Chapter 44: The Truth
Hearing that Qi Wei came to report that the bearded man had been quietly caught, Yang Yun breathed a long sigh of relief. Because he suddenly remembered that this man was the man he heard in the conversation between the two people next to the rockery outside the tunnel that day. Although I didn't see this person's appearance at the time, I couldn't get it wrong with his unique voice.
Listening to the conversation between the two that day, I knew that this bearded man was the person who killed the bamboo that day, as long as I found him, I would have the opportunity to find out who was trying to kill him again and again.
The next morning, Yang Yun woke up from his sleep, Liu Yue brought a box of hot water and was ready to serve him, but Yao Xia hurried over. At this time, Yao Xia's eyes were red, and he obviously hadn't slept well all night, but he had an excited look on his face.
"Recruited! Recruited! This kid really carried it, and the brothers took turns to greet him all night, and when it was almost time for the fifth watch, he finally confessed. Mr. Ju's estimate was good, and sure enough, the prince wanted His Royal Highness's life. Yao Xia said loudly.
Yao Xia said as he handed over the confession of the bearded man to Yang Yun, Yang Yun looked at the confession carefully, and slowly, his eyes couldn't help showing a solemn look.
This bearded man's name is Gong Cheng, and he is actually the deputy commander of the right-hand leading army in the palace. In addition to this public identity, he is also the backbone of the private force secretly established by the crown prince Yang Yue, and often accomplishes such unsightly deeds for Yang Yue.
Qingzhu, the palace maid who stabbed Yang Yun that day, was the eyeliner arranged by Prince Yang Yue in Ningyu Palace. In order to worry that Qingzhu would be found by Emperor Fu, Yang Yue arranged for someone to exterminate Qingzhu, and the person who carried out this extermination action was this Gong Cheng.
Originally, after completing this extermination operation, Yang Yue asked Gong Cheng to give him a sum of money and let him go to the countryside to temporarily avoid the limelight. But Gong Cheng was greedy for the prosperity of the capital, and he was good at gambling, and after staying in the countryside for a few months, he couldn't bear it, so he sneaked back to Xijing, but he didn't expect to meet Yang Yun.
At the same time, Gong Cheng also confessed that the black-clothed masked man who assassinated Yang Yun that day was the private armed force secretly recruited by Prince Yang Yue. They are a team formed by Yang Yue with great value, although the number of this team is not large, but it is very strong, and it is a team that Prince Yang Yue relies on very much.
"Go ahead, Brother Ju call here!" After reading this confession, Yang Yun's expression was solemn, the weight of this thing was too heavy, and he had to think about it carefully, how to make full use of this thing.
Ju Yuanguang soon arrived, and when he saw this confession, he also fell into deep thought. After a long time, he raised his head, looked at Yang Yun, and said slowly.
"This thing is very important to us, but it is also a hot potato, if the prince's people know that we have this confession in our hands, they may come to retrieve him even if they are desperate, and our strength can't stop them."
"We will hand over this thing to Your Majesty as soon as possible while the prince's people don't know it, and this prince will shed his skin if he doesn't die." Yao Xia slapped his thigh and said fiercely.
"With this thing alone, it is very unlikely that we will be able to bring down the crown prince, but then, we have to be the vanguard against the crown prince, so there is no way to slowly develop our strength. There is another point, I don't know if you have ever thought about it, even if the crown prince is overthrown now, what good will it do us. Ju Yuanguang's words made several people fall into deep thought.
"That's right! We have to think about how we can use this thing to get the most out of it. Yang Yun said.
"My old Yao is a martial artist, and I don't like this kind of thing when you calculate me, I calculate your business. Tell me what we're going to do, boss! ”
Seeing Yao Xia ask himself, Ju Yuanguang pondered for a moment and said softly: "I think we have two better choices now: first, we take this thing directly to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and exchange it for the benefits we need, such as asking him to help us welcome the Jade Concubine Niangniang from the cold palace. ”
"This can't be done, if we do this, our alliance with the Five Emperor Brothers will not be able to continue, we can't be such short-sighted people." For the victorious king Yang Ming, Yang Yun is still very grateful in his heart, in the palace, there are too few people who are kind to him.
"Hehe, I also know that His Highness can't do this kind of thing, so I still have a plan, which is to completely hand over this matter to King Sheng, and I believe that he will not treat us badly." Ju took a sip of tea and continued.
"That's a good idea, just do it!" Ju Yuanguang's method was very much in line with Yang Yun's wishes, and he immediately agreed.
In this way, this confession was quickly placed on the table of King Sheng, and this time, it was the turn of King Sheng's brains to get busy, sit together for several hours, and finally came up with a plan that they felt was the most reasonable.
This matter is also tortuous, and in the end, it was Yang Xian, the prime minister, who handed over this confession to Emperor Fuhuang.
"Father! The eldest brother misbehaves on weekdays, and he didn't give it to his brothers and sisters, we can endure it, and we don't care about our brothers, we can bear it, but I never thought that he would do such a cruel thing to his siblings, one day, he will ascend the throne as the emperor, and there is a way for our brothers to live? Yang Xian burst into tears, and next to him, Yang Xian's biological mother, Empress Li Wan, and Yang Ming's mother, Concubine Cao Ying, also cried at the right time.
"Gode, go and call that beast to me!" Emperor Fu's biggest concern was that these princes were fratricidal in order to compete for the throne, so his anger was ignited all of a sudden.
The crown prince Yang Yue, who didn't know what was going on, arrived soon, and after learning the ins and outs of the matter, he was stunned at first, and then he cried and wiped his tears and snored. The passionate performance of this group of "performance artists" gave Fuhuang Yang Chengfeng a headache. The last decree was to imprison the crown prince Yang Yue in the prince's mansion, and he was not allowed to go out for three months, and no one was allowed to visit.
All these results were expected by the wise men of King Xiang and King Sheng. The prince's forces suddenly had no leader, and the next set of punches from King Xiang and King Sheng made the prince dizzy.
Liu Guang, a Chinese scholar, built a private mansion in his family, practiced extravagance, and was transferred out of the capital; Zhu Zhenyu was imprisoned for colluding with local bandits; Si Nong Zhuang Su embezzled the treasury silver and was cut to the people, and was assigned to Quanzhou......
For a time, many officials were punished for various reasons, and most of these officials were close to the prince.
For a time, the prince's family received a serious blow, everyone was in danger, and some wall grasses immediately chose to fall to King Xiang or King Sheng. At the critical moment, Dafu Taishi and Guozhang Ji Xiangran had to stand up, relying on their rich connections, carried out some counterattacks, and finally stabilized the situation.
A number of officials in the crown prince's department were dismissed, and several officials with real power were vacated, and King Xiang and King Sheng quarreled in order to compete for this position. In the end, Emperor Fu was finally alarmed, and people were quickly arranged to fill these vacancies, but these new officials, a few people who did not have the king and the king of victory, instead cheapened other princes and some officials who were usually unwilling to participate in the disputes between princes.
"Father, the thirteenth brother was sent to the cold palace when his mother was very young, and he lacked the care of his mother, and even the slaves dared to treat him inexhaustibly, and suffered a lot. Now there are still people who want to kill him, which makes me extremely sad to be an elder brother, so Erchen hopes that his father can be extra gracious and welcome the Jade Concubine from the cold palace, so that the thirteenth brother can enjoy more warmth! King Xiang's words were sincere, but Yang Ming, who was next to him to see Emperor Fu, was a little disdainful.
Because the reason why Yang Xian is willing to come forward this time is completely in exchange for Gong Cheng's confession, you really care about the old thirteen so much, why did you go earlier?
Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't show it at all, but said with an excuse: "Brother Huang is reasonable, and I hope that my father will be fulfilled!" ”