Chapter 427 Kong Family: Don’t worry, Zhu Gaojie will never dare to do anything to us!
As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Shen Qingyu won the trust of Zhu Gaojie, and he was also very capable of execution. Therefore, after receiving the order, he turned around and went out to do things without saying a word.
Su Wu was a little hesitant. Although he didn't want to persuade Zhu Gaojie for this, he still felt that if he killed too many people, it would be unlucky for Zhu Gaojie to succeed to the throne...
After all, although the transfer of the throne is often accompanied by bloodshed, a prince like Zhu Gaojie, who has an unshakable status as the prince of the East Palace, has hundreds of thousands of loyal troops, and is unanimously supported by his generals, can ascend to the throne without any bloodshed.
There is no need to make a fuss and go on a killing spree.
Therefore, after hesitating for a while, he slowly said:
"Your Highness, if you really find something, please don't make a fuss first, and wait until Your Highness ascends the throne to deal with it..."
Zhu Gaojie glanced at his confidant and beloved general, and said to him with some hatred that iron cannot become steel:
"You are confused. Of course you should kill them all before I ascend the throne."
"Since ancient times, when a new emperor ascends the throne, he has to offer amnesty to the world to show mercy. Although I am not very willing, I still want to be a little happy after all."
"You can't let me become the emperor and kill so many people with a knife, right? That would be a bad reputation?"
"Besides, since these guys dare to cause trouble now, they clearly don't want me to become the emperor and want to kill me completely. Do you think I can tolerate this kind of thing?"
Su Wu silently felt mournful for those wealthy families in his heart. With His Highness's temperament and character, if he caught this opportunity, he would happily drive out all these people with a big knife...
"Your Highness, I am worrying too much."
"But for now, should we rush back to the capital first to stabilize the situation, and then start to deal with those guys who are secretly carrying out assassinations?"
Zhu Gaojie suddenly laughed:
"That's natural. Give me the order and the army will set off immediately and return to Beijing in triumph!"
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Just when Zhu Gaojie was leading the army back, a group of people in a large house somewhere in the capital also got the news, and gathered together with sad faces and sighs.
"I just said, you can't do this! It's okay now, if things don't get done, everyone will just wait to die!"
A tall and thin man walked back and forth in the room, looking angry and scared, and kept muttering.
The rest of the people also had gloomy brows and bitter expressions on their faces.
After a long time, a middle-aged man sighed and said dryly:
"Forget it, the matter has come to this. It is useless to argue about right and wrong by saying these words. Let's think about how we should solve the impact of this matter next."
"Solve it?" Another person said bitterly:
"How else can we solve it?"
"We have worked so hard to gather so many dead soldiers, and we have made sufficient preparations in advance, but we have not been able to do anything to defeat him. Seeing that he is about to lead his troops back to the capital, what else can we do?"
"It's not like you can just find someone to do this kind of thing. It has to be a loyal soldier that the family has raised for many years. Moreover, you have to find someone in advance to explore the way and make all kinds of preparations. It's impossible to do it again...
"
When everyone said this, they were still a little confused.
It was obviously a good opportunity for the dead soldiers to disguise themselves as local gentry and reward the army. Why did the Crown Prince make a comeback?
This is great, if the other party finds any clues, people like you will be in bad luck immediately! The whole family will be wiped out!
After a while of silence, someone finally spoke with difficulty:
"It should be fine."
"It is said that all the dead soldiers died on the spot and there were no survivors left. We should not be traced..."
When a person next to him heard this, he sneered and said dismissively:
"Are you short-sighted?"
"All the dead soldiers are dead, but how did they get in? Who introduced the arrangements? Who got the weapons and supplies? And which route did these dead soldiers sneak in? Which of these things can
Can it be completely erased?"
"You don't think that other people will keep secrets like those dead soldiers, do you?"
"Or do you think that His Highness the Crown Prince is a fool who doesn't understand anything?"
The more the man spoke, the angrier he became. He stood up with a loud noise and shouted angrily:
"I didn't agree with you doing this at the beginning. Do you really think that killing him will solve the problem? Others have hundreds of thousands of troops, and those generals are even more loyal to him. When chaos breaks out, why don't we have to find our heads?
superior!"
"It's good now. Things didn't work out, but we exposed ourselves. You guys, well, forget it, I won't say anything anymore."
He sat back on the chair again, with a look of despair on his face:
"No one can escape, let's just wait for death together. Anyway, that man will return to the capital in a few days. With his character and ability, there will be no ghost unless he is found out!"
"And now the people from the Jin Yiwei and the Wucheng Military and Horse Division are already wandering around the streets, searching house to house with red eyes."
"Without a warrant issued personally by Yang Rong from the cabinet, and countersigned by the Jin Yiwei and the Five Cities Military and Horses Division, you want to leave the city? There is no way!"
When everyone heard this, they fell silent again.
In any case, the assassination of the Crown Prince of the East Palace is almost a top priority at this time that threatens the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Yang Rong in the cabinet, as well as Jinyiwei and other departments, want to turn the capital and the entire Shuntian Mansion upside down...
And although these people usually have status and background, in today's bad situation, it is of no use at all.
After all, everyone in the East Palace family knows who His Highness’s biggest enemy is...
"What should we do?"
After a while, someone broke the silence again and said dissatisfiedly:
"Are we really just like this, sitting in the capital waiting to die? Waiting for Zhu Gaojie to come back and manipulate us bit by bit?"
"Ha," one person sneered:
"It doesn't matter a little bit. As long as he finds us, we will all be waiting to have our homes confiscated and beheaded, and the nine tribes will be wiped out!"
"What did the Kong family say?"
"In this matter, we are also helping the Kong family! We can't just ignore it!"
The leader listened for a long time without saying a word. When someone asked about this, he slowly spoke:
"Long before the city was closed, I had already sent out my trusted followers to quickly go to the Kong family for help."
"The Kong family did give me a reply."
He looked at the people with hopeful faces and said word by word:
"The Kong family has told us to just rest assured, Zhu Gaojie will never dare to fight rashly!"