On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, on the first seven days of Emperor Xuande, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty gathered in Jingshan Shouhuang Hall to worship, which means that the fast is officially over, and officials of all sizes can finally go home.

Soon, the civil and military magnates at the worship site discovered an unexpected thing, that is, two children wearing filial piety clothes kneeling behind the prince.

Some people quickly recognized that the two children were from the Zhenguo Mansion, Li Yuntian's eldest son Li Anbang and his second son Li Anyu.

Immediately, a small news spread in the officialdom that early this morning, Li Anbang and Li Anyu, the lords of Yingrui County, entered the palace to visit Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Sun, and left Li Anbang and Li Anyu in the palace to accompany the prince.

After learning of this incident, the civil and military officials at the scene invariably had a thought in their minds - Li Anbang and Li Anyu were taken hostage by Empress Dowager Zhang.

Everyone was very surprised by Empress Dowager Zhang's decision, because after Li Yuntian's death, the nobles and nobles of the Xiaowu army were leaderless, and their qualifications were shallow, so they could not have an impact on the court situation.

Unless...... Unless Empress Dowager Zhang suspected that the Xiaowu Army was difficult to control, she thought of using Li Anbang and Li Anyu to contain the Xiaowu Army.

But this will not only make Xiaowujun angry, but also make Zhou Zheng dissatisfied, after all, Li Anbang and Li Anyu are his own grandsons.

Obviously, no one thought that Zhou Yuting would take the initiative to send her two sons to the palace, no matter how you say that Li Yuntian's death is still a lot of strange, and it is rumored that Emperor Xuande killed Li Yuntian, Zhou Yuting will be under tremendous pressure if she does this, and once there is a change in the Xiaowu army, Li Anbang and Li Anyu will have to worry about their lives.

Although there are many speculations about Li Anbang and Li Anyu entering the palace to accompany the prince, Li Anbang, Li Anyu and the prince get along very well.

The three of them are similar in age, and they are almost a few years old, and usually Li Anbang and Li Anyu will enter the palace to read to the prince as companions, so the prince feels much more relaxed after being accompanied by Li Anbang and Li Anyu, after all, they are still children, so they are not aware of the dangerous situation in the capital, and the relationship between them is not affected by adults, but is more dependent on each other in this situation.

By the afternoon, the officials in the capital would know the reason why Li Anbang and Li Anyu had entered the palace, because the military cabinet had already ordered the artillery battalion and musket battalion of the Xiaowu Army, which were on duty at Juyong Pass, to return to Beijing for garrison.

Since Emperor Xuande was suddenly transferred from the Xiaowu army camp outside the city by holy decree a few years ago, this is the first time that there is news of a musket battalion and an artillery battalion in the capital.

Obviously, if you want to use the musket battalion and artillery battalion with huge lethality, Empress Dowager Zhang has to be on guard at this stage, because except for Emperor Xuande and Li Yuntian, no one has ever been able to control the Xiaowu army.

At the same time, the officialdom in the capital is still paying attention to another matter, that is, the assassination of Zhang Hao, it is said that the people in the government have arrested many people, including Fang Liang, a Shuji Shi who once served by Emperor Xuande's side.

This made many people surprised, Fang Liang was just a small Jishi, and he would be involved in such a strict incident, and it seemed that he was still the leader of it, it was incredible.

Just when the outside world was talking about Zhang Hao's assassination case, in the afternoon, Jinyi Weibei Town's Fusi's edict and torture room.

Fang Liang, who was naked, had already fainted, his hands were tied to the torture instrument, his body was covered with bruises, whip marks and branding, and it seemed that he was being served "very comfortably".

"Wake him up." In charge of interrogating Fang Liang was an emaciated military attache from the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, and the other people from the Criminal Department and Jinyi Wei were jurying, the emaciated military attache glanced at Fang Liang who was unconscious, and said to several stout men standing in front of the torture rack with a blank face.

To be honest, the emaciated military attache and the others admired Fang Liang a lot, as a scholar who was powerless, he had carried it from the early hours of the morning to the present, which had exceeded their expectations.

A stout man brought a bucket of ice water with ice cubes floating on it, and poured it on Fang Liang, drenching him with a chill.

Stimulated by the cold water, Fang Liang woke up leisurely, shivering from the cold, you must know that it is the first month of the year, and it is the time of ice and snow in the north.

"Fang Jinshi, we already have conclusive evidence of your collusion with those assassins, the owner of the house you met and the spies in Dongchang can prove that you met the assassin leader that day, if you continue to resist, then don't blame me for being unkind." The emaciated military attache glanced at Fang Liang and warned expressionlessly.

"Ben...... This official ...... nothing I don't know, what are you doing...... Mistaken! Fang Liang shook his head and replied weakly.

"It seems that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin!" Seeing this, the emaciated military attache sneered, reached out and slapped his palm a few times.

The door of the torture room opened, and a frightened middle-aged woman was brought in by two big men, who looked about thirty and beautiful, and could see that she was also a beautiful woman when she was young.

"Sir!" When she saw Fang Liang, who was covered in bruises, the woman couldn't help but exclaim, and hurriedly ran up to check Fang Liang's injuries with concern, she was Fang Liang's wife.

"This official has nothing to do with this matter, you are mistaken." Seeing this, Fang Liang immediately understood the intention of the emaciated military attaché, and hurriedly said to the emaciated military attaché that using relatives to fight those with strong willpower is an effective method, although those people themselves are not afraid of punishment but cannot witness their relatives being tortured.

"Fang Liang, General Ben has already spent a day here with you, and he has no patience to spend it with you any longer, if you don't honestly confess your crimes, then General Ben will make you regret it." How could the emaciated military attache believe Fang Liang, and warned with a sneer.

"Ben...... This official is really ...... I really don't know, please let it go...... Leave me alone! Fang Liang shook his head again and pleaded.

"She's yours, you can do whatever you want." As soon as Fang Liang's words fell, the emaciated military attache stretched out his hand and pointed at Madam Fang, and said in a deep voice to the executioners in the room.

"Hehe......" Hearing this, the executioners walked over to Mrs. Fang in a daze, frightening Mrs. Fang's face.

Soon, under Fang Liang's gaze, a big man picked up Mrs. Fang and walked to a table on the side, threw it on the table, and then several big men smiled lewdly and held her down and tore her clothes.

Mrs. Fang screamed loudly and resisted desperately, but she was the opponent of those tall and big men, and soon the clothes on her body were torn off, revealing her close-fitting underwear.

"Let it go...... Let her go, and beg you, I'm ...... I really don't know anything. Fang Liang wanted to rush up to save Mrs. Fang, but unfortunately his hands and feet were firmly tied, and he shouted to the emaciated military attache while struggling.

"Fang Liang, you should know that the case you are involved in has been stabbed to the sky, if you are lucky, General Ben will let your family members come to 'persuade' you one by one!" Seeing Fang Liang's affection, the emaciated military attache couldn't help but show a smile at the corner of his mouth, and said meaningfully, especially in the pronunciation of the word "persuasion".

"Ahh At this time, Mrs. Fang suddenly screamed, and it turned out that a big man ripped off her belly pocket, causing the spring light on her chest to leak out.

Not only that, a big man who was as thick as a bear smiled and took off his pants, looking like a monkey in a hurry, wanting to press Mrs. Fang under him ****.

"Stop, I'...... I tell you all the qiē, you ...... You let her go, let her go. Seeing this, Fang Liang couldn't bear it anymore, otherwise Mrs. Fang would be **** by those big men next, he gritted his teeth and shouted at the emaciated military attaché.

The emaciated military attache couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, and slowly raised his right hand, and the big men immediately let go of Mrs. Fang and retreated, Mrs. Fang covered her body with a torn skirt, curled up on the table and cried with a frightened expression.

"We can save a lot of trouble as soon as this happens." The emaciated military attache looked at Fang Liang expressionlessly, "Sue General Sùben, who instructed you to assassinate the Duke of Yiguo?" ”

"This matter is very important, I can only tell you alone." Fang Liang glanced up at the people in the room and made a condition to the emaciated military attaché.

The emaciated military attaché's brows furrowed slightly, and then he waved his hand, and the people in the room left with Mrs. Fang, anyway, Fang Liang's hands and feet were now tied up, and it was impossible to pose any danger to him.

"Tell me, what do you have to tell General Sùben?" After the door of the torture chamber was closed, the emaciated military attache asked quietly.

"The people who instructed me to assassinate the righteous Guogong are very big, and if they know that I betrayed them, they will definitely attack my family, so I hope you can send my family to the Zhenguo Mansion after I sue you." Fang Liang hesitated for a moment, and with a solemn expression, he put forward conditions to the emaciated military attaché.

"Zhenguo Mansion?" The emaciated military attache suddenly showed a look of surprise when he heard this, he never imagined that Fang Liang would choose the Zhenguo Mansion as his family's shelter, as far as he knew, Fang Liang was involved in the murder of Li Yuntian, wouldn't it be to find death by sending his family to the Zhenguo Mansion, the best result would be to be beaten out by the people of the Zhenguo Mansion.

"Zhen Guogong is a righteous gentleman, and he will never hurt his family, I believe that Lord Yingrui will take my family in." The corners of Fang Liang's mouth showed a helpless wry smile, and he said the reason, he felt that creation made people, he was busy, and in the end he actually needed the protection of the Zhenguo Mansion, and it was a joke to say it.

The reason why Fang Liang made this choice was also quite helpless, in his opinion, the safest place in the capital was the Zhenguo Mansion, as long as his wife and children could enter the Zhenguo Mansion, then it would be equivalent to having a guarantee, no matter who it was, it would be difficult to hurt them.

In the final analysis, this is closely related to Li Yuntian's usual excellent reputation, everyone knows that Li Yuntian is a person who abides by integrity, and he has always acted gently, and he will not kill them all, and under his drive, the entire Zhenguo Mansion is also very honest.

Therefore, although Fang Liang can be said to be Li Yuntian's enemy, he still chose to entrust his wife and children to the Zhenguo Mansion, and he has virtually recognized Li Yuntian's special status in the Ming officialdom, and he is a person who even his opponents must respect.

At this point, Fang Liang knew that he would not be able to escape death, so he could only plan for his family and find a way for them to live, and he was willing to pay any price for this.