The situation is stable, there is no time for a stick of incense, this feat of assassinating and capturing the king disappeared in the blink of an eye, the sunlight is oblique, cutting across the stumps all over the ground, the blood stains have not yet dried and browned, the shadow of the merchant flag above his head is stretched long, covering half of Gao Wei's face, and he can't see a little cloudy sunshine, at first he was very angry, very shocked, and he wanted to pull out the kingless and fatherless person hiding behind him now, and divide the corpse, but what he shows now is only silence, oppressive and suffocating silence, The rags and flags suddenly tightened, and the wind roared like a tiger.

At the end of the long street, there was the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, a large number of armor soldiers stepped on the end of the end, blocking the entire Xishifang, everywhere was surrounded by water, the forbidden army stopped at the end of the long street, an old man in leather armor and several heavy generals hurried over, and the little chamberlain dressed in civilian clothes hurriedly came, "Your Majesty, Dazai and Fu Fu, Gao Yanzong, Murong Sanzang and other governors took the armor to escort His Majesty and Niangniang back to the palace......"

"The ministers are too late to save the car, and there is no redemption for a hundred deaths, please ask Your Majesty to surrender!"

Gao Wei helped Duan Shao up, and glanced at the courtiers in front of him lightly, the meaning hidden in his eyes was very complicated, that was scrutiny, who knew that these people were really loyal people, and those were traitorous and loyal people?

"Today afternoon, an assassin assassinated Zheng Yu, the head of the household department, and Zu Ting, the imperial historian, the head of the household, and the Taifu Siqing, and ordered Duan Shao, Gao Yanzong, Gao Xiang, Fu Fu, and Murong Sanzang to ...... and thoroughly investigate the camp of the Jinyang Army and the forbidden army, picket whether there are any soldiers who are not in the camp, and hand over the files and personnel to the Jinyi envoy for interrogation...... At the same time, the picket will check the information of the account books, soldiers' households, ordnance and other information in the main camp, and once any errors and omissions are found, they will be suspended immediately! Handed over to the Brocade Secret Spy Division...... No one is allowed to reveal half a word about the specifics of what happened today. ”

Some were surprised, then stunned.

The assassination of important ministers is a big crime, and the assassination of the emperor is even more widely implicated, and it is absolutely impossible to make a noise without knowing who is behind it, even if the mastermind behind the scenes has been caught, it cannot be made a big fanfare, this kind of thing spreads out, it is a stain that the emperor cannot be washed clean, at least it will damage the majesty of the emperor, and it will even shake the country's capital if it is said in the big way! Although those ministers should know that they will eventually know, as long as they don't let the people know, the character of the masses dictates, they have always listened to the wind and rain, once they know that the emperor was assassinated, I am afraid that the first time, all kinds of different rumors will fly all over the sky, and then be used and encouraged by people with intentions, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no great disaster.

You have to set the tone for this before the city gets all over the place.

Zu Ting and the others knew that the emperor needed them to take the blame for themselves, so they didn't dare to have any ideas, thinking about whether they should cut themselves a few times after they went back, pretending to be seriously injured, which looked more convincing......

Gao Wei said expressionlessly: "I am very angry about today's assassination, this mastermind behind the scenes has his hands and eyes to the sky, not only knows that I am out of the palace, but also knows my specific itinerary, there are dead soldiers in ambush before and after, and there is an iron car, which is clearly to put me to death, and can put his hand into the inner palace and the army at the same time...... This is by no means something that one person can do, and those who participate in the planning have hands and eyes and a lot of energy. He said, "Give me an investigation, I'd rather kill the wrong one than let it go!" ”

"Obey!!"

"Take a detour back to the palace......!"

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The emperor was assassinated, the shadow of death shrouded the entire Jinyang, Duan Shao Gao Yanzong took Jinyang's most elite Baibao, trapping, Xiaoguo, Jianrui, Black Tiger, Tianxiong, Wuwei battalion soldiers and horses into the Jinyang Liufang military horse camp, began to point the soldiers and horses, and then stood still, many people in cyan brocade clothes entered the Chinese army camp, began to check one by one, there were young generals who tried to stop them, were killed on the spot, all the soldiers were under the blade, those brocade clothes with swords did not even look at it, directly into the Chinese army tent.

"These brocade spies...... More and more presumptuous! Someone muttered a sentence, the leader of the brocade deaf ears, snorted coldly, the lords stood outside the tent and pointed inside, he walked to Duan Shao and Gao Yanzong and saluted with fists, and said respectfully: "I am ordered by the commander to check the camp of the Jinyang Army, and ask Dazai and Governor Haihan to ......."

Duan Shao's face was a little complicated, he touched his beard, and said, "Since it is an order, the old man should cooperate, please take care of yourself." ”

Gao Yanzong was obviously very dissatisfied with these brocade-clothed secret spies, obviously he was the one in charge of Jinyang's soldiers and horses, and he should also do things like clearing rebellions and checking ordnance, money and food. He was a martial artist, disgusted with this kind of guy who couldn't be on the stage, even if he knew that these were the Eagle Dogs of the Son of Heaven, Gao Yanzong really couldn't have any good face for them, so he frowned and stabbed, "When did you Jinyi secret spies have so much power?" ”

The deputy commander of the brocade robe looked at him neither humbly nor arrogantly, leaned over and said: "The brocade clothes are the eyes and ears of Your Majesty, generally speaking, Your Majesty does not allow us to do this, but Dr. Zu and Zheng Shangshu and other important ministers were actually assassinated under our noses, what does this mean?" Jinyi is to blame, and the commander is also very angry, we can't let His Majesty's eyes and ears be wasted, right? Governor Godu, do you say? ”

"Who are you?"

"Jinyi's deputy commander Wang Jing."

"You are not qualified to sit in this big tent of the Chinese army, that's where Dazai sits!"

"In this case, the lowly position can be changed to another office location, I just hope that the governor will not obstruct us from doing the errand."

Gao Yanzong's face turned slightly pale, "If it is Your Majesty's will, this is unavoidable, as long as you don't break the rules of dignity and humility in the barracks, labor and management don't care how you toss." ”

"So, thank you for the governor......"

The Jinyi spy quickly took over the first step of the check, looked through the proofreading accounts, and looked at what was wrong with the household registration, and named them one by one, "He Bachuang, where did you go this afternoon?" ”

"I went to the Wanchun Restaurant in Dongshi with some robes to drink......"

"Is it true?"

"It's true."

"I remember that there are still some days before Xiu Mu, why did you go out of the camp to drink?"

"Today is my birthday, and I went to report to the Lord. This is not a violation of military regulations. ”

"Are you...... The soldiers of the Xiongwu battalion? General Wei Xianggui's soldiers and horses ...... "Someone is making notes on the side."

"Although your reasons are very good, but today is more special, we don't dare to let you go just by listening to your words, we must always find out," the deputy commander looked at him very seriously, "You come with us, if the situation is indeed true, we will not embarrass you, okay...... Who are the rest of the people who went drinking with you? ……”

The same situation is happening all over Jinyang, from the palace, the barracks and the yamen of the military department, from the homes of ordinary lords to the hawkers in the West Market, the criminal department and the Jinyi guards are arresting people everywhere, and all suspicious people are arrested and imprisoned!

From dusk, people who want to go out of the city are surprised to find that more than a dozen city gates in Jinyang are all closed, it is said that it is the order of the four governors of Jinyang, at the same time, the people in Tsing Yi and the sword come out of the front palace, the tide generally rushes in all directions, no matter how to inquire, there is only one news to get, the imperial historian and the household department Shangshu were seriously injured when they were assassinated and seriously injured when they inspected the Xishifang, the emperor was furious, and the big Suo Jinyang. The Jinyang Xiaorui and Yecheng forbidden armies blocked the whole city, and the five heavily armored military camps totaling 8,000 people were all dressed in armor and waiting for them.

In less than an hour, 20 senior officials, including the envoys of the Privy Council, were invited to tea, and the search continued, and blood was being shed everywhere, and there were three Kaifu Yi and three divisions, six loose officials, Zuo Guanglu doctor, and eight Yunlu lieutenants were arrested and imprisoned, and in the second half of the night, they basically had sorted out a general outline, arrested people according to the suspicious list on the confession, and searched for more than 1,400 people overnight......

The city is full of wind and rain.

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Gao Wei was expressionless, and threw the roster on the ground to the ground, "After searching for a long time, I didn't find anything useful?" ”

"Your Majesty, the scope of the search is too wide, so it is not very accurate, and we still need time to ......"

Liu Taozhi knelt on one knee and sweated on his forehead.

"There was no mistake in the barracks? What about the private soldiers of the lords and the families? ”

"Your Majesty, we have checked all of these, all the registered soldiers are all here, the number of ordnance is also correct, as for the lords, the private army raised by the family is not omitted, the origin, number, place of origin, and image of each lord's private soldiers were registered in accordance with Your Majesty's requirements last year, there is no mistake......"

"Did those armor and iron chariots come out of thin air?"

“…………”

"It seems that those people are really powerful, I have raised so many secret spies, and in the end they are still deaf and blind......"

Liu Taozhi and the others buried their heads deeply, not daring to answer.

"Okay, you go down, those who are seriously suspected, continue to interrogate, if there is really no result......" Gao Wei frowned, "It's all beheaded, and it's an explanation to the outside world, you are also lucky, go down first......"

The door of the main hall was wide open, the wind roared like a tiger, and the emperor lowered his eyebrows to review the chapter, as if he had really gently lifted the matter, and it was unusually quiet.

But Lu Ran trembled slightly, not blown by this cold wind.

What Liu Taozhi didn't know was that at the moment before Liu Taozhi came, Gao Shun, the deputy head of the inner palace, also came to report.

“…… The slave maid saw with his own eyes that Liu Taozhi personally killed the last two assassins, and when he fought the enemy in front, there was no one left, and the ministers noticed that Liu Taozhi would lose his trace every once in a while, and then appear out of thin air, and no one knew where he went during this period of time. A few important traders were arrested in the West Market, and they were coerced to help hide the iron cart, and the spies in brocade clothes transported them to the Imperial Prison, but it didn't take long for the people to die......"

"Kill the Assassin...... Liu Taozhi is very murderous, and it is still possible to do this kind of thing if you kill the red eye......" Gao Wei's pen paused for a moment.

"But those two assassins were completely powerless at that time......

"Go on."

"Yang Su, the guard in front of the palace, said that the armor he killed was made of very special armor...... We followed the traces and found that the iron used to create this armor is only produced in Shuozhou......"

"Shuozhou...... Okay? Gao Wei thought for a moment and shook his head, "If he is the only one, he can't do such a big thing, he must still have a fellow party...... Since you can't trust Liu Taozhi, then check it out yourself......"

Gao Sihao is the assassin of Shuozhou, he has long been anti-hearted, and now he worships the general, Gao Wei has cut his power one after another, if the person behind him is him, it makes sense.

Gao Shun raised his eyes and quietly looked at the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Taozhi is from an unknown background, from an unknown origin, from an unknown past, and all his information was blank before he entered the Gaozu Hidden Mansion, Your Majesty-"

"Alright," Cushman interrupted, "I got ......"

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"I see."

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The emperor's tone and expression at that time were the same as before.