I saw Zhu Aona's painting, which showed several imperial guards, the leader of whom had his face covered.
Zhang Mingwei was shocked when he saw it, and quickly looked at the masked painting painted by Zhou Wenzhen. It's just a comparison. If you look at it from this portrait, it does look a bit similar.
"Sir, it must be him!" At this time, even Wang Erbiao, who was leaning over to take a look, exclaimed, "Those eyebrows are exactly the same, they are both slanted eyebrows!"
Zhou Wenzhen was very surprised when he heard this, and wanted to express his gratitude, so he quickly said: "The villain wants to find out the origin of this person, so he sent a good follower from the sect to follow him. If he goes back and asks, he should be able to find out who he is. who."
Zhang Mingwei glanced at him and ignored him. Instead, he frowned and looked at the portrait and said, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be him, right?"
Just taking care of Lan Tianbao's matter, it would go to the point of killing people, and killing officials, which cannot be explained logically.
After hearing this, Zhu Ailao also frowned, as if she couldn't figure it out.
Only Wang Erbiao didn't seem to understand at all, and immediately said to Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, he probably won't, but the person behind him may."
After hearing what he said, Zhang Mingwei immediately remembered. Wang Cheng'en once reported that Zhou Bian went to Luo Yangxing's house to make a big fuss. The man who paid for the murder deliberately exposed his flaws as the Jiading uncle's house. The most likely person to do this was Luo Yangxing.
Also, he wanted to take over the Jin Yiwei matter. With Luo Yangxing's ability, even if he couldn't confirm it, it was probably possible to hear the rumor. Taking away his official position is the same as taking someone's money. He had this motive for killing.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mingwei thought of Luo Yangxing's identity as the commander of the Jinyi Guards. It seemed that it was not unusual to use this method.
So, after this back and forth, he was basically sure that Luo Yangxing wanted to kill him.
"If you meet this masked man again, can you recognize him?" Zhang Mingwei then looked at Zhou Wenzhen and asked seriously.
When Zhou Wenzhen heard this, he quickly said: "Yes, I can definitely do it. This person's eyebrows are a bit special, and he has a temperament that often does this. I will definitely recognize him if we see him again."
Having said this, he thought for a moment, and then added: "He also showed the villain the remaining four thousand taels of silver notes, all of which were the same as this one. He made an appointment to meet at dawn tomorrow to inspect the goods and pay the money. !”
After Zhang Mingwei heard this, he felt fierce in his heart. If he wanted to kill me, he would have to pay the corresponding price! Haha, just in time to cause trouble!
With this in mind, he did not hesitate and immediately asked Wang Erbiao: "Do you know where he lives?"
After hearing this, Wang Erbiao frowned and shook his head: "I only know where he lives. But Li Tongzhi must know where he lives."
Zhang Mingwei nodded, Li Ruolian really should know. So, he turned to look at Zhou Wenzhen and said, "Where are the people you sent to follow him now?"
After receiving the answer, Zhang Mingwei said to Zhou Yuji seriously: "Find a place in the house to set fire, make a big noise and catch the assassin. Then you send troops to divide into several groups and take one of them to find the person who is following him." As a result, we will send someone to find Li Ruolian and arrest him secretly, and the prince will follow him."
When Zhou Yuji heard this, he immediately clasped his fists and accepted the order: "General, I will obey your order!"
Then, he immediately turned to look at his wife and solemnly ordered: "The safety of the master and the princess will be left to you!"
"Don't worry, husband!" Mrs. Zhou Liu didn't say much, but she was full of confidence.
Even Zhang Mingwei felt a sense of security when he saw it. This reminded him that there were many heroines in the history of the late Ming Dynasty. The most famous one was Qin Liangyu, and Qin Liangyu's daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi also led troops in southern and northern wars. Unfortunately, he died in battle at this time.
Although this Zhou Liu family also left her name in the history books, there is no record of leading troops in battle. Only when Zhou Yuji died in battle, it was recorded that she led the strong women to occupy the house and defend it, and all thieves who entered were shot dead. , and was finally set on fire by the thieves and refused to surrender!
At this time, Zhou Yuji, as a military general, had a tendency to act vigorously and resolutely, and immediately acted according to Zhang Mingwei's request.
Not long after, the Zhang Mansion, which had caught the assassin without any movement, suddenly burst into flames, and then men, women, children, etc. all shouted "fire". After a while, they shouted "catch the assassin" again, making a lot of noise.
But no one knew that under the cover of this movement, several groups of people quietly came out from the back door of Zhang's residence and dispersed into the dark night-shrouded streets.
About half an hour later, the patrol soldiers from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division arrived belatedly. At this time, the open fire in Zhang's mansion had been extinguished, but the sound in the mansion was still very chaotic.
The gatekeeper of the Zhang Mansion refused the request of the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to go in and help, saying that they were strictly investigating the assassins, and did not reveal any other information.
At this time, although it was still dark, it was already time for the morning court. Because of Emperor Chongzhen's diligence, many officials were already on their way to the Forbidden City.
Just as we were passing through Chang'an Avenue, many people saw this scene. Most of the officials, when they saw that there was an assassin in the house of the refugee resettlement envoy from the Gyeonggi region, they all couldn't help but gloated: Look, you have offended someone and received retribution!
Only a few officials were anxious. For example, Zuo Du Yushi Liu Zongzhou wanted to go to Zhang Mansion to understand the situation, but was also blocked.
In the end, Emperor Chongzhen was alarmed. No one expected that before it was time to open the palace gates, Emperor Chongzhen actually came out of the palace. Accompanied by Wang Chengen, he led a large number of Dongchang servants and rushed to Zhang Mansion.
This scene once again made the onlookers of the capital officials stunned. How favored was the refugee resettlement in the capital, so that the emperor came in person!
You know, generally when encountering this kind of situation, even if it is a favored minister, the emperor can at most send his confidants to come over to understand the situation, which is enough! But now, the emperor has come in person...
As a result, all the officials in the capital stopped going to court, and the emperor came to Zhang's mansion anyway. So many officials ran to Chang'an Street and watched the excitement outside Zhang's Mansion.
Of course Luo Yangxing also came. Seeing that the emperor paid so much attention to the Zhang family, he understood that the rumors in the palace were ninety-nine times correct. Because the official position of commander of the Imperial Guard has always been held by the most trusted foreign ministers of the emperor.
Thinking about this, he couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that he made a decisive decision and acted early!
"Your Majesty, please walk slowly. The slave asked just now that both the gentleman and the princess are okay!" Wang Chengen followed closely beside Emperor Chongzhen who was striding forward, and quickly comforted him.
Emperor Chongzhen ignored him and continued to stride forward in Zhang Mansion.
Suddenly, I saw a few people appearing in front of me, and they hurried over to greet them.
Emperor Chongzhen arrived in such a hurry that Zhang Mingwei was caught off guard, so much so that it was too late to greet him.
