Volume 2: Soaring! The Overlord of the Region Chapter 231 History Fails to Repeat Itself (Part 2)
When Tian Ergeng and others rushed to Xinghua Palace, they saw Zhu Youdong's extremely gloomy face and an orange cat that looked deader than dead.
"Your Highness, I am waiting for the death penalty!"
"Humph! You are indeed guilty, but not the most serious one."
Although Zhu Youdong was unharmed at the moment due to his physical condition, anyone who knew that someone was using Gelsemium elegans concentrate to kill him would surely be furious.
These damn guys! With their intelligence, how could they not know that what I am doing now is extremely beneficial to the country? How could they not know that if I don't do this now, this country will perish in a short time? But these guys still attacked me! Yes, these guys who only have their own immediate interests in their eyes, how can they consider the country and the nation?
"Investigate thoroughly! You must investigate thoroughly!"
"Yes, Your Highness, please leave this matter to me! I will definitely give you an explanation!"
"Okay, Tian Ergeng, I'll leave this matter to your Northern Pacification Division. I allow you to arrest anyone you want in the palace!"
"Yes, I will do my best to get to the bottom of this matter."
"Well, Kun Gong, do you have anything to add? "
"Your Highness, the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guards are to blame for this incident, and I am not going to make any excuses. Envoy Tian can investigate, and if you need help from the East Factory, just let me know."
"Thank you, Eunuch Wang. Without further ado, Your Highness, I will immediately begin gathering personnel and begin investigating the case as soon as possible."
"Wait a minute..." If Zhu Youdong was furious and wanted to kill just now, then now he was even more murderous. But because he wanted to kill more people, he couldn't investigate so openly.
"Your Highness, do you want to?"
"That's right, it's to lure the snake out of its hole."
"...Yes, I understand."
"Well, in order to make the play more realistic, besides the five of us, at most Grandpa Huang only needs to know about this matter."
"Yes, in that case, I will go down and prepare first."
After the two spy chiefs, Wang Kun and Tian Ergeng, left, Zhu Youdong said to Cao Wenzhao, "Do you understand what you need to do?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Henghaiwei is Your Highness's sword. As long as Your Highness needs it, it will have no problem chopping anyone."
"Not only that." Zhu Youdong took two steps back and forth with his hands behind his back. "Before you came, I was wondering, who gave these guys the courage to do such a thing? Has our Henghai Guard been corrupted by the civil officials?"
"Your Highness..." Cao Wenzhao half-knelt down. "After Henghaiwei entered Beijing, although I have always been strict with them, Beijing is the capital of a country after all, and it is much more prosperous than Jingjiang Island in the past. So officers at all levels must have been corrupted in various ways. But I have implemented a strict camp management system in the past year, and people other than Henghaiwei cannot enter at ordinary times. And officers and soldiers of Henghaiwei must ask for leave and register to leave the camp. The night cultural class study and lectures of the whole army have never been interrupted, and even ordinary soldiers know very well why they are fighting... In short, the entire army is still a sharp blade in your Highness's hands... If some officers have different ideas in their minds, humph, he can't command the lower-level officers and soldiers below."
"Okay, you go back to the camp first. In the past few days, the entire army has been relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside. Once the attack is launched, we will arrest all the people involved in the case with lightning speed!"
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On the night of January 4, 1614, the big bell on the square outside Xinghua Palace had just struck nine times, and the entire palace suddenly lit up. Countless eunuchs and palace maids were busy running around, and the shadows were heavy against the candlelight and glass windows. Someone who was careful and quietly approached to observe even heard bursts of suppressed low crying.
At around 9:20, Emperor Wanli, who had been recuperating for more than a year and had rarely appeared in the public eye recently, hurried to Xinghua Palace.
Soon after Wanli arrived, the people from the former Ciqing Palace also hurried over. At about 10:30 p.m., someone saw the former Crown Princess Guo leaving with the help of a maid. Some even swore that they saw Guo's eyes were red and her face was covered with tears.
Around 11 o'clock that night, a large number of people from the Jinyiwei and Dongchang entered the Xinghua Palace. Later, a troop of Henghaiwei led by Man Gui entered the imperial city and surrounded the Xinghua Palace, and quickly took over the defense of the entire Forbidden City.
It was the early morning of January 5th. In an inconspicuous courtyard in the south of Beijing, three or five people began a conversation in the darkness without any lights.
"Everyone, this is the news sent by the palace. Some people even said that Ya Zi's illness had an attack without any sound, and it was not until Wang Chengen's evil slave went to call for help that he discovered something was wrong... The poison of Gelsemium elegans can make a person stop breathing without any sound... In short, Ya Zi's illness was really caused by the poison this time."
"Huh~~" Everyone else in the darkness breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, an old voice sounded: "Thank God, the poison has finally taken effect. I was shocked to hear that Ya Zi actually appeared at the State Council meeting today. Logically, Ya Zi should have died of the poison the day before yesterday."
"Maybe the dosage is insufficient. If it hasn't happened today, I would have believed that Ya Zi is really the second son of the dragon, immune to all poisons."
"Oh, God bless the Ming Dynasty. Without this disaster, the country will be saved."
After everyone sighed, the old voice sounded again: "Have you finished everything?"
A younger voice replied awkwardly, "There is a slight problem."
"Why is that?"
"We originally planned to take action on the third day, and on the fourth day, we would kill the eunuch who did it when he came out to claim the reward. Who knew that on the morning of the fourth day, Ya Zi actually showed up at the State Council meeting, so we didn't kill him. Now the incident has just happened, and the eunuch can't leave the palace until the sixth..."
"Oops!" The old man's voice was filled with panic: "From beginning to end, you didn't show your face, did you?"
"Everyone, rest assured. There is no way I can show up for such a big event. From beginning to end, it was Wang An's retainer who was running around."
"In that case, then give that retainer to..."
"Got it. I have already sent out Japanese ninjas to do the job."
"Okay." The old voice sounded again: "Everyone, the country is unfortunate to have such a patricidal villain. The emperor is stupid and was deceived by such a villain. For the continuation of the country, we stepped forward and did such a great thing. We don't seek a good reputation after death, but we only hope to look up to the world and have a clear conscience."
"What the old man said is very true."
"The most important thing now is Chaofeng and Gudiao. However, as long as Yazi is gone, it won't matter whether they cooperate or not. Let's leave Beijing for now and observe the changes in the situation in various places. I also ask you to be mindful of the court even when you are in the martial arts world. After all, the day when the court is full of righteous people in the future is not far away!"
