In April of the first year of Chenghua, Jingshi.

Early summer has arrived, the capital at this time is very hot, there is no cool on the street at night, even the wind blowing is sultry, people are very uncomfortable.

At this time, a few dark nights suddenly flashed outside the door of the house of Xu Maocheng, the former military general of the Beijing camp, and I saw that these black shadows were vigorous, and they stepped on the foothold of the wall and climbed over the courtyard wall between a few moves.

It didn't take long for frightened shouts and roars to be heard in the house, and then the fire broke out, and after a loud noise in Xu Maocheng's house, several houses were wrapped in fireballs and suddenly turned into rubble.

After the explosion, the whole house soon fell into silence, deathly silence, and the surrounding neighbors also closed their doors and windows, and no one dared to go out into the street to check it.

Suddenly, two black shadows opened the back door in embarrassment, turned around and ran into the pitch-black alley next to it, and disappeared.

"Quick! Surround me, and don't let the thieves go!" ”

In less than half an hour, the commander of the Beizhen Fusi Commanding Envoy Menda came angrily with a large group of Jinyi guards, surrounded the mansion of Xu Maocheng, the former military staff general of the Beijing camp, and a team of Jinyi guards rushed into the courtyard that was still in the firelight, and began to look around.

"Lord Qiyu! General Xu Shen is already dead, and there are four wounds on his body, one of which is caused by a fire gun, which is a fatal wound......"

"Lord Qiyu! No live mouth was found in the house, and all 28 people in the mansion were killed......"

"Lord Qiyu! Three unknown bodies were found in the house, which should have been the perpetrators of the attack, but they had been disfigured and thrown into the fire, and now they are unrecognizable! ”

Listening to the reports of his subordinates one by one, the command made Menda's heart sink sharply, and his face became iron-blue.

The huge explosion spread in the dark night, almost the entire southern city was clearly audible, the soldiers of the Longxiang army stationed in the city suddenly took action, Bai Yuxing, the general of the left battalion of the Longxiang army, immediately led the troops to blockade the entire capital, and Tao Jixin, the general of the right battalion, also led the troops to block the gates of the palace, and sent troops to guard Liu Juntao.

Liu Juntao, who heard the news, was also stunned, and immediately sent someone to inform Menda: Immediately take the Jinyi guard to find out the situation!

At this time, Menda still clearly remembered that when Tao Jixin, the general of the right battalion of the Longxiang Army, came to give the order, he clearly told Menda Liu Juntao's original words: At this time, there was an explosion in the capital, no matter what the situation was, it was a dereliction of duty on the part of the Beizhen Fusi, if the situation could not be found out in time and the disposal was completed, Menda would wait to be removed from his post and investigated!

As soon as he thought of this, Menda broke out in a cold sweat, and now the situation has deteriorated sharply, not only has there been an explosion, but also a Beijing camp general has been killed, and he can't see any clue now, which is a bad thing!

"Bring all the corpses back, lock it off, and don't let anyone approach!"

"Immediately check the surrounding people, and not a single household can be spared!"

"Check all the surrounding streets and alleys, and don't let go of any clues!"

Menda gritted his teeth and gave orders one after another, thinking in his heart how to report this matter after he saw Liu Juntao and Emperor Chenghua.

Although in addition to the homicide cases in the capital, the existing Shuntianfu generally took over, but such a bad case is not only a case of extermination, but also involves a militaristic weapon such as earth-shaking thunder and firecracker, which is obviously not an ordinary civilian case! No matter who the murderer is, he can enter the capital with earth-shattering thunder and fire guns, and he can still succeed in committing the crime, which already shows that the Beizhen Fusi is negligent in taking precautions, and it is already a dereliction of duty!

At this time, Menda was distraught and yelled at his men: "You must find clues within two days, otherwise you will all be unlucky, and you will be unlucky!" ”

The surrounding Jinyi guards also shivered, and the pace under their feet also accelerated a little.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in the night sky in the east, followed by a loud bang!

Menda looked at the night sky in the east in horror, his heart beating suddenly, and the surrounding brocade guards were also stunned, looking at the east in amazement, all dumbfounded.

"Leave twenty men here, and the rest come with me!"

Menda roared, his voice unusually hoarse, not even like a human voice.

The brocade guards followed Menda and hurried eastward, and the crowd ran wildly through the night, crossing several streets to the outside of a house on Qianmen Street.

Looking at the plaque of Chen's Mansion on the gate of the mansion, Menda only felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.

This is the residence of Chen Jixun, the deputy general of the Beijing camp!

At this time, Chen Jixun's mansion was also full of fire, and the gate was even more open, and you could see that there were many people lying in the courtyard by the firelight, and the yard was full of blood!

"What are you doing? Catch the thief! ”

Menda had lost his composure at this point, and with a loud roar, he drew his sword and rushed in.

At this time, it is naturally impossible for the murderer to still be in the courtyard, but Menda can't care about these anymore, he just wants to rush in and take a turn, in case he can bump into one or two thieves who haven't escaped yet, he can still say a few words in front of Emperor Chenghua and Dingxiang Hou, otherwise it will be useless.

Menda took people around the courtyard twice, but they didn't see a single ghost, only a few dozen corpses, and the four suspicious bodies found were also disfigured, thrown into the fire, and burned to the ground, unrecognizable.

Menda stood stupidly in the middle of the courtyard, and the surrounding brocade guards hurriedly began to investigate, the scene was very chaotic, but it was far less chaotic than Menda's heart.

At this moment, the prefect of Shuntian arrived with three classes of officials, and dozens of officials poured into the courtyard and began to drive away the Jinyi guards who were surveying.

Menda was furious: "What for! Jinyiwei handled the case, who let the people from Shuntianfu come! ”

The name of the prefect of Suncheon, Shen Hui, who was in his forties, said with a smile: "There is a commander of Lao who came late at night!" According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the case in the capital should be investigated by the Shuntian Mansion, if you need Beizhen Fusi to take action, I want to come to the imperial court to give instructions, please also command the envoy to calm down, go back and wait for His Majesty's will first! ”

Menda was just about to roar, and his heart was suddenly shocked, this case is very tricky at the moment, but instead of hiding, Shuntianfu came over by himself, there must be a reason!

But Menda thought about it for a while, but he couldn't protect himself, so it was better to quit with the situation, maybe he could ease up, but Menda also knew that he couldn't just walk away like this, otherwise Dingxiang Hou would never spare himself.

Menda glanced at one of the hundred households beside him, and the hundred households nodded slightly and hurriedly ran out.

Then, Menda pretended to be angry and quarreled with Shen Hui, the prefect of Shuntian, and the two of their subordinates also pushed each other, almost fighting, at this moment, Bai Yuxing, the general of the left battalion of the Longxiang army, arrived with two hundred Longxiang army birds.

"On the orders of Liu Juntao, a scholar of the Xianghou Dynasty, the secretary of the military department, and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, the mansions of Xu Maocheng, the general of the Beijing camp, and Chen Jixun, the deputy general of the Beijing camp, are now blocked, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, and the inquest will be carried out after His Majesty's decision is made!"

Menda suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, glared at Shen Hui, the prefect of Shuntian, and then saluted Bai Yuxing, and left with his men.

Shen Hui stepped forward with a smile and said, "I have seen General Bai, this official immediately blocked this place, except for the people of Shuntian Mansion, no one will enter or leave here!" ”

Bai Yuxing said coldly: "The mansions of General Xu and General Chen are blocked by the Long Xiang Army, and the adults can leave!" ”

"This official is the ...... of the Suncheon prefect"

Bai Yuxing didn't wait for Shen Hui to finish speaking, and said murderously: "Dingxiang Hou said: No one is allowed to enter or leave, including the people of Shuntian Mansion!" Adults, to go or not to go? ”

Shen Hui was speechless for a moment, and left with his three shifts of servants.

"Lock this place, not a single mouse can get in!"

"Order!"

At the same time, Liu Juntao had been ordered to enter the palace, and Emperor Chenghua heard that the two generals of the Beijing camp were killed in the middle of the night, and he was immediately furious, so angry that he dropped several teacups in a row, and the palace maids and eunuchs who served all knelt on the ground, and they did not dare to come out.

Liu Juntao's face is also ugly, Xu Maocheng, the general of the Beijing camp, and Chen Jixun, the deputy general of the Beijing camp, are all generals who fully support their own changes, and this period of time is very large, the two were killed all over the house overnight, and the fools know who did it, what do these people want to do!

"Your Majesty! These people are lawless, and they actually assassinated the generals of the imperial court, and the imperial court must investigate to the end, otherwise where is the majesty of the Ming law? Where is the majesty of Your Majesty! ”

Emperor Chenghua also said angrily: "I have already issued an order to order Shuntian Mansion to investigate strictly!" ”

Then, Emperor Chenghua said to Liu Juntao: "But the changes implemented by Dingxiang Hou this time, is it too big and too anxious? Many of these policies, I can see that they are for the good of the Ming Dynasty, but the implication is too great, and one who is not careful will shake the country's foundation! Did Dingxianghou think about it, none of the ancient law changers had a good end, and a few of them could succeed in changing the law! ”

Liu Juntao said with a straight face: "Your Majesty! As long as the Ming Dynasty is rich and strong, the ministers will never give up! Besides, the ministers who have shaken the law this time are all gentry, officials, and heroes, how can these people be the foundation of the country? The real country is the people, and it is the hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty! As long as the people are rich, the Ming Dynasty will be eternal! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chenghua was also slightly moved, but when he thought of the huge resistance he was going to encounter this time, Emperor Chenghua felt a little retreating in his heart.

"Let's take a long-term view of the change of the law, and deal with tonight's case first!"

Liu Juntao didn't flinch, and said loudly: "Didn't Your Majesty see that tonight's incident and the change of law are the same thing!" If the murderer tonight is not severely punished, not only will changing the law become a luxury, but the court will also be constrained in the future! Please give an order to your majesty to transfer this case from Shuntian Mansion to Beizhen Fusi, and order Beizhen Fusi to command Menda to make every effort to arrest the thief! ”

"Is this necessary?"

Liu Juntao said: "Shuntianfu is unreliable! The minister thought that this matter was very involved, and only Beizhen Fusi could use it. Moreover, the minister has already mobilized the Long Xiang army to block the two crime scenes! ”

Emperor Chenghua suddenly stood up when he heard this.