Here Zhu Chunchen was playing and playing with a few women. His every frown and smile touched his soul. The fragrance spread around him. Seeing the beauty in front of him so charming, he felt happier every moment.
"Beauties, don't run away, come to me quickly."
He chased these women who were wearing very skimpy clothes, kept talking dirty words, and played wantonly in the lobby, not knowing that death was coming.
Suddenly, a servant rushed in in a hurry, interrupting Zhu Chunchen's game. He suppressed his anger and immediately yelled at him: "Damn it, who let you in! I don't know if something happened to your grandpa or me?"
"Master, someone is coming outside!" The servant looked like he was about to burst into tears. Fear spread all over his body, and he pointed outside and said tremblingly.
"What? Who came in!"
He was startled. The idea of playing and playing disappeared from his mind. He only felt cold sweat pouring down his whole body. He immediately subconsciously wanted to go back to the room to get a sword to protect himself, but he never thought that the other party had already reached here.
"My lord! Do you want to resist?"
He heard a sharp voice coming from his ears, and his mind immediately froze, as if he sensed the identity of this person.
He stopped and turned around. The scene that followed was something he would never forget. He saw a large number of masked men in black holding long knives. The blades were covered with undried blood, looking at him coldly.
, and in the middle stood a man in eunuch uniform.
Could it be someone sent by His Majesty? If not, why is this person wearing a eunuch uniform, and this is the capital, the capital of the country? How could it be the work of an ordinary bandit? Could it be that His Majesty really wants my life?
"My father-in-law is from the palace?"
He spoke tremblingly, holding on to the last hope of finally confirming his identity.
"Aren't all eunuchs from the palace?"
The eunuch just sneered and replied calmly.
"Since I am a member of the palace, I am your Majesty's. I have always abided by the law and have never done anything disobedient to Your Majesty. Today, my father-in-law brought so many people to visit late at night. I wonder what is going on?"
Zhu Chunchen panicked when facing such a murderous killer, and his words were full of fear. Even if he is the Duke of the country and a descendant of Zhu Neng, he will inevitably feel fear. After all, he has not experienced a war in a long time and such a scene.
Naturally, this is the first time I’ve seen him.
"It's nothing, I just don't have any money to spend, and I want to borrow some from you." The eunuch continued to say lightly, standing firmly on the ground under the moonlight, but his power was chilling.
"I have, I have, I have a lot of money, I can give it to you, father-in-law."
When I heard that it was about money, I was instantly relieved. Since I came here for the money, it would be easier to explain. He didn't have any other money, but it was quite a lot, so I could give him all of it.
"I want it all, will you give it to me?"
Zhu Chunchen was stunned immediately. He didn't know how to respond to these words, so he could only reply stiffly: "My father-in-law is joking. If all the money is taken away, how will I live?"
"Can't live? Then don't live." The eunuch snorted coldly. When he raised his hand to signal the people behind him to rush forward, he was hurriedly stopped by Zhu Chunchen.
"I give!"
He gasped for air, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and his defenses were instantly broken.
"As long as your father-in-law doesn't kill me, I will give you everything. Just spare my life."
The eunuch did not answer, but took a few steps forward and sneered at him and said: "My lord, did you spend hundreds of thousands on this mansion? It's quite luxurious. I just want to stop being a prince in my next life and become an ordinary citizen."
That’s it.”
"What do you mean, father-in-law?"
Zhu Chunchen seemed to have heard what he meant, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. It seemed that His Majesty had made up his mind to take his own life, but he had no idea what he had done to make His Majesty hate him so much? Late at night
Send people to come and kill the whole family.
He detailed what he had done over the years, which was nothing more than opening a few more shops and making some money. Even if something violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, it was naturally done by others and was not done by him alone.
"It's not interesting. I'll forgive you. If this incident spreads in the future, it will be bad for the reputation of His Majesty and the court. So, please feel a little aggrieved for now. Our family will burn more paper money for you later."
"Let's do it."
The eunuch didn't care at all about Zhu Chunchen's plea for mercy, and immediately waved his hand and ordered his men to take action. The masked killer behind him heard the order and no longer hesitated, and immediately rushed forward with a knife.
Seeing how merciless this father-in-law was, Zhu Chunchen immediately panicked. He ignored the women in the lobby who were so frightened that they were squatting aside and shivering, and fled straight to the house behind. He just wanted to escape from the house as soon as possible.
House, if you escape into the darkness at night, you may be able to save your life.
The killers rushed into the lobby, first slashed to death the servant who reported the news, and then decisively dragged out several women squatting in the corner. Some of them chased Zhu Chunchen in the direction in which he escaped.
These women were dragged out and thrown in front of the eunuch. A killer knelt down and said, "Father, what should I do with these women?"
The eunuch glanced at the dim light of the fire and found a woman with an outstanding appearance. He said: "Keep this one and send it to the palace. Sell the others. I can make a little money. Life is tight."
It's going smoothly."
"As you command!"
Several killers chased him out, but did not find Zhu Chunchen's figure. The lights in the house behind him were extinguished at some point. They did not hold torches when they chased them. They could only rely on the light from the sky in the darkness.
Moonlight and hearing came to search.
They immediately dispersed and carefully searched for Zhu Chunchen in one direction. It was quite difficult in this pitch-black environment. At this moment, there was a sudden noise from the corner of the wall. Everyone immediately ran to see who it was.
The sound of falling stone bricks.
The leader immediately realized that Zhu Chunchen had escaped over the wall, and immediately ordered the chase across the wall.
Just when several people were chasing him, they just passed a street and found a group of guards in uniform holding torches. The people in front of them rode on tall horses and stopped a rather embarrassed man. He knelt on the ground and joined the previous ones.
The graceful and luxurious face looked out of place.
This person is Zhu Chunchen who just escaped over the wall!
"Thank you so much, Jin Yiwei brothers, I will take this person back." The masked man in the lead said a few polite words, and was about to step forward to take the person back, but was rejected by the other side.
"No need, His Majesty's decree is to rectify this person on the spot. It would be unnecessary to bring him back." The person standing at the front on horseback is Gao Wencai. He is responsible for alerting the surrounding people about any unusual movements or people who have escaped from the house, but he has never wanted to arrest him directly.
Here comes the core figure of this mission.
Although he was just an assistant, he was also thinking about the Jinyiwei. Your Majesty intends to rebuild the East Factory. If the East Factory becomes more powerful in the future, and the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies will definitely threaten the Jinyiwei again, the Jinyiwei will once again be captured by a group of eunuchs.
Control, this is what they don't want to see.
So now that I have met Zhu Chunchen, I still have to grab this credit.
"Sir, this matter is our Dongchang..." The masked man saw that Jin Yiwei wanted to deal with Zhu Chunchen by himself, and he couldn't help being a little dissatisfied, but he did not dare to speak too harshly, so he had to stop him softly, never seeing the face of the leader.
"How presumptuous! I, the Jin Yiwei, are also His Majesty's arms. The ones you Dongchang killed, and we, the Jin Yiwei, also killed, were all serving the imperial court and doing things for Your Majesty. Why are we so clearly divided?"
Gao Wencai didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and immediately cursed. The masked man did not dare to refute his words, so he had to move Zhu Chunchen away from the Jinyi Guards, but privately whispered to the men around him to report to the father-in-law.
He could see the other party's small movements of calling people, but he did not react in any way. Instead, he directly ordered Zhu Chunchen to be killed on the spot, then cut off his head, and immediately withdrew with his troops.
"Jin Yiwei took someone away?"
After hearing this, the younger father-in-law pondered for a moment and did not dare to make a decision, so he immediately left the Duke's Mansion and went out to look for Wang Chengen.
As soon as he saw Wang Chengen, he immediately knelt down and wailed: "Godfather, those Jinyi guards killed Duke Cheng Guo who we wanted to kill in Dongchang, and their head was taken away by them. This is the first thing that happened to us in Dongchang."
They openly snatched away the errand. This is clearly a slap in your face! You must tell His Majesty!"
"It's just a head, just give it to them. Your Majesty only wants to do it beautifully, but he didn't say that we have to do it in the East Factory. What you have to do is to arrest those eunuchs in the palace who oppose me. Remember,
If you are against His Majesty, you are not against me."
Wang Chengen didn't care at all after hearing this, but it was not a matter of causing trouble with the Jin Yiwei because of his head. It was the bullying by the old man in the palace last night that made him remember it deeply. For him, killing those people was better than killing them.
Duke Cheng was much more relieved, and the property of those people was enough to cover the Ming Dynasty's annual income.
"I understand, godfather."
"Also, let me tell you about the godsons you have acquired and prepare to go south in the next few days."
[Author's digression]: It's better to listen to book friends, don't chase speed, write well