Chapter 124: Dagger

"Fang Congzhe and Li Kezhuo are meritorious in offering Dan, reward!" Under the great joy, Zhu Changluo did not hesitate to order rewards, his rewards are not only in terms of money, but also in terms of official positions, and they need to be drafted to the cabinet before they can form official documents, so they need to wait for a short time.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fang Congzhe and Li Kezhuo thanked him and then retreated, but before leaving, he told him that he must take the remaining two red pills in turn according to the hour, otherwise the effect will not be the best, and it will not cure the emperor's illness.

Zhu Changluo, who was in a good mood, agreed with a smile, and then handed over the box containing the red pill to the personal eunuch for safekeeping, and waited until the evening to take the second one.

The two ministers left, and only the emperor who looked excited and expected to recover was left in the Qianqing Palace, and Xi Li Xuan, who had been guarding the emperor's side.

At this time, Xi Li's demeanor was a little wrong, she kept staring at the eunuch who kept the red pill fiercely, her eyes were full of fierceness, and there was a vicious look in her eyes. It's just that under the excitement, the emperor didn't notice the eyes of his beloved concubine.

Walking on the way out of the palace, Fang Congzhe kept frowning, he always felt that something was wrong, the gaffe shouldn't have been so smooth without a trace of forks, just thinking about it, he just didn't notice that something was wrong, such an awkward state made him unable to live in peace.

When they came to the gate of the palace, the eunuch guarding the gate stopped them for some necessary verification and inspection, but the eunuch who followed them to convey the will of the reward did not, so they went out first. Fang Congzhe thought that he would be able to go out soon, but he didn't expect that because of some formalities, he was left behind for a while, and when he finally came out and returned to Wenyuan Pavilion, the eunuch who passed the decree had already left, and the holy will had been formed and the holy decree was sent out.

Stamped with the official seal, it was Han Kuang, a bachelor who kept saying that he had something to do in the afternoon and couldn't come to the cabinet on duty, looking at the cabinet ministers who bowed their heads and wrote, Fang Congzhe frowned and asked, "Didn't Lord Han say that he couldn't come in the afternoon, why did he appear now, and his majesty's holy decree was approved." ”

"It's done!" Han Kuang replied lightly, and then buried himself in work, looking at his hard work, Fang Congzhe was not good at what he was saying, he couldn't blame others for being too capable of doing things, so come over after finishing things in advance.

It's just that the uneasiness in his heart is getting stronger and stronger, combined with what he saw and heard during the day today, he can determine what went wrong, countless clues appear in his mind, but it seems that something key is missing, and the information cannot be connected to reveal the truth.

For a whole afternoon, he had been thinking hard about what was wrong, but until he got off work, he didn't come up with a clue, he felt that he was only a layer of window paper from the truth, but in one afternoon, this layer of window paper was not pierced.

It wasn't until he returned home and saw the next gift decree from his family that he suddenly understood the cause and effect of the incident and what had happened.

However, it was already late, the sun had set at this time, the palace gate was closed, and non-military affairs were not allowed to enter and exit.

Fang Congzhe held the holy decree and sat on the chair, next to his wife. His eyes scanned back and forth on the holy decree, repeatedly confirming that he did not find the three words he hoped to appear, and every time he looked at it, his face turned white, and the state of the whole person was also one point worse.

"Sir." His wife let out a low sigh of concern.

"Han Kuang, villain, dare to harm me!" Suddenly, as if he was awakened, Fang Congzhe stood up and yelled, and then the whole person couldn't support it anymore, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out of his chest, spilling all over his clothes.

Under the anger, after spurting out this mouthful of blood, Lord Fang could no longer support it, and the whole person fell backwards softly, and then there was the exclamation of his family, and the entire Fang Mansion was completely chaotic.

As night falls, the lights come on.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and under the dark night sky, Zhu Youxiao's Yulin Army was busy with a chaotic flow of people. They dismantled the tents, set up the field, lit a bonfire, and they brought out a large amount of meat, and he also moved a jar of wine and put it on the school grounds.

And Zhu Youxiao stood on the rostrum, silently watching all this, beside him, in addition to the three eunuchs and two veterans, there was also a person, a woman, a woman trapped by a rope - that was the Hakka family.

Under the busyness of countless people, a bonfire-like venue was quickly set up, and then, without words or cheers, a party that seemed to be a celebration began silently.

Everyone gathered around the campfire to eat meat and drink wine, there was not much wine, only one bowl per person, but there was enough meat, everyone threw off their cheeks and ate desperately until their stomachs could no longer be stuffed.

The atmosphere of the whole party was very heavy, almost breathless, but those present didn't seem to notice, just kept eating, and if they didn't eat at this time, they were afraid that they would never have a chance to eat after tonight.

Everyone knows that when they are gathered like this, it is the moment when they serve His Highness, although there are still some regrets, but no one regrets it, they eat His Highness, use His Highness, take His Highness, at the critical moment, there is naturally nothing wrong with selling this life to His Highness.

Soon, the party, which had no name, but was indeed the Last Supper, was over, and everyone took up arms, put on their leather armor, and assembled on the school grounds.

The lineup of almost 4,000 people stood tightly, and the distance between each person and the person in front of him was less than an arm's length, no way, this school field was smaller after all, and it was impossible to stand at all if it didn't stand like this.

Looking at the dense phalanx below, Zhu Youxiao didn't speak, what should have been said had already been thoroughly explained in the daily ideological education of the squad leaders, there was no need to say anything at this time, they all understood their mission, and they only needed to stand in front of them.

Several people on the rostrum were fully armed, even the three eunuchs, who were dressed in leather armor and armed with embroidered spring knives, standing behind Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao, who was dressed in armor, was unusually powerful under the starlight, his tall figure, just standing there, gave the soldiers below infinite courage. Next to his feet was a woman who had been gagged and trapped with a rope, it was the Hakka family, tonight's sacrificial flag.

He originally wanted to let this woman play the most useful role and send a little wrong news to the Donglin Party behind her, so that he could gain an advantage in this transfer of power, but the development of the form was somewhat unexpected by him, or deviated from the historical trajectory.

Before he could think of how to use this woman, Guangzong came into contact with Red Pill. History was advanced, and the emperor, who was supposed to have died after taking the red pill on the 29th, took the red pill four days early.

In this way, the value of the woman of the Hakka family is gone, and now that the big change is imminent, it is impossible for him to let this woman go, so he has to use her to sacrifice the flag.

He didn't like this bad habit in the Ming army, but both veterans advised him to do it, so that most of the soldiers who had not seen blood could see what it was like to die.

Zhu Youxiao was not stubborn, he accepted it calmly, a betrayed woman was not worthy of him to refute the two hard-working generals.

"Maybe I'm not fit for these conspiracy tricks." Looking at the motionless military formation below, Zhu Youxiao thought a little self-deprecatingly. The entire Yulin Army Formation stood silently on the school grounds, motionless as time passed, as if they were planning to stand until dawn.

The night slowly deepened, the time slowly slipped down, and it was about half past ten in the later life, and at this moment the entire capital fell into a silent sleep, but the Qianqing Palace was different, and it was brightly lit at this time.

For a whole afternoon, Zhu Changluo, who felt that he had recovered most of his life, did not rest at all, and the red pill he ate was like a warm current, continuously releasing heat, baking his whole body, making him extremely comfortable and energetic, in this state, he couldn't sleep at all.

This abnormal state lasted for an afternoon, and it was only at dusk that he ate a little, and lay down on the bed and fell asleep. Next to him were several eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting, they accurately controlled the time, and after waiting for five hours, they were responsible for waking up His Majesty the Emperor and taking the second red pill.

A little outside is Xi Li Xuan, who has been waiting by the emperor's side day and night in the recent period, holding a sandalwood box with a satisfied expression, sitting on the soft floor, and also slowly waiting for the time to come.

This is in the afternoon Xi Li begged the emperor to come over, according to her, how can the rough eunuch compare to her heart as fine as a hair, what if the box falls to the ground, what if the red pill elixir falls out and loses its medicinal power? Guangzong hesitated for a moment, and then asked Xi Li to keep the sandalwood box containing his life-saving elixir.

This ending made Xi Li very satisfied, mastering this box is equivalent to mastering the emperor's life, everything is under her control.

When the time came, the eunuch in charge woke the emperor up.

Sleeping comfortably, Zhu Changluo, who had a sweet dream, got up from the bed, he had a good dream just now, which was all about his happy life after he got better, it was really a song every night, happy every day.

"Hurry up and get the red pill, I want to take it!" Shouting outside, he put on his clothes under the service of the eunuch, and he was a little eager to live the life of his dreams.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang An happily went out to call people, as a confidant eunuch, he was the happiest when he saw that the emperor was expected to recover.

Soon, Xi Li came in, and under her careful and gentle movements, Zhu Changluo quickly took the second red pill, but this one seemed to be a little different, and Guangzong fell asleep again soon after eating it.

Seeing the emperor like this, Xi Li Xuanzhi seemed to be very satisfied, and left with a smile on his face. Wang An didn't doubt him, moved a stool, guarded it beside him, and then fell asleep in a daze.

Suddenly, I don't know how long it took, a shaking woke Wang An up, and a little eunuch pointed to the bed with a frightened face, trembling and speechless. Wang Anxin was stunned, and suddenly felt bad, so he immediately rushed to the bed and leaned down to check.

After a while, he raised his head with a pale face, and his whole body trembled like chaff, as if he had epilepsy. Wang An's face was pale, and he looked at the other eunuchs in the room, and after a while, he spit out a few words with difficulty, "Your Majesty....... has died!" ”