But before Zhang Mingwei had time to speak, Emperor Chongzhen had already seen him. He was overjoyed immediately and hurried over to greet him. He reached out and grabbed Zhang Mingwei and said happily: "It's okay, sir, it's okay. It's okay, sir, it's okay!"
Seeing Zhang Mingwei alive right in front of him, and everything was normal, he was relieved.
Zhang Mingwei smiled, but before he could speak, Emperor Chongzhen's face changed and he said in a hateful voice: "I must investigate this matter thoroughly. Who dared to send someone to assassinate you, sir?"
Zhu Yu'ao who was standing next to her saw her father's eyes on Zhang Mingwei from beginning to end, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
It seems that I guessed it right. If I and my husband were assassinated together, my father would send someone to save my husband first. It looks like this now, although it’s not exactly the same, but it still means the same thing!
No matter who it is, even if she has been mentally prepared for this in advance, once it happens, she will feel a little bad after all.
At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen finally saw her and asked with concern: "The assassin's target must be sir. Are you not scared?"
Ah, so that’s what your father thinks?
When Zhu Aao heard this, she immediately became happy, shook her head quickly and said, "My daughter is fine."
When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he also explained: "Zhou Yuji and his wife are well protected. The assassin has actually been caught long ago. There is another inside story."
Having said this, while accompanying Emperor Chongzhen to the front lobby, he began to introduce what happened last night.
By the time Emperor Chongzhen arrived and sat down in the lobby, Zhang Mingwei had already explained everything. Then, he said to Zhou Yuji, who had not slept all night, "Bring all the prisoners here to show His Majesty."
By this time, it was getting dark. Zhou Yuji was very efficient and had already returned through the back door.
After hearing Zhang Mingwei's instructions, he immediately brought Zhou Wenzhen and Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi Qian Liu over. Subsequently, relevant evidence was also presented to the emperor one by one.
Emperor Chongzhen did not expect that things would turn out to be so twists and turns, nor did he expect that it would be Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, who would send someone to assassinate him!
When Qian Liu was arrested, the remaining four thousand taels of silver notes were found on the spot, and his eyebrow features also matched the portrait. A series of evidence proves that he is the person who hired the murderer.
Qian Liu naturally knew that Luo Yangxing was about to die, and there was no need for him to bear the charge of being the mastermind, so he had already made it clear to Zhang Mingwei that it was Luo Yangxing who gave the instructions. At this time, seeing the emperor personally intervening, he explained it thoroughly again.
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being furious, and immediately ordered Wang Cheng'en to arrest Luo Yangxing immediately.
As a result, the Dongchang officers of the brigade rushed out of Zhang's house. Before Wang Chengen could think about where to arrest the person, Luo Yangxing jumped out from the crowd of officials and asked pretending to be angry: "My lord, do you know who did this? How dare you do such an illegal thing at the feet of the emperor?" , I must report to the Emperor and let my guards in royal robes investigate this matter strictly!"
When the onlookers heard what he said, they couldn't help but lament in their hearts. Now Dongchang is arresting people and ransacking their homes, but fortunately they are still within the palace. If Jinyiwei starts arresting people in a big way after this incident, how will he live like this?
Unexpectedly, just as they were thinking about this, they heard Wang Chengen sneer, point his finger at Luo Yangxing and shouted: "Come on, get it for us!"
When the officers around him heard this, they immediately swarmed up and pounced on Luo Yangxing like a hungry tiger pounced on food.
As soon as Luo Yangxing heard this, he knew something was wrong. But before he could react, he was knocked down by a Dongchang fan. It really pressed down on him like a stack of Arhats, but it only took a moment to restrain him.
Seeing this scene, the officials who were watching were dumbfounded. They never expected that the factory owner would directly arrest the commander of the Jinyiwei!
After the Dongchang officers captured Luo Yangxing and his entourage into the Zhang Mansion, they finally came to their senses. Suddenly, the scene exploded.
"Why is this? Why did you go out and arrest the commander of the Jin Yiwei directly?"
"Such a big thing must have happened. The Emperor blamed it. The Commander of the Imperial Guards was the first one to be unlucky!"
"Whatever he does, hey, Dongchang arresting Jin Yiwei is really a good show!"
"..."
Generally speaking, these officials are all gloating about misfortune and enjoy hearing about it. Only a few officials once again saw Zhang Mingwei's favor, and they couldn't help but be alert.
After such a long time, there were assassins in the Zhang family, and the news that the emperor personally came to express condolences to Mr. Zhang had already spread in the capital. As long as the dignitaries and common people who had the ability to rush over, they all rushed over to see the situation.
But Chang'an Avenue is under martial law. No one who came later could come over to see it, so everyone was extremely anxious. Compared with the officials watching the excitement, the people in the capital were more concerned about Zhang Mingwei's safety.
"God bless me, I have finally become a good official, but nothing will happen to me!"
"That's right, we must not let anything happen to Haigang Peak in Chongzhen Dynasty!"
"..."
To them, Zhang Mingwei was not afraid of the powerful, devoted himself to the people, dared to fight with any powerful people, and even donated almost all of his family wealth to save refugees. This was a good official who had not been seen in hundreds of years. It's not easy to meet such a good official. I really ask God to worship Buddha to keep Zhang Mingwei safe.
The more they worried about Zhang Mingwei, the more they hated the assassin. During their discussion, everyone was scolding the eighteenth generation of the assassins for not having any conscience. In today's troubled times, even such good officials are killed. Do they want to continue the chaos?
In the Zhang Mansion, Luo Yangxing wanted to deny it at first. But Qian Liu wanted to reduce his guilt, so he naturally explained all the details clearly. He even confessed all the illegal things Luo Yangxing had done secretly to Emperor Chongzhen. Among them, collusion with civil servants was the most taboo for Emperor Chongzhen.
Luo Yangxing's face turned pale after hearing this, and he just wanted to deny it, but Qian Liu was his confidant, and he knew his affairs best, so he had no way of denying it.
Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the minister he once thought was the most loyal and useful, and said bitterly: "I thought you were like my father, but you repaid me like this when I used you so much. You really let me down!"
Luo Yangxing's father, Luo Sigong, contributed a lot to the Wanli Korean War and was considered a dutiful commander of the Imperial Guard. Luo Yangxeng was promoted directly from Baihu to the commander of Jinyiwei, and he benefited from his father's achievements.
However, Luo Yangxing did not inherit this ability from his father. Instead, he inherited his father's good relationship with civil servants and carried it forward, so that the sword above the officials' heads lost its intended function.
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he began to issue a series of decrees to deal with related matters.
