At this time, in a certain room in the Shandong Guild Hall.
Three businessmen got together to discuss the assassination.
On the surface, these three people are businessmen from Qingzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province, but in fact they are Luo Yangzhi, the second brother of Luo Yangxing, the former governor of Jinyi Guards in the Ming Dynasty, and two dead servants of Luo Mansion, Luo Hu and Luo Yi.
Luo Yangzhi made sure there was no one outside the room and then closed the door.
Signing to Luo Hu again, Luo Yi stepped forward and said: "After several months of tracking, the situation has basically been figured out. Chongzhen will go to Li's house at the end of Wuyi Lane every few days."
"And Li Xiangjun will definitely return to Wuyi Alley that day."
"It can be seen that the rumors are true. The Dog Emperor and Li Xiangjun are indeed having an affair."
"So our only chance is on the way from Chongzhen to Wuyi Alley."
Speaking of this meal, Luo Yangzhi said again: "Recall, from the Imperial College to Li's house at the end of Wuyi Lane, is there any place on the way that is suitable for an assassination? It is easier to escape after the assassination?"
Luo Hu recalled for a moment and said: "Second Master, there is a Sanshan Teahouse at the entrance of Wuyi Alley. The back street of the teahouse is a bathhouse. Ai and I can take turns to stay on the second floor of the teahouse and wait for Chongzhen's carriage to pass by.
He fired a poisonous crossbow at his carriage, then quickly left the teahouse through the back door and entered the bathhouse."
"There are a lot of people in the bathhouse, and they all have to take off their clothes."
"Just take this opportunity to throw away all the crossbows and clothes you are carrying, put on new clothes and go out from the back door of the bathhouse. Then I or I will drive and wait outside the back door of the bathhouse. This way we can easily escape the Yiding detectives."
Speaking of this, Luo Hu said suddenly: "The barbarians around Chongzhen are good at fighting in battles, but assassination and tracking are not their specialty, so they will be able to succeed easily, and they will be able to get rid of him easily after they succeed."
"Yeah." Luo Yangzhi said with deep approval, "When it comes to assassination investigations, it's up to us, the Luo family."
After a pause, he turned to Luo Yi next to him and said: "Ani, please don't run around during this period, especially go to the old courtyard to stay, lest you drink too much yellow soup and leak the secret."
"Yes." Luo Yi responded.
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A few days later, Chongzhen's royal chariot appeared again at the entrance of Wuyi Lane.
It is said to be a royal chariot, but in fact it is just an ordinary carriage, not even comparable to the carriages of those high-ranking families. Chongzhen was really not particular about this aspect.
Chongzhen felt that only the weak could talk about appearance.
Isn't the ultimate goal of talking about appearance in order to gain recognition from others?
But does a truly strong person need recognition from others? He doesn’t exist.
A truly strong person can wear a pair of cloth shoes better than others wearing famous brands.
If it weren't for the dozens of heavily armed Yiding riding in front and behind the carriage, it would have been difficult for the people of Nanjing to associate this ordinary carriage with the emperor's imperial chariot.
Chongzhen wore iron armor, and inside the iron armor he also wore chain mail.
He wore a phoenix-winged helmet on his head and a visor on his face, leaving only two narrow eye holes for seeing.
Through the narrow eye opening, Chongzhen kept looking at the pedestrians on both sides of Laiyan Bridge, and from time to time he would glance inside the carriage. Through the thin curtain, he could vaguely see a figure leaning against the window.
The carriage drove past Yanqiao and then slowly entered the narrow Wuyi Lane.
Just then, a figure flashed through the street-facing window on the second floor of a teahouse on the right.
Then there was a scream of "Hugh", and a crossbow arrow shot through the thin curtain of the carriage like lightning, hitting the model figure sitting by the window in the middle, followed by a painful groan.
"There is an assassin!" Hu Guozhu yelled immediately, "Second floor of the teahouse!"
The reaction speed of the Yi Ding was still very fast. As soon as Hu Guozhu finished speaking, seven or eight Yi Ding responded quickly. Six or seven of them got off their horses and rushed into the first floor of the teahouse.
The two Yiding stood up directly on the horse, then jumped, stretched out their hands to grab the floor of the second floor of the teahouse, then climbed directly to the second floor, and climbed in through the window.
Unfortunately, the assassin was faster than them.
When the Yiding rushed into the teahouse, the assassin had already disappeared.
"Go to the back door!" Wu Baotan yelled, "The assassin left through the back door!"
The Yi Ding troops immediately divided into two groups, one part chasing out from the back door of the teahouse, and the other part taking a circuitous route around the teahouse.
At this time, Wuyi Alley was already in chaos, and the news of the assassination of the Holy Emperor spread throughout the Qinhuai River in a short period of time, and spread throughout the whole city in just half an hour.
That night the whole city went crazy.
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The next morning, martial law was still not lifted.
Luo Yangzhi wanted Luo Hu to go out to inquire about the news and see if Chongzhen was dead, but he returned to the upper room on the second floor within a moment.
"Why are you back so soon?" Luo Yi asked.
"We can't get out at all," Luo Hu said. "The streets outside are full of officers and soldiers, and the gate of the guild hall has been sealed by the soldiers from the Beijing camp. They say it won't be lifted until Yingtian Mansion inspects it."
"Such a big battle?" Luo Yangzhi said, "It seems that Chongzhen is probably dead."
"Second Master, don't worry, Chongzhen is dead." Luo Yi said with great certainty, "The arrow I shot was aimed at his chest, and it definitely hit the chest. There is no mistake."
Luo Yangzhi said: "The arrow is smeared with poison. If it hits, you will be dead!"
"So." Luo Yi chuckled, "Second Master, we can go back."
"That won't work." Luo Yangzhi waved his hand and said, "We need to have precise information."
While he was talking, there was a knock on the door: "Open the door and check the traffic!"
Luo Yangzhi winked at Luo Hu, and Luo Hu stepped forward and opened the door. As soon as the door opened, two Yamen servants from Yingtian Mansion pushed past Luo Hu and barged in. They looked up and down, left and right, and finally locked their eyes on Luo Yangzhi.
"You two gentlemen, what are you doing?" Luo Yangzhi stood up, clasped his fists and bowed.
"Where are you from?" a government servant asked with a fierce face, "What business do you have here to stay?"
"Reply to the messenger, we are merchants from Zhucheng County, Qingzhou Prefecture, and we are here to sell rice."
"Selling rice?" The Yamen servant looked Luo Yangzhi up and down and asked, "Is there any official letter from the government?"
"Ah, you still need an official letter from the government? Didn't the imperial court explicitly cancel it? Now the merchants don't even need road guides. People and goods in the Ming Dynasty have nothing to do with it." As he spoke, Luo Yangzhi stuffed a piece of broken silver into his hand.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After taking the scraps of silver, the yamen servant’s face became obviously much better, and he said: “Don’t run around these days, otherwise you will be caught alone and no one can save you.
you."
Luo Hu said: "I dare to ask you, what happened?"
"Don't ask around," the yamen servant scolded, "it's not good for you to know too much."
"You're still not backing down." Luo Yangzhi reprimanded Luo Hu and apologized to the government officer, "I'm really sorry. This long-term follower of mine has never traveled far and has never seen the world."
"It's okay." The officer waved his hand and said to his companion, "Let's go to the next room."
After a while, the yamen stopped the team and left after checking the merchants, and the Shandong Guild Hall resumed normal business.
The three of them had lunch in the clubhouse. When they came back to the street, they saw that the martial law on the street had been lifted and order had returned to normal. It was as if nothing had happened.
Seeing this, Luo Yangzhi felt something was not good.
At that moment, the three of them drove the rented carriage straight to Chaoku Street.
After arriving at Chaoku Street, we went straight to Qingyuan Tea House and saw that Liu Mazi had already started his afternoon story-telling.
In the past few months since he came to Nanjing, Luo Yangzhi found that the Qingyuan Teahouse was the most well-informed. He could often hear some inside information that could not be heard in other places, but it was difficult to distinguish between true and false.
The three of them ordered a pot of tea and pretended to listen to the book, cheering from time to time.
But in fact, the ears of the three of them were listening to the conversations of tea drinkers at several nearby tables. Chongzhen was assassinated at the entrance of Wuyi Alley yesterday evening, so they couldn't believe that these tea drinkers did not discuss it.
As expected, the tea drinkers nearby were discussing this matter.
"Brother Zhang, I remember that you have an acquaintance in the Imperial College. How is your Majesty doing?"
"Brother Niu, you are asking me the right person. Let me tell you, the Holy Sage Meishan has become a saint after enlightenment. How can a mere crossbow arrow hurt him?"
"So your Majesty is fine?"
"It's okay, Your Majesty is fine."
"Thank God, luckily Your Majesty is fine."
"Yes, if your Majesty is evil, our Ming Dynasty will be in danger."
Hearing this, the expressions of Luo Yangzhi and the three others became extremely embarrassed, especially Luo Yi, who wanted to grab the tea guest by the lapels and yell, "Absolutely impossible!"
The discussion among the tea guests continued.
"Although the Holy One said everything was fine, he was still angry to death."
"That's for sure. If it were me, I would have to find the assassin."
"This group of assassins is really hard to find. In response to this, the Tianfu yamen, the Beijing camp soldiers, the navy under Admiral Cao Jiang, and even Prince Qin were alerted. Oh, there are also Jin Yiwei, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.
We searched the city all night and all morning, but failed to find the assassin, and the Holy Emperor was furious."
"I have also heard about this. It is said that Jin Weiyi has been abolished."
"Yes, the Holy One got rid of all the Jin Yiwei in a rage. The Holy One also said that he couldn't even find a few assassins, so why are he keeping a bunch of useless snacks like the Jin Yiwei?"
"More than that? It is said that the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Li Ruolian, received a royal cane."
Hearing this, Luo Yangzhi was moved. Chongzhen actually abolished all the Jin Yiwei? Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, even received a beating from the court? This may be an opportunity.
The biggest difficulty for Luo Yangzhi during this trip to Nanjing was the severe shortage of manpower.
Although Luo Hu and Luo Yi are both good players, there are only two of them after all. If you want to buy people, you need to spend money. In this regard, the slave builders are very stingy, and they only gave a mere five hundred taels of silver in total.
But now it's better. Now that Jinyiwei has been abolished by Chongzhen, his opportunity has come.
Because after the Jinyiwei was abolished, the officers and soldiers of the Jinyiwei had no whereabouts, and it was inevitable that they would feel resentful towards Chongzhen. Especially Li Ruolian, who had received the imperial cane, probably hated Chongzhen to death.
So if you come to the door at this time, it will be easy to incite rebellion against Li Ruolian.
As long as one person is instigated to rebel against Li Ruolian, the entire Jin Yiwei will be rebelled against him!
