuan took the children and set off again, planning to go directly to the east with Li Ke and Cheng Chumo's team. Meet!
Zhou Wenfang, Wang Chengxing and other officials who came after hearing the news personally saw him off until they were sent to a pavilion ten miles away in Yifang County. At this time, Li Zexuan turned around and said to everyone.
To be honest, he doesn't like others to give them to him, because it will affect their schedule too much. If no one gives them to him, he and the children will at least ride horses and bikes. They must have left Yifang by now. County!
"In that case, please take good care of yourself, Lord Marquis! I will thank you for your help in saving your life for the 360,000 people in Lanzhou! One day, Lord Marquis comes to Lanzhou again, and the people of the whole state will definitely welcome you!"
Zhou Wenfang, the governor of Lanzhou, bowed deeply to Li Zexuan.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for surviving! Welcome Lord Marquis to come to Lanzhou again!"
The people on the roadside didn't know who shouted, and the others also shouted:
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for surviving! Welcome Lord Marquis to come to Lanzhou again!"
Today, not only the officials from the state government came to see Li Zexuan off, but also the people of Lanzhou. In the past few days, the children brought by Li Zexuan led the Tianji brigade to sweat like rain in the fields, killing locusts. The people all watched. In my eyes, in my heart. Now that Li Zexuan and the children are leaving, how could they not come to see them off?
As a result, both sides of the pipeline from Yifang County to Jingle County in the east were densely packed with people who came to see him off. They were vast and endless, at least hundreds of thousands of people!
If more than 100,000 people shout one sentence together, how majestic the momentum will be? It is no exaggeration to describe it as shaking the earth.
Li Zexuan originally wanted to say a few words of farewell to his father-in-law, but with so much noise around him, it was impossible to say goodbye, so he could only wave his hands without taking away a cloud, then he got on his horse and led the children toward Go towards the east.
"Didi!"
After nearly half an hour, the "large army" led by Li Zexuan finally walked out of Lanzhou. At this moment, a "didi-dip" sound suddenly came from the wooden box carried by a child not far from him. .
"Master! The telegram is here!"
When the child heard the sudden "didi" sound, he couldn't help but get excited. He quickly jumped off the bicycle and ran towards Li Zexuan with the box on his back.
At the beginning, the telegraph machine was under the control of Li Ke, but since they split into two groups in Xianyang, Li Zexuan handed over the telegraph machine to the children of his team. He selected sixteen strong men. The strong children each take turns managing the telegraph machine for half a day. The children only need to notify them when the telegraph machine rings!
"Go and tell Uncle Hu that everyone should find a shady place to rest. We will set off again in two quarters of an hour!"
Li Zexuan turned over and dismounted, took the telegraph machine from the child's hand, and gave a casual instruction. Then he saw a huge boulder next to him, so he placed the wooden box on the boulder, took out the telegraph machine and placed it on the box.
"Yes! Master!"
The naughty kid responded, then ran away in a hurry.
Li Zexuan "listened" to the telegram attentively.
As the college's telegraph technology became more and more mature, a set of standards gradually formed for telegraph communication. The telegraph code was initially a test response code, without much substantive content, just to wait for the other party's response and confirmation. The identity of the other party will then be sent by the sender on the other side.
In this way, firstly, it can prevent the recipient from missing the initial message, and secondly, it somewhat increases the security of telegram transmission!
"Copy that, Yanhuang 001!"
After putting away the telegraph machine, Li Zexuan quickly sent a message.
Yanhuang 001 is his temporary code name. In addition, he does not need to refer to the code book when sending telegrams now, because those things have long been memorized in his mind.
After about half a cup of tea, the telegraph finally started beeping again.
Li Zexuan closed his eyes. After passing through his ears, those "ticking" messages of different lengths were quickly converted into Chinese character information in his mind:
"Mountain Chief, Jin Wanfu made false accounts, resulting in the disappearance of 30,000 yuan from Yanhuang Bank in Xinfeng County! During the interrogation in Dali Temple, Jin Wanfu died suddenly in prison the night before yesterday. He had no injuries on his body, no poison in his body, and the death was bizarre! Now Tai There are some clues, and it is suspected that Kim Wan-bok was shot into the mouth with an ice needle and stabbed in the back of the head. However, because he does not know where the murderer got the ice needle, the case cannot be concluded. Chief Taiji must have known about the summer ice production. I hope the mountain chief can teach me this skill! I’m very urgent!”
In the message, Li Tai told Li Zexuan about the case of Jin Wanfu in a few words, saying "it's urgent, waiting online".
After recovering from his contemplation, Li Zexuan began to send a telegram: "Saltpeter soaked in water absorbs heat and reduces temperature, and the water can turn into ice!"
Later, Li Zexuan added, "Has the real murderer of Jin Wanfu been found?"
Regarding the method of making ice from saltpeter, he does not intend to hide it forever. This thing cannot be hidden for a lifetime. Anyway, he entrusted it to his family last year. His father bought several saltpeter mines. By then, everyone else will know that saltpeter can be used to make ice. Ice, then he is not at a disadvantage if he holds saltpeter ore!
Chang'an City, Dali Temple, after translating the code sent by Li Zexuan into text, Li Tai said with joy: "Come here! Go to the nearest medicine shop and buy some saltpeter for me!"
"Yes! Your Highness!"
A yamen servant looked at Liu Dewei and after seeing him nodding slightly, he quickly clasped his fists and accepted the order.
"Why did King Wei buy saltpeter?"
Dai Zhou frowned and couldn't help but ask.
"Dai Shaoqing, wait a moment!"
Li Tai had no time to answer Dai Zhou's questions at the moment because he wanted to return Li Zexuan's telegram.
"As for the identity of the murderer, Zhisun and I have already obtained some evidence. This person has a special identity and it's a long story. After the people from Tai Gang Dali Temple solve the case, we will tell the mountain chief in detail! There will be some things to do by then. I need to ask the mountain chief for advice!”
"Didi-di-di-di!"
Seeing that Li Tai was skillfully operating the telegraph machine but did not answer his questions, Dai Zhou was rarely angry. Instead, he became interested in the telegraph machine in front of Li Tai. Li Zexuan is currently providing disaster relief in the northwest of the empire. Everyone knows this, but it is so magical that he can transmit information in "real time" despite such a long distance!
Dai Zhou had heard of the telegraph machine before, but as the saying goes, seeing it is worse than being famous. Only when you see it with your own eyes can you feel the shock firsthand!
"Dizhisun? Is Dizhisun helping Li Tai solve the case?"
On the other end of the telegram, Li Zexuan couldn't help but murmured to himself after receiving the news.
Everyone knows Di Renjie. In his previous life, Li Zexuan has watched countless movies and TV shows of "Detective Di Renjie". Unexpectedly, Di Renjie's father, Di Zhisun, also has a talent for investigating crimes!
The old Di family has fully utilized their talents in investigating crimes!
Dali Temple.
After sending the telegram, Li Tai was free. He stood up, looked at Dai Zhou and said, "Dai Shaoqing, please be patient for a moment. When the Yamen come back, I will show you how to make ice in summer!"
"I'll wait and see!"
Dai Zhou looked away from the telegraph machine, then cupped his hands and said.
Time passed slowly, and after a while, the yamen servant bought back a small bag of saltpeter, handed it to Li Tai and said: "Your Highness, the saltpeter you want!"
"Well! You all should stand down! No one is allowed to enter this courtyard without my instructions!"
Li Tai reached out to take the saltpeter, and then said in a deep voice to the surrounding government officials.
Liu Dewei is an experienced man and knew that Li Tai did not want the ice-making method to be leaked, so he waved his hand and said: "Listen to Your Highness, you all stand down!"
"Here!"
More than ten government officials in the courtyard quickly exited the courtyard gate after hearing this.
Dai Zhou, Liu Dewei, Sun Fujia, as well as Sun Zifan, Di Zhisun, and Yuchi Baolin all turned their attention to Li Tai and wanted to see how he made ice in the summer!
I saw Li Tai getting a basin of water and a wooden bowl. The wooden bowl was filled with half a bowl of water. The wooden bowl was placed in the basin. Because the wooden bowl was less dense and not filled with water, It floated on the water. At this time, Li Tai took out the saltpeter and gently put it into the basin. He saw that the saltpeter quickly released bubbles. Gradually, a shocking scene appeared. The water surface in the basin began to condense into ice. And as time went by, the ice layer became thicker and thicker, and eventually the water in the wooden bowl also condensed into ice!
Dai Zhou and others were dumbfounded and couldn't say a word. Of course Li Tai was also shocked. After all, this was his first time using saltpeter to make ice. He didn't have much confidence in making ice now. Success, he was relieved and at the same time, he admired Li Zexuan even more!
"Haha! Dai Shaoqing, what do you think? Does this count as summer ice making?"
Li Tai took out the wooden bowl from the water basin, then he handed half the bowl of ice to Dai Zhou with a smile on his face.
"Gudong!"
Feeling the slightest hint of cold air coming out of the wooden bowl, Dai Zhou couldn't help but swallow, and then he cupped his hands and said, "Forget it! Of course it does! Your Highness is so talented that he can do things that others cannot, and I admire him!"
Li Tai smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "I didn't come up with this method of making ice, it was told to me by the mountain chief! To be honest, this method is the mountain chief's unique secret method. Now because of the murder, the mountain chief told me The senior general presented it, Liu Siqing and the two young ministers are both men of high moral character, so they will not spread the secret law to others, right?"
This is a reminder and a hammer. Li Tai is not only a student of Yanhuang Academy, but also the current King of Wei!
Liu Dewei solemnly raised his hands and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the three subordinates will never mention anything about today to anyone!"
"Exactly!"
Sun Fujia and Dai Zhou both nodded.
Li Tai smiled and continued: "Haha! Since everyone believes that ice can be made in summer, this case can almost be settled!"
Dai Zhou hurriedly said: "Your Highness is wrong! Even if the murderer can use saltpeter to make ice and kill Jin Wanfu with an ice needle, we still don't know who the murderer is? How can this case be closed?"
Di Zhisun took over the conversation at this time and said: "As for who the murderer is, this junior may know!"
"you know?"
Dai Zhou frowned, a little disbelieving.
Di Zhisun said solemnly: "The murderer is the Reverend Duere Monk of the Tianlong Sect!"
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone was shocked!
Liu Dewei, Sun Fujia and Dai Zhou all looked shocked. Dai Zhou opened his eyes in disbelief and asked: "Du E? Mr. Di, you need evidence to solve the case. The Tianlong Sect has been popular in Chang'an City recently. The water rises and attracts many people. If Du'e is really the murderer, it will cost the government a lot of trouble to arrest him!"
"Of course I have evidence!"
Di Zhisun said seriously: "Just recently, Monk Du'e preached Buddhism and performed magic in front of Daxingshan Temple in Chang'an City. In front of all the people, he turned a bottle of flowing water into an instant. It has turned into ice! This shows that Du E is proficient in the method of making ice, and the dead Jin Wanfu was stabbed to death with an ice needle. Isn't this coincidence enough to confirm that Du E is the real murderer? "
"Turning a bottle of flowing water into ice instantly? How did he do it?"
Sun Fujia said with some doubts.
Li Tai replied: "We don't know this! But no matter what, it is feasible to make ice in summer,"
Di Zhisun said solemnly: "The murderer is the Reverend Duere Monk of the Tianlong Sect!"
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone was shocked!
Liu Dewei, Sun Fujia and Dai Zhou all looked shocked. Dai Zhou opened his eyes in disbelief and asked: "Du E? Mr. Di, you need evidence to solve the case. The Tianlong Sect has been popular in Chang'an City recently. The water rises and attracts many people. If Du'e is really the murderer, it will cost the government a lot of trouble to arrest him!"
"Of course I have evidence!"
Di Zhisun said seriously: "Just recently, Monk Du'e preached Buddhism and performed magic in front of Daxingshan Temple in Chang'an City. In front of all the people, he turned a bottle of flowing water into an instant. It has turned into ice! This shows that Du E is proficient in the method of making ice, and the dead Jin Wanfu was stabbed to death with an ice needle. Isn't this coincidence enough to confirm that Du E is the real murderer? "
