Nanming Engineer

Chapter 280
Li Yuanyin's body was collected together in a cloth bag. It was a pile of broken corpses. Even his head took a lot of effort. It took more than [-] soldiers to search for half an hour in the pool of blood, enduring the stench. Found in a pile of rubble, bloody and bloody, even Li Chengdong didn't recognize it for a long time.

When Chuchu exploded, all the people in the city mistakenly thought it was an earthquake, and fled in panic. Emperor Yongli and Princess Changping escaped from the palace in embarrassment under the protection of a group of guards. It was only when a huge mushroom cloud rose that it realized that the earthquake was not a natural disaster.

Fortunately, the guards of the imperial army who survived came to report the news with black and gray faces, crying and shouting that Admiral Li was bombarded to death by the red cannon, which made the second monk Yongli Dizhang confused. There are red cannons on the top of Zhaoqing city, but That was controlled by Li Yuanyin himself, how could he turn around and beat him?The personal guards were dizzy, and they couldn't say anything after careful questioning. At this time, Qu Shixu, Yan Qiheng and other ministers also ran over to escort them in fear. The red-clothed cannon, and then sent people to the scene to inspect it carefully. After confirming that there was no danger, everyone surrounded Emperor Yongli and rushed to the scene of the explosion to see what happened.

The explosion was very violent. The explosion effect of hundreds of extermination bombs was much more powerful than the bombardment of a red cannon. A huge crater was exposed on the ground, and with it as the center, countless radioactive craters were distributed. The human tissue and the blood of the big beach, the farthest flying piece of flesh is tens of feet away.Because the Kuizhou sergeant who ignited the fire was very clever, the length of the lead wire and the burning speed were just set at the moment when Li Yuanyin slapped the horse past. The end is naturally the most bleak.

Emperor Yongli glanced at it from a distance, smelled the bloody smell in the air, waved his hands, turned around and ran to the side, vomiting "wow wow", all the ministers followed the same example, vomiting, vomiting, vomiting around Emperor Yongli .

It was boring to watch the broken corpses. Emperor Yongli hurried away with his ministers. In a hurry, he could only come to the conclusion that this was definitely not the effect that the red cannon bombardment could achieve, and the Jin Yiwei sent to the city reported back, Zhaoqing There are one hundred and four cannons at the top of the city, including ten red cannons, all intact and facing the outside of the city, and none of them has been fired.

The death of Li Yuanyin, no matter how he died, is a major event, and Li Chengdong, who may have gotten the news and hurried over here, must give an explanation. Huang Qiyu, Minister of the Ministry of War, was grabbed by the collar by Emperor Yongli, and asked what happened to the explosion while spitting. What happened, poor Huang Qiyu was born in Hanlin, learned both Chinese and Western, he just opened his mouth and dared not agree for a long time. If such a huge crater was black powder, it would cost at least a hundred catties. Where did the assassin get so much black powder?The gunpowder in the treasury is well preserved, and not a single catty has been lost.

But if the investigation does not understand, it does not mean that the person cannot be dealt with. Emperor Yongli strictly ordered Ma Jixiang to urge Jinyiwei to conduct a strict investigation.

After two days of turmoil, on the morning of the third day, Li Chengdong rushed from Guangzhou with [-] armored cavalry.

After Li Chengdong entered the city, he went straight to Duke Huiguo's mansion to see his son's body without even paying a visit to Emperor Yongli.

Holding the head with eyes that are not eyes and nose that is not nose for a long time, Li Chengdong didn't say a word, and ran to Yongming Palace with red eyes. : "Who killed my son?"

Regretted by his aura, Emperor Yongli and a group of ministers looked at each other, and no one dared to say anything. After a long time, Ma Jixiang came out cautiously and agreed: "Mr. The pillars of the sky, the emperor lost a loyal and brave minister, what a great sorrow! As for who committed the poisonous hand, the emperor has ordered a strict investigation, and I believe that there will be results in a short time. When the truth comes out, the country will definitely be rewarded. Be fair."

Li Chengdong snorted in his nostrils, the murderous look on his face remained unchanged, he pressed his sword and looked around: "It's been two days, and Li has rushed to the capital from hundreds of miles away from Guangzhou, just waiting for someone to investigate! Li is puzzled. , the general was assassinated in broad daylight in the capital city. Is this huge case so difficult to investigate? Is there someone who is partial and indulgent, deliberately delaying, and wants to protect the assassin? "

As he spoke, his eyes swept across the faces of the officials standing in the hall one by one. His eyes were extremely sinister, like a very hungry wolf, looking around at a group of shivering sheep. If he didn't pay attention, he would Pounce on it, and gnaw at the flesh and bones when it catches an unlucky one.

All the officials were unnaturally looking up, down, or sideways. No one dared to meet the extremely angry general, for fear of getting burned.

"Ahem, that, Duke Hui, calm down and let the old man say a few words." Yan Qiheng, the minister of the cabinet, stepped out among a group of officials who bowed their heads and shrugged like quails. Standing in the hall with a long body, with one hand on his shoulders and the other on his back, he said in a loud voice: "This matter, the emperor and the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty, are both heartbroken. It is a pity that Admiral Li passed away at an early age, and I hate the assassin's audacity. The behind-the-scenes mastermind of the case must be a treacherous and evil person, in order to destroy the pillars of our Ming Dynasty and disturb the heart of the Duke of Hui. Once the Duke's heart is disturbed, the plan of the Northern Expedition will be affected. Be punished!"

"Xueshi Yan said it well!" Qu Shichun, the first shop owner, responded with a high-pitched and passionate voice that echoed loudly in the spacious hall, making the ears of the people in the hall buzzing: "I am a minister, and I can't do anything I can't do. To share the worries of the king and contribute to the country. Now that the enemy is in front of us and the country is in danger, some people don't want to be loyal to the king and go to the country's disaster. Instead, they form a party for their own self-interest and try to imitate Zuo Liangyu. They are the great thieves of the country. , I heard that Dudu Ma has seized something, and I also ask the emperor to issue an order to let Dudu Ma make it public in court, so as to reassure the heroes!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked, and even Emperor Yongli looked at Ma Jixiang in surprise. Jin Yiwei has been busy these two days, but he didn't reveal the slightest word of mouth. Both Emperor Li and Princess Changping vaguely knew in their hearts who did it, and only that person had this kind of ability, but on the surface, no one said anything.

At this time, Qu Shixu directly pushed Ma Jixiang out with his poking words, and immediately made him the focus. Emperor Yongli looked at Ma Jixiang, his eyes were surprised at first, then turned into doubt for a moment, and finally became angry.

Ma Jixiang turned his face to Li Chengdong, deliberately not looking at Emperor Yongli.

But Emperor Yongli already understood that Ma Jixiang was going to sell himself.

Wang Huan is an official appointed by Emperor Yongli, and of course he is also a member of Emperor Yongli. If Ma Jixiang shakes Wang Huan out, it will be tantamount to betraying Yongli.

Ma Jixiang turned his face away and kept silent, as if he was really waiting for Emperor Yongli's will.

Li Chengdong stared and raised his eyebrows, stepped forward a few steps, and approached the throne, the cowhide official boots slammed on the gold bricks, shaking Yongli's little heart to "plop", and Li Chengdong asked with an angry look: "Your Majesty, Qu Shou Is what the shop said true? What did Dudu really find out?"

That's a little rude.

The cabinet minister Zhu Tianlin jumped out immediately, stopped in front of Li Chengdong without fear, and said angrily: "Mr. Hui, you have brought a sword to the palace and entered the court in armor. It is already disrespectful, and you should be punished for the crime! The emperor misses you for your loyalty and courage. Adding to the pain of bereavement, so I will not pursue it, but you have made an inch of it, and openly asked the emperor, do you still have the duty of a monarch and a minister in your eyes?"

Immediately, following Zhu Tianlin, several officials came out of the shift, echoing their saliva, almost drowning Li Chengdong with their saliva.

With the help of these people, Emperor Yongli's pale face regained a little color, and his flustered mood calmed down a little.

In fact, Zhu Tianlin stood up for the emperor. On the one hand, he certainly had the nature of a scholar in the late Ming Dynasty, and was loyal to the court and the emperor; We must agree to this eternal purpose, and Zhu Tianlin must stand up to rescue the emperor.

Li Chengdong squinted at Zhu Tianlin and the others. Although he disdained it, he took a step back a little later and said bitterly: "Don't talk nonsense, the emperor gave me permission to wear a sword and armor, and there is nothing wrong with it. I didn't force the emperor to ask questions." , but expressing feelings, why are you being rude!"

Of course, Zhu Tianlin would not stop there. He quoted classics and retorted again, giving full play to the Ming Dynasty bookworm's character of being neither afraid of trouble nor afraid of death, and turned the court, which was originally filled with chills due to Li Chengdong's arrival, into a market for talk.

Emperor Yongli closed his eyes and sighed secretly, knowing what happened today, if Ma Jixiang was not allowed to open his mouth, it might not end. Anyway, looking at the appearance of these people, he already knew who did it, but he just wanted to use his own mouth to make an order Firstly, I took the opportunity to slap myself and let the world see that the emperor just named Uncle Pingliang will be intercepted and killed by me, Li Chengdong; secondly, I want to give everyone a warning, I, Li Chengdong, can kill people, but you can’t Fight back.

So after several times of tugging, Emperor Yongli finally opened his mouth and asked Ma Jixiang to announce the so-called investigation results. The results are known to everyone. It is Wang Huan, Uncle Pingliang who just left. He was jealous of Li Yuanyin's bravery and good at fighting. And then fled, the evidence is a number of witnesses and so on.

Although this result is consistent with the facts, no one can guess where Wang Huan got all the explosives.Carried with the army all the way from Sichuan?How serious is this? Did you have the idea of ​​blowing up Li Yuanyin early in the morning?This is impossible.

Others don't know, but Li Chengdong and the bigwigs in the court know that Li Yuanyin was the first to strike, and Wang Huan killed him if the assassination failed.It's a mystery.

No one would have thought that Wang Huan's improved yellow explosive was hundreds of years more advanced than black gunpowder. A dozen kilograms of it was enough to achieve the explosive effect of more than a hundred kilograms of black gunpowder.

Emperor Yongli issued an order from the court, ordering Li Chengdong's deputy general Luo Chengyao to lead [-] troops to pursue the fleeing Kuizhou army and capture Wang Huan. At the same time, the generals along the way strictly guarded the checkpoints to prevent Wang Huan from escaping.

(End of this chapter)