Li Yuanyin's body was collected by a cloth bag, and the corpses were broken in a pile, even his head took a lot of effort, and it took more than 20 personal soldiers to endure the stench and search for half an hour in a pool of blood before finding it in a pile of rubble, the flesh and blood were blurred, and even Li Chengdong didn't recognize it for a long time.

At the beginning of the explosion, the people of the whole city mistakenly thought that the earthquake was coming, and fled in panic, and Emperor Yongli and Princess Changping also escaped from the palace in embarrassment under the protection of a group of guards.

The guards of the forbidden army, who were lucky enough not to die, came to report the news with a black and gray face, crying that Admiral Li was killed by a red-clothed cannon, which made the second monk of the Yongli Emperor puzzled, there was a red-clothed cannon at the head of Zhaoqing City, but it was controlled by Li Yuanyin himself, how could he turn around and hit him? The guards were dizzy, and they couldn't say anything under careful questioning, and it happened that at this time, Qu Shiyun, Yan Qiheng and other ministers also ran over to escort them in fear, and a group of people converged in one place, first sent Jinyi guards straight to the city, controlled every red-clothed cannon, and then sent people to the scene to take a closer look, and after confirming that there was no danger, everyone gathered around Emperor Yongli and went to the scene of the explosion to see what was going on.

The explosion was very violent, the effect of the explosion of hundreds of exterminating bombs was much more powerful than the bombardment of a red-coated cannon, a huge crater was exposed on the ground of the dirt, with it as the center, countless human tissues and large pools of blood were radioactively distributed, and the farthest pieces of flesh flew dozens of feet away. Because the Kuizhou sergeant who ignited the fire was very clever, and the length of the lead and the speed of burning happened to be set at the moment when Li Yuanyin slapped his horse, this awesome and coaxing commander of the forbidden army became the first person to be eliminated by the exterminating bomb, and the end was naturally the most bleak.

Emperor Yongli glanced at it from a distance, smelled the bloody smell in the air, waved his hand and turned around and ran to the side, "Wow" vomiting, all the ministers did the same, vomiting and vomiting, and vomiting around Emperor Yongli.

It was very boring to watch the broken corpses, Emperor Yongli took the ministers and left in a hurry, and in a hurry he could only come to one conclusion, this is definitely not the effect that the red-clothed cannon bombardment can achieve, and the Jinyi guards sent to the city head have returned, and the one hundred and four cannons in the city of Zhaoqing, including ten red-clothed cannons, are all completely erected at the head of the city facing the outside of the city, and none of them have been fired.

Dead Li Yuanyin, no matter how he died, it is a big deal, and he must give an explanation to Li Chengdong, who may have gotten the news and rushed here, Huang Qiyu, the secretary of the military department, was grabbed by the collar of his shirt by Emperor Yongli, and asked how the explosion happened with spit spittle, poor Huang Qiyu was born in Hanlin and studied both China and the West, and he didn't dare to agree with his mouth open for a long time, such a huge crater, if it is black powder, it will cost at least 100 catties, where did the assassin get so much black powder? The gunpowder in the treasury was well preserved, and not a single pound was lost.

But if you don't understand, it doesn't mean that you can't deal with people, Emperor Yongli strictly ordered Ma Jixiang to urge Jinyi Wei to investigate strictly, and at the same time put all the officials of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Zhaoqing Mansion and other officials in prison, interrogated and tortured.

It was like this for two days, and on the morning of the third day, Li Chengdong, who was carrying 5,000 ironclad cavalry, came from Guangzhou.

After Li Chengdong entered the city, he didn't even visit Emperor Yongli, so he went straight to the Huiguo Mansion to see his son's body.

Holding the head with eyes that are not eyes and noses that are not noses and looked at it for a long time, Li Chengdong didn't say a word, and went to Yongming Palace with red eyes, went to the palace with a sword, and was in front of the Jinluan Palace with a murderous pestle, and asked: "Who killed my son?" ”

Emperor Yongli and a group of ministers were regretted by his momentum, looked at each other, no one dared to squeak, and it took a long time for Ma Jixiang to carefully come out and agree: "Huiguo Gongjie mourns, Admiral Li died, it is the misfortune of the country, the Ming Dynasty lost a pillar of the sky, the emperor lost a loyal and brave minister, mourning!" As for who made the poison, the emperor has already issued an order, and there is a strict investigation, I believe that in a moment, there will be a result, and when the truth is revealed, there will be justice for the Duke of Huiguo. ”

Li Chengdong snorted in his nostrils, the murderous aura on his face did not change, and he pressed his sword and looked around: "It's been two days, and Li has rushed to the capital from hundreds of miles away from Guangzhou, just waiting for a strict investigation!" Li is puzzled, the assassination of the general in broad daylight is so difficult to investigate? Could it be that someone was biased and indulgent, deliberately delaying, trying to shield the Assassins? ”

As he spoke, his eyes swept over the faces of the officials standing in the hall one by one, and his eyes were extremely vicious, like a hungry wolf, looking around at a herd of trembling sheep, and if one of them was not careful, he would pounce on it, and tear the flesh and bones if he caught an unlucky egg.

All the officials unnaturally raised their heads or lowered their heads or looked sideways to the left and right, and no one dared to look at this extremely angry general, for fear of provoking fire.

"Ahem, that, Hui Guogong is angry, let the old man say a few words." Yan Qiheng, the second shop of the cabinet, stepped out in a group of officials who bowed their heads and shrugged their shoulders like quails, he and Li Chengdong were originally a party, but they were not very afraid, standing in the hall, carrying a beard in one hand and carrying it in the other, and said loudly: "This matter, the emperor and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all heartache, but it is a pity that Admiral Li died young, but the hateful assassin is bold and reckless, the old man is convinced that the mastermind behind this case must be a great traitor, in order to destroy the pillars of my Ming Dynasty and disturb the heart of the country, once the prince is in turmoil, the Northern Expedition will be affected." , the poison of his heart, should be punished! ”

"Master Yan said it well!" The first shop Qu Shi Qi responded to the voice, the voice was high-pitched and passionate, echoing loudly in the spacious hall, shaking the ears of the people in the hall buzzing: "My generation is a minister, what I do is just for the monarch to share worries, for the country to contribute, now the enemy is current, the society is in danger, but some people do not want to be loyal to the monarch, go to the country, but for their own selfish interests, form a party and self-respect, intending to follow Zuo Liangyu and others, is the country's big thief, the emperor, I heard that Ma Du Du has been found, and also asked the emperor to decree, let Ma Du Du be the court public, with the heart of the hero!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked, even Emperor Yongli looked at Ma Jixiang with a surprised face, the Jinyi guard was busy in the past two days, but he did not reveal the slightest hint of tone, Emperor Yongli also thought that there was no evidence, although Emperor Yongli and Princess Changping faintly knew who did it, and only that person had this ability, but on the surface, no one said.

At this time, Qu Shiyan's poking and prodding directly pushed Ma Jixiang out, which immediately made him the focus, Emperor Yongli looked at Ma Jixiang, his eyes were surprised at first, and then turned into confusion for a moment, and finally became angry.

Ma Jixiang turned his face and turned towards Li Chengdong, deliberately not looking at Emperor Yongli.

But Emperor Yongli already understood that Ma Jixiang was going to sell himself.

Wang Huan is an official of Emperor Yongli, and of course he is also a person of Emperor Yongli, if Ma Jixiang shakes Wang Huan out, it will be tantamount to betraying Yongli.

Ma Jixiang turned his back on his face and kept his mouth shut, as if he was really waiting for the will of Emperor Yongli.

Li Chengdong glared and raised his eyebrows, took a few steps forward, and before approaching the throne, the cowhide official boots slammed on the gold bricks, which shocked Yongli's careful liver "poof", only to hear Li Chengdong ask angrily: "Your Majesty, what Qu Shoupu said is true?" What did Madutu really find out? ”

That's a bit rude.

Cabinet minister Zhu Tianlin immediately jumped out, stopped in front of Li Chengdong without fear, and said angrily: "Huiguo Gong, you bring a sword to the palace and wear armor into the court, it is already a great disrespect, and you should be punished for the crime!" The emperor remembered that you were loyal and brave, and added to the pain of losing a child, so he did not pursue it, but you had to make an inch, and openly asked the emperor, do you still have the duty of a monarch and a minister in your eyes? ”

Immediately, as Zhu Tianlin stood up for several more officials, saliva flew with him, and the spittle stars were about to drown Li Chengdong.

With the emergence of these people, Emperor Yongli's pale face only slightly recovered a little blood, and his panicked mood calmed down a little.

In fact, Zhu Tianlin came out for the emperor, on the one hand, he certainly had the nature of a scholar in the late Ming Dynasty, and he was loyal to the imperial court and the emperor's nature; On the other hand, it is a party struggle that cannot be put on the table, in line with what the enemy approves, we must oppose, and if the enemy opposes it, we must agree with this eternal purpose, and Zhu Tianlin must stand up and relieve the siege for the emperor.

Li Chengdong squinted at Zhu Tianlin and the others, although he was disdainful, he still took a step back, and said hatefully: "Don't be unbelievable, this will bring a sword and armor, but the emperor has approved it, there is nothing wrong, and this general did not force the emperor, but if you feel it, why is it rude!" ”

Of course, Zhu Tianlin will not stop there, and the quotation is a rebuttal, giving full play to the character of the nerd of the Ming Dynasty who is not afraid of things and death, and turns the court, which was originally slaughtered by the arrival of Li Chengdong, into a mouthful market.

Emperor Yongli closed his eyes and sighed secretly, knowing today's events, if he didn't let Ma Jixiang speak, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to end it, anyway, looking at the appearance of these people, he already knew who did it, but he wanted to make an order through his own mouth, and he took the opportunity to slap himself, so that the people of the world could see that the emperor had just sealed Pingliangbo would be intercepted and killed by me Li Chengdong in a blink of an eye; Second, it is also a warning to everyone, I, Li Chengdong, can kill people, but you can't fight back.

So after several pulls, Emperor Yongli finally spoke, and asked Ma Jixiang to announce the so-called investigation results, which are known to everyone, that is, Wang Huan, who had just left, was jealous of Li Yuanyin's courage and good fighting, covered his limelight, assassinated Li Yuanyin, and then fled, the evidence is a number of witnesses.

Although this result is consistent with the facts, no one can guess where Wang Huan got those explosives from? Traveled thousands of miles from Sichuan to carry it with the army? What kind of heart does this have, could it be that the idea of blowing up Li Yuanyin early in the morning was born? That's impossible.

Others don't know, Li Chengdong and the bigwigs in the DPRK and China all know that it was Li Yuanyin who shot first, and he was slaughtered by Wang Huan if the assassination failed, Wang Huan was temporary, so where did Wang Huan's gunpowder come from? It's a mystery.

No one would have thought that Wang Huan's improved yellow explosives were hundreds of years more advanced than black powder, and the amount of more than ten catties was enough to achieve the explosive effect of more than 100 catties of black powder.

Emperor Yongli issued an order in the court, ordering Luo Chengyao, the deputy general under Li Chengdong, to lead 10,000 troops to pursue the fleeing Kuizhou army, and be sure to capture Wang Huan, and at the same time guard the checkpoints along the way to prevent Wang Huan from escaping.

(End of chapter)