Chapter Seventy-Eight
Governor Zhao took Zhao Shuyao to the gate of the palace, and without saying much, he knelt directly at the door.
Naturally, no one dared to look at the excitement in front of the palace, but there were still people at the mouth of the alley who saw this strange scene, and soon, many people gathered outside the alley, quietly discussing what was going on.
Governor Zhao knelt for an hour, only to see King Yu come out of the gate, his handsome face was full of frost, he was dressed in a crimson prince's suit, and the four-clawed golden dragon on his shoulders was majestic, and he didn't tell him to get up, pointed at his nose and scolded, saying that it was a good tent leaf, let him govern like this, the little princess can be assassinated when he goes out on the street, let him go back to the official office, and find out who did it, and find out that he has to punish the other party's nine clans. and his daughter, who contradicted the princess and was disrespectful, and asked him to take it home and play the board by himself.
Governor Zhao lowered his head, the more King Yu scolded him, the happier he became, as soon as his daughter went back and told him what had happened, he understood that King Yu had already known who sent those masked people, and now King Yu asked him to investigate, obviously not planning to directly confront that person, and King Yu asked him to go back to the official office, but also to let himself go.
Zhao Zhifu was so happy that he almost cried, God knows how King Yu was so kind, not only let go of his own people, but even he and his daughter were spared, although he said that his daughter wanted to play the board, but after all, he saved his life. Back home, Zhao Zhifu's whole body seemed to collapse, he really walked around the gate of the Hades Palace this time, he could come back alive, and he didn't want to keep his official position anymore, King Yu wanted the position of this prefect, and he was willing to give it with both hands.
Zhao Shuyao knelt on the ground, "Father, I was wrong, you punish me." ”
"Oh, you." Governor Zhao sighed, "You have caused such a big disaster, King Yu just let you suffer a meal, which is already extraordinarily merciful." Those dead servants and guards, go and see their families, and get them when you come back...... Twenty boards. "Twenty boards is no more, no less, it won't kill her, it's not too easy, at least half a life, don't think about getting out of bed for a few months.
Zhao Shuyao kowtowed silently and went out with her head down.
Governor Zhao touched his beard, thinking about who assassinated Princess Yu. This is actually not difficult to guess, in the realm of canopy leaves, there are not many people who have the courage to do this kind of thing, the other party wants to frame himself, all he does is the position of this prefect, plus King Yu knows who it is but does not expose it now, the answer is about to come out, it is nothing more than the squire of King Zhang and Li San.
He thought about it in his mind for a long time, and suddenly laughed. King Yu and King Zhang's Li family didn't deal with each other at all, so choosing a family member from Zhang Wang and Li San's family to take over his prefect's position was probably just a bait for King Yu to fish. Governor Zhao's heart was overjoyed, no matter who it was, as long as it wasn't these three families, maybe it was King Yu's own people. He suddenly thought of Peng Shimao, who followed King Yu every time, at the banquet after the last blessing, King Yu showed his face and left, but Peng Shimao stayed, representing King Yu and the officials of the tent.
It would be better if Peng Shimao was the prefect, that person was quite knowledgeable, although he didn't have much contact, he could also see that he was a shrewd and capable person, and if he was to manage the tent leaves, he would definitely be better than himself.
King Yu scolded the prefect of Zhao who knelt at the gate of the palace and pleaded guilty, and soon, the tent leaf spread, and Princess Yu was assassinated on the street, but fortunately, the palace guards were powerful and killed all the masked people.
Master Zhang naturally understood what was going on, and afterwards he also sent someone to secretly go to the scene to see, the masked people in his mansion were indeed dead, and there were no survivors, and two guards of the Zhao Mansion died.
Master Wang also pondered, who is so bold, in this tent, there should be no one except for Zhang, Wang and Li. I didn't do it myself, that's Master Zhang and Master Li? What do they want to do?
Master Li and Master Wang had the same idea, thinking that it was Master Zhang or Master Wang who did it.
After a few days, all kinds of gossip flew all over the sky, what scene found the Wang family's mark, what masked people had the Li family's nursing home. Both Mr. Wang and Mr. Li felt that this was a conspiracy by the other two to frame them.
What happened afterwards made the relationship between the three families of Zhang Wang and Li unprecedentedly tense: when Master Zhang was eating, the food was poisonous, if he hadn't been cautious recently, and every dish had been tested with a silver needle, he would almost die; When the king went out, the horse driving was so startled that he almost threw him down the cliff; Master Li went to inspect his warehouse, and the goods piled high fell over, almost killing him......
These were all done by King Yu, but these three masters all agreed that the other two wanted to put themselves to death. No matter how tense the three families were, the days of the palace were quite peaceful.
Ye Qian finally got the cake that King Yu bought for her, it smelled really good, but she couldn't eat a bite, and when she smelled the aroma, she would think of what happened in Banxi Hutong that day, those corpses, those bloodstains, and the terrible smell were mixed with the aroma of the cake......
Ye Qian didn't want to eat pancakes anymore. She wrote a letter to Ye Li, honestly admitting her mistake, her brother clearly told her not to go to the black alley, but she still entered carelessly, fortunately Zheng Han was skilled, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable. She was afraid that her brother would be worried, so she downplayed the situation at that time, only saying that she was wrong, and she would never be so reckless next time.
Xiao Yanfeng saw that her appetite was not good these days, her bulging face had become smaller, and she was very distressed, since she didn't want to eat, Xiao Yanfeng prepared more kinds of fruits, so she couldn't starve her. Xiao Yanfeng also slept with her in her arms at night, she lay in his arms, smelling the smell of his body, so that she could sleep with peace of mind.
After two or three months, at the end of the year, Ye Qian completely recovered.
King Yu became extremely busy.
The people he stayed in Kyoto quietly added firewood to the fire, the prince and King Rui were calm on the surface, and the fight in the secret was already life-and-death, even with the help of King Kang, the prince still fell behind, and several important ministers who supported him were impeached by the imperial history instructed by King Rui, the key is that King Rui has evidence of these important ministers violating the law and discipline in his hands, and the evidence is ironclad and difficult to overturn.
The prince became more and more panicked, he didn't know where King Rui got these ironclad evidence, and what was even more terrifying was that he didn't know how much more evidence King Rui had, and whether there was anything about himself? Has his little hobby been known to the other party?
The crown prince and King Rui must be injured, but King Yu doesn't worry about this matter, he is busy with the affairs of the tent leaves. Zhao Zhifu has been completely obedient, and Peng Shimao discussed the affairs of officialdom, and has been in the tent for many years, Zhao Zhifu is very clear about which officials are Zhang Wang Li's people, after Peng Shimao came to power, he will definitely deal with these people, especially Liu Tongzhi, who has a very close relationship with Master Zhang, and the whereabouts of the princess last time were revealed by Liu Tongzhi to Master Zhang.
King Yu surrounded the two mountains of iron ore and gold mine, and only said that there was a hot spring on the mountain, and he wanted to build a garden there, and it was to open the road and plant flowers, grass and trees, and it really looked like a garden from a distance. The three masters, Zhang, Wang and Li, originally paid close attention to the movements of the palace, but recently they were worried about being assassinated by the other two all day long, and they really couldn't care about it.
The relationship between the three families is obviously tense, but they still have to maintain a superficial harmony, and no one is willing to tear their faces first. The three families have developed and grown in Pengye for so many years, marrying each other, the daughter of the Zhang family married into the Wang family, and the son of the Li family married the daughter of the Wang family, and the power is intertwined. In previous years, the relationship was good, and every time it came to Laba, the three families wanted to charter the entire Yanqing Building, and the whole family, young and old, men and women, came to have a good gathering to celebrate the gains made that year.
This year, because no one was willing to cancel it first, the banquet was held again as usual. However, the three masters were very defensive, and they all found excuses to leave their eldest son at home, followed by the best guards.
The three masters sat in the best A-sized private room on the top floor of Yanqing Building, laughing and feasting, and the guards of the three families were guarding outside the door of the private room, looking at each other with great vigilance and vigilance. The other private rooms are all sitting in the family's wife, young master, and miss, and downstairs are the housekeepers with heads and faces, so it can be said that except for the eldest son of the three families, the important people in the family are basically here.
The three old men pushed the cup and changed the lamp, but they spoke very cautiously, and at some point, a small crack opened in the window window, and the servant just wanted to close it, but he saw a cold light flashing in the crack in the window, and then, a miserable scream came from his ears.
The three guards pulled out their swords in unison and swarmed in, Master Zhang's throat was stuck with a snowy dagger, his eyes widened in horror, his fingers grabbed the dagger, blood came out of his throat, and snaked down his fingers and daggers.
"Sir!" The sword in the hands of the guards of the Zhang family pointed to Master Wang and Master Li, obviously believing that these two people had murdered their own masters, and the guards of the Wang family and the Li family hurriedly guarded their own masters, and some of the swords in their hands pointed at the guards of the Zhang family, and some pointed at each other.
"Stop, don't move!" Master Wang shouted: "Brother Zhang was not killed by me and Brother Li!" He and Master Li glanced at each other, and only now did they realize that something was wrong, that things might not be what they thought before, and both of them began to regret in their hearts, this customary Laba banquet should not be held, it was likely to be a tragedy.
The three guards held their swords, their muscles were tense, and the air seemed to be tense and about to freeze, and suddenly, a scream came from the other private rooms, the voice was sharp and high-pitched, and it was extremely poignant, "Kill!" ”
The guards of the Zhang family did not hesitate any longer, and swung their swords to kill Master Wang and Master Li, and the entire Yanqing Building was in chaos, with screams, cries for help, and the sound of knives and axes being intertwined.
I don't know who took advantage of the chaos to kill Master Wang and Master Li, there was no one to give orders, and no one could stop this bloody cannibalism, not only the guards killed each other, but the young masters also took out the weapons hidden in their bodies, and even the ladies and ladies who were powerless also pulled out the hairpins on their heads, and a banquet of laughter and laughter became a purgatory on earth.