Dirty color

Chapter 224 Wake Up
The emperor and the injured were finally transferred to a nearby town, Yangxi Town. In the home of the richest man in the town, the imperial physician diagnosed and treated the emperor, while other civil and military ministers were scattered nearby, waiting for news from the emperor.

The news that the emperor's life was not in danger, these people had known about it for a long time, so although they were anxious, they didn't want to be too disturbed, just quietly waiting for the emperor to wake up.

Nearby, it was impenetrable by the guards.

Feng Qingli stayed in the emperor's room, and after the medicine was cooked, she took the medicine bowl from the imperial doctor's hand and fed the medicine to the emperor herself. The emperor was unconscious and the medicine was not easy to feed. , but he didn't care about it, he was just more careful, so as not to spill more medicine.

When the feeding was over, Feng Qingli looked at the emperor lying unconscious on the bed. Although there were no tears in her eyes, she felt very uncomfortable in her heart. It turned out that this person who made him resent and get close to him was no longer the Yingwei he used to be. , he is old...

After standing silently for a while, Feng Qingli looked at the courtyard of the Imperial Hospital, who hurriedly assured Feng Qingli: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the artillery fire was distorted at that time, and your Majesty should wake up tomorrow, don't worry. "

Feng Qingli nodded, went out, and after discussing with several important ministers, she decided to let some of them return to the capital immediately. As for the emperor, he will wait until he wakes up tomorrow to see his physical condition before making a decision.

After making these arrangements, the number of specific people in Yangxi Town gradually decreased, and the number of guards who were ordered to come increased. The small Yangxi Town was completely surrounded.

The house of the richest man is even more ordinary.

Feng Qingli closed her eyes, listening to the report of the person who went to check the artillery.

The artillery was placed in the hollowed-out cave, which was covered by withered weeds and jagged rocks. In addition, the people who walked in front of the emperor to clear the way for guards focused their inspections on the valley. After climbing the mountain, the inspections became much more slack, so the two well-disguised holes were never found.

As for the artillery, I can only know that it has been here for two or three years, but it is often maintained by someone, so although it looks a little rusty, it is still usable. Of course, it is different from the carefully maintained artillery. Still can't compare, probably because of that, the shot went wrong.

The cave has another exit, which is on the other side of the mountainside. Looking at the traces, people often come and go there, and near the exit, they found several corpses. Those dead were wearing ordinary clothes. , like an ordinary woodcutter or hunter, not like a sergeant.

It seems that these people have been silenced. After all, if there are so many people who have done such a big thing, it is difficult to hide it. People who are not too important and know many secrets naturally have no way out, and In order to conceal the identities of these people, their faces were basically chopped off so that they couldn't see their original appearance.

Feng Qingli pondered for a while, then went to look at the corpses.

On both sides of the mountain, there are four or five people on one side, nine people in total. The nine corpses are laid out in a row, with wounds on their faces intertwined, and the original appearance cannot be seen. Hurrying to salute, without Feng Qingli opening her mouth, someone has already asked: "But what did the investigation find out?"

Then someone answered hastily, and when they asked about the identities of these people, they were dumb-how can you check their identities with such faces.

Feng Qingli glanced around, pointed at a gangster, and asked, "Tell me, what did you find?"

That scorpion looked rather skinny, and after hearing Feng Qingli's question, he looked a little shy, and hurriedly replied: "Small... the villain didn't find anything."

Feng Qingli sneered, and Cheng Xun immediately said: "You look a little flustered, although you tried your best to stay calm, you still tried your best to hide behind others, as if you didn't dare to look at these dead people, this is just a joke, and there are others who don't dare to look at corpses? What's more, if you say you are afraid of the corpse, you still peek at the corpse and say, do you want to cover up these criminals who plot to assassinate the emperor? If you dare to talk nonsense again, you will be charged with treason Same, Zhu Jiu Clan!"

That Wu Zuo was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and said, "My lord, you are wronged, you are wronged... The villain is innocent..."

"Get to the point." Cheng Xun took a peek at Feng Qingli, and then yelled at the fellow, who hurriedly kowtowed, but didn't dare to hide it any more, and only said, "This corpse has a head on its left arm. Strip-shaped burns... Last winter, when Orion delivered firewood to my family, my girl accidentally scalded it with a fire stick. Because I lost a lot of money at that time, the villain remembers this incident, but sending firewood The villain is never responsible for such things, so I have never seen his face, so I really don't know if it is this person, but, according to my wife, the shape of the left upper arm looks similar, so the villain... . . . "

"The villain didn't hide it on purpose. I really can't be sure. I'm afraid that if I admit it wrong, it will delay the affairs of the adults."

Cheng Xun was already too lazy to listen to his distinguishing words, he just went to look at Feng Qingli, saw Feng Qingli nodding, he snorted coldly, and called someone to bring the family of this coworker for questioning.

Now that there are some clues, there is no need for Feng Qingli to keep an eye on the next investigation. Soon, the identity of that person was found out. He was a hunter in the nearby mountains, named Zhang Erde, and he would also pass by on weekdays. Gathering firewood, as for the identity of the other person, I haven't found out yet.

Cheng Xun led people to Zhang Erde's residence, there were three bungalows. It seemed that this man was living a good life. Cheng Xun thought he could find something, but he found that it was very clean and there were no clues. .

Cheng Xun couldn't help being a little anxious. He actually hid two cannons near the capital. Could it be that sometime someone would hide a few cannons in the capital, but they didn't realize it?

Think about it and feel scared.

Going out, before Cheng Xun left, he couldn't help but look back again.

"Stop!" It was this look that lifted Chengxun's spirits. The soldiers who had mounted their horses were about to follow Chengxun and leave. Hearing this shout, he couldn't help but look at Chengxun strangely.

Cheng Xun laughed, and said to them: "Do you feel that there is something wrong with this room?"

It looks like a long row from the outside, but inside, it seems a little cramped, not like what such a long house should look like.

After hearing Cheng Xun's words, those soldiers got off their horses to measure, their eyes lit up, and they said to Cheng Xun, "Your Excellency is wise, the inside of this room is nearly seven feet shorter than the outside of the room!"

Seven feet... Cheng Xun's eyes narrowed slightly, deducting the thickness of the walls of this room, at least three or four feet were missing.

"Look for it!" Cheng Xun felt a little happy in his heart.

After a long time, I finally found a small space of three feet square. There were many weapons stuffed in it. Judging from the appearance of the weapons, they were still very new. Then there were some letters. Cheng Xun rolled up all the letters unceremoniously, and brought them After going back, as for the weapons, after Cheng Xun checked them, his face was very ugly, so he took two with him, and kept the rest.

After all, weapons don't need to be hidden in letters. If you carry too much, people will see it. Cheng Xun feels that this matter should not be known for the time being.

As for this room, Chengxun also left someone to guard it. Of course, Chengxun has also taught them. If someone asks, he will say, "Master Chengxun thinks this place is very suspicious. Let us look for it again. No, it’s also good to stay on the sidelines.”

In short, the news that the secret room has been found must not be leaked.

After all, these soldiers were not the Yong Palace's own staff, and Cheng Xun even arranged for dark guards to watch them.

As for Cheng Xun, he hurried back with those things, he was very careful not to let anyone know that he had brought them back.

Naturally, Feng Qingli saw those two weapons at the first time, and a shocked light flashed in her brows - the weapons sent by the Ministry of War to various places are all under the designation of each ministry, and these weapons are naturally no exception, according to Cheng Xun , on the weapons in the secret room, although most of the serial numbers have been worn away, but there is still a part that has not been dealt with in time, and the serial number is printed on it brightly - Tianxiong!
Just like the two pieces in front of him.

Tianxiong... What a coincidence, this designation is the name of the troops directly descended from the Gu family of Marquis of Shun'an.

Although Gu Wenqian was transferred back to the capital by the emperor at this moment, Gu Wenliang, the second master of the Gu family, was also a civil servant, and the Tianxiong Army was also taken over by others under the emperor's signal, but when others mentioned the Tianxiong Army, they still subconsciously remembered The Gu family of the Marquis of Shun'an.

It's just that in the capital, everyone knew that the emperor wanted to take back the military power from the aristocratic family or the nobles, so they didn't mention these things.

But once such a serious matter happened, others would definitely mention that the Tianxiong Army was originally the direct line of the Gu family.

Feng Qingli sneered and finished reading the letter. Inside, there were two or three letters, speaking in the tone of Gu Wenqian or other members of the Gu family, saying that because the emperor suppressed the Gu family, he was very dissatisfied, so he wanted the emperor to die. Only when Qing Li succeeds to the throne, the Gu family will have a better life and regain their original military power, and so on.

He even mentioned the artillery, saying that Gu Wenqian made it out of his position.

Feng Qingli didn't bother to read any more, some of these things couldn't stand up to verification, but if the father really had something wrong, and if the news got out, he wouldn't be a man anymore.

And the Gu family must be unlucky.

After Feng Qingli finished reading these things, Cheng Xun whispered a word in Feng Qingli's ear again, Feng Qingli frowned slightly when she heard the words: "Really?"

"It's true. The servant didn't pay much attention at first. Now that I calmed down, I realized that the straw pendant is indeed very similar to the Mu family's crest." Cheng Xun said firmly.

Feng Qingli just laughed, yo, this is really lively, the entire family of the Mu family is almost extinct, yet there are still people jumping up and down, and, it seems, they are still mixed with the fifth prince.

Feng Qingli remembered the army that Du Juan told Gu Wenqian some time ago. It seems that it should not belong to his good fifth brother. After all, the Pei family has never been in contact with military affairs. It is difficult to pull together an army, but back then Since the Mu family was able to bring down the Zhengde Army in Yanzhou, it had something to do with it.

It was only later that it restrained itself, but it turned out that it just changed from bright to dark.

Feng Qingli felt that it was a bit tricky, but it was really lucky that the assistant happened to recognize the assassin, otherwise, these things would flow into other people's hands at some point, although they wouldn't be unable to wash them all Clear, but it always takes a lot of effort.

It would be even more exciting if the arsenal of the Tianxiong Army happened to be short of weapons at that time, and it was found out that they were gone when his father-in-law Gu Wenqian was there.

After pondering for a while, Feng Qingli asked someone to go to the capital to send news to his father-in-law Gu Wenqian, asking him to check immediately whether there were any spies in the Tianxiong Army, and Feng Qingli felt that he had to talk to his father ——This time, he might not be able to keep his hand. Who knows when the army from the Mu family will show up?

I hope my father will wake up soon.

Feng Qingli's prayer was probably heard. At night, the emperor, who was told by the imperial physician that he would only wake up the next day, opened his eyes.

Feng Qingli hurriedly called the imperial physician, and then looked nervously at the imperial physician. Although she knew that her father was fine, but seeing that he was recovering, he was always worried.

The emperor saw that Feng Qingli rarely showed concern for him, and for some reason, he suddenly felt very useful in his heart-look, at the critical moment, his majesty as an old man can still be reflected.

This kind of refreshment made the emperor not feel too uncomfortable!
After the imperial doctor took the pulse, there was a look of joy on his face, but Feng Qingli found the hidden worry in his eyes. Feng Qingli didn't say anything, but he had something to discuss with the emperor, and for the time being, he didn't want to let the news that the emperor had woken up The news spread, so the imperial physician was next door. If someone asked, he would say that the emperor was still awake. The imperial physician glanced at the emperor, saw the emperor nodded, and hurriedly responded.

After everyone went out and Feng Qingli served the emperor to drink water, he talked about what he found today.

"What are you going to do?" Feng Qingli didn't let the imperial doctor spread the news of his waking up just now, the emperor knew what Feng Qingli's plan was, and now, he just smelled it.

Feng Qingli hesitated slightly, and said: "I still have to ask Father to pretend to be in a coma, and then, my son will escort you back to Beijing. Once you return to Beijing, you will surround the palace and prevent others from entering and leaving. The officials who came close only said that the father woke up once and had already handed over the government affairs of the capital to the minister..."

The emperor took a deep look at Feng Qingli and said, "Are you going to dig a hole? Anyway..."

"If you put father and emperor first in your heart, and if you don't have any evil intentions, the ministers will not bury them even if they dig a hole..." Feng Qingli said this with a half-smile, and the emperor was silent.

He was also angry and sad. He obviously gave birth to many sons, but in the end, he became like this...

"Forget it, go and sit down." The emperor sighed tiredly, after all, he just woke up from an injury, and he was a little tired because he couldn't bear the tiredness.

(End of this chapter)