At night, the Jingshi was quiet, and there seemed to be no other sound except for the singing and dancing on the Qinhuai River. The gates were closed, but tonight, they were opened three times. The first time was when Zhu Yunwen sent someone to send the Hanyu Pinyin scheme to Fang Xiaoru's mansion; The second time was when Qi De sent people into the city to report the assassination of the imperial grandson to Zhu Yuanzhang; The third time was when Jinyiwei went out of the city......

When the guards sent the Hanyu Pinyin scheme to Fang Xiaoru's house, Fang Xiaoru had not slept yet, he had not been in Beijing for a long time, and only rented a small courtyard in the northeast corner of Beijing, the conditions were very poor, but Fang Xiaoru didn't care, he couldn't release the scroll every day, and he often slept when he was young, so Zhu Yunwen asked people to give things to Fang Xiaoru overnight. After Fang Xiaoru received the plan, he didn't understand it at first, and after studying it for a while, he suddenly became ecstatic, took out the dictionary of the past dynasties to compare, study, and write hard from time to time......

When Qi De sent someone to Beijing to deliver the letter, Zhu Yuanzhang, as a professional who stayed up late, had not rested, but he didn't know this, and he was a little restless, perhaps because Zhu Yunwen went out of Beijing to inspect martial arts and was not in Beijing. Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang hoped that he would return to Beijing on the same day, but his grandson insisted on inspecting martial arts and staying overnight, so Zhu Yuanzhang had to agree, but asked him to strengthen his security work, but Zhu Yunwen didn't take it seriously, and only went out with forty brocade guards.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was restless, the streets of Nanjing sounded the sound of rapid horses' hooves, to the Chengtian Gate abruptly stopped, the city guards asked about the situation, did not dare to be self-contained, let people hang the letter with a hanging basket on the city tower, and then hurriedly sent someone to the Qianqing Palace to deliver the letter, because the palace city can not open the door at night, and the violators will be exterminated. Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing the chapters, and suddenly Changfu ran in from outside, holding a letter in his hand, and knelt down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang: "Emperor, Emperor, there is a message of martial arts outside Tiananmen Square, and His Royal Highness the Emperor's grandson has been assassinated!" ”

What the? Yun Wen's assassination? Zhu Yuanzhang felt his brain "buzz", sat up suddenly, ran to Changfu, and grabbed Changfu's neck: "Yun Wei, how is Yun Wei?" ”

"Your Highness is fine, this is the twist and turn of the martial arts Qi Siye." Changfu didn't dare to look up and held up Qide's letter.

Zhu Yuanzhang grabbed it, opened it and read it quickly, the letter was very simple, because of the tight time, he only said that there was a fire in martial arts today, and His Royal Highness the Imperial Prince was attacked by a dark arrow, and his right shoulder was injured, and it has been dealt with, and there is no major problem. The others are nothing more than nonsense such as the sinner deserves to die, knowing that he deserves to die, why don't you just die, Zhu Yuanzhang scolded while watching.

Zhu Yuanzhang dropped the letter in his hand and said murderously: "Changfu, hand over the letter to Song Zhong, pass on my will, and order Jinyiwei to dispatch overnight, arrest all the people of Wuxue and others to the edict prison, and interrogate them with great punishment. Go, go!! ”

Changfu looked at the almost crazy emperor, was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, he agreed repeatedly, and ran out with the letter and crawling. Song Zhong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was on duty today, and after receiving the order, he was shocked and hurriedly received the order. Song Zhong thought about it for a while, there were about 1,000 people in Wuxue, all of them were arrested, and he needed to dispatch 2,000 people, so he ordered his troops and horses and dispatched immediately. For a while, the hoofs on the street were like thunder, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities saw it, and they didn't dare to stop it at all, so they could only watch the Jinyi Weiti ride away in the dust, and everyone talked about it, not knowing what happened. Most of the dignitaries and nobles in the capital woke up, and when they heard the news, they were half frightened to death, and quickly ordered their families not to open the door when anyone came, and closed the door to sleep, but in fact, they were hiding behind the curtain and shivering......

After Changfu passed the order, he returned to the Qianqing Palace and found that Zhu Yuanzhang was still sitting at the table, and hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty, the Song Commander has sent 2,000 people to solve the problem of martial arts." ”

"Changfu, you also go to the martial arts immediately, bring the imperial doctor, see what is the situation of Yun Wei, and if you can, send it back to the capital overnight for treatment. There is also a strict lockdown of the news of this matter, if the eunuchs and maids in the palace spread the matter, they will be killed immediately, and there is no need to report it. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Changfu left, Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one in the Qianqing Palace, he suddenly stood up and muttered to himself: Why can't these thieves be killed? Dare to assassinate Yun Wei, it seems that there are too few people I have killed, I still have to kill, I have to kill......

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After Qi De sent someone to deliver the letter, he immediately imposed martial law in the martial arts, and all of them were not allowed to move around in small teams, and everyone had to write down the specific activities of the evening, and there must be more than three witnesses; The guards at the gate were strictly guarded, not allowed to enter or leave, and Tie Xuan led the pickets to patrol the yard to check for all hidden dangers.

When it was ugly, the Jinyi guard arrived at the martial arts, and Song Zhong gave an order to surround the martial arts group, disarm the guards at the door, and let the Jinyi guard guard guard the gate. The sound of people shouting and neighing alarmed the people in the inn by the Mirror Lake, and the brocade guard who was guarding Zhu Yunwen hurriedly ran out and knelt in front of Song Zhong: "My lord, what's going on?" What do you need to do? ”

Song Zhong laughed cruelly: "Come on, take them all!" Wait for the emperor to send a fall. Ignoring a few people, he hurriedly entered the martial arts school and ran to Zhu Yunwen's residence. When he arrived at the door, he found that there were many people guarding outside, Song Zhong waved his hand, and the Jinyi guard stepped forward and shouted: "Wait for you to step down, the Jinyi guard is responsible for protecting the safety of His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson." "Quickly took over the periphery.

But Liu Zhen and Zhang Tie were not afraid of Jinyiwei and blocked the door to prevent Jinyiwei from approaching. Song Zhong dismounted and arched his hand in front of Liu Zhen: "Steward Liu, the last general will be ordered by the emperor to protect the emperor's grandson, please ask Steward Liu to give a message, and say that Jinyiwei has arrived, please rest assured." ”

Liu Zhen was about to speak, when the door squeaked open, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old half-year-old boy came out, with bandages wrapped around his shoulders, looking at Song Zhong and saying, "Who are you?" Didn't you know that His Highness was resting? What's all the fuss? ”

Song Zhong's pupils shrank and looked at Liu Zhen: "Who is this person, how can he be in His Highness's room?" ”

"This is Qu Tao, the son of General Qu Neng, today he saved His Highness's life, and he was also injured, so His Highness brought him over." Turning back to Qu Tao, he said, "Your Highness is awake?" ”

"Yes, but I still can't get up, let me come out and ask what's going on."

Liu Zhen turned around and went in, and after a while came out and said, "General Song come in." ”

Song Zhong arrived in the house and bowed down: "Your Highness, Song Zhong is in armor and can't pay a full salute, please atone for your sins." How is His Highness's injury? ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly: "It's okay, it's just that my shoulder hurts and I don't dare to move, but the rest is fine." What are you doing here? ”

"Your Royal Highness, when I heard that His Royal Highness was assassinated, the emperor was furious, and he wanted to lock up and down the martial arts, interrogate him with great punishment, and he must find out the traitor."

"What? Take all the locks? No, no, it hurts------ so much. As soon as Zhu Yunwen heard that he was going to lock them all, he was anxious to sit up, and he couldn't help but cry out in pain because of the injury on his shoulder.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, don't move, the wound will be torn." The doctor next to him hurriedly stopped Zhu Yunwen.

"Okay, Lone doesn't move, General Song, you can't lock up and down the martial arts, Lone will explain to the emperor, Lone will definitely find the murderer."

"This, the emperor's side ......" Song Zhong was very embarrassed.

"It's okay, I'll send someone into the city to deliver a letter to the imperial grandfather immediately, and when the imperial grandfather's letter comes, you are acting according to the order, okay?"

"Yes, yes, the last will obey." Song Zhong thought for a while, he had to agree, there was no way if he didn't agree, there was no way to do it, in front of him was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, he could contend with it, and His Royal Highness also sent someone to the city to ask for the emperor's order, and he didn't embarrass himself too much.

Zhu Yunwen glanced at Zhang Tie: "Is the prince outside?" Let him in. ”

"Okay."

Wang came in after a while, and after giving the salute, Zhu Yunwen said: "Lord Wang, General Song, Gu feels that the assassin is likely to be someone from within the martial arts, because today's explosion and fire, Gu feels very strange, it is likely to cause chaos and facilitate assassination." ”

"Your Highness is right." The two said in unison.

"Since it's someone inside the martial arts, it's much easier to find, first of all, I want to ask Jinyiwei to investigate the scene, I should be able to get footprints and the like, and I can determine the height and weight of the assassin according to the style and size of the shoes, as well as the depth of the shoe prints. There is, of course, some other information. ”

"Your Highness, how do you determine the height and weight of an assassin?"

"Well, in general, 7 times the length of an assassin's foot is roughly equal to his height. The weight mainly depends on the depth of the shoe print, which can be roughly estimated. ”

"Oh, the Admiral understands." Song Zhongxin said, if it's true or fake, it needs to be verified.

"Then there are about 1,000 people in Wuxue, everyone has to investigate, everyone has to say what they did tonight, and the specific location, and each position needs more than three people as proof. This makes it possible to screen out people who do not have a certificate. These people are the object of serious suspicion. ”

"Your Highness, what should I do with the confession?" Wang Du asked.

"If it's a case where four people prove each other, you should also pay attention to the cross-examination. Then these people were screened and narrowed down, and Lone thought that the assassin would definitely be found, and there would be a reward for clues, and a reward would be given to those who provided valuable clues. ”

Wang Du and Song Zhong looked at each other and said, "Your Highness is wise, and the minister/general will go and get busy." ”

"Wait a minute, all the interrogations will be done by Jinyiwei, Mr. Wang will observe, you can put forward your opinions, and the students in the final interrogation staff room can participate, hurry up and do it."

When the two left, Zhu Yunwen let out a sigh of relief and was about to rest, when suddenly Changfu walked in from outside and knelt down to give a salute: "Your Highness, the emperor sent a small one to visit His Highness and brought the imperial doctor." Imperial Physician Zhang, show it to His Highness. ”

Zhu Yunwen tried to sit up, Imperial Physician Zhang was an old man in his fifties, carefully examined the gauze, wounds and bleeding, and said, "The doctor handled it very well, there is no major problem, Your Highness, you move your arm slightly, how do you feel?" Can I move my fingers? ”

"It's okay, you can move your fingers, but it hurts to move."

After another examination, Imperial Physician Zhang got up and saluted: "Your Highness Hongfu, this arrow only hurt the flesh and skin, the muscles and bones are fine, it doesn't take a month, Your Highness can return to normal." ”

"Okay, thank you, Imperial Doctor Zhang."

"Your Highness, the duty of a minister."

Zhu Yunwen leaned on the pillow and said, "Liu Zhen and Changfu stay, and everyone else goes out." ”

The people took the command.

"The two of you entered Beijing overnight, told the emperor about the situation here, and asked the emperor not to arrest Wu Xue, sitting here alone, you will definitely be able to catch the assassin, please rest assured."

Changfu hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, the emperor is in anger, I'm afraid ......"

Zhu Yunwen said: "Please explain what I mean to the emperor, Liu Zhen, you explain the situation in the past two days to the emperor, and ask the emperor to take back his order." ”

"Okay, Your Highness, the little leader!" The two of them took the order at the same time and went out.

The two rushed to the capital and it was almost dawn, and they took out their waist cards and went directly to Chengtianmen, at this time the door had not yet opened, but there were already hundreds of officials waiting here. The two arrived at the city, sat on the hanging basket and entered the palace city, and went straight to the Qianqing Palace. Zhu Yuanzhang had already woken up, and what happened last night made him unable to sleep, so he met the two directly.

After the two of them gave the salute, Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Changfu, you are coming back soon, is the imperial grandson back, how is his situation?" ”

"His Royal Highness didn't come back, Imperial Physician Zhang has seen it, and he handled it very well, he didn't hurt his muscles and bones, and he can return to normal in less than a month."

"Okay, great. So what are you doing when you come back so soon? ”

"Your Royal Highness, Your Highness has something to report."

"Huh? What's the matter with Yun Wen? ”

"That's the case, Commander Song has made a martial arts envoy and is ready to lock them all, His Royal Highness disagrees, and asks Jinyiwei and the staff room to investigate, saying that the murderer will definitely be found."

"What? Yun Wei is really a woman's kindness, how can she be so lenient? Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this, and couldn't help but scold.

The two eunuchs were so frightened that they fell to the ground and did not dare to speak.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang quieted down: "Liu Zhen, Yun Wei sent you over, there must be something to say to me, you can say it." ”

"Back to the emperor, His Royal Highness asked the little one to come over to report to the emperor about yesterday's day and night. Yesterday morning, His Highness went out of the city and met a pair of brothers and sisters on the way...... His Royal Highness held a banquet in the Red Mansion...... His Highness met with all the martial arts officials...... wrote a name for Fang Xiaoru, called Hanyu Pinyin Scheme...... The warehouse is on fire, and His Highness goes down to check ...... On the way back, he was assassinated...... After the Song commander arrived, His Royal Highness disagreed, so he assigned the task, and then the chief manager came, and Imperial Doctor Zhang checked His Highness's injury, and there was no major problem, and then His Royal Highness sent us back to the city to report to the emperor. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Liu Zhen's narration, occasionally asked a sentence or two, and when Liu Zhen finished speaking, he also understood what Zhu Yunwen meant, martial arts is his hard work, even if there is a current situation, I hope not to make a big move, I hope to maintain the stability of martial arts. If he is imprisoned, Zhu Yuanzhang himself understands that it is estimated that he will not survive a few people, and even more people will be implicated. Zhu Yuanzhang had the heart to agree, but he was a little unwilling, and thought about it: "Okay, I agree with Yun Wei for the time being, you two go back immediately, and tell Yun Wei that I will give him a day, and if the murderer can't be found tomorrow morning, then it will be handed over to Jinyiwei to deal with, and I would rather kill the mistake than let it go; In addition, he told Song Zhong that no matter how he dealt with it, if the imperial grandson was injured in the slightest, I would skin him and destroy his nine clans, and the rest of the martial arts would be the same, if such a thing happened again, I would revoke the martial arts and destroy everyone. ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous words, the two of them couldn't help but shudder, Changfu was better, and he saw more, but Liu Zhen couldn't do it, and he trembled.

"All right, you go down."

Changfu and Liu Zhen hurriedly withdrew, wiped the sweat on their heads, at this time the palace city had already opened, the two of them went out and rode to the martial arts, anxious, quickly whipped, half an hour to the martial arts, to Zhu Yunwen, Song Zhong and the officials and students of the martial arts read out the holy decree, just stay by Zhu Yunwen's side, not leaving an inch, looking like he lived and died with His Royal Highness.