A rapid knock on the door echoed before dawn, and the violent sound echoed in the quiet imperial city.
The people in the house were awakened by such a strong knock on the door. A woman pushed the man sleeping soundly next to her and said, "Go and see who it is?"
The man was pushed awake and was very impatient. He reluctantly got up and put on his clothes. He picked up the oil lamp he had just lit and prepared to open the courtyard door.
"Who?" He yawned, feeling very unhappy.
At this time, there are people knocking on the door. Isn't it going to be dawn soon? Is it possible to come at dawn?
Pulling the bolt and opening the door, the man was immediately startled. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and after taking a closer look, his calves were trembling.
"No, no! This, this" The man couldn't even speak properly. He felt that his knees were weak. If he hadn't been holding on to the door frame, he would have almost fallen to his knees.
With the faint light of the oil lamp, the man saw clearly that there were four or five servants standing outside the door. They were all wearing swords and had fierce expressions on their faces.
The man couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground. He didn't expect to see what he saw when he opened the door early in the morning before dawn.
He recognized the clothes these people were wearing. He had also participated in the raids on the houses of high-ranking officials before. He had seen them from a distance. How could he admit his mistake?
One of the officials was holding a file and shouted to the man in a deep voice: "Are you Chen Erniu, the head of the household?"
When Chen Erniu heard his name, he nodded hastily, "Yes! Yes!"
"The head of the household, Chen Erniu, is a family of three, and his wife, Wang Cuihua, is the eldest son."
"Tell everyone in your family to come out and stay in the yard for our investigation. Hurry up and don't waste our time." The officer shouted to Chen Erniu with a cold eyebrow.
Chen Erniu was still stunned on the spot, feeling very uneasy.
When the officer saw this, he yelled loudly again, which made Chen Erniu come to his senses, and he quickly got up and ran into the house.
This situation happened to many families in the capital at the same time. The imperial city, which had been quiet for a while, started to become noisy like a giant beast that had been awakened.
There was a carriage parked at the intersection of Nancheng Street, and the driver was a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old.
"Sir! Do you want to go back and have a rest? You haven't slept all night, and even your iron-clad body can't bear it." Ming Yan turned around and said to Gu Chengyu.
Gu Chengyu rubbed his forehead and came back from his thoughts.
"Just wait here! If anything happens, they can report it to me at any time."
Gu Chengyu's appearance here is naturally related to the prince's order. The prince handed over the search plan to him. In fact, he was helpless. This was not the responsibility of Dali Temple officials.
But since the prince had given the order, he naturally couldn't disobey it.
The prince assigned some of the guards and soldiers from the Army and Horse Division and the Commanding Envoy Division to him, and these people were temporarily under Gu Chengyu's orders.
He also transferred two officials from Dali Temple to assist him in handling the case. These two people were acquaintances. One was Jiang Shaohua, the Prime Minister of the Right Temple of Dali Temple, and the other was Peng Fang, the Prime Minister of the Left Temple.
Gu Chengyu couldn't help but sigh that things in the world are unpredictable. Jiang Shaohua and the deputy commander of the Nancheng Army and Horses Department, Ying Xuan, went to his house to search for the imperial examination fraud.
Now he takes them to search other people's homes and gives them orders. So, thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river!
Don't do anything too hard, who knows what will happen in the future?
These people have been controlled by Gu Chengyu, and they have to work when they come.
As soon as his mind changed, Gu Chengyu thought of the assassin. If he hunted like this, he might gain something, but it would take a lot of time. If someone leaked the news, those people would run away after hearing the news, which would make the search more difficult.
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But Gu Chengyu's move was not to find an assassin, but to verify whether what he was thinking was correct.
He wanted to see how many ghosts and monsters had come to the capital in the past few days.
What do these people want to do when they are hiding in the capital? As for those assassins, Gu Chengyu has other plans.
Don't you still have Xue Miao? I just don't know if Xue Miao is of any use now. Looking at Daxing's recent movements, it seems to be very rampant, maybe there has been great progress in deployment.
Could it be that the influence of these people has penetrated into every corner of the court? Is Xia Qing the only person who colludes with Daxing?
Therefore, the task of hunting down assassins is very important. If we can get some information from these people, Dayan will not be so passive.
In fact, according to his idea, Xia Qing must be severely interrogated. Xia Qing must know a lot of things. It is a pity that the prince has other plans for Xia Qing and is still hesitating at this moment.
If we wait for Daxing to gradually corrode the court, will it be too late by then? Only disintegrating from the inside will increase the chance of winning a lot.
If there is another internal and external cooperation, Dayan will be attacked from both sides, which will be really dangerous!
Gu Chengyu suddenly had an idea flash in his mind. Since Daxing has been moving frequently in Dayan, what about the border gate? Will there be any changes compared to the past?
I'm afraid a border war is about to break out!
Thinking of this, Gu Chengyu felt a little uneasy. But it remains to be discussed whether the prince and the ministers would believe it.
Besides, the border crossing is not far from the capital. Even if there is any abnormal movement, it will take an unknown amount of time for the people sent to convey the news.
For the current plan, he can only wait for the reply from his senior brother. No matter how anxious Gu Chengyu is, he can only wait for news from Yin Kun.
"Girl, there are officers and soldiers outside the house who are searching house to house. I don't know what happened. Did they find out that we came to the capital? Could it be that we are here?"
When Tan's mother heard the noise coming from outside the house, she boldly opened the courtyard door and observed what was going on outside.
When she heard that someone from the Military and Horse Department was searching, Tan's mother was so frightened that she immediately entered the house and reported it to her daughter.
Liu Su'er was a little nervous when she heard this, but then she thought, more than ten years had passed since this incident, and they had not acted rashly since they arrived in the capital. How could there be officers and soldiers coming to hunt them down?
Therefore, these people knocking on doors should have nothing to do with their own homes. She thought that the emperor's death yesterday might have something to do with it.
In fact, the emperor died suddenly yesterday. Although she was shocked, she still breathed a sigh of relief. Only when the new emperor ascends the throne can she have hope.
"Yes! Girl, these people are afraid that they are here with bad intentions. Have we been noticed by the other party?" Uncle Qin also looked worried, he was a little panicked.
"They are not here to hunt us down. Don't worry, Uncle Qin and Mother Tan. Don't panic, lest you reveal your flaws. We just need to cooperate with them in their search. Don't act rashly."
After Liu Su'er comforted the two of them, she tidied up her clothes.
He glanced at the floor tiles under the footboard beside the kang, and when he saw nothing unusual, he looked away.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Open the door quickly! Search by the Military and Horse Department!" There was a rapid knock on the door, followed by a yell. 13