That night, there was a storm outside. The house purchased by Yehenara in the outskirts of the capital was ringed. A mysterious carriage drove on a rainy night. Under the thunder, lightning and thunder, it illuminated two or three arrows on the roof of the carriage!

Nalan Mingzhu was woken up in the middle of the night and was thrown into a big problem: how to secretly take the old master who was chased back to the capital and arrange for him to enter the palace to meet the prince and the emperor?

He was almost scared to death by the old teacher and sat in front of the desk all day long.

Nalan Mingzhu had a split headache and asked Du Lide: "Why did the Grand Master know that I and Soetu are enemies of each other, why did he think of coming to find me?"

He saw Du Lide's embarrassing appearance and felt uneasy. He always felt that there was something trouble waiting for him in front of him, and he wanted to break off the relationship immediately.

Du Lide had no wounds on his body. Now after washing up, he was already much more energetic. He bowed slightly to Nalan Mingzhu: "The old minister has no choice but to seek help from Mingxiang. If you want to say who can be trusted in this court, Mingxiang is one of them."

Nalan Mingzhu felt incredible: "Why did the Grand Master say this?" He didn't believe that an old fox like Du Lide would not see through the disguise under his mask.

Du Lide said: "Some people who do things are arrogant and do not want to do it. It is precisely because no one would have thought that as the prince and grand tutor, I would come to find Mingxiang, but the people who pursue me could not find me."

Nalan Mingzhu's left eye brow twitched: "I have been a prime minister for many years, but I have never heard of any pride in me. The Grand Master was joking."

Du Lide chuckled and did not give him a chance to escape: "Now there is a place where he has formed a heinous sin, intending to cover the sky with his hands, collude with officials and businessmen, and hide the world from the sea, and to pierce a hole in this day. Mingxiang has two choices. One is to end me here, and the other is to escort me into the Forbidden City. In addition, with your status, there is still a worry of being bitten to death by an ants."

Nalan Mingzhu couldn't figure it out: I have endured it to the career path of my descendants so far, why are there still troubles on me?!

"I have no choice but to have a solution. Suo Xiang is not in the capital, and the Qing army is all in the west. This matter is related to the danger of the country. Please pay attention to it."

Du Lide, as an old senior, bowed to Nalan Mingzhu, which was shocked by Nalan Mingzhu to avoid...

When the hottest weather passes, the wheat ears in the fields appear golden yellow, and the people enter a tense autumn harvest stage.

Good news from all over the country flocked, and almost every county covering improved grain varieties, new fertilizers and pesticides had good news about grain production increase.

In a kind of good news, a large number of unique voices suddenly appeared, impeachment, insults, injustice, begging the court to punish corrupt officials, and report to the capital city to observe the truth, which was particularly eye-catching.

And the report was mixed with the "blood letter from all people" and the petition written by donating blood. What a terrible appearance of corrupt officials, which made the public resentment so that they sued the capital?

Everything points directly to one person - Yao Qisheng!

Before people could react, Yao Qisheng had become a corrupt official who was extremely guilty, and the whole world regarded him as his enemy. The imperial officials impeached the imperial officials, and the censors reported that all the evidence was there, and the account books of his corruption and bribery were sent to the Kangxi imperial case by the censors.

People's grievances are everywhere, people are living in poverty, and the people in the world are suffering from the pain of Yao Qisheng, and the whole court is full of voices of condemning Yao Qisheng.

Not to mention the situation, in order to appease the court, Kangxi sent a governor and the censor to jointly investigate the case, and even chose several officials from the Ministry of Justice to go there.

Yinreng sat in front of the imperial study, and in front of him was like a mountain declaring Yao Qisheng's impeachment.

Most of them were sent from local governments, some were reported by local governors, some were reported by censors, and even local provincial academic and government officials were involved.

The names in Wanmin's book are proofread by the Ministry of Personnel officials. Each one is a Fujian household registration, and at first glance there is no mistake.

Yinreng looked through the books of the people incredibly, but he didn't dislike the dark brown blood-like words, and touched them with his fingers and observed them carefully.

This morning, the emperor was furious at the court meeting and ordered troops to escort Yao Qisheng back to Beijing to hear the trial. He didn't know if he had time to protect Yao Qisheng back to Beijing now.

"I became a rat crossing the street overnight. Do you believe in these impeachments?"

Kangxi seemed to have a look of worry in his expression. It was precisely because of the strangeness that this incident made him extremely alert.

"Ah Khan, Erchen doesn't believe it. Even Yinyou, who is the youngest, thinks that there is something strange about it for the first time."

Yinreng sighed and pointed to several names in the blood books of the people: "Although these names are written by different people, each with different handprints, they use the same person's blood."

Although the Qing Dynasty has no technology to measure human genes, Xiaomei can measure DNA!

Kangxi jumped and frowned and said, "Empty your hands quickly, don't pay attention. I don't know how many dirty things are there, be careful of that, bacteria?"

The stain seen under the microscope is named as bacteria. Although it is said by the prince, it has now become a recognized noun.

Kangxi pondered: "Can the immortal beast tell you that the blood stains are from one person?"

When he heard Kangxi mention the word "bacterial" in the air, Yinreng was stunned and spit out: "Khan Ama, a microscope may be put into this case, or it may become the key to solving the case!"

Since ancient times, no dynasty has had a way to magnify affairs by 700 times. Only the Qing Dynasty has this technology, and this technology has not been passed for a long time and is still a rare thing among the people.

No one would have thought that the government would take samples of every name of this book of Wanmin and observe carefully under a microscope.

Kangxi was also careful and planned to do it secretly in order not to make the matter take effect. So he attracted a close confidant minister. After thinking about it, he also invited the third prince and the fourth prince, and ordered them to investigate the case secretly with Chen Tingjing in the dark.

For such a big thing, Kangxi asked Chen Tingjing to take the two little princes to do it, and Chen Tingjing was extremely reluctant.

This was the first major task given to Yinzhi and Yinzhen after they were like the court. It was much more serious than the small-scale fights in their respective departments and courtyards before.

However, as a minister, he should share his worries with the emperor. Chen Tingjing had previously criticized Yao Qisheng for being an official, but he firmly believed in his heart that he might be slandered.

A lie who was in charge of the Zheng Taiwan training naval officer who would rather misappropriate the national treasury at the risk of being beheaded. Yao Qisheng was a strange man, and he was a completely different person from Chen Tingjing. His lifelong money was spent on training the Fujian navy, and his greatest achievement was to strengthen the navy.

Chen Tingjing questioned those who impeached Yao Qisheng's words of "condoing subordinates to loot good women", "building brothels for the pleasure of the army", "appropriating shared wealth", "accepting bribes", and "disregarding human lives".

Is it a slander or is it true? He must find out the truth!

Yinreng was feeling uneasy about the storm, and a letter handed out of the palace attracted his attention. The channel of the letter was a bit strange. It was Empress Hui who ordered someone to send it to Yuqing Palace quietly, that is, it was the pearl in her hand who delivered it to him?

When Yinreng opened the letter, he found that it was written by Mr. Du, saying that he was now being hunted down, and there were many people from all walks of life and the world, and he could not be guarded against. Only in this way can he contact Yinreng.

Yinreng sat upright and read carefully. The more he looked, his face turned pale and his fingers turned pale.

He said nothing, and called Khan Ama, who favored young concubines in the harem.

Yinreng rarely appears when Kangxi is in the presence of concubines, unless something big happens!

Kangxi was busy, but suddenly he heard the news that his waist trembled and his face turned green.

He looked down at the confused Wang family. The emperor twitched his lips quietly, put on his clothes under the service of the eunuchs with a dark face, and asked someone to pack Wang family and take him away.

Yinreng waited in the study for a short time, and then waited for Kangxi who was coming in a hurry.

Before he could speak, Yinreng urgently handed the letter to him: "Khan Ama, look at this letter from Master Du."

Kangxi rarely saw the prince's appearance of losing his composure. He read the letter roughly. He was shocked. He didn't even care about the concubines who came to visit him. He said furiously: "I just thought that Yao Qisheng had touched some interests and was angry that he was even attacked by the crowd. There was such a hidden truth in it!"

"Fujian seems to have become a place for opium smuggling, and tobacco shops are opened in various places. Foreigners colluded with local officials and businessmen, and the people's homes lost countless money due to opium. This trend has been introduced to high-ranking officials and nobles, and people contributed to higher-level officials."

"Opiums are addicted to drugs. If they don't suck for a day, they will be crazy and lose their minds. Local wealthy businessmen use this pleasure to cultivate prostitutes to help animals, and their overflow and spread are fierce. Yao Qisheng used the power of the governor to suppress crows in various places, and directly ignited the opium interest groups, so that they attacked them. Taishi Du said that most of the blood letters sent to the capital were made by local tyrants and landlords in collusion."

Yinreng quickly reported: "Even in the capital, three Fukang tobacco shops have been born. After several months of operation, I still don't know how many opiums have been sold."

Foreign trade was too grand, but the sequelae after the grandeur gave Yinreng a blow!

He never expected that the development of foreign trade, which prompted the increase in treasury revenue, provided an opportunity for opium to spread in the Qing Dynasty, which made Yinreng very nervous about the matter.

In fact, there have been traces of opium appearing on this land since ancient times. When Hua Tuo made anesthetics during the Three Kingdoms period, this addictive thing made from poppy fruits has been recorded in history books. Anesthetics is indispensable. If medicine wants to develop, the planting of this thing must be controlled by the country and must not be allowed to be planted by the people.

During the Tang Dynasty, the "Afurong" that was introduced to the country from Arabia, and the opium corn fruits of the Northern Song Dynasty were all "opium". This thing was circulated as an aphrodisiac in the Ming Dynasty! By the time of Emperor Chongzhen ordered a ban on smoking, and in turn, the country consumed opium and became popular (1).

At that time, there were no tobacco shops in the capital, and there was not as large smuggling groups as in Fuzhou today.

Du Lide wrote that Yao Qisheng banned smoking: More than a hundred naval troops broke into the poppy-planting village, but were suddenly caught by the villagers, and nearly half of them were killed and killed by the army. A soldier let the child go because of compassion, and died the next day at the hands of the child. More than a hundred people died here. Increased military affinity and burned the village, but the people were distressed by their evil deeds, and they all scolded Yao Qisheng as the evil people of the world, blocked the people's wealth, and ignored human lives, so that their reputation among the people plummeted.

Kangxi said hatred: "This is a traitorous thing that misleads the country. It lures the children of good families, the foundation of bad people, destroys people's will, confuses the people and causes chaos. I will order the investigation of tobacco shops in the capital tomorrow. In the future, those who sell opium privately will be treated as thieves!"

"Where is Du Lide? Go and invite Du Lide into the palace."

"Khan Ama, as the inspector, Du Taishi who went to Fuzhou quietly returned to Beijing. He stayed at the Ming Xiang's house. His sons were worried about being alarmed, so that they could get the news in advance to escape."

Yinreng and Kangxi came to discuss the next plan together.

First, he quietly set up an ambush, then caught the enemy off guard with lightning speed, captured the people in the tobacco shop, closed the news of the capital, and martial law gates were strictly guarded.

On the other hand, he urgently ordered the nearby Eight Banners to go to Fujian to support Yao Qisheng.

"Khan Ama, the governor and the censor who went to investigate the case are on the way."

Kangxi immediately said: "I ordered people to rush to recall, protect their lives, and monitor who they can contact."

The Qing Dynasty cultivated a large number of Luanyi Guards according to the specifications of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyi Guards, and now it is of great use.

On the other side, the third prince and the fourth prince gathered together and muttered. The two decided to study the blood letter from the people first, and according to the instructions of the prince's second brother, they plunged into the scientific research institute.

Chen Tingjing shook his head: "What can you tell from the blood books of all people? Even with the same handwriting, it cannot prove Yao Qisheng's innocence."

The governor and the censor were responsible for investigating the case in the open, while Chen Tingjing was responsible for investigating the relationship between those who impeached Yao Qisheng, and read the records of his career so far to look for clues.

When the night was dark and windy, the candles in the department were still on. Chen Tingjing, who was reading at night, took his most useful assistant, buried his head in the ocean of the scribble, and his eyes were sore and covered with bloodshots.

At this moment, the third prince Yinzhi hurriedly knocked on the gate of the department and rushed in panting and said to Chen Tingjing: "We have made new discoveries."

Chen Tingjing frowned and said in a slightly sharp tone: "It's the third update now. The third prince should go to bed at this time. The emperor only said that he ordered you to help the old minister. Even if it was to get the emperor's approval, he should not make a joke about himself!"

Yinzhi raised his voice and said excitedly: "Mr. Chen, we used a microscope to observe all the handprints on Wanmin's books, and found that everyone's fingerprints were unique!"

"Sir, everyone's fingerprints have different patterns. Under a microscope, every minute and every inch are different arcs. This fingerprint can be used to identify specific people. And if someone sweats a lot, they can sprinkle powder on it and collect hidden fingerprints. Now the laboratory is trying to adjust the dye for observing fingerprints."

Chen Tingjing:???

There is such an operation?!

Yinzhi excitedly spoke out the new discovery, providing Chen Tingjing's investigation of the case with the most incredible new skills ever.

In recent days, people in the capital have been panicked. Three tobacco restaurants have been sealed overnight, and all relevant personnel have been arrested and imprisoned.

The emperor once again recruited Chen Tingjing into the imperial front and completely untie the veil of opium smuggling.

Under Yinzhi's instigation, Chen Tingjing ordered people to obtain all the cigarette poles in the opium hall, the boxes for transportation, and the fingerprints that could be collected in the account book.

Opium smokers are most likely to get fingerprints when pinching cigarette poles. The workers who transport boxes also sweat a lot, and the account books are more difficult to collect. So they are lucky, and there are similar patterns on several pages of the account books.

This method of judging a case is unheard of, but it has greatly helped Chen Tingjing handle the case.
To be continued...