"Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang and Gong Yonggu were discussing the next arrangements, Zhang Dabiao's somewhat panicked voice sounded outside the door.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help being shocked.
Because Zhang Dabiao knew that he didn't like to be disturbed when dealing with things, but now Zhang Dabiao knowingly committed the crime, so he should have something very urgent to report.
"Is there a change in the capital?"
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel excited when he thought that the person behind Gong Dingzi's incident had not yet been found out.
After he forcibly regained his composure, he signaled Gong Yonggu to open the door.
"Your Majesty, the general has just received news that Li Jiantai was assassinated in Taiyuan!"
After Zhang Dabiao came in and hurriedly saluted, he told the news in a panic.
"Okay, kill..."
Gong Yonggu was uncertain about the life and death of Liu Wenbing because of Li Jiantai's death. When he heard that Li Jiantai had been killed, he instinctively screamed.
However, when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang frowning, he couldn't help but hurriedly stopped and bowed.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him, then looked at Zhang Dabiao who was hesitant to speak and said, "Didn't one of our people do it?"
Zhang Dabiao shook his head and said: "We were planning to take action when Li Jiantai was granted the title, but we didn't expect that someone would take action first."
It turned out that after Zhu Yuanzhang learned that Liu Wenbing had been betrayed, he ordered the Jin Yiwei to assassinate Li Jiantai.
His move was firstly to avenge Liu Wenbing, and secondly, to eliminate the possible adverse effects of Li Jiantai's surrender.
After all, Li Jiantai was a member of the cabinet and was ordered to go on an expedition. If he defected to the rebels, some people would lose confidence in the court.
It's just that the Red Lady has already expected this, so she protects Li Jiantai very closely. In addition, Li Jiantai lives in seclusion, so they have never found a chance.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhang Dabiao's expression just now, he knew that it was not the Jin Yiwei who had done anything, and he had also vaguely guessed the assassin, but he didn't want to admit it, so he asked this question.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Who did it?"
Zhang Dabiao heard this and said hesitantly: "It is said...it is Duke An Guo..."
"Dong An Guo? How is he?"
Gong Yonggu interrupted Zhang Dabiao loudly and asked hurriedly.
Although Gong Yonggu asked very urgently, Zhang Dabiao still glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang worriedly. After seeing that the other party did not stop him, he whispered: "It is said that the assassin committed suicide after being surrounded."
Hearing this, Gong Yonggu shook his head repeatedly and said, "Since the other party has been disfigured, how can we confirm that it is Lord An Guo? Is this a rumor?"
Zhang Dabiao nodded and said: "This is also possible, because the dozen or so people who were assassinated at the time were all masked, but among those who died in the battle was Wang Zhong of Baihu who was guarding An Guogong, and the disfigured man was similar to An Guogong. That’s why you say this.”
"Then Mao Weizhang and Ren Zhihua, have you seen their bodies?"
Gong Yonggu also heard Zhang Dabiao's comforting words, and asked reluctantly.
Because Mao Weizhang is also one of Liu Wenbing's personal guards, and Ren Zhihua is Liu Wenbing's deputy general.
Both of them were selected by Liu Wenbing from the Beijing army and had experienced several battles. They were not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also loyal.
In particular, Ren Zhihua was a martial arts scholar in the Bingxu year and a former defender of Changping. He was alert and proficient in strategy, and was deeply appreciated by Liu Wenbing.
In the previous battles, he had always stayed by Liu Wenbing's side and blocked many open and secret arrows for Liu Wenbing. Since he had not heard any news about the two of them yet, Gong Yonggu specifically asked about this matter.
Zhang Dabiao shook his head and said: "The Jinyiwei's strength in Taiyuan is limited, and no information about them has been found. However, according to the rebels, An Guogong's three thousand cavalry have been basically wiped out, and only a few have slipped through the net."
Hearing this, Gong Yonggu's face couldn't help but darken.
After listening to Zhang Dabiao's story, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't confirm Liu Wenbing's situation for a while.
Because according to common sense, Liu Wenbing, as the Duke of Anguo, would not take the risk to assassinate Li Jiantai.
But he also knew that Liu Wenbing was stronger by nature, and Li Jiantai was sent to Shanxi by Liu Wenbing after he solved the siege of Baoding. Now Li Jiantai not only betrayed him, but also killed three thousand elites.
Given Liu Wenbing's character, after learning the news about Li Jiantai's conferment, as long as he didn't die, he would definitely end the matter personally.
Baoding is the base camp of the rebels in Shanxi, and Li Jiantai is the key target of protection, so as long as Liu Wenbing goes there, he will definitely die.
From this point of view, whether this matter is true or false, the possibility of Liu Wenbing surviving should be very slim.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang thought about Liaodong again and couldn't help but frowned.
Although Zhang Dabiao saw Zhu Yuanzhang frowning and hesitated for a while, he still whispered: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing that is a bit strange!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he looked at him in surprise and said, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Dabiao said: "According to Jin Yiwei's information, the other party did not recognize the assassin as An Guogong at that time. It was only because Niu Jinxing's son Niu Quan suddenly said that he had seen Li Yan's sister Li Yan bringing An Guogong into the Li Mansion. That’s why it’s said.”
"But later when Thief Li's people went to check with him, he denied it and was extremely polite to the Li family."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his doubts became more serious.
Because Li Yan and Niu Jinxing have always been at odds, it cannot be ruled out that Niu Quan took the opportunity to attack Li Yan. If Niu Quan later changed his tune, he might have been threatened by Li Yan.
If this is the case, the so-called assassination of Liu Wenbing may also be Niu Quan's fabrication.
"Ping Xihou, it's not good. Li Thief suddenly sent the body of An Guogong. Now many soldiers are watching, and many people are crying bitterly because of this!"
At this time, He Zhen hurried in again to report.
Gong Yonggu was already sad. When he suddenly heard about this, the anger in his heart burst out immediately. He shouted at He Zhen: "What do you do? Why did you let Thief Li's people come to the military camp?"
He Zhenshen heard the words and hurriedly knelt down on one knee to plead guilty and said: "The general will finally find out his guilt, please punish Ping Xihou."
Gong Yonggu was too sad and angry just now, so he scolded He Zhen.
At this moment, I saw that he was sweating profusely and his body was shaking slightly. It was obvious that he had rushed to report the news as soon as he got it.
He also thought that he was always cautious and was not someone who neglected his duties, so there must be some secret to this matter.
In order not to chill He Zhen's heart, Gong Yonggu stepped forward to help him up and said: "General He, I was angry just now and had no intention of blaming you. Please tell me in detail what happened." .”
Hearing this, He Zhen straightened her thoughts and then told the story.
It turns out that in order to prevent spies from sneaking in, He Zhen set up three light and dark sentries outside the camp, and as a result, many rebel spies were caught.
It's just that today's rebels are very cunning. They pretended to be victims who were persecuted by the soldiers and came to redress their grievances.
Because Wu Guogui came to capture soldiers who harmed the people, and He Zhen also heard that in the past few hours, Wu Guogui went to the military camps of Gao Jie, Ma Jinzhong and others to capture many soldiers.
So he only thought about whether the soldiers would be framed, and didn't pay much attention to the victims.
Unexpectedly, those victims followed Wu Guogui into the military camp and immediately claimed to be Taiyuan rebels. Because they had received Liu Wenbing's life-saving grace and saw Liu Wenbing's tragic death, they could not bear to see his body being insulted by the rebels, so they risked their lives to steal it.
He Zhen was shocked when she heard what he said. She hurriedly stopped him before he finished speaking, and asked his personal guards to arrest him for the crime of deceiving the public. Unexpectedly, Wang Yuncheng, Gao Jie and others also happened to come to the military camp.
After Wang Yuncheng heard about this, he immediately stepped forward to identify it. Because the body was beyond recognition, he shook his head repeatedly. Unexpectedly, he later found Liu Wenbing's personal seal from the cracks of the body's clothes, and he immediately knelt down in pain.
When all the soldiers saw this, they also knelt down and cried, and the scene was chaotic.
