Chapter 357 See what you can do
Outside the palace, Hong Xiaoduo and Kaiyang did not dare to go too far, so they just strolled nearby.
"Mom, you are also for the good of Fengliang country, but they don't know what to do, as if they ruined their good things." Kaiyang complained dullly.
“Actually, it’s not entirely their fault, because they don’t know the dangers of that thing.” Hong Xiaoduo said as he walked.
Kaiyang looked up at her and wanted to ask her how she knew it. Did she see it with her own eyes?
But when I thought about it again, my mother was very powerful. She knew a lot of things that even Master and Sister Feiyan didn't know.
So, now it’s normal to say that you know about opium.
More than an hour later, Hong Xiaoduo was still thinking that if he had lunch in the palace later, he should not think about the posture in the morning.
The next moment, a father-in-law trotted over and said that the people who investigated the palace were back, and the emperor had also returned to the palace.
Back? Hong Xiaoduo and Kaiyang looked at each other and smiled. They were just chatting and didn't pay attention to the situation on the other side of the palace gate.
When the big one and the small one walked into the hall, there were a few more people inside.
"Okay, we can talk now." The emperor said.
The person in charge of this matter was Yue Wenchao, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment. He watched Hong Xiaoduo and Kaiyang sit down and said, "Reporting to your majesty, your majesty ordered your officials to investigate. Three drug stores in the capital are all We have inquired and found that there are six people who have bought the opium multiple times.
The earliest one of them bought it in the fifth year. The remaining five people also bought it four years ago, and one person bought it three years ago. One person for two years, and another one started buying opium in the summer of this year.
Because opium is expensive and is a foreign product, these people all said hello to the drugstore shopkeeper. I will buy it next time. Leave it to them, so they took the initiative to leave their address and name for the drug store
Among these six people, only the first person to buy opium suffered a fracture in his thigh while riding a horse. The bone was not properly reattached the first time. It was only after it had grown that he discovered that he had another doctor, who broke the misplaced joint and reattached it. It was painful. I bought it because I couldn't bear it. "
"So what is the state of these six people now, physical, emotional and so on. "Cao Shangshu asked a little anxiously.
"The person who has been buying opium for five years is Shi Chenyu. He is the third son of Ishida Tomomi, a big grain farmer. He is forty-six years old. When the subordinate saw him, he was skinny and skinny. , the hungry refugees who suffered from famine in the northwest a few years ago were not as scary as him.
His face was yellow and his eyes were dull. He looked a few years older than his father. He looked quite impatient when he saw Wei Chen. His father sent Wei Chen out of the house. I kept apologizing all the time, saying that my son was like this because of an old disease in his legs.
Two people who have been buying opium for four years, one is the grandson of Liu Caishen Liu Baohua, 23-year-old Liu Pengyang. He first took opium because of toothache. He heard others talking about opium treating toothache, so he tried it. It really works. From then on, whenever I have a toothache, I have to take that stuff..." Yue Wenchao explained in detail the reason why the six people came into contact with opium in the first place and their current status.
After saying that, everyone looked at Hong Xiaoduo in surprise, except for the emperor.
"Your Majesty, after this investigation, Wei Chen found out that what Miss Hong said earlier is consistent with what she said before. Taking the opium will really make people addicted, and it will also cause their temperament to change drastically. .
According to people close to these people, they felt very comfortable and ecstatic after taking opium. However, once the opium was out of stock and could not be found anywhere, they would become filial. Disobeying his elders and disowning his relatives, the originally gentle and gentle young master became violent and violent towards his wife and children.
Now, although these six people have been found, it is because they are expensive and the quantity is very small.
< br>So, this thing really can no longer be bought from the country. Its harm is no less than the Hanshi Powder banned by the previous dynasty, and it can even be said to be worse than Hanshi Powder. Otherwise, in the long run, people who are infected with this thing will If there are more people, the consequences of spreading will be disastrous, not to mention that the analgesic prescriptions given by our doctors in Fengliang Kingdom do not include opium..." Yue Wenchao said very worriedly.
After hearing what Yue Wenchao said, Hong Xiaoduo almost gave this person a thumbs up on the spot. After all, he was from the Ministry of Punishment. The emperor just asked him to investigate. It turned out that he not only observed carefully, but also analyzed the problem and thought of the consequences. Moreover, what he said was more convincing to the people here than what he said.
Hong Xiaoduo looked around again and saw that the emperor and these adults all had solemn expressions on their faces. They really listened.
After Yue Wenchao finished speaking, his eyes fell on Hong Xiaoduo. To be honest, when he received the emperor's order, he was very puzzled. Why did the emperor suddenly order him to investigate such a thing?
Thinking that today is a day to discuss business with foreign missions, and opium is produced in that opium country. I just heard that the other party increases the price every year. Could it be that this time I want to find some shortcomings of opium and increase the price? Press it down?
The servants around the emperor were all good at observing people's emotions. They saw that Yue Wenchao was confused and knew that he would not pry, so he took the initiative to explain the reason in general.
Yue Wenchao personally experienced the case of the band dancer who was tortured to death. Because of Hong Xiaoduo's ability, the three agencies found the real culprit before a formal trial.
So, knowing that this happened was also because of her, Yue Wenchao didn't question her at all.
This time the errands were completely different from those in the past. How to describe it? Let’s put it this way. If he didn’t know that the incident was caused by her, then he would just run the errands strictly.
But, knowing that this matter happened because of her, it is completely different. Although we still have to be rigorous in handling errands, there is something else. It is no longer simply doing the errands assigned by the emperor with due diligence. , but with a little excitement, mixed with a little curiosity.
It's like participating in the revelation of the truth that confirms something, a truth that most people don't believe and question.
Some things will become special because you participate in them!
When he followed the list given by the drug store and checked one by one, and saw with his own eyes the state of people who frequently used opiates and learned about other changes, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
So, when I returned to the emperor just now, I didn’t just report the results of my investigation in a step-by-step manner and then be done with it. Instead, I also talked about the harm and impact I felt. come out.
In other words, he stood on Hong Xiaoduo's side.
Not only did he believe in her, but he also believed that his own judgment was not wrong.
"Your Majesty, if this is really the case, then this country is too bad and immoral. They use this thing to harm us and raise the price every year." Cao Shang wrote, but he was also annoyed.
“This is not necessarily true. Maybe, so far, they themselves have not felt that this thing is harmful, because many nobles in their country are using this thing, and they just want to make money from our Fengliang country. Silver.
However, if you want to know the truth, you can only find out from their mouths." Hong Xiaoduo couldn't help but speak when he saw Master Cao's angry look.
"How do you ask this? If I ask them, they probably won't tell the truth." The right minister of the Ministry of Rites frowned slightly.
Hearing this, Hong Xiaoduo smiled: "Whether you will tell the truth or not, you will know after asking. All you need to do is ask the right person."
When I heard her say this, this tone and this expression , several adults couldn't help but murmur in their hearts, you may not be old but your tone is not young, let's see what you can do...
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