Chapter 300 Lin Jie was killed in the explosion
My mother-in-law's loyal servant came at dusk and brought the latest instructions.
"My wife said that we have been married for so long, why is the second wife still pregnant?" The maid glanced at Li Tian's still flat belly, "Someone outside has spread the word that the son-in-law has angered the gods and will be punished by heaven..."
"Are you saying I won't get pregnant?" Li Tian touched her belly.
"Yes." The maid said, "The lady is very angry and even more worried... The lady said that if a woman has no children, she will be helpless for the rest of her life. The lady is going to various temples in the capital to burn incense and offer sacrifices, begging the gods for forgiveness."
"What does this have to do with the gods?" Li Tian was angry. She could pretend to be chaste about other things, but this matter concerned the incense of the Jiang family!
The maid smiled bitterly, "Those people say that all the saints and sages have become immortals..."
"The saints and wise men?"
After the maid left, Li Tian was in a daze for a long time.
"Miss."
Jiang Qingzhi entered the bedroom and saw Li Tian sitting on the bed in a daze, so he asked, "Are you sleepy? Just go to sleep first."
Take off your clothes, put on your slippers, and go to bed...
Jiang Qingzhi yawned.
I blew out the lamp and removed the candle, and just as I lay down, my body was pressed down.
"Madam, wasn't it the other day that..."
In order to take care of her man's body, Li Tian read a lot of books on health care and found that sex is the most important thing, so she said once every three days is most appropriate.
"Do not talk."
Li Tian became furious. When she fell heavily on Jiang Qingzhi, Jiang Qingzhi, who had enjoyed himself effortlessly tonight, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
I was half asleep when I heard my wife mutter, "Give birth!"
Jiang Qing touched his head subconsciously and suddenly opened his eyes.
In the dim light, Li Tian sat there fuming.
"Go to sleep!" Jiang Qingzhi said unhappily. He just thought of a story: There was a student who had a sleepwalking problem. One time, a classmate had to sleepwalk and got up to urinate. He saw this guy holding a kitchen knife in one hand and touching the classmate's head with the other, muttering, "Is this melon going to succumb?"
"Husband, let's go to the Huguo Temple to burn incense tomorrow!" Li Tian lay down.
"Why are you burning incense if nothing happens?"
"If something happens, I'm afraid it's too late."
"Let's talk tomorrow."
Jiang Qingzhi suddenly perked up and thought of Zhuangzi at this moment.
"It's going to be a lively night."
……
Lin Jie and his two confidants moved to the edge of the village. Fearing they would be discovered, they squatted outside for a long time and their faces were covered with mosquito bites.
"It's time." said the confidant.
"Walk."
Lin Jie and two of his trusted men quietly approached there.
The biogas tank is outside Han Shan’s backyard, not very close.
There are many clouds tonight, blocking the moonlight. The surroundings are dark, and the human figure standing by the biogas tank looks like a ghost.
"They're there!"
Lin Jie saw that Sun Chonglou and the guards were collecting something.
There is indeed a ghost!
Lin Jie sneered, "We're going to catch him in the act today."
There were more than ten people waiting further away. According to the prior agreement, if there was a commotion here, they would rush to the scene immediately to prevent Sun Chonglou and others from taking any action.
"Almost done." Lin Jie stood up and shouted, "What are you doing?"
Sun Chonglou turned around suddenly and ran away with the sack in his hand.
"You still dare to run! Stop!"
Lin Jie was overjoyed and ordered his two followers to chase after him. He walked to the side of the biogas tank and frowned, saying, "It stinks."
It was too dark to see here, so Lin Jie took out the prepared tinder and candles, and while fiddled with the tinder, he said disdainfully, "What do you mean you can't make a fire? You're just playing tricks on me..."
The two followers chased after him, but they were unfamiliar with the terrain and soon lost him.
They came back cursing.
The dozen or so men also rode their horses at full speed to the entrance of the village.
The noise had already alarmed the villagers. At this moment, the village was full of noise and the sound of dogs barking could be heard everywhere.
Three groups of people moved towards the biogas tank.
There was a flash of fire, illuminating Lin Jie's smug face.
"boom!"
……
Without Sun Chonglou's shout in the morning, Jiang Qingzhi always felt that something was missing.
His wife regained her composure, leaving him to reminisce about last night's wildness with some regret.
Li Tian, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, said, "Husband, don't forget to go to Huguo Temple today."
"Why go to Huguo Temple?" Jiang Qingzhi didn't want to go out to bask in the sun.
"My husband agreed last night."
"Did I agree?" Jiang Qingzhi thought about it.
"I agree." Li Tian said seriously: "Pray for our child!"
Child... Jiang Qingzhi was stunned and thought, how old am I?
But young people and children younger than him can speak.
Jiang Qingzhi was a little absent-minded while practicing martial arts and almost cut off his toes with a knife.
Hu Zongxian and Xu Wei were walking nearby.
"...The Ministry of Works delayed the implementation of the biogas digester on the grounds of lack of craftsmen, which reminded me of Wang Anshi's reform in the early Song Dynasty." Hu Zongxian said leisurely, looking at the morning light with his hands behind his back; "When the new law was first implemented, there were complaints from all over the country, all saying that this law was harmful to the people."
"The Ministry of Works incident is just the beginning." Xu Wei sneered, "Those people are ready to go, just waiting for Your Majesty and Lord Earl to take action, and then they will go from the court to the local areas to intercept and destroy them."
"It's a pity that Wang Jinggong was full of passion." Hu Zongxian was full of ambition. Thinking of Wang Anshi in the past, he couldn't help but feel disappointed. "The path that Master Bo is taking... will be difficult."
"Are you scared?" Xu Wei said with a smile.
"I am not afraid of difficulties, but I am afraid of being isolated and helpless," said Hu Zongxian.
"That day at the village, I saw at least 30% of the officials were ecstatic. Old Hu, the Confucians in this world cannot cover the sky with one hand!"
"Yes." Hu Zongxian said: "Just as Master Bo said, my path is not alone!" "My path is not alone!"
The two looked at the rising sun in the distance and felt a surge of heat in their chests.
"Master!"
Sun Chonglou is back.
When Hu Zongxian and Xu Wei saw this guy, they immediately found an excuse to leave.
"Young Master, someone sneaked into the village last night, set fire to the mouth of the biogas pool, and was killed in the explosion." Sun Chonglou said happily.
"Who?" Hu Zongxian turned around and asked.
"It's that... Lin Jie from the Ministry of Industry. He was blown all over, but I can still recognize his face..."
Hu Zongxian and Xu Wei looked at each other.
"Killed by the explosion?"
"What killed him? Palm thunder or..." Xu Wei asked in disbelief.
"Biogas." Jiang Qingzhi laughed and threw the long knife to Sun Chonglou.
"Methane?"
Hu Zongxian asked, "Is that the fermented gas that Master Bo mentioned?"
Jiang Qingzhi nodded. "The void we see is actually filled with countless gases. If the gases are separated, some of them can explode on their own. The gas fermented in the biogas tank is similar to this. It only takes a little spark... bang!"
"This is..." Xu Wei's mind was shaken, "What kind of knowledge is this?"
In the morning sun, Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "Mo!"
Hu Zongxian was shocked and asked in disbelief: "Mo?"
Jiang Qingzhi nodded, "That's right."
……
"Father, eat this."
Recently, the eldest princess often brings food to ask for an audience with the Taoist priest, and she won't leave until he has finished his meal.
The Taoist priest ate a piece of pork elbow with a frown, and his brows relaxed immediately.
"This is made by my cousin's cook. My cousin said the best part of the pork elbow is the skin, so I asked the cook to peel the skin off. Dad, is it delicious?"
From that day on, Zhu Shou'an started calling Daoye "Dad", and Daoye acquiesced.
The Taoist didn't answer her. He put a piece of pork elbow skin in her bowl and ate it in silence.
Zhu Shoumei took one piece and squinted her eyes.
"good to eat!"
The Taoist's brows relaxed quietly.
A eunuch came in and whispered something to Huang Jin.
Huang Jin waited until the Taoist priest finished his meal before reporting the matter, "Your Majesty, Lin Jie, a doctor in the Ministry of Works, was killed in an explosion at Changwei Bo's manor last night."
Dao Ye: “…”
"It is said that Doctor Lin found the edge of the methane tank in the middle of the night and lit a fire..."
"What is that thing?" As a Taoist priest, he naturally knew how powerful something that could kill people was... at least it was much more powerful than the explosion of an alchemy furnace.
"Your Majesty, Long Wilbur once said that the methane tank would produce methane during fermentation, and open flames should not be seen."
"Hiss!" Daoye couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, "Let Qingzhi enter the palace!"
Jiang Qingzhi was about to accompany his wife to Huguo Temple, and said regretfully: "In the afternoon!"
Gods don’t have holidays anyway, they have to serve believers day and night.
As we exited the alley, we heard someone say, "The bettors should honor their bets today."
Yes!
Jiang Qingzhi was stunned, "Let my wife go and collect the debt."
If a woman stays in the backyard all day, problems may arise if she holds it in for too long.
He hurried into the palace, and Li Tian, with a smile on his face, asked Fu Cheng to gather some guards.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand strings of cash. I'm afraid they will go crazy." Fu Cheng said, "They are afraid they will default on the debt. Madam, why don't you stay at home and I will go there."
Li Tian said: "The person who dares to open such a gambling game has a strong backer. It would be more appropriate for me to go."
The Lady of Huating County ordered the full set of ceremonial objects to be displayed, and then left in a grand procession.
Wang Ju is going crazy!
The gambling game was held in a borrowed restaurant. At this moment, the restaurant was full of people, all betting on Jiang Qingzhi to win.
"I bet 100 strings of cash, but why don't you even have 500 strings of cash?"
"Some time ago, people drove here every day to place bets, most of them betting on Long Wilbur to lose. You were so rich when you collected the money, but now you want to refuse to pay?"
Wang Ju appeared and said, "I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter, don't worry, don't worry!"
call out!
A shoe flew over and hit Wang Ju in the face. A slave pointed at him and cursed: "My master said that if you dare to default on your debt, you, Wang Ju, will not see the sun next year!"
Wang Jie's eyelids were twitching wildly. What he was most worried about at the moment was not these people, but the owner of the 300,000 strings of cash.
One to five, three to five to one hundred and fifty.
I said!
One million and a half strings of cash... Just thinking about it made Wang Jie want to run away.
"Come again tomorrow." Someone said from behind.
When everyone turned around, they saw a man who looked like a butler.
Behind him were dozens of big men, watching him intently.
Someone recognized the man's identity and whispered, "Don't mess with me!"
Everyone left quietly. At this moment, someone outside said, "Wang Ju, is my 250,000 strings of cash ready?"
When Wang Ju was getting angry, he subconsciously said, "Get lost!"
It suddenly became quiet outside.
Wang Ju raised his head slowly.
The man who looked like a butler, Wang Ning, his immediate superior, saluted slowly.
"Meet the Princess of Hua Ting."
(End of this chapter)
