Zhao Yizhi withdrew from his meditative state. Now he was very concerned about what happened last night: "The female assassin's claws were clearly in front of her eyes, but she still didn't take action. Do I really have a destiny, or do I have a destiny?" Is there another mystery?" Unfortunately, Mo Qinglou has died from his injuries, Xiang Xiaoyu has died, and Zhao Yizhi has no way of knowing the real answer no matter how curious he is.
"Your Majesty, Qingtian sent back the news that the Fourth Young Master has been caught!" Wang Zhenliang ran directly into Zhao Yizhi's bedroom as usual without saying hello. Zhao Yizhi was very dissatisfied with this. As the Chief of Internal Affairs, Wang Zhenliang did have this power. If the emperor had something important that he could not give orders to, or he had a headache, it would be too much of a waste to wait for the emperor's orders before he could go in.
Zhao Yizhi once thought about removing Wang Zhenliang and replacing him with the position of Chief of Internal Affairs, but he only thought about it. Whoever takes the position of Chief of Internal Affairs will end up like Wang Zhenliang, not to mention that Wang Zhenliang was left by the late emperor. Yes, there should be no need to worry about the issue of loyalty.
"How? Didn't Mr. Wu catch him?" Zhao Yizhi asked.
Wang Zhenliang shook his head and frowned again: "Mr. Wu was not caught. Qingtian said that the Fourth Young Master tried his best to protect Mr. Wu, and finally let Mr. Wu run away in a carriage..."
Zhao Yizhi also understood: "Forget it if you run away. Where is the Fourth Young Master now? Have you ever confessed which vassal king instigated it?"
Wang Zhenliang lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhao Yizhi, and whispered: "The Fourth Young Master was caught, but he secretly took poison... and committed suicide."
"What!" Zhao Yizhi jumped up from the bed, "Isn't that all your hard work in vain?"
Seeing that Zhao Yizhi was getting angry, Wang Zhenliang quickly changed the subject: "Na Feng took Xu Shiwei to Taishi Li's house to search the account books. Now they have brought back the account books and accountant Lao Tang. Do you think your Majesty sees it?"
After many days of "resting his mind", Zhao Yizhi now has a clear mind. How could he not understand Wang Zhenliang's intention? But now that the matter has come to this point, I have no choice but to follow Wang Zhenliang's words and say: "Well, after the morning court is over, come and see me. It concerns the imperial master, and I should interrogate it myself."
Wang Zhenliang responded and quickly retreated, carefully closing the door when he went out.
"I still have a headache that I haven't figured out yet. How did Liu Hongliang, the prison chief of the Ministry of Punishments, die? And who killed him?" Zhao Yizhi said to himself, "Forget it, let's go to court first. I haven't figured out these things yet." Before that, let’s put some pressure on it for now.”
Jiangnan Inn.
Yi Xiaodao and He Yue'er carefully helped Xiang Lian'er back to the inn. The doctor looked at it and said it was nothing serious, just a little bruised. Yi Xiaodao and He Yue'er felt relieved and helped Xiang Lian'er back to the inn.
"Let's see if you dare next time? How could I be killed? You really think about it." Yi Xiaodao complained quite a bit.
Xiang Lian'er was unconvinced, "What are you talking about! If it weren't for you, would I have suffered this crime? Don't they know this? I don't appreciate it if I avenge you!"
Yi Xiaodao helped Xiang Lian'er back to the room and took out a large bag of buns from behind. "Thank you, thank you, of course I'm grateful! Come on, I just bought it, eat it while it's hot."
At this time, the innkeeper chased him from downstairs and opened the door. "Hey, you three are all back. Brother, what's wrong with you?" The innkeeper saw Yi Xiaodao's bruised nose and swollen face and asked. .
"They were looking for me in the morning, and I was looking for them again. I was so anxious that I didn't look at the road and fell. The shopkeeper laughed." Yi Xiaodao pursed his lips at He Yue'er and Xiang Lian'er, pretending to be dissatisfied.
The shopkeeper laughed, "The three brothers and sisters have such a deep love. It's really enviable. By the way, congratulations to you three. The silver reward from the court just came down. When I saw you three go out, I collected it on your behalf. This is three You three have a look at the thousand taels of silver notes, you must keep them."
As soon as Yi Xiaodao saw the three thousand-tael silver notes in the shopkeeper's hand, he couldn't move his eyes away. When he saw the shopkeeper looking at him, he cleared his throat pretending to be relaxed: "Ahem, the shopkeeper is busy. This is a little thought, please keep it." With that, Yi Xiaodao took it out of his arms, took out a tael of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper.
He Yue'er quietly knocked Yi Xiaodao on the back of his head from behind, grabbed back the one tael that Yi Xiaodao handed over, then took out a dozen taels of silver from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, we still have How many days are you going to stay? This is the rent, please bother me."
When the shopkeeper first saw Yi Xiaodao handing out one tael, he felt that it was a little short at first. He "gave" three thousand taels out, but only one tael of silver came back. Now seeing He Yue'er taking back one tael and handing over ten taels, she couldn't help but be overjoyed. Although this is the rent, this inn belongs to their own family, and there is no other extra payment. As long as they have money, they can stay as long as they want.
The shopkeeper bowed his hands to the three of them with a smile on his face, closed the door, and went downstairs to do his work.
Yi Xiaodao also understood what He Yue'er meant. He seemed generous in giving Shiliang, explaining that it was rent money and saving unnecessary expenses. If he were to marry He Yue'er... Yi Xiaodao giggled.
Xiang Lian'er and He Yue'er looked at each other, a little confused...
After Yi Xiaodao came back to his senses, he gave two thousand-tael silver notes to each of them, one each, to Xiang Lian'er and He Yue'er. He also picked one up and picked it up from the fruit plate on the table. He picked up an apple and gnawed on it. "I'm going to the execution ground later. Are you going? Kong Bao will be beheaded today. I must go and watch him be beheaded with my own eyes!"
"Of course I'm going!" Before He Yue'er could reply, Xiang Lian'er shouted out, "I want to go and see it too, so I can tell the folks when I get back!"
He Yue'er hesitated for a moment and then nodded: "I'll go too."
"Yue'er, are you going too? Aren't you afraid?" Yi Xiaodao was quite surprised.
He Yue'er replied: "I'm still a little scared, but I still want to take a look. What are I afraid of? Aren't you still here?"
"Okay, let's leave now to grab a good seat!" Yi Xiaodao said.
In the palace, above the main hall.
"My dear friends, have you heard anything about what happened this morning?" After going to court, Zhao Yizhi asked the civil and military officials standing below in a loud voice.
"This morning? What happened this morning?"
"I don't know. Wasn't that what happened last night?"
"You mean the signal from the Heavenly Guard last night, right? I saw it too. It was such a big red dragon."
"There is also a big blue rooster. You are far away and you didn't see it..."
The civil and military officials exchanged information with each other in whispers. After discussing for a long time, they still didn't know what happened this morning. Zhao Yizhi was also very patient, so he sat in the main hall and waited for them to discuss quietly. After a while, some officials realized that Zhao Yizhi was sitting on the throne staring at them. They were all too frightened to speak. The discussion gradually became quieter.
"Have you finished chatting? Does anyone know?" Zhao Yizhi asked loudly again, and this time the hall became silent.
"That's for me. There were some assassins who tried to assassinate me last night, but they ran away two of them. These two assassins were trying to leave the city at the south gate of the capital this morning. When someone had already warned me, the two assassins at the south gate General Hong of the Imperial Guard, for fifty taels of silver, planned to bend the law for personal gain and prepare to let the assassin out of the city. This is what just happened. I want to ask, is my life only worth fifty taels!"
Zhao Yizhi suddenly raised the price of silver. The timid official was so frightened that he was sweating profusely and did not dare to express his anger.
"Where is Cao Zhong, the commander of the Imperial Guard?" Zhao Yizhi called again.
A strong-backed military general emerged from the crowd of civil and military officials and saluted Zhao Yi: "The last general is here."
Zhao Yizhi asked, "Do you know anything about the South Gate?"
"I haven't received any news before I go to court in the morning." Cao Zhong bowed his head and replied truthfully. It was relatively late for Daqi to go to court, but the civil and military officials also had to leave early and make early preparations. Cao Zhong did not have time to receive the news.
"The answer now is 'I don't know'. Is my life only worth fifty taels?" Zhao Yizhi shouted softly.
Cao Zhong, a strong-backed man, was slightly ashamed at this time and did not dare to say a word.
"But I heard that a guard named Wang Qing refused to obey Fang Hong's order and blocked two assassins with all his strength. He delayed the time so that support arrived in time and captured an assassin. Go back and check, if there is no problem , this person can be promoted to South Gate General." Zhao Yizhi asked and then praised Wang Qing, so that Cao Zhong's face would not be too ugly.
"General, take the order!" Cao Zhong was a big boss, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to take the order blankly, but he had already made up his mind. The Imperial Guard was usually lax and neglectful, so it was time to rectify it.
"Step back. Where is Liu Pang, the governor of the capital?" Zhao Yizhi did not hold on, and summoned the governor of the capital with some rewards and punishments.
"My... I am here." When Liu Pang heard that he was called, he quickly walked out of the queue, beating a small drum in his heart, not knowing what trouble the gang of boys in the mansion had caused him.
Zhao Yizhi originally thought that the name Liu Pang was more or less a fat man. When he saw him coming out of the queue, he couldn't help but be a little surprised that he turned out to be such a thin old man.
"Master Liu, I have heard that people call the yamen in the capital the "Six Gates", which means that the yamen gates are very strict and it is difficult to redress grievances. There are as many as six gates that the government passes through, so it is called 'Six Gates'. Is there something wrong?" Zhao Yizhi asked.
When Liu Pang heard this, he was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground, bowed his head and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is a rumor among the people. Since I took office, I have been working hard, but what I have done has not met the people's wishes. However, I have tried my best!" Try your best..." As he said that, Liu Pang actually started crying in the main hall.
Zhao Yizhi couldn't be punished, he was too cowardly... Zhao Yizhi quickly said: "Master Liu, don't panic. People reported the case this morning that there was a murderer intending to leave the city. It was later found out that it was the two assassins. The detectives in your palace tried their best to stop the prisoner, which prevented the prisoner from completely escaping. It was a great achievement. Don't cry anymore."
When Liu Pang heard this, he realized that feelings are meritorious, so the first half of the sentence was idle and had nothing to do to scare people...
Liu Pang wiped his tears and stood up: "I am so disrespectful, your majesty, please forgive me."
Zhao Yizhi didn't care about such trivial matters, and whispered a few words to Wang Zhenliang who was standing aside. Wang Zhenliang preached in a high-pitched voice: "Wang Qing has made great contributions to catching thieves. He was promoted to the South Gate General of the Imperial Guard of the capital and was given five hundred taels of silver. The governor of the capital has made great contributions to catching thieves." , the reward of three thousand taels of silver will be distributed by the yamen itself."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Pang and Cao Zhong thanked him at the same time.
Zhao Yizhi continued: "The governor of the capital and the imperial guards are all there to protect the safety of the capital, but as for martial arts... go back and urge them to practice martial arts diligently and stop being ordinary."
"Weak minister, the last general has issued an order." The two of them agreed.
"What else is there? You can come early." Zhao Yizhi asked.
"Your Majesty, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. This is the memorial for the Mid-Autumn Festival drawn up by the Ministry of Rites. Your Majesty, please take a look."
"Your Majesty, this is the Mid-Autumn Festival declared by the Ministry of War. This is the memorial for the festival and military pay for the soldiers in the military camps in various places. Your Majesty, please take a look."
"Your Majesty, this is the memorial collected by the Ministry of Personnel for recruiting non-staff personnel from various yamen. Your Majesty, please..."
