Changlinfang is a fang market where the magnates of Chang'an gathered, and the capital of the Ming Dynasty is different from the free and open pattern of Yuejing, the capital of Qi divides the whole city into a square city, each of which has different functions, there are specialized in commerce, there are franchised manufacturing, and of course there are special residential areas. The advantage of such a division is that it is conducive to the absolute control of the government over the local area.

Changlinfang is such a rich or expensive market.

At the time of the third watch, even Changlinfang, which had no curfew, was quiet and fell into a deep sleep. Cao Tiancheng is a diligent emperor, every day in the morning court is rain or shine, the officials of Daqi are also very difficult, even if it is the season of dripping water into ice, they will get up from the bed at the fourth watch, dress neatly and prepare to go to the early dynasty. Therefore, at the time of the third watch, Changlinfang is the time to fall into a deep sleep.

Today, however, the silence was shattered by the rapid sound of horses' hooves.

The sound of horses' hooves woke up the sleeping Changlinfang. However, there are still no lights on in the entire Changlin Fang, but behind the crack in the door, there are more pairs of bright eyes.

This happened a year ago, and every time such a horse's hooves sounded, some people disappeared from Changlinfang. They were captured by the Emperor and never returned.

After a year, the sound of horses' hooves sounded again, and I don't know how many people were worried in their hearts, for fear that the sound of horses' hooves would stop in front of their own doors, and then the fierce soldiers would knock on their doors.

The sound of horses' hooves swept through the portals, and the people inside the doors all touched their chests with their hands and let out a long sigh of relief.

But then, many people realized that something was wrong, and after these knights entered the Changlin Fang, they flew away and ran in different directions. It's not like you're going to arrest someone, it's like you're going to inform something.

After a few moments, the answer was revealed.

Shoufu Tian Fen, Generalissimo Cao Xiancheng and other dignitaries of the dynasty have swept across the streets, the general rode a horse galloping is not unusual, it is rare that the Shoufu Lord who has always been graceful actually rode a horse and galloped past.

It's not that the emperor wants to arrest someone, but that something big must have happened, and these people in power will lose their mouths. The direction in which they ran was the same as in the palace.

After a while, everyone saw that even the prince Cao Yun, who was idle at home, actually beat his horse and galloped to the palace, and the uneasiness in his heart was even stronger, after the prince Cao Yun destroyed the main force of Chu in the first battle of Luzhou, he disarmed his armor and returned to the field, ignoring affairs, and now even he was alarmed, which can be seen that it must be an earth-shattering event.

The lights of Changlinfang were lit up one after another, and there was such a big event, no matter who it was, they couldn't go to bed anymore, who knew what impact this major event would have on them in the future?

Outside the emperor's study, Shoufu Tian Fen glanced at the people around him, and before he entered the door, he could hear the emperor's angry roar in the study, and everyone changed color. The emperor is a person who is moody and invisible, and the city is extremely deep, and it must be extraordinary to be able to make him lose his temper like this.

Tian Fen made a gesture to Prince Cao Yun to invite first, but Cao Yun shook his head and took a step back instead. Now although he is a prince, he no longer has a position in the court, and the standard is an idle king, so he naturally refuses to lead the ministers as before.

Tian Fen no longer shirked, first inward, Cao Yun followed inward, here, in addition to Tian Fen, it was the generalissimo Guo Xiancheng. But Guo Xiancheng is his former general, and he will definitely not go ahead of him, and Cao Yun is not hypocritical, and the second one stepped into the study.

Everyone who walked into the room was taken aback, the entire study was in a mess, the great eunuch Qin Zhong and the deputy commander of the ghost shadow made Wang Jia and the two of them kneel on the ground and tremble. Wang Jia's forehead was still dripping with blood, and in front of him was an inkstone that was broken into two pieces.

Cao Yun glanced at the room and saw that the pair of blue and white vases that the emperor liked the most on weekdays had turned into fragments all over the ground, and his heart sank.

"I've seen Your Majesty!" Under the leadership of Tian Fen, everyone knelt down to salute.

Cao Tiancheng, who was panting, took a deep breath and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. Looking at these Great Qi Dynasty feuds, he nodded: "Get up, sit down and talk!"

"Your Majesty!" Tian Fen's inquiring gaze looked at the emperor.

"Bozhou is reversed!" The emperor's tone was still filled with irrepressible anger, and he almost gritted his teeth and spit out these four words.

"How is this possible?" Tian Fen jumped up all of a sudden, with an incredible expression on his face. Eradicating the family tumor of Daqi was a plan formulated by him and the emperor hand by hand, and as early as a few years ago, the Zhou family was selected as a breakthrough.

In Daqi, after nearly ten years of hard work, Cao Tiancheng has almost eradicated the big and small families, and the rest are some trees with deep roots, too deeply entangled with Daqi, a ruthless character who will shake the root if he is not careful, and over the years, when they started in the imperial court, they were not idle, and Zhou Jiyun was the biggest reliance on the military that they had single-handedly raised. And Bozhou Zhou is the least experienced of these ruthless characters. What's more, because the Zhou family is a pirate for many generations, he is not very harmonious with some others, and the Bozhou Zhou family is wealthy, while others feel that the Bozhou Zhou family is shallow, rude, and not right. Bring down the Bozhou Zhou clan first, and there won't be much reaction.

The program has been underway since two years ago. First of all, he extorted money, in addition to millions of taels of silver every year, plus countless materials, first from the funds to make the Zhou family slowly poor. This was followed by a water battle in the Jinghu Theater, where the emperor succeeded in getting the elite soldiers of the Zhou clan in Bozhou and defeated them all as he wished.

In the eyes of the imperial court, the current Bozhou Zhou clan is already a lamb to the slaughter, how can it still have the strength to raise the flag and rebel?

"What about Hu Jian? What about Xiang Lian? What about Coptis chinensis?" Tian Fen screamed out in frustration. The strength of the Zhou clan in Bozhou has been lost, and the imperial court has been operating in Bozhou for several years, not only controlling the county soldiers in Bozhou, but also controlling the government affairs of Bozhou, how can they all be defeated in an instant.

"Wang Jia, come on!" The emperor looked at the ghost figure who was still kneeling on the ground, and the deputy commander Wang Jia shouted.

Wang Jia raised his head, his face was covered with blood, and he looked extremely miserable, after raising his hand and wiping it with his sleeve, his face was even more bloody, and the emperor frowned: "Qin Zhong, go and get some gold sore medicine, what does it look like?" I hit you, won't you hide?"

Everyone in the room didn't dare to have a slight discoloration on their faces, but their hearts were full of scarf, the emperor, you smashed people, we didn't dare to hide, did he dare to hide with a little ghost deputy commander?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Jia was grateful, Qin Zhong quickly got the water, gold sore medicine, Wang Jia quickly sorted himself out a little more refreshingly, and then said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Bozhou is indeed reversed, today's third watch, the ghost received an urgent report from Bozhou, and the Bozhou Zhou family has officially raised the flag to rebel."

"How did all this happen, and what are they doing, Hu Jian?" Tian Fen asked.

"According to the information we inquired, on the day of the incident, Hu Junshou, Xiang Deputy Commander, and Bozhou Garrison General Huang Lian sent a large army to surround the Zhou house, and did not encounter any obstacles, and the army commander drove straight into the Zhou Mansion, and at the same time, General Cao Gang's sailors also marched to the Zhou family's base camp Taohuatao. But then there was a big reversal, and finally we got the information that Huang Lian, the general of the Bozhou garrison, rebelled, Hu Junshou and Xiang Deputy Commander were arrested by Zhou Shuguang, and then Huang Lian commanded his subordinate troops to control all the key departments of the county, road checkpoints, and closed the city gates, and the imperial court in Bozhou was almost wiped out. Our ghosts are no exception, and only a few shadows survived. Subsequently, Hu Junshou was released, but the deputy commander had already been martyred. Two days later, news also came from Peach Blossom Island that General Cao Gang's naval division had been wiped out and General Cao Gang had been martyred."

Tian Fen's hand trembled slightly, "Isn't Huang Lian the general of the Dragon Pavilion?" How could such a thing be done?"

Wang Jia said in a low voice: "At the beginning, the ghost shadow made a certain investigation on Coptis chinensis, and did not find any problems, after he went, he has not shown anything unusual, and now there are only two possibilities, one is that he was originally a pawn planted by the Zhou family in the Dragon Inlay Army, and the history is long, and the second possibility is that after he went to Bozhou, he was bought. The ghost has already begun to investigate deeply, and I believe that the answer will be available soon."

Cao Yun said suddenly: "Don't check, it must be the second possibility."

Wang Jia glanced at Cao Yun in surprise, this matter is not trivial, if the fact that Huang Lian is a family chess piece that was placed in the Dragon Inlay Army many years ago is confirmed, it means that there must be more than one person like Huang Lian in the Long Inlay Army, and even the Bozhou Zhou family can quietly install people, then some other families with greater power will inevitably do more, the prince has always been wise, how could there be such a thing suddenly at this time.

Tian Fen was stunned for a moment, then he understood, glanced at the emperor, and nodded: "What the prince said is reasonable, and the minister also thinks so."

Cao Tiancheng's anger at this time has gradually disappeared, and Shen Jing and wisdom have returned to him again, his mind turned slightly, and he has already understood the meaning of the two of them, the investigation must be investigated, but it must not be investigated, and it must not be openly investigated, the dragon inlay army is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, guarding Chang'an, and it is the backbone of Daqi, and there must be no turmoil.

"According to what the prince said, there is no need to investigate the ghost." Cao Tianchengdao.

"Yes!" Even though Wang Jia didn't know why, he could only nod yes at this time, and then said: "After Hu Junshou escaped from Bozhou, he ran all the way to Chang'an, but he carried a letter from Zhou Shuguang to His Majesty the Emperor."

"This is the letter." Cao Tiancheng picked up a few pieces of letter paper from the desk and threw them down. Not only Hu Jian had it, but Zhou Shuguang also began to distribute the same letter to other states and counties, and this was just one of the letters intercepted by the ghost."