When Han King Zhu Gaoxu returned to the Han Palace, he was originally a little angry.

What made him angry was that his father called him into the palace early in the morning, and he reprimanded him, as if he believed that the assassination of the crown prince was related to him.

Although my father has always favored himself and favored him in many things, this thing is really a bit out of the circle. Raising killers and assassinating the crown prince, no matter how connived he was before, his father would never favor him in this matter, and he would never tolerate such a challenge to the imperial power.

Grounded in the Han Wangfu for a month, he was not allowed to go out unless he was edicted, and he was silent behind closed doors, and this punishment was not light. My father has no evidence, and if he had ironclad evidence, I am afraid he would not give up so easily. Just a few assassins on the scene of the tattoos of the Tiance Guard were not enough to convince the emperor, who had always been suspicious.

Tian Cewei, Zhu Gaoxu sighed, since Sun Dianchen is gone, the newly promoted Yu Hou who took over the affairs of the palace has no ability at all, and even the daily defense of the palace is messed up, let alone unable to control a forbidden army like Tian Cewei, and now what Tian Cewei is doing every day, even the King of Han himself does not know. The forbidden army seems to have been completely out of its control.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu had to start to miss Sun Dianchen, when he was there, everything was managed in an orderly manner, and he would come to report the training and rotation of Tiance Guard every day. Many people are like this, when you get used to his presence, you can't feel his ability, and once you lose him, you will really find his importance.

What made Zhu Gaoxu angry was Wang Quan, the chief attendant who stood beside his father. When his father admonished him, he kept smiling beside him, looking like he was gloating.

I heard that my father ordered him to be responsible for setting up a "East Factory" to balance Jinyiwei, and now he has almost made preparations, and he will officially take office as soon as his father has an edict.

It's just a eunuch, whatever! Martial arts can't be peaceful, and literature can't rule the world, so they can actually rise to the top by virtue of their whiskers and sycophants.

Originally, Ye Zhiqiu was dismissed from office and imprisoned in this incident, and Ji Gang took over Jinyiwei, which was definitely good news for King Han, which meant that Jinyiwei also fell into the hands of King Han. But suddenly something bullshit appeared out of nowhere, but the person in charge was this dog-legged Wang Quan, who was only loyal to his father, how could Zhu Gaoxu not be annoyed?

Fortunately, although this Wang Quan is not his own person, he is not close to the prince's party, and will only pat his father's ass at a sky-high price, otherwise it is impossible for his father to hand over such an important force as Dongchang to him.

Let him gloat now, sooner or later he will turn over one day, and he must pay a price, a big price.

And the other person he met in the palace today made Zhu Gaoxu a little worried in his anger. Just when he was out of the palace, he bumped into Mu Sheng, the prince of Qianguo, who had entered the palace to face the saint.

Originally, Mu Sheng was also born in the army, but it is a pity that their family has always been loyal and loyal to Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. It's just that Yunnan is thousands of miles away, and they didn't send troops to do anything practical.

Later, Zhu Yunwen died of self-immolation, his father ascended the throne, and Mu Sheng followed his father's orders to send troops several times to pacify Annan Jiaozhi, and rose from a small Xiping Marquis to today's Qianguo Gong.

He also sent someone to contact Mu Sheng in private, but this person is really sleek, and he is pretentious, after thinking that he is the founding father, he holds the military power in his hands, and disdains to stand in line to participate in the party struggle, and he also speaks exactly the words on his face, and only owes allegiance to the current emperor.

Fortunately, he is now in full swing between Yunnan and King Min, and he is too busy to take care of himself, but he doesn't have to worry that he will support the prince's party. After all, he has a family background and has a heavy army, as long as he doesn't go against himself, there is really no need to make a strong enemy.

However, Zhu Gaoxu still vaguely felt a little uneasy in his heart, in such a turbulent and chaotic moment, how could Mu Sheng appear in the capital so coincidentally? What kind of changes would he bring to the situation in the capital, or was he really just a passerby who happened to pass by, and the calm and calm had no effect at all?

This worry made Zhu Gaoxu even more annoyed, but none of this was as angry as that little bit of anger it brought him. That is, those stupid assassins did not succeed! The prince survived unharmed!!

As soon as he remembered that the bloated and clumsy dead fat man was still sitting on the throne of the crown prince with a smug look, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but be angry.

But as soon as he entered the gate of the Han Palace, all this anger disappeared. Because there is a person who is waiting for him in the courtyard, and now he is actually in charge of the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, Ji Gang.

Over the years, Zhu Gaoxu has already learned that joy and anger are invisible, no matter how strong the emotions in his chest are, he can't show them in front of others, let alone be seen by his subordinates. So he suppressed his anger, with a cold face, he nodded to Ji Gang, who bowed down, and walked directly into the main hall.

He sat down in the main seat and did not signal Ji Gang to sit down, so Ji Gang only stood in the hall with his hands down awkwardly.

Zhu Gaoxu picked up the tea offered by his subordinates, moistened his lips gently, put down the tea bowl, and then said to Ji Gang: "Master Ji, you are in such a hurry to see this king, what good news did you bring?"

Ji Gang showed an embarrassed look on his face: "It's about the news of the investigation of Dali Temple." ”

Zhu Gaoxu snorted contemptuously: "Did they just find Old Man Ye's son to investigate the case, the yellow-haired boy, what has he found now?"

Ji Gang lowered his head and said: "Since he entered the capital, he has been sending people to secretly monitor him, he is not only investigating the case of Sun Dianchen, including the case of Zhao Si and Qian Jia, who made a fuss in the capital a while ago, he is also investigating." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "I know this, but now that Yang Wenchang is dead, what other clues can he have?"

Ji Gang slowly said: "Although Yang Wenchang is dead, he seems to have gotten some clues, and he went to check Zhao Si's empty house last night and found the whereabouts of the Great Thunder Gate Lei Potian. Today, I went to Jingzhao Yin Yamen to inspect Sun Dianchen's body, and I don't know what I found yet. ”

Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows and dragged out his voice: "Oh, did Old Man Lei also come to the capital? Why don't I know?"

Ji Gang glanced up at the King of Han, and said in his heart, "Do you really not know? Everyone knows that although the Great Lei Gate is a gang in the rivers and lakes, the master behind the scenes is Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han; on the one hand, they rely on the support of the king of Han to make firearms and produce gunpowder for the imperial court, and do some white and underworld business under the protection of the king of Han, and on the other hand, they also secretly provide financial support for the king of Han and help him solve some troubles that he is difficult to solve.

Now that the head hall master of the Great Thunder Gate suddenly came to this treacherous capital at such a sensitive time, can your Royal Highness the King of Han not know?

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Gang lowered his voice and cautiously asked the question in his heart: "Now that Ye Feng and Dali Temple are investigating more and more suspicions, I am afraid that it will be a matter of time before they find out the truth." The lower officials dare to ask His Highness to show him, if it comes to a critical moment, do you still want to let them investigate?"

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned at first when he heard this: "The critical moment, what critical moment?"

Suddenly, he raised his head, looked directly at Ji Gang with his eyes like lightning, and asked sharply: "Do you want to ask Sun Dianchen if I am the mastermind behind the case, or is it true that I sent them to assassinate the crown prince?"

His loud shouting made Ji Gang shrink his head in fright, and immediately fell to the ground, and responded in a trembling voice: "The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't have this intention!"

Zhu Gaoxu stared at him for a long time before waving his hand to get him up. He slowed down his tone and said: "Master Ji, you have to remember that some words are very important and should not be said indiscriminately, this king can be regarded as having not heard of it, but you should never mention it again in the future." ”

Ji Gang stood up and lowered his head and said continuously: "Xiaguan understands, Xiaguan understands." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at him cowering, and after a while, he said: "If they want to check on Dali Temple, let them check, anyway, this king also wants to know what truth they can find out." As for your question just now," he paused before continuing, "This king can only say that this king and the crown prince are both in the bloodline of Emperor Taizu, and the descendants of the surname Zhu will never do anything to kill their compatriots!"

Ji Gang was deeply moved, but he was secretly muttering in his heart, how could Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor, not be the blood of Taizu and the descendants of the surname Zhu, what was the result?

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "You go, just keep an eye on them, and report anything you find immediately." ”

Ji Gang bowed and said, "Yes." Slowly retreated.

Looking at Ji Gang's departing figure, Zhu Gaoxu sighed secretly in his heart, of course he understood the doubts in Ji Gang's heart, I am afraid that there are not a few people in the government and the opposition who have such doubts in their hearts, but so what? As long as there is no evidence, the suspicious father will never easily move himself, he is still the high Han King, and he is still the most powerful contender for the position of the crown prince.

At this time, a personal servant walked up to the hall with a letter, Zhu Gaoxu's heart tightened, and then he was happy, coming, finally coming, the news he had been waiting for, the person he had been waiting for.

He couldn't help but stand up and greet him.