Chapter 25: Turmoil

Sun Kang was taken aback, and secretly complained in his heart, how dare he listen to such words, and immediately bowed his head and said:

"The emperor still trusts His Highness, otherwise how could he let His Highness have full authority to deal with this matter."

The prince frowned and said:

"Hmph, what is this called trust me!"

As if sensing that there was something inappropriate for him to say this, the prince waved his hand and said:

"Don't talk about this, although I am the crown prince, I have been in the palace for a long time, I have never come out, I am not familiar with Luojing City, especially in Luojing City, the intertwined power relations, I am even more confused, in this regard, you still need to take care of Lord Sun."

Sun Kang said "here", hurriedly saluted, and replied respectfully:

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Your Highness has tormented me, if there is anything you command directly, the villain dares to disobey!"

When the prince heard this, he showed a look of relief and said:

"Since this is the case, I won't go around in circles, Lord Sun, you also know that many ministers in the DPRK and China disobey me, although my father and the emperor put me in charge of the assassination, it is a great opportunity to get rid of political enemies, but as the crown prince, I can't act rashly, so I cheekily ask Lord Sun for guidance and help me with this, after the matter is completed, Lord Sun will be unspeakably noble."

After speaking, he let out a long breath and looked at Sun Kang expectantly.

Sun Kang was startled at first, and then sneered in his heart, the prince of the empire in his heart, who did not take state affairs seriously, actually hollowed out his mind to seek personal interests and harm the important ministers of the country.

However, how dare he, a little doctor of Guanglu Temple, disobey the prince, seeing that the prince was looking at him, he hurriedly straightened his complexion and replied respectfully:

"Your Highness commands, the villain dares to disobey!"

He raised his head, and saw that the prince was still frowning, and seemed to be quite dissatisfied with his perfunctory answer, and his heart sank, and he immediately smiled all over his face:

"Your Royal Highness is angry, you also know the villain's position, they are all dealing with the nobles in the city in Luojing, and they have always been cautious and cautious on weekdays, Your Highness, you are the dragon and phoenix among the people, the sky is mighty, the villain is a little restrained in front of you, and he does not dare to be hypocritical and perfunctory, in fact, he wants to go back, and the nobles and gentry in the city who are unwilling to continue to serve and 'voluntarily' sue the old man and return to his hometown will notify you again, and hand over the list to His Highness, but the villain can only do it so far, I hope His Highness will forgive his sins."

The prince's eyes flashed, and he seemed to be quite satisfied with Sun Kang, he nodded heavily, slapped the table, and said:

"Okay, good, good, Lord Sun, you are loyal to the country, I have written it down."

Sun Kang stood up and knelt on the ground, a wave of disgust rose in his heart, but there was a look of gratitude on his face, and he smiled:

"Villain Xie His Highness cultivates!"

The prince hurriedly helped him up, patted him on the shoulder, and said:

"Lord Sun is polite."

After speaking, he laughed loudly, patted Sun Kang on the shoulder, turned around and walked towards the staircase, before going downstairs, the prince looked back and smiled:

"Then I'll wait for your good news."

Sun Kang smiled and bowed down, and when he raised his head, the prince had already hurried downstairs.

It seems that the prince is in a good mood-

According to the prince's "request", Sun Kang quickly drew up a list.

He knew in his heart that the true intention of the crown prince was nothing more than not to offend the powerful ministers of the empire, but also to bring down those officials who disobeyed him, remove the wings of high-ranking officials, and at the same time deter them, and at the same time to reap enough benefits, and try to maximize the benefits while controlling the risk to the minimum.

This is also the reason why the prince is looking for him, for Sun Kang, drawing up this list is naturally familiar, he has been a doctor in Guanglu Temple for many years, the situation in Luojing City is complicated, the slightest carelessness will go the wrong way, fall to pieces, and even implicate others, in order to live, he deliberately speculated and studied the powerful in Luojing City, and has a deep understanding.

However, for others, it may not be easy to draw up a list, almost all the powerful forces in Luojing City have taken root here, and the various factions are intricately intertwined, and the key relationship in this is by no means something that can be clarified in a while.

In Luojing City, even those small characters who are inconspicuous on weekdays, once they are ruthless, even the important ministers of the court have to retreat and dare not provoke, so even the old fritters who are familiar with officialdom can easily cause big trouble if they don't sort out these powerful relationships in time and act rashly.

Once you don't know about these factions and are not familiar with the intricate relationship between the DPRK and China, you can write a list and give it to the prince, and once the prince does it, it will cause an earthquake in the Luojing officialdom.

It's a very nerve-wracking thing.

Moreover, the crown prince actually has a list, and what the prince asks Sun Kang for is only those forces behind his list.

Destroy trees, uproot roots, and die.

Sun Kang was keen on this, and his duties required him, so he naturally had a deep understanding of the intricate forces of the empire.

Now only by following the crown prince can he live, and he may live well.

He decided to stand in line and follow the prince—

The next day, early in the morning.

The prince sent people to issue various decrees such as curfew and strict inventory at the city gate in Luojing.

After the order was issued, the people had no opinion, they knew that the assassination of the emperor was a major event that shook the world, and if the assassin was not caught, the world would be uncertain.

But a day later, the prince gained nothing, and the investigation encountered considerable resistance, so with the emperor's permission, the prince began to thoroughly investigate the Luojing City, starting from the mansion of the hundred officials, and strictly searched.

At the beginning, although the officials and magnates were dissatisfied, the assassination that night made them uneasy, and in order to let the prince find out who was behind the scenes as soon as possible, they were quite cooperative with the "search of the mansion".

But in less than half a day, those powerful people who were involved in the ministers of the court and the central government discovered the true purpose of the prince.

The Prince's army did not search for the Assassins at all, but directly looted the finances of the palace, saying that the Assassins were likely to take risks for money, and in order to ensure the safety of the adults, they needed to keep their belongings in a unified manner, and then return the original amount after getting the Assassins.

The robbed officials and businessmen hurriedly looked for their own backers when they saw that they were not good, but those adults who usually befriended each other and gave "filial piety" on a daily basis hid in this time of crisis, and some even went out on business.

All of a sudden, the whole Luojing was full of mourning.

For those who refused to obey the order and resisted the order, the prince's army directly slaughtered the mansion, and after coming down several times, seeing that the emperor did not react, the prince's heart was also put down.

The prince's army was almost in Luojing City, "invincible", almost lawless.

But for the first time, the prince's army encountered resistance in front of a small mansion with guards disproportionate to the size of the mansion.

As soon as the prince's army entered the palace gate in a noisy manner, they were beaten by the guards in the mansion, and behind these guards there was a row of soldiers with sharp swords and stared at them coldly.

There was a small colonel in the prince's army, named Maozi, seeing this, he pulled out his knife, pointed at the guards, and scolded:

"Get the hell out of here, what? Want to rebel? ”

The chief guard in the mansion opposite put away his sword, walked out with a kind face, and smiled at Mao Zi:

"My master is not in the house today, and there are female dependents in the house, there are many inconveniences, our house is small, I can't accept you to the house, the master will come back in a few days, he will come to the door in person to apologize, the villain promises with his head, there is absolutely no assassin in the house! Please rest assured that the poor master will raise his noble hand. ”

After saying that, with a gesture of his right hand, the butler behind him stepped forward with two plates covered with red cloth, and the chief of the guard took it with his hand, walked in front of Maozi, bent down and raised it, and saluted:

"The weather is hot, the poor men are hard, this is a little bit of our heart, there will be generous gifts to be delivered another day, and I hope that all the adults will raise their noble hands."

Seeing his humble attitude, Mao Zi was about to agree, when he saw the guards inside the door looking at this side coldly, with a look of disdain, he couldn't help but be furious, and he knocked over the plate with his hand, and the yellow and clear gold ingots rolled all over the ground.

When Mao Zi saw the gold rolling around, he regretted it a little, and said even more viciously:

"Get out of the way of Lao Tzu, who is Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu was ordered by the emperor to arrest the assassins, how can he covet your bullshit gold? ”

It seemed that he was very incomprehensible when he scolded, and Mao Zi kicked the gold far away, and the gold rolled away with a tinkling sound and flashing golden light.

The chief of the guard was not angry, and said with a smile:

"Your Excellency is high, it's a villain who is presumptuous, but it is true that our mansion does not harbor assassins, so don't go in, adults."

Mao Zi's anger in his heart has not disappeared, just now in a fit of anger, he kicked the gold away, angry, anxious and distressed, too lazy to pay attention to the chief of the guard, waved forward, and was about to enter the mansion.

As soon as the soldiers saw that this family was generous, they were all fascinated by gold, and guessed that there must be a lot of money in the mansion, and they were eager to try, and when they saw Maozi waving their hands, they shouted in unison, raised their swords and rushed to the mansion.

Seeing that they did not listen to the advice, the chief of the guard snorted coldly and said;

"Everyone, if you don't eat and drink, don't blame me for being rude!"

When Mao Zi heard him say this, he scolded, pulled out the sword in his hand, and slashed at him with a sword.

The chief of the guard didn't want to make a big deal about it, but the other party was so unpersuaded, he was annoyed, and he couldn't let them into the house anyway, thinking like this, he no longer showed mercy in his hand, and when he saw Mao Zi's long sword stabbing him, he dodged to the side, and then spun forward violently, and at the same time stretched out his iron fist, facing Mao Zi's face, and hit it hard.

Hearing only the sound of "bang", Mao Zi felt two hot streams flowing down his nose, and at the same time heard the sound of his head "buzzing", he didn't know anything.

The other soldiers didn't see the head of the guard clearly at all, only saw Mao Zi kill with a sword, and then fell straight down, his face was covered with blood, and the bridge of his nose was completely smashed into his cheeks.

The soldiers were frightened and angry, and knew that it would not be good today, so they shouted at each other, drew their swords, and surrounded the captain of the guard.

Occasionally, the people who passed by had already taken a detour to see this posture, and some of them were bold and stood there from afar, looking this way.

Seeing a fierce battle, it is about to be staged in this sweltering summer.

The guards in the palace walked out with swords and clubs in hand, smiling fiercely, staring at the place not far away.

The soldier was shocked and angry when he saw that he was being attacked on his belly and back, and the only way to do it at the moment was to fight quickly, first work together to defeat the captain of the guard, and then make a theory.

Several of the soldiers looked at each other, shouted, and stabbed the captain in the chest.

The guard chief didn't have any block with his empty hand, and was just about to bow his head to dodge, when he saw a soldier behind him silently stabbing at him, he sneered in his heart, bent his knees, and his body suddenly fell short, taking the opportunity to dodge the long sword in front of him, his body did not stagnate, and he swept backwards and swept the soldier behind him.

The latter was caught off guard, swept on the leg by the chief of the guard, only felt as if he had been hit by an iron pillar, screamed in pain, curled up in a ball with his calf, and took a few steps back before falling to the ground.