Chapter 69: The Dead Soldier of the Black Mountain Gate
After detaining hundreds of people in Haimei Mansion to the prison, Liu Chang still frowned. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Your Highness, what should we do next?"
Fan Zhongpeng stepped forward and asked.
Liu Chang pondered for a while before he said, "Quickly inform Ding Zhongliang of Quyi Mansion, let him take over this case, and imprison all the members of Zhang Yu's family." ”
"As long as Zhang Yu is convicted of murdering the crown prince, he will destroy the nine clans, and he will not be spared."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Fan Zhongpeng hurriedly took the order and sent someone to inform Ding Zhongliang of Quyi Mansion.
"Your Highness, now the Haimei Mansion has been arrested, but the Haimei Mansion cannot become an empty shell, after all, the Haimei Mansion is an institution of the empire, and now no matter what Zhang Yu's result is, the first problem is to immediately elect a new governor of the Haimei Mansion."
Kang Qi spoke, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he mentioned the most important things.
The official position of Haimei Mansion is not a big official, but it is very important, and if he controls Haimei Mansion, he can solve many very difficult problems in his hands at present.
At will, Haimei Mansion is a fat poor, this kind of imperial institution, no matter which side of the force is extremely enthusiastic.
If he knew that Prince Zhang Yubai had been killed, he would definitely touch the interests of many people.
But most people are not stupid enough to argue with the prince in person.
But they can also continue to arrange for their own people to take over from the Haime Mansion.
For Haimei Mansion, Liu Chang naturally wants to bring it under his control.
In order to prevent others from reaching out, Liu Chang nodded and said, "Taifu, you see, which of our people has the ability to take over Haimei Mansion, tell me as soon as possible, and I will settle this matter in the court tomorrow." ”
As the crown prince, Liu Chang has great rights to recommend some officials who have made a difference to be promoted.
Kang Qi thought for a while and said, "At present, we have Huang Guangzhi from Larila Province here, he is now the Governor of the Constitutional Department, ranking in the fifth rank, and he is extremely loyal to His Highness and trustworthy. ”
"There is also Sun Ye, who is close to the Latin Province of the Southern Ming Empire in the south, and is currently the Tai Lieutenant of the Household Department, ranking in the fourth rank, and similarly, he is the person next to the queen mother in the early years, and now he often sends gifts, and his character can be guaranteed."
"For the time being, these two are the most reliable, and although there are some candidates for the others, they are still worth examining."
After Liu Chang heard this, he squinted and thought for a long time: "Sun Ye of Latin Province, I know this person, and he is indeed very trustworthy, but he is currently in Latin Province, there is my third emperor uncle over there, and it is close to the Nanming Empire, it is better for him to stay in Latin Province." ”
"Now that there is a war between our empire and the Nanming Empire, I am more relieved to have him over there."
"In this way, Huang Guangzhi of Larila Province will settle down first, and then I will go to the court to play it, and when it is approved, I will recruit him into Beijing."
"This time, we must take Haimei Mansion."
Liu Chang gradually showed his ambitions, and began to think that the various institutions of the empire would infiltrate his own power, and he would have more bargaining chips in the future to compete for the throne.
Kang Qi suddenly frowned and said, "Your Highness, there is something I don't know whether to say or not. ”
"It's okay, let's talk!"
"That's right, the servant recently got the news that since the emperor was attacked here, he began to guard against everyone, including His Royal Highness and other princes."
"So, I mean, now that the emperor is in the prime of life, it is best for His Royal Highness to keep a low profile, as for the people of Haimei Mansion, you can fight for it, no, don't force it, otherwise it will make the emperor suspicious."
"What we can do at the moment is to try to keep a low profile, and many things are best not to happen on the bright side, so that it is good for your safety to protect Your Highness."
When Liu Chang heard this, his hair stood upside down in an instant, and Kang Qi said in one sentence to the core question, that is, in whose hands should the power of the empire be controlled.
It is true that he is the crown prince, but he is not the first leader of the empire, and his father is indeed in the prime of life, and the emperor's throne is still firmly in his hands, and no one will be allowed to threaten his position.
After Kang Qi's reminder, Liu Chang understood that he seemed to be a little too high-profile.
"Taifu is really my confidant, in a word, since this is the case, I will follow Taifu's advice on this matter, and I will go to visit my father tomorrow and find out by the way."
"More things, I hope it's too much work."
Kang Qi breathed a sigh of relief, Liu Chang understood the matter, so he was very satisfied, nodded and said, "That's what I should do." ”
After the matter of Haimei Mansion was over, Liu Chang left some people to guard Haimei Mansion and immediately returned home.
Before this, the second prince Liu Ye had already been sent for treatment of his injuries.
Back in Dafu Palace, the black-clothed guard had already imprisoned the only killer alive in the mansion.
"Your Highness, this is the person who took the lead in releasing arrows at that time."
Liu Chang saw that the other party was a middle-aged man in his thirties, looking at Liu Chang, his eyes were full of desire to survive.
Liu Chang said coldly: "What's your name?" ”
"Wei Wei."
"Why did you kill Prince Ben?"
Wei Wei hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the grass people just acted according to the orders from above, and they didn't know that the person who was going to kill was actually His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"Above? Let's talk about it, to put it well, this prince may let you live. ”
Liu Chang naturally wouldn't let him go, since the other party was trying to survive, he was just using his life as bait.
Wei Wei said: "I am a dead soldier of the Black Mountain Gate, and this time I got 100,000 taels of gold and silver from Zhang Yu, the governor of Haimei Mansion, and as a condition, our Black Mountain Gate is responsible for killing His Royal Highness." ”
"You can guarantee that everything you say is true?"
Liu Chang secretly said that this was the case, Zhang Yu wanted to kill him.
"Minions don't dare to lie."
Wei Wei nodded in a panic.
Kang Qi listened to it and stood up and said, "Your Highness, the Black Mountain Gate is the only organization in the empire that specializes in cultivating killers, as long as you pay a certain amount of money, you can let them kill anyone." ”
"At present, their power is spread across all provinces of the empire, which is really not to be underestimated."
"And they're all dead soldiers."
Liu Chang had heard a little about the Black Mountain Gate, which was an evil organization that terrified many people, and secretly decided to find an opportunity to kill them.
But Kang Qi scolded Wei Wei: "You lie, the people who come out of the Black Mountain Gate to do things are all dead soldiers, why are you so afraid of death?" ”
Wei Wei said with a sad face: "Even so, it doesn't mean that everyone is not afraid of death, after all, if they can live, who will die, my lord, I really just want to live to tell the truth." ”
Kang Qi snorted coldly, the rules of the Black Mountain Gate are very strict, and the dead soldiers, as long as they are caught on a mission, they will basically commit suicide.
If your own people leak the secret, they will also become the target of hunting by the Black Mountain Gate.
"Aren't you afraid of being chased by the Black Mountain Gate?"
"Even if we let you go, will you survive for a day?"
Wei Wei begged: "I still know a lot about the Black Mountain Gate, if Your Highness doesn't dislike it, I can serve Your Highness." ”
Wei Wei is a good idea, following the current prince, he can naturally save his life, after all, it is not so simple for the Black Mountain Gate to kill people next to the prince.