"It's a shame that I didn't wait for a decent opportunity."
As for the first and only assassination, the two brothers ignored it.
Because it was a failed assassination, neither brother bothered to mention it.
Luo Yi snorted and said cursingly: "As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no thousand days to guard against thieves. I don't believe he can always be so cautious. One day he will be negligent and slack off. At that time, he will
's death date."
Luo Yi and Luo Hu, who were talking quietly with their heads lowered, did not notice that a strong man who looked like a porter was squeezing out of the alley not far behind them.
Moreover, one of the strong man's arms was tucked into the lapel of his clothes.
Moreover, there are bulges on the inside of the clothes, which makes it obvious that something is hidden.
It wasn't until the strong man squeezed past the two of them that Luo Hu and Luo Yi noticed something unusual.
"Brother!" Luo Yi's pupils shrank sharply in an instant, and he whispered to Luo Hu.
Because Luo Yi himself was a spy, he was particularly sensitive to spies.
Luo Yi saw at a glance that this strong man had a musket hidden in his lapel.
"This is an assassin! He wants to assassinate Chongzhen on the street!" Luo Yi whispered.
"Shut up!" Luo Hu glared at Luo Yi fiercely, telling him to mind his own business.
Luo Yi swallowed back the scolding that came to his mouth, and then watched helplessly as the strong man squeezed his way to the edge of the crowd with some difficulty, then took out a gun from his clothes and aimed it at the fake Chongzhen at the front.
"Idiot." Luo Hu cursed in a low voice, followed by a loud bang.
"Ouch!" A Yiding who was riding a horse in the middle screamed and fell off his horse.
Luo Hu and Luo Yi's pupils shrank instantly, because the assassin was not hitting the false target at the front of the team.
"There are assassins, escort us!" The hundreds of cavalrymen who followed up rushed forward, protecting "Chongzhen" on horseback in the middle of the men and horses.
Pedestrians on the street fell into chaos instantly.
The assassin put away his gun and tried to run away, but as soon as he turned around, he was hit hard on the back of his neck, and immediately fell to the street with black eyes.
In less than a moment, all the pedestrians were gone.
Only apples, pears, candied haws and other fruits were scattered on the floor.
Also, the strong man who was lying alone and unconscious on the ground had his gun falling out of his clothes.
"Catch him." Wu Baotan waved his hand fiercely, and immediately two Yiding stepped forward and picked up the strong man. Then a group of people rescued the fallen "Yiding" and went straight to the Imperial College.
…
A quarter of an hour later, he rushed into the Yilun Hall by jumping up and down, rolling and crawling.
"Long live the Lord? Long live the Lord!" Gao Qiqian shouted loudly as he rushed inside. There was endless fear in his voice. It could be seen that his fear was not fake.
"What does this say? What does this say?"
"Our family has been away from Long Live Master for less than half an hour,"
"Why did this happen? Why did this happen?"
Chongzhen, who was watching Fu Shan treating Ba Hanzhen's shoulder wound, cursed angrily: "Okay, stop howling in mourning, make it look like I have died."
"Long live my Lord, are you okay?"
"Oh, this is really great."
"Long live my lord, if you had done anything good, I would not be alive anymore."
Gao Qiqian rushed to stand in front of Chongzhen and actually wiped away tears.
If this had been replaced by someone with less knowledge, such as Chongzhen when he first came to the throne, or a young emperor like Zhu Qizhen or Zhu Youxiao, he would definitely have been frightened by Gao Qiqian's operation.
But the current Chongzhen two generations have already seen through the hearts of the world's lovers.
Do you expect an eunuch who has lost his life to empathize with you as an emperor? It’s a dream.
The only exception may be Wang Chengen, but eunuchs like Wang Chengen are rare after all.
However, Chongzhen did not expose Gao Qiqian. It is enough to know what is going on. There is no need to expose Gao Qiqian.
"Okay, don't cry. I'm fine." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "However, this assassination is still a bit unusual. The assassin's gun was clearly aimed at me. If Bahan hadn't blocked it for me,
This shot really hit the assassin. Even if he was not killed on the spot, he would definitely be seriously injured."
Gao Qiqian immediately made use of the topic and said: "Long live my Lord, this matter is really not a trivial matter. I suggest that the Dongji Bureau and Jinyiwei should be immediately re-established, the prison should be reopened, and the case should be thoroughly investigated."
Gao Qiqian felt that he would probably get what he wanted this time.
If nothing else happens, he should be able to become the factory owner of Dongchang this time.
I feel happy when I think that after I become the boss of Dongchang, I can live the same kind of life as before, where just a slight cough could make all the civil servants tremble.
That is the life that eunuchs should live, instead of having to go around when meeting civil servants like now.
"Eunuch Gao." Chongzhen turned his head, looked at Gao Qiqian with a half-smile and said, "Otherwise, you will be the eunuch of the East Police Factory, and after the Jinyiwei is reset, you will also be under your control as usual?"
"If you can trust me..." Gao Qi was halfway through his words when he suddenly came back to his senses. Chongzhen's tone of voice was not like a normal tone. He seemed to be sarcastic. Then he waved his hands in panic and said, "Long live Lord,
That’s not what I meant. I said this for the sake of Long Live Lord’s safety, so that things like today don’t happen again in the future.”
"Gao Banban." Chongzhen asked suddenly, "You wouldn't have known that someone would assassinate you tonight, right?"
Chongzhen was really suspicious of Gao Qiqian, because tonight's assassin was able to accurately identify him among more than a hundred Yiding, which was very unusual.
He would not believe it if there were no moles among the eunuchs and Yiding around him.
According to this logic, Gao Qiqian is of course very suspicious. He may not really want to commit the assassination, but just to create panic and force him to reset the factory guard prison. In this way, the good days of eunuchs like them will return.
"Long live my Lord." Gao Qiqian was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "I'm wronged. I'm wronged. If I knew someone would assassinate me tonight, I wouldn't leave anyway. I would just
I will stay by Long Live Lord's side, even if I risk my own life, I will still take this bullet for Long Live Lord."
Gao Qiqian was so frightened that he was talking incoherently and talking nonsense.
Chongzhen snorted coldly and said: "You knew someone wanted to assassinate you, but you didn't report it, but just used your body to block the bullet for me? Do you really want to take credit and do me favors?"
"This..." Gao Qiqian was dumbfounded, "That's not what I meant."
"Humph, I'm sorry you don't have the guts, otherwise you would have been killed with a stick for a long time."
Chongzhen gave Gao Qiqian a few words, and then said: "Don't mention the matter of resetting the factory guards. If you dare to mention it again in the future, I will no longer be polite to you and will be killed directly!"
"You eunuchs just stay in the palace and work as servants."
"As long as you work diligently and do your job in a real way, I will not treat you badly with your title and treatment."
"But if you still think about power, if you still think of going to places to make money for the eunuchs, and if you still think of returning to the old days of sitting on the heads of the common people and dominating them, you are looking for death."
Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said again: "You will not have such an opportunity when I am alive, and you will still not have such an opportunity after I die, because I will add to the teachings of Emperor Ming's ancestors before I die.
The previous article states that from my beginning, factory guards will never be re-established, prisons will never be re-established, and guards or eunuchs will never be sent to local areas!"
In a word, eunuchs should stay with the emperor and serve as domestic slaves. It is impossible for eunuchs to be in power again.
Because looking through Chinese history books, good eunuchs like Zheng He are rare, but there are countless eunuchs like Zhao Gao, Zhang Rang, and Wei Zhongxian who caused trouble. Therefore, the eunuch group generally tends to be negative.
The risks of letting eunuchs take power far outweigh the benefits, so letting them stay in the palace as domestic slaves is the best outcome.
"Long live my Lord, I know I was wrong." Gao Qiqian was already trembling with fear.
At this moment, Gao Qiqian really had no idea of seizing power at all. Nothing else. Ever since he enlightened himself at Meishan, Long Live Master has been shining brightly for thousands of miles. No little idea can escape his eyes.
"It's good to know your mistake." Chongzhen snorted and said, "However, this assassination case still needs to be investigated thoroughly, and a special agency needs to be set up to thoroughly investigate the case. Otherwise, there will always be hidden secrets around me.
If such a group of people were to assassinate me in the street every once in a while, I wouldn't be able to bear it."
Gao Qiqian no longer dared to answer random conversations.
Because he knew that even if such a specialized agency was set up, it would have nothing to do with eunuchs like them. From now on, he would just stay with Lord Long Live and be a domestic slave with peace of mind.
If you're lucky, you might even be able to become a eunuch king.
After pondering for a moment, Chongzhen called Huang Zongxi to Yilun Hall again.
After the ceremony was over, Huang Zongxi asked with concern: "Your Majesty, I heard that you were assassinated again on Chaoku Street?"
"It is indeed true, and the assassin easily found me among more than a hundred barbarians." Chongzhen said with a serious face, "Thanks to Bahanzhen for blocking this shot for me."
"Is there such a thing?" Huang Zongxi suddenly changed his expression and said, "So, there must be spies around the Holy One."
After hearing this, not only Gao Qiqian, but also eunuchs such as Lu Jiude and Wang Chengen, as well as Wu Batan, Meng Ketu and other Yiding generals also became very embarrassed.
Because they are the ones who always follow the Holy Spirit.
But Huang Zongxi didn't care about Gao Qiqian and didn't care what they thought.
Huang Zongxi was originally an upright brother, but he became more upright ever since he became a member of the Supervision Bureau and was involved in the scandal. Even in front of Chongzhen, he would say what he said without caring about other people's face.
At that moment, Huang Zongxi said with a dark face: "Your Majesty, this case needs to be investigated to the end."
