Chapter 91: Zheng Su's Assassination
Zheng Su was upright, and Wenzong wanted to appoint Li Xun back then, but Li Deyu opposed it, thinking that Li Xun's official morality was not good.
Li Xun once conspired with his distant father Li Fengji during the Baoli period of Tang Jingzong, and engaged in a political conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Pei Du, but the conspiracy was later revealed and sentenced to exile and expelled from Xiangzhou.
After Wenzong ascended the throne, he was amnesty to the world, and he was released. Li Xun was able to re-enter the officialdom because of Zheng Zhu's recommendation. Appreciated by Wenzong.
Later, Wenzong wanted to appoint Li Xun as an assistant teacher of the four sects, but Li Deyu still held objections, but Wang Ya agreed.
Zheng Su was in charge of the matter at that time, and sealed the edict, intending to reject the appointment. Deceived by Wang Ya, Li Xun's edict of appointment was passed. Zheng Su regretted it when he knew that he had been fooled.
Wenzong handed over the crown prince to him to be trustworthy, highly educated, and well-behaved ministers, including Zheng Su. It's a pity that the prince died at a young age.
Qiu Shiliang has a posture of looking down on the ministers above the court, but Zheng Su is not used to him, and always goes toe-to-toe with him.
Zheng Zhu has been in the officialdom since he joined the officialdom and has always been iron-clad.
One day, Wenzong summoned the ministers to discuss politics in the Yanying Palace, and the civil and military officials were lined up on both sides.
Qiu Shiliang's gloomy eyes looked around the ministers, and some ministers lowered their eyes to avoid his cold gaze.
"Now that the DPRK and China are the princes, you have not been able to reach a consensus. You should not form a faction, and as a courtier, you should share the worries of the saint, not use this to harbor different aspirations. The lessons of the past should be remembered, such as Li Xun, Zheng Zhu and others, who plotted to usurp the throne and ended up in a different place. ”
The other ministers had a look of indignation on their faces, but they dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, that is, they glared at him while he was not paying attention.
Who dares to provoke that Tiansha Lone Star! I can't hide yet. His Majesty has to give him three points
There are hard bones, no, Zheng couldn't listen to it, and a chamber of blood rushed to the door of his brain. The biggest scourge in the DPRK is you, who are still unashamed to talk about the east and the west.
"Li Xun and Zheng Zhu deserve death for committing chaos, who recommended Li Xun and Zheng Zhu?"
Li Xun and Zheng Zhuba teamed up with the eunuch Wang Shoucheng to get the upper position, and the source was here in the eunuch.
Qiu Shiliang, Li Xun, and Zheng Zhu conspired to get rid of Wang Shoucheng, and Qiu Shiliang became the lieutenant of the Shence Army, and he became the core of the new generation of eunuch groups.
A sentence choked Qiu Shiliang, and he stared at Zheng Su with a cold gaze like a snake, and Zheng Su looked at him without fear.
Qiu Shiliang flicked his sleeves and stepped aside. Qiu Shiliang is the person who will be avenged, and the other ministers are sweating for Zheng Su.
In the winter of 838, it was still dark at the end of the day, and it was only bright at the end of the day.
At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, there was a small snow in the evening, and a crescent moon in the sky was dotted in the west.
Soon after Chang'an City opened its door. Zheng Su rode on a horse and came out of Qinrenfang, and the attendants accompanied him with lanterns.
The two of them walked along Qixia Road towards Danfeng Gate.
The light of the lantern shone three feet around him. The two horses were not fast, and the snow had just fallen, and the air was fresh and cold, which made people feel refreshed.
Zheng Su Shixing was furious, shaking his head and chanting loudly:
"The wind is shaking at dusk, and the night is cold and snowy. Where does the old man stay, in front of the warm tent and warm the stove. ”
At this time, Qixia Road, except for Zheng Su and the attendants, there were no other pedestrians.
The sound of horses' hooves, the sound of Zheng Sulang's chanting, and the sound of arrows rushing towards the wind.
"Your Excellency,"
The attendant raised his hand in surprise, the lantern fell on Zheng Su's horse, and the lamp oil poured out.
Frightened, the horse spread its hooves and galloped in the direction of home. The arrow was off course and stuck to Zheng Su's arm.
Zheng Su lay on the horse's back, hugged the horse's neck tightly, and Zheng Su felt no pain in his injured arm at this time.
If Zheng Su hadn't hugged the horse's neck hard, the horse would have galloped wildly, and Zheng Su would have fallen off the horse a long time ago.
From a distance, he could vaguely distinguish the door of Qinren Lifang, Zheng Su breathed a sigh of relief, his life should not be extinguished. The pain from the arrow wound in his arm came, and his breath was half relieved, even higher than when he had just been hit by an arrow.
A person came out of the shadow of the fangmen, masked and dressed in black, he merged with the dark night, and when Zheng Su found out about the crisis, Qingxue reflected the sword light of Han Sensen, and he had already slashed towards Zheng Su.
Zheng Su was desperate, the arrow wound was painful, and he almost threw it off the horse, and my life was at rest. Zheng Su shouted in despair in his heart.
The assassin still has an alternative plan, one miss, and there is a back move, killing Zheng Su is completely inevitable.
When the knife flashed, Zheng Su closed his eyes and lay on the horse's back, reaching out to grab the horse's mane. When he opened his eyes again, one man and one rider were already in their yard.
The assassin's knife slashed at the horse's tail, and the horse was even afraid of the pain, so he jumped a few times and fled with Zheng Su on his back.
Seeing that the Assassin had lost the opportunity to attack, he whistled and ventilated with his companions, and the Assassin quickly disappeared into the pre-dawn darkness. Zheng Su brushed shoulders with death.
The squire fled back in panic, the Assassins were not targeting him, leaving him alone.
Wenzong was promoted to the early dynasty in the Yanying Palace, and hundreds of officials were listed, but the prime minister Zheng Su did not come.
The guards came in to report: "Prime Minister Zheng Su's attendant has come to report that Lord Zheng Su was assassinated on the way to the court." Thankfully, no lives were harmed. ”
Wenzong sat on the throne of the main hall, and the thunder was furious. Hundreds of officials in the hall were shocked.
The prime minister was assassinated, and the prime minister recruited assassins on the way to the court. The imperial city at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the dignified minister of the humerus, who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to attack the prime minister? For a while, the minister had a lot of discussions in His Highness.
"Your Majesty, the murderer must be strictly investigated."
"Your Majesty, the ministers implore Your Majesty to severely punish the murderer and the mastermind behind the scenes."
Baiguan knelt on the ground.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please get up, Prime Minister Li Jue, Yang Sifu and others listen to the order, then Chengqing and others are fully responsible for taking the lead, and the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai will work together to thoroughly investigate the murderer and hunt down the murderer. Lang Lang Tian and the earth are absolutely not allowed to escape with impunity. ”
"Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!" Hundreds of officials bowed.
"Cui Shen went to the Prime Minister's Mansion on behalf of me to offer condolences. Thirty elite soldiers were selected from the soldiers of the six armies to protect the Prime Minister. He was rewarded with four brocades and ten gold ingots. Ginseng, deer antler, etc. go to the Taiyi Bureau, which will be listed by the imperial doctor, and the required medicines and supplements will be fully guaranteed. "All the officials shouted in unison to the saint and be wise.
Cui Shen received the order to go to condole, and there were also 30 people selected by the six sergeants.
The arrow wound and the excessive fright, Zheng Su was still asleep. Nearly sixty years old, he was chased and killed all over the street, and he escaped by luck.
Zheng Su's white-haired old wife was guarding the bedside, his wife was injured and unconscious, and his wife had no master, for fear that her husband would have three long and two short.
Cui Shen led the imperial doctor in and read out His Majesty's grace. The lady knelt down to receive the reward.
The envoy took the gold sore medicine given by the emperor, stood by the bedside and looked at the white-haired Zhongtang Lord, who was woken up by his family, and beat his spirit to thank Long En, feeling very uncomfortable.
There are few people in the court who are not afraid of the eunuchs, and they do their best to maintain the dignity of Wenzong, and the loyal old ministers are almost killed by traitors.
Who is your messenger? It was Qiu Shiliang who asked the guards to hold a knife around his neck, and Cui Shen, a Hanlin scholar who did not draft the edict of the abolition of the emperor.
The imperial doctor stepped forward to treat the wound of Lord Nakado, but fortunately the arrow was not poisonous. Zheng Su was sweating in pain, and the imperial doctor Qi would use his hands neatly and quickly finish treating the wound.
Madame couldn't bear to look directly at her back and turned her back, Cui Shen stood aside and looked at it with empathy, he was also coerced and lured by a knife on his neck.