A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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"Keep digging! Dig out all the charcoal inside, as well as the mud in the stove." Di Renjie ordered.

Dali Temple was busy with work, Su Dingfang came with Zuo Wuwei, "Your Majesty has an order! No one is allowed to come near this place!"

Everyone dispersed, and Di Renjie also walked to Su Dingfang's side and asked in a low voice, "Brother Su, does he already know?"

"I know." Su Dingfang took a look around and pulled Di Renjie aside, "Any clues? The court's reaction is very strong, and I'm about to condemn Gu Qing."

"It's strange, I didn't have any clues for a while." Di Renjie was also very anxious.

"Don't disturb Gu Qing yet." Su Dingfang said, "Follow me to see His Majesty. You must go to Taiji Palace to explain a few words about this matter."

"I see." Di Renjie nodded, don't disturb Gu Qing?Gu Qing might get news of this matter sooner than Chaozhong, "Wait a minute, I'll write something for the teacher."

"Hurry up!" Su Dingfang urged.

After Di Renjie finished writing a note, he handed it to Su Dingfang, "Brother Su, please give this note to the person who wrote it, and pass it on to the teacher."

"Okay." Su Dingfang nodded.

Gu family

Gu Qing was woken up by Wu Mei early in the morning, and now he is listening to the shorty's report.

"Gu Boss, don't worry, our people are always paying attention to the movement in the palace, and all the manpower has been arranged!" said the dwarf.

"What do you want to do? Rebel?" Gu Qing asked.

"If the royal family wants to deal with Mr. Gu, there is nothing wrong with this kind of crime!" The dwarf also said.

"Wait!" Gu Qing interrupted him, "Tell me about the situation after the explosion there."

"I went to see it myself." The dwarf said in a low voice, "The house was blown up. The family was just about to make breakfast with noodles, but suddenly it exploded, and the flour was scattered all over the floor."

"Flour?" Gu Qing was puzzled.

"Patriarch!" Fan Jian walked up and said, "Someone brought a note, which was handed over by General Su Dingfang."

Why did Su Dingfang hand him a note all of a sudden? Gu Qing opened the note and took a look to confirm that it was not written by Su Dingfang. Su Dingfang's handwriting would not be so good.

“No smell of gunpowder”

These five words were written on the note, and Gu Qing guessed and said, "Short, you just said that the place where the explosion happened was sprinkled with flour, right?"

The dwarf nodded vigorously, "The family is cooking breakfast for the morning."

"The point is not cooking!" Gu Qing said emphatically, "It's dust!"

"What?" The dwarf was confused.

Chapter 743 Li Er Witnessed

Dust can also explode, Gu Qingchang sighed, "I told you that you don't understand, in fact, it's either a firearm explosion or a dust explosion."

"What about the affairs in the palace?" The dwarf said, "I'm afraid that someone from the palace will come to get Mr. Gu."

"Without solid evidence, he dare not take me! What can he do with me?" Gu Qing said calmly, "Don't worry, you should eat and drink after you go back. Li Chengqian can't do anything to me."

After hearing what Gu Qing said, the short man and the fat monk turned and left without saying anything.

The rubber sitting under the sun has not been able to solidify. It seems that it has failed again. What is wrong with it? Gu Qing was thinking about it, when Fan Jian walked up and said, "Patriarch, the Supreme Emperor is here."

Gu Qing looked back, Li Er had already swaggered in.

"What are you busy with?" Li Er came to talk.

"I'm making rubber." Gu Qing turned his gaze back to the rubber that hadn't solidified, and picked some up with a wooden stick to observe. The smell was strange and the color was not quite right.

Li Er looked curiously, "What is rubber?"

"A kind of thing that needs to be used in industry." Gu Qing explained and said, regaining his senses, "It seems that His Majesty already knows about Chang'an."

"You also know?" Li Er asked back.

"If you say that this matter really has nothing to do with me, believe it or not, Your Majesty."

Li Er nodded and said with a sneer, "I came this time just to hear your explanation."

"It seems that my empty-mouthed explanation must be useless." Gu Qing said, carrying a large bag of wheat flour from the kitchen, "Actually, the mystery of this lies in this flour. What really exploded was not my firearm but this flour. .”

Li Er glanced at it and said, "This is food. Could it be that food can harm people?"

"Actually..." Gu Qing scratched his scalp and said, "Actually, this is not considered harmful. Food is innocent, but food will explode under certain circumstances."

"What do you mean?" Li Er asked.

"Flame! Dust! Enclose a small space." Gu Qing took Li Er out of the house and said, "In a dry environment, the wheat husks are not clean, especially because many people eat less finely. When there is wheat flour everywhere, the fine dust will be raised in a closed and dry space, forming a dusty environment, and it will explode when the dosage is very high.”

"Gu Qing, are you going to just fool me like this? If you tell the truth, even if you say it has nothing to do with you, I won't care about it." Li Er was inexplicably annoyed, "Could it be that you made up such a ridiculous statement? In other words, everyone in Chang'an can no longer eat food."

"That's not the case, it will really explode, but there must be certain conditions." Gu Qing said, "Your Majesty, why don't we try?"

Li Er stared at Gu Qing, "Okay! I want to see what you want to try?"

Gu Qing found a small uninhabited house outside the village, which was almost abandoned. Gu Qing opened the door and could even see the dust particles floating in the house through the sunlight. Li Er stood outside the house and looked at Gu Qing curiously. do what.

Opening the bag of wheat flour, Gu Qing lit a fire here first, and piled wood on it. It took about a cup of tea for the fire to burn completely. The room formed a dusty environment, so I quickly ran out of the room and closed the door.

"What are you doing?" Li Er was puzzled.

Gu Qing closed the door and stepped back and said, "Your Majesty, just wait a moment."

Li Er was suspicious.

"Your Majesty, step back." Gu Qing pulled Li Er back step by step.

After the two retreated, Gu Qing saw thick smoke coming out of the hut, which should be almost there. Li Er looked at it for a while, and seeing that the smoke was getting less and less, he said, "Gu Qing, what are you going to do?"

"Your Majesty, don't go there!" Gu Qing pulled Li Er back.

Bang!

With a loud noise, the whole small room exploded, and sawdust flew all over the ground.

Fortunately, Li Er didn't walk over, Gu Qing let out a sigh of relief, luckily the power wasn't that great.

Suspicious Li Er saw Gu Qing reproduce an explosion with his own eyes, but he still wondered if Gu Qing was playing tricks, "Gu Qing, what did you do?"

"I didn't do anything. In fact, dust will explode. As long as there is a similar situation, it will explode. If your majesty still doesn't believe it, just try it." Gu Qing said, "If you want to explain, I will explain it for a while. I don’t know, it’s just like this anyway, this has a lot to do with oxygen, dust and some combustibles.”