Chapter 160: The Rebellion of Kaesong (Part II)

Seonjok Bridge is a very ordinary small bridge, although there is a "bamboo" in the name, but it is actually a stone bridge, the scale is also very small, only about a dozen steps long, and on the north side of Seonju Bridge, there is the famous Zinan Mountain in Kaesong, there is a house at the foot of the mountain, which is also the residence of the Goryeo Confucian Jung Mong-joo.

Zheng Mengzhou would ride a horse-drawn carriage over the bridge every morning, and in front of the bridge was a very popular street, with people coming and running, and it looked vibrant.

However, today's situation is a little different, although the small bridge is still the same, and the pedestrians on the street seem to be very lively, but in a restaurant near Shanzhu Bridge, there seem to be some unfamiliar faces, and their minds are not on eating, just keep looking at the Shanzhu Bridge next to it.

Suddenly, a carriage came slowly behind the bridge, which made all the strangers in the tavern look nervous, and even the window on the second floor of the tavern quietly opened a gap, and two pairs of eyes were staring closely at the approaching carriage.

"It's his carriage, are you ready?" One of the people in the window said in a low voice, only to see that this person was very young, about twenty years old, it was Li Chenggui's son Li Fangyuan.

"Don't worry, we have been practicing for a long time for this day, and we will never miss!" I saw a sturdy middle-aged man on the opposite side replied in a low voice, this person's name is Zhao Yingqi, who is currently judging Quke Temple, he is Li Chenggui's hardcore henchmen, and this time Li Chenggui and Li Fangyuan also handed over the assassination of Zheng Mengzhou to him.

"Good, go ahead!" Li Fangyuan said lightly, picked up the wine glass after speaking, turned his head to look at the carriage that was getting closer and closer to Shanzhu Bridge, this was Zheng Mengzhou's carriage, he personally stared at it for more than ten days, and he would definitely not admit his mistake.

"Yes!" Zhao Yingqi agreed, and immediately turned around and went downstairs, and at this time, the carriage on the other side of the carriage bridge was about to walk to the bridge, and it was only a few dozen steps away from the bridge.

But the men in the carriage seemed to be unaware of the danger, and the horses pulling the carriage in front of them even snorted leisurely, and the coachman who was driving the carriage was yawning as if he had not slept well last night.

Finally, the horse pulling the carriage stepped on the old-fashioned board of the Shanzhu Bridge with a leisurely pace, and then the wooden wheels also went up the bridge, and there were stone railings on both sides of the bridge, and the bridge body was not wide.

"Huh~" I heard a bowstring sound suddenly, and a feather arrow flew out of the window of the tavern, followed by countless bowstring sounds, followed by a rain of arrows, and the target was Zheng Mengzhou's carriage.

The poor carriage was immediately shot into a hedgehog, and the horses and grooms were killed on the spot, and many arrows were shot into the carriage, and it was said that the people inside would surely die, but the strange thing was that the carriage was quiet, and there was no sound at all, and if anyone was hit by an arrow, even before dying, I am afraid that they would scream.

Seeing this, Li Fangyuan on the second floor couldn't help but change his face, and just wanted to inform Zhao Yingqi downstairs to be careful, but the other party had already led people to rush out, these people tore off their robes, revealing the black power suit inside, and pulled out the long knife on their waists and killed the carriage, once this assassination was launched, it was impossible to stop.

Zhao Yingqi covered his face with a black scarf, for fear of being recognized by others, after all, he was Li Chenggui's henchman, but when he rushed to the carriage first and stretched out his hand to open the carriage door, he was shocked to find that the carriage was empty, in other words, the coachman was simply driving an empty carriage, which obviously did not match the information they received.

"Oops! There is a trap! Zhao Yingqi immediately shouted, and turned around to inform Li Fangyuan in the restaurant.

However, it was too late at this time, and suddenly a cavalry galloped behind the Shanzhu Bridge, and then arrows rained down, Zhao Yingqi and these people did not wear armor at all for the convenience of their actions, and they were shot in the local area in the blink of an eye, and a few people who survived were quickly trampled into meat by the war horses.

Li Fangyuan, who was on the second floor, was also taken aback when he saw this cavalry, especially when he saw the general who led the cavalry, he shouted loudly: "Cao Minxiu! How did he get back? ”

Cao Minxiu is not an ordinary person, when Li Chenggui returned to the army on Weihua Island, it was not his idea alone, but he persuaded Cao Minxiu, who led the army with him, to make a joint decision, but after grasping the power, Li Chenggui tried to squeeze out Cao Minxiu, and finally found a reason to exile the other party to Changning.

Li Fangyuan thought that Cao Minxiu would never come back in his life, but he didn't expect him to suddenly appear in Kaesong, and he also led his troops to kill Zhao Yingqi and others, which made him suddenly wake up in shock, I am afraid that Zheng Mengzhou would have known that he was going to assassinate him, so he could transfer Cao Minxiu back to Kaesong in advance, in other words, their plan had already been exposed.

"We have spies around us!" Li Fangyuan gritted his teeth.

But then Li Fangyuan fell into confusion again, the whole plan was formulated by him and his father's novices, and all the loyalists used were the die-hard factions around his father, and even these die-hard factions, there were very few people who knew the whole plan, even Zhao Yingqi, the executor, only knew the exact time of the operation a few days ago, so it stands to reason that it should be impossible for someone to leak secrets, right?

But now there is no time for Li Fangyuan to think about this problem, after Cao Minxiu killed Zhao Yingqi and these people, he immediately set his eyes on the restaurant, and seemed to know that Li Fangyuan was also here, so he immediately led the army to kill downstairs.

However, what Cao Minxiu didn't expect was that when he rushed upstairs, Li Fangyuan upstairs had disappeared, and the back window was also opened, when he stretched out his head to look down, he found that a rope hung down from the back window, and behind the restaurant, it was a mixed house, Li Fangyuan was afraid that he had already fled in the middle of the house.

"I have long heard that he is cautious, and he really deserves to be Li Fangyuan!" Cao Minxiu looked out the window and whispered, but then there was a sneer, although Li Fangyuan fled, it didn't have much impact on the situation, and they made enough preparations for this day.

Li Chenggui walked around anxiously in the study, he was also waiting for news from Li Fangyuan's side, and now he had ordered that the city gate and the palace gate be closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, as long as the news of Zheng Mengzhou's death came, he could immediately send someone to arrest those ministers who opposed him, and wipe everyone out, and then enter the palace to force the palace to the king of Goryeo.

"How is the Ming army doing over there, when will they be able to get to Kaesong?" Li Chenggui suddenly asked again, in addition to him, there are several of his henchmen in the study, such as Zheng Daochuan, who is his first adviser, is here, and he is also one of the few people who participated in the entire plan.

"The latest news, the Ming army landed on Ganghwa Island last night, and now it has been attracted by our people to open the city, and it is estimated that it will be there soon!" Chung replied.

Li Chenggui nodded when he heard this, he controlled the army in the city, but there were still many people loyal to the king of Goryeo in the local area, and he would need to use the prestige of the Ming Dynasty to deter these people.

"Why hasn't Fang Yuan come back now, will there be any accidents?" Li Chenggui quickly asked anxiously.

"Probably not, for this plan, we have already figured out Zheng Mengzhou's actions clearly, and the other party has not noticed the abnormality at all, with mental calculation or not, Zheng Mengzhou will definitely die." Zheng Daochuan said again.

Speaking of which, Zheng Daochuan and Zheng Mengzhou are both disciples of the great Confucian Li Sui, the two of them are from the same school, and their relationship is also extremely deep, but later they are their masters, and there is also a gap between each other, and there is even a situation of incompatibility.

Li Chenggui was also a little relieved when he heard Zheng Daochuan's words, Zheng Daochuan was his first strategist, and he had been friends with Zheng Mengzhou and was extremely familiar with him, so there should be no mistakes in the plan he formulated.

However, at this moment, I suddenly saw Li Fangyuan wearing a ragged suit and broke into the study and shouted: "Father, the matter has been revealed, Zheng Mengzhou has been prepared for a long time, and he is not in the carriage at all!" ”

"What?" Li Chenggui was also shocked when he heard this, and Zheng Daochuan and the others next to him also showed incredible looks, they couldn't understand why the plan that was obviously foolproof would fail?

"How can it be revealed, can it be ......" Li Chenggui is worthy of a generation of heroes, and he quickly woke up after the shock, and in the end, he set his sights on Zheng Daochuan, because only they know the whole plan, if the news is leaked, the only possibility is that a few of them have spies!