Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 322 Mifune Poison
Tianjin Wei Commander Yamen lobby.

Commander Sun Chunbin let He Liu, Lao Hu, and Li Gao take the seat, and let the soldiers serve tea.

He Liu smiled and said, "Commander Sun is making good luck. Six years ago, I came to investigate Ding Wang's case, but you were still in charge of Zuo Qian's affairs. Within six years, you have been promoted several levels, and you have become the number one in Tianjin Wei."

Sun Chunbin is very good at drilling.The strict party gained power, and he fawned on the strict party.Lu Fang and Chen Hong gained power, and he flattered Lu Fang and Chen Hong.Now that the new emperor ascended the throne, he did not know what method he used to curry favor with Gao Gong.The strict party fell, and the eunuch party fell, but he was able to stand still like a weed.

Sun Chunbin said solemnly: "Sixth Lord, I'm ashamed. The general has not made any military exploits for the court in these years. The court has greatly promoted the general."

Li Gao took a sip of tea: "Hey, this tea is not bad, it looks like this year's new magnolia slices."

Li Gao, a foolish son, loves to be arty.As soon as he said this, He Liu almost laughed out loud.

The yamen soldiers serve Tieguanyin, a veritable green tea.Magnolia slices are scented tea.Li Gao's dignified heir, Uncle Wu Qing, couldn't even tell the difference between green tea and scented tea.

Sun Chunbin hastily flattered him: "If Shizi likes it, I will prepare some for you to take back to the capital, so that Uncle Wu Qing can try it."

He Liu coughed, and said, "Commander Sun, let's get down to business. What's going on with the barbarian case?"

Sun Chunbin replied: "Master Liu, it's like this. There is a barbarian girl named Tina who landed on the coast of Tianjin Wei with six smuggled merchant ships. This woman bribed Zhao Jinyong, a thousand households in the Tanggukou patrol camp, to transport the six ships of goods. ashore."

He Liuyi waved his hand: "Wait a minute, you said the owner of these six smuggled merchant ships is a woman?"

Sun Chunbin nodded: "That's right! It's a Western Yi woman. The general has already interrogated her clearly. This woman is a lady of the Utrecht Union in the West. These six shipments were all brought from America by her."

He Liu was surprised and said, "Mistress Xiyang? What kind of title is this? Can the lord of Xiyang be a woman?"

Sun Chunbin said: "It is roughly equivalent to our third-class uncles, right? I think I came to the West to learn from Wu Zetian in our Tang Dynasty. Women can also be in power."

Lao Hu said from the side: "It doesn't matter whether the Yi chieftain is a man or a woman. The important thing is. Hehe, Commander Sun, we are old acquaintances, and there is no need to hide from each other. Tianjin Wei and Xiyi merchants The private transaction between them has long been a semi-public secret. This time, why are you being selfless and doing business?"

Sun Chunbin smiled awkwardly: "Well. Well, I'm telling you the truth. After this woman brought the fleet to the shore, she did give me money, but I justly refused."

Li Gao interjected: "Ah, old grandson, if you have money, you can't make a bastard. Don't tell me you're going to be a bastard?"

Sun Chunbin said: "Hey, my son doesn't know something. Silver is a good thing, and I'm not Yang Lian or Hai Rui. If I said I don't like silver, I would be lying. Among the six smuggling boats of Tina, there are The three boats were full of food from Nail America. When she gave me the silver, she brought some of it. I tasted it, but it turned out to be poison! If the three boats of poison were transported ashore, I don’t know how many Damings would be poisoned to death. The common people! When the court investigates it, the general’s head may be lost! I can’t ask for money or life.”

He Liu was surprised and said, "Poison? A businessman pays much attention to profits. This Xiyi people are not Japanese pirates. They have no deep hatred with our Daming. Why did she ship a few ships of poison across the ocean to poison the people of our Daming?"

Sun Chunbin said: "I don't know the general at this point!"

He Liudao: "You bring the poison she transported and let me have a look."

Sun Chunbin nodded, and sent his soldiers to bring a wooden box.

Sun Chunbin placed the wooden box in front of He Liu, opened it and said, "Look, Master Liu, this is the poison brought from Xiyi!"

He Liu watched carefully.In this wooden box, there are some red grasses.Pointed at the top and rounded at the bottom.When He Liu took it to his nose and smelled it, there was indeed a pungent smell.

He Liu asked: "Commander Sun, how can you be sure that this is poison? I think this thing looks a bit like our sun-dried medicinal materials."

Sun Chunbin ordered his soldiers: "Go, go to the prison of the Tianjin County Government and bring here a felon who is awaiting beheading!"

Not long after, the soldiers led a skinny prisoner to the prison.

Sun Chunbin ordered the prisoner to eat a stick of "poison".After the prisoner finished eating, he jumped up in pain, gasped for air while jumping up, and shouted: "Hiss, water, water!"

He Liu asked someone to pour a bowl of water to the prisoner.The prisoner was like a dog at noon in summer, sticking out his tongue: "Hiss hiss."

He Liu asked the prisoner, "What does this grass taste like?"

The prisoner said: "My lord, this grass, how can I say it? It tastes like pepper. But eating one is like eating a catty of pepper. After eating it, my mouth is numb. Look, my tears and nose are all coming down. "

He Liu said suspiciously: "So, this thing seems to be really poisonous!"

Sun Chunbin hurriedly said: "Master He, that Xiyi woman brought a whole boat full of such poisons! How many people in our Ming Dynasty have been harmed! Tell me, do I dare to accept the money she gave me?"

He Liu smiled and said, "It's a good thing you confiscated her money. Otherwise, it would be a big deal if someone was poisoned to death."

Sun Chunbin said again: "Master Liu, that woman brought more than one kind of poisonous substance. Come on, get another kind of poisonous weed! Ah, by the way, bring that small firecracker too!"

Not long after, the soldiers brought two more things.The same is a pile of withered grass.The same is a long wooden pole.The wooden pole is hollow, with a small iron pot on the head.

Sun Chunbin said: "Master Liu, the barbarian girl said that this grass is not for eating, but is burned to ashes with a small fire gun, and the smoke floating in it is sucked with her mouth. It is said that taking two puffs can make people feel ecstatic I haven't tasted the ecstasy, but it's true that I'd rather die!"

After speaking, Sun Chunbin put some shredded dry grass into a small iron pot and lit it with a fire.He handed the "thin fire blunderbuss" to the prisoner, and ordered: "Use your mouth to inhale the smoke inside."

The prisoner took a deep breath, his face turned livid, and he coughed endlessly.Then he started to vomit and vomited up the black corn bread that he had eaten in the morning.

He Liu looked terrified: "My God, it seems that these things are really poisonous!"

Sun Chunbin took the credit and said: "Master Liu, the general did not catch the female barbarian by mistake, did he? He must have transported so many poisons to poison the people of Ming Dynasty!"

He Liu asked, "Where are the three ships of poison now?"

Sun Chunbin said: "Let me keep everything in the commander's yamen warehouse. Just wait for the sixth master to arrive, and burn it to clean it up!"

He Liu nodded: "This kind of poison can't be left in the human world to harm people! It's the cleanest thing to burn."

Sun Chunbin looked at the time and said, "Sixth Master, Third Master, and Shizi, it's almost noon, and we will prepare a banquet for the three of you at the end. After we finish eating, it won't be too late to do it in the afternoon."

(End of this chapter)