The rise of the prince

Chapter 166 Unlucky He Zhao

People in the whole capital were panicked. It was still daytime on the second day of the Lunar New Year, but the doors of every house were closed, and no one dared to go out at this time.

It doesn't matter if you are afraid of being harmed by bad people, or you are afraid of being mistaken for bad people, no one wants to get involved. Many people don't know what happened. They just hear some rumors, instinctively fear and then hide.

Creatures have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so even in a capital with a large population, it becomes much easier to eliminate evildoers.

Ji Chunsheng commanded the front battalion to set up at the intersection outside Kaifeng Mansion, and many sergeants set up sentry posts to guard it, and gradually moved forward to search for criminals in all directions around this center.

As soon as he received the imperial decree, he asked people to get the warrant of He Zhao, the governor of Kaiyuan Mansion, and closed all the city gates. At the same time, he let the sentry with the command flag ride across the city, loudly preaching that the people should go home and stay behind closed doors, so as not to accidentally injure them. .

Each battalion of the Wu De Division was dressed in armor and held a bow and crossbow. Ten people formed a team and searched gradually. .

Fortunately, the gangsters smuggled into the city are all small crossbows, it takes nearly [-] to [-] steps to kill, and the power will be greatly reduced if they are armored, and most of the crossbows used by Wude are the military god arm crossbows, within [-] steps Take people's lives easily, no matter how vicious the villain is, as long as he is discovered, he will have little chance of survival.

After more than an hour, according to successive reports, each battalion of Wu Desi had killed 26 gangsters and captured more than [-] people alive. Several gangsters were forced to kill several innocent people, both adults and children. Although he was not dead yet, he was rushed to the hospital, but it seemed that he would not survive.

Some were forced to a dead end and actually set fires everywhere, burning several houses, and people were burned to death in the east of the city.But when the owner of a house in the west of the city saw gangsters set fire to his house, he rushed out with his family members and hacked to death two gangsters who set fire to him with a hatchet.

The most astonishing thing is that there are more than a dozen local hooligans in the west of the city. They ran to the east of the city pretending to be gangsters to swindle money. In the end, Wu Desi regarded them as real gangsters and shot several of them to death on the spot.
In short, the city was in chaos at this time, and the wind was jittery, but no other criminals could be found.

Ji Chunsheng was worrying about the situation of the palace while directing the battalions, and he had no time to separate himself. At this time, he also gradually realized that the problem was not simple. There might be more gangsters, but they only needed to take off their uniforms, drop their weapons and find a random place It is convenient to be able to mix in the crowd, how will you tell them apart in a short time?
Ji Chunsheng said cruelly: "Arrest all suspicious people who haven't entered the house!"

He can't bear such a big responsibility. If some gangsters are really caught, how will His Majesty explain what happened to him?
The emperor will definitely be furious about this incident, Ansu Mansion, Kaiyuan Mansion, Wu Desi, and Shangzhi's personal guard camp are all suspects, people got off the boat of Ansu Mansion, Kaiyuan Mansion was put into the city, and there are bows and crossbows in the city Only Wu Desi and Shangzhi Qinweiying were the only ones who targeted him.

Before the matter was clarified, no one could get away with it. At this time, a Jin Wuwei came from the direction of the Yamen of Kaiyuan Mansion.

In the panic at that time, more than [-] Jinwu guards cut down several gangsters one after another, and blocked a few arrows for His Majesty, and immediately retreated to the nearest Kaiyuan Mansion Yamen, and then a large number of forbidden troops also came to protect, the emperor was not in danger of his life, and temporarily fell into danger. Drive in Kaiyuan Mansion, but will not be able to return to Luan for a while.

It is impossible for the emperor to wait in Kaiyuan Mansion all the time, so he was anxious to put down the chaotic party.

Jin Wuwei sent the emperor's oral order, saying that he wanted to see him.

Ji Chunsheng let the deputy envoy sit in charge, and hurriedly rode to Kaiyuan Mansion by himself.

Passing through the gate of Kaiyuan Mansion and the dense armored imperial guards guarding the courtyard, he soon entered the Kaiyuan Mansion courtroom. The current emperor sat at the head of the Kaiyuan Mansion, and Kaiyuan Mansion Yin He Zhao stood on one side with a serious face.

But when he saw that He Zhao's hands were trembling slightly, he sighed inwardly, this He Zhao really deserved it, and he usually targeted the prince, now the retribution has come, the most unlucky thing to happen is probably him, the governor of the Kaiyuan government up.

I was gloating in my heart, but I thought of him being lively and generous, often running to the palace, having a good relationship with the eldest son, and calling him uncle's daughter when we met, and I couldn't bear it. If something happened to him, I'm afraid the little girl would also suffer.

"Subordinates pay homage to the emperor." Ji Chunsheng was in a complicated mood, and just about to salute, the emperor waved his hand: "You don't need to kneel to salute while wearing armor."

Then he asked directly: "Tell me about the situation outside, what's going on, whether it's gangsters making trouble or a rebellious party plotting rebellion, and whether you need to transfer the forbidden army."

Ji Chunsheng cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, it's just a chaotic party of about a hundred people, and it seems that they are all Xiang troops from Ansu's official ship going north."

The emperor's expression was gloomy and cold, and he paced back and forth, obviously still worried. This is not a joke. It is best to be careful before the matter is clear: "Drop one from the Wu Desi, and take me to the imperial guards outside the city. Make a tour of the camp and report back, come and go quickly!"

Ji Chunsheng handed over his command.

"What do you want to do in Ansu Mansion? Do you want to rebel!" The emperor said angrily and slapped the table, scaring the emperor and grandson below to cry, and everyone dared not speak out.

Only He Zhao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I received some birthday gifts, but they are actually worth more than one hundred thousand taels. If the Ansu Mansion intends to rebel, why should such a generous gift be presented to the royal family? There must be some twists and turns."

"Maybe they just want to take this opportunity to send the bad guys into the city." Wei Li asked back.

"If that's the case, why do you need more than ten thousand taels? Even ten thousand taels would need to be escorted by the Xiang army, and the Xiang army can also be allowed to enter the city." He Zhao said.

The emperor frowned, this really didn't make sense, if it was done by the Ansu Mansion, assassinating the emperor would be a rebellion, if he really wanted to rebel, how could he raise so much silver and send it to the royal family, this is obviously to please the royal family.

"Hmph, no matter what, the Ansu Mansion is not free from the responsibility, and must be guilty." The emperor said firmly, and He Zhao nodded quickly: "What Your Majesty said is absolutely true, no matter how bad the Ansu Mansion is, it is also a crime of negligence."

The emperor didn't speak, but he glanced at him blankly: "And you, He Zhao, were all sent into the city by your Kaiyuan Mansion!"

He Zhao, who had been acting as if nothing had happened just now, was so frightened that he knelt down quickly: "Your Majesty, when they entered the city, the minister was also at the ferry, and they entered the city at the same time, and checked them one by one. The minister used his head to guarantee that there was no bow and crossbow weapon at that time!"

The emperor just glanced at him: "Can your head be exchanged for life? You let him in, how do you want to quibble, come here, detain He Zhao at the Yushitai, and the position of the governor of the Kaiyuan Mansion will be temporarily performed by the magistrate of the Kaiyuan Mansion .”

Speaking of which, the emperor said with a cold face: "It's okay if Xingzhou is fine, but if something happens, you don't have to go back to this court."

He Zhao's expression darkened, and his face suddenly turned ashen. In fact, when he heard that the emperor was assassinated by the thieves in the city, he knew that he could not get away with it, because this was the territory under the jurisdiction of the Kaiyuan Mansion, and what was even worse was that the assassin was actually escorting the birthday party. Xiang Jun, he personally wrote a document to approve the entry into the city.
After the emperor dealt with He Zhao, he looked at Ji Chunsheng and Wei Li again: "He Zhao said that the gangsters had no weapons when they entered the city, and the only ones in the capital with bows and arrows were Wu Desi and Shangzhiqin Weiying. Thoroughly investigate and understand."

"Also. If there is any news from Xingzhou, report it quickly." He added.

The two took orders, and then Ji Chunsheng hurriedly withdrew, and sent people to the Forbidden Army camp outside the city. If he went today, he might not be back until tomorrow. His Majesty is really suspicious.

(End of this chapter)