The news of the assassin in the East Palace spread throughout the government and the opposition in one morning, which shocked the Manchu civil and military forces, and everyone understood what it meant to assassinate the prince, which meant that a certain power group was dissatisfied with the prince.

Just when the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were discussing the assassin of the East Palace, there was a less noticeable transfer in the court, and the general of Zuotunwei, Yuan Jin, was crowned the prince of Jiyin County and the prince Shaobao, and was reappointed as the secretary of Guanglu Temple.

The general of Zuotunwei was promoted by the general of the left guard, Dugu Yan, who was responsible for protecting the security of the Son of Heaven's station when the Son of Heaven went out on patrol, and his status was second only to the left and right guards and Qianniuwei, and was generally held by the most trusted general of the Son of Heaven.

Yuan Jin changed from a military general to a civilian official, and was also promoted to a knight and an official, which seems to be a good thing, but when you taste it carefully, you still feel that something is not right, and many senior senior officials pointed out that the transfer of General Zuo Tunwei and the stripping of military power means losing the trust of the Son of Heaven.

The promotion and transfer took effect immediately, at noon, Yuan Jin and Dugu Yan handed over military power, Yuan Jin was really depressed, the relationship between the Yuan family and the Dugu family has always been not very good, as early as the Sui Dynasty, the relationship between the two families has been a mustard, for more than a hundred years, the two have maintained a lukewarm state, basically there is no marriage.

The Son of Heaven did not appoint others, but appointed someone from the Dugu family to replace him, which made Yuan Jin very uncomfortable in his heart, and he had another worry in his heart, it was very likely that Dugu Yan would purge the cronies he had promoted over the years.

After handing over the military power, Yuan Jin packed up his things and went back to his official room, he was really a little upset, what did he do wrong, and he was transferred from the post of general who had served for nearly seven years without warning by the Son of Heaven.

At this time, his old subordinate Guan Hua appeared at the gate of the courtyard, "May I ask if the general is not there?" ”

Yuan Jin hurriedly said: "Lao Guan is here, please come in!" ”

Guan Hua is currently serving as the general of the East Palace's right prison gate, and in his early years, Meng Yuanjin promoted him from a small lieutenant to a lieutenant step by step, and last year he was promoted to a general, so Guan Hua has always regarded himself as a protégé of the Yuan family.

Guan Hua walked into the room, bowed and saluted: "The humble post was transferred out of the East Palace today, and he will go to Shizhou to serve as the captain, and I have come to resign to the general." ”

Yuan Jin was stunned for a moment, demoted from general to captain, and also demoted to lieutenant of the local army, what is going on?

"General Guan, has something happened?"

Guan Hua said gloomily: "There were assassins in the East Palace last night, and two assassins were not caught and escaped, and the prince thought that he was derelict in his duty. ”

"General Guan was on duty last night?"

Guan Hua shook his head, and Yuan Jin was even more puzzled, "Since it's not General Guan on duty, why do you want to demote General Guan, it's completely unreasonable!" ”

Guan Hua snorted lightly in his heart, and said calmly: "Since the prince believes that it is my responsibility, what can I do but accept it?" ”

"No way!"

Yuan Jin said categorically: "You are the person I picked up with one hand, I know your character, conscientious, cautious, there are assassins in the East Palace and you have nothing to do with it, I will go to report to the Son of Heaven, I can't let the innocent person take responsibility." ”

"General!"

Guan Hua finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Don't the generals think that there is some kind of connection between us being transferred from our positions together?" ”

Yuan Jin was stunned for a moment, he realized that something was wrong, he was stripped of his military power, and his henchmen were transferred out of the East Palace, what happened to him?

Seeing a trace of ridicule in Guan Hua's eyes, his heart moved, and he asked urgently, "You know the reason, right?" Tell me, why is that? ”

"General, things have come to this point, I have been implicated by the Yuan family, and the general still refuses to be honest with his humble position?"

Yuan Jin slapped the table heavily, "What the hell do you mean, tell me clearly!" ”

The anger in Guan Hua's heart came up, and he said bluntly: "Didn't the Yuan family arrange the assassination of the East Palace last night?" ”

"What?"

Yuan Jin's eyes widened, "What nonsense are you talking about, what are you doing to assassinate the East Palace, what does it have to do with the Yuan family?" ”

Guan Hua sighed, "Ming people don't do dark things, since the Yuan family has done it, why don't you dare to admit it?" ”

"Fuck your shit! Hurry up and tell me clearly, what does the East Palace assassin have to do with the Yuan family? ”

Yuan Jin Qingjian burst out and roared angrily, this is not a joke, assassinating the prince, the Yuan family will be over for the next thirty years.

Guan Hua was a little puzzled, Yuan Jin didn't look like pretending, didn't he know?

"General, Liu Qi and Liu Ba are the warriors of the Yuan Mansion?"

Yuan Jin nodded, "They are the first-class warriors of the Yuan family, what's wrong?" ”

"Last night, four people came to the East Palace to assassinate, and were discovered by the guards, after a fierce battle, the assassins were killed two people, these two people are Liu Qi and Liu Ba, someone recognized them, and the Yuan family logo on their bodies is still there!"

"What did you say!"

Yuan Jin was like five thunderbolts, Liu Qi and Liu Ba assassinated the East Palace, he was so shocked that his eyes turned black for a while, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "I never arranged any assassination of the East Palace, could it be a mistake?" ”

"I think it's already confirmed! Otherwise, how could the generals and lowly positions be transferred? ”

After a pause, Guan Hua said again: "Unless the Yuan family lent the samurai to others, I think that this is the only possibility." ”

Yuan Jin couldn't sit still, the eight top warriors of the Yuan family were all controlled by his father, was it his father who lent them to others.

He didn't care about appeasing Guan Hua anymore, so he went out of the official room directly and rushed to the Yuan Mansion.

A quarter of an hour later, Yuan Jin's carriage stopped in front of the Yuan Mansion, Yuan Jin angrily walked to the back house, in front of his father's courtyard, a maid saluted him, "The master is back!" ”

"Get out of here!"

Yuan Jin slapped the maid to the ground, and several other maids were so frightened that they crawled away.

"Da Lang, what are you doing here?" Father Yuan Xuanhu happened to appear at the door.

Yuan Jin knelt down and said: "The Yuan family is in trouble, I am anxious, please forgive my father!" ”

"You make it clear, what disaster is coming?"

Yuan Jin had the urge to cry, and said bitterly: "Father, the Yuan family assassinated the East Palace last night, and the child has been stripped of his military power. ”

"Nonsense! How could the Yuan family assassinate Donggong? ”

"Father, are Liu Qi and Liu Ba two people available?"

Yuan Xuanhu frowned, turned around and ordered: "Go and find Liu Qi and Liu Ba." ”

A personal guard hurriedly ran away, and came back after a short time to report, "Old lady Qiqi, Liu Qi and Liu Ba didn't return last night. ”

Yuan Xuanhu also felt a little bad in his heart, and asked anxiously, "What's going on?" Why didn't they return overnight, and how dare they disobey the rules of the house? ”

Yuan Jin sighed: "Father, don't ask, they assassinated the East Palace last night and were killed by the guards of the East Palace, someone recognized them, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought that it was sent by our Yuan family, I'm afraid the Son of Heaven also means this." ”

"Impossible!"

Yuan Xuanhu said angrily: "They have been in the Yuan family for more than ten years, without my order, he will never dare to act without authorization, and he has never gone out in violation of regulations, what is going on?" ”

The messenger guard hesitated: "They were indeed transferred out by the head of the family. ”

Yuan Xuanhu was stunned, he shuddered suddenly, suddenly thought of something, and shouted: "Where is Yuan Xiao?" Bring him to me at once! ”

Yuan Jin was stunned for a long time and asked, "Father, what's going on?" ”

Yuan Xuanhu was a little hesitant, "I can't say anything about this matter, Xiao'er wants to investigate his brother's disappearance, and he needs manpower, so I will lend him the deputy card of the head of the family, he can mobilize four first-class warriors, but he will not send them to assassinate the prince, Xiao'er will not do such a thing no matter how stupid he is." ”

Yuan Jin was dizzy for a while, he now knew that it was really a warrior from his own mansion who sneaked into the East Palace to assassinate, and this matter actually involved his own son, could it be that he was used by anyone?

At this time, Lantern Xiao was taken to his grandfather's yard, and because Liu Qi and Liu Ba were killed last night, he was afraid to come to see his grandfather, and kept himself locked in the house.

He thought that last night's incident was revealed, and his grandfather wanted to blame him, so he knelt down and said, "My grandson was incompetent last night, and I disappointed my grandfather." ”

"What?"

Yuan Jin is a spirit, could it be that last night was really arranged by his father.

Yuan Xuanhu was a little confused, "Xiao'er, what are you talking about?" You tell me the numbers, what did you do last night? ”

"Last night, Sun Er sent a warrior to assassinate Guo Song, but Liu Qi and Liu Ba missed and died in the hands of Guo Song.

At this time, even Yuan Jin was confused, and he shouted: "Wait a minute, I'm confused by you now, let me ask!" ”

He asked his son, "Why did you assassinate Guo Song?" ”

"Grandson..... My grandson thought that he killed the third child, but the government refused to pursue it, and I couldn't swallow this breath, so I borrowed someone from my grandfather to deal with him, and I made it clear to my grandfather. ”

Yuan Xuanhu said angrily: "I promised you to deal with Guo Song, but I didn't let you go to assassinate the East Palace." ”

Lantern Xiao was stunned for a moment, he looked at his grandfather, then at his father, and stammered for a while: "What are you doing to assassinate the East Palace?" The grandson couldn't understand what the grandfather was saying? ”