Chapter 2: Assassination
Zhao Zheng was in a hurry.
The number of people he can use inside and outside the imperial city is very limited, and most of the entire court has been controlled by Jiang Yong.
The East Prison Division is one of the few that he can still use.
The most important thing is that the yamen of the Eastern Prison Division is located in the Imperial Forbidden Palace, which is very convenient.
In less than half a cup of tea, Han Jie, the envoy of the Eastern Prison, knelt in front of Zhao Zheng.
"Sinner Han Jie, knock to see Your Majesty."
Condescendingly, Zhao Zheng looked at the Southern Jin Dynasty version of the "factory father" in front of him, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Sinner? Tell me, then, what sin have you committed? ”
Han Jie lowered his body and said, "Your Majesty doesn't like the guilty minister, which is the sin of the guilty minister." ”
This Han Jie is very good at talking, and his attitude is also very upright, everything is what Zhao Zheng needs.
However, he can't show anything yet, if he wants to completely control Han Jie and turn him into the sharpest knife in his hand, he has to use both grace and power.
With a change of heart, Zhao Zheng said coldly: "So, how do you want to atone for your sins?" ”
"Minister, I am willing to repay Your Majesty with death."
Zhao Zheng suddenly got up, helped Han Jie, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Why is Aiqing like this?" Get up. ”
"Your Majesty."
Han Jie's head suddenly turned a little bit, and his face was full of doubt.
"Come on, give a seat to Commander Han."
Zhao Zheng waved his hand, and Liu Jin, who had been waiting beside him for a long time, immediately sent a stool and placed it behind Han Jie.
"Lord Han, Your Majesty has given you a seat, so sit down."
Although he was very confused, Han Jie still sat down honestly.
At this time, Zhao Zheng suddenly sighed and said: "Han Aiqing, you say that this world, whose world is it?" ”
Hearing this, Han Jie was so frightened that he immediately knelt down again, and said in a loud voice: "Naturally, Your Majesty's world." ”
"But now, there are thieves with bad intentions, Han Aiqing, what do you say I should do?"
Han Jie is a smart person, how can he not understand what Zhao Zheng means at this moment, and immediately said: "The minister is willing to smear the liver and brain for His Majesty, and His Majesty will kill whoever the minister asks, the minister will kill whoever he wants!" ”
"Okay, I ordered you to send the Eastern Prison Division to secretly monitor the inside and outside of the Imperial City, record the words and deeds of the various divisions and places, and collect the files.
"Minister, you must die."
Han Jie kowtowed heavily and said.
Zhao Zheng was satisfied with Han Jie's attitude, but it was not enough.
He didn't dare to trust anyone now, and it was not easy for him, the emperor, to survive in this treacherous Southern Jin Palace.
In the middle of his thoughts, there was a sudden sound of "chirping" outside the hall, and Zhao Zheng didn't have time to react.
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Han Jie, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly jumped up and blocked in front of Zhao Zheng.
I heard a "poof", and a pitch-black arrow shot directly through Han Jie's right shoulder.
There are assassins!
The cold light flashed under his eyes, and Zhao Zheng's eyes looked in the direction where the arrow was flying, and he saw a black shadow flash away from the wall outside the palace.
Han Jie's body was heavy with an arrow, but he could still support it, and shouted: "Come on, catch the assassin!" ”
As the voice fell, he turned around and looked at Zhao Zheng with a worried expression.
"Your Majesty, are you alright? The minister's poor protection frightened His Majesty. ”
In an instant, a group of forbidden troops came in a hurry, rushing in from outside the main hall, and the leader's general was in a hurry.
"Where is the assassin, dare to assassinate in the palace, there is no mercy!"
Zhao Zheng looked at the forbidden army that came in expressionlessly, and in his memory, the leader was called Wang Kui, a distant cousin of Jiang Yuyan.
"Hmph, by the time you come, people have already run away, a bunch of useless waste."
With a cold snort, Zhao Zheng suddenly became angry.
"Spread my will, immediately ban the imperial city, no one is allowed to enter or leave without my will, Wang Kui, if the assassin leaves the palace today, you can come and see it."
"Your Majesty...... Minister, obey the order. ”
Wang Kui hesitated, the emperor only asked him to ban the imperial city, otherwise the assassin would have a chance to escape, but he would not give him the right to track down, this is not to believe him?
While speaking, the voice of the eunuch suddenly came from outside.
"Concubine Jiang has arrived."
"Your Majesty, what about Your Majesty? How is Your Majesty? Did you catch the assassin? ”
Jiang Yuyan didn't arrive, and the voice came in from outside the hall first.
A group of palace maids and eunuchs were clustered around, and Jiang Yuyan was still in a thousand postures, looking like a disaster to the country and the people.
When he entered the hall and saw Zhao Zheng, he immediately put on a panicked and worried look on his face, twisted his waist and walked quickly to the front.
"Your Majesty, the concubine is late, are you okay, Your Majesty? A bold assassin who dares to assassinate in the imperial city, Commander Wang, you still don't lead your troops to catch the assassin, what are you doing here? ”
Zhao Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly.
This Jiang Yuyan was really pampered and arrogant to the extreme, and in front of the emperor, he dared to give an order to the commander of the forbidden army.
She and Wang Kui came so fast, the assassin had just escaped on the front foot, and they entered the door, and thinking of the previous incident, Zhao Zheng was very skeptical in his heart, whether the assassin's matter was also related to it.
With a flash of his eyes, Zhao Zheng suddenly jumped like thunder and said, "Let him catch him?" How did the Assassin infiltrate the palace, and how did he assassinate me in front of me? A bunch of waste, all the forbidden troops on duty today should be killed. ”
Hearing this, Jiang Yuyan's complexion changed, and she stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Zheng's hand and put it into the ravine in her chest: "Your Majesty is angry, it's not good to be angry, according to the concubines, the top priority is to catch the assassin first, torture him to extract confessions, and wipe out his fellow party members." ”
With a squint of eyes, Zhao Zheng looked at Wang Kui fiercely and said: "Didn't you hear, don't let me go, block the imperial city, strictly prohibit entry and exit, and I have my own decision to investigate." ”
"Yes, I obey."
Wang Kui didn't dare to stay longer, and immediately retreated with the forbidden army when he heard the words.
Jiang Yuyan rolled her eyes, hugged Zhao Zheng's arm tightly, and said with a charming and delicate face: "Your Majesty, just let your subordinates do these little things, it's late at night, why don't you ask Your Majesty to go to the concubine, the concubine recently learned a new dance, so let Your Majesty relax and relax." ”
As she spoke, her body squirmed around Zhao Zheng, trying her best to tempt her.
Seeing this, Zhao Zheng reached out and pinched Jiang Yuyan's chin, staring at her aggressively.
"I'm tired today, so I'll go back first, and I'll go back to Aifei tomorrow to enjoy your dancing."
Hearing this, Jiang Yuyan didn't comply, and said with a coquettish face: "Your Majesty, don't, can Your Majesty bear to see your concubine alone in the empty room?" ”
"Obedient, let's go."
Jiang Yuyan is really a demon girl, and between this twist, Zhao Zheng almost couldn't hold on, and forcibly endured the heat in his body.
Hearing this, Jiang Yuyan's mouth twisted, "hummed", shook off Zhao Zheng's arm, turned around and led the palace people away.
Looking at Jiang Yuyan's back as he left with deep eyes, Zhao Zheng beckoned to Han Jie and said coldly, "You can't die, right?" ”
"The minister is fine, please give instructions to Your Majesty."
"If you can't die, do what you have to do, and if you can't do it well, you won't have to come back."