My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 205 Gunpowder Again
Banshan Temple is a very small temple, and it is on the edge of the imperial city, which made Zhu Zhanhe very surprised. After confirming that there were really no other temples with this name in the surrounding area, he led his people to surround the entire temple.

However, although Banshan Temple is very close to the imperial city, it is very remote here, because Zhongshan is to the east of the imperial city, and there is a forest here. If you are not familiar with it, I am afraid that you will never think of it. With a temple.

The Banshan Temple is located on a flat land on the mountainside, and there is only a rocky path leading to the foot of the mountain.

Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's Fanzi surrounded the entire temple. Zhu Zhanhe and Liu Mian came to the front of the temple, and saw that the small temple was very dilapidated, the walls of the courtyard were covered with mottles, and weeds could even be seen on the eaves.

The temple door with peeling paint was closed tightly, and the inside of the temple was also very quiet, as if there were no people there.

But Zhu Zhanhe still didn't dare to be careless, and ordered the sword and shield hands in front to get ready, and then someone kicked open the temple gate, and the sword and shield hands rushed in holding the shield.

Although the outside of the temple is dilapidated, the inside of the temple is fairly clean. It looks like it has been cleaned, but there is no one in the temple.

Jin Yiwei and Fanzi rushed into every room in the temple, searched inside and out, and soon a Jin Yiwei rushed to report: "My lord, there is no one in the temple, but there are traces of people living in the temple!"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately entered the temple when he heard the words, and saw that many rooms in the temple were dilapidated, and there was no way to live in them, but the few rooms at the back of the main hall were cleaned up. When he entered the room, he could still see the table There are unfinished meals on the table.

"My lord, looking at these rooms, at least seven or eight people have lived here!"

At this time, a stall from the East Factory came forward to report.

Zhu Zhanhe took a look at the room, and saw that besides the bed, there were some daily necessities piled up here, which looked a little messy, and the food on the table had slightly deteriorated, indicating that these people had been away from here for a while.

"My lord, there is something wrong in the room next door!"

Another Jin Yiwei came to report, and Zhu Zhanhe and Liu Mian immediately went to the next room.

I saw that there was no bed in this room, and there were no daily necessities. The whole room was very empty, as if there was nothing.

"Please look, my son, there are traces of a large box on the ground, indicating that some things have been piled up here, and they are very heavy."

Jin Yiwei, who reported the letter, pointed to the ground and introduced to Zhu Zhanhe.

Zhu Zhanhe immediately stepped forward when he heard the words, and sure enough, he saw some square indentations on the ground. The indentations were very deep, indicating that the contents of the box should be heavy. Of course, several boxes may be stacked together, which means that those things There are quite a few.

"What is the taste?"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly twitched his nose at this moment, because he smelled a somewhat familiar smell.

Liu Mian and others also leaned forward when they heard the words, and soon someone shouted loudly: "It's sulfur!"

When Zhu Zhanhe heard the words, he suddenly remembered that this familiar smell was sulfur.

"No, it should be gunpowder!"

Liu Mian suddenly exclaimed at this moment, since Jin Yiwei took Tao Qiong's gunpowder to the prison last time, he has been extremely sensitive to gunpowder.

"It's really gunpowder!"

At this time, Zhu Zhanhe also noticed some black powder on the ground, picked up a little with his fingers and smelled it, and it really smelled like gunpowder.

"Someone actually piled gunpowder here, what are they going to do?"

Liu Mian was shocked and annoyed at the same time. You must know that Daming had very strict control over gunpowder. Ordinary people, let alone gunpowder, could not even buy the raw materials for making gunpowder. For example, Tao Qiong wanted to use gunpowder to fly into the sky. But there are no raw materials, so I can only steal the gunpowder from the Ordnance Bureau.

"Liu Mian, I remember that King Gu built ordnance in Changsha, including gunpowder and firearms, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly asked Liu Mian again.

"That's right, the amount of gunpowder is still quite a lot, and what we found doesn't match up with the accounts!"

Liu Mian nodded immediately, and then he came to his senses and said, "King Gu colluded with the remnants of Jianwen. Could it be that King Gu gave them these gunpowder?"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't speak, but his expression became very serious.

He stepped out of the room and looked up at the hill behind the temple.

At this time Liu Mian also followed out, seeing Zhu Zhanhe's actions, he asked curiously, "What is your son looking at?"

"What's behind the mountain?"

Zhu Zhanhe pointed to the top of the mountain and asked.

"Behind the mountain..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Mian thought about the surrounding terrain carefully, then slapped his hands and said: "I remembered, there is a lake behind the mountain, called Qianhu, connected to the moat."

"And behind the lake?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"Behind the lake?"

Liu Mian was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it carefully, then he widened his eyes and shouted in shock: "Xiaoling!"

Banshan Temple was originally built on a peak of Zhongshan Mountain, separated from Xiaoling Mausoleum by the mountain top and lake, so it seems far away, but in fact the straight line distance is not far.

"My lord, do you suspect that these people are going to attack Xiaoling?"

Liu Mian still couldn't believe it.

One must know that no matter how crazy the remnants of Jianwen are, they are also loyal to Emperor Jianwen, and Emperor Jianwen is the grandson of Emperor Taizu. According to common sense, it is impossible for them to mess around in Xiaoling.

"Maybe they just take advantage of this. After all, the more unexpected, the more unexpected the effect!"

Zhu Zhanhe looked up at the top of the mountain and said in a low voice.

"The day after tomorrow is the day when His Majesty will enter the Xiaoling Mausoleum to offer sacrifices. At that time, King Zhou, King Shu, the prince and you will all enter Xiaoling Mausoleum. If something happens..."

When Liu Mian said this, he couldn't help trembling with fright.

To put it bluntly, if Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanhe are all wiped out, then Daming will really change.

"My son, what should we do now, why don't we persuade His Majesty to postpone the date of sacrifice?"

Liu Mian panicked at this moment, and even came up with a bad idea.

"Postponed the date? Do you think it's okay?"

Zhu Zhanhe glared at Liu Mian angrily. The day after tomorrow is the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, which is Zhu Yuanzhang's memorial day. When Zhu Yuanzhang dies, he will not pick a date with you, so definitely not.

Liu Mian also knew that his idea was bad, so he smiled cheekily.

"Don't panic, we still have time, as long as we find out the plan of those people before the day after tomorrow, everything will be solved!"

Zhu Zhanhe was very calm. After all, it was not the first time he had dealt with these Jianwen remnants, and he knew their methods. Although these people were crazy, they were not gods. Mausoleum's action against Zhu Di and others will definitely leave a lot of clues.

"Your Majesty is still calm, then let's go to Xiaoling and conduct a thorough search. The other party has gunpowder in his hands. He probably wants to use gunpowder to harm His Majesty!"

Liu Mian also calmed down at this time, and immediately ordered his subordinates to rush to Xiaoling to investigate.

"Wait a moment!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhanhe stopped Liu Mian at this moment, thought for a moment before saying again.

"Not everyone can enter Xiaoling, and it is even more difficult to send gunpowder to Xiaoling, so..."

"I understand!"

Before Zhu Zhanhe could finish speaking, Liu Mian excitedly said again: "There are five thousand Imperial Tomb guards stationed in Xiaoling, some of them must have colluded with the remnants of Jianwen, otherwise it would be impossible to send gunpowder to Xiaoling!"

(End of this chapter)