The sudden change forced Zhu Houzhao to change his original itinerary, and an injured person was added. In any case, his trip out of the palace probably ended here.
Because of this assassination incident, the Shenwu Guards and Dongchang troops who had been secretly protecting him no longer hid, but surrounded the emperor's carriages and horses at a very close distance.
During this period, two soldiers were injured as a result.
All things considered, it is really irritating.
Naturally, people other than the emperor knew how big a deal it was to be assassinated, so the trip back to the palace was really depressing.
Zhu Houzhao could sit in the carriage without saying a word for a long time.
Mao Yuwen found out about this and came to plead guilty. After all, there were still people who wanted to kill the king in the capital, but Jin Yiwei didn't know about it before. What if this wasn't an oversight?
As the carriage staggered towards the palace, Zhu Hou looked at the orange-red sunset and said to Mao Yuwen, who was kneeling and waiting outside the curtain: "Those two assassins should be careful about their torture. If they die, this matter will be over." There is no proof of death."
"Yes. I must find the person behind it!"
"Go ahead and do it carefully. This matter needs to be investigated thoroughly."
This was an assassination, so he would let go of Mao's language.
"Wei Chen understands."
After the person left, Zhu Houzhao glanced and found that Wang Zhi hurriedly avoided his eyes and lowered his head.
The so-called ambiguity is actually fake. As an emperor, others will always be afraid of you.
Because of the large number of people, it was impossible for the emperor's carriage and horses to return to the capital quietly. To avoid further accidents, the Jin Yiwei directly cleared the street, and thus the carriages and horses entered the palace.
Of course, Wei Ningbo took the people home himself.
As for the assassination on the road, not many people knew about it because he had given orders before. Zhu Houzhao returned to Qianqing Palace safely.
It's just that it's impossible to hide it for a long time. There are so many people and so many pairs of eyes. Jin Yiwei even arrested two people.
After Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace, Queen Xia came first in person. Yesterday she heard that the emperor was leaving the palace, and she was really anxious.
At the same time, Jin Yiwei was imprisoned.
The man with triangular eyes and football face had already been hung up. They were suspended in the air and tied with chains. Soon the hands and feet would bleed from the skin grinding, which was very painful.
Mao Yuwen didn't care about this. He walked in with his hands behind his back and said coldly: "Are you going to tell it yourself, or will you let me beat you half to death?"
Neither of them answered him.
Mao Yuwen knew this would be the case.
"Tishuai." Two people walked over. One of them was holding a wooden tray with several arrow clusters on it. "Look at this."
Mao Yuwen's slender eyes narrowed, and after a closer look, he discovered that there was a vague word on the arrow cluster: Rong!
Turning over the other two, the words are the same.
"Rong? What do you mean? Who do you mean?" the subordinate said from the side.
Mao Yuwen thought carefully, "This kind of thing is the most unbelievable. How big a sin is it to assassinate the king and kill the driver? No one will engrave their name on it. We can't be fooled easily."
"But there has to be a reason for it to be engraved on it, right? Why not other words?"
Mao Yuwen couldn't figure it out, "Are there any other clues?"
"Other people who committed suicide took very special poisons that we have never seen before."
"very special?"
This is good news. As long as it is special, then there is a special source.
As he said this, someone brought something over.
It was wrapped in a piece of private cloth. When you opened it, you could see that the leaves were indeed broken into pieces, like freshly crushed tea leaves.
Mao Yuwen wanted to extend his hand, but was stopped by someone.
"Tishuai, don't touch it! It's poisonous! It must have come from some poisonous tree."
"Try it on a prisoner. See what characteristics it is and then go find it."
It seemed extremely normal to say such disrespectful words in Jinyiwei's prison.
Others don't find it so problematic.
At least they weren't asked to test the poison themselves, right?
This is actually a pretty good clue.
Of course, the most critical thing is these two people.
"I ask you again, who ordered you to assassinate him?!"
The guy with triangular eyes suddenly laughed strangely, and then roared, "Commander Mao, aren't you the one who ordered us?"
What?
Some people were stunned for a moment.
Mao Yuwen was so angry that he trembled, "After all this nonsense, do you really think Jinyiwei is a good place?! Come on! Torture me!"
"Haha, I knew it was so! The little emperor in the Jinluan Palace said that using severe punishment to persecute Zhongliang is against human nature! It's so hypocritical that it seems real. Now these heavy punishments are obviously still in prison!"
Mao has rich experience in Chinese language. He raised his eyebrows slightly.
"You are not ordinary prisoners. To deal with assassins like you, all kinds of severe punishments will naturally be used. Is it possible that you still think that you are loyal and good?"
"Are you Mao Yuwen?"
"Of course, I am loyal to His Majesty, how can I not be loyal?"
"Bah! Lackey! If the little emperor really has a benevolent heart, then he should abolish the factory guards. Why do he still expand the number of Jinyi guards everywhere?!"
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Zhu Houzhao waited for a while in the Qianqing Palace before waiting for Mao Yuwen, at least he wanted to hear some preliminary judgments.
Mao Yuwen also knew the emperor well. Regardless of whether such a major event was accomplished or not, he would first enter the palace to give the emperor an explanation.
So he put on his official hat and knelt upright on the floor of Qianqing Palace.
"They are not the people in the countryside, nor the remote people, nor the bandits who robbed homes on the road. They understand the court and even understand His Majesty."
"Are you sure?"
"Confirmed. There is a person who is very resentful, and I deliberately provoked him to say a few more words."
Zhu Houzhao rubbed his fingers, "Is it going to be a family feud?"
"It doesn't seem like it. If it was a family feud, they wouldn't talk so much about the court affairs."
"So, he is dissatisfied with my governance."
"I think this should be the case."
Zhu Houzhao didn't feel any embarrassment at all. He said straightforwardly: "This range is too big."
After all, he has been in charge of government for several years, and many people have been executed by thunderous means.
"Your Majesty, even if ordinary people are dissatisfied with the imperial court, they are very rare to the extent of tying up people and assassinating the emperor. Here, I have a guess. Your Majesty still remembers that you asked the Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on a person named Jiang Tongzu."
"who?"
"It happened five years ago. This person was originally the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Later, he was reprimanded by His Majesty and was not hired again. Together with several of his accomplices, although he was not in the temple, he wrote articles and lyrics in private, revealing everything Resentment and resentment seem to have gathered among many people over the past few years."
"seem?"
Mao Yuwen's heart trembled, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Over time, I have become a little negligent."
"It's just a guess, right? Check them out anyway."
It took so long and there were so many things that Zhu Houzhao couldn't remember clearly, but he knew one thing. "Ming Pao" was run by the government. Later, there were also some newspapers and periodicals founded by private imitators one after another. This business It's not easy to do, the scale is not large, and it can only be supported by money and blood transfusions. But even so, some newspapers, large and small, circulated.
The reason why Zhu Houzhao did not touch them was because whenever he wanted to implement reforms in the Ming Dynasty, it was inevitable that many people would oppose him openly or covertly.
Killing these people one by one will actually form a kind of political terror, and will definitely lead to many unjust killings, giving people the feeling that the emperor is murderous. But if you relax a little and eat it in one pot, it is not only justifiable, but also extremely efficient.
Anyway, as soon as there is reform, some heads will always have to be cut off. If you cut off the heads of those who cannot agree with them, there will naturally be more people who are consistent with the emperor.
And it's not that the emperor is murderous, this group of people have gathered together to conspire against each other. At any time, it would be a serious crime to kill the nine tribes, right?
We can't blame the emperor for setting off a major case.
Of course, if Jin Yiwei makes a big move, the assassination of the emperor cannot be concealed.
Obviously,
As soon as he arrived at Kunning Palace, Queen Xia came crying.
"His Majesty……"
(End of chapter)
