Chapter 167: trap

"Li San, I order you to send someone to stare at all the hospitals now. Anyone who buys medicinal materials for bruises cannot be spared."
In the Palace of Prince Qi, Xiao Ming solemnly said to Li San.
On the way back, Li San had already learned that the Guanzhuang was burned. Now Wang Xuan is in Cangzhou City and is responsible for collecting intelligence on the grasslands, while he is responsible for matters on the fief.
This incident made him feel guilty, because he had not received any news beforehand.
"When the official came, someone had been arranged to investigate the matter secretly." Li San hesitated and continued, "By the way, your highness, these days, the official asked the secret guard to keep staring at the merchants who came back from the grassland, but found a few A businessman behaved suspiciously. After entering Qingzhou City, these people searched for news everywhere, and they also wandered around the workshop area and the equipment department."
"You mean these merchants are spies on the grassland?" Xiao Ming said.
"That's right? These smuggling merchants are profiteering. They can do things with our money, and they can also do things with the money of the barbarians." Li San said.
"Take our money to do things?" Xiao Ming frowned. "Does the secret guard also buy news on the grassland from them?"
Li San nodded, "On the vast grassland, only these merchants can penetrate into the Barbarian tribe. During this time, the Barbarians were very wary of the unfamiliar caravan. The official ordered the counterfeit caravan to be almost caught by the Barbarian. Therefore, we can only obtain some information by bribing these merchants."
In reality, there are no double agents. Li San does not believe that these businessmen are right. Xiao Ming said: "In that case, you will now secretly arrest these suspicious businessmen and tortured them to confess. We don't have much time and They are going in circles. At this time, they would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one pass."
Li San nodded, his expression suddenly gloomy.
Just as Li San was leaving, Xiao Ming was about to go out, when Li Kaiyuan suddenly asked to see him outside the palace.
During this period of time, he was busy preparing for the war in Cangzhou. He didn't care too much about the business of the Chamber of Commerce, but handed it over to Li Kaiyuan.
"Your Highness." Li Kaiyuan bowed and said when he arrived in the main hall.
"No gift, you, the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, are so busy, how come you have time to come to me?" Xiao Ming asked.
Li Kaiyuan said with a smile on his face: "His Royal Highness, no matter how busy you are, you can't forget your Highness. Hey, Your Highness, I have something great to tell you this time."
"What's the matter?" Xiao Ming lacked interest, and the successive events made him a little irritable.
Li Kaiyuan saw that Xiao Ming was not in a high mood, and said: "His Royal Highness, you must be happy to hear this. I sent two ships of saltpeter to His Highness."
"Two ships of saltpeter? Didn't Chen Wenlong say that there is no saltpeter on the market now?" Xiao Ming asked strangely.
Li Kaiyuan said: "His Royal Highness must thank the Qin member. A few days ago, I came back from Jinling City and met the Qin family merchant ship who was going back to Qingzhou together. I never thought that the saltpeter was transported on it. Because of the lack of saltpeter, I thought of this and went to Qin Yuanwai. Qin Yuanwai was very happy and said that this saltpeter was about to be sent to His Highness."
"Oh?" Not only was Xiao Ming not happy after listening, he frowned.
"His Royal Highness, what's the matter? Isn't this a good thing?" Li Kaiyuan asked.
"A good thing? It is indeed a good thing, but Qin Chuanyun didn't come to claim credit for this good thing, so why did he give it to you?" Xiao Ming said.
Li Kaiyuan was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly recalled, "Yes, this kid was much more diligent than me before, Your Highness, what do you mean?"
Xiao Ming did not answer, but asked, "Where did you see Qin Chuanyun?"
"He is on the dock and seems to be going to another place." Li Kaiyuan said.
Xiao Ming's eyes rolled, and the two things connected, this Qin Chuanyun felt more and more wrong.
"You go to Li San and call back." Xiao Ming said anxiously.
Seeing Xiao Ming's face embarrassed, Li Kaiyuan dared not ask any more, and immediately ran out. After a while, Li San was chased back.
Xiao Ming and Li San talked about the situation and immediately took the secret guard to the Tuojiang Wharf.
Only when I arrived at the dock, there was still Qin Chuanyun's shadow at this time.
The guards in the city soon reported that, except for some servants and Qin Chuanyun's concubines, all important members of the family were not in the city. "
"Qin Chuanyun! This king is not thin to you!" Xiao Ming said angrily.
Li San cautiously said: "His Royal Highness, Qin Yuanwai is always a wealthy clan, but I didn't expect that he could be so forbearing. He not only blinded His Royal Highness, but also let me relax my guard against him and be guilty of going down to the government."
"It's not your fault, it's the king's fault. The rich are always the rich, how can they be willing to become commoners?" Xiao Ming muttered to himself.
Li Kaiyuan said at this time: "His Royal Highness, this fashion is not yet finalized. Maybe Qin Yuanwai is just taking his family out. Look, aren't all the merchant ships of the Qin family here? These two ships are loaded with saltpeter."
As the three of them were talking, an old man suddenly walked out from the bow and saw Li Kaiyuan. The skinny old man said: "Treasurer Li, Qin Yuanwai and his family have gone back to save relatives. Before leaving, he specially ordered the old slave. Give the things on this ship to His Royal Highness to relieve His urgent need."
"His Royal Highness, look, maybe this is just your guess." Li Kaiyuan said.
Two merchant ships with a length of more than 30 meters were docked at the pier. These were Qin's standard water transport merchant ships. If the warehouses were filled with saltpeter, this would really save Qingzhou from worrying about the source of the gunpowder.
Frowning, Xiao Ming and Li San got on the boat together. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little bit too sensitive.
After all, it is not possible to assert that Qin Chuanyun did it based on guesswork.
"His Royal Highness, this saltpeter is here." The old man led Xiao Ming into the cabin, and it was full of saltpeter.
Li Kaiyuan said, "Look, your Highness, maybe Qin Yuanwai has really done a good thing."
The old man said at this time: "These saltpeters were bought from a Shu merchant at a high price~ EbookFREE.me~ I heard that the salt cave in the Shu region was sealed by the King of Shu. Only by getting the order of the King of Shu can we continue. Mining."
When talking, the old man raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, because he was standing close to the old man, and a faint smell of the old man's hand drifted into his nose.
Xiao Ming was shocked suddenly, he shouted: "Gunpowder! Get out of here!"
Li San was startled, he raised the knife and fell, the old man clutched his chest and fell down with a snort.
The three of them fled out quickly, and before they had stepped out of 20 meters, a deafening "bang" came, and Xiao Ming quickly got down under Li San and Li Kaiyuan.
At this moment, a wave of air passed over the three of them in an instant.
"Li Kaiyuan, you bastard, I am going to kill you!"
With his body broken, Li San got up from the ground and hit the blind Li Kaiyuan with a punch.
(To be continued.) Enable new URL