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Chapter 365 Assassination of King Xin
(PS: I am very ashamed to tell my friends, because there are too many things happening during the Ching Ming Festival recently, so the update of Pure Wolf will not be normal in the next three days. Please be prepared to forgive Pure Wolf.)
After the assassination of the eldest prince Zhu Ciyan, the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became tense, and the storms and turbulent waves continued. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty continued to express their opinions and strongly demanded that the real culprit behind the scenes be brought to justice. There is a lot of discussion and analysis of the truth of the incident.But still the same sentence, Wei Zhongxian's family dominates the government, which is really unpopular. Although many officials have clearly seen that the possibility of Wei Zhongxian being framed and framed is very high, in order to bring down Wei Zhongxian and break the eunuch's dominance of the government In this situation, these people still pointed the finger at Wei Zhongxian. Although they dare not testify publicly on the surface, they are full of rumors in the dark, and they have nose and eyes. The details were all fabricated, and the unanimous opinion all put the shit basin on Wei Zhongxian's head-this is also the case in history, at least half of the so-called crimes on Wei Zhongxian were forced by others.

In order to catch the real culprit as soon as possible and clear up his grievances, the Dongchang Fanyu and Zhenfusi Jinyiwei under the direct control of Wei Zhongxian are also mobilized to closely investigate all suspicious people in the capital, especially the fat sheep who is the most suspected Kebaba's house. In the alley, there are countless spies from Dongchang and Zhenfusi jumping up and down all the time, not to mention Kebaba's official brand husband Hou Er and his biological son Hou Guoxing, it is just an ordinary servant of Kefu going to the street When buying vegetables, there are three or four East Factory intelligence experts watching behind him.But after much tossing and tossing, Dongchang and Zhen Fusi not only failed to find any clues about Ke Baba's family, but made Ke Baba furious, and resented Wei Zhongxian again, almost breaking up.

Wei Zhongxian and Ke Baba finally had a disagreement, and Zhang Yan, who hated the adulterer for a long time, took advantage of the opportunity and took advantage of the opportunity of serving Ming Xizong's illness together with Ke Baba, and obeyed his father Zhang Guoji's order to drive the tiger away. The wolf suggested that Ke Baba was deliberately flattering Ke Baba, doubled his flattery, and also used the excuse that his son had been murdered by Wei Zhongxian, and took the initiative to express his attitude. The identity of the emperor's son-in-law prevents Wei Zhongxian's treacherous plan from succeeding.Such a big pie fell from the sky, but Ke Baba didn't really expect his grandson to be the emperor. Naturally, he was overjoyed. Not only did his bad relationship with Zhang Yan improve, but he also moved his relationship with Zhang Yan. The idea of ​​teaming up to kill Wei Zhongxian - after all, Kebaba also has its own selfish intentions, for the sake of interests, it can collude with Wei Zhongxian closely, and for its own interests, of course, it can also turn against Wei Zhongxian and draw their swords against each other.

With the help and cooperation of Ke Baba, the plan of the Royalist Party and Zhang Yan to kill Wei Zhongxian by borrowing a knife naturally went very smoothly. In addition, Zhu Youxiao was distressed by the death of his eldest son, and he did have a little doubt about Wei Zhongxian, so in November On the [-]th day, which was also the second day after Zhu Ciyan was assassinated, Ming Xizong followed the advice of Zhang Yan and Ke Baba, excused the poor handling of the case by Dongchang and the Zhenfu Division, adopted the memorial of Zhu Sanjun, the deputy director of the Imperial College, and planned to appoint a The important ministers, together with the three law departments, investigated the case full-time.When Wei Zhongxian, who was lying on the sickbed, heard the news, he immediately smelled a conspiracy. He knew that this must be the work of his enemies, and he was going to take advantage of this sensational case to bring him down. Wei Zhongxian hurriedly ordered all his party members to write a letter together, recommending Cui Chengxiu, a die-hard buddy, to handle the case.

Wei Zhongxian and his party were not the only ones who made efforts. Young Master Zhang's Gou Shao Party officials in the capital were afraid that the city gate would catch fire and harm the fish in the pond. The famous Liu Ruozai investigated the case full-time, and some neutral officials also launched some famous officials to investigate the case.But what everyone was dumbfounded was that before their recommendation memorial was finished, Ming Xizong quickly promulgated another imperial decree, naming his own younger brother, who had been abolished as a commoner, and sent back to Baoding to be imprisoned. ——Zhu Youjian, investigating and handling this case full-time!
The grievances between Zhu Youjian and Young Master Zhang are well known in the world, while the Gou Shao party officials hurriedly reported the matter to Young Master Zhang, and at the same time colluded with the Eunuch Party, and wrote a letter strongly opposing Ming Xizong's decision for very good reasons Sufficient—Zhu Youjian, the discredited king, was convicted of the ancestors of heaven and earth, which led to the apocalyptic explosion that shocked the world. If he is reactivated, he is afraid that the sky will bring another disaster and repeat the same mistakes.But it is a pity that Ming Xizong blocked the mouths of all the officials with only one sentence, "Zhu Ciyan's murder is my family affair, and it is also my family affair that I let my brother investigate this case. You have nothing to do with it. Besides, I Zhu Youjian's prince was not restored, nor was he appointed as an official. He just asked him to investigate the real culprit of his nephew's murder as an uncle. It neither violated the court regulations nor violated the ancestral family law. What is inappropriate? ?”

Ming Xizong, who was bewitched by the royalists and Zhang Yan, insisted on his own opinion. After forcibly passing this resolution, Xuan Zhu Youjian's order to go to Beijing to investigate the case was quickly sent to Baoding. Five days later, Zhu Youjian finally returned to the city after a long absence. The capital of the Ming Dynasty, and was immediately summoned by Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty.It was the first time that the brothers met after four years, and it was inevitable to have a hug and cry. After crying enough, Ming Xizong picked up his younger brother who was kneeling in front of him, and looked at him carefully. After a look, Ming Xizong couldn't help but burst into tears again. In just over four years, although Zhu Youjian has grown a lot taller, his face has become thin and skeletonized. For a person who just arrived at the age of 20, his temples are already graying, and there are many wrinkles around his eyes.Feeling distressed, Ming Xizong, who was excellent to his family, couldn't help crying, pulled Zhu Youjian and asked, "Youjian, why do you have so much gray hair? You must have suffered a lot these years, right? It's my elder brother who cut you off as king and sent you to Gansu to be imprisoned, to make you like this."

"Brother Emperor, I don't blame you, this is all caused by the younger brother." Zhu Youjian cried and said: "If it wasn't for the mistake of the younger brother, who hid the edict of the emperor's succession, how could there be a catastrophe from the heavens? Be alert to Brother Huang? This is all caused by the younger brother himself and has nothing to do with Brother Huang." After finishing speaking, Zhu Youjian took out three more books from his arms, raised his left hand, exposed five fingers full of scars, and cried loudly: "For more than four years, my brother has written blood scriptures with his own blood every day, praying for the emperor's brother and his sister-in-law, but I didn't expect the sky to fail. When we met again, you, the emperor, became so ill. This is the minister. Please accept the three blood scriptures written by my younger brother, and hope that the gods will show mercy and let the dragon body of the emperor recover soon."

As he said, Zhu Youjian held the blood scriptures in front of Ming Xizong. Ming Xizong opened the book and saw that it was indeed a scripture of praying for longevity and prolonging life written in blood. Crying loudly, "Imperial brother, you have suffered, my brother is sorry for you, I am sorry for entrusting you to my mother-in-law back then." Zhu Youjian kowtowed and cried, Zhang Yan next to him was also tearful, feeling more and more that he was urging her husband to recall his brother-in-law It was an extremely correct decision. With the help of my uncle, my plan to get rid of Wei Zhongxian will definitely succeed.

After finally crying enough, Ming Xizong wiped his tears and helped Zhu Youjian up, let him sit beside him, choked up and said: "Youjian, Brother Huang just called you back to the capital, except for wanting you to replace him." I have found out the truth about the murder of the prince, and I hope that you can take this opportunity to make a contribution to the court and the ancestors, so that I will have the opportunity to re-make you king. So, this time, you must Do your best to work as an errand, and you must find out the truth, avenge your nephew, and fight for brother Huang, and let it go."

"Brother Huang, don't worry, I will do my best and will never disappoint my brother." Zhu Youjian replied with tears in his eyes.Seeing Ming Xi Zong nodding his head in relief, Zhu Youjian asked tentatively again: "Brother Huang, I dare to ask you, if the real culprit is found out in this case, it is an important minister in the court, or someone who can be used by Brother Huang." , so what should I do?"

"As long as you can find out the real evidence, no matter who it is, I will never forgive you lightly!" Ming Xizong gritted his teeth and added, "Of course, you can't take the opportunity to retaliate and wrong a good person. We must seek truth from facts, handle cases in accordance with the law, and never wrongly wrong the innocent for personal grievances and let the real murderer go."

"Your brother obeys the order." Zhu Youjian agreed with tears.Zhang Yan next to him interjected and asked, "Uncle, how do you plan to investigate this case? From whom?"

"Please don't worry, sister-in-law, I have already thought about it." Zhu Youjian gritted his teeth and said, "I plan to find out from that assassin. Although the assassin committed suicide, her family has also been wiped out." However, I believe that the person who kills the assassin’s family and silences them may not be afraid of being silenced by the real murderer again, so as long as the person who silences them is found, the real murderer behind the killing of the prince will be found."

"Very good." Ming Xizong didn't know how to handle the case and only thought that what his younger brother said made sense. He didn't know that Dongchang and Zhenfusi had actually followed the method Zhu Youjian said to investigate and found nothing to turn the world upside down. He just nodded Said: "Just do it like this. I have already promulgated a decree to let the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, Dongchang, Zhenfusi and Shuntianfu government agencies fully cooperate with your investigation and obey your command. I also plan to give you a Shang Fang sword, so that you can order and prohibit, but if you fail to handle the case or deliberately cover up the real culprit, you can kill it first and then play it."

"My brother, thank you, Brother Huang." Zhu Youjian was so excited that he almost fainted. He never dreamed that his brother would give him such a great power, let alone......After a little calculation, Zhu Youjian said cautiously again: "Brother Huang, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"Just say what you have to say." Ming Xizong squeezed out a smile, and said lovingly: "You are my younger brother, what else can you worry about?"

"The younger brother said it." Zhu Youjian peeped at his brother's face and whispered: "The younger brother is not worried about these yamen in the capital, afraid that someone in these yamen will collude with the real murderer and deliberately sabotage the errand of the younger brother. So This younger brother has the guts to ask Brother Huang to send some manpower to this younger brother from outside the capital to assist this younger brother in investigating the case, and also to protect his safety by the way."

"Yes, then do you have a suitable candidate?" Ming Xizong also felt that his younger brother was right.Zhu Youjian said more cautiously: "When I was confined in Baoding, I often heard people say that there were two new tiger generals in the canal transport army, one named Ni Hao and the other named Luo Daqian. They are highly skilled in martial arts, and they stand out from the crowd among the water transport troops who generally like to corrupt the law. The younger brother thinks that these two people are the chief executives of the water transport, and they are stationed in Tongzhou City, which is close to the capital. I don't know what the emperor thinks?"

"Okay, it's up to you." Ming Xizong really loved his younger brother, so he agreed without thinking.Zhang Yan, who was next to her, frowned slightly, and said in her heart: "No, Youjian was imprisoned in Baoding. There are only two old eunuchs and old maids around him. He has no way of contacting the outside world. How could he know about water transportation? Are there these two people in the army?" But Zhang Yan thought about it again, but she remembered that in order to support Zhu Youjian in the confrontation with Wei Zhongxian, they acquiesced in Zhu Youjian's cultivation of power in secret, and it was very embarrassing to have people of their own in the water transport army. It's normal, so Zhang Yan didn't take it seriously.

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Ming Xizong and Zhu Youjian talked until late at night. Originally Ming Xizong planned to keep his younger brother in the palace overnight, but Zhang Yan was eager to let Zhu Youjian go to the British government to discuss countermeasures with Zhang Weixian and others, so he made Zhu Youjian The wink made Zhu Youjian refuse.Zhu Youjian understood, and he resolutely offered to leave. Ming Xizong had no choice but to agree, and heeded Zhang Yan's suggestion, and asked Zhu Youjian to live temporarily in the residence of Zhang Weixian, the highest duke in the Ming court who dared not provoke anyone.Zhu Youjian was overjoyed, so he left the palace.

After leaving the palace, the sedan chair Zhang Weixian sent to welcome Zhu Youjian had been waiting for a long time beside the Jinshui Bridge, and in order to protect Zhu Youjian's safety and prevent anyone from jumping over the wall, Zhang Weixian also sent his eldest son Zhang Zhiji with twenty The servant protected Zhu Youjian when he returned home. Zhang Zhiji and Zhang Zhiji were old acquaintances. After they met, they just exchanged glances. Zhu Youjian got into the sedan chair without saying a word, and Zhang Zhiji waved his hand over there. , Twenty armed servants guarded the front, back, left, and right sides of the sedan chair, and hurried to the British government.Naturally, as soon as Zhu Youjian's sedan chair turned around the corner, countless plainclothes spies from Dongchang and Zhenfusi emerged from the dark surroundings, following Zhu Youjian's sedan chair to monitor all the way.

"My lord, there are at least ten tails behind us." Mo Jie, the head of the servants of the British government, reported to Zhang Zhiji in a low voice.Zhang Zhiji smiled, and replied in a low voice: "Don't worry about them, my father has already analyzed it, and now even if the old eunuch has a hundred courage, he will not dare to attack Prince Xin. Just be careful not to be sent by the old eunuch People, those people might be detrimental to Lord Xin." Mo Jie agreed, ordering his servants to be careful.Zhang Zhiji went to the sedan window again and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, my lord, the twenty servants I brought are loyal to my father. If anyone dares to make trouble, they will protect you with their lives."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang. In the future, Xiao Wang will definitely thank you very much." Zhu Youjian promised in a low voice, leaned back on the sedan chair wall, and silently watched the streets of the capital in the dark night outside the sedan window. His heart was extremely excited, and he laughed wildly in his heart and said: "I'm back, I'm finally back again, this time, I want to get back everything I lost! Wei Zhongxian old dog, you wait for me, Kebaba old witch, you also wait for me! Yes..., Zhang Haogu, little dog, you wait for me too!! Hahahahahaha, I never thought I would still be here today, the last time I believed in that person, it was an extremely wise decision!"

"Brothers, the idea is here, let's do it!" Just as Zhu Youjian was very excited, there was a loud shout from the roofs on both sides of the street.Immediately afterwards, seven or eight big men in black and masked jumped down from the roof, and rushed towards Zhu Youjian's sedan chair with sharp steel knives, shouting, "Bong the Great Khan!" Order, kill the barbarian prince——!"

"There are assassins! Protect King Xin!" Zhang Zhiji screamed in shock, and Zhu Youjian was also trembling with fright. He never dreamed that an assassin really planned to do something to him.Mo Jie, the general of the Zhang family next to him, yelled, "Half the people protect the lord! Half the people kill the assassin!" Then he rushed over with a knife, and immediately fought with two masked men, and another ten servants rushed out to stop him. The rest of the assassins also fought together in a crackling manner.

"Dangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdang!" A gong alarm sounded from behind, and the masters of Dongchang and Zhenfu Division sent by Wei Zhongxian to monitor Zhu Youjian rushed over to protect Zhu Youjian for fear of causing trouble.But at this moment, a childish boy's voice sounded from the corner of the street, shouting: "Master, there are still people on the roof, be careful with bows and arrows!"

"Lord Xin, climb down quickly!" Zhang Zhiji, who was awakened by the alarm, roared. When Zhu Youjian quickly climbed down, two bows and arrows flew to the roof of his sedan chair.Immediately afterwards, there were two more roars from the roof, "Damn it, is that bastard ruining my good deeds?"

"It's your young master!" Amidst the shouts, a half-grown child in ragged clothes suddenly rushed out, holding a thick wooden stick in his hand, and rushed up to meet the masked man who jumped down from the roof. The assassin also fought with those two assassins.What made Zhang Zhiji and Zhu Youjian dumbfounded and pleasantly surprised was that the half-grown child was obviously a connoisseur, and he danced vigorously with a wooden stick with a thick arm, and beat an assassin to death with two or three blows. The steel knife flew out, and the half-grown child took the opportunity to jump up and kicked the assassin, causing the assassin to fly out on his back with a scream.It was too late, but it was too soon, the half-grown child was in mid-air, and he threw the wooden stick in the air, which just hit the vest of another assassin, and then grabbed the steel knife that was knocked into the air by him, and landed on the ground like a beautiful golden rooster. With a slightly childish and majestic posture, he shouted: "Bold thief! You dare to be in the right to rob, take your life!"

"The savage eagle dog is here, retreat!" Cheng Yaojin suddenly came out on the way, the assassin leader whose assassination plan was completely disrupted roared, and a dozen assassins ran away together, passing through the wall and disappearing into the darkness middle.At this time, the masters of Dongchang and Zhenfusi had also arrived behind, and the leader of Jinyiwei roared, and led his men to chase after him, "Catch the assassin! Catch the assassin!"

"My lord, are you okay?" Seeing the assassin fleeing, Zhang Zhiji heaved a sigh of relief, and hurried to the sedan chair to check on Zhu Youjian's situation.Fortunately, because Zhu Youjian heard the alarm and climbed down in time, the two bows and arrows shot on the roof of the sedan chair did not hurt him at all. Zhang Zhiji was relieved again, and shouted: "Quick, protect the prince and return to the mansion."

"I'm fine." Zhu Youjian, who escaped from death, sat back in his seat and asked curiously, "Who saved me just now? Tell me to hide the arrow in time?"

"Master, it's me." The half-grown kid ran over, nodded and bowed to Zhu Youjian and Zhang Zhiji, and said, "Master, you don't have to thank me, just reward me with two steamed buns. I haven’t eaten for more than a day, at least I can break a villain’s leg.”

"Who are you? How do you know there are bows and arrows on the roof?" Zhu Youjian and others looked up and down the half-grown child, and it was only at this moment that Zhu Youjian, Zhang Zhiji and others discovered that the half-grown child was actually just a figure He is taller, but his face is very immature, only twelve or thirteen years old at most—but his skills are very good.

"Go back to the master." The half-grown child replied honestly: "The young one is a beggar who lives in the garbage dump in the old pagoda tree alley in front of him, because the villains who planned to rob you just passed by my house, I saw them carrying swords and weapons in the middle of the night, and suspected that they were not planning to do something good, so I followed them quietly. That's why I saw them jumping on the roof to ambush, and prepared bows and arrows. I knew they must be doing something good. But I am sure I can’t defeat them by myself, so I just dare to hide in the dark place and peep, and the masters will know about it.” After that, the little beggar asked timidly: “Master, Can you give me two steamed buns? I'm really hungry, otherwise, I can knock down at least four of them by myself."

"I'll give you steamed buns, of course it's okay." Zhu Youjian laughed loudly, believing that he was the right one and was blessed by the emperor.Zhang Zhiji asked curiously: "Little devil, are you so good at martial arts? Who did you learn from? From the looks of it, it seems to be better than my servant."

"I learned it from my father." The little beggar replied innocently: "My family used to run an escort bureau, and my father taught me martial arts since I was a child. Oh, my family even sold their ancestral house to pay for the money they sent, and my mother cried to death, so I have to beg for food to survive, and I especially hate these villains who specialize in stealing other people's money." After finishing speaking, the little beggar pleaded again. Said: "Master, if you give me two steamed buns, I will leave. My father said that even if I starve to death, I will not learn to be bad. I must follow the right path, so I will not pester you."

"Then what's your name?" Zhang Zhiji asked again.The little beggar answered innocently, "My name is Li Dingguo, and I am 13 years old."

(End of this chapter)