Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 128 The real murderer
As the emperor's driver left here, the drill of the Aegis Battalion officially ended.

"I didn't expect that there would be silver rewards for this drill!"

"Your Majesty is wise, our Aegis Battalion should be more loyal to His Majesty!"

"That Dahan is usually simple-minded, so he didn't expect to do such a rebellious thing!"

"No matter what, it's not a pity that this kind of person is too late to break up with this person anyway!"

……

The nerves of the [-] soldiers immediately relaxed, and while they were thankful for receiving the silver reward from the emperor, they also started discussing one after another, and the spearhead was directed at the soldier named Dahan.

A low-level soldier who was always bullied by others on weekdays actually did an assassination act. This abnormality made many soldiers sigh.

It's just that this kind of person is naturally not worthy of sympathy, even robbing a house can be forgiven, but only stabbing this kind of behavior must put aside all relations and condemnation.

"Talking about this taboo, let's think about how to spend the money?"

"Hehe... what else can I spend, I will go to the city later and have a good time!"

"That's great, but I'm going to the Evernight Palace, and you must be looking for an old friend at the Changchun Courtyard!"

……

A sergeant named Zhao Qi ended the topic of assassination honestly and solemnly and turned to spending money. Several companions next to him winked and even said some nasty things.

This time, the light cavalry of the Aegis Battalion received one tael of silver, while the heavy cavalry received two taels of silver. This was undoubtedly an unexpected fortune for the low-level sergeants.

Now most of the people who enter the Aegis Camp are young men, and most of them don't have the pressure to support their families, so it is natural that some energetic young people want to go to the city to have a good time.

In fact, the atmosphere in the Aegis Camp was relatively restrained. For example, the soldiers of the [-]th Battalion had already become prostitutes, and even if they had no money, they wanted to borrow loan sharks to find a lover in the city.

Since it was already decided earlier that the whole camp will have a half-day holiday after today's drill, so now they can move freely after the field, so some personnel have left the barracks one after another.

Zhang Long and Li Hu exchanged glances silently, but they didn't even eat lunch, so they rode towards the direction of Beijing city.

Although the earth-shattering attack had just happened in the Aegis Camp, the people in Beijing seemed to have not heard the news, so the situation on the streets was as usual.

The two are out-and-out soldiers of the Beijing camp, so they are already familiar with the city of Beijing, and they came to a prostitution place not long after entering the city.

The so-called Changchunyuan does not refer to a certain brothel, but some large-scale brothels are divided into Changchunyuan and Evernight Palace. The latter is where prostitutes live, while the former is where male prostitutes live.

Compared with the Evernight Palace, the current Changchun Courtyard looks very leisurely.

"You two masters, can you get along in Changchun courtyard?" The old bustard saw the two young people approaching Changchun courtyard, and immediately greeted them with smiles like flowers.

Li Hu looked around vigilantly, while Zhang Long reported the room number to the madam, and the two were taken to the upstairs room. When they entered, they saw Zhao Qi who had come here first.

"Sit down!" Zhao Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two people, pointing to the dining table already filled with delicacies.

"Seventh brother, what should we do now?" Li Hu still felt a bit of fear, and asked anxiously as soon as he sat down.

Zhang Long knew that the matter was serious, and the three of them might be exposed at any time, so he turned to look at Zhao Qi with the same worry.

Zhao Qiduan poured wine from the flagon next to him, and said calmly, "You two virtuous brothers, you don't need to panic, the matter has already been blamed on Dahan! Even if Dali Temple really wanted to track us down, the three of us have already succeeded. Leaving the capital, now just wait for them to send someone over to arrange for us to leave!"

"Brother Seven, who are they? Can they really keep us rich and honored for the rest of our lives?" Li Hu asked curiously as he had always followed Zhao Qi's orders.

Zhao Qi glanced at the door vigilantly, then picked up the wine glass and said: "Don't worry about it, you will find out later. Come on, let's drink this glass of wine first to celebrate the success of our plan! "

Li Hu and Zhang Long saw that Zhao Qi still refused to directly reveal the mastermind behind the scenes, they couldn't help but exchanged glances, and bitterly drank the wine in their cups.

At the same time, an informal interrogation has already started at Dali Temple.

"I didn't know it wasn't time for dinner yet, I knew I was wrong!" Dahan said when he was escorted back to the Yamen of Dali Temple, he also realized his mistake.

It's just that no one responded to Dahan, or they didn't believe Dahan's words at all, and even defined Dahan as a crazy person.

In fact, who has a normal IQ, who would dare to openly assassinate the emperor?
This Dahan stabbed him with a small crossbow under the watchful eyes of everyone, and wanted to escape from the [-] soldiers after his defeat.

The biggest difficulty now is how to get him to reveal the mastermind behind it, and they can follow the clues to expose him, so as to solve this shocking case.

"As long as you are willing to tell the truth, I will give you food, or I will starve you!" Facing Dahan, the idiot, the Dali Temple official cheated.

Dahan hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head lightly and said, "I dare not say!"

These words fell into the ears of the officials of Dali Temple, and they immediately felt that there was a lot of meaning in it, maybe the person behind the instigation was also an extraordinary person, so they hurriedly prepared to report it to Song Cheng, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

It turned out that some people overcomplicated things.

The stabbing that just appeared in the Aegis Camp, everyone arrested Dahan holding a light crossbow in one fell swoop, it can be regarded as a small misunderstanding.

Zhao Qi and the other three took advantage of Dahan's stupidity, and after Zhao Qi finished firing the small crossbow, Li Hu stuffed the crossbow into Dahan, and then Zhang Long bewitched Dahan to go to the kitchen area for dinner .

Just like that, when Zhao Kai threw Dahan down, everyone thought it was Dahan who did it, thus creating an opportunity for Zhao Qi and others to escape.

Not to mention whether the people in Dali Temple believed Dahan's words, even if they learned the truth from Dahan, they would have already fled.

When Dahan was escorted back to the Dali Temple yamen jail, Zhao Qi and the other three had already quietly escaped as originally planned, and came to a certain room in the secret Changchun courtyard.

you……

When Zhang Long and Li Hu were about to grab the chopsticks to pick up vegetables, they suddenly felt a salty throat, and then blood flowed from their mouths and noses, and they immediately looked at Zhao Qi in disbelief.

The three of them were originally soldiers of the Liwei Battalion, and Zhao Qi was their little banner, and they have been taken care of by Young Master Zhao all these years.This time, it was out of trust in Zhao Qi that he participated in the assassination incident.

It's just that they never expected that when they agreed to fly away together, Zhao Qi would kill them.

The corners of Zhao Qi's mouth rose slightly, seeing the two accomplices poisoned to death, he couldn't help but feel complacent.

Not to mention that this is the employer's request, and he doesn't want to divide the money into three parts. Now he will live a life of a rich man incognito, instead of living a hard life every day in the military camp.

Not long after, a tall young man came in from the outside, looked at Zhang Long and Li Hu who had already fallen, and said, "Has everything been resolved?"

"Hehe...that's right, it's natural to handle things in a lowly position!" Zhao Qi's eyes flashed fiercely, and he said truthfully.

The young man stepped forward to check that the two of them were indeed dead, he nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly said something else: "It's not clean enough!"

"What do you mean?" Zhao Qi asked back with a chill when he heard this.

puff!
Before Zhao Qi could react, a sharp short knife had already pierced Zhao Qi's back fiercely, and a stream of blood spattered out immediately.

you……

Zhao Qi stared, then turned to look at the other party in disbelief.

It's just that all of this is retribution. After he used Dahan, Zhang Long and Li Hu, he found that he was also a chess piece that could be discarded at any time.

The young man wiped the blood on the dagger with Zhao Qi's clothes, and was about to leave after confirming that Zhao Qi had died, but he was stunned when he opened the room.

Standing at the door was Song Cheng, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and a group of subordinates. It seemed that these people had been waiting here for a long time.

"It's you?" Song Cheng asked in surprise when he saw the young man in front of him.

(End of this chapter)