Chapter 284: Mingzong's Death
"Oh!?" The general said tepidly, "And what evidence do you have?" ”
The person who came said: "I was originally a small guard by Mingzong's side, that night, the day before His Majesty was killed, our team was responsible for the safety around His Majesty's dormitory, and then the third prince came!" ”
"And then?!" The general asked expressionlessly.
"Then, the third prince took dinner to Mingzong's residence."
"Oh, this shouldn't be nothing, it can't be said that the third prince has any plans against His Majesty Mingzong!"
The man said: "Of course, this is definitely not any evidence, and no one can say that the sect was assassinated by the three princes because of this, the key is that the next day our team of guards were all killed by the three princes!" ”
"And how did you survive!?"
"Me!?" The man smiled bitterly, "I'm not actually in the formation of the escort team, I know that the establishment of the escort team is customized by you, the general, I am just a substitute guard, that day, someone happened to suddenly suffer from dysentery, I replaced him, but his name is still on the list, so, in the end, the man died, but I survived." ”
The general knew about this matter, he nodded and said: "Well, the third prince told me at that time that he executed the guards and the people who served Mingzong that night, the reason is that Mingzong was critically ill, and they didn't find out in advance and notify the imperial doctor." ”
"Yes," the man continued, "Later, I thought that something must be wrong, so I secretly left a little of what Mingzong ate that night!! ”
When the general heard this, his face finally changed.
However, at this time, Nan Xun suddenly spoke: "Say, who are you an undercover agent who filmed Mingzong?!" ”
The man paused for a moment, and finally smiled and said, "Miss Nanxun is really exquisite, comparable to Zhuge ah, haha, not bad." For so many years, I have been hiding incognito by Mingzong's side, not for anything else, just to protect Mingzong. It's just that I didn't expect that in the end, His Majesty would die at the hands of the person he trusted the most! ”
Actually, when this man said that only he himself survived. Nan Xun already knew that this person was definitely not such a simple person, and after saying that he actually left a copy of what Mingzong ate that day, Nan Xun knew even more that this person must have been placed in the palace by someone else.
If it was an ordinary guard, how could he have such a mind, and when he encountered such a thing, he would definitely not be able to hide, how could he take the initiative to leave Mingzong's dinner.
Although, after the death of Mingzong. There will definitely be a new batch of guards to replace those who were executed by the three princes, but this person can actually pull out in such a chaotic situation and leave evidence, is this what ordinary guards can do.
Besides, the third prince is not a fool, if it was really him who poisoned Mingzong, how could he leave the dinner, and he would definitely dispose of the dinner as much as possible. This person dared to pull out his teeth and set aside a dinner dish from the hands of the third prince, which shows that he must have suspected that something was wrong with the matter.
Nan Kaoru deduced from this. This person was definitely not an ordinary guard, so she smiled and said: "It's useless to compliment me, the general is here, he has already seen your intentions, but he just wants to see how long you are going to act, but I didn't expect you to be unconscious." I think, as soon as you first came in, you recognized us people, I advise you, or tell me honestly, what do you want to do, lest the time comes, the general loses patience and cuts you directly! ”
The man smiled and said: "I am indeed undercover, ten years, I have been in the palace for ten years, for what, none of you know, now, it is time for me to speak out." ”
"Then say it quickly, don't talk so much nonsense......"
"More than twenty years ago...... the year ago," the man said slowly, about the secret past.
More than 20 years ago, this man was only a five or six-year-old child, and he was left alone in the war, alone, without even a bite to eat.
At this time, he met a person, but he never knew who the man was, and the man only asked him to call him sir, and the man gave him a name, called Shitong, and sued him, from then on, he must forget his previous identity, follow him, and not betray.
Shi Tong agreed, so he followed Mr. to go north and south, practice body martial arts, familiarize himself with the art of war, and even worked as an assassin, as a businessman, sold ink, and boarded the stage, a full fifteen years, Shi Tong is spent in infinite busyness, every day to sleep time, but only three hours, after that, to start to complete the task assigned by Mr. on a new day, in this more than fifteen years of life, Shi Tong really forgot his previous name, forgot his previous appearance, just knew that he was called Shitong, It is necessary to complete the tasks assigned by the husband.
That's it. Until he was twenty years old, Mr. took Shitong to meet a person, that person is the righteous son adopted by the saint today, that is, what people call the second prince, but at that time, Shitong didn't know that the person in front of him was the second prince, but he just knew that Mr. wanted to take him, so he went.
Seeing the second prince, the gentleman said straightforwardly: "Your Highness, I brought you the person you want!" ”
Shitong only knew at this time that the person in front of him turned out to be the second prince today, but at that time, the second prince was not a prince, and Shitong's state of mind was honed by Mr. to the point where Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, so he didn't think there was anything strange about seeing the second prince.
The second prince looked at Shitong and felt that he was neither humble nor arrogant, and was very satisfied, so he said: "Yes, what Mr. taught is different, but is he competent?" ”
The gentleman smiled and said, "That's enough! ”
The second prince then said: "I believe sir, what is his name!?" ”
"Ten together!"
The second prince turned to Shitong and said, "Shitong, there is a very important task to be handed over to you now, can you complete it!?" ”
Shitong turned his head to look at Mr., who nodded and said, "What Your Highness means, that's what I mean!" ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say it, you will definitely die in the future!"
"I want you to go to my father-in-law's side and be his guard, this shouldn't be a difficult thing for you!?"
"It's not difficult!"
The second prince smiled and said, "It's really not difficult, but." Is it that you have to stay by your father's side for the rest of your life and keep him safe, unless you die. Otherwise, no one will hurt his father-in-law in the slightest! ”
"Yes!" Shitong never talks nonsense, he receives the task, and he never asks why, just do the task, but he also knows. The previous fifteen years of training were for this task, otherwise, how could Mr. have been with her for so long.
Subsequently, Shitong went to Mingzong, who had not yet become the emperor, without anyone's help, so he enlisted as a guard by Mingzong's side, and since then he has been following Mingzong's side, turning to the north and south. Until Mingzong ascended the throne as emperor, he also followed into Luoyang and made a small guard in the palace.
During this period, he secretly helped Mingzong deal with the killers who didn't know how many people planned to assassinate Mingzong, but Mingzong didn't know anything about this qiē, and even the second prince and Mr. didn't know, Shitong just silently completed his task. Although he only did, I am afraid that this task will not be completed until he dies.
Even, later, after the general changed the establishment of the guard. He took the initiative to demote himself to a substitute, but every time, he would make something wrong with one of the guards, so that he could not be on duty, and then stand up and replace him.
Later, any of the guards who didn't want to be on duty came to him directly, and he gladly accepted. Anyway, doing things under other people's names is also Shitong's favorite thing.
The Guardians all know that he is a good old man, so they are also very good to him, and no one has ever noticed his abnormality.
Originally, this time, this person really suffered from dysentery, so he asked Shitong to replace him.
Shitong accepted it as usual, and then went to duty, and in the evening, Shitong saw the third prince come to Mingzong's house with dinner.
Since it was the Third Prince, the people from the escort team must have gone to inform Mingzong, and Mingzong let the Three Princes in.
After that, it didn't take long for the third prince to leave with people.
This is just a very ordinary trivial matter, and it has not happened before, because Mingzong will deal with government affairs until late before resting, so it is common for the prince to take a look at the prince or something.
Therefore, Shitong didn't think much about it, after all, these three princes are all people who are the crown princes, and it's a good thing to talk to Mingzong more, maybe it's called by Mingzong, and he called to teach him.
Until the early morning, after the shift change, Shitong, went to rest, at this time, suddenly there was a noise, someone actually came to arrest the people on duty yesterday, interrogated them directly, and dragged them directly to the entrance of the vegetable market to cut.
At this time, Shitong suddenly realized that something was wrong.
So, taking advantage of the chaos, he quietly sneaked into Mingzong's residence and left a little of what Mingzong ate last night.
Then, after the matter passed, he asked someone to identify it, and found that one of Mingzong's favorite dishes turned out to be highly poisonous.
Shitong realized that it turned out that the third prince couldn't wait, but his momentary negligence killed Mingzong, so he simply withdrew from the list of substitute guards, after all, he was a substitute, gone, no one felt any pity and strangeness, this substitute guard, every year comes and goes, there are a lot.
After that, he went directly to the second prince's place, told him that the mission had failed, and left it to the second prince's disposal.
After the second prince learned about it, he was very angry, pointed to Shitong's nose and scolded for a long time, Shitong has been silent, fortunately the second prince is not an unreasonable person, and then asked about the situation in detail.
After that, Shitong took the food he left behind to the second prince to take a look.
It's December now, and this thing won't rot if it is left for ten days and a half, so the second prince immediately found someone to identify it and found that it was indeed poisonous.
So he scolded the third prince again, and then turned to Shitong and said: "Shitong now has a way to make up for his mistakes, that is, to come to the General's Mansion and let the general believe that His Majesty Mingzong was harmed by the three princes, if you can't make the general believe it, Shitong can only apologize with death."
After Shitong, he came to the general's mansion non-stop and met the general.
Subsequently, Shitong said: "Death, I'm not afraid, but, for so many years, I have been by Mingzong's side, knowing how hard-working His Majesty is, thinking of such a holy king dying unexpectedly, I really feel uneasy, if I can't beat the three princes with a human face and a beast's heart into the abyss, I swear not to be a human being!" ”
The general shook his head and said: "These are just what you said, one side of the story, even if you give me those food, how can I be sure that you didn't do it, I am willing to believe you, but unfortunately, you can't give me enough reasons, and I can't stand on the opposite side of the new monarch because of this, you know, in fact, no matter who becomes the emperor, as long as the people live and work in peace and contentment......
"However, His Majesty Mingzong xià ......"
"I said," the general waved his hand and interrupted him, "You don't have conclusive evidence, I can't do anything as a general, I didn't directly arrest you and hand you over to the third prince, I can only say that I was indeed moved by your story." ”
The man said, "However, as long as you concentrate on investigating this matter, you will definitely be able to investigate all kinds of clues!" ”
"Then you go to investigate, and when you have conclusive evidence, come and tell me, but it's okay, the next time you come, if you don't have conclusive evidence, I can only give you to the third prince!"
The general's words were the last death order for this person.
In this way, this person will not give up if he doesn't get the three princes, and in Nan Xun's opinion, there are many strange things about this matter, first of all, the three princes all said that people who are too benevolent and righteous, how can they make a move to kill the entire escort team.
Secondly, the second prince is also problematic, since he can send someone to Mingzong's side for so long, who knows, did he send someone to follow Mingzong's side and take the opportunity to kill Mingzong.
How Mingzong died, this, no one can say at present.
But Nan Xun, I believe that what the person in front of me said is true, this is an intuition, and Nan Xun also said why, that is, I feel that this person must not be lying.
However, just because he didn't tell a lie, he can't say that the third prince harmed Mingzong, because, in fact, he is just speculating.
Nan Kaoru thought for a while and asked, "By the way, what is the gentleman who taught you before!?" (To be continued.) )