Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 589 Cheese

Guo An picked up a glass of wine and touched it towards Li Jinglong.

"It just so happened that after the ministers left, His Majesty left me alone to ask about this matter...Brother Li, as a distinguished noble, I cannot deceive Your Majesty. I can only tell the truth, but it is only a guess. I can make Apart from me, Guo An, the one responsible for this matter is you, Brother Li..."

"Did you really say that?"

Hearing this, Li Jinglong looked slightly startled.

"It's natural!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "I don't know, is it really Brother Li who sent people to do it? Maybe, it's Chen Ying who has done many evil things and asked other enemies to send people to do it?"

As he said this, Guo An suddenly remembered something and looked at Li Jinglong with a strange expression on his face.

"Brother Li, could it be that you were deceived by His Majesty?"

"I...how is that possible?"

Li Jinglong's face was a little hot, and he hurriedly explained: "Brother Guo, I have overthought it. As a distinguished noble, I cannot hide it from His Majesty. As a brother, I took the initiative to plead guilty to His Majesty!"

"Brother Li is wise!"

Guo An bowed his hands in admiration towards Li Jinglong and said with admiration: "Brother Li is absolutely right, if we and the nobles conceal it from His Majesty, how can His Majesty trust anyone?

Moreover, what Brother Li did was not a big evil, and it was excusable. After His Majesty finds out, he will punish Brother Li at most.

However, if it is concealed, the longer it is concealed, the more worried Brother Li will be. He will keep thinking about it and will not be able to sleep well.

If your Majesty finds out, you will be met with His Majesty's thunderous wrath, and you will lose His Majesty's trust, and the gain will outweigh the loss..."

Hearing this, Li Jinglong understood instantly. Cold sweat broke out on his back, and he directly picked up the wine glass with an apology on his face.

"It was me who misunderstood Brother Guo, and I would like to apologize to Brother Guo!"

"Brother Li is serious. How can we say there is a misunderstanding between us?"

"Our fault is our fault, come on, let's punish ourselves with ten cups..."

As he spoke, Li Jinglong picked up the wine bottle next to him and poured it into his mouth.

"Brother Li, drink slowly..."

The corners of Guo An's eyes twitched as he looked at it. This was a forty-two-proof liquor, not rice wine with a few degrees of alcohol.

However, Li Jinglong was now in high spirits and would not pay attention to Guo An's words.

He waited until half the bottle of wine was down, then coughed violently, slowly put down the bottle, and ate the food.

"Cool!"

"Brother Guo, if that thief Chen Ying still dares to frame me so unreasonably, I will bring someone to slap him in the mouth!"

"Brother Li is brave, but all those civil servants are full of evil. Since we are sure that he is not a good official, we should find out his crimes and let His Majesty confiscate his entire family!"

"Haha, if you're full of bad ideas, I have to count on my brother Guo Guo!"

Guo An's smile suddenly solidified, "Brother Li, you drank too much!"

Li Jinglong said boldly, "No, I just took a few sips, keep drinking, I must drink to the fullest today!"

Guo An said helplessly, "In this case, I will stay with you until the end!"

No matter what kind of alcoholic you are, drinking so much in one breath will make you lie down and go out.

Li Jinglong didn't know what Guo An was thinking, but he still had a bold face, "Well, we are happy today. After the house of the thief Chen Ying was confiscated, no civil servant in the court dared to object to Brother Guo's canonization as a duke!"

He misunderstood!

Guo An apologized to Li Jinglong very apologetically in his heart, and at the same time, he quickly raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp.

In the end, Li Jinglong was carried out of Dinghaihou Mansion by several personal guards, and there was no reaction until he returned to Cao Guogong Mansion.

Guo An, on the other hand, was also drowsy after drinking, and fell asleep directly with the help of several maids.

but.

Although Guo An and Li Jinglong fell asleep, the whole court was really lively.

The Youdu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was almost burned to death in his bedroom. Although Chen Ying had a somewhat bad reputation, he was also a high-ranking official in the imperial court, representing the civil service.

All the officials in the court were filled with righteous indignation at such evil deeds. They wished they could find the murderer, bring him to justice, and hang him on the city wall to maintain their status as gentry and civil servants and to deter other thieves.

The primary target of their suspicion was Guo An, the Marquis of Dinghai.

It is a pity that the guards at Dinghaihou Guo An's house are the Yanshan Guards sent by His Majesty. Dinghaihou certainly does not have the strength to do such an evil thing, and Your Majesty will never allow it.

Excluding Marquis Dinghai, the second suspect is Cao Guogong Li Jinglong.

However, after hearing that His Majesty summoned Cao Guogong Li Jinglong into the palace and questioned him alone for a quarter of an hour, and found out that the thief was not Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, and sent Jinyi guards to conduct a thorough investigation, some civil servants stopped.

However, there are still many civil servants who are already very angry.

As for Bao Zhao, Yang Jing and other important officials, they didn't care about it.

Anyway, in the end, Jin Yiwei will definitely be able to find a murderer, and His Majesty will also give an explanation to Chen Ying, the censor of Youdu.

Of course, justice will also be given to Guo An, Marquis of Hai, and Li Jinglong, Duke of Cao.

Alas, troubled times...

And two days later.

The Jinyiwei still failed to find the murderer who set fire to Chen Ying's bedroom. The emperor was furious and directly dismissed the Jinyiwei commander Zhao Hu from his official position. He demoted Zhao Hu to Jiaozhi and appointed him as the Inspector General! Although the civil servants in the court were reluctant, Zhao Hu was a veteran of two dynasties and had not committed any major mistakes.

They can only obey Zhu Di's will.

In addition, Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu, the generals who conquered the barbarians, served as the capital commander of Jiaozhi and commanded the Qian affairs.

The ministers of the remaining three departments and the chief officials of the other state governments are determined according to the candidates selected by the Ministry of Personnel and the Cabinet.

A few days later.

The Ming Dynasty officially issued an imperial edict, and Annan was renamed Jiaozhi and officially merged into the Ming Dynasty. It became an inner county of the Ming Dynasty. The people of Jiaozhi enjoyed the same status as the people of the Ming Dynasty.

After all the important ministers in the court were busy for a while, they relaxed again.

However, there were still no clues about the thief who set fire outside the bedroom of Chen Ying, the censor of Youdu, in the middle of the night, which made some officials in the court complain.

……

Dinghaihou Mansion.

Guo An lay weakly on the soft chair, basking in the sun through the transparent glass.

Although several days have passed, I still haven't recovered.

He didn't expect that Cao Guogong Li Jinglong's face looked so delicate, but when he drank, he looked like an animal.

A maid came over carrying a bowl of hot cheese with the aroma of milk, and placed it respectfully in front of Guo An, "Master, the cheese you asked for is here!"

"Ok!"

Guo An picked it up and drank.

As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, cheese had been produced by the Hu people and became their daily food.

Until the Song Dynasty, there was also the Niuyangsi Cheese Yard that specialized in making cheese.

By this time, the cheese making technology and process had become more mature and gradually accepted by people.

Every time Guo An got drunk, he would drink a bowl of cheese, which was later known as yogurt.

"Master, Shopkeeper Shen is back!"

At this time, the housekeeper Guo Ang walked in.

"Shen Zhuang?"

Guo An was stunned, "Come back so soon? Let him in!"

"Yes, sir!"

Guo Ang responded and walked out again.

soon.

Less than a moment.

The familiar face of Shen Zhuang walked in quickly.

"The villain Shen Zhuang has met the Marquis!"

"Get up!"

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"

As Shen Zhuang came in, the maid in the main hall quickly took the empty bowl and walked out.

"Master Hou, here..."

Shen Zhuang pointed at the corner of his mouth in a weird way.

Guo An was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing. He pulled off a palm-sized piece of white paper from the roll of white paper on the side, wiped it on the corner of his mouth, and then threw it into the spittoon nearby. He looked at Shen Zhuang's mouth straightened. twitch.

What a luxury, the Marquis will really enjoy it now!

At the same time, I was extremely envious.

"I just drank a bowl of cheese to nourish my stomach!"

Guo An explained something, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "Does our Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce still have a dedicated cow and goat cheese workshop?"

"Back to the Marquis, no!"

Shen Zhuang replied subconsciously.

However, his face was very strange.

Guo An has already said: "In the future, build one!"

Shen Zhuang looked surprised and asked, "Mr. Marquis, our maritime trade company will build a cow and goat cheese workshop?"

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

……

(End of this chapter)