Give me the secret recipe!
As soon as this news came out of Tong Buyuo's mouth, the courtiers were in an uproar.
I originally thought that Jiang Yan was here to seek death, but I didn't expect that he was here to receive merit from Xian Fang. This reversal move... was really bad.
Your Majesty hates this kind of sensationalist the most.
No matter how powerful the folk secret recipe is, it cannot affect the entire country of Daxing.
Zhou Qian held the memorial in his hand and looked at Tong Buhuo, the "caomin" with a loud tone below him. He saw that the opponent was standing upright with his feet spread apart, like a military stance. He slowed down and dragged him down to hit fifty big boards. He made a decision and asked in a deep voice: "Have you ever been in the army?"
"A common man from Jinling. He once stationed on the front line at the northwest border. He was discharged from the army due to an injured eye. He is currently working as a manager at the Ning Family Perfume Shop."
Tong Buhuo followed the young master's instructions carefully and did not say a single unnecessary word.
Ningjia perfume shop.
Ning Wuhuo!
Zhou Qian contracted his fingers and glanced at King Jin, who was tense and aggressive.
There is no better son than a father.
King Jin regarded Jiang Yan and Tong Buhuo as enemies and was ready to attack at any time. It seemed that his intuition was not wrong.
Originally, he wanted to drag Tong Buhuo, who had complained, to the Ministry of Punishment for trial. However, Zhou Qian changed his mind after knowing that this was someone sent by the Ning family to offer a confession.
He guessed that something happened to the Ning family, so he had to give up the perfume recipe to protect himself.
"Tong Buhuo, I am not interested in ordinary business avenues, and I have no intention of making money through wealthy private businessmen. I will not accept the Ning family perfume prescription. If your grievances cannot be dealt with by Su Shi, I will personally resolve them. "
When Tong Buhuo heard the emperor's answer, it was exactly the same as what the young master had told him, and his face turned pale with fright.
After reacting, he hurriedly kowtowed and explained: "Your Majesty, what the common people are offering is not perfume prescriptions."
"Your Majesty, I can testify that what Tong Guanshi presented is a secret recipe for distilled liquor. It can distill ordinary shochu into strong liquor, and the intensity is stronger than the tribute liquor that is difficult to produce even a kilogram in thousands of jars at Yujiu Workshop. Lord Su has already tasted this wine and wrote about it in the memorial."
Jiang Yan and Tong Buyuo sang together.
He deliberately sold out the secret and waited for the emperor to express his stance that he did not want the secret recipe for Ning's perfume before speaking out.
At the same time, it also whetted the emperor's appetite in order to achieve Ning Wuhuang's ultimate goal.
Although we are talking about an unjust case, let’s not talk about the unjust case. Let’s offer a drink first!
Zhou Qian opened his clenched fingers and looked down at the contents of the memorial. The first one did not mention grievances, but how important the recipe for strong wine was and how strong the wine was. In addition to being able to drink It can also assist in healing injuries.
Especially what Su Rui said, if this party can increase Jinling's taxes by at least 30%, it deeply touched Zhou Qian's heart.
Although Daxing has been strong and prosperous for a long time, the people in the household know that firewood and rice are expensive. Every day when the six ministries go to court, they always take turns shouting that they are short of money and asking for money.
Jinling has the highest tax rate in the country, so an increase of 30% is very impressive.
"There is such a strange recipe?!"
Zhou Qian didn't even read the rest of the memorial. There was a smile on his face and his eyes looked at Tong Buhuo and Jiang Yan much softer.
"Tong Guanshi, you will contribute this recipe. Tell me, is it difficult to steam the wine? If I let you steam the wine on site, when will you be able to drink it?"
Does it take more than a month to make wine? If this is the case, we can only settle Ning Wuhan's case first.
Zhou Qian was just thinking when he saw Tong Buhuo kowtow again and said loudly: "As long as we set up the pot and use the still brought by Lord Shangjiang, we will definitely see the outcome within two hours!"
Two hours? !
Zhou Qian immediately stood up, pointed at the knife-wielding guard at the entrance of the palace and ordered: "Go to Yushanfang to bring a pot and set up a stove in front of the square. I will personally watch the strong wine come out of the pot!"
"As for this still..."
Zhou Qian looked at Jiang Yan with a smile.
Jiang Yan didn't need to show off this time, and quickly bowed his hands: "I have brought it here, and it is on horseback outside the palace gate. I have sent guards to protect it to prevent anyone from damaging it."
When Jiang Yan mentioned the word "damaged", he glanced at King Jin meaningfully.
Along the way, King Jin's people did not stop them, and wished they could go faster.
But quietly, someone was found to wear out the sack, even removing a layer of the iron sheet.
Zhou Qian knew the elegant meaning after hearing the sound of the string. He saw Jiang Yan's wary eyes when facing King Jin, and thought that the news about Ning Wushan was kept secret by King Jin. He added another note to King Jin in his heart. He walked down the jade steps and walked to In front of King Jin.
"father……"
"Old Fourteen, come with me to see what's new." Zhou Qian walked straight past King Jin, patted King Kang's arm gently, and walked forward.
King Kang, who knew neither the recipe nor the grievance, was obviously stunned for a moment.
Zhou Qian noticed this, and a question arose in his mind: Wasn't it because King Jin suppressed Ning Wuhuang in this way because he was King Kang's son?
He originally thought that the cause of today's incident was the battle between the two kings.
Seeing King Kang's reaction at this time, he felt even more angry: Has King Jin become so narrow-minded?
Just because Ning Wuhuang wrote a poem that exposed Zhou An's luxurious life, an unjust case was filed and a lawsuit was filed. It is really unreasonable.
"Invite the guards of Prefect Jiang into the palace quickly!" Zhou Qian shouted.
Originally, I just wanted to put pressure on King Jin by tapping him on the shoulder and make him restrain himself.
This time, he directly held King Kang's shoulders and walked out side by side.
King Jin was dumbfounded.
He hadn't recovered from the misjudgment that Tong Buhuo had presented him not with the secret recipe for perfume but with a recipe for steamed wine. He had yet to recover and think of a countermeasure. When he saw his father deliberately expressing his dissatisfaction with him, he was so frightened that his back A cold sweat broke out.
how so? !
In the memorial submitted by Su Rui at the beginning of the month, wasn't there any mention of Ning Wuhuang and the perfume?
His father probably didn't know anything about Ning Wuyi, so he rushed people to Beijing to convict him.
As long as Ning Wuyan is sentenced to death today, who will mention this young Jinling poet again?
He had planned it all, but it happened that Tong Buhuo disrupted his position because of Tong Buhuo's offering of wine and a recipe. , he can put a shit basin on the Ning family's head to threaten his father.
But now, what really scares him is his father's attitude towards him!
King Jin watched his father and his nemesis King Kang walking away. He wanted to chase them, but he didn't know what was going on, so he simply stayed a few steps behind, waiting for his close men to gather around and discuss what to do next.
"No matter what the recipe is, it must be known to the emperor. Rewards and exemptions cannot be confused. Otherwise, everyone will follow suit and the world will be in chaos." King Jin calmed down and did not give in due to temporary frustration.
He had promised Zhou An to handle the matter, and there was no way he could let Ning Wuyan get away with it without saying a word.
If this is the case, if the incident spreads, people will only think that following him is only worthy of being in front and behind the horse, and that he, the Prince of Jin, is not worthy of rescuing him when encountering problems, which will damage his majesty.
Except for his father, no one can ignore the majesty of his Jin Palace.
No matter it is Shixian or King Kang, no one can do it!
at this time.
Zhou Qian and King Kang had already reached a shady spot in the square. When he turned around, he saw Jiang Yan helping Tong Buhuo down the steps. He raised his eyebrows with a look of sympathy on his face.
When King Kang saw this, he also said with regret: "Father, this steward only injured one eye, but now he is blind in both eyes. The handling of wounded soldiers needs to be strengthened."
King Kang thought that the other eye was blind because he failed to take good care of it in daily life.
Zhou Qian, who had not finished reading the memorial in his hand, was thinking the same thing.
"Don't worry, we won't talk about this until we have verified this." Zhou Qian also knew that if Tong Buhuo hadn't gone blind, he would have come over by now, and he would be able to get twice the result with half the effort.
Zhou Qian waited for a while, and his whole body was covered in hot sweat from the heat. Finally, when Tong Buhuo came, the still was delivered to the square.
He waited while Tong Buhuo groped on the ground with his hands, putting the disassembled still together piece by piece.
By the time the fight was completed, half an hour had passed.
It was not easy for Zhou Qian to urge a blind man, but no matter how good-tempered he was, when he saw Tong Buhuo groping to put the still on the iron pot, and then groping to measure the depth of the iron pot, he could no longer bear it. .
He looked at Jiang Yan and asked in a deep voice: "Prefect Jiang, apart from Tong Buhuo, is there no one else in the Ning family perfume shop who knows how to steam wine?"
