Chapter 150 Dongshan Academy Literary Meeting 3
Su Ruojin was bored. She looked left and right, and then she realized that many patrolmen had come to the Dongshan Academy. She was curious: "Uncle Hua, why didn't I see them when I came in just now?"
"I guess they were just maintaining order in the front, and now everyone is watching the scholars writing poems and painting, so they came over to patrol." In fact, Hua Ping knew what was going on, but this matter was not under the jurisdiction of the Investigation Division, so he had time to accompany the Su family out.
There must be security personnel at large-scale events. Su Ruojin didn’t think much about it and continued to play with her brother.
But when she saw the Dali Temple Shaoqing, Su Ruojin felt that something was wrong. Could it be that someone wanted to destroy the Literary Association or create terror? Her heart tightened and she hurried to pull her brother.
Su Sanlang seemed to have discovered something and kept running forward.
“Brother…brother…”
The naughty kid can really run. Su Ruojin followed his gaze and saw that it was a little squirrel. "Don't chase it. You can't catch up."
Su Sanlang would not give up and continued to run for his calf desperately.
Later, Hua Ping whispered something to Prince Wei, and Prince Wei signaled to him that the brat had already run far away.
Hua Ping hurried to catch up.
When we chased it to the wall, the little squirrel climbed up a big tree against the wall and disappeared into the dense tree canopy.
Su Sanlang looked up: ...
Su Ruojin was panting from chasing after him, stretching her legs to take a breath. What a naughty child! She will never bring him out again. It's really exhausting.
Not far away, Zhao Lan came out at some point and was talking to Prince Wei.
"Have you found someone who is going to cause trouble?"
"No." Prince Wei shook his head, "Could it be that the person we caught lied?"
Zhao Lan thought back to the traitor. "He has family in Beijing, so he doesn't dare to lie."
Prince Wei said, "To harm two or three thousand people, there must be at least dozens of assassins, but we have been investigating for so many days and have not found anything. Last night, we investigated from Wenshan Street to Dongshan Academy, but still found nothing. Today, in addition to the Su family you brought, I also checked the prince of Wei Bo Mansion, and there is no possibility that they are carrying swords. We also kept a close eye on food, water, and drinks, but still found no clues. So, how do you think they will hurt people?"
Zhao Lan narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where are the fireworks?"
"Set fire?" Prince Wei's heart tightened and he turned around and asked people to search for the source of the fire.
Zhao Lan came to Su Ruojin and her brother as if nothing had happened. Hua Ping stepped a few steps away to avoid suspicion.
Su Ruojin scolded her brother, took a breath, and pulled his hand, "Let's go back to Dad and see what amazing works my uncle has made."
Su Sanlang said in childish words: "Who is my uncle?"
"Dad's younger brother is called uncle."
Su Sanlang shook his head, "I don't know him."
"Have you forgotten the one who had dinner with you?"
"Well, I forgot."
The little guy is only five years old and has not had frequent contact with it, so he really can’t remember it.
Su Ruojin coaxed him, "Come on, I'll take you to meet him."
Su Sanlang was obsessed with the little squirrel and had no interest in anything else. He broke away from Su Ruojin and tried to climb the tree.
This child...
Su Ruojin chased after him and tried to pull him away, but the little guy refused to leave.
Zhao Lan came over and picked up Su Sanlang.
Su Sanlang, who was still kicking his feet, was too aggrieved to move, "Brother Zhao, the little squirrel is so cute."
"I'll have someone catch it for you."
"Brother Zhao, you are so kind."
"But not today, wait two days."
"Oh." Su Sanlang was stunned at first, but then he thought about it and felt happy again, thinking that there was something after all. He shouted, "Sister, I have a little squirrel." But sister ignored him.
As a chef who loves cooking, Su Ruojin is quite sensitive to smells. She sniffs and follows the scent.
Zhao Lan saw her tense face and looked nervous. He took a deep breath and smelled something. It seemed to be...
“The smell of sulfur.”
Hua Ping was horrified. Sulfur is the main ingredient in making fireworks and firecrackers. Did the Liaoxia people really use fireworks and firecrackers to hurt people when they were rebelling?
"I'll go get the firecrackers." Hua Ping stepped forward first.
"Uncle Hua, you're crazy!" Su Ruojin grabbed Hua Ping with both hands, not letting him go to the corner. The long fuse of the explosives hidden in the corner of the wall was emitting sparks. She hurriedly shouted, "Brother, come down and urinate to put it out."
Everyone: ...
Su Sanlang was totally unaware of the danger; he thought it was fun. Even though he had just urinated half a quarter of an hour ago, he still broke free from the young prince, slid to the ground, ran over, lifted up his clothes and urinated towards the sparks.
With a hiss, the spark went out.
The glorious Song Dynasty had three major inventions: gunpowder, compass, and printing.
The first one is gunpowder, but people who know history know that the Song Dynasty was very cowardly. Often when others attacked it, the first thing that came to the mind of the rulers was to use money to settle the matter, whether it was ceding land or paying compensation, as long as you take back the troops, everything will be fine. Although they had such powerful weapons, they were bullied like dogs by nomadic peoples.
Therefore, gunpowder was never used in the military and became a civilian firecracker.
Seeing the crude explosives, Su Ruojin was shocked and at the same time shocked. What kind of skilled craftsman could have made such explosives? There were two or three thousand people inside the wall!
While Su Ruojin was shocked, Prince Wei's men not only destroyed the other two gunpowder bags, but also caught the rioter who lit the fuse. A servant who was mixed up in Dongshan Academy took advantage of the need for hot water at the meeting place and took out the gunpowder bags buried around the corners of the wall and lit the fuse.
A disaster was averted without a trace.
There is no such thing as a peaceful life, it's just that someone is carrying the burden for you.
Because of this possible destruction, Zhao Lan, Prince Wei and others have not had any rest or sleep for several days.
Prince Wei bowed and said, "Thank you very much for this time, Madam Su Er and Su Sanlang. If it weren't for your alertness, the consequences would be disastrous."
Su Ruojin waved her hands, "My brother is naughty, I just happened to meet him."
It happened to be true, but the young lady's emergency response just now was not something that ordinary people could do. Prince Wei finally understood why Zhao Lan liked the little junior sister. The young lady was not only smart, but also very humble and worthy of being liked.
Prince Wei thought to himself that he would go home and let his wife give birth to a daughter to pamper her.
Su Ruojin felt embarrassed when everyone was staring at her. She didn't have any quick wit at all. It was clearly in the text she learned in her previous life, and she just happened to have a little brother, so it was just a piece of cake for her.
The little disciple just held onto Hua Ping with a nervous look on his face. Seeing that she was still so frightened that her face had not recovered, Hua Ping could not help but reach out and pick up Su Ruojin, "You must have been quite frightened just now."
Explosives, they are hot weapons. Once they explode, you can't escape even if you can climb walls and run across rooftops. Su Ruojin nodded honestly, "Uncle Hua, are you stupid? I want you to be my master for life!"
Hua Ping didn't realize the power of explosives at all. He thought that as long as he threw the firecrackers far away, everything would be fine. But seeing the young lady's concern and care, his heart softened and he said, "Okay, I'll be your master for life."
For some reason, Hua Ping felt like crying at this moment.
Zhao Lan turned his head away and didn't look at them.
(End of this chapter)
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