Ye Zhao was assassinated in front of his house, for Luoyang City, it is definitely a great event, now in this Luoyang City, if you want to ask who has the most power, it is naturally the emperor, but what about the emperor?

This is a matter of opinion, the general He Jin, who holds the power of the world's soldiers and horses, Taifu Yuan Kui, the fourth and third dukes, and the famous family, also has a huge influence in the government and the opposition, but in addition to these two people, Ye Zhao holds the power of the three guards of the brigade, and he also holds the position of the lieutenant of the division and the position of He/Nanyin, in terms of power alone, in this Luoyang City, in addition to Liu Hong, the son of heaven, Ye Zhao can be said to be a combination of military and political power, and he is not under He Jin and Yuan Kui at all.

Because of this, Ye Zhao was assassinated at the door of his house, which shocked the government and the opposition, but in private, there were many people sighing, but no matter what, this matter still set off a huge wave, and even the emperor in the palace sent people to investigate, but the strange thing is that Ye Zhao did not check the whole city, but only strengthened the defense of the palace, and did not even have a symbolic search.

Just when many people didn't understand what Ye Zhao meant, a wave of assassination swept through Luoyang.

On the second day of Ye Zhao's assassination, Li Chang, a member of the council, died silently in his own home, and his throat was cut with a knife.

Immediately after that afternoon, Huang Wan, Dong Cheng, and Wang Yun, the counselor, were assassinated one after another, but Huang Wan and Wang Yun were lucky and were desperately rescued by the guards, but Dong Cheng was shot by random arrows and died a miserable death.

Immediately after the third day, Hu Wuban, known as the eight cooks, was frightened by his wife early in the morning to find dead on his own couch, and found a handful of colorful poisonous snakes from the bed.

On the fourth day, it was Yuan Kui's favorite concubine who was poisoned while eating, which was also indirectly saved Yuan Kui's life, and the beam above his head suddenly fell when Wang Ben, the staff of the general He Jin, was eating, and directly smashed his head to pieces, and He Jin was assassinated by more than a dozen outlaws on the way home from the next dynasty.

On the fifth day, an assassin directly broke into Wang Yun's mansion and forcibly assassinated him, and the servants and maidservants in the family died, and Wang Yun was shot through the buttocks, almost shooting the root of his life, fortunately, there were many guards in the house, desperately killing the enemy, and all the assassins were killed.

For a time, the whole Luoyang City was in a loud voice, and some famous people cowered at home all day long and did not dare to go out, and some officials would take the guards with them at any time, and they would not leave the left and right to eat and go to the toilet, He Jin directly transferred Bao Hong's new army to protect himself, and the Yuan family also carried out martial law.

It's easy to say if it's just for characters like He Jin or Yuan Kui, but this assassination is aimed at the entire scholar class in Luoyang City, and in just five days, nearly 100 scholars died under this indiscriminate assassination, the assassination method is weird, the means are ruthless, even if it is a scheming old fox like Yuan Kui, the first thing he does when he gets up every day is to touch his neck to see if his head is still there.

"Ye Zhao, you deceive people too much!" On the sixth day, above the court, the servant Yang Biao pointed at Ye Zhao and scolded sharply.

"What does Wen Xiangong mean by this?" Ye Zhao looked at Yang Biao blankly, puzzled.

"Don't say this assassination has nothing to do with you!" Yang Biao gritted his teeth and said.

"Wen Xiangong, are you joking with me?" Ye Zhao looked at Yang Biao, shook his head and laughed: "This crime must have a reason, this official is also an assassin, how can this be done by this official?" ”

"Yang Biao, do you have any evidence to prove that Ye Qing did this?" Liu Hong leaned on a Hu bed, he was now extremely weak and unsuitable for kneeling and sitting, Ye Zhao specially ordered Yongxing Craftsman to make a special Hu bed for Liu Hong to use in the court.

"This ......" Yang Biao glared at Ye Zhao angrily, he naturally knew what was going on in his heart, but these things were really not good to be put on the table as evidence.

Ye Zhao squinted at Yang Biao, even if he was not the mastermind, this person would definitely know about the assassination of himself in the first place.

"Ye Qing is also an important minister of the imperial court, and in this matter, he is also a victim, and the Yang family is also the family of the fourth and third dukes, and you slander the courtiers like this, which will inevitably disgrace the Yang family." Liu Hong looked at Yang Biao and frowned.

"Your Majesty, assassinations are so rampant in the city, Ye Zhao, as a guard captain and concurrently serving as He/Nanyin, should have thoroughly investigated this matter, but in the past few days, Ye Zhao has not done anything, isn't it suspicious?" Yang Biao said in a deep voice.

"The servant's words are inappropriate." Ye Zhao said nonchalantly: "It is precisely because I wear many hats, but the most important thing is to protect the safety of the palace, now in this Luoyang City, assassination is a common practice, if these assassins disturb Your Majesty, wouldn't it be Zhao's fault, I should gather troops to protect the palace, don't let these assassins have any opportunity to take advantage of, as for the rest, there is no power!" ”

"Okay~" Liu Hong waved his hand, stopped Yang Biao's words, looked at Ye Zhao and said: "Ye Qing's loyalty, I am very relieved, but this matter has caused a storm in the city, people are panicked, and hundreds of officials dare not go to the court. ”

"Obey the order!" Ye Zhao glanced at Yang Biao with a smile and saluted Liu Hong.

"Today's court meeting is over, let's all disperse." Glancing at the court hall that had burned at least thirty percent more than in the past, Liu Hong waved his hand.

"The ministers are leaving." After the ministers bowed down to see Liu Hong away, they withdrew from the court in twos and threes.

"Xiuming, is this really your doing?" Out of the palace, Lu Zhi pulled Ye Zhao aside and frowned.

"Why did Master Lu ask this?" Ye Zhao looked at Lu Zhi, he didn't show any flaws.

"The old man feels that Xiu Ming doesn't look like a person who can swallow his anger." Lu Zhi said solemnly: "If it is Xiuming, end this matter as soon as possible, and don't make any more trouble, otherwise, it will only hurt my Han foundation!" ”

"Master Lu rest assured, since His Majesty has handed over this case to me, Zhao will definitely let the matter come to light as soon as possible." Ye Zhao said solemnly, admitting that he would never admit it.

Lu Zhi sighed, nodded, didn't say anything more, and left straight after saying goodbye to Ye Zhao, in fact, there are still many doubts about this matter, such as Lu Zhi and Cai Yong, who are famous people related to Ye Zhao, have not been assassinated, even if they go out without guards, they will ignore them at this moment, which is unreasonable, but at this moment, Lu Zhi is not easy to expose.

After Ye Zhao returned to Weiwei's Mansion, after thinking for a while, he said to Ji Ling: "Order someone to post the list, the person who took the lead in assassinating this official five days ago is the mastermind of this case, and paint the characteristics of those people, if the people in the city have seen it, come to report, as long as the clues are correct, there will be a heavy reward." ”

"Whoa!" Ji Ling agreed, turned around to do this, and soon, the streets and alleys of Luoyang were plastered with official documents.

Yuan Mansion, Yuan Kui's study, at this moment Yuan Kui, Yuan Shao, Wang Yun, and Yang Biao are all sitting here.

"This matter must have been done by Ye Zhao!" Wang Yun pouted his ass and lay in front of Yuan Kui, his eyes flashed with a gloomy light, and as soon as he spoke, he deceived and pulled the wound on his buttocks, grinning in pain: "This person is a madman!" ”

"He's not crazy!" Yuan Kui sighed, shook his head and said, "She's forcing me to bow my head!" ”

"Keep your head down?" Wang Yun looked at Yuan Kui excitedly and said, "This son is so arrogant, can we let him be so arrogant?" ”

Yang Biao smiled bitterly: "It was me who broke the rules first, but I didn't expect this son to react so violently, and now he is plastering notices in the city, just to put pressure on us." ”

When Wang Yun heard this, he gritted his teeth and said: "Then consume it with him, I don't believe it, he dares to kill all the scholars in Luoyang City!" ”

"He doesn't dare, but we can't afford to lose either!" Yuan Kui sighed and said, "It's just that in the past few days, how many of my colleagues have died?" If it continues like this, I don't know if Ye Zhao will die, but above this court, there will be no room for our scholars to speak! ”

If all the officials are killed, the court may stagnate, but Liu Hong can use this as an excuse to recruit people to fill the vacancy, and it is difficult to say whether the new officials are emperors or scholars, they must keep the right to speak in the court, otherwise they will only be more passive.

"What does Yuan Gong want?" Yang Biao looked at Yuan Kui and said.

"Now, I can only avoid the edge for the time being." Yuan Kui sighed: "This matter can only be silenced. ”

When Yang Biao heard this, he couldn't help but be silent, Ye Zhao suddenly went crazy, which made them a little passive, even if they had been prepared before, but Ye Zhao's reckless action still made them anxious.

"Why didn't you say a word?" Yuan Kui saw Yuan Shao frowning and groaning, and couldn't help but wonder.

"Since the matter is irretrievable, a temporary compromise is not a stopgap measure." Yuan Shao looked up at Yuan Kui and said, "It's just that Shao is thinking, how much power is in Ye Zhao's hands that I don't know?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yang Biao looked at Yuan Shao and said suspiciously.

"Wen Xiangong and think about it carefully, these assassinations seem to be chaotic, but every assassination is planned and then moved, and the whereabouts of all the scholars seem to be under their control, and they can always find the most appropriate time to assassinate, does this mean that every word and deed I am waiting for is under the surveillance of Ye Zhao?" Yuan Shao said at the end and looked up at Yuan Kui.

"If that's the case, this son has become a climate in Luoyang!" Yang Biao exclaimed.

"Let's solve the problem at hand first." Yuan Kui sighed and waved his hand.

Early the next morning, someone went to Ye Mansion to report, saying that the whereabouts of the thief were found, Ye Zhao immediately ordered Ji Ling to take the soldiers and horses to find clues, and sure enough, in a remote house in the city, found Chun Yuqiong and a group of subordinates, after a fierce battle, those were all killed at this moment, Chun Yuqiong was abolished by Ji Ling's right arm, escorted to the mansion, Ye Zhao was too lazy to try, and directly asked Chun Yuqiong to be put in prison, waiting for the fall, this vigorous assassination turmoil ended in such a way.