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Chapter 364
The assassination case of Zhu Ciyan, the eldest son of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty, was assassinated by a wet nurse. In the past five years since the Apocalypse, the Eunuch Party has dominated the government by one party, and it will also face the crisis of reshuffle. Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the Eunuch Party, the biggest backer of Young Master Zhang, the thorn in the side of the royalist Donglin Party, and the biggest suspect in the assassination of the prince, is even more serious. It was pushed to the cusp of the storm, and became the target of all forces in the capital, big and small, and became the biggest vortex of the whole incident...

"Old dog, I will fight with you!" Hearing the news of Zhu Ciyan's murder, Zhu Chunchen, who held the three major battalions of the capital, went completely crazy-although the dead was a fake prince, but this fake prince was the eldest grandson of Zhu Chunchen's direct relative! !Sad and angry, Zhu Chunchen jumped up and shouted: "Come here, prepare armor and weapons for this old man, and bring out my war horse!"

"Mr. Cheng, what do you want to do?" Fortunately, after hearing the news in a hurry, Zhang Weixian and Tai Kangbo Zhang Guoji, the British princes who rushed over, grabbed Zhu Chunchen in time.Zhu Chunchen yelled with red eyes: "The old dog Wei sent someone to kill my grandson, I'm going to the capital's camp and lead the troops to Qingjun's side!"

"Cheng Guogong, are you crazy?" Zhang Guoji screamed with a pale face: "You lead the three major battalions of the capital to raise troops, which is tantamount to rebellion, and this is to punish the nine clans!"

"I'm on the side of the Qing emperor, killing the dog!" Zhu Chunchen roared: "Wei's old dog sent people to assassinate the prince, that's the real conspiracy! Laozi killed the dog on the side of the Qing emperor, and he has nothing to do!" Zhu Chunchen, who was red-eyed with anger Struggling desperately, he was determined to lead his troops to fight Wei Zhongxian desperately.

"Calm down!" Zhang Weixian, who has always been calm and experienced, was also in a hurry. He raised his hand and slapped Zhu Chunchen on the face, and pushed Zhu Chunchen to the ground. If you want the Supreme Duke of Ming Dynasty to die as the Ninth Prince of the Duke's Mansion, then you go! Don't say that it is still not certain that Wei Laogou killed your grandson and fake prince, even if it is really Wei Laogou If you lead troops into the city without the emperor's consent, and hunt down important court officials and the chief inspector of ceremonies, even if you take advantage of it, the emperor and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will not spare you! At that time, your ancestor Zhu Neng will pass down The Duke of Chengguo will die for the ninth time! Think about it for yourself, are you worthy of your ancestors?"

Zhang Weixian's words had some effect, thinking of the heads of hundreds of people from his family, young and old, and the Duke of England who has been passed down to the ninth generation, Zhu Chunchen finally calmed down a little.Zhang Guoji next to him asked in surprise: "Mr. Zhang, from your tone, it seems that you are suspecting that the mastermind behind the assassination of the fake prince might not be Wei Laogou?"

"I'm not completely sure." Zhang Weixian replied in a deep voice, "But I'm [-]% sure that this incident should not be the mastermind behind the scenes, he's not that stupid!"

"Why?" Zhang Guoji asked.Zhu Chunchen also rubbed the face swollen by Zhang Weixian and asked in doubt: "Why do you think so? If the eldest prince is really killed, the second prince, the great-grandson of the old dog Wei, will become the eldest son of the emperor and the natural heir to the throne. Is there anything Old Wei Gou can't do to make his great-grandson the emperor?"

"Then why does Wei Laogou directly send someone to assassinate him?" Zhang Weixian asked back: "The companions, wet nurses and court ladies around the fake prince are all Wei Laogou's people. If Wei Laogou really wants to do something, he can create accidents Let the fake prince die accidentally. The fake prince is already young. It is easy to deliberately freeze the fake prince to death or poison him to death. Why does Wei old dog let the wet nurse assassinate the fake prince? Isn’t this a clear statement to the world? Man, is he the eldest prince who sent someone to kill him in order to let his great-grandson inherit the throne? Our emperor is not stupid, so he is not afraid of really angering the emperor and forcing the emperor to attack him?"

"It makes sense. It's not like the style of old Wei Wei to directly send someone to assassinate the fake prince." Zhang Guoji nodded, agreeing with Zhang Weixian's judgment.Zhu Chunchen said unconvinced: "Now that the old dog Wei is sick, maybe he knows that his life is not long. In order to make his great-grandson the crown prince, who can guarantee that he will not take the risk? Just kill the fake prince?"

"This possibility is not ruled out, but the possibility is still too small." Zhang Weixian said solemnly: "Don't forget, Feng Quan has already reported to us in secret. Wei Laogou's condition is not as serious as we hoped. After rest and recuperation, there is still hope for recovery, and it will definitely not be fatal immediately. Old Wei dog still has plenty of time, so why should he take such a big risk and kill him directly? Besides, judging from various signs, old dog Wei put him The great-grandson’s preparations for assuming the throne are not yet complete, especially his military reliance Zhang Haogu is currently still in Liaodong, and he will not be able to return to the capital to protect his safety in a short time. It's really not that big."

"Hearing what Zhang Guogong said, I also feel that something is wrong." Zhang Guoji echoed: "According to Feng Quan's report, when the news of the fake prince's assassination and death reached Wei Laogou, Wei Laogou fainted on the spot. In the past, Feng Quan bribed the imperial physician who rescued the old dog Wei, and the imperial doctor also testified that the fainting and coma of the old dog Wei was not faked, but fainted from fright! If the fake prince is really the old dog Wei Damn, he shouldn't have such a violent reaction."

Zhu Chunchen is not an idiot either. After listening to Zhang Weixian and Zhang Guoji's analysis, Zhu Chunchen also felt that something was wrong. With Wei Zhongxian's cunning and cunning, he used such a fierce and open method to assassinate the fake prince, and focused all the suspicion on himself. It really doesn't look like Wei Zhongxian's behavior style, and it will definitely endanger Wei Zhongxian's own safety, and it doesn't look like Wei Zhongxian's previous behavior style.After completely calming down, Zhu Chunchen sat back on the chair, rubbed his temples and muttered, "Since the suspicion of the old dog Wei is not serious, who would be the mastermind who assassinated the fake prince?"

"There is a person who is seriously suspected, Ke Baba!" Zhang Weixian said darkly: "Her niece, Concubine Ke, also gave birth to a prince. It cannot be ruled out that she deliberately assassinated the eldest prince and set the blame on her to make her grandson a prince. On the old dog Wei, in this way, the first prince died, and the second prince was implicated by Wei Zhongxian, so he lost the right to succeed to the throne, so the third prince born to her niece, Concubine Ke, would become the natural heir to the throne?"

"That's right, the suspicion of this seductress is bigger than Wei's old dog! And she lives in the palace, and there are plenty of opportunities to do it!" Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Guoji jumped up together.Zhang Weixian smiled more and more sinisterly, and said with a sinister smile: "Although I am only speculating at present, there is no direct evidence to prove that the mastermind behind the assassination of the fake prince is Ke Baba, but whether it is her or not, it is very important to us. It is a great opportunity, a heaven-sent opportunity to overthrow Wei Laogou and the guest witch in one fell swoop!"

"How?" Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Guoji asked together.Zhang Weixian replied with a sly smile: "It's very simple. Although we understand that the mastermind behind this matter is not Wei Laogou, we still have to mobilize all the people in our hands, point the finger at Wei Laogou, and take advantage of the emperor's lost son." The pain caused the old dog Wei to lose the trust and favor of the emperor, laying the foundation for the complete overthrow of the old dog Wei. Then we used the excuse that the old dog Wei was involved in the case and encouraged the emperor to send one of our people to investigate the case full-time. In this way, for her own benefit and to clear her innocence, Kebaba will definitely put all the blame on Wei Laogou. We take advantage of her to bring down Wei Laogou first, and then bring out Kebaba's mastermind behind the scenes. Let the real evidence of the assassination of the prince completely bring down this temptress! Finally, we will tell the emperor that we have already dropped the eldest prince just in case. In this way, the two thieves Wei Ke have been eliminated, and the real His eldest prince has become a natural prince."

"Wonderful! Great plan!" Zhang Guoji and Zhu Chunchen were overjoyed and applauded together.Zhu Chunchen said again: "That's right, Zhang Guogong is right. This is indeed a good opportunity to kill Wei's old dog and the witch with one stone. But who should we send to investigate this case? This person must be absolutely reliable." , won the trust of the emperor, and must hate Wei Laogou and guest witches to the bone, and not be afraid of their threats and temptations! Such a person is very difficult to find in the court."

"It's really hard to find, so I plan to go to battle in person." Zhang Weixian nodded, ready to completely tear up his face with Wei Zhongxian and go to battle in person.But Zhang Guoji objected: "Zhang Guogong, I don't think you are suitable, because our last step is to disclose the identity of the real eldest prince, and you will be the one who investigates the case. Take down Wei Laogou and the guest witch and let the second prince reunite with you." You are the one who loses the third prince's right to succeed, and you are the one who replaces the civet cat with the crown prince and the eldest prince, even if the prince is unfair, even if he is selfless, he is still selfish, I don't know if you think so?"

"That's true." Reminded by Zhang Guoji, Zhang Weixian also found that it was not appropriate for him to come forward in person, and said awkwardly: "But besides me, who else can take on this important task? Both of you participated in the replacement of the civet cat for the prince. None of them are suitable to come forward, although Xu Guangqi and the others are reliable, and they also hate the old dog Wei, but they don't have the trust of the emperor, and the emperor may not listen to their words."

"I have a suitable person to choose." Zhang Guoji said with a smile: "This person is absolutely reliable, and he absolutely hates Wei old dog to the bone, and he absolutely has the trust of the emperor. It is very suitable for him to investigate this case."

"Who?" Zhang Weixian and Zhang Guoji asked together.

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Of course, the heaven-sent opportunity to bring down Wei Zhongxian cannot be missed. On the morning of the next morning, which is also the morning of November [-]th in the tenth year of the Ming Dynasty, the official memorial to the assassination of the fake prince Zhu Ciyan flew into the room like a snowflake. In addition to expressing condolences for the assassination of the prince in the official memorial, although they did not dare to directly point out that the real culprit behind this incident might be Wei Zhongxian, they all unanimously demanded that Emperor Tianqi investigate the case strictly and definitely We must find out who is behind the scenes and bring them to justice.Wei Zhongxian, on the other hand, was a dumb eater of Coptis chinensis, unable to explain his sufferings, and wanted to defend himself in front of Ming Xizong, but his condition was too serious to even leave the house, so he had to let Li Yongzhen and Li Qinmeng and other buddies come to Ming Xizong Intercede in front of him, and promise to find out the real culprit behind the scenes and avenge Ming Xizong's murdered son.At the same time, Wei Zhongxian, who had calmed down, also began to analyze who made him take the blame. Naturally, Ke Baba, the second suspect in the prince's assassination case, also naturally entered Wei Zhongxian's field of vision.

"Is it really her? Impossible? With my relationship with her, she wouldn't treat me like this?" Wei Zhongxian pondered.Logically speaking, the hospitable old man shouldn't be so cruel to Wei Zhongxian, but considering that this is a battle for the throne, don't say it's just an old man, even if it is not uncommon for father and son brothers to kill each other for the throne, Wei Zhongxian still made up his mind After making up his mind, Song Jin, who came forward to report the progress of the case to him, ordered: "Go to the palace yourself, and ask Mrs. Fengsheng to come to Weiran Hutong immediately. Also, arrange manpower to secretly monitor Mrs. Fengsheng in the fat palace. The mansion in Yanghutong, if there is any movement, come and report to me immediately."

"Son obeys." Song Jin nodded and bowed in agreement, and hurried away to accept the order.More than two hours later, Song Jin returned to Wei Zhongxian's sickbed again, and reported to Wei Zhongxian with a mournful face: "Godfather, my son waited for more than an hour outside Qianqing Palace before seeing Mrs. Fengsheng, but my son invited Mrs. Fengsheng to come to Wei Zhongxian." When we were dyeing the alleys, Mrs. Fengsheng said that the emperor was too sick and she couldn't come to serve him, so she drove her son back."

"Bastard, how dare she do this to our family?" Wei Zhongxian was furious, struggling to get up from the hospital bed, and shouted angrily: "Come on, change our family's clothes, our family has to go to the palace to see the emperor and Mrs. Fengsheng .”

"Godfather, you are so sick, the imperial doctor said you can't move around!" Song Jin screamed.Wei Zhongxian said angrily: "It's this time, life is almost gone, so why not get sick? Hurry up, help our family change clothes!" Song Jin and other eunuchs had no choice but to help Wei Zhongxian change into clothes in a hurry. The sickly Wei Zhongxian left the Wei Mansion, boarded a sedan chair and rushed to the palace.

Fortunately, the old tiger is so powerful, Wei Zhongxian has no problem entering and exiting the Forbidden City at will, but after he came to ask for an audience outside the Qianqing Palace, Wei Zhongxian waited for half an hour before Zhang Yan and Ke Baba sent a little eunuch out answer.The little eunuch said respectfully: "Old Ancestor, the Emperor was planning to meet you, but the Queen Mother told Mrs. Fengsheng that both the Emperor and the old Ancestor were so seriously ill. If two seriously ill people meet, they may infect each other." , so the empress and Mrs. Fengsheng asked the ancestor to go home and take care of you, and it will not be too late to enter the palace to kowtow to the emperor when he is well."

"The wind dizziness our family suffers from, is it contagious?" Wei Zhongxian was so angry that his nose was crooked.Originally, it was quite normal for Zhang Yan to throw trouble at Wei Zhongxian at this time, but Ke Baba also treated Wei Zhongxian in the same way.After trying to calm down his anger, Wei Zhongxian whispered to the little eunuch: "You go and tell Mrs. Fengsheng that it doesn't matter if the empress doesn't let me see the emperor, but I must see her and let her come out to see me immediately. "

The little eunuch agreed, and rushed into the palace. With the support of Song Jin and Li Qinmeng, he waited for a long time outside the snowy Qianqing palace, and the beautifully dressed Ke Baba finally walked out of the Qianqing palace and came to Wei Zhongxian.As soon as we met, without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to speak, Ke Baba said with a straight face: "Zhongxian, you have gone too far this time, and even did such a thing. Do you want to kill me and you?"

"What happened to me? What did I do?" Wei Zhongxian asked angrily.Ke Baba looked around and saw that they were all his and Wei Zhongxian's cronies, so he lowered his voice and said, "Of course it's about the eldest prince. Is there anyone as stupid as you in the world? How dare you send someone to directly assassinate the eldest prince? Do you dislike that?" Have you lived too long?"

"I didn't! It wasn't me!" Wei Zhongxian almost fainted from Kebaba's beating, and couldn't help lowering his voice and angrily shouted: "I forced myself to enter the palace with an illness today, just to ask you face to face, is this about you?" What did you do?"

"I did it?" Ke Baba also changed his face, and roared with a livid face: "Okay, fortunately, I was still trying my best to speak good words to you and excuse you in front of the emperor, but you still want to plant blame on me!" If I knew you were so heartless, the emperor asked me last night if it was possible that you did this, so I just said yes!"

"The emperor doubts me too?" Wei Zhongxian's old face turned pale. If Song Jin and Li Qinmeng hadn't supported him, he would have fallen limp on the ground.But Ke Baba refused to let go, and continued to roar in a low voice: "Why didn't you doubt it? The emperor is not stupid. The eldest prince is dead, and your great-grandson will be the eldest son. This matter will benefit you the most. Can the emperor not doubt you?" Let me tell you the truth, Zhang Yan, that little bitch, has already insisted that you are the mastermind behind this incident, crying and fussing in front of the emperor, and she must demand that the emperor avenge her little son! If it wasn’t for my mother Say good things for you in front of the emperor, I'm afraid he's already on his way to catch your Jin Yiwei! Hmph, now that things are going on, do you still want to push it on me?"

"I didn't, I really didn't." Wei Zhongxian was also anxious, and argued: "I'm not that stupid, even if I really wanted to do something, I wouldn't use such a stupid way!"

"Then besides you, who else would do such a thing?" Ke Baba roared in a low voice: "I will give you one last chance to tell the truth to my mother, then I will find a way to help you for the sake of old love. Excuse me! If not, hum!"

"I really don't?!" Wei Zhongxian wanted to cry without tears, he almost wanted to dig out his heart and show it to Ke Baba.Ke Baba sneered and said: "So, you still want to push the matter to the old lady? Anyway, this matter is that the couple crushed the baby to death. It's either you or me. If it's not you, then it's me!"

"Could it be that this was really done by Ke Baba?" Wei Zhongxian shuddered, and suddenly realized that if this was really done by Ke Baba, then Ke Baba would blame himself, and his downfall would implicate his great-grandson, who would lose his succession qualifications, then the third prince Zhu Cikun, the niece of Kebaba's family, is the natural heir to the throne!
Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but a fierce light flashed in his eyes, he almost wanted to strangle this vicious woman in front of him to death.Seeing the fierce light in Wei Zhongxian's eyes, Ke Baba subconsciously took a step back in fright, thinking: "Oops! Could it be that Zhongxian killed Zhang Yan's little bitch's son by any means in order to let his great-grandson succeed him, and then wanted to push the crime to the court?" On my head, and then his great-grandson will definitely be the heir to the throne! No, unexpectedly, Zhongxian even wants to kill me, I have to be careful, and the prince of my niece must also be taken care of, lest this old dog The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and even wants to kill my grandson!"

"Mother Ke, the emperor has fallen asleep." Just as Wei Zhongxian and Ke Baba were suspicious of each other, Zhang Yan's voice suddenly came over.Ke Baba looked back, only to see the handsome Zhang Yan wearing a white fox fur, had already walked outside the gate of Qianqing Palace.Zhang Yan, whose eyes were blushing from crying, acted as if he hadn't seen Wei Zhongxian, and just greeted Ke Baba: "Mother Ke, it's getting dark, let's hurry up to eat, and we can take turns taking care of the emperor at night. Also, Mammy Ke, you'd better bring Sister Concubine Ke's son here, and we'll take care of it together."

"That's right, I have to prevent the old dog Wei from attacking my grandson." Ke Baba understood, and hurriedly left Wei Zhongxian and walked over. At that time, Ke Baba and Zhang Yan looked back at Wei Zhongxian together, Ke Baba had a sneer and disdain in his eyes, but Zhang Yan's beautiful eyes were full of resentment and hatred.Seeing these two pairs of gazes, Wei Zhongxian spun around for a while, his throat felt sweet, and he couldn't help opening his mouth to spurt out a mouthful of blood...

"Godfather! What's wrong with you?!" Song Jin and Li Qinmeng screamed together.Wei Zhongxian said with difficulty: "Write a letter immediately, use the fastest horse, and tell our son in Liaodong about this matter..." Before he finished speaking, Wei Zhongxian tilted his head and passed out again.

Wei Zhongxian also underestimated how much Young Master Zhang cared about him. Just when he finally remembered to inform Young Master Zhang about the incident in the capital, that night, when Young Master Zhang was frantically massacring slaves and surrendering soldiers, the three carrier pigeons had already brought their dogs with them. The news sent by the officials of the Young Party flew to Shanhaiguan, and then passed on by fast horse. On the evening of October [-], the news was sent to Young Master Zhang who had returned to Ningyuan City.After reading the news sent by the officials of the Gou Shao Party, Young Master Zhang was also taken aback. His first reaction was to suspect that Wei Zhongxian did it, but after thinking about it carefully, Young Master Zhang shook his head decisively, "No, this is definitely not my father's style. , he wouldn't do such a stupid thing!"

"Could it be Mrs. Fengsheng?" Song Xiance, a genius rebellion expert under Young Master Zhang's command, exclaimed, "If you succeed in blaming Jiu Qiansui for this matter, then Mrs. Fengsheng will be the biggest beneficiary. !"

"Is it really Mrs. Fengsheng?" Young Master Zhang murmured suspiciously: "As a woman, she can neither be an official nor a supervisor of ceremonies. How much benefit can she gain? Does she think that she can still control the entire court like my father?"

"But in this matter, only Nine Thousand Years Old and Mrs. Fengsheng are suspected." Song Xiancehu questioned: "Aside from them, who else could possibly assassinate the First Prince?"

Being thousands of miles away, and the information was vague, Young Master Zhang was not a god, so of course he couldn't analyze the specific truth of the matter.But fortunately, because Young Master Zhang has already returned to Ningyuan, and there are carrier pigeons between Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan that can be directly communicated, so the second message sent by the Gou Shaodang, Liaodong Supervising Army Ji used carrier pigeons, was directly sent to Young Master Zhang. It was half an hour later than the first news delivered by the fast horse.After reading the second piece of news, Young Master Zhang was taken aback at first. He would never have imagined that Ming Xizong would send this person to investigate the assassination of the fake prince. He is the murderer! What a vicious and clever plan to drive away tigers and wolves! If I hadn't saved a hand and arranged for people to send me news at any time in the capital, I am afraid that when I react, this matter will It is irreparable!"

"Boss, who is it?" Song Xiance asked in surprise.Young Master Zhang grinned and replied: "Of course he is the real beneficiary of the eldest prince's assassination case! It seems that I really underestimated him before, and I was able to count all idiots like my father, godmother and Zhang Weixian into it. Even their thoughts and reactions have been calculated, and when these idiots are fighting each other to the death and they are almost wounded, this overripe peach will naturally fall into his hands!"

(End of this chapter)