Qin Rushuang told Boss Xu everything she learned from the little boy, but Boss Xu was confused.
"You said Liu San's big dog scared my son, but he lives on the street next door, and I didn't hear any barking!"
"I remember Boss Xu once told me that Liu San would go to the butcher to ask for pig offal every day. Do you think that he could eat all the pig offal every day at home alone? Only poor people can make pig offal.
Except for a little bit of food, the rest is fed to the dogs.”
Qin Rushuang counted the time and said, "The evidence should be coming soon."
Not long after he finished speaking, the person sent by Qin Rushuang to investigate Liu San's home came back.
"How's it going? Did you find anything out?"
His men took out two things.
"That person should have a big dog at home."
As the man spoke, he took out some dog hair stuck to the rag, and at the same time took out a strange-shaped iron tool.
"This thing should be put on the dog's mouth to prevent it from making any sound."
When Boss Xu saw this, there was nothing he didn't understand.
It turns out that the illness of my youngest son was caused by people from the Taoist temple!
They must have asked Liu San to let the dog out to scare his young son. Every time he recovered, he would return to his old ways. Until he was desperate and went to the Taoist temple to ask for talisman water for his son to drink. Liu San stopped scaring the little boy.
The little boy's illness naturally recovered.
It happened that at this time, Mrs. Xu brought her son in to see Boss Xu, and Boss Xu pulled his son over.
"Silly boy, Liu San threatened you before, why didn't you tell dad?"
"Because my father is very busy with business, and when I was a kid, I was scared to tears by a dog once. My father also laughed at me and said that I am not afraid of dogs as a man. When I am no longer afraid of dogs, you should spend more time with me."
Accompany me, so I will... I will..."
Seeing Boss Xu's remorseful look, Qin Rushuang consoled her, "Leave the rest to us. Just stay here for the next few days and spend time with your wife and children. They are all worried about you."
many."
Boss Xu and his family naturally thanked him quickly. Mrs. Xu still doesn’t know what happened, but seeing that her husband didn’t ask, she didn’t ask.
After settling Boss Xu's family, Qin Rushuang ordered the subordinate just now to put all these things back and not to alert others.
"I guess Liu San is a chess piece specially used to monitor Boss Xu. You should be careful."
The subordinate nodded and left.
Next, Boss Xu carefully talked to the person pretending to be him about some of his daily habits, and also told him the process of going to a Taoist temple to offer incense every time.
Everything is ready, now we are just waiting for the people below to investigate.
After his men left, Qin Rushuang couldn't help but ask Xie Xun: "If they go there rashly like this, will they become addicted after smelling the Fuyuan ointment?"
"Don't worry, since the last time Shaozhou was in trouble due to Fuyuan Cream, my father specially summoned his imperial doctors to study Fuyuan Cream and made pills that can temporarily resist the smell of Fuyuan Cream."
"If you take the pill first and then smell the Fuyuan Paste, you can resist the effects of the Fuyuan Paste in a short time. But if an ordinary person is unprepared when he smells the Fuyuan Paste, he will be unprepared."
After receiving Xie Xun's assurance, Qin Rushuang felt relieved.
"Which people in the court do you think this incident will be linked to?"
"This cannot be speculated at the moment."
"Don't you think it's strange, Your Majesty? This Taoist temple is so famous, and the incense inside is so expensive. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell there's something fishy about it. Why hasn't the magistrate of Zhou County reported this anomaly?"
"Do you think the county magistrate this week may have known about it but failed to report it, or maybe... he is in the same group as Taoist Priest Wang?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Qin Rushuang asked: "Does the prince know the magistrate of Zhou County this week?"
Xie Xun thought for a while. Although he didn't know him, before he set off, he inquired about where Qin Rushuang was going. Zhou County was the first to go, and the county magistrate was named Chen Zhihao.
"Chen Zhihao studied under Xuecheng, the Minister of Rites."
Xie Xun recalled this person and said: "In my impression, this person has always been taciturn and conscientious. He neither engages in party or personal interests nor likes to stand out in front of his father. He is a very low-key person."
"You also know the government affairs of the Ministry of Rites. Unless there are foreigners coming to court, they will be busier. At other times, they will be relatively free."
Thinking about it this way, I can't see anything unusual about him.
"Then let's wait for the news from the Taoist temple."
An hour later, a man pretending to be Boss Xu came back.
"How's it going? Did you find out anything?"
The subordinates took off all the heavy disguises, looked relaxed, and put on Boss Xu's fake fat belly, but they exhausted him to death.
"Back to the prince and concubine, Taoist Wang was very cautious. After taking me to the Taoist temple, he just asked me to burn incense as Boss Xu said. After that, his subordinates made some insinuations about other things, but he refused to say anything.
I didn’t ask any more questions because I was afraid of alerting others.”
Qin Rushuang's expression became solemn.
For Wang Daochang, Boss Xu is just one of thousands of fish, so naturally it is impossible to reveal too much.
Now that Taoist Wang can't find out, I'm afraid we have to start from the source of Fuyuan Cream.
After all, the existing incense in Taoist temples is limited, and according to Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun's observations in the past few days, there is no place in Zhou County where the raw materials of Fuyuan ointment can be grown. So the incense in the hands of Taoist Master Wang must be someone who comes every once in a while.
Replenishment.
Qin Rushuang told Xie Xun her thoughts, and Xie Xun nodded: "I also guessed the same."
Qin Rushuang said again: "Your Majesty, do you still remember that night when we entered the room where the incense was stored? There was a lot of inventory in that room alone. If we don't keep it all, there are other incense hidden in other places."
Qin Rushuang thought for a long time and suddenly thought of a way, "Your Majesty, let's go to the Taoist temple again tonight."
"Do you want to destroy all the incense in the Taoist temple and see who they will contact to replenish the goods in the future?"
"exactly."
Xie Xun nodded, "This is indeed a good idea."
Seeing Qin Rushuang's eagerness to give it a try, Xie Xun broke her thoughts and said, "I can just go with a few of my men for this matter. This matter is dangerous. You can wait for me at the house for news."
Qin Rushuang thought about it and realized the same thing.
To destroy those incense, the best way is to either set fire to it, or to pour water all over the incense. If you use water, it seems too deliberate, so you can only set fire.
