Chapter 119: The Truth
Imperial Palace, inside the Palace of Health.
"Han, what the hell is going on?" Kuang Yue asked as she sat on the imperial throne and looked at Han Ming who was standing aside.
After all, this is the first time she has called Han Ming like this, and it seems that she has never called him before. called the name directly, but it seemed too rusty, called Han Qing's house, and felt a little estranged, and in the end, there was only one Korean character left.
Gonggong Cao squinted on the side, although he didn't seem to care, but his slightly trembling ears had already revealed his thoughts.
Since Han Ming knew that Gonggong Cao was a peerless master, his eyes had changed when he saw Gonggong Cao, what seemed to be a very simple and ordinary action before, but now it seems that there is also some truth in it, and it really shows the true colors of the grandmaster between his gestures. It's not good for him to make a casual mistake in front of Gonggong Cao now.
Han Ming wasn't surprised by what Kuang Yue called him, it made him feel more comfortable calling him like this, but he couldn't just call Kuang Yue.
"Your Majesty, in fact, the minister knew about their plan a few days ago, and he has not moved, but he just wants to surprise them. Han Ming replied.
Hearing this, Kuang Yue was very puzzled, like a naΓ―ve little girl who was about to hear an interesting story, blinked her big eyes, and couldn't wait to say, "Then you can tell me in detail." β
Han Ming smiled when he saw Kuang Yue's appearance, "Listen to me carefully." β
Before the enthronement ceremony......
It was still dark, and Han Ming had already gone out. He did not go to the altar of heaven, but went straight to the city defense camp.
Of the 50,000 soldiers in the city defense battalion, more than 20,000 are on patrol duty. In this enthronement ceremony of Kuang Yue, Zhao Ming arranged 7,000 people near the altar of heaven.
There are still more than 20,000 soldiers left in the city defense battalion, plus the elite of Han Ming's dark night battalion, this is all the manpower that Han Ming can mobilize.
As for why Han Ming wanted to transfer troops, he had to start a few days ago.
That day, Han Ming got the news from Yan Chong, and he knew that there was another secret to his assassination. According to the nature of the Wen family, there was no reason to give himself useless news, so Han Ming was ready to start with Li Heng's housekeeper Li Dai.
He mobilized almost all the forces of the scout department to investigate the news of Li Dai.
Fortunately, the people in the scout department had some ability, and it didn't take long to find the incognito Li Dai in a small village outside the capital city.
Li Dai is also a smart person, and he hides it quite deeply, but the people in the scout department are even more powerful.
Smart is smart, but unfortunately the willpower is not very tenacious, Li Dai was frightened by Han Ming, so he explained everything he knew.
It turned out that Li Heng was not the mastermind who instructed the assassination of Han Ming, the real mastermind was Li Wenjun in the history of Zhisu Neishi, Li Dai was Li Wenjun's distant relative, and he was the person Li Wenjun arranged by Li Heng's side at the beginning.
Li Dai was shrewd, and Li Wenjun said good things by his side, and soon won Li Heng's trust.
After Han Ming was assassinated, Li Wenjun asked Li Dai to bury a box in Li Heng's courtyard, and Li Dai did not think much about it at that time, so he did so.
But who would have thought that it didn't take long for Tingwei Yan Chong to take people to search Li Heng's home, and then he learned that Li Heng hanged himself in prison.
He knows best what kind of person Li Heng is, this kind of person will never think of suicide, so there is only one possibility, which is the suicide scene that Li Wenjun faked.
Li Dai smelled a hint of conspiracy from this, and he was afraid, because so far, he was the only one who knew the inside story of the matter, and he was afraid that he would be killed by Li Wenjun, so he fled overnight.
When he was on the run, he was chased by a killer, but he was rescued by a team of mysterious people.
Later, he went incognito in a small village on the edge of Shangjing City, and did not ask about the world, but he didn't expect to be found by Han Ming in the end.
Kuang Yue listened attentively, which made her never expect that the plot of the story would be so rich and interesting.
After learning that Li Wenjun was the real murderer, Han Ming did not immediately lead people to arrest him.
Li Wenjun is also a historian of the Su Dynasty, and his official rank is not small, and it is absolutely unwise to arrest people rashly, especially before the new emperor ascends the throne.
Han Ming felt that this matter was not so simple, and he wanted to find out who was behind the scenes. Of course, Han Ming didn't intend to let him go, and immediately sent people from the scout department to keep an eye on him for twelve hours a day to see who Li Wenjun had dealings with.
This stare really made him stare at something.
Li Wenjun, as the governor of Su Neishi, is in charge of the grain and grass taxes of various counties, and there are countless taxes and grains in his hands, as for whether he has eaten kickbacks, only he knows.
As for the evidence that Li Wenjun has filled his pockets, it is difficult to say whether there is any. However, the scout department found out that Li Wenjun's main bookkeeper had been pushing a cart of things to a courtyard outside the capital every evening in the past few days.
Because the courtyard was relatively large and the interior was complicated, in order not to startle the snake, the people from the scout department did not investigate in detail, but this news was enough to make Han Ming excited.
Han Ming analyzed that this courtyard might be the place where the assassins who assassinated him in the first place were located.
Because this courtyard was located in a remote location and was quiet all around, it was not easy to investigate directly, so Han Ming asked the people from the Secret Sentinel Department to go out and enter the courtyard directly.
If it weren't for Han Ming's need to sit in command of the military camp, he would have wanted to personally lead the team and find out.
The results of the investigation by the people of the Secret Sentinel Department did not disappoint Han Ming, but he didn't expect that the annex was actually a semi-militarized camp, with a training school field inside, and there were almost three thousand people in the annex.
Hearing this news, Han Ming immediately sensed the seriousness of the matter.
Li Wenjun is just a ruler, and according to his ability, he can't form such a large army, and there must be a bigger operator behind this.
Thinking of this, Han Ming became more and more excited, if the opponent was really someone like Li Wenjun, he would feel bored. Now it seems that the opponent is far stronger than his current self, and the enemy is in the dark, and there is not much time left for him, this contest is very interesting.
But first, he had to know who he was up against.
The first thing he guessed was Kuang Zhi, as the most suspicious person, he had a grudge against himself first and had the most motives.
Secondly, his surname is Kuang, and he can't guarantee him or his father will have the idea of usurping the throne.
In the end, how could he be there by such a coincidence when he was assassinated in the first place. Taken together, there is no doubt that Kuang Zhi and the people behind him are probably his biggest opponents.
Thinking of this, he was ready to act immediately.
However, just when he was about to make arrangements, he suddenly realized a problem, if it was Kuang Zhi or Kuang Guang, then Kuang Zhi left Beijing some time ago, would there be any tricks.
But it just so happened that it was here, at the beginning of Kuang's external transfer, Han Ming was wary of him, not worrying about whether he really passed. So he sent his own personal guard deputy captain Goudan and a few people from the secret sentry department to keep an eye on Kuang Zhi.
A few days ago, Goudan replied that Kuang Zhi stayed in Wanchuan City, lived a very nourishing life, ate and drank every day, and was not chic.
Now let Han Ming mutter, if Kuang Zhi really stayed in Wanchuan City, then what was going on?
This matter made him puzzled, and he didn't think about it in the barracks, so Han Ming went back home to think about it.
Ye Die looked at Han Ming with a anxious look, and felt distressed, "Childe, you can rest for a while, what should you do if you are tired of your body?"
When Han Ming saw the hot soup handed over, he smiled at Ye Die knowingly, and no longer thought about those troublesome things. Drinking a mouthful of heart-warming soup, Han Ming suddenly felt a lot warmer in his heart, and what a beautiful thing it was to have worries in his heart.
Han Ming looked at Ye Die, who was busy on the side, and couldn't help but sigh, "Fluttershy, I really want to be like this for the rest of my life." β
Fluttershy smiled when she heard this, "Don't worry, Fluttershy will never leave Childe." β
"Hmm. Han Ming happily replied and continued to drink the soup. Suddenly, he thought of something and immediately put the soup bowl down.
Then he naturally said to himself: "I like someone, I won't let the other party leave me, and I've kept it for so many years." If I'm going to send Fluttershy away, it's because I'm going to protect Fluttershy and send her away. But who could hurt her in Shangjing? His father? No, no, if it was a member of the family, he wouldn't have waited until now. β
Thinking of this, Han Ming clapped his palms.
"I see, hahaha. His father is in a high position, his brother holds military power, and he appeared at the scene of the assassination for no reason. β
Ye Die was on the side, watching Han Ming talk to himself like a nervous moment, saying something she didn't understand at all, and then jumping and jumping, and laughing, he thought Han Ming was sick, and reached out to probe Han Ming's forehead.
Han Ming grabbed Ye Die's divine hand.
"Thank you, Fluttershy. After saying this, he hurried out the door.
What Ye Die said to Han Ming was that Zhang Er was confused, looking at the soup on the table, Ye Die hurriedly shouted: "Eh, Childe, your soup." β
A leisurely reply came from outside the door: "Keep it until I come back to eat." β