At this time, Wen Xiang suddenly thought: The assassin's surname is Xu - is it the Han army? Which flag?

This has to be understood, otherwise, when the Queen Mother asks about the identity of the assassin during the audience, how will she answer?

No matter which banner this Xu Baotian belongs to, this time, his banner will be affected by him, especially the Niu Lu where he is, I am afraid that he will be unlucky-alas!

"Do you know," Wen Xiang asked Degui, "which subordinate is Xu?" ”

Degui was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Wen Xiang had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "If you go back to Zhongtang, Xu Baotian is not a Han army, he is a Han person." ”

Yes?

Although Wen Xiang was greatly stunned, Bo, Cao, and Xu were all unexpected.

King Bo frowned slightly: "You're not mistaken, right?" ”

"No mistake, no mistake!" Degui hurriedly said, "This Xu Baotian, we have always known each other...... Ah, no, no, uncooked, uncooked! Uh, lowly means to say, uh, lowly knows, he's ...... The top three of the Nonxu family - Xu is from a martial arts scholar! ”

At the beginning of the country, the Ouchi guards were completely filled by the children of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, and there was not a single Han person, and there were very few Han military flags. However, later, this rule was slowly relaxed, not only with the Han military flag, but even Han people, but the number was limited, and it was clearly stipulated that the Han guards were all selected from the Wujinshi background.

Degui wiped his cold sweat and said cautiously: "Lord Wang and my lords, there are not a few Han guards in the entire Forbidden City, so you won't be mistaken." ”

"Okay," Wen Xiang nodded, "We get it." ”

Degui saw the opportunity very much, and saw that he didn't ask himself anymore, so he hurriedly retreated.

"Han Chinese?" King Bo muttered, "This is a bit weird. ”

"If it's a Han military flag," Cao Yuying said slowly, "no matter which flag it comes from, there is a master on it; If it's your own flag, then—"

Cao Yuying's words were not finished, but what he meant, King Bo, Wen Xiang, and Xu Gengshen all understood: if the assassin was not from this banner, "there is a master above", this kind of almost rebellious and rebellious behavior will not move out of ten; If the Assassin had come from his own banner, wouldn't he have put up his own guise?

Therefore, it is necessary to find a Han Chinese to be this assassin.

Also, Cao Yuying said so, which is equivalent to presupposing a premise: the mastermind behind the assassination of Prince Xuan must be a certain nobleman.

This presupposition, Bo, Wen, and Xu also agreed, so everyone's suspicion of someone became more and more serious.

"Nonxu Ke......" Xu Gengshen groaned, "It was the first year of Tongzhi, five years ago, Xu is still a blue feather guard, and he is not very mixed." ”

The rank of the guards is divided into four classes: first-class guards, second-class guards, third-class guards, and Blue Feather guards. Wu Jinshi was born as a guard, and one of the first-class guards, that is, "Wu Zhuangyuan", was awarded a first-class guard; the second and third, namely "Wu Bangyan" and "Wu Tanhua", are awarded second-class guards; Those who are selected as guards from the second class will be awarded the third-class guards; Those who were born in the top three and chose to be guards were awarded the Blue Feather guards.

Xu Baotian was born in the top three, and when he entered the palace, he was naturally the last Lan Ling guard, and five years later, he was still a Lan Ling guard, and he was indeed "not very good"

"Only so," Cao Yuying sneered softly, "only then is he more willing to work hard for others." ”

Bo, Wen, and Xu all nodded in agreement: it is hard to imagine that a first-class guard would do such a thing, whether successful or not, would inevitably cost his own life and affect the whole family and even the whole clan.

After a moment of silence, King Bo said bitterly: "By the way, there is another matter - the Minister of the Guard, this, uh, the ranking of the King of the Alcohol County is before me...... I mean, uh, there's something like this in the palace, do you want to know, uh, notify him? ”

Wen, Cao, and Xu all looked a little strange.

"Right now," Xu Gengshen muttered, "It's hard to say whether the King of Alcohol County is in Taiping Lake." ”

Cao Yuying pondered for a moment and said, "You don't have to worry about him-"

After a slight pause, he looked at the king and said, "What the prince holds is a correct theory, and the palace has changed, so it is natural to report to the minister of the guard-if the mansion is not in the mansion, just leave the words to the door." ”

Bo, Wen, and Xu had no objections on their lips, but the feeling in their hearts was even more weird.

"Okay," Wen Xiang said, "Zhong Cui Palace, I guess I've almost got the news, let's hurry back to the military plane." ”

Soon, the entire Forbidden City was a sensation, everyone who heard the news was dumbfounded, the weather in Jixia and Mengqiu, many people were drenched in cold sweat, and the weather was clear and clear, but there was a feeling of black clouds destroying the city, and everyone's heart was tightly clenched.

When the cabinet office meeting came, the big military planes and the king walked down the east corridor of the three major halls; When he went back, he had the assassin in his hand, and he didn't want to attract more attention, so he didn't wear the three major halls, but walked against the east wall of the three major halls.

When I entered the Heavenly Street from Jingyun Gate and walked to the Qianqing Gate, I saw Meng Jingzhong, the chief eunuch of Zhongcui Palace, from a distance, trotting all the way and hurrying up to meet him.

Meng Jingzhong panted, "Lord Wang, Lord Wenzhongtang, Lord Cao, Lord Xu, the Queen Mother and Queen Mother have ...... It's time to nourish the heart! ”

After a pause, he breathed a sigh of relief and added, "Uh, it's in ...... Waiting in the East Warm Pavilion! ”

This is something that has never happened before - according to the etiquette, only the ministers "wait" for the king, there is no king "waiting" for the ministers, usually, even if the queen mother of the two palaces first arrives at the Yangxin Palace, she will first rest in the Xinuan Pavilion, and when the courtiers stand in the East Nuan Pavilion, the queen mother of the two palaces will get up, pass through the Ming Palace, and enter the East Warm Pavilion.

Then, the queen mother of the two palaces ascended the throne, and the courtiers saluted below.

Today, it's reversed!

From this, it can be seen how anxious the Queen Mother is!

However, the Assassins had not yet been settled, so they could not just pass through the Hall of Heart Cultivation.

Wen Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "You go back first, and go back with the Queen Mother...... Well, let's just say it...... Prince Xuan was only slightly injured - flesh wounds, not in the way! Please the Queen Mother...... And express your thoughts, and express your thoughts! As soon as we have the Assassins in place, we will go through the Temple of Heart Cultivation! ”

"Good, good!" Meng Jingzhong was on his own, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "The master said, uh, 'Call a few of them, don't be verbose and hand over the signs, come over directly-hurry!'" ’”

The procedure of "handing over the sign" is also exempted.

"Well, yes, the ministers obey the edict!"

Do not enter the military aircraft Zhilu, first enter the military aircraft Zhangjing Zhilu, and vacate the innermost room for the military aircraft Zhangjing to rest, inside the house, outside the house, there are guards from the Bowang Mansion, and the Bowang strictly ordered: Except for a few large military planes and himself, no one is allowed to enter this room; No one, including himself, may question or interrogate a prisoner without the consent of the Minister of War.

Everything was settled, Xu Geng stayed in the military aircraft office to "sit in town", Wen Xiang, Cao Yuying and Bo Wang hurried to the Palace of Nourishing Heart.

As soon as he entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, Ci'an, who was wandering back and forth in front of the throne, suddenly turned around and asked in a loud voice, "Does he really matter?" Does it really matter if he does? ”

On the face of the Queen Mother, there were tears on her face, and there was a faint cry in her voice.

Bo, Wen, and Cao immediately knelt down.

"After returning to the queen mother," Wen Xiang said, "Prince Xuan only suffered a knife wound on his left arm, and he moved freely, it must only hurt the flesh and skin, not the muscles and bones, and there is no major problem, please let the queen mother and the queen mother express your concerns!" ”

When he said this, Wen Xiang's confidence was actually not very sufficient, before the guards were on duty, Guan Zhuofan's injury could be seen clearly, it should indeed be only a flesh wound on his left arm, but later, under the slow lane of Xiehemen's "stumbling", when he was entangled with the assassin on the ground, whether he suffered any other injuries cannot be 100% certain, but now for the heart of the Queen Mother and Queen Mother, I have to say so for the time being.

"He, where did he go?" Ci Anzu paused and said, "Well, I don't know, in the end...... How's it going? ”

"Guo Songtao has already chased after him," Wen Xiang said, "I will report back soon, please ask the Queen Mother and Queen Mother to ......."

"Don't say anything like 'and worry'!" Ci'an interrupted Wen Xiang's words, "I can 'express' it!" ”

Wen Xiang's upper body fell down, and he answered "yes" in a low voice.

At this time, Cao Yuying said: "Please ask the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother to ascend to the throne, and the ministers will ......."

"Alas! What seat? Ci'an interrupted Cao Yuying's words again, "I'm ...... right now Do you sit still? ”

The two ministers of military aircraft touched the nail one after another, and for a while, they didn't know what to say.

"I heard that the Assassin—" said Tzu An, "is a guard?" ”

Wen Xiang said: "Yes, his name is Xu Baotian, and he is a Han guard. ”

Ci'an didn't realize what "Han Guard" meant, and continued to ask, "Have you been tried?" Which instructed him to do this bastard? ”

The queen mother and queen mother never spoke ill of the mouth, when Su Shun deceived the monarch and despised the king, persecuted orphans and widows, did evil deeds, and the crime was unforgivable, she only said "too unusual", never said a word like "bastard".

"After returning to the queen mother," Wen Xiang said, "the ministers and other public discussions, the prisoner should be handed over to Prince Xuan for personal trial, and others should not be interrogated." ”

Ci'an was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Ah, what you are talking about ......"

After a pause, "Well, you have to watch it!" ”

"Yes!" Wen Xiang said, "The murderer is now being held in the military aircraft Zhangjing Zhilu, and is under the strict supervision of the guards of the Bowang Mansion. ”

"Military Aircraft Zhangjing Zhilu", "Guards of Bowang's Mansion", Ci'an was stunned for a moment, she looked at Bowang, and then looked at Wen and Cao, the two big military aircraft, and asked suspiciously: "Why is this?" ”

Wen, Cao, and Bo originally thought that the Queen Mother would be able to "understand", but since the Queen Mother asked such a question, they had no choice but to say it directly.

"The Empress Dowager after returning to her mother," Wen Xiang said, "The assassin is the Ouchi guard, this ......"

Ci'an reacted, shook violently, and said in a trembling voice: "You mean, the palace is ...... Inside the guards, it may be ...... And his accomplices? ”

"This ......"

Wen Xiang hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The Queen Mother and Queen Mother Mingjian, I am not afraid of 10,000, but I am afraid of just in case, the palace ban is very heavy, and we must be fully prepared." ”

Ci'an's shivers all over his body rose!

Suddenly, I felt that there was no really safe place in the Forbidden City! Including this Heart Nourishing Palace-Outside the Heart Nourishing Palace, there are also guards on duty!

Wen, Cao, and Bo all saw that the Queen Mother was frightened, and King Bo kowtowed and said in a muffled voice: "The minister is in charge of the palace ban, but this kind of appalling thing has happened below, and it is really damn to worry about it and troublesome Chenxin!" Please punish the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother heavily!"

The attitude of "the minister should be punished" is necessary, but at this moment, it is completely indifferent to say this - first, what the queen mother and queen mother are concerned about at this time is not to investigate the responsibility of the palace ban negligence at all; Second, when King Bo said this, it could only appear that the situation was really serious, and it made her more and more alarmed.

Wen Xiang said gently: "The queen mother of Qiyu, such as Xu Mou, it is difficult to find a second one in the world, the ministers and others are so arranged, and the people who are worried about it are just that someone may be unfavorable to Xu, so that the court cannot find the mastermind behind the scenes, and the queen mother does not need to ...... Overthinking. ”

Wen Xiang meant that even if there was an assassin's accomplice among the guards, even if this accomplice made any changes, at most he would only "eliminate the truth" and would not do any more assassination.

He knew the worries of the queen mother: would the target of the thieves' assassination be more than Prince Xuan, and would there be ...... A great rebellion?

Wen Xiang tried his best to comfort him, but the Queen Mother's thoughts were not exactly the same as his.

"Who is the mastermind behind this," Ci'an's voice trembled, "who is it?" ”

After a pause, he finally asked, "Could it be...... The King of Alcohol? ”

*(To be continued.) )