It was already noon, and the servants of the palace came to report that the king had prepared a luncheon. Chang Yu stood in the courtyard of the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looking up at the few floating clouds in the sky. Su Jing had just told him that those killers were absolutely They are not ordinary people, some use Jianghu Kung Fu and some have killing skills in the military.
In fact, he didn't need to tell Su Jing to tell that his personal guards were all hard-hitting warriors who had experienced hundreds of thousands of battles. Ordinary killers couldn't do anything in front of them, but this time they relied entirely on numbers to win, which meant that these killers were either Professional, or also from the military.
But Wang Zhengnan said that there was nothing special about the hunter who attacked the prince except for his strength.
This made Chang Yu very puzzled. The person who killed the prince only sent one hunter, but the people who killed Princess Kunxing were all top-notch masters. Is it the other way around? It's really weird!
But Chang Yu really felt lucky that the prince and princess were all his personal guards. If they were the guards in the palace, there would have been a big mess this time.
This is not to say that the guards in the palace are incompetent, but in fact the palace chooses guards not based on your martial arts skills, but on whether you are upright and talented. Not just anyone can join the palace as a guard, they must be hereditary and have a clean family background.
Even during the Manchu and Qing dynasties, imperial guards had to be descendants of the royal family from the Eight Banners. Even later, only people from the upper three banners of Manchuria could serve, and all of them had to be from the Shanpu camp. Han people were not qualified at all. Yes, don’t be misled by TV series.
The Ming Dynasty was even worse in this regard.
The royal family will select some tall, strong and powerful people from among these people to serve as bodyguards. Of course, some people are good at boxing and kicking, but the level of martial arts is not the most important. After all, no matter how good the light skills are, people cannot fly into the palace. Wall, no matter how good your martial arts skills are, you can't withstand the random swords of so many guards.
Therefore, the martial arts of the guards in the palace are generally mediocre, and they can do well as errands in the palace. If they go out to perform tasks, regardless of their martial arts, their experience, reaction ability, and combat effectiveness are far inferior to those of Jianghu people or soldiers.
After all, you won't encounter this kind of thing in the palace for a year or even a few years, and there are even few fights. It is too lacking in actual combat. Otherwise, Chang Yu would have dared to shout and punch the guards before he recovered, and he would be known as the Imperial City. First, it’s not that he is so awesome, it’s that his opponent is too weak!
Wang Zhengnan heard Chang Yu keep muttering "It's weird, it's weird", so he got closer and whispered: "I thought the thief didn't mix it up but did it on purpose."
"Oh, tell me." Chang Yu raised his eyebrows and wanted to hear Wang Zhengnan's opinion.
"We should have been targeted by these thieves before we came to Datong. They have also seen that the eldest son and you are inseparable every day. Everyone knows that you are brave and invincible, and there are dozens and hundreds of fierce soldiers around you. The thieves If they wanted to attack head-on, they would be wiped out before they even got close, so they used this most unexpected move," Wang Zhengnan analyzed.
Chang Yu nodded slightly: "Mr. Jiang is fishing, and those who wish to take the bait will take the bait! A hunter carried a wild wolf and lured this kid over. Everything happened naturally and even you didn't notice it. Fortunately, there were so many people watching at the time. The boy didn't squeeze in for a moment, otherwise he would not have survived if he had made a sudden attack."
He said with a cold smile: "You can understand people's thoughts clearly. It seems that the person behind the scenes is not an ordinary person."
"What, who is so bold as to dare to assassinate in broad daylight!" After hearing the news, the acting king Zhu Chuanji was so shocked that his jaw dropped, he slapped the table and stood up.
Chang Yu smiled bitterly: "In the opinion of the prince, it would be appropriate for Feng Gao Yue Hei to come and kill our family!"
"Eunuch Chang is joking, I don't mean this." Zhu Chuanji waved his hands and then said with a straight face: "This matter has absolutely nothing to do with Prince Dai's Mansion. I have no reason or courage to do such a thing. The thief did it in Datong." He must be trying to put the blame on me, it is really hateful, if Eunuch Chang needs help, just ask, I will find this person out and cut him into pieces in order to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
Zhu Chuanji hurriedly distanced himself from the relationship and seemed cowardly, but in fact he was really helpless and scared. He knew how ruthless Chang Yu was. When he was still a fledgling, Jiang Yu tried to kill him but was killed instead. If he If he really suspected that he was the mastermind, there would be a bloody storm, but what really frightened him was that he was worried that this was a suicide assassination case deliberately planned by Chang Yu, with the purpose of using it to attack the Dai Wang Palace. If it was true, it was most likely... Emperor Chongzhen gave the order behind his back.
Could it be that Emperor Chongzhen had a grudge because he did not express his position in time about the money and food owed to him by the court, so he planned this to punish himself?
"No matter how stupid your prince is, he will never do something so bad as to shoot himself in the foot." Chang Yu smiled slightly, pulled Zhu Chuanji back to his seat: "You don't need to tell me, your prince, we all know it." It's just that the thieves have ulterior motives and want to deliberately frame Dai Wang's palace."
After hearing what he said, Zhu Chuanji was slightly relieved, but he still couldn't completely relax. Who knew whether the little eunuch's words were true or false? He was such a cunning person, and Zhu Chuanji really couldn't believe that the little eunuch wouldn't take the opportunity to do something about this matter. The article blackmailed him.
Chang Yu really didn't, at least not at this moment. All his thoughts were still speculating on who was planning the assassination.
If it were to assassinate him, it would be the most normal thing. Many of the powerful people he offended in the government wanted him to die. In the opposition, there were also countless thieves from his former subordinates who wanted to assassinate him.
Even when he was patrolling the border this time, some people in the local army killed him in order to protect themselves.
But this time it happened to be aimed at the prince and princess.
They have lived in the palace for a long time and have never had any grudges with anyone. Who wants them to die? What benefits will the other party get if they die?
And from the action point of view, the planning is thorough, the actions are thorough, and the manpower and force mobilized are top-notch. The strength of the forces behind this can be seen!
Yes! Chang Yu suddenly thought of a key point. The ultimate goal of this assassination was to target him!
Assassinating the prince and princess would have no direct benefit to those people, but for Chang Yu, it would definitely be a disaster. If the prince and princess were assassinated, Emperor Chongzhen would be furious even if he did not kill him immediately. I'll also have skin cramps.
So since it is too difficult to directly assassinate Chang Yu, then we must save the country by killing the prince and princess and get rid of Chang Yu with the help of Emperor Chongzhen.
"Damn it!" Chang Yu couldn't help shouting, and Zhu Chuanji jumped in shock: "Eunuch Chang guessed who did it."
Chang Yu hummed.
"Who is it?" Zhu Chuanji asked quickly.
"Our enemy" Chang Yu looked serious. Zhu Chuanji was stunned and wanted to slap him. He was not talking nonsense. In fact, what Chang Yu meant was that the purpose of assassinating the prince and princess was to target himself. However, Zhu Chuanji did not know that the prince and princess were in his house at this time, and he still thinks that Chang Yu was assassinated.
Chang Yu and Zhu Chuanji had lunch together in the palace. Datong City was still abuzz with thousands of officers and soldiers dragging nets to search for them. There were more than ten corpses scattered on the ground next to a small forest at the back door of the palace. Kuang Ren bent down. He took off the person's mask and looked at it carefully, then grabbed his hand and looked at it: "These are all calluses worn by holding a knife."
"Look at this." Lao Jiu made a discovery while examining another corpse, and found a flame-like tattoo on his wrist.
In this era, tattoos were not a fashion trend. They were either criminals, soldiers or religious people.
"Taught by Guangming" Kuang Ren and Jia Waixiong walked over and knelt down to take a closer look, then their faces changed and they said in unison.
"Fuck, it turns out they are the remnants of a cult!" Lao Jiu sighed and asked his men to check whether other corpses had these tattoos, but found that only this one had them.
"This person's identity cannot be concluded to be the work of a cult. Kuang Ren raised his eyebrows. From what I have seen, these are mostly tough soldiers in the army. Maybe..." He looked at Lao Jiu and Jia Waixiong.
"Xuanfu?"
"I'm not sure, but you two think that the person who can mobilize the army must be a big shot in Beijing...it's not right." Kuang Ren immediately denied himself and shook his head: "It's too easy to be followed." He looked at the corpses on the ground: " Perhaps these were soldiers who served in the army or were bandits in the early years, but as for their current identities and who they are commanded by, it is not something that we can guess."
