When the eunuch heard that it was related to the assassination of King Fu, he shuddered with fright.

Who is the blessed king, your majesty's favorite son.

"You give me the information you want to submit, please wait here for the arrangement."

With a look, General Dahan and Jinyi Wei stepped forward to surround them.

After submitting the evidence, Wang Hongyu waited at the noon gate in a pending manner.

In a short time, many people gathered outside the gate at noon.

They were all attracted by the dense and thunderous drums.

The Dengwen drum of the Ming Dynasty was set up by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and once there was a complaint from the people beating the drum, the emperor had to accept it in person, and if the officials blocked it, they would be severely sentenced.

In the Jiajing Longqing period, although the emperor did not need to try it personally, it was clearly stipulated that it must be tried by the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple.

Unless anyone wants to die and dares to directly disturb and deceive the emperor, it will be a major case that will be shocking for a while.

And Wanli is the most special.

Because he has confronted civil officials for many years, he has been tossed tirelessly, and gradually ignores the government.

Therefore, some people want to beat the drum and force Wanli to deal with the government.

But which one dares to knock, Wanli will definitely want him to look good.

So no one tried.

Today, as soon as the drums sounded, the whole capital shook.

The officials who were originally drinking tea and chatting sent their bookstores and housekeepers to listen to the news.

The martial artists also hugged and watched the excitement, to see which civil official who was not long-eyed, and wanted to be beaten.

When these people arrived at the scene, they directly asked questions about black people after seeing the real scene.

Who's that guy?

The killers in the crowd who were staring at him with grim faces and daggers and crossbows knew that their plans could not keep up with the change, so they had to turn around and leave in a hurry.

This guy is really a ruthless person, and I don't know if he can survive the angry Wanli level.

......

On the other side, the eunuch Bingbi returned to the Forbidden City, but he didn't dare to delay at all.

At this time, the green tendons on Wanli's forehead were slightly raised, and his face became more and more gloomy.

Zhang Juzheng has brought him a shadow for a lifetime, and now beating the drums reminds him of the beginning of it all.

"Which civil official is beating the drum! Looking for a spank! Don't you even want your life to be famous!? ”

The eunuch Bingbi saw it and cautiously told the truth.

"What!?"

It turned out to be related to the assassination of King Fu last month.

"He said he found a clue to the real murderer!?"

Even if King Fu is fine, but he dares to kill the people around him, he must be investigated to the end.

After thinking about this matter, I need to think carefully about how to deal with it.

......

Wang Hongyu waited outside the noon gate for more than an hour.

I couldn't go, and there was no sign of anyone coming out of the palace.

The civilian officials couldn't sit still.

When the drums are sounded, the trial of the three legal divisions is required.

They already knew that this person was the commander of the Sichuan soldiers, and he was in a group with the Sichuan soldiers guerrilla Zhou Dunji and Zhang Shenwu.

Now Yao Zongwen and Liu Tingyuan of the Zhejiang Party are about to fabricate charges against the commander of the Sichuan army, and Wang Hongyu's beating of the Dengwen drum is related to this.

Since you want to deal with the three law divisions, then prepare to spray.

The Zhejiang Party rushed to the front, and Ma Wenqing borrowed the power of the Donglin Party behind him to add fuel to the fire.

Even if the Sichuan soldiers, a strong army, fabricated charges and made Emperor Wanli unhappy, it was also evidence of the Zhejiang Party's crimes.

The civil officials immediately moved around, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was active up and down by Yang Lian of the Donglin Party, the Dali Temple had the relationship of the Zhejiang Party on the left and right, and only the Criminal Department of the Three Law Divisions did not express its position.

But at the critical moment, Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the criminal department who has always been neutral, firmly believes that the Sichuan soldiers must have grievances, and they are by no means people who have nothing to do.

Of course, Xu Guangqi played a role.

This immediately attracted attention to the three law divisions to stand in line.

The civil officials were busy pulling people to increase their momentum, but the Wanli Emperor made arrangements.

A few hours passed, and the eunuch Bingbi came out, the expression on his face was very complicated, and he wanted to show a smile when he looked at Wang Hongyu, but because the matter was too big, the worry on his face could not be hidden.

Wang Hongyu has always been very calm, because the final result was already in his own imagination.

"Father-in-law, Your Majesty must not let the Three Law Divisions intervene, right?"

"Hey, little ancestor. Hearing that the drum was beating so loudly, of course the civil officials wanted to get involved and take advantage of this incident to become famous and make meritorious contributions. ”

Wang Hongyu calmly continued: "But the matter is big, and it involves the safety of the royal family, so it is impossible to make a big show and let the world know." ”

"Yes, you all know that you can also beat the drum, just send a message directly to Dongchang or the palace."

"But then Your Majesty may not meet me." Wang Hongyu said confidently.

"Hey." The eunuch Bingbi made a few heys in a row, as if this matter was particularly tricky, and then said: "Your Majesty has summoned you in the Shouhuang Palace of Coal Mountain, please come with me." ”

The eunuch Bingbi then took Wang Hongyu along the city wall to the east and then to the north.

Wanli was in the palace just now, so this eunuch came out to deal with it so quickly.

But now that he has gone to Coal Mountain, it means that he has read the information I submitted, and his heart is very entangled.

Coal Hill ......

When I came to Daming Capital, I first went to the coal mountain and cut off the crooked neck tree that Chongzhen hanged 24 years later, thinking that this would definitely be popular...... But this plot can only be addicted, and if you really want to do Wanli, you will cut yourself off.

Coal Mountain is also the Jingshan of later generations, close to the north of the palace, which is equivalent to the back garden at this time, and it will take more than half an hour to reach the place.

After layers of brocade guards and Han generals, they came to a palace that was not very majestic, but it was a solemn palace, which was the Shouhuang Palace in the coal mountain.

After searching his body, he followed the eunuch Bingbi into the palace.

Entering the Shouhuang Palace, his eyes adapted from light to darkness, and he saw that Emperor Wanli was sitting on the dragon chair placed in the hall.

I saw that Wanli was mediocre in height, a little hunchbacked, not fat but not energetic. The hair is deep but lacks vitality, the face is wrinkled and a little yellow, and even the sitting posture cannot always be upright.

Not yet 60 years old...... But he only has about 2 months to live......

The longest-reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty has actually been very tired and lonely.

At that time, the troika of Zhang Juzheng, Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao left him without great power for the first ten years.

The latter sentence overturned the troika, but no one helped him suppress the civilian officials and control the situation. However, the civilian-bureaucratic clique swelled suddenly, and the matter of establishing the crown prince quarreled for decades, and finally lost miserably.

His sharpness was gone.

When Wang Hongyu looked at Wanli, Emperor Wanli also looked at him carefully.

He is very heroic and bold, but now his mood does not seem to be high.

The eunuch was about to lead Wang Hongyu to kneel, when he heard two pleasant sounds of "bell~bell~".

A bell rang from a corner of the Shouhuang Palace.

The two palace maids said in unison: "Shen Shi is more than halfway through."

Wang Hongyu looked sideways, it was a self-striking bell about 3 meters high, with a golden dragon engraved on the iron body copper pillar, and the twelve hours of Chinese characters clearly written on the dial.

The dial is between the Shen hour and the unitary hour, which is exactly the position of the 4 o'clock in the clocks of later generations.