"Ancestors bless! Ancestors bless!"
Zhu Shitai's mother and wife were kneeling to worship their ancestors in the ancestral hall.
"Our Zhu family has never done anything harmful to heaven and earth in our lives, God! You can't take away my son!"
When people are most helpless and panicked, they will always place their hope on these supernatural forces.
In other words, this is a helpless struggle.
In the room, Zhu Xizhong had calmed down.
Zhu Shitai's bleeding stopped, and Li Shizhen had arranged for someone to brew medicine in the yard.
"The young master is very lucky!" Li Shizhen wiped his hands covered with blood, "these stabbings were very powerful! But fortunately, the young master wore soft armor inside, so it was not very deep!"
"Especially the knife in the chest. If it were moved even an inch to the right, the heart would be gone!"
"The bleeding has stopped, and the internal injuries are not serious, but I haven't been able to get out of bed for a year and a half!"
"Thank you, the miracle doctor! Thank you, the miracle doctor!" Zhu Xizhong kowtowed quickly.
"You don't have to be like this, Duke Cheng! Please get up, please get up!"
Zhu Zaijing breathed a long sigh of relief.
Zhang Rong's face was dark, thinking about something.
Zhu Zaijing knew that if Zhu Shitai left like this, he would never be able to face their family again for the rest of his life.
As an ordinary person, although he is said to be the emperor, he has not yet adapted to it. He can only be emperor for about 10 days.
"It's okay! That's great! Sister! Brother-in-law is okay!"
Lu Yi jumped happily and walked towards the ancestral hall.
Zhu Zaijing's legs softened and he sat on the ground.
Zhang Rong hurriedly walked to him.
Zhu Xizhong also reacted.
"His Majesty?"
"I'm fine!"
"Lao Zhu, I almost feel ashamed of your family!"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to feel guilty! As a subject, it is an honor to die for the king! There is nothing to feel guilty about!"
"And I also believe that even if something happens, Your Majesty will avenge our family!"
"I think of them too well!"
Zhu Zaijing stopped talking, closed his eyes and shook his head.
He still couldn't accept with peace of mind that a living being would die just because of his own orders.
But reason told him this was necessary.
"Get used to it slowly!" he said to himself.
The crying of Zhu Shitai's mother and wife outside became quieter, and some cheerful sounds began to appear instead.
The family was finally freed from the crisis.
After everyone calmed down, Zhu Zaijing began to give orders.
"Feng Bao, order the nine admirals to block all entrances and exits of the capital!"
"yes!"
"Inform the troops of the five cities to impose martial law in the city!"
"yes!"
"Zhu Xizhong!"
Zhu Xizhong wiped his tears and knelt down with a firm look on his face.
"I'm here!"
Zhu Zaijing put the bloody Benzhen Fusi waist badge in his hand.
"I order your officer to resume his duties, and immediately lead the imperial guards to dispatch and surround all the noble houses!"
"I accept the decree!" Zhu Xizhong gritted his teeth.
"British Duke."
"His Majesty!"
"Mobilize all your troops and surround all the military camps in Beijing immediately!"
"yes!"
"Second, the palace is under martial law and no one is allowed in or out!"
"yes!"
After everyone followed the order, Zhu Zaijing called Lu Yi and Feng Bao to his side.
Zhu Zaijing had a cold face.
"Lu Yi, the ministers and the lurking Jin Yiwei of the Honorable House have not received any disturbance. What do you think of this matter?"
The spies who deliver news to the palace every day have not stopped because Beizhen Fusi has changed its owner.
"Back to Your Majesty, I would like to hear what Eunuch Feng has to say first."
Feng Bao looked at Zhu Shitai who was lying down and said, "Dongchang has not received any news in the past few days. This servant has been paying close attention to the homes of various nobles since His Majesty ordered a thorough investigation of the capital camp."
"There is nothing suspicious!"
Zhu Zaijing looked at Lu Yi.
The latter said, "Then there are only two possibilities. First, this incident was not done by the nobles jointly, but by someone himself!"
"Two, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are both dead!"
Feng Bao was startled by these words and his expression changed.
Zhu Zaijing touched his chin and started thinking.
"Zhu Shitai wore a soft armor inside, which means that he expected that something unexpected would happen to him, which means that he has forced someone into a corner, or has learned his fatal secret!"
"Where's Zhu Shitai's Impermanence Book?"
Several Jin Yiwei who usually followed him were called over for questioning. According to them, Zhu Shitai had not seen any strangers in the past few days, nor had he behaved strangely.
Zhu Shitai's impermanence spectrum also disappeared without a trace.
"Your Majesty's guess is correct!" Lu Yi said, "He must have discovered someone's secret. The secret was so big that my brother-in-law was assassinated before he even had time to report it to the palace!"
"And judging from the wounds on my brother-in-law, the murder weapon wielded by the assailant should be a saber!"
Feng Bao also nodded.
"If you use a saber in this storm, everyone will think of the Beijing camp, either to frame the situation or to act in a panic!"
"Eunuch Feng said yes!"
Zhu Zaijing felt that things were getting more and more suspicious!
This time I have to personally make the decision for Zhu Shitai. Now that things are getting more complicated and confusing, when the truth comes out, I will chop off more heads!
Now I won't worry about anything anymore.
"How is Zhu Shitai's situation at home these days?"
"Your Majesty, he has been leaving early and coming back late at home these past few days, nothing unusual."
"How likely is it to have contact with civil servants?" Zhu Zaijing asked.
Feng Bao and Lu Yi looked at each other and said hesitantly, "We can't rule out this possibility. After all, they have the right to find a few killers!"
"I know!" Zhu Zaijing rubbed his eyes tiredly.
…
Outside the capital, Zhengyangmen.
Yang Bo came slowly with a few people on high horses.
We were still far away from Zhengyang Gate, and we saw a lot of people gathered at the gate of the capital, and horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts were jammed together.
"Go and see what's going on!" Yang Bo ordered his subordinates.
The subordinates took the order and rushed over quickly.
He was feeling uneasy as he had just presided over the cancellation of grain payments from military fields in Tongzhou.
Looking at the large pile of documents held by his subordinates, Yang Bo knew that the emperor would be angry again if this matter was reported.
I don’t know how many people will suffer.
Although the Ministry of Civil Affairs he was in charge of in the past few years had nothing to do with military affairs, he was an old soldier after all. He had been in charge of the military for most of his life. He was a soldier at heart. He felt embarrassed when something like this happened to the local guard station.
What's more, Tongzhou is so close to the capital, and it can be regarded as the emperor's feet.
"The situation on the nine sides..."
"No wonder His Majesty summoned the deputy commander and the guarding eunuch again. It won't work otherwise!"
Just as he was sighing, the men who went to inquire about the situation came back.
"Sir, I don't know what happened to the capital. Anyway, the nine gates are under martial law at the moment, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!"
Nine gates of martial law!
These four words made Yang Bo's heart skip a beat.
"I know, then let's rest here. We can go in when we can."
A few people found a tea shop on the roadside.
Yang Bo took a small stool and was about to sit down when he was touched by someone from behind and almost fell down.
"His grandma has a leg! Who is it!" The grumpy Yang Bo stumbled for a while before regaining his balance. When he looked back, he saw that the other person was an acquaintance.
"Pan Jixun!"
