In the middle of the night the next day, the Assassins broke into the palace, and two of the Janissaries died, and the Emperor was so shocked that he didn't sleep all night, and the guards and guards on duty spent the night arresting the Assassins.

So, Gu Chen was called to the palace before dawn to ask for guilt.

"I trust you to leave the defense of this palace to you, look at what you have managed the defense of this palace!" The emperor angrily picked up the inkstone on the table and smashed it towards Gu Chen, who was kneeling below.

Gu Chen flashed slightly, and the inkstone hit his shoulder.

When the emperor saw that he dared to hide, he immediately became even more angry.

However, Gu Chen then spoke: "Your Majesty is angry, it is the fault of the minister that there is a negligence in the defense of the palace, and the minister is willing to admit the guilt, but can you ask Your Majesty to give the minister a little time to find out what went wrong?" ”

The emperor glared at him angrily, and Gonggong Pei on the side said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, Commander Gu has never been on a business trip since receiving the order, this time, I think it happened for a reason, Your Majesty is not afraid to let Commander Gu go to investigate, if he can't find out, it will not be too late for Your Majesty to ask for the guilt again." ”

When the emperor heard this, he felt that what Gonggong Pei said also made some sense, and now it is uncertain where the specific problem is, even if Gu Chen is punished, then there is still a problem with the defense in the palace, and in the end it is he who can't sleep.

"Then I'll give you seven days, and if you can't find out why you come out within seven days, don't blame me for not giving you a chance." The Emperor smoothed the breath in his chest and said.

Gu Chen lowered his head and responded, and his mind quickly recalled what had gone wrong with the deployment these days.

The guards in the palace are all masters, even if someone wants to break into the palace, it is not so easy to get out, and those in the entire capital who can break into the palace and retreat, except for him, can be counted with five fingers.

Although Song Huai had such a person around him before, it was not ruled out that Song Huai secretly opened the door for him to be convenient, and now that Song Huai has been expelled from the capital, there are only two people who can break into the palace and look at the entire capital.

Then, either there is an unknown master in the capital, or the defense of the palace wall is out of business.

After thinking about it, he thought that only he took three days off to leave the city for a few days when the defense in the palace was handed over to Captain Min, and the rest of the time, it was all set up by him personally, and he thought that there was no mistake in the things he handled.

After thinking about it, his heart was settled, anyway, as long as someone makes trouble, he will always show his feet.

"Your Majesty, the minister will go check now." Gu Chen shook his hand deeply at the emperor, and withdrew against the emperor's gloomy face.

The study was quiet again.

The emperor looked at Gu Chen's departing back, and suddenly asked, "Xiaobei, what do you think, who broke in last night?" ”

Although the emperor was not injured, the walls of this palace were so deeply defended that it was not a trivial matter for someone to break in, not to mention, he still broke into the emperor's bedroom.

"Your Majesty, although the assassin injured two guards last night, it seems that he was only trying to injure two guards, and the slave was guarding outside last night, and it was clear that the man left after hurting someone, and he did not really intend to assassinate His Majesty." Gonggong Pei looked at the emperor's face and said cautiously.

The emperor squinted, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped and asked, "You mean, that person is full of food and runs into the palace to provoke my authority?" Or is he trying to test the defense in this palace, breaking into the palace to play? ”

Father-in-law Pei said in a panic: "The slave doesn't know, it's just that the slave looks at that, it really doesn't look like he came to assassinate on purpose, he seems to be just to attract His Majesty's attention, and then he hurt people and fled out, if he really came to assassinate, then he didn't have to make such a big noise, and he could take advantage of His Majesty's secret arrow to hurt people on the way back to the palace from the imperial study." ”

When the emperor said this, the whole person was shocked again.

Indeed, since that person can enter this palace wall, he must also have a certain understanding of his whereabouts, and it will be much easier to give him a secret weapon on the way than to wait for him to enter the palace.

Thinking like this, the emperor couldn't help but be a little afraid, if that person really came to assassinate last night, then did he still have the life to sit here at this time?

"Your Majesty, although the minion doesn't understand the purpose of that assassin, it really doesn't look like he's here to assassinate." After Gonggong Pei said this, he silently added a cup of tea to the emperor and didn't say anything more.

The emperor thought far more than Gonggong Bei said, after Gonggong Bei's words fell, he suddenly thought of the rebuke he had just given to Gu Chen, there were assassins in the palace, in the final analysis, it was the forbidden army and the guards in the palace who were not properly defended, so as the commander-in-chief of the palace wall defense, it must be his duty......

The emperor's mind suddenly thought far away.

However, Gu Chen, who came out of the imperial study, did not think as much as the emperor, the first thing he did was to return to his commander's yamen and check the palace defense deployment in recent days, and he immediately found that there were many new guards in the palace.

"Where did these new guards come from?" Gu Chen pointed to the newly added names on the roster and asked him about the paperwork in his hand.

"Commander Hui, this is a new addition a few days ago, or is it a recruitment order from you personally!" The clerk looked at Gu Chen with a confused expression, and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" Any questions? ”

Gu Chen looked at him with a frown, and his tone was a little lower: "You said that I personally issued the recruitment order?" When? I let you do it myself? "Fresh

The clerk looked at Gu Chen's expression, and suddenly became apprehensive, he took out the page with Gu Chen's private seal and handed it over: "Commander, there is your private seal on it, you can see for yourself, there is still a base list over there in the military department!" ”

Gu Chen looked at the paper handed over, and subconsciously snatched it away, just one glance, and his face sank: "When did I stamp this square seal?" When did you say that you want to add people to the palace walls? ”

The number of guards in the palace has not changed, and like the kind of palace wall and deep courtyard, it is not like those mansions outside, generally do not change people often, and they will not add new people indiscriminately, if there is a need to add people, then that person must be personally reviewed by his commander before he can be put in, otherwise, if there are assassins or spies, then the emperor and those concubines in the palace will be in danger.

Therefore, it is a matter of the safety of the people in the palace, and the guards in the palace must be carefully selected and repeatedly reviewed, and they are by no means such a hasty recruitment order that can get people in, and they are not ordinary recruits!

"My lord, just a few days ago, you weren't there, didn't you hand over all these things in the yamen to Captain Min? He personally went to the military department with the recruitment order stamped with your private seal, and also picked a few good skills and brought them to the palace. The clerk looked at Gu Chen's increasingly gloomy face, and his heart became even more puzzled.

Could it be that this seal is fake?

It's impossible, as Gu Chen's clerk, he is very familiar with Gu Chen's seal, even if he misrecognizes his woman, it is impossible to misrecognize Gu Chen's seal.

"Captain Min!" Gu Chen narrowed his eyes, and instantly remembered in his mind that his seal had disappeared inexplicably for a while, and when it reappeared, it was in the drawer of his yamen.

What does this mean?

With Gu Chen's intelligence and astuteness, he immediately connected all of them together.

No wonder he went to the Min Duwei Mansion to drink that day, he poured him vigorously, if he hadn't pretended to be drunk and left with three points of wine, he was afraid that he wouldn't have used it up and returned it to him.

Qin Niang once said that Gao Lan has always been arrogant, and she has never looked down on rough people like Min Duwei, how can she be willing to be a concubine for him?

What's more, she used to be the daughter of the Gao family, but now she is inferior, how can she be willing?

"My lord, is there anything wrong?" The clerk looked at Gu Chen's face, he was really a little uneasy, and he always felt that something was wrong with this, if it was really a problem, they would not think about the whole yamen.

"You call Captain Min for me." Gu Chen didn't say anything to him, after all, there were some things he still had to ask in person.

He and Min Duwei have worked together for so long, although they can't talk about friends or friends, but they are also the same thing, and he doesn't want the other party to ruin his future because of a woman.

Soon, Captain Min came over.

"Commander, you're looking for me?" Captain Min stood down and arched his hand at Gu Chen and asked.

Gu Chen looked at him expressionlessly and asked, "I heard that during the three days I went out of the city on vacation, you added people to the palace?" ”

Min Duwei chuckled in his heart, and suddenly observed Gu Chen's face more closely, wanting to see something from his face.

However, he didn't see any eyebrows after looking at it for a long time, and suddenly his heart went up and down: "Commander Hui, isn't it the person you added to the palace?" ”

As soon as his words fell, Gu Chen immediately picked up the piece of paper with his private seal in his hand and threw it at him: "The person I added? See for yourself, the handprint on this is mine? ”

In addition to Gu Chen's private seal on the recruitment order, there is also the handprint of the person who went to place this order at that time, which is like the person who pays the salary at the end of the month and goes to receive the silver must print his own handprint, so as not to make a mistake.

Even if the seal can be stolen, the mudra cannot be stolen.

Because, everyone's handprint is different.

Gu Chen saw this, so he specially called someone over for questioning.

Captain Min looked at the piece of paper thrown by Gu Chen with a blank face, bent down to pick it up, and after only one glance, he was even more confused: "My lord, the handprint on this is not mine, I didn't go to the military department to issue such a recruitment order." ”

Gu Chen didn't speak, just stared at him for a moment.

Seeing this, Min Duwei suddenly became even more flustered, and he hurriedly explained: "There are a few new people added to the palace these days, but I thought that it was personally recruited by you, an adult, and you personally handled this kind of thing on weekdays, so I didn't think much about it." ”

Gu Chen sneered: "But the document just said that it was you who personally took this order paper stamped with my seal to the military department to dignitaries, and personally selected a few good ones and led them into the palace." ”

When Min Duwei heard this, the whole person only felt a burst of thunder.