For a time, rumors spread everywhere in the capital, and Donglin scholars gathered to give lectures, criticize the government, and criticize the eunuch party. It seems that there is a faint sign of a comeback!

"There are visions in the sky, and troubles are bound to happen. Even at the feet of the emperor in the capital, such a shocking disaster happened. It seems that God doesn't intend to keep us alive."

An old woman sat on the ground, staring blankly at the collapsed hut.

The old man looked at the gradually increasing number of officials on the street, and quickly said: "Don't talk nonsense, this is the result of God's jealousy of this dynasty."

"Gong?" The old woman kept complaining, "Where is the gong? I haven't seen gong. My house is gone. Where will I live in the future?"

The old man was at a loss for words, yes, the house is gone, and even the last shelter from the wind and rain is gone, so even if he escaped with his life, what's the use of it.

At this moment, in the capital city that had been silent for a long time, there was another shaking sound, the whole street shook, and many people screamed loudly.

The woman was at a loss, the old man pulled her and ran away, shouting:

"Earthquake, run!"

The number of people on the street suddenly increased, and even the walking officials moved closer together, trying to stay in the open space.

The sky is changing, and no one is not frightened.

Except for two people, go top-notch.

Chapter 767 The Duo Who Worked Hard to Investigate the Case

Li Yangzheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and Xue Fengxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, came to the street and looked at the mess, feeling really uncomfortable.

After all, they are all officials of the imperial court, and they are the most elite group of people in the world. Seeing the common people in such a miserable state, their hearts are full of flesh, and few people have a heart of stone.

However, neither of them showed it on their faces. They had more things to worry about.

This big explosion is too bizarre, you say it was just an explosion in an arsenal, right? It also affected Tongzhou, hundreds of miles away.

But if you want to talk about the secrets this time, no one knows whether there is a mastermind behind the scenes, or even whether the catastrophe of Wang Gongchang was man-made, and now they don't know at all.

Taking a step back, even if there was a mastermind behind the scenes, it would be impossible to find out the real mastermind behind the scenes within five days.

Judging by the current situation on the street, I'm afraid that Wang Gong's factory will be even worse. If you find the relevant people and ask them all, it will not be able to stop it within ten days and a half months.

The two looked at each other, and walked towards the outskirts of the capital with firm steps.

If you are not firm, you can't do it. If you can't find out, one of them can't keep their black hats, and the other is about to lose their wealth and life.

Such a big incident happened at the feet of the Son of Heaven. If there is no reasonable explanation to convince the world, a large number of people will be involved from top to bottom.

Wang Gong's factory is under the Ministry of Industry, and Xue Fengxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, must be the one who was responsible for being killed, and he knows this better than anyone else.

If he wanted to escape this catastrophe, he could only spend five days without sleep or food to investigate the case!

The Ministry of Punishments is in charge of the criminal prisons all over the world. As the highest-ranking judicial office, the case of Wang Gongchang must be handed over to them. This is a formal procedure.

If no reason can be found out, Li Yangzheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, may not be in danger of his life, but it is necessary to take the blame and resign to thank the world.

When the time comes to go home, everyone in your hometown will know how you were dismissed by the court. Where will you put that old face?

Xue and Li are the highest-ranking officials, and they must obey the law. Under them, with Wang Gong's factory as the radius, a large number of related people will be implicated.

Those who should be dismissed should be dismissed, and those who should be investigated should be investigated!

for what?Just to shut up the mouths of the people of the world!

But this is not enough, because this kind of thing has never happened before, it can be said that it is unprecedented, and the impact is too great.

Now the speed of spreading rumors is a thousand times faster than good news. Five days is enough to spread the news of the natural disaster in Wang Gongchang all over Jifu.

In less than half a month, this news will spread all over the country along with the non-stop footsteps of businessmen and passers-by, as well as the words of Donglin party members who can make money and make money!

At that time, it will be too late to prove anything!

If the imperial court did not find anything useful to use as an excuse within these five days, even the emperor Zhu Youxiao would not be spared.

The common people will wonder, you are the emperor, why such a big thing happened in this dynasty?Do you dare to say that it has nothing to do with you, the emperor?

Is it because the eunuchs are messing up the government, or are they resorting to military force and killing a lot?

It seems that what the Donglin Party said is true, this incident is a warning against changes in the sky, warning the dynasty!

Rumors cannot be eliminated by themselves, they will only spread more and more evil, and this thing relies on people's hearts, and its power is more powerful than a major rebellion to shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!

At that time, at least an edict of guilt is waiting for Zhu Youxiao, to sue the ancestral temple for self-criticism, repentance, and even to put on a show of eating fast and reciting Buddha, these are unavoidable.

The human heart is like an invisible knife, trying to tear the Ming Dynasty apart all the time!

Both Xue Fengxiang and Li Yangzheng were leaders in the officialdom, and all kinds of open and hidden arrows came over. How could the emperor not know the true meaning of the summons.

After all, it is an indisputable fact that the Ministry of Industry is in charge of Wang Gong's factory, so the Ministry of Industry must put a name in it and deal with this matter.

As for the Ministry of Criminal Justice, let alone the formal judicial procedure for such a major case to be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

But what about Emperor Tianqi, did he really ask them to investigate the case?

No.

Now Dongchang and Jinyiwei are more powerful than the other. One supervisor is spread all over the world, and the other relies on the status of the emperor's pro-military. Even the emperor's relatives dare not provoke them.

How could such a big case really fall to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment?

As for Dali Temple, in this matter, it doesn't even have the authority to intervene, let alone assist in the trial.

Among the judicial yamen of Ming Dynasty, Dali Temple is the least ranked one. Emperor Tianqi didn't pay much attention to it, so they didn't have much power in this dynasty.

Walking on the street, the two of them knew very well that the current emperor had hinted at it more than once just now.

The ones who really want to investigate the case are not the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but Dongchang and Jinyiwei!

Of course, there is also a deeply hidden Jiaoshifu, which is a secret agency that is unknown to everyone except Zhu Youxiao.

What the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment have to do in these five days is not to find the real culprit behind the scenes, but to make up a reason for the imperial court in the name of investigating the case to deal with the upcoming rumors and slander.

Of course, this reason can't be to just randomly pull someone as a scapegoat.

The whole world is paying attention to such a big event as the explosion of Wang Gong Factory. Such a sloppy act made a joke out of it, and it was forcing the emperor to kill people.

What they mainly did in the past five days was to find some clues and then characterize it as artificial arson.

They don't care whether this person is the real murderer or not, they just magnify these clues, let the old disciples go out to follow the trend and make some noises, and they are determined as the murderer, and they are done.

As long as the evidence looks perfect, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and the government offices of various ministries will rush to help wipe the rest of the matter.

After all, Wang Gongchang is a big yamen anyway, no one has any relatives, no one wants to really get involved in this kind of thing.

When it really comes to that time, Zhu Youxiao will turn a blind eye and close his eyes, and the main thing is to deal with this matter first.

As for the secret, if the real culprit is not found out, he will never stop.

As they walked, Xue Fengxiang and Li Yangzheng came to Dongcheng District. Before arriving at Chongwenmen in the outer city of the capital, there was a completely different miserable scene from the Zhongcheng District just now.

There are still four or five miles between Chongwenmen and Wang Gong's factory in the suburbs of Beijing.

Exit Chongwenmen to the east, to the Guocheng Wall outside the capital and beyond the Dongguan Pass, there are five squares, 37 pai, 190 nine villages.

In the easternmost Shitazhai Village, about two miles to the east, we reach the westernmost workshop of Wang Gong Factory, which is still some distance away from the gunpowder warehouse.

But here, you can already see the thick smoke billowing from Wang Gong's factory in the distance.

The streets were even more devastated.

If only about [-]% of the private houses in the central city area were damaged, [-]% or even [-]% of the private houses here could no longer be used for living.

Most of the government offices can no longer be used. Walking on the street, there are residents of the capital who are coughing and crying.

On both sides of the road, many houses have been tilted and crumbling.

Chapter 768 Evil Fire

The fire that soared into the sky was still burning, and the sound of "crackling", accompanied by the rushing heat, set off the increasingly hot weather like a stove.

The heat wave hit his face, Xue Fengxiang was not restrained in his daily intercourse, soon a layer of hot sweat appeared on his forehead, he kept shaking his clothes, and complained:

"This damn weather."

Li Yangzheng was also very hot, but when he looked at the crying and shouting people around him, his heart became colder and colder. He was just getting some heat, but for them, if there was no support from the imperial court, their life would be like this destroyed.

The two continued to move forward and came to Chongwenmen outside Santiao Street. The damage to the houses here was obviously more serious than that in the city.

After the aftershock just now, most of the houses here have collapsed. Pedestrians and people were all terrified, crying and fleeing.

From here, the bodies began to multiply.

In the Chongwenmen area, people of all colors who died in this disaster can be seen everywhere, with their limbs scattered, and the number of heads everywhere is even more than the headless corpses.

The original bloodstains had been mostly covered by the dust from the aftershock, and gradually turned dark brown, making the two of them and the group of officials behind them all shocking.

Since Hongwu founded the country, the land of the capital has never experienced a catastrophe of this scale!

On the official road in front, more than a dozen big trees were rolled up from nowhere, and they were blocking the official road. In addition, most of the houses on both sides were in ruins, which caused the traffic outside Chongwenmen to be paralyzed for a while.

A group of soldiers from Wucheng Bingmasi was putting out the fire, scraping through the ruins, and rescuing the people in distress. One of the leaders almost saw the two of them and hurried over.

"My lords, we are soldiers and horses of Dongcheng City. We were dispatched by Che Yushi to put out the fire and save people."

It was less than a day before and after the big explosion, and the heat was rising. Li Yangzheng saw that the poor man's coat was wet, and he cupped his hands and said:

"Please trouble everyone, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda."

"What do you say, sir, this is the job of a humble job." The poor head felt a lot better, he said a word of haha, and then continued to direct and save people.

The disaster happened suddenly, and the court responded quickly.

In less than half a day, the soldiers and horses of the five cities, the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, and many other yamen that had not suffered serious losses all went into action to rescue people.

At this time, there was another sound of footsteps from the end of the street, but it was officers and soldiers from the barracks in Xicheng who came to the street to maintain order.

"Deducted!"

"Mr. Jun, I'm so wronged!"

As soon as Mr. Bai in armor went to the street, he stared at a Qingpi who was about to make trouble, and immediately ordered him to take it down. Hearing this, he sneered:

"Wronged? I've seen it right. You took advantage of the chaos to rob money, and you still want to drag that woman into the dark to do that mediocre thing!"

Following Mr. Bai's gesture, a woman with a broken arm was leaning against the wall, moaning endlessly.

Mr. Bai shouted: "It's because of people like you, lest the world will not be chaotic, and the officers and soldiers take to the streets, you are the ones on guard!"

"Take me to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and I will be released later!"

With the officers and soldiers taking to the streets, the green skins and hooligans in the capital who wanted to take advantage of the chaos suddenly stopped. After the officers and soldiers took to the streets, they not only maintained order, but also helped the guards to clear the ruins. Can save one more is one.

Seeing that everything was in order, the two left with peace of mind.

When we came to the southeastern suburb of Nanjing, it was even hotter and hotter. Xue Fengxiang's shirt was completely soaked, and even Li Yangzheng's mouth was dry.

Xue Fengxiang said: "Li Shangshu, let's wait for a while. The heat wave is getting worse and worse. If this continues, I won't be able to see Wang Gong's factory. We will become roasted pigs."

"Your Majesty only gave us five days before Wang Gong's factory was hit by a disaster. Now is the right time to go. Only by going now can we find some clues."

As Li Yang was speaking, he took off his coat and continued to move forward.

Xue Fengxiang stared at him with his hips crossed behind him for a long while, but there was nothing he could do. While secretly making up his mind that after escaping from this catastrophe, he must refrain from intercourse and keep fit, he took off his coat and rushed up.

Not long after, Xue Fengxiang looked at the ruined factory building, frowned and said:

"Look, it's all collapsed, and there's nothing left. It's just a factory building. When it comes to the gunpowder warehouse behind, there may be nothing left."

"It's too hot here, let's go back!"

Just as Li Yang was about to refute, he took a step forward, but felt that something was stepped on under his feet. He lowered his head and saw that it was a waist card. He picked it up and looked at it.

Xue Fengxiang leaned forward, opened his eyes wide, and exclaimed: "This is the badge of Sun Mingji, the supervisor of Wang Gong's factory. This trip was not in vain. This is the evidence we are looking for!"

After all, Li Yangzheng is the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and he is relatively good at investigating cases. He threw his badge on the ground and said as he walked forward:

"This is of no use to us. Sun Mingji is a relative of Dongchang Changgong. Do you dare to put this shit pot on Wei Zhongxian's head?"

"It's just that I don't know one thing..."

Xue Fengxiang looked at the waist card on the ground, feeling a pity, but he had nothing to say when he heard the words.

Who is Wei Zhongxian, the most famous person in front of the emperor today, if he puts the affairs of Wang Gongchang on his account, he thinks he has lived too long.

Thinking of this, he had no choice but to ask, "What's the matter?"

Li Yangzheng stopped, looked around, and said with a smile:

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