Chapter 423: The Cat Crys Mouse
Han Songshi said angrily: "The assassins have become more and more rampant, and they dare to make trouble in Jiangdu one after another. Jian'er, don't eat this meal yet, hurry up with Xin'er to see Mrs. Gu, Xin'er is also very anxious. ”
Han Jian really felt physically and mentally exhausted. This assassin's matter, he thought it was over, but he didn't expect it to come again.
When he got married a few years ago, the assassin appeared once, and at that time he was not sure who the assassin was, and it was probably someone from Yang Yu in Luoyang who sent someone to assassinate him. After the "assassination", it was completely because the Venerable Zuo Gu wanted to seek justice for his apprentice, and then it was over.
But this time, the target of the assassins changed from him to being an important member of the imperial court, and it was the father of his wife, which was a bit of a doorway.
In the end, the main purpose of the assassins was to kill people, or whether they wanted to provoke a relatively stable relationship between the monarch and the minister within Jiangdu, which was incomprehensible.
"A few aunts, Qian'er, then you wait first, and Xin'er and I will go to Gu Mansion to have a look first." Han Jian said.
"Go early and come back early." Han Song's said.
Yang Li'er opened her mouth, but didn't say anything. Han Jian knew that she also wanted to go, but it was Gu Xin'er's father, so it was not appropriate for her to go. She had no choice but to stay first.
Han Jian also knew that Yang Li'er's position in the East Wangfu was very embarrassing, and it was entirely because of him alone. If he wasn't in the house, it would be difficult for Yang Li'er to deal with herself in front of his aunts.
However, Gu Weipan's injury is also what he cares about. The assassin didn't succeed in a single blow, which was a good thing for Han Jian, and it was also something worth pondering.
Gu Weipan himself doesn't know martial arts, and he lacks guards around him. In the case of an assassination, it is not easy to save your life. Whether it was the assassin who released the water for another purpose, or whether it was Gu Weipan's fate, Han Jian had never seen Gu Weipan, and it was difficult to make a conclusion in his heart.
With Gu Xin'er with a anxious look, Han Jian arrived at the Gu Mansion with sufficient manpower. At this time, the yamen in charge of public security in the city had already sent people to protect the in-laws of the Dongwang Mansion, which was also the residence of the highest official of the Jiangdu Imperial Court.
When he saw Han Jianlai, few people stepped forward to salute. These days, Han Jian doesn't care much about the security of Jiangdu. At this time, the official in charge of public security inevitably stepped forward.
"How is Mrs. Gu's injury?" Han Jian arrived at the hall of the Gu Mansion. I saw that in addition to Gu Weipan, several other "important people" in the Gu Mansion were there.
Gu Xin'er's mother, Gu Song's family, Mrs. Xue, who had just been accepted by Gu Weipan, and Gu Wen, Gu Weipan's youngest son, including several subordinates of the Gu Mansion. Gu Weipan was not seen. Probably lying on a hospital bed.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of the East." Gu Song's is very methodical. Especially in the presence of Lady Snow. Even if he was very concerned about his husband's safety, he didn't forget to get up and salute Han Jian.
On the other hand, Mrs. Snow is a little restrained. After all, she is from a bad background, she doesn't know the rules very well, and she doesn't know how to maintain her demeanor in this kind of scene.
It's Gu Wen, who looks like a learner, and feels a little adult when he salutes Han Jian.
"What the hell is Mrs. Gu?" Han Jian helped Gu Song's family, and at this time, Gu Xin'er also walked up, and tears almost flowed from her face.
"The doctor is treating my lord's injuries inside, depending on the situation, there are some ...... Bad. Woo, as soon as he arrived at the door, a group of gangsters came up, and I don't know where they came from......"
Gu Song's original situation was quite calm, but the more he talked, the more anxious he became, and finally he couldn't stop whimpering. Judging from Han Jian's reaction, when Gu Weipan returned home, she was at the scene, and even witnessed the whole process of Gu Weipan's assassination.
Han Jian inquired in detail, only to learn that it was several subordinates of the Gu Mansion who desperately protected Gu Weipan and saved Gu Weipan's life. However, because of this, several subordinates of the Gu Mansion have died, and even the bodies are still parked in the backyard.
"Bring some money over for the burial of some righteous men." Han Jian said to the officials behind him.
The official nodded yes.
At this time, several people came out of it, all of whom were doctors. After Gu Weipan was stabbed, Gu Fu also invited a lot of doctors to come over, wanting to save Gu Weipan's life, judging from this posture, Han Jian already knew very well that Gu Weipan's injuries were not light.
"Can you take a look inside?" Han Jian asked.
"The grass people have seen the ...... of the East King", and the doctors saluted Han Jian one after another.
At this time, Han Jian felt that it was necessary to quickly raise a hospital, after all, now that the empress was in Jiangdu, and there were so many ministers, relying on some doctors in Jiangdu City alone could no longer meet the needs of the political doctors.
"How is Mrs. Gu's injury?" Han Jian asked again.
"Back to the East King, Gu Taifu was seriously injured and bleeding profusely, but ...... For the time being, I will save my life, but I will ...... Shameful ......"
This is ambiguous, to put it bluntly, he is not sure about Gu Weipan's injury.
It may be to stop the bleeding temporarily, but there is no guarantee that Gu Weipan will live, so he will not say it to death first, so that even if there is a third long and two short behind the patient, he can withdraw from the matter, so as not to be called a quack.
Han Jian didn't ask any more questions, took Gu Xin'er and the others into the room together, and saw Gu Weipan, who had already bandaged his wounds and was still lying on the bed, his mouth was pale and his face was wrinkled.
At this time, Gu Weipan seemed to have reached sunset overnight. When he was imprisoned for a month in Luoyang and tortured, he did not have the malaise he has today. This assassination seems to have drained his spirit, an old man who has worked hard in the court for most of his life, and finally he is too old to get out of bed.
"Mrs. Gu?" Han Jian went to the sickbed and called out. Gu Weipan opened his eyes in front of him and glanced at them, and then closed them again, obviously without any strength at all.
"Don't bother Mrs. Gu to recuperate." Han Jian said, "Talk outside." ”
Gu Songshi looked at her husband who was pursuing so hard, but he was still injured, wiped his tears, and returned to the outer hall with his family. At this time, there were more and more people from the Gu Mansion who came to visit, and many of them were just in the courtyard, and before Han Jian had seen them, these people could only wait first.
"Young boy, the princess of the county ordered me to wait for the medicine to come." At this time, Han Jian's guards appeared in the Gu Mansion, and at the same time held a lot of condolence items.
Because Han Jian came in a hurry and had no preparations, Han Song's making such an arrangement only showed that the Eastern Prince's Mansion cared about Gu Weipan's injury.
"Just set it aside." Han Jian said casually.
"Young boy, Lin Shangshu asks to see you." The guard said again.
Han Jianxin said that this Lin Ke was also fast, knowing that Gu Weipan was injured, he was not afraid that he would be next, and he dared to come to Gu Mansion to explain what he smelled.
After all, there must always be someone in the court to take the lead, Gu Weipan can't afford to be injured, and the biggest beneficiary is naturally the successor of Xiangguo. And now in Jiangdu City, among the people of the imperial court faction, except for Gu Weipan, who is highly respected and can serve the public, the first one is Lin Ke. In other words, Lin Ke is likely to be the candidate to succeed Gu Weipan as Xiangguo.
But there is a gap between Han Jian and Lin Ke, obviously he doesn't want to nominate Lin Ke for this position.
"Please Lin Shangshu come in." Han Jian said.
After a while, he heard a howling cry, Lin Ke staggered into the main hall of the Gu Mansion while crying, and he didn't know that he thought he was here to cry.
"Lin Shangshu doesn't have to be so sad, Mrs. Gu is okay for the time being." Han Jian said.
"Huh? Nothing? When Lin Ke heard Han Jian's words, he thought that he had heard something wrong, and he forgot to even pretend to be, and looked at Han Jian directly in surprise.
Han Jianxin said that the cat cries and the mouse is fake compassion, Lin Ke and Gu Weipan are inseparable, Lin Ke himself has a lot of prejudices against Gu Weipan, if it weren't for Gu Weipan is the old man of the Dongwang Mansion, maybe he would have wanted to grab the position of Xiangguo to do it.
"There's no danger of life, but ...... The situation is also not encouraging. Han Jian added.
"Oops...... Mrs. Gu, why is your life so bitter? Lin Ke continued to pretend to cry, and there was also a bit of calmness in this cry.
Han Jian thought to himself, these courtiers, except for a few "unknowns" like Gu Weipan, are "acting schools" like Lin Ke. What people said before was a mess, but behind the scenes, there was a different face.
"Lin Shangshu doesn't have to be sad. Mrs. Gu was assassinated, and it should be time to discuss...... "Han Jian saw that the entire hall was infected by Lin Ke, and the people in the Gu Mansion were naturally sincerely crying, while those officials in charge of public security were shedding a few drops of cat urine to shirk their responsibility.
When Han Jian said this, Lin Ke really stopped crying, he was naturally very concerned about what Han Jian wanted to discuss.
“…… How to catch the Assassins. ”
Han Jian's last words made Lin Ke a little disappointed, originally he thought that he would discuss who would replace Gu Weipan and take the position of Xiangguo in charge of the government.
Lin Ke said arrogantly: "His Royal Highness the King of the East, this assassin is so bold that he dares to assassinate in front of the gate of Xiangguo's Mansion, it is simply lawless, and people and gods are angry. How about asking the East King to hand over the investigation of the assassins to the lower officials? Xia Guan also wanted to do his part for Mrs. Gu. ”
When Han Jian heard this, he felt that it was very fake, a Dongge Shangshu had nothing to do with investigating the assassins. Taking the initiative to apply for the principal, is it not his own doing?
Originally, Han Jian would also be suspicious of Lin Ke, but thinking that there were no one under Lin Ke, and Gu Weipan's assassination was not all good things for Lin Ke, he also put away this idea first. The main reason is that he doesn't believe that Lin Ke dares to be so "bold".
"Lin Shangshu has a heart, and the investigation of the assassin is still left to the local yamen in Jiangdu." Han Jian said.
"That's ...... Can...... The affairs of the imperial court ......"
After Lin Ke got Han Jian's negative answer, he was naturally most concerned about Gu Weipan's successor.
"What does Lin Shangshu want to say?" Han Jian looked at Lin Ke and asked knowingly.
"His Royal Highness the King of the East, the lower official just said it. Now that there are many things going on, it is inevitable that Mrs. Gu will fall...... There will be some incidents, so it is better to choose a candidate as soon as possible to replace Mrs. Gu. This can be regarded as reassuring to Mrs. Gu, isn't it? ”
Han Jian smiled disdainfully in his heart, this Lin Ke, is he here to visit the sick or to ask for an official?
Now that Gu Weipan was injured for less than an hour, he actually cared about who would replace Gu Weipan.
Lin Shangshu's words seem to have some truth, but the position of Xiangguo is so important. This kind of thing should be discussed in the long run, and it is necessary to consult His Majesty first, and His Majesty will make a decision. (To be continued......)