If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 244
Zhu Zhanjun's words could be said to have frightened Kong Yanjin to death, and at the same time, he was also angry to death.

The Kong family had never been so humiliated before. Kong Yanjin blew his beard angrily, pointed at Zhu Zhankun and yelled, "You are such a slanderer! We, the Kong family, are descendants of saints! How could we have anything to do with assassins? How dare you?" Such an insult to my Kong family!"

"So what about the descendants of Confucius? Are you, the descendants of Confucius, superior to others and can override our laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Zhanjun would not give Kong Yanjin face. He pointed at Kong Yanjin's face and yelled: " You are just a duke with a false title. Who gave you the qualifications to dare to speak disrespectfully against me? Are you trying to rebel?
Today, don't say that your Kong family has anything to do with the assassination. It just doesn't matter. If the Ming Dynasty officials want to search your Kong family, there is no law that says they can't search!Today I have to start my search from your Kong family first!I suspect that the assassin was sent by your Kong family! "

After saying that, Zhu Zhanjun did not bother to pay attention to Kong Yanjin, who was already angry and turned purple, and shouted directly: "Here comes someone! First, let me take care of the Kong family, including the servants! Then give them to I will search every room! Even if you dig three feet of the ground, I will still find the assassin!"

"Yes!" The Qingyu Guards brought by Zhu Zhankun had arrived outside the courtyard at this time. Qianhu, the leader of the team, immediately shouted. After answering the order, he rushed directly into the Kong Mansion and ignored everyone he saw. All men and women were arrested.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of turmoil in the Confucius Mansion, not only the crying of the female relatives, but also the roaring and yelling of the servants, which suddenly woke up half of the city of Qufu.

Kong Yanjin wanted to say something louder, but two soldiers of the Jade Guard twisted their hands and held him down. Then a Jade Guard Baihu came forward, and Kong Yanjin kept shouting. , a scabbard hit his mouth, knocking out half of his teeth, leaving him speechless.

"Detain him first. Once we find the assassin, we will interrogate him together." Zhu Zhanjuan had a cold face and ordered his men to drag Kong Yanjin away.

Seeing Kong Yanjin being dragged away, Zhu Zhanji asked Zhu Zhanju worriedly: "Second brother, are you really not afraid of the criticism of the world's scholars and the shock to the government and the public that you treat the contemporary Yan Shenggong like this?"

Zhu Zhanji was unaware of Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanchun's plans, and looked completely worried about Zhu Zhanchun at this time.

He is very aware of the influence of the Kong family and Yan Shenggong on Shilin. If the assassin can be caught today and proven that the assassination is related to the Kong family, it will be easy to say.

But if it turns out that the Kong family has nothing to do with the assassination, Zhu Zhanquan's humiliation of the descendants of Kong Sheng will really attract criticism from the world, and even Zhu Di will not be able to protect him by then.

Faced with Zhu Zhanji's worries, Zhu Zhanquan just shook his head and sneered: "It's just a memorial tablet. Does the Kong family really regard themselves as a figure? Don't say it's because of their Kong family. The lack of protection around the emperor gave the assassins an opportunity to take advantage of him. Regardless of this, if the emperor was assassinated while living in a separate courtyard prepared by the Kong family, the Kong family would be exiled to the army at the end!"

"Second brother!" Zhu Zhanji suddenly became nervous when he heard what Zhu Zhanjuan said. He was very worried that Zhu Zhanjuan was playing too much and would end up getting burned.

"Brother, please stop talking nonsense with me here. It's serious to mobilize troops to protect grandpa!" Zhu Zhanju didn't want to say anything more to Zhu Zhanji, so he patted his eldest brother on the shoulder and told him: " Have someone bring your armor. Since someone assassinated grandpa, there might be assassins targeting you, the grandson of the emperor! You stand outside the courtyard and let the army surround all accessible places without permission. No one is allowed to step into the other courtyard, not even you, big brother! It won’t work even if dad comes!”

After saying that, Zhu Zhanyu turned around and left with his jade guards, regardless of Zhu Zhanji's reaction, preparing to search for the assassin throughout Qufu City.

Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Zhanchun leaving, stretched out his hand to shout, but finally put down his hand and watched him leave.

Afterwards, Zhu Zhanji could only keep a cold face, and began to mobilize troops and generals to blockade the other courtyards according to Zhu Zhanchun's request.

He originally wanted to enter the other courtyard to visit the emperor, but the royal guards in the other courtyard stopped him directly, making Zhu Zhanji feel aggrieved and puzzled.But remembering that Zhu Zhanjun said that he was no exception, Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​forcing his way in and just stood guard outside the door of the other courtyard.

After such a big thing happened, it was certainly impossible for the Qufu County Magistrate to remain seated, but he had no choice at this time, because everyone in the Kong Mansion had been arrested by Zhu Zhanqun, and the other courtyard was surrounded by Zhu Zhanji. He was so confused that he couldn't see anyone at the moment and didn't know what to do.

The emperor was assassinated under his rule, and no matter what the final result was, his tenure as a county magistrate was over.

If he could get away with the crime and catch the assassin, or if he hugged the right thigh, he might be able to save a small life.

But he has long been accustomed to looking for the Kong family for everything, and now he really doesn't know which thigh to hug.

After all, at this moment, the only people in Qufu City who could really save his life were the Crown Prince Zhu Zhanji and Prince Zheng Zhu Zhanquan.

But there was no doubt that he could see neither of them.

Zhu Zhanji was depressed at the moment. He stood outside the courtyard and asked the soldiers to block everyone outside. Not to mention going to see the emperor, no one outside could even see him, the emperor's grandson.

On the other hand, although Zhu Zhanjun did not avoid seeing him, he who had been searching the whole process was not so easy to see. The county magistrate asked to see him twice, but the answer he got was that His Highness Prince Zheng was arresting the assassin. What happened? Wait until the assassin is caught.

Faced with this situation, the Qufu County Magistrate had no choice but to go back to the yamen gate, call out all the three squads of yamen servants, and then ask the squad leader to bring them to Zhu Zhanqun for help, hoping to leave a mark in front of King Zheng. good impression.

Zhu Zhanjuan noticed the county magistrate's actions, but did not see him immediately.

Although according to his plan, the county magistrate who knew the Kong family well was a pawn that needed to be used, but now was obviously not the time for him to take action.

Right now, the most important thing for Zhu Zhanchun was to search for the assassin as planned.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanquan didn't care whether the pursuit was in the right direction or not. He just asked his soldiers to search from house to house in Qufu City. Even if it was a haystack, he had to poke it with his gun to see if there was anyone hiding inside.

After being like this for half a night, when it was dawn, I finally made a discovery!

"Your Majesty, something has been discovered! The assassin was hit by an arrow and left a blood stain! The point is Confucius Temple!" A member of the Qingyu Guards came to Zhu Zhanqun and reported to him the new clues discovered at dawn.

(End of this chapter)