Chapter 60: Return to the Palace
Liu Chengde followed Zhang Dingyuan into the inside, and saw Zhu Houzhao who was protected in the middle, so he believed it! Liu Chengde turned a monstrous wave in his heart, and someone blatantly assassinated the prince in Beijing, how much turmoil did this cause?
Liu Chengde knelt down and saw His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhang Zhijie smiled and said, "Your Highness needs to return to the palace as soon as possible!" We need to escort His Highness, please ask Lord Liu to guard the scene and wait for the Holy Lord's will! ”
Liu Chengde didn't know Zhang Zhijie, and when he saw that he actually opened his mouth to arrange himself, he said in his heart, who is this? However, seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had no opinion after listening to it, and Zhang Dingyuan had no opinion, Liu Chengde had no choice but to hug his fists and say: "Okay!" ”
Liu Chengde took the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to protect the scene, Zhu Houzhao called Zhang Zhijie into the carriage, and the people of the Jinyi Guard and the guards of the East Palace began to escort Zhu Houzhao back to the palace!
Zhu Houzhao whispered: "Thank you for coming in time, otherwise I would have confessed today!" When that traitor chopped the carriage, I really thought I was going to die here today! Are you in league with your kidnappers? ”
Zhang Zhijie whispered: "It is very likely that the people who kidnapped me, they revealed a news during the conversation, someone offered a reward of 200,000 taels of silver to assassinate you!" ”
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he hated and said: "Made, let me know who it is, I have to scrape him alive!" ”
Zhang Zhijie was still thinking in his heart, why didn't Mu Bin come? Although Jinyiwei's yamen is a little farther away, he knows that the news is early, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't have been until now?
Zhang Zhijie escorted Zhu Houzhao and they were about to arrive at the palace gate, and Mu Bin chased after them with Jinyi Wei! Zhu Houzhao didn't have the heart to see him.
Mu Bin wanted to ask Zhang Zhijie what the specific situation was, but Zhang Zhijie had always been by Zhu Houzhao's side, so Mu Bin had no chance.
It was safe to enter the palace, so only Zhang Zhijie and Mu Bin, Zhang Dingyuan, Liu Jin, and Zhang Yong accompanied Zhu Houzhao to the Qianqing Palace!
When they arrived at the Qianqing Palace, everyone knew that the emperor heard the news of the assassination of the crown prince and fainted in shock!
Zhu Houzhao's eyes turned red when he heard this, and when he entered the Qianqing Palace, everyone knelt on the ground, Zhu Houzhao threw himself in front of the dragon bed and cried: "Father, are you okay?" Frightened my father! ”
Emperor Hongzhi smiled weakly and said, "I'm fine, it's good that you can come back safe and sound!" I didn't expect anyone to think about you so much! But it's better to jump out early than late, while my body is still strong, I'll clean up everything that should be cleaned up for you! ”
Emperor Hongzhi turned his face and his face became gloomy, and he said coldly: "Let's talk about it!" ”
Mu Bin knelt down and kowtowed a few times and said, "The minister is guilty!" The minister failed to live up to the holy trust, causing the thieves to sneak into the capital without knowing it! ”
Hongji said angrily: "I know that you are guilty, you are too guilty!" You shit! I can't overdo it to kill you! ”
Hongji gasped a few times and said angrily, "I asked you what happened, are there any clues now?" ”
Mu Bin and the others all looked at Zhang Zhijie, because only Zhang Zhijie participated the most.
Zhang Zhijie hurriedly said: "After the minister was robbed and came back, he felt very puzzled, why would anyone mistakenly think that the minister's carriage belonged to Zhang Yuanwu?" When the minister came back, he couldn't figure it out, so he asked his Jinyi Wei to check the restaurant and the nearby carriage workshop overnight, and found that someone had copied my carriage, and there was an identical carriage that went to the restaurant that day! ”
Zhang Zhijie then told everything again, Emperor Hongzhi, listened to the yin voice and said: "It seems that it was premeditated!" Mu Bin, do you have any clues? ”
Mu Bin's face was ugly and said: "The minister is incompetent, and there are no clues for the time being!" However, the origin of the assassin should be found out! ”
The emperor was noncommittal, and fell silent, and after a while, the eunuch reported, and Jinyiwei commanded Tongzhi Shi Wenyi to meet him.
Mu Bin saw Shi Wenyi kneeling next to him, and his heart sank!
When the emperor saw that Shi Wenyi was coming, he said: "Mu Bin is not doing his job effectively, so he will resign from the post of commander of Jinyi Guard, and be taken over by Shi Wenyi, the commander of the same knowledge." ”
After a pause, the emperor sneered: "I have been benevolent and righteous all my life, but in the end I was bullied by others!" Shi Wenyi, this case must be thoroughly investigated by me! ”
The emperor gasped and said: "Zhang Zhijie has made meritorious contributions to saving the driver, and he has been promoted to command Tongzhi to assist Shi Wenyi in thoroughly investigating the assassination case!" ”
The emperor said tiredly: "You guys retreat!" When everyone heard this, they hurriedly saluted and retired, leaving only the emperor and the crown prince father and son!
Out of the palace gate, Shi Wenyi smiled and said, "Oh, Lord Commander, I'm really sorry." ”
Shi Wenyi arched his hand towards the sky and said: "The emperor's will, there is no way for his subordinates, and I have to ask the commander to give me more advice in the future!" ”
Shi Wenyi commanded the envoy one by one, and Mu Bin's face turned blue when he heard it! Zhang Zhijie also saw that the contradiction between these two people was very deep, and he didn't have to guess to know that it must be Mu Bin who suppressed Shi Wenyi!
Mu Bin flicked his sleeves angrily, snorted coldly and left, ignoring Shi Wenyi at all.
Shi Wenyi spat at Mu Bin's back, turned his head, and looked at Zhang Zhijie, the smile on his face was like a blooming chrysanthemum.
Zhang Zhijie didn't see the scene just now, and saluted with a smile: "Zhang Zhijie has seen Master Shi!" ”
Shi Wenyi grabbed Zhang Zhijie's hand and said with a smile: "Oh, what is your name, Lord Shi, Zhijie just call me Lao Shi!" Zhang Zhijie felt goosebumps rising, and quietly pulled out his hand.
Shi Wenyi explained with a smile: "The scene just now, Zhijie should not have any misunderstanding about me, this Mu Bin, the dog looks down on people, and suppresses dissidents in the Jinyi Guard, which is really a big tumor in the Jinyi Guard, and the humiliation suffered by us people is really indescribable!" ”
Zhang Zhijie didn't know much about this, just smiled and didn't speak, Shi Wenyi then smiled: "But it's okay now, in the future, Jinyiwei will be our brothers, Zhijie's status is noble, and my old Shi is just in charge of Jinyiwei, and Jinyiwei will still be yours after all!" ”
Zhang Zhijie waved his hand again and again and said: "My lord said that I was joking, I didn't understand anything at a young age, but I just mixed up with an official and a half-job to live, Jinyiwei still needs an experienced, shrewd and capable person like Lord Shi!" ”
Shi Wenyi said with a smile: "Haha, Lao Shi knows that Zhijie doesn't look down on Jinyiwei!" What do you think you should do in this line of assassination, my old Shi Jue has no objection! ”
Zhang Zhijie waved his hand and said sincerely: "Lord Shi made fun of me, where did I dare to get an axe, but because I was involved, the emperor took me with me." In fact, I don't understand anything, and I have to rely on Master Shi to be it! ”
Shi Wenyi saw that Zhang Zhijie's face was sincere, so he smiled and said, "Then let's check it out carefully!" In the past few years, Mu Bin has known that he is a good man, and everyone in and out of Beijing has almost forgotten the name of Jinyiwei! ”
Although Shi Wenyi said this with a smile, Zhang Zhijie heard the full smell of blood!