Shocked to hear that Chongzhen was assassinated, bigwigs from all walks of life rushed to the palace to ask for a meeting, but they were blocked by Wei Zhongxian, who had a gloomy dead face. Declare that Emperor Chongzhen was furious and did not see anyone.

After many courtiers dispersed, a group of bigwigs of the Donglin Party gathered at the home of Zhou Yanru, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet.

It's just that the faces of many Donglin Party bigwigs are not very good-looking.

Zhou Yanru said: "Everyone, who arranged Wang Sheng?" How dare you assassinate in public? ”

The others looked at each other, but only the squire of the military department said: "The Son of Heaven is brutal, and it is not enough to take the temple." It is inevitable that there will be loyal ministers and righteous people who assassinate Qin out of righteous indignation. ”

Zhou Yanru slapped the table and said angrily: "Confused! Stupidity! Now that person has fallen into the hands of the factory guards, under some torture, if he climbs and bites indiscriminately, how can it be good?! ”

Hou Sui said nonchalantly: "Elder Ge is too careful. That Wang Sheng was originally the son of a rich family in Jiangnan, and his parents died at the hands of Wei Eunuch, and he escaped only because he was studying in Guozijian. Now that he is alone, he wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate Wei Gelding, but he was stimulated today, and he actually assassinated today. ”

When Zhou Yanru heard this, his face softened slightly, and he said, "The imperial doctor on duty today is Chen Renzhong and Chen Imperial Doctor?" Later, I sent someone to the Tai Hospital to take a walk and send the calligraphy and painting of Chen Yizhong Chen Xiang in the former Song Dynasty that the old man treasured. ”

And after some deliberation, they did not stay any longer, but dispersed.

Chongzhen in the harem had a headache when he looked at the many women in front of him.

Zhang Yanqiao, the empress of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, pointed at Wei Zhongxian and Fang Zhenghua and said, "Good you two minions!" put the emperor in danger! Fortunately, there is no big problem, otherwise the mourning family will pick your good skin! It was so frightened that Wei Zhongxian and Fang Zhenghua knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

Chongzhen's queen Zhou is also pretty and pale, obviously afraid. Although the emperor gave his eldest brother to death, he deserved it, and he never hated the emperor in his heart. Now that the emperor has been assassinated, it scared Empress Zhou half to death.

It's just that after his eyes swept to Yuan Guifei and Tian Guifei, he saw the two of them crying like pear blossoms and rain, and his heart was nameless, and he shouted angrily: "Enough!" Why are you two crying? If you are safe today, put away your tears in this palace! ”

Chongzhen was upset, and it happened that Wang Chengen came in to report that the imperial doctor Chen Renzhong was here, and Chongzhen hurriedly announced that after Empress Zhang and Empress Zhou retreated.

The imperial doctor checked the wound and checked the pulse, and then said: "Your Majesty, fortunately, the knife is not poisonous, and Your Majesty dodged in time, but there is no major problem." Later, the minister will prescribe a few pairs of internal and external medicines, and it must be fine in three or two days. ”

Chongzhen said "um" and said, "So, there is Lao Aiqing." ”

Not long after the imperial doctor retreated, the decoction medicine was delivered.

Chongzhen didn't take it either, but ordered someone to take a dog raised in the palace and poured the medicine down.

After a while, the dog was not abnormal, but his expression was very excited, and he kept wanting to play with the little eunuch who was holding him next to him.

Chongzhen secretly said that he was suspicious and was about to take medicine, but he didn't want Wei Zhongxian to stop him.

Wei Zhongxian first sent someone to get the prescription prescribed by Chen Renzhong, but when he got it in his hand, he found that he couldn't read the big characters. simply handed it to Wang Chengen and said, "Look at this prescription." ”

Wang Chengen also secretly blamed Wei Zhongxian for making a fuss, took the prescription and read it, and replied: "Father-in-law Wei is too worried, this prescription is full of some golden flowers and drugs that promote wound healing. ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Yes, it is precisely because of this that there is a problem with this medicine!" He shook his head, and then said, "I hope the slave thinks too much." ”

Having said that, the people next to him did not dare to slack off, Cao Huachun even ordered someone to take down the little eunuch who decocted the medicine, and brought back all the unfinished medicine.

The little eunuch trembled and knelt down to say goodbye, and then knelt on the ground and waited for questioning.

Wei Zhongxian said: "Our family asked you, but you personally fried this medicine?" ”

The little eunuch didn't know what was going on, but instinctively felt bad, and hurriedly replied, "Go back to the ninth ...... Back to Father-in-law Wei, this medicine was fried by Imperial Doctor Chen. Imperial Physician Chen said that he was not at ease, and he was afraid that the slave and maid would not be able to fry it clumsily, so he personally fried the medicine before leaving. ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Since you are decocting medicine in the palace, you must know the properties of this medicine?" ”

The little eunuch replied: "The slave and maid only know a little, and they usually use the medicine ordered by the imperial doctors. ”

Wei Zhongxian took the medicine bowl and handed it to the little eunuch and said, "Can you smell it, is there any difference between the medicine in this medicine and the Chinese medicinal materials in this prescription?" ”

The little eunuch became more and more worried, knowing that something was wrong, and the medicine was for the emperor, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became.

took the medicine bowl, sniffed carefully for a long time, and licked a little bit of the medicine residue with his tongue before speaking: "It's different." But it's an extra medicine. ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly asked, "What's more?" Think carefully, if you answer incorrectly, be careful of your skin! ”

The little eunuch was even more afraid, the more afraid he was, the more he couldn't think of it, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but suddenly he said with a flash of inspiration: "It's Chuanwu!" This substance is mostly used for pain relief, and it is harmful if taken too much. ”

Wei Zhongxian then said: "That's it, you go down." Don't talk nonsense when you go back. ”

After the little eunuch went out, Wei Zhongxian said to Chongzhen: "Emperor, the slave maid just saw that the dog's expression was wrong, so I was worried that this medicine was inappropriate. Now it seems that this is too hospital to be believed. Then he said to Cao Huachun, who came back with the little eunuch: "Let the little eunuch shut up." If you don't take good care of it and put the emperor in danger, he should die! ”

Although Chongzhen didn't know what to do with the smell of Chuanwu, he somehow added a medicinal material, and there must be something strange in it, and he didn't care about the life or death of a little eunuch, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Back to the emperor, the slave maid has heard that if you take a small amount of this thing, you will feel excited, and your mouth and tongue will be numb. If the amount is too much, it will be extremely poisonous.

If it weren't for the emperor reminding the slaves and maids today, this matter would have almost allowed these killings to succeed. The emperor seems to be as the emperor expected, the matter of the first emperor is not so simple. Emperor Shengming. ”

Chongzhen was about to speak, and Tian Ergeng also hurried over.

After Tian Ergeng was leveled, Chongzhen asked, "The prisoner has already been recruited?" ”

Tian Ergeng said: "Back to Your Majesty, that Wang Sheng is a hard bone. The minister and Lord Xu used many means, but they couldn't come up with anything useful. ”

Chongzhen said: "There is no need to use torture. told Xu Xianchun that he just used a lamp to shine on the prisoner, did not let him sleep, and ordered people to keep asking him questions for twelve hours, and sooner or later he would be recruited.

In addition, together with Cao Huachun, you took down Chen Renzhong and all his people in the Tai Hospital and put them in prison. ”