Wudang

Chapter 64

Zhang Junbao and Miao Daoyi came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and found that the city was full of officers and soldiers.

Martial law was imposed throughout the city, and officers and soldiers searched houses from house to house.

Zhang Junbao already knew some news from Miao Dao that there were more than 80 assassins.

It was already the second watch when the fake prince arrived outside the East Palace, and he asked Ah He to go forward.

Because Ahema was afraid of the prince's real gold, he didn't realize that this was a fake prince. He looked too much like him, and his demeanor and behavior were the same. Coupled with the cover of the night, his end was doomed.

When Ahe stepped forward, he was scolded by the fake prince.

Just as Ahema was bewildered, a military officer next to the fake prince, Wang Zhu, pulled out a hidden copper hammer from his cuff, and struck Ahema's head with it.

Ahema didn't expect someone to kill him at all, and his head was smashed to pieces on the spot.

After the officers, soldiers and guards found out that the situation was wrong, they immediately began to surround and kill the assassins.

Most of the assassins were killed on the spot, including the fake prince who died in the resistance.

But Wang Zhu, who hammered Ahema to death, took the initiative to arrest him, admitted that he had killed Ahema, and claimed that he was killing harm for the people.

Among them, a few assassins escaped, and Monk Gao was one of them.

The government already knew that Monk Gao was one of the masterminds. If he was allowed to escape, the officials in Dadu would have nothing to eat when Kublai Khan came back.

The two of them appeared on the street relying on the fact that they had the Quanzhen Sect behind their backs. After checking, the officers and soldiers warned them not to wander around in the street again.

If it were ordinary people, I'm afraid they would be killed directly.

Even some ordinary powerful officials will be thrown into a cell and locked up at this time.

Instead of leaving, they went directly to the officials and wolf guards in charge of the search.

Zhang Junbao did not expect to meet an acquaintance, that is, the head of the wolf guard eunuch in Yingcui Tower, his surname is Gou.

People generally call him father-in-law or adult, not a surname.

After learning the intention of the two, the wolf guards and the government agreed to let the Quanzhen Sect assist in hunting down the assassin.

"Eunuch Gou, this is a matter of the imperial court, so it's not good for the Quanzhen Sect to hunt him down?"

"It's nothing bad." Eunuch Gou's cheeks trembled. He didn't like to hear this address, but the other party was a civil servant, so he didn't like to get angry, so he replied coldly, "Maybe the Quanzhen Sect is even more diligent than us. Then Gao A monk is a monk, and the Quanzhen Sect must want to win back the game."

"That's a demon monk, it has nothing to do with Buddhism."

"Does it matter whether it is irrelevant or relevant? How can the Quanzhen sect let go of such an opportunity? In short, it is in our interest to catch the assassin as soon as possible."

Hearing what Eunuch Gou said, most officials beside him smiled wryly.

Even if the high monk is caught, they are afraid that they will not escape the responsibility.

If they can't catch it, the crime will be even greater, and it must be done as soon as possible, especially before His Majesty returns, otherwise they will not only lose their lives, but also lose their lives.

The dignified prime minister, he was assassinated just like that?
I don't know how many people will lose their positions and lose their heads because of this.

After getting permission from the imperial court and getting the warrant, Miao Daoyi started dispatching the disciples of the Quanzhen Sect in a legitimate manner.

He has arranged these disciples long ago, and they are his trusted senior brothers.

However, in order to prevent the court from seeing that he had prepared in advance, he was not so fast when he assembled and waited for a while.

But Zhang Junbao came to an unremarkable house in the city, and after saying a secret signal, the door opened.

After entering, Fang Yilian greeted him.

"Did it work?" Zhang Junbao couldn't help asking.

Although he already knew that Prime Minister Wen was rescued, he still wanted confirmation from Fang Yilian.

"Come in and see for yourself." Fang Yilian said with a smile.

After entering the house, Zhang Junbao first saw a Taoist in his thirties sitting on a chair, wearing a Taoist robe of the Quanzhen sect.

"Prime Minister Wen?" Zhang Junbao asked with some uncertainty.

The Taoist was a little surprised when he saw Zhang Junbao coming in.

"Can there be a fake? It's Prime Minister Wen, we succeeded." The smile on Fang Yilian's face quickly subsided, "Now is not the time to be happy, and you can breathe a sigh of relief when you go out of the city."

Zhang Junbao cupped his hands towards Prime Minister Wen, Prime Minister Wen nodded and did not speak.

This is their plan, let Prime Minister Wen pretend to be a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect, and then sneak in to hunt for the assassins, so that they can leave the city.

Otherwise, it is very difficult for people in Dadu to get out of the city recently, almost only going in and out.

It is too difficult to send Prime Minister Wen out, so there is such a plan.

Fang Yilian disguised Prime Minister Wen's appearance. This appearance did not come out of thin air, but a real person among the disciples of Quanzhen Sect.

This person is outside the city. When he returns to the city, Prime Minister Wen stays outside the city. This real person will return to Dadu, so that no one will be suspicious.

"Will there be a problem with the sky prison? After all, the ones staying there are fake." Zhang Junbao was a little worried.

As soon as Miao Dao came over, it still took some time, Zhang Junbao asked him a little worry.

According to the plan, after Fang Yilian and the others rushed into the dungeon, they first rescued the fake prime minister, and then hanged the counterfeit in the black iron prison, pretending to be the illusion that Prime Minister Wen committed suicide.

And the real prime minister was rescued.

If the court finds out, it will only feel that the fake Prime Minister Wen was rescued.

But there is a loophole here, that is, a fake is a fake, and there is still a risk of being seen through.

Zhang Junbao mentioned this matter to Fang Yilian before, but Fang Yilian didn't tell him too much at that time, he just reassured him that there was a solution, so he didn't have to worry.

Now, Zhang Junbao felt that Fang Yilian should be able to talk about how to solve this matter.

"If Bozheng and the others want to live, they should shut up." Fang Yilian replied, "I have already mentioned to them what to say and what not to say. I believe they are all smart people and should keep silent. Lost The key, Prime Minister Zhenwen was rescued, this is a serious crime, if they really want to be exposed, can they have a way out?"

Zhang Junbao understood Fang Yilian's meaning, if the fake one is still alive, there are quite a few people who are familiar with the real prime minister, and they can tell the difference from his temperament and some words and deeds.

Now this fake one is already a corpse, which can only be distinguished from some differences in the body.

But there are not many people who can distinguish the real from the fake based on the difference in body, except for the wives and concubines of Prime Minister Wen, that are Bo Zheng and Ahema, and the eunuch Zhu He may also know some of them.

Now that Ahema is dead, Zhu He and Bo Zheng are the only ones who can tell whether the prime minister hanged in Xuantie prison is true or not.

If they say that the fake Prime Minister Wen was hanged, it means that the real Prime Minister Wen was rescued, and if the lost key is investigated, they will not escape death.

So Fang Yilian gave them a suggestion, that is to keep it secret, and insisted that the one who hanged was Prime Minister Zhenwen.

Because Prime Minister Wen had the motive of suicide.

That is, Ahema stimulated him with Liu Niang's letter a few days ago, which caused Prime Minister Wen to choose to commit suicide in grief and guilt.

This argument is believed to be plausible.

In this way, the one who was rescued was just a fake. Bo Zheng and the others were guilty, but they were not guilty of death.

As for the matter of Wen Tianxiang coming forward to fight against Yuan later, they couldn't care so much.

At that time, they can completely say that the outside is a fake, and that the rebels asked someone to pretend to be it.

In any case, it is in their interest to insist that they are really dead.

True or false, who can tell?

Fang Yilian needs them to do this, which can reduce the pressure on the court to hunt them down.

If the court knew that the real Prime Minister Wen was rescued, the search and arrest force would definitely be even greater.

Now the power of the imperial court is basically catching assassins, as for the rebels who stormed the prison, it is now placed in a secondary position.

"After going out, the Prime Minister will not show up for the time being." Zhang Junbao said.

"It's natural, at least we can get a safe place in the south." Fang Yilian said with a smile, "When the prime minister comes forward, the situation of anti-Yuan will be very different."

"What I mean is that even if you go to the south, it's best not to let anyone know about the prime minister's whereabouts." After Zhang Junbao finished speaking, seeing Prime Minister Wen and Fang Yilian looked at him with questioning expressions, he couldn't help but paused and said, "Do you know?" The Six Paths?"

(End of this chapter)