On the 17th day of the twelfth month of the second year of the Great Tomorrow Apocalypse, more than 100 family members of the four court officials who died in the capital were assassinated near Kaifeng Mansion in Henan, and none of them were spared.

On the 18th day of the second year of the Great Tomorrow Apocalypse, Ma Shiying, the newly appointed head of the Nanjing Household Department, died outside Nanjing.

On the twentieth day of the second year of the Great Tomorrow Apocalypse, Wang Qi beheaded more than 100 people on the official road of Xuzhou Mansion, and then beheaded Xu Liangyan, a waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry.

For a time, the world shook.

What does Qi Guogong want to do?

Not only the Donglin faction, but even Ye Xianggao, Sun Chengzong and others, who were far away in the capital, were also shocked, and they felt that this was a fantasy for the first time - unless Wang Qi really wanted to rebel?

No way!

Ye Xianggao shook his head and categorically denied this idea.

On the side, Sun Chengzong, Wang Huazhen, Lu Yu and Wei Zhongxian, the chief supervisor of ceremonies, were all there.

"The Duke of Qi is loyal, and it is absolutely impossible to do such a disaster! First of all, the deaths of the four Donglin court officials have nothing to do with Grandpa Guo, and their family members are now dead, which is even more confirmatory that someone framed Grandpa Guo! Ye Xiang sat on the chair at the high end, glanced at everyone, and his tone was already with an absolute expression: "Come, that Ma Shiying, the head of the Nanjing household department, died because he was riding in the sedan chair of the Duke of Qi, this is someone who wants to assassinate the Duke of Qi. These two points can not be considered! Leave it to the company to handle! ”

"So, what about the third point?" Sun Chengzong on the side spoke softly.

The third point?

For a moment, the entire hall was silent, and no one spoke.

The Duke of Qi beheaded the court officials on the street.

Nearly 10,000 people witnessed it, how can this be said?

"Ahem, cough, as far as the lower officials know," Lu Yu coughed lightly twice before he tentatively spoke: "The matter of Xuzhou Mansion was not the first to be done by Qi Guogong, it was Yang Lian and others who first provoked the incident, which caused the world to be out of control and make trouble to such a point." ”

Hearing Lu Yu's words, everyone's eyes rolled, and no one spoke when they looked at this household servant.

That's the truth, but things can't be said that way.

Even if it's the emperor, there's still a process to kill people, right?

Are you Qi Guogong bigger than the emperor?

Besides, no matter what, you can commit murder on the street?

Now, everyone is just glad that Wang Qi did not cut Yang Lian directly, otherwise the students of Jiangsu and Zhejiang would probably have to go to Beijing by bus.

"The emperor sent our family over, but he didn't listen to your random speculation, is there an accurate charter?" In the end, Wei Zhongxian, who had been sitting on the side and had not spoken, finally spoke, and looked at the table with his fingers: "The behavior of the Duke of Qi has made the emperor very unhappy."

"Father-in-law Wei, do you want to summon Duke Qi back to Beijing and ask questions again? After all, such a valuable meritorious figure, it's not good for me to wait here and make a direct conclusion, right? "Wang Huazhen, as an uncle, still speaks to Wang Qi, at this time, the most important thing is to wait for Wang Qi to come back, as long as Wang Qi is soft and admits his mistakes, in front of the emperor, what else is unacceptable?

After all, when Liu Yijing's blood was splashed in the Qing Palace, Wang Qi was not present.

"However, as far as our family knows, after the blood was splashed on the official road of Xuzhou Mansion, there has been no news from the Duke of Qi for many days, how can our family explain to the emperor?" Wei Zhongxian, as the head of the bell of the celebrant eunuch, what he needs at this time is to stand on the emperor's side.

Anyway, after Zhu Youxiao heard about this, he was already extremely angry and shocked.

Killing people on the street, what is Wang Qi doing?

Conspiracy?

Self-proclaimed achievement?

Or is there something else going on?

Zhu Youxiao, who has been the emperor for two years, is not ready to really turn his face with Wang Qi to be honest.

The things that I did in the early stage were all tentative practices.

When it really came time to meet each other, Zhu Youxiao was still a little weak-hearted, and his legs and stomach were still weak.

After all, on the side of the couch, not far from Gyeonggi, there are more than 100,000 iron horsemen in Liaodong.

In case Wang Qi went crazy, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty would be able to stop his anger.

So what exactly does he want to do?

Zhu Youxiao stayed up all night, and sent Wei Zhongxian to Wenyuan Pavilion early this morning to summon a few members of the cabinet to discuss countermeasures.

At this moment, in the Wenyuan Pavilion, several bigwigs were sitting upright, but no one spoke, and the atmosphere was subtle and abnormal.

Faced with this situation, Emperor Sun Chengzong was a little resentful.

What is the situation now?

Sun Chengzong felt that the situation in the Ming Dynasty was more severe than the situation in Liaodong at the beginning.

Now there is Wang Qi's indescribable anger outside, and the slightest carelessness will cause the country to overturn; The emperor has not shown up for half a month, but only sent the celebrants' cronies to contact the cabinet personnel to convey his will.

Takeo, eunuch.

This situation has been familiar for thousands of years.

"The old man suggested that Qi Guogong should not be easily convicted, this matter can be big or small, to put it bluntly, he just died a Nanjing Ministry of Works, he Yang Lian only relied on a so-called suspicion of the crime, dared to take more than 100 servants to take people on the street, Qi Guogong resisted, it is not a big deal," Sun Chengzong finally spoke, wanting to end the meeting.

It's not a big deal to die a Ministry of Works?

As soon as these words came out, even Wei Zhongxian's eyelids jumped.

Hundreds of bad people, you don't even mention it?

"The old man thinks that everything will wait for the Duke of Qi to return to Beijing, and then talk about it," Sun Chengzong looked at Wei Zhongxian: "The emperor is there, and he is still bothered by the Duke of Wei's reply, the prestige of the Duke of Qi is too heavy, and he should not be easily convicted, so as not to cause turmoil in the world and unrest people." ”

One word, etc.

Wei Zhongxian leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping down on the tabletop, as if he was still thinking about it.

"Father-in-law Wei," Wang Huazhen put down the teacup and asked softly as if inadvertently, "I heard that the emperor wants to transfer Yang Changsi and Shi Kefa to Beijing in the near future?" ”

Well?!!

Wei Zhongxian's fingers stopped, and even his eyes became solemn.

After looking at Wang Huazhen for a long time, Wei Zhongxian grinned: "Haha, it is not difficult to let the emperor wait for the Duke of Qi to return to Beijing for questioning. After all, Grandpa Guo is prestigious, and there is nothing to make an exception. ”

Yang Changsi, who is Shi Kefa?

Donglin benchmark, the new backbone.

When they entered Beijing, what they had to do was to balance the power of the court, and Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs were the first to bear the brunt.

So Wang Huazhen is reminding Wei Zhongxian - now, helping Qi Guogong to speak is also paving the way for the future power game.

After all, sending charcoal in the snow is much more important in people's hearts than icing on the cake.

"Then I'll wait, I'll contact Qi Guogong first, wait for him to return to Beijing, and then talk to the emperor?" Ye Xianggao opened his mouth and ended the matter.

"The old man agreed," Sun Chengzong nodded.

"It's okay to be a lower official," Wang Huazhen, and Lu Yu nodded in agreement.

"Our family can reply to the emperor first and delay a moment or two." Wei Zhongxian pursed his lips, but still added: "But the time can't be too long, more than five days, our family can't say what the emperor will do." ”

Ye Xianggao glanced at each other, and still arched his hand: "There is Lao Wei's father-in-law." ”

Not long after, Wei Zhongxian left.

Only a few members of the cabinet sat in the hall.

After being silent for a long time, Ye Xianggao spoke: "Except for Nanjing City, where does the Qi State Guild go?" ”

"There is no trace on the road," Sun Chengzong frowned: "You won't take the sea route, right?" ”

(End of chapter)