Chapter 212: Your Highness the Prince of Qi Should Read More
Li You’s eyes became colder as he looked at Su Chen.

A lowly person who came from a merchant family was only able to make a name for himself in Chang’an City by relying on Li Chengqian’s identity.

How dare you humiliate him in front of him for being uneducated?!
What a bastard!
“Then you should find this book!”

“Hey, Your Highness Prince Qi, aren’t you trying to embarrass me, Su Chen?”

Su Chen’s smile did not fade, and he said slowly: “Books are just carriers of knowledge, they are concrete objects, and they can hardly withstand the ravages of time.”

“What we need to do is to turn the knowledge in books into our own knowledge and cultural heritage.”

“Besides, it was just a book I flipped through casually. I read and learned the contents, and then I threw it away. Isn’t this a normal thing?”

“Does it mean that every book I have read must be preserved carefully?”

“I wonder if Your Highness the Prince of Qi would preserve every prey carefully after returning from hunting?”

“you……”

Facing Su Chen’s continuous attacks, Li You gradually became more and more angry, and his eyes staring at Su Chen were filled with a bit more murderous intent.

Su Chen bowed apologetically, “Your Highness, as a prince, you wouldn’t get angry just because of a few words from me, right?”

“If that is the case, I apologize deeply. Please don’t take it to heart, Your Highness.”

Enter your daughter!
Li You stared at Su Chen, flames in his eyes.

This damn bastard not only scolded him, but also didn’t allow him to get angry! ?
“Will not.”

Li Chengqian smiled and waved his hands, “The King of Qi is a prince, born of noble birth and extraordinary bearing, how could he get angry because of a few words from you?”

“but……”

Li Chengqian changed the subject and said, “It has been confirmed that the things used by those thieves should be the same as those made by Su Chen…”

Li You immediately interrupted and said, “If that’s the case, how come those thieves have such purification tools in their hands?”

Su Chen looked at him with sympathy, as if he was looking at an idiot.

Li You frowned, “What’s wrong? Did I say something wrong?”

Fang Xuanling and others shook their heads repeatedly, not even thinking of explaining to him.

Finally, it was Sun Fujia who spoke first, “Your Highness, Prince Qi, when we were investigating the explosion, we had already said that there was a smell at the scene that was caused by a Taoist priest refining elixirs.”

Li You raised his eyebrows, “You mean it has nothing to do with him?”

Sun Fujia nodded, “Of course it has nothing to do with Su Chen. I think it was those thieves who used another purification technique, perhaps the power of alchemy, to make these explosives.”

Li You: “…”

“Could it be that he had made these things in advance, causing the black lump to be almost useless?”

Sun Fujia’s mouth twitched, feeling that Li You was a little too obsessed with Su Chen’s plan, and he had to frame Su Chen with a crime or something in order to relieve his hatred.

Su Chen rolled his eyes and pointed at the things Sun Fuga had prepared. “I just used almost 20 kilograms of dried kelp to make a little bit of sodium. How much do you think I need to prepare in advance?”

Li You sneered: “Didn’t you say that it is also found in fruits?”

Su Chen nodded, smiled, turned to look at Fang Xuanling and others and said, “I did say this just now, but, have you ever thought about one thing?”

“That is, the fruit sales in Chang’an City are roughly maintained within a certain balanced range.”

“In other words, the amount of fruit consumed by each household in a month should not vary much.”

Fang Xuanling and others pondered and nodded.

When the weather is hot, rich people will naturally consume more fruit, which is normal.

But overall, the daily consumption of each household remains roughly at the same level.

Li You: “Will there be no fruit vendors buying fruits? Will there be no one delivering fruits?”

Su Chen smiled and said, “Of course, this situation cannot be ruled out, but I still say that the daily consumption is about the same.”

“If someone buys a large amount of fruit, Lord Sun doesn’t need to bother investigating. Just find a few fruit merchants in the West Market and you can determine the matter.”

“That’s why I suggest looking for people who buy a lot of seafood!”

Li Dao Zong frowned and asked, “Why are you looking for this kind of person?”

Su Chen snapped his fingers, “Good question.”

“Since the Qin Dynasty, the sea has held an inexplicable attraction for many alchemists and Taoists!”

“Why?”

Li You asked subconsciously, but was met with a round of eye rolls from everyone.

Su Chen just said calmly: “In order to seek the art of immortality, the First Emperor ordered the alchemist Xu Fu to go out to sea to find the elixir of life.”

“Until now, the world has been divided and united, but all those who seek immortality have great respect for the things in the sea.”

“Naturally, Taoism is no exception.”

“Kings and generals can send people out to sea on ships to search for natural treasures, but ordinary people can only do it on their own.”

“Things in the sea are undoubtedly the easiest for ordinary alchemists and Taoists to obtain.”

“They use things from the sea to refine elixirs, and naturally they do this quite often. So, furnace explosions happen from time to time. Isn’t it normal for them to record these things and make dangerous explosives?”

Fang Xuanling and others nodded in response to Su Chen’s explanation.

How can a Taoist priest be 100% sure when making elixirs?

Most of the time, either a furnace full of ash was produced, or strange situations occurred, and furnace explosion was the most common thing.

If someone is interested and records all the materials before the furnace explodes, they can naturally refine explosives.

“Does your highness understand?”

Facing Su Chen’s smiling question, Li You’s eyes twitched and he hummed expressionlessly.

Su Chen: “So, Your Highness Prince Qi should read more books.”

Li You: “…”

Li Chengqian clapped his hands, “Amazing, no wonder you saw through the reason so quickly.”

“Sun Fujia!”

“Chen is here!”

Sun Fujia looked serious.

Li Chengqian said in a deep voice: “Now that Su Chen has explained the reason, I think you should have a plan in mind, right?”

Sun Fujia: “Your Highness, I need some time to investigate this matter thoroughly!” “Okay!”

Li Chengqian nodded, and turned to look at Fang Xuanling and the others again, “My Lords, it’s time for us to go back.”

Everyone stood up one after another.

Su Chen and Sun Fujia sent Li Chengqian and others away.

Sun Fujia turned his head to look at him and felt that Su Chen became more and more mysterious.

“what happened?”

“I never thought that Master Su is so knowledgeable.”

Sun Fujia smiled and cupped his hands, “Thank you very much for your advice, Master Su. If we can catch the thief as soon as possible, I will definitely ask for credit for Master Su.”

Su Chen waved his hand and said, “There’s no need to ask for credit. If you run into trouble in the future, just don’t bother me.”

Sun Fujia was immediately happy and nodded with a smile.

“Farewell.”

“Walk slowly.”

Walking out of the Dali Temple, Su Chen walked lightly towards Wen Xianglai.

While preparing the tools, Sun Qiang told him about the actions of Su Wang and others in the past two days. He was now eager to see if Su Wang had any results.

Come for the scent.

Su Wang frowned and looked at the waiter, “You mean, the Wei family was buying these seafood half a month ago?”

“Yes.”

“Where were these sent?”

“Shangzhou.”

hiss.

Good guy.

Su Wang smacked his lips. The Wei family also adopted the principle of proximity?

Although Wei Daijia was eliminated by the young master early on, Wei Ting was merely dismissed from his official position, and he had the huge Wei family behind him!

With a network of personal connections, it is easy to get something done.

but.

Hasn’t that old guy Wei Ting been depressed at home ever since his son died?

“The Master is here!”

“The master is back!”

Su Wang looked up, walked out of the room quickly, and saw Su Chen walking towards him with a smile.

“Sir, are you okay?”

“nature.”

Su Chen smiled and said, “Did you find anything?”

Su Wang nodded, and walked into the room with Su Chen, and then he said, “Tell the young master about the news you investigated.”

The guy hurriedly recounted the contents of the investigation in detail.

Su Chen waved his hand and the waiter left.

Sun Qiang: “Is it Wei Ting’s revenge?”

Su Wang shook his head. “Wei Ting has been depressed since his son died. If he wanted revenge, he would have started long ago. Why would he do it now?”

“That’s the King of Wei.”

Su Chen smiled and said, “Wei Ting is depressed, but the son-in-law of the Wei family is getting more and more courageous after facing more setbacks.”

Su Wang: “My Lord, what you mean is that the King of Wei secretly ordered the Wei family to do it?”

Su Chen nodded.

The reason for such suspicion is first of all because Li Tai and Qin Ying have too close a relationship.

As a Taoist who successfully deceived Li Shimin, if he didn’t have any real stuff in his hands, he would have been chopped off by Li Er long ago. How could he have founded Xihua Temple?
The dream soul technique that appeared before and the explosives now are most likely left behind by them.

Considering Li Tai’s power and connections, it is not surprising that he made this thing.

As for Li You, Su Chen had considered him, but when he thought about it carefully, most of the people gathered around Li You were… reckless men.

Could he complete such a precise deployment without revealing any flaws?
Secondly, and the most important point is that when Wang Xuance and his men were secretly following the enemy and were ambushed by the enemy, there were Tibetans among their people!
Li Tai and Tubo have been getting along very well these days.

In addition, Xu Qizhuang played a trick on Lu Dongzan and made Mu Chi famous in Chang’an City, so the possibility of them joining forces with Li Tai is also very high.

“Have the identities of those Tibetans been determined?”

“not yet.”

Su Wang shook his head. “But Wang Xuance seems to have made some new discoveries and has taken Lu Fei and the others to the brothel.”

Sun Qiang looked strange: “New discovery, going to the brothel? How did you piece this together?”

Su Wang: “According to reliable information, on the night of the incident, Mu Chi took seven or eight companions to the brothel to play. Wang Xuance went there this time to prove whether there was anyone who could prove that Mu Chi was in the brothel at the time of the incident!”

Su Chen nodded, “How long have you been gone?”

Su Wang: “A quarter of an hour.”

Su Chen thought for a moment and said, “Tell someone to prepare some food. I’ll wait for their news here.”

“it is good.”

……

Inside a brothel called Chunfenglou.

Wang Xuance was smiling as he waved the purse filled with golden beans in front of the madam.

The clinking sound of gold colliding continued to ring out, and the old procuress’s eyes were fixed on the money bag, turning left and right.

“You have to think carefully!”

“Which girls did the Tibetan man sleep with that night? Did he leave in the middle of the night?”

(End of this chapter)