The sudden change made Zhu Houzhao have to change the original itinerary, plus an injured person was added, no matter what, his trip out of the palace would probably end here.

It was also because of this assassination incident that the Shenwuwei and Dongchang people who had previously followed the secret protection were no longer hidden, but surrounded the carriages and horses of the Son of Heaven at a very close distance.

Two other soldiers were wounded as a result.

It's really infuriating to count the same thing.

People other than the emperor naturally knew how big a deal it was, so this trip back to the palace was really depressing.

Zhu Houzhao sat in the carriage and could not say a word for a long time.

Mao Wenyu knew about this, and also rushed to ask for guilt, after all, there are still people who want to kill the monarch in the land of Jingshi, but Jinyiwei didn't know about it before, what is this not negligence?

The carriage staggered towards the palace, Zhu Hou looked at the orange sunset, and said to Mao Wen, who was kneeling outside the curtain: "Those two assassins, be careful with the torture, if they die, there will be no proof of death in this matter." ”

"Yes. The minister must be digging the commander behind it! ”

"You go ahead and do it carefully. This matter needs to be investigated. ”

This is a stab, so he will let go of the shackles on the Mao language.

"Wechen understands."

After the person left, Zhu Houzhao glanced at it, but found that Wang Zhi hurriedly avoided his eyes and lowered his head.

The so-called ambiguity is actually fake, as an emperor, others will always be afraid of you.

Because of the large number of people, when the Son of Heaven returned to Beijing, it was impossible to be quiet, so in order to avoid another accident, Jinyiwei cleared the street directly, so this line of carriages and horses entered the palace in this way.

Of course, Werningberg himself took someone home.

As for the assassination on the road, because there were instructions before, not many people knew about it, and Zhu Houzhao returned to the Qianqing Palace safely.

It's just that it's impossible to hide it for a long time, so many people have so many pairs of eyes, and Jinyiwei also caught two people back.

After Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace, Empress Xia came first. Yesterday, she heard that the emperor was out of the palace, and she was really anxious.

At the same time, the Jinyi guard was imprisoned.

The man with the triangular eyes and the rugby face had been hung up, and they were suspended in the air and tied with iron chains, and it would not be long before the hands and feet would bleed from the dermabrasion, which could be said to be very painful.

Mao Yucai didn't care about this, he walked in with his hands in his hands, and said coldly: "Do you talk about it yourself, or let the envoy beat them half to death?" ”

Neither of the two answered him.

Mao knew that this would be the case.

"Ti Shuai." Two people walked to the side, one of them holding a wooden plate with a few clusters of arrows on it, "Look at this." ”

Mao Wen's slender eyes narrowed, and after a closer look, he found that there was a faint word on the arrow cluster: Rong!

Flip through the other two, and it's the same wording.

"Rong? What do you mean? Who is it referring to? The subordinate said from the side.

Mao Yu thought carefully, "This kind of thing is the most unbelievable." How much of a sin is it to assassinate the king? No one would have their name engraved on it. We can't afford to fall for this easily. ”

"But there must be a reason for carving it on it, right? Why not something else? ”

Mao Yuyu couldn't figure it out, "Are there any other clues?" ”

"The other people who committed suicide, they ate a very special poison, we haven't seen it."

"Special?"

That's good news. As long as it is special, then there is a special source.

As he spoke, someone brought something over to him.

It was wrapped in a private cloth, and when I opened it, I saw that the leaves were indeed broken, like freshly crushed tea leaves.

Mao Wenwen wanted to stretch out his hand, but was stopped by someone.

"Ti Shuai, you can't touch it! It's poisonous! It must have come down from some poisonous tree. ”

"Try a prisoner. See what the feature is and find out. ”

This kind of careless words about people's lives seem to be extremely common to say in the Jinyi Guard's prison.

Others don't think it's so problematic.

At least, they weren't told to test the poison, were they?

That's actually a good clue.

Of course, the most important thing is these two people.

"I ask you again, who instructed you to assassinate?!"

The triangular-eyed guy suddenly laughed strangely, and then roared, "Commander Mao, isn't it you who commanded us?" ”

What?

Some were stunned for a moment.

Mao Wen trembled with anger, "Talking nonsense so far, do you really think Jinyiwei is a good place?!" Come on! Torture! ”

"Haha, I know that's the case! The little emperor in the Jinluan Palace said that it is against human nature to persecute Zhongliang with heavy punishment! It's as if it's true, and now these heavy canons are obviously still in prison! ”

Mao is experienced in language, and he raised his eyebrows very lightly,

"You are not ordinary criminals, and it is natural that you will be punished with any kind of heavy punishment. Could it be that you still think you are loyal? ”

"Could it be that you are Mao?"

"Of course, I am loyal to Your Majesty, why am I not loyal?"

"Phew! Minion! If the little emperor really has benevolence in his heart, then he should ban the factory guard, why not expand the brocade guard everywhere? ! ”

……

……

Zhu Houzhao waited in the Qianqing Palace for a while before waiting for Mao Wen, at least some preliminary judgments that he wanted to listen.

Mao Wenyu also understands the emperor, such a major event, whether it is done or not, he must first enter the palace to give the emperor an explanation.

So he put on his official hat and knelt on the floor of the Qianqing Palace.

"It's not the countryside, it's not the people in the middle of nowhere, it's not the mountain bandits who rob houses on the road, they know the court, and even your majesty."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure. There was a person who was very angry, and the minister deliberately provoked him to say a few more words. ”

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his fingers, "Could it be a family feud?" ”

"Not like that. If it was a family feud, they wouldn't have said so much about the court. ”

"In this way, I am dissatisfied with my administration."

"I think it should be so."

Zhu Houzhao didn't feel embarrassed, and said to himself: "This range is too big."

After all, he has been in charge for several years, and there are not a few people who have been executed by thunder.

"Your Majesty, even if ordinary people are dissatisfied with the imperial court, it is very rare to entangle people and assassinate the Son of Heaven. Here, there is a guess here. Your Majesty still remembers that he had asked Jinyi Wei to stare at a person named Jiang Tongzu. ”

"Who?"

"It was five years ago. This person was originally the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and later asked His Majesty to reprimand him, and he was never hired again. Together with several of his comrades, although he was not in the temple, he wrote articles and lyrics in private, expressing his grievances, and it seems that he has gathered many people again in the past few years. ”

"It seems?"

Mao Wen's heart trembled, "Your Majesty forgives the sin, after a long time, Weichen is also a little negligent." ”

"It's just a guess, right? Check them out anyway. ”

It has been too long and there are too many things, and Zhu Houzhao can't remember it very clearly, but there is one thing he knows, "Ming Pao" is run by the government, and later there are some newspapers and periodicals founded by folk imitations, this business is not easy to do, the scale is not large, and it can only be supplied by silver blood transfusion. But even so, there are some newspapers, large and small, circulating.

The reason why Zhu Houzhao did not move them was because if he wanted to implement reforms in Daming, it was inevitable that there would be many people who would oppose them openly and secretly.

If these people are killed one by one, it will actually form a kind of political terror, and it will definitely cause a lot of unjust killings, giving people the feeling that the emperor is eager to kill. And a little more relaxed, a pot of ends, not only justified, but also extremely efficient.

Anyway, as soon as it is reformed, it is always necessary to cut off some heads. Cut off the heads that can't form a consensus with them, and there will naturally be more people who are consistent with the emperor.

And it's not that the emperor is thirsty for killing, these people are all gathering together to rebel, at any time, it is also a big crime to punish the nine clans, right?

You can't blame the emperor for making a big case.

Of course, as soon as Jinyiwei's actions were large, the emperor's assassination could not be hidden.

Obviously,

As soon as he arrived at Kunning Palace, Queen Xia came crying.

"Your Majesty......"

(End of chapter)