The sound of a huge explosion echoed over the Jingshi, which was definitely an emergency for the Ming Empire. The troops on duty www.biquge.info in the Forbidden City immediately sounded the alarm, and all the garrison troops on duty rushed to their duty positions, and the anti-aircraft artillery installed in some parts of the city wall during the period of Emperor Xiao's mourning also raised their barrels at the same time.

"Your Majesty!" The commander of the Jinyi Guard made Li Keshou rush to the gate of His Majesty's palace with Chen Yue, the governor of Dongchang, as soon as possible. The guards have obviously been strengthened here, and the "guards and guards" of the Forbidden City are densely guarded outside the gate, guarding the emperor's dormitory, the Qianqing Palace.

These troops are the internal guards of the Forbidden City and are responsible for keeping it safe. However, they can only enter the Qianqing Palace under special circumstances allowed by the emperor, so in this kind of alert situation, they can only stand outside the palace gate. Entering the main gate of the Qianqing Palace, inside is His Majesty the Emperor's "escort guard pro-army", the Ming Empire has too many departments to protect the emperor, probably because the emperor is too afraid of death.

Li Keshou and Chen Yue walked through the crowd and came to the outside of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and saw Zhu Mu who was escorted back here from the Renzhi Palace, Zhu Mu seemed very irritable at this time, he wanted to know what was going on outside, it was worth the entire palace to mobilize and be on guard, and it was worth it for him, His Majesty the Emperor, to start the emergency evacuation procedure, and was escorted by a group of people from the Renzhi Hall where he was working, and retreated to the harem.

"What's going on? Did anyone attack Kyoshi? "He has just made several phone calls, first to the headquarters of the guards and guards, and now it has been renamed the Guard Headquarters, confirming that the various palace gates of the Forbidden City are still under control; Then he called the headquarters of the Jingshi garrison, and the other party also claimed that only one explosion was heard, and the city was not attacked.

The Air Defense Command also claimed that there were no planes or airships over the Forbidden City at present, that the sky was cloudless and in good visual condition, and that as long as you were not blind, you would know that there were no notable targets in the sky. Although there is no evidence of an attack on the Gyeonggi area, at least martial law is still in place in the Forbidden City.

"Your Majesty! I heard that there was an explosion on the street in the official district. The minister had already sent someone to verify the situation, and Li Keshou hurriedly stepped forward to report the latest situation to Zhu Mu: "The minister got a reward that it was an official's car that exploded, and there was also a carriage of Zhao Hongshou, the first assistant minister of the cabinet, at the scene......

"There are people in the car who are investigating, but the driver of Zhao Hongshou's carriage has been confirmed to be dead, and there are 4 cronies of the guards in the carriage, because it is too close to the explosion, there are no survivors." Chen Yue also had the same news on his side, and his Dongchang was not slow to deal with this kind of matter: "There are still 3 corpses in the car, and the identity of the deceased cannot be confirmed for the time being!" ”

"What about Zhao Hongshou? What about Wang Jianfeng? Immediately send a decree to let the ministers who rushed to the Emperor's Palace to see the driver! Zhu Mu frowned after hearing the news, whether the official's car exploded because of a car breakdown, or because it was attacked or assassinated, these need to be analyzed and confirmed. The carriage of the first minister's family was at the scene, and he didn't know much about it, and he also needed to investigate and explain.

"Your Majesty! News came from the Renzhi Hall that 22 ministers called before and after to ask His Majesty St. Ann. An attendant trotted over and reported the latest news: "The second assistant Wang Jianfeng outside the door has arrived, and the remaining 19 ministers are asking to see Your Majesty...... Only, only the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, Zhao Hongshou, could not be contacted. ”

Hearing this news, Zhu Mu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly had a not very good premonition. Zhao Hongshou, the cabinet minister, is like a human spirit, and it is impossible for him to be uncontacted after this kind of thing happens - unless, he is already dead! Thinking of this, Zhu Mu didn't plan to wait, he raised his feet and took a step in the direction of the Imperial Palace: "Follow me to the Imperial Palace!" ”

After waiting for 25 minutes, according to the testimony of the steward and others brought by Zhao Fushang, it was finally determined that Zhao Hong, the first assistant minister of the Ming Empire, was in the car that exploded, and now he has died.

When this news reached the Forbidden City, Chen Yue and Li Keshou, two veteran spies for many years, immediately realized the huge conspiracy behind this matter. There are various indications that the car in which Zhao Hongshou was riding was not an ordinary accident explosion, but an assassination caused by the detonation of a bomb inside the car.

No matter which dynasty or country, the assassination of a head of state and dignitaries is a very infuriating thing, because the wars caused by such acts are innumerable. If Zhao Hongshou's death is an assassination in China, it will definitely cause a terrifying bloody storm; If it is a hostile act of other countries, it will definitely be extremely retaliated against by the Ming Empire.

"Bombs? Raid? Very good...... I'd love to see who had the audacity to assassinate my minister! Hearing the report from Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Zhu Muhan nodded with a cold face, and ordered Li Keshou and Chen Yue fiercely: "I order you two to investigate this matter thoroughly, and the murderer must be brought to justice!" I'm going to tear him to pieces! ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and then hurriedly bowed their heads and withdrew from the Imperial Palace, there were not many opportunities to assassinate the first minister, and the one who succeeded on the way to the palace to face the saint was even rarer. So the direction of their investigation is actually very clear, and even in the eyes of the two of them, the process of solving this assassination case may not be tortuous.

"The person who did it was not a careful plan, otherwise it would not have been so hasty and hasty...... Li Keshou walked down the steps of the Imperial Palace, and said to Chen Yue beside him: "Jinyi Wei should start from Zhao Shoufu's house, Chen Dudu, don't rush to start......

"I don't have the heart to fight with you about this, and I'll arrange two of my subordinates to solve the case with you later...... Jinyiwei will never interfere in the process of handling the case, but the emperor asked you and me to investigate together, I always have to have a right to know, right? Chen Yue was different from the past, and he was very talkative, so he gave this case to Li Keshou, the commander of Jinyiwei.

When Li Keshou heard that Chen Yue actually retreated to the side, he was not in a hurry to be happy, but habitually turned around in his mind to see if there were any traps or deep pits in this case, otherwise why didn't Chen Yue grab the credit. And Chen Yue beside him also seemed to see Li Ke's jealousy, and said after laughing: "There are not so many traps in this matter, you can check carefully, our Dongchang has been too busy recently, and it is inconvenient to meddle in ......" (to be continued.) )