Chang Feng's son fell and dislocated his joint, causing the whole capital to panic!
Chang Feng, as Zuo Tongzhi of Jin Yiwei, mobilized men and horses from the Factory Guard, Shuntian Prefecture, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and even the 12th Regiment Battalion.
The streets are full of officers arresting people with portraits. Soldiers went door to door to search people's houses. The Jin Yiwei men searched the residences of officials below the fourth rank.
As for officials of the fourth rank and above, they must always be given some face and cannot search their homes. But it’s not like we stopped checking.
The people from Jin Yiwei were standing at the door of the official's mansion. Everyone entering and leaving must compare their portraits one by one.
Three hours later. Cabinet value.
Xu Pu, the chief assistant, has been on leave for a long time due to eye disease. It is said that I am planning to hand over the old discount.
Three pavilion elders Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian sat across from each other and discussed the city-wide manhunt.
Liu Jiandao: "Chang Feng went too far. His son's arm was broken by a thief, and he seemed to turn the entire capital upside down."
"The total number of troops dispatched from each government office is probably 20,000!"
"How can this movement be a manhunt? It's clearly a war!"
Li Dongyang took a sip of tea: "Second Assistant, do you know what the thief stole in Chang Mansion?"
Liu Jian asked: "What?"
Li Dongyang said calmly: "Chang Feng has sent someone to send me a message. He said that what the thief stole was two confessions."
Liu Jian asked: "What confession?"
Li Dongyang took a sip of tea and said, "The confession of the person who framed Brother Xie and me three years ago."
Liu Gongduan, Li Gongmou, Xie Gongshan talked about it. The three elders in the cabinet are all extremely smart people.
After hearing this, Liu Jian had no objection: "Oh, that's it. It's time to hunt down the thief."
Xie Qian, the big fool, said with a smile: "I remembered a joke. It was about a carp and a catfish bickering. Comparing each other."
"The carp said: What's so strange about you? If I cross the dragon gate one day, I can fly to the sky. As the saying goes, there are gold stars in my eyes, golden scales on my body, and the warm spring waves of peach blossoms, I can jump over the dragon gate."
"Catfish said: Don't be so self-righteous. Listen up, I have no stars in my eyes and no scales on my body. I have a big mouth and I often eat others!"
When talking about "often eating others", Xie Qian emphasized his tone.
Liu Jian asked: "Brother Xie, what do you mean?"
Xie Qian restrained his smile: "In the past two years, Chang Feng has not been reused very much. This is because of our cabinet."
"He has been sent to Beijing many times on casual missions, all at the suggestion of our cabinet."
"Oh, someone in the capital was looking at Chang Feng Fu Xian, so they bullied him at the door of his house."
"As everyone knows, Chang Feng is still the catfish that can eat people! He is definitely not obsessed with the imperial examination, he only thinks about the carp that can try to pull the tribute and jump over the dragon gate!"
"This time, I'm on Chang Feng's side."
Li Dongyang said: "Let's send a document to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Let the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple send out all the people they can to assist Chang Feng and participate in the search."
"The cabinet is going to help Jin Yiwei Master Chang this time!"
"Oh, I'm curious. Who is the person standing behind the thief?"
Liu Gong is good at making judgments. Liu Jian smiled and said, "Brother Li should already know who it is."
In the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Emperor Hongzhi is reviewing the memorial. Li Guang stood aside and waited on the pen and ink.
Li Guangdao: "Your Majesty, Chang Feng mobilized more than 20,000 people to search for a servant in his house who had unclean hands and feet. The momentum was huge. Even the nine gates were under martial law."
"For such a big battle, there is no decree that the Factory Guards, Law Department, Shuntian Mansion, Soldiers and Horses Department and even the regiment soldiers were all mobilized by him alone. It doesn't seem appropriate!"
Emperor Hongzhi put down his pen: "What's wrong? Chang Ponu is the son of the queen's sworn sister, the nephew of my sworn sister, and the prince's companion."
"His arm was broken by a thief. Shouldn't the whole city be searching for the murderer?"
Li Guang said quickly: "The emperor said so."
Emperor Hongzhi said meaningfully: "However, there is another reason for Chang Feng to make such a big fuss this time, besides being eager to catch the thief."
Li Guangdao: "May I ask your Majesty, what is the reason?"
Emperor Hongzhi said: "I have been keeping him idle for the past two years. It is impossible that he does not have resentment in his heart."
"He is taking this opportunity to vent his grievances."
Emperor Hongzhi and Chang Feng really knew each other well. Chang Feng did not avoid suspicion or cover up this time, and mobilized people at various government offices, which indeed meant to vent his grievances.
Li Guangdao: "I am a minister who demonstrates to the emperor and vents his grievances. Chang Feng has no courtesy as a minister."
Emperor Hongzhi turned his head and glanced at Li Guang: "I don't care, why do you need to say more?"
Li Guang immediately fell silent.
Jiang An, who stole the confession, has been hidden in a hidden place by Li Guang. The confession had been burned by him.
Seeing Li Guang's posture, Jiang An would be unable to hide it sooner or later. He has murderous intentions. Killing people and silencing them is the best policy.
Changfu.
Chang Feng and Fatty Xu sat across from each other drinking tea, waiting for news of the search.
Fatty Xu said: "Damn it, it's a pity that Zhao Xiangfo and his son died three years ago. Liu Ping is also missing."
"Otherwise, with these three living confessions, Li Guang would be unable to eat anything at any time."
Zhao Xiangfo and his son, the inner ghosts of Jinyiwei, were originally placed in the Datong border army by Chang Feng. Their direct boss is Jiang Bin, a famous young talent in the border army.
In the winter of the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign, Jiang Bin arranged for Zhao's father and son to lead fifty scouts out of the Great Wall to detect the enemy's situation. On the way they encountered an ambush by the "Tatars".
Very strange. Fifty-two people went out, but only Zhao Xiangfo and his son died in the battle. The remaining fifty scouts returned safely.
Chang Feng knew it well: that handsome young general Jiang Bin was in all likelihood aboard Li Guang's ship. Li Guang must have instructed him to secretly get rid of Zhao Xiangfo and his son.
The death of two people at the border is no more significant than the death of two ants.
As for Liu Zhang's nephew Liu Ping, he disappeared from the world.
Chang Feng said: "I guess if we mobilize the entire city to search, we will only find Jiang An's body in the end."
Fatty Xu understood: "You mean, Li Guang will kill people and silence them?"
Chang Feng nodded slightly.
Fatty Xu asked: "Then why should we search?"
Chang Feng stood up and said seriously: "I mobilized several yamen with 20,000 troops and made the capital a state of chaos in order to express an attitude to Li Guang."
Fatty Xu asked: "What's your attitude?"
Chang Feng said domineeringly: "This attitude is - Mr. Chang, the Jin Yiwei, is not someone to be trifled with!"
"Today Li Guang can lay a hidden stake in my mansion, but tomorrow he will dare to kill me!"
"Li Guang, Li Guang, let's start from today!"
As Chang Feng expected.
That night, a group of soldiers from the Bingma Division discovered Jiang An's body in a land temple in the south of the city.
Looking at the scene, it appears that Jiang An committed suicide by hanging from a beam.
A suicide note and a thousand-tael silver note were also left in the temple.
The suicide note said that Jiang An took advantage of the money and stole a thousand taels of silver notes from Chang Mansion, but was caught by Chang Ponu. He had no choice but to injure the little master and escape.
After escaping from Chang's Mansion, the more he thought about it, the more he became afraid. He can only atone for his sins with death and beg Master Chang not to embarrass his family.
The suicide note made no mention of the two confessions.
This so-called "suicide note" is obviously a forgery.
Jiang An is dead, his confession was burned, the Zhao family and his son died at the hands of "Tatars", and Liu Ping is missing.
The case of framing an important minister in the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign is now dead with no evidence.
Li Guang's handle that Chang Feng held in his hand was gone. But the battle between Chang Feng and Li Guang has just begun.
Jinyi Weiwei built a house.
Jiang An's body lay in a willow coffin.
Chang Feng and others gathered around the body.
Taoist Zhang from Wuzuo Qianhu said: "It should have been done by an expert. There are no traces of homicide on the body. It looks like suicide."
Chang Feng said: "The suicide note was also written with a nose and eyes. Ha, what a good trick."
Fatty Xu asked: "Master Chang, what should we do next?"
Chang Feng said: "Cold salad. If there is no proof, it is useless to investigate."
Fatty Xu said angrily: "Then the nephew's arm was broken in vain?"
Chang Feng didn't speak, but walked out of the widow's room silently, with a strange smile on his face.
He has been idle for two or three years and has not met an opponent for a long time. There was a hint of excitement in his heart as a hunter fighting a wolf.
But sometimes, the hunter is also the prey in the eyes of the wolf.
Li Guang's foreign residence.
Li Guang is having a secret conversation with his confidant Gu Dayong.
Gu Dayong said: "Dad, it's so dangerous this time! Fortunately, we started early. If Jiang An is captured by Chang Feng, the consequences will be disastrous."
Li Guangdao: "We have won this time. At least Chang Feng has no leverage against me."
"However, with Chang Feng's mind, he definitely guessed that Jiang An was under my instigation."
Gu Dayong said: "In other words, you and Chang Feng have already broken up. This is very bad!"
"You are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of being noticed by thieves. If you are noticed by Chang Butcher, you may not be able to attack you one day."
Li Guang took a sip of tea and seemed to have made up his mind: "Strike first to gain strength, and strike later to suffer disaster. We have to find a way to get rid of Chang Feng completely."
Gu Dayong was a little worried: "It may not be that easy to get rid of Chang Feng. He has been running errands for the emperor for many years and has won the emperor's trust. The emperor is also a merciful king. Even if Chang Feng makes a mistake, at most he will be punished lightly."
Li Guang played with the jade ring on his hand and asked, "Do you know what the emperors of all dynasties could not tolerate the most?"
Gu Dayong blurted out: "Of course it's rebellion."
Li Guang took off his jade ring: "If Chang Feng plots rebellion, will he still be alive?"
Gu Dayong was confused: "Rebellion?"
A sly smile appeared on Li Guang's face: "The emperor's fourth brother, King Xing, has set off from Anluzhou, the vassal territory, to pay tribute to the capital. He will arrive in Beijing next month."
A huge frame-up conspiracy shrouded the sky in the capital.
Let us say that more than twenty days later, Chang Tian was born.
The Chang family moved out of the princess's mansion and returned to their own home.
My father-in-law, Liu Bingyi, has been traveling in Jiangnan for the past six months. I just returned to Chang Mansion.
During this trip to Jiangnan, he brought back many local specialties from Jiangnan.
The table in the hall was filled with gifts Liu Bingyi brought to everyone.
Liu Bingyi happily patted the three pieces of silk and satin: "This is the finest Suzhou and Hangzhou silk. One piece for each of Xiaoyan, Tangtang, and Xiaojiu."
Chang Feng quickly ordered his servants: "Take one and send it to the princess's mansion."
Liu Bingyi pointed to a large jar again: "This is West Lake lotus root powder. It tastes very fragrant when you drink it. It is said that a young man's hair will grow very fast after drinking it! He can become an adult quickly."
Chang Ponu smiled and said, "Thank you, grandpa."
Liu Bingyi patted a small porcelain jar and said: "This is the newly planted Shifeng Longjing. It is extremely difficult to get. I went through the methods of Eunuch Jia, the eunuch of Hangzhou, and I got two taels."
Shifeng Longjing is tribute tea. There are only eighteen tea trees in total. The annual output is only thirty-six kilograms.
These thirty-six kilograms, in addition to being brought to the palace as tribute, were also distributed to the various vassal kings.
Drinking this stuff not only satisfies the desire of the mouth, but also serves as a symbol of status.
Although Liu Bingyi is old. But the power of the son-in-law is there. When he went to Jiangnan, the guarding eunuchs and supervising eunuchs from all over Jiangnan would give him some bad treatment.
Chang Feng picked up the small porcelain jar containing tea: "This thing is too expensive. One tael of tea can be exchanged for thirty taels of gold. The key is that even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it. Old Taishan took the trouble."
Liu Bingyi said with a smile: "Eunuch Jia also cares about your face. If you hadn't put in a good word for Eunuch Qian in front of him, he would have let that fat loser in Hangzhou go."
Chang Feng put down the small porcelain jar and asked, "Has Lao Taishan's journey back to Beijing been smooth?"
Liu Bingyi replied casually: "It was an official ship going back and forth, so it went smoothly naturally. Oh, by the way, when we stopped at Dezhou Pier, we also met King Xing's fleet entering Beijing."
Although Liu Bingyi retired, Emperor Hongzhi allowed him to retain the treatment of a court official for Chang Feng's sake. Therefore, when he leaves the capital, he can take an official ship and stay at an inn.
Chang Feng said: "Eunuch Qian just gave me the errand to go to Tongzhou Wharf to meet King Xing yesterday."
"I am now an idle member of the Jinyi Guards. I can only do casual tasks such as welcoming the feudal king."
Liu Bingyi comforted Chang Feng: "My dear son-in-law, it's rare to have half a day's leisure in this life. It's better for you to be a high-ranking idler than to do those dangerous errands with your head in your belt."
above the canal.
A mighty fleet is sailing towards its destination, Tongzhou Pier.
In the center of the fleet is a huge building ship.
On the deck of the building ship, stood the 23-year-old Xing Wang Zhu Youqi.
In the 22nd year of Chenghua, he was only twelve years old. Concubine Wan Gui and her gang members tried to depose the crown prince Zhu Youtang and make him the heir apparent.
This was not his intention. At that time, he was just a young man who was at the mercy of others.
Therefore, after Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, he was not pursued. On the contrary, Emperor Hongzhi treated his younger brother very well. When he ascended the throne, he was made a prince. In the seventh year of Hongzhi's reign, he issued an edict to conquer Luzhou.
King Xing had no ambitions. I just want to be a comfortable vassal king under the protection of my brother.
He has not returned to the capital for four years and has not seen his brother Emperor Hongzhi.
He was feeling a little anxious.
King Xing turned around and asked a handsome young man beside him: "Lu Song, how long does it take to get to Tongzhou Pier?"
Lu Song replied: "Your Highness, if we don't anchor tonight and rest for the night, we can arrive at Tongzhou Pier early tomorrow morning."
"The clipper from the Ministry of War has delivered the bill of lading. It means that early in the morning Jin Yiwei Zuo Tong knew that Chang Feng would greet His Highness at the dock."
Lu Song, twenty years old, was appointed as Dianzhan of the Yiwei Department of Prince Xing's Mansion, from the fifth rank. To put it bluntly, he is the captain of the honor guard of Prince Xing's Mansion.
Lu Song entered Jinyiwei at the age of fifteen. One year later, King Xing was about to become a vassal.
Emperor Hongzhi issued an order to select dignified-looking generals from the Jinyi Guard to accompany King Xing to Anlu Prefecture.
Chang Feng, who was in charge of this matter, elected Lu Song to the Xingwang Yiwei.
Lu Song is a very happy person. He took his wife Fan in Anlu Prefecture. Not only was Fan as beautiful as a flower, she also had a very big hammer.
To be honest, the Lu family's fifty-year glory was all due to Fan's big hammer.
Because ten years later, King Xing will give birth to a son named Zhu Houcong.
Zhu Houcong's biological mother's daughter was suffering from poor water quality. The wet nurse had to be selected from among the married women in the palace.
Fan was honored to be the wet nurse of Prince Xing's son because of his great powers.
Oh, by the way, Fan gave birth to a son to Lu Song, named Lu Bing. Of course, these are all things for later.
(Note: As for "Natural, these are all things for later". Please don't complain. This is not a spoiler, nor is it a dig. It is a narration of historical facts.
For example, here, without further details, how do readers know that Lu Song is the only father of the three great men and three orphans in the Ming Dynasty?
Most of the "naturally, these are things to come later" in this book are like this. They are just historical facts narrated from God's perspective. )
King Xing stared at the water splashed by the boat chopping through the waves, his heart returning as fast as an arrow.
Little did he know that what would greet him would be a shocking conspiracy.
The real target of the person who planned the conspiracy was not him, but Master Chang, the Jin Yiwei.
(End of chapter)
