king of war

Chapter 62
A large cloud of dust rose from the khaki-colored official road, and passers-by avoided to the side to avoid being hit by the galloping horse.

Looking from afar, two riders were galloping over, running wildly along the road leading to Datong Town.These people were dressed neatly in flying fish uniforms, with spring knives embroidered on their waists. The leader was none other than the newly appointed Jinyi Guard Qianhu, Qin Rongshuai.

Li Yuanfang next to him held the reins and said loudly, "My lord, please find a place to rest your horse."

Qin Rongshuai reined in the reins and gradually slowed down the horse, glanced at the distance, "There is a post station five miles ahead, let's rest there."

"Sir." Li Yuanfang approached Qin Rongshuai and whispered, "The tail behind me has followed me all the way. Do you want to humble yourself..."

"No need." Qin Rongshuai waved his hand, "Don't worry, when they get to the right place, they will strike first without us doing it."

After Lu Wenzhao's wedding, Qin Rongshuai received a wave of system rewards and immediately applied to go out to Beijing for inspection.

He didn't intend to get involved in the affairs of the capital, because he found that the water here was getting deeper and deeper. If he stayed any longer, he would immediately be drawn into an extremely dangerous vortex of party struggle.

This matter is more dangerous than fighting on the battlefield. There are invisible pits everywhere, and even the visible pits may not be able to escape.

Taking the case of Zheng Manfu as an example, Zhu Changluo seemed to have given an order at random, but as soon as Lu Wenzhao and others were about to ask for someone, Xu Xianchun came to the door and tried to stop them.

Afterwards, a case was thrown out quietly, deliberately causing them to conflict with Zhang Ying, and Zhang Ying was related to Zheng Yangxing. It was easy to know who was behind the scenes preventing them from finding someone.

At night, a group of killers were brought in, ready to kill Lu Wenzhao, Shen Lian, Qin Rongshuai and the other three. Under the emperor's feet, they could do such things as attacking and killing Jinyiwei officers, which shows that the other party is unscrupulous.

It was just a surprise to find Zheng Manfu's hiding place by following the clues, but even more shocking things are yet to come.

Under torture, Zheng Manfu actually got involved in an old case and was involved in the dispute between the country and the country.

Fortunately, Emperor Wanli passed away, and Zhu Changluo urgently called them to the palace to escort them around, otherwise he would hold on to Zheng Manfu, a hot potato, and he didn't know what would happen later.

After that, Qin Rongshuai took Zheng Manfu out as a bargaining chip because of Concubine Zheng's refusal to move out of the Qianqing Palace, and finally smoothed out the pitfalls of this matter.

When Qin Rongshuai witnessed the quarrel among the ministers in front of Zhu Changluo's palace, he suddenly remembered the murder case in the restaurant. It was this inconspicuous case that prompted him to leave Beijing to avoid the limelight.

At first, he suspected that this case was done by the Zheng family again, otherwise why would Zheng Yangxing send Zhang Ying out to grab this case impatiently, obviously to erase the relevant clues of this case and turn it into an innocent one? The first case, or just arrest a criminal and take the blame.

When the assassins who attacked him at night were captured, they found that the weapons they used matched the scars on the scene of the murder in the restaurant. Qin Rongshuai strengthened his idea, but during the subsequent interrogation, both the assassins and Zheng Manfu denied the matter.

This made Qin Rongshuai a little confused. It stands to reason that these people would dare to admit the treason of assassinating the prince, and there is no reason not to deny an ordinary murder case.

So if they didn't do it, who did it?

At first Qin Rongshuai had no clue, but after seeing the weapons worn by Fang Congzhe's follower Nan Yuanjin, Qin Rongshuai made habitual inquiries and found out that some of the ministers' bodyguards were masters of swordsmanship.

Later, when he witnessed the quarrel among the officials, Qin Rongshuai suddenly remembered another case related to Zhu Changluo, which led to the Hongwan case where the emperor died within less than a month.

Before the incident, Zhu Changluo was really proud of his spring breeze. He had just become emperor, and the depression that Wanli didn't like before vented out. The new emperor began to retaliate and carnival, singing every night.

Concubine Zheng Gui sent ten beauties to him in one breath for him to enjoy to the fullest.In this case, even a strong man has to become a human being, not to mention Zhu Changluo with an ordinary physique.

Then Zhu Changluo fell ill, and Concubine Zheng ordered her confidant, the supervisor of ceremonies, to hold a pen, and Cui Wensheng, the eunuch of the imperial pharmacy, to treat Zhu Changluo. After Cui Wensheng gave Zhu Changluo the medicine, Zhu Changluo had diarrhea, thirty or forty times a night. , and then fell into a coma.

Fang Congzhe obeyed and went to the palace to see Zhu Changluo immediately.Zhu Changluo was afraid that he would not get better, so he began to ask Zhu Changluo to be lonely. Fang Congzhe asked Zhu Changluo to urgently recruit the imperial physician to treat his illness. As a result, Zhu Changluo was afraid that the imperial physician would spread the story of his indulgence and provoke attacks from the officials, so he hesitated.

After the two discussed, they asked Li Kezhuo, the prime minister of Honghe Temple, to offer red pills. Zhu Changluo got better after taking the pills. , Zhu Changluo died suddenly at night.

Afterwards, the courtiers were in an uproar and demanded to investigate the cause of the emperor's death, and even pointed the finger at Concubine Zheng, and attacked the chief assistant Fang Congzhe by the way.

After some operations, Fang Congzhe retired and resigned, Cui Wensheng was sent to Nanjing, Li Kezhuo was sent to the frontier, and the Hongwan case was closed. In such a big case, except for the death of Zhu Changluo who had just ascended the throne, no one else died, which is considered slippery. It's ridiculous.

From the perspective of future generations, this was the crime of regicide. Two people had to be killed to explain it, but no one died.

When Qin Rongshuai thought of this incident, he suddenly connected it with the murder case in the restaurant, because the most special person among those who died in the murder case was Cui Bizhong.

If the two had a relationship, then the murder case in the restaurant would be even deeper.

If it wasn't for the Zheng family killing people to silence them, then someone must have found some clues, like getting some secrets from Cui Bizhong.

So who is behind the scenes?
Qin Rongshuai had a vague list of suspicions in his mind, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He hastily handed over the case, gave Lu Wenzhao a few words of advice, and hurried out of Beijing.

The court is more dangerous than the battlefield.

Qin Rongshuai and Li Yuanfang stopped in front of a post station, handed over the horses to the postman, and then took out some money, and asked the postman to buy some food and wine, and sent them to their room.

Afterwards, the two of them seemed not to notice at all, drinking and having fun in the room. During this period, Qin Rongshuai's singing at the top of his lungs was frequently heard, attracting everyone's attention.

In the middle of the night, the lights in the inn room were extinguished.

Yicheng, who had been listening to the movement next door for a long time, tiptoed out of the room, gently opened the gate of the inn, waved to the outside, and several black shadows emerged from the night.

"How about it?"

"I fell asleep after drinking." Yi Cheng said nervously, "I heard snoring just now."

"Okay!" Soi Ying threw out a large bag of silver, "Brothers, do it."

Several black shadows holding hay and firewood rushed into the post station, and began to pile up next to the guest room where Qin Rongshuai was, while the leading black shadow kept urging.

"Hurry up, quicken your hands and feet!"

"Why are there so few things? Didn't I prepare a lot of them? Hurry up and ask someone to move them!"

"H-If I tell the supervisor...we have already finished moving..." A man in black clothes was so tired that he couldn't straighten up and panted.

The steward took one look and saw that there were only a few bundles of hay piled there, and he couldn't help but get furious, "Fart! I have prepared several large carts of hay, and they are piled up like a hill. This is just a lot."

When the steward went to see it in person, he found that the hay on the cart was indeed gone, and he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.
(End of this chapter)