Chapter Forty-Eight: Hundreds of Officials Dispatched (First Update)
Just when Emperor Changtai thought that he was going to die, because of the hard work of a concubine, he suddenly had a glimmer of vitality.
"Your Majesty, the concubine will save you! The concubine is here! At this moment, a figure swooped down from behind the girl, blocking Emperor Changtai, and took the sword for him! The sword stabbed right in the right shoulder, the tip of the sword was exposed through the body, the man spurted out a mouthful of blood, the bead ring fell to the ground with a loud sound, and the beautiful face was just as attractive even if it was under great trauma. This is Concubine Mu! This is Concubine Mu who rushed up to block this sword for him regardless of her life and death, this is the most beautiful concubine in **! When Emperor Changtai saw this scene, his heart was hit hard, and his ears buzzed, and it seemed that he could only hear the coquettish voice: "The concubine is here"! Concubine Mu spat blood from her mouth, but she still desperately blocked him and told him to leave quickly, like those chamberlains, she wanted to block these girls for him and buy him a little more time to escape.
The girl who took the lead saw that someone was protecting Emperor Changtai again, she was angry and anxious, and was about to pull the sword out of Concubine Mu's body, but she fell to the ground with a bang, and a sharp sword passed through her chest in her chest, and she didn't have time to cry out in pain before she died. It turned out that Jin Wuwei arrived in time from the right door, and they were supposed to be a little faster, but the gate of Cining Palace was blocked by Empress Jiang and the woman, and they delayed a lot of time, but fortunately they had time to save the emperor, otherwise the entire Jin Wuwei would be washed in blood.
Seeing that the girls saw that the leading girl was out of breath, and saw that Jin Wuwei rushed over in time, they knew that the general trend had gone, but they fought even more frantically, and after killing a few Jin Wuwei, they raised their swords and wiped them off their necks, leaving no possibility for Jin Wuwei and Emperor Changtai to force confessions. From beginning to end, none of these girls said a word. In this assassination, everything happened in a very short period of time, from the beginning of the assassination to the assassin's ambush, it was only a few minutes, but it made everyone thrilled.
Especially Emperor Changtai, holding Concubine Mu who seemed to be about to lose his mind, his heart was panicked, his hands and feet trembled, and he was afraid for a while. If it weren't for Concubine Mu, maybe he would be unconscious at the moment! With the assassin's self-determination, the concubines, the wives, and Jin Wuwei were all quiet, and the huge Cining Palace only heard the heart-rending shout of Emperor Changtai: "Quickly call Shang Pharmacy and Emperor!" Save Concubine Mu! ……”
Li Guifei listened to Emperor Changtai's shout, and her teeth were about to be crushed with hatred, and she couldn't care about maintaining a weak expression, and glared at Concubine Mu's female official viciously. Originally, she was also going to take advantage of the chaos to retreat and run to Emperor Changtai, and she ran faster than Concubine Mu, but she was tripped by this female official, and she actually let Concubine Mu take the lead and successfully saved her in such a critical situation! Originally, it should be her who is now in the arms of Emperor Changtai, and Emperor Changtai should be worried about her, but she was ruined by this female official! Thinking of this, Li Guifei once again viciously glanced at the female official, why didn't the assassin kill her?! It's rare to have such a good opportunity, she originally planned it, but now it's cheaper for nothing.
Her face was gloomy and fierce, and she was not abrupt among the people who were extremely flustered and eager to slash the assassin with a thousand knives. Shen Ning glanced at her, with an unusually happy and relieved anger in his heart.
The Queen Mother's Holy Birthday Festival was forced to be interrupted, and Emperor Changtai took the imperial doctor of the Shang Pharmacy to treat Concubine Mu's injuries, and waited for nature to ignore things. Empress Dowager Gao was frightened, and trembling was helped by the female official to go to the side hall of Cining Palace to rest, leaving the queen, the crown princess and Jin Wuwei to deal with the next things in the main hall of Cining Palace.
The wives returned to their respective houses in a panic, and some of them were even disheveled, and they did not know where the precious hairpins on their heads had fallen. But no one can care about this, thinking of those dead chamberlains and Concubine Mu who was seriously injured and unconscious, I only feel that there is still a breath of air, that is, the great creation. The Queen Mother's Holy Birthday was actually mixed with assassins, Concubine Mu was seriously injured due to rescue, and the pillar of the Deqing class turned out to be an assassin...... Such news spread at an unbelievable speed, and by the end of the night, it had already spread throughout Jingzhao.
There was such a big event, there were assassins who infiltrated the palace and almost assassinated the emperor! Is this worth it?! The Jingzhao officials were deeply shocked, and after the shock, they were deeply afraid! Zhongshu ordered Wei Jingyao, his subordinate Zhong Shenke, Jin Wuwei's general Huang Yanqing, Chen Zhihao, the secretary of the military department, He Kenan, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Jingzhao Yin Luo Shijing to enter the palace overnight to discuss the assassin's matter, trace the assassin's traces, and deal with the follow-up of Cining Palace.
That night, no one in Jingzhao officials could sleep. Under the detailed descriptions of the wives of the various families, the officials also felt that the situation was critical, and it was only a little bit before the assassins succeeded, and if the emperor was injured, the entire dynasty would be shaken.
Wei Jingyao and the other six stayed in the palace this night. Non-state-owned affairs, courtiers are not allowed to stay in the palace, this is the ancestral motto of the Dayong Dynasty. The assassination of the emperor is definitely a major event for the country, and the queen mother and empress also strongly agree with this. As these six people entered the palace, one by one orders were issued from the Xuanzheng Palace, ordering all officials in the court to move and begin to investigate the assassins.
Order the officials of Dali Temple to take all the members of the Deqing class into custody and torture if necessary! As long as there is still breath left, it is important to ask the situation of the performing assassins in the shortest possible time, especially who these assassins are, where they come from, and why they want to assassinate the emperor;
Order Jinwu right guard to assist Jingzhao to guard the four major city gates of martial law, and check the suspicious people entering and leaving the city gates! Focus on the investigation of various inns and wine shops that may have abnormal situations in recent days, interrogate the identities and origins of the people living in the guest houses one by one, and the suspicious people will go directly to Jingzhao Prison;
Order the Jinwu Left Guard to track down the assassin's martial arts path and step up the defense of the palaces in the imperial city! At the same time, he examined himself in Jin Wuwei to find out how the assassins entered the palace with weapons through layers of inspections, why none of Jin Wuwei found that there was a problem, and whether there were any traitors who dispatched and responded from them;
Order the military department to investigate whether there is any movement in the army! Whether the military reports sent by the Seven Davids of Jingzhao Wai and the Liangdu Protectorate are as orderly, timely and accurate as usual, and whether there is no mistake in each link of the association, it is necessary to grasp the true situation of the guards and the Liangdu Protectorate;
The governors of Zhongshu and Shangshu provinces, together with Honglu Siqing, investigated whether any spies from Xiyan and the Northern Xinjiang Turks had recently entered Jingzhao, and paid special attention to investigating the merchant groups and caravans from Xiyan, and it was necessary to find out whether this assassination was the handiwork of these two places;
Order the provincial officials in the palace to cooperate with the queen and the crown princess to deal with pacification matters, appease the Empress Dowager Gao and the ** concubines, comfort the Jingzhao women, dilute the impact of this matter on the Jingzhao women and Jingzhao officials, and reduce the panic caused by this assassination.
Officials from the three provinces and six ministries began to move actively. When all the state apparatus is running quickly and doing only one thing, the effect is amazing. Especially when it comes to the Queen Mother and the Emperor, the action is unprecedentedly fast, from top to bottom, especially the Jin Wuwei people, with a vent of unwillingness and fear, a tyrannical wind blew in the Jingzhao Inn and the wine shop.
Torture, extortion of confessions, intimidation, and threats were also openly used by Dayong officials, and everyone in the Deqing class was fortunate to experience these methods. By the next night, the matter was basically clear, and at this time, it was only one day and one night before the assassination of Cining Palace.
At the same time, there was also good news from the Shang Pharmacy that Concubine Mu's sword had been drawn. Fortunately, there was no heavy bleeding, and Concubine Mu had already woken up, but her vitality was greatly injured, and she had to be slowly recuperated to recover. Emperor Changtai has been guarding Concubine Mu in the Chaojun Palace, and when he heard the imperial doctor of the Shang Pharmacy announce that Concubine Mu had saved her life, Emperor Changtai felt that his heart had finally settled down. Looking at Concubine Mu's beautiful but pale face, Emperor Changtai first felt happy, and then deeply angry, someone dared to sword the Son of Heaven.
The Son of Heaven was angry, ambushed millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting, and it should be like this today! Emperor Changtai summoned Wei Jingyao and the other six people, and asked them to tell them about the investigation one by one, he wanted to see who had such courage and ability!
He Kenan reported on the results of the interrogation of the Deqing class. In the process of torture, Lou Tsing Yi, the head of the Deqing class, explained the process of Xiao Zhao coming to his opera troupe, and said that he took her in distress at the beginning of the year, and found that she had a talent for dancing, so he taught her carefully. Xiao Zhao said that she was a direct person, her parents and relatives were dead, and as for her martial arts, he didn't know who was behind her and who she was dealing with; The rest of the girls didn't come in together, or they were sold, or they came on their own, or they were introduced by Yapo, and they came to the Deqing class one after another for various reasons.
The rest of the people in the Deqing class are similar to Lou Qingyi, and the dozen or so girls who practice dancing together are familiar with Xiao Zhao and others, but they don't know that she knows martial arts, let alone who is behind them. At this point, there was no way to find out, and the officials of Dali Temple felt that there would be no results from the Deqing class, but unexpectedly, a girl revealed an important information: she had heard Xiao Zhao say the Ganzhou accent in private, Xiao Zhao is a Zhili person, how can he have a Ganzhou accent? The officials of Dali Temple were extremely excited, and found a breakthrough, so everything would be easy to do.
Jin Wuwei also reported that during the martial law in Jingzhao, he met a merchant group from Ganzhou, about 20 people. When being interrogated, someone in this merchant group actually showed a panicked face, Jin Wuwei was suspicious, and after careful search, he found swords and other weapons in the luggage of this merchant group. Immediately, these 20 people rose up one by one and started a desperate struggle with Jin Wuwei, and in the end, these 20 people also died, and they all had no way to live. According to the officials of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War, the weapons used by the merchant group were the same as those used by the Assassins.
Chen Zhihao, the secretary of the military department, and Qian Tongshi, the secretary of the Honglu Temple, both reported that everything was calm, and that there was no change in the Seven Davids and the two capital protectorates, as well as the Western Yan and the Turks.
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