"not good!"
Feng Shen was immediately startled. If all those assassins were wiped out, not only would they die without evidence, but it would also be a great disadvantage to them.
That means Zhao Feng can throw the shit basin over their heads.
Sure enough, shouts of killing suddenly came from outside.
Before Feng Shen could react, he saw the door of his house being kicked open. Zhao Feng, with a murderous look on his face, rushed in with some militiamen. The remaining militiamen all climbed up the wall and fired at them with their crossbows. Right here.
"Zhao, Zhao Feng! What do you want to do?"
Zhao Feng chuckled, raised his hand and said.
"An assassin just came to kill His Highness the Fourth Prince, but someone ran this way!"
Hearing Zhao Feng's words, Feng Shen was suddenly confused.
Zhao Feng waved his hand casually.
"It seems that these assassins are not here, so please pay attention to your safety."
After saying this, Zhao Feng left directly.
Seeing Zhao Feng leaving with the militiamen, Feng Shen felt very puzzled.
Suddenly a crossbow arrow shot from a distance and shot directly into his chest.
"No, not good!"
"Run!"
Feng Shen finally understood, but at this time several more arrows hit him directly. He spit out a mouthful of blood and died completely.
The officials of the other four major families were all frightened when they saw this scene.
They didn't know who was shooting the arrows, and they were all running around like headless flies.
But more and more bows and arrows were shot from the darkness, and soon they were all killed in the courtyard.
At this time, Zhao Feng had already arrived at the official office of Shuntian Mansion and created a perfect alibi for himself.
Early the next morning, the case that shocked the entire capital came to an end.
All the officials in the capital were masturbating. In this case, most of the officials belonging to the four major families were killed.
According to careful investigation, those assassins turned out to be members of the four major families, and the injuries on the bodies of Feng Shen and others who were killed later also matched the weapons in their hands.
Although we don't know how these dead people killed Feng Shen and others, we can only think that some of them escaped, then killed Feng Shen and others to silence them, and were finally killed by the militiamen sent by Zhao Feng.
This case became an unsolved case, and the officials above Chaodang did not dare to take sides anymore. At this moment, Zhou Zhen announced that he would go to court.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Zhou Zhen waved his hand gently.
"My dear friends, please forgive me without any courtesy!"
At this time, Zhou Zhen had reached the point where he was exhausted and had to be supported by six eunuchs to come to court.
"According to my decree, the eldest prince Zhou Rui is made the crown prince and the crown prince, so that he can inherit the throne in the future."
"The second prince Zhou Wei was made Prince Jing, and the fourth prince Zhou Kang was made Prince Ping, and each was given a fiefdom."
After hearing Zhou Zhen's words, the remaining ministers in the court couldn't help but widen their eyes and looked at Zhou Zhen in disbelief.
They never expected such a result. After all, Zhou Wei and Zhou Kang were the most popular candidates to compete for the crown prince position. However, they did not expect that neither of them got the crown prince position, but Zhou Rui, who was least favored by others. Got the position of prince.
In fact, this is normal, because both Zhou Wei and Zhou Kang have some shortcomings. If they ascend to the throne, they can maintain success, but if they want to forge ahead, they will not be able to do so.
On the contrary, Zhou Rui has been silently bearing it for so many years. Not only did Zhou Zhen see his ability, but it also made him feel that if the country is handed over to Zhou Rui's hands, the Zhou Dynasty will definitely become stronger. .
What's more, Zhao Feng's current situation is already overwhelming. If two emperors in a row use Zhao Feng very seriously, it will make Zhao Feng unable to suppress him. Not good.
Zhou Zhen has always been very clear about Zhao Feng's talents. He can use Zhao Feng's talents, but he must also be careful not to be hurt by Zhao Feng's knife.
He was worried that Zhou Kang wouldn't be able to suppress Zhao Feng, but it was Zhou Rui's bad relationship with Zhao Feng that made this possible.
After Zhou Zhen finished speaking, he turned to look at Zhao Feng.
"I received news today that the Huns have begun to invade our borders again."
"For this reason, I specially appoint you as General Zhenyuan, lead the troops to destroy the Xiongnu, and protect the border security of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
When Zhao Feng heard this, he sighed softly in his heart. He didn't expect that what was supposed to come would always come.
So Zhao Feng took two steps forward and knelt in front of Zhou Zhen.
"I accept the decree! I will never return until I defeat the Xiongnu!"
After saying this, Zhao Feng raised his head and looked at Zhou Zhen, and both of them smiled slightly.
This was actually an agreement that Zhao Feng had already reached with Zhou Zhen. If Zhao Feng continued to stay in the court, Zhou Rui's ability would not be able to cover up Zhao Feng's shine.
At that time, Zhou Rui could only listen to Zhao Feng on everything. Zhao Feng was a civil servant and had no way of being granted a title, so he would soon achieve great success and shock the emperor.
So when Zhou Zhen regarded Zhou Rui as his successor, he gave Zhao Feng an imperial edict. This edict stated that if any problems occurred during this period, Zhao Feng could directly use this edict to let him go. Zhou Rui succeeded to the throne.
Including the tragic deaths of the four major families, it was all planned by Zhao Feng and Zhou Zhen.
Zhou Zhen planned this to have a handle to suppress Zhao Feng. After all, after murdering so many officials, if Zhao Feng was really found to be behind the scenes, Zhao Feng would not have enough heads to lose.
Zhou Zhen laid such a big plan before he died. He not only handed Zhao Feng's handle to Zhou Rui, but also sent Zhao Feng to fight against the Huns.
If Zhao Feng defeated the Huns, then Zhou Rui could naturally reward Zhao Feng and give Zhao Feng a fief to restrict Zhao Feng from participating in court affairs.
Zhao Feng knew that Zhou Zhen was plotting against him, but the relationship between him and Zhou Zhen for so many years also made Zhao Feng have no choice but to obey Zhou Zhen's arrangements.
After all, Zhao Feng didn't have any extra plans at all. He had long wanted to be an ordinary prince and enjoy life in his own fief.
The intrigues in the court really made Zhao Feng not interested at all!
In this way, Zhao Feng was directly named General Zhenyuan and led 300,000 troops to attack the Huns.
Zhou Rui also officially became the crown prince, and began to vigorously select officials from poor families to enter the court, completely suppressing the power of the four major families.
After Zhou Kang heard about this, he said goodbye to Zhou Rui very happily, and then went to his fief. Zhou Wei seemed reluctant, but there was no other way.
