Qin Jianjia left the palace and immediately led the imperial guards to the Taixi Warehouse on Wanhe Street and surrounded it.

However, when Qin Jianjia sent people to search, no matter how hard they searched, they could not find the location of the gunpowder.

After searching for half an hour, there was still no movement.

At this time, the captains of the imperial guards came forward one after another and reported: "General, our men have failed to find any gunpowder."

The other captains of the Imperial Guards also said, "General, it's the same here."

Qin Jianjia frowned slightly when she heard this.

Without gunpowder, she couldn't help Xu Qiu escape the crime, and she didn't want Xu Qiu to be beaten to death at Caishikou.

However, thinking of this, Qin Jianjia had a big idea, why not just call Xu Qiu over?

Qin Jianjia then said to the generals: "Continue to surround the Taixi warehouse, don't let anyone in, anyone who violates the rules will be killed without mercy!"

"I obey your command!" xN All the captains nodded and bowed.

Then they continued to block the Taixi warehouse, and Qin Jianjia only sent one person to the Qin Mansion to invite Xu Qiu over.

at the same time.

When Qin Jianjia blocked the Taixi warehouse on Wanhe Street.

The news has also reached the ears of the fourth prince, An Tingwu.

A servant reported back what happened outside the city. When An Tingwu heard that his warehouse was surrounded and sealed, his heart started pounding. He slammed the table and said, "What did you say? My warehouse was inspected?"

The servant leaned his head against his chest and said, "A military minister suddenly reported that the Taixi warehouse on Wanhe Street had gunpowder hidden and was plotting a rebellion, so the empress sent Qin Jianjia to investigate thoroughly."

"It's that damn family again!"

The fourth prince, An Tingwu, became angrier as he spoke.

The Qin family seemed to have been against him recently. The Qin family's son-in-law humiliated him on the spot, and now the son-in-law's wife also came to check his warehouse.

An Tingwu clenched his fists and said, "What should we do now? Let someone detonate it directly?"

The servant said, "Your Highness, this is inappropriate. If there is a commotion in the capital, everyone will know that there is gunpowder hidden in the warehouse."

"So what now?"

"We are hiding very secretly. We even sealed the entrance to the cellar with solid stone bricks. They have no way of finding it. I think they will definitely return empty-handed."

Hear what the servant said.

An Tingwu's eyes suddenly lit up.

He heaved a sigh of relief, "That's not bad, it would be troublesome if they found us."

The servant said, "Your Highness, I heard that the Empress ordered Qin Jianjia to make meritorious contributions while serving her sentence."

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"If she can't find the gunpowder, her husband will be beaten to death at Caishikou for offending the royal family."

The servant bowed and whispered.

Upon hearing this, An Tingwu showed a brilliant smile on his face.

He grabbed the teacup and said with a relieved look, "Humph, he has finally met his end. When will a mere son-in-law become a clown?"

…

Qin family.

News came back that Qin Jianjia had surrounded the Taixi Warehouse on Wanhe Street.

Xu Qiu was originally sitting in the pavilion in the east wing having breakfast, but when he heard the news, his expression became extremely strange.

Xiao Cui did not notice the change in her son-in-law's expression, but said to herself: "I heard from people in the court that the empress ordered Miss to investigate the secret storage of gunpowder in Wanhe Street. I am afraid that a large number of people will be implicated recently."

Xu Qiu was munching on a hot meat bun.

He looked up and asked her, "Do you know who leaked the news of the gunpowder being hidden in Wanhe Street?"

"I don't know, but he seems to be an assistant minister of the Ministry of War."

Xiao Cui supported her head with one hand and said something with a little distress.

After hearing this, Xu Qiu fell into silence.

He now feels something is wrong. He attended a poetry reading last night and was provoked by An Tingwu. He originally wanted to report An Tingwu for his rebellious intentions, but he didn't expect that someone would do it for him.

"Could it be An Lan?" Xu Qiu pondered.

But the question is, how did she know that gunpowder was hidden in the Taixi warehouse on Wanhe Street? Was it mind reading?

Xu Qiu suddenly found it funny when he thought about this. He had never heard of mind reading when he became a god twice in his previous life.

Now this is just a low-level martial arts world, and it is impossible for anyone to read minds. In addition, An Lan is just an ordinary person, so it is even more impossible for him to read minds.

Xu Qiu could only give this relatively reasonable explanation, "I think she should have heard about it a long time ago, and now she just wants to seek justice for me, so she should disgust An Tingwu. This girl is still worth making friends with."

Just as he was daydreaming.

"My uncle is here."

At this time, two maids came here with a captain of the imperial guards.

Although he didn't think much of Xu Qiu, but thinking that he was Qin Jianjia's husband, he still said politely: "Mr. Xu, General Qin asked me to take you over."

"Why would I go to the warehouse?"

"She said that if we can't find gunpowder, the empress will order you to be beaten to death at Caishikou. Mr. Xu, you are now known as someone who offended the royal family, so General Qin said this concerns your life."

The captain of the imperial guards brought Qin Jianjia's words to him.

Xu Qiu was stunned when he heard this.

With his brows slightly raised, the Fourth Prince really wanted to kill him.

Xu Qiu is not someone who can be slaughtered at will, even by members of the royal family. When he became a god in his previous life, he had seen all kinds of royal families.

He is just a mortal ruler. It is okay for him to bully ordinary people, but if he bullies powerful people, he can only wait for his country to be destroyed.

Therefore, in his eyes, no matter they are royal family or commoners, they are all mortals to him.

Xu Qiu didn't dwell on why Qin Jianjia asked him to go over. After all, this matter concerned his life, so it was normal for Qin Jianjia to ask him to go.

"Let's go."

Xu Qiu stuffed the meat bun into his mouth, handed the other bun to the captain of the imperial guards, and said.

As expected, the Fourth Prince wanted to kill him, so he decided to make it bigger.

Then the two of them left Qin's house.

Xiao Cui wanted to follow, but Xu Qiu said, "You stay here, it's dangerous there."

So Xiao Cui had to stay in the mansion.

at the same time.

Qin Jianjia was sitting on a throne.

A soldier of the imperial guards came in hurriedly. "General Qin, the emperor has said that he will give you two more incense sticks of time. When the time is up, you must return to the court immediately."

Qin Jianjia nodded. Although she looked calm on the surface, she was actually still feeling a little uneasy inside.

Just at this moment.

The captain of the imperial guards came and knelt on one knee and said, "I have brought Master Xu here."

"Let him in."

"yes."

Not long after.

When Xu Qiu came in, he looked around the warehouse.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Xu Qiu didn't care, but asked Qin Jianjia: "Are you looking for gunpowder?"

"Yeah." Qin Jianjia nodded, her eyes always on Xu Qiu, wanting to hear what he had to say.

But Xu Qiu didn't say anything, but said bluntly: "Where you are sitting now, if you pry it open, that's where the gunpowder is hidden."

"???"

The generals were soldiers of the imperial guards, and they all looked at him with complicated expressions.

He didn't search anything, didn't do anything. He just came here and took a few glances to know where the gunpowder was hidden?

This is not scientific.

Besides, why would gunpowder be placed in such a conspicuous place?

That’s the main entrance of the warehouse!

Qin Jianjia did not hesitate, and directly moved the armchair away, saying to the soldiers: "Dig!"

(End of this chapter)