In the Yangxin Hall of the Forbidden City, Feng Zhou bowed his hands and saluted.
"Feng Aiqing, you don't have to be polite." Emperor Chenghua gave him some help, offered him a seat, and then asked: "Feng Aiqing, logically speaking, if you are assassinated, you should appoint someone else to investigate the case, but I think you are very capable.
, you are extremely talented and can examine the case without avoiding suspicion. Are you willing to take over the case?"
"You have an order, but I dare not resign! Your Majesty trusts me, so of course I am willing to take over the case."
Feng Zhou immediately replied with his hands raised, his voice decisive.
Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen nodded with satisfaction.
Although this Fengzhou is strong, he is very capable of doing things!
Moreover, he is not procrastinating, works wholeheartedly, and never shirks his duties. It is much better to prepare a minister who quarrels over trivial matters all day long!
Why did I draw that "picture of harmony"? Isn't it for the sake of unity between the DPRK and China?
Now it seems that apart from Li Xian and Shang Ren, only Feng Zhou, a third-grade official who is only twenty years old, is trustworthy!
"Ai Qing is so courageous!" Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen was very pleased and said with a smile: "Ai Qing has personally witnessed the assassination, do you know anything about it?"
"Your Majesty, I already have some insights." Feng Zhou replied calmly.
He had just encountered an assassination, and he immediately discovered the problem.
He is indeed a good minister of the Ming Dynasty!
"I obey the order!" Feng Zhou first raised his hand and then replied: "Some time ago, an embroidery robber appeared in the south and robbed the treasures of the Southeast Palace. After receiving the news, I investigated and unexpectedly discovered that Southeast
The equipment of the palace guards."
After the Yongle Rebellion in the Ming Dynasty, the political treatment of the vassal kings was naturally not as good as before, and at least the military power was almost weakened.
But no matter what, he is also a vassal king, so he still has the rights he should have.
For example, the feudal king has three bodyguards.
Of course, the three guards are not three guards, but three guards.
"There are actually only more than 620 guards in the Southeast Palace. Although the number is not large, they are all tall and strong, and their martial arts are enough to resist ordinary thieves."
Feng Zhou said calmly.
Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen nodded slowly, without any disturbance in his heart.
The vassal king is a royal family. Even if all kinds of rights are deprived, the economic rights must be guaranteed, and accordingly there must be enough guards to protect the palace.
No matter how much Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen was afraid of his Zhu family members, he still wouldn't say anything about this little treatment.
And he also understood that there must be consequences for sealing the boat.
Sure enough, Feng Zhou continued: "Because the Southeast King is in charge of sea trade, he is rich and powerful, so the equipment of the guards is better than that of ordinary people. Everyone of them is equipped with Zhuge Divine Crossbow. Once fired, the bow will be like thunder and lightning.
Shoot people to death.”
"Zhuge Divine Crossbow?"
Emperor Chenghua Zhu frowned and asked subconsciously.
Divine Arm Crossbow, Zhuge Divine Crossbow.
They are all divine crossbows, and they all use mechanical power to make them complex.
Not necessarily the same type.
"So, you doubt the Southeast Palace?"
"Your Majesty, one of the two peerless swordsmen fighting on the top of the Hall of Supreme Harmony tonight is Ye Gucheng, the martial arts teacher of the Southeast Palace. Your Majesty must have heard of it," Feng Zhou said.
"Yes, I heard about it, so I didn't stop this war." Zhu Jianshen said with a smile.
After all, he is only eighteen or nineteen years old.
Still a young man.
Even though he received a complete imperial education, he still had the passion in his heart.
I vaguely find this kind of heroic spirit of walking around the world with a sword very interesting.
Therefore, a special decree was issued to promote the smooth progress of this matter.
However, when I heard that Feng Zhou connected the Zhuge Divine Crossbow equipped by the Southeast Palace, Ye Gucheng, and the assassination that Feng Zhou suffered, I instinctively felt that there was a hint of conspiracy.
"If you have anything to say, dear, just say it."
Thinking of this, Zhu Jianshen immediately became serious.
Since he is a wise king, he has an instinctive sensitivity to some political events.
Eighteen-year-old Liu Bing could already feel "like a thorn in his back".
Nineteen-year-old Zhu Jianshen naturally felt that some people were threatening the imperial power.
"After I learned that the Southeast Palace is equipped with the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, I investigated other vassal kings and found that only the Southeast Palace is equipped with the Zhuge Divine Crossbow."
"Besides, the world is so big that two peerless swordsmen can't do anything. They have to compete on the top of the Forbidden City. I also felt a little confused, so I went to investigate Ye Gucheng."
"I just happened to find someone saying that Ye Gucheng was injured, but I saw with my own eyes that Ye Gucheng was not injured, and he pretended to cover it up, fearing that others would see that he was injured."
"Then today, I was assassinated. Coincidentally, the weapon used by the assassin was the Divine Arm Crossbow, which is similar to the Zhuge Divine Crossbow."
Feng Zhou's expression remained normal and he spoke slowly.
He didn't accuse the Southeast King with a single word, but the meaning behind his words was clear.
"Feng Aiqing, it concerns the vassal king, and the government and the public must be very cautious. Without conclusive evidence, I will not believe your words, and neither will anyone in the world."
Zhu Jianshen said with a solemn expression.
Feng Zhou said: "Reporting to your Majesty, my subordinates are investigating the specific evidence, but I have a bold idea, please make your decision."
"Okay, tell me!" Zhu Jianshen raised his eyebrows and said.
…
At this time, there is a hidden place in the capital.
"Your Highness, Feng Zhou is as cunning as a fox and as fierce as a tiger. Many people have assassinated him in the past few years, but they have never succeeded. Why should the prince take the risk?"
The person who spoke was not Ye Gucheng, but another middle-aged man.
This person has an ordinary appearance, but his eyes are bright, and you can tell at a glance that he is someone who sees everything in the world.
He is the counselor of the Southeast Palace and Ye Gucheng’s junior brother. Cheng Jushu of the Nanhai Sword Sect.
He had limited talent in martial arts, so he studied hard, and finally assisted Ye Gucheng in governing the Nanhai Sect, and moved to the Southeast Palace, becoming the palace's chief adviser.
This time he accompanied the crown prince and Ye Gucheng to the capital, and his subordinates dressed up as lamas from the Water Peak of Our Lady to disrupt the attention of Lu Xiaofeng and the government. This was his masterpiece.
"Sir, what you don't know is that Feng Zhou is really a hateful person. He put the turtle grandson under house arrest in Xiangyun Residence, where no one else could contact him at all, so that the old man escaped. Master said that this man is very wise and wise, and he can see through the world, and he is not an ordinary person.
When we meet Wang An in Yiqingyuan, we may not be able to escape the eyes of this old man, so just in case, this man will be killed!"
"Now that the old man has fallen into Feng Zhou's hands, it means that Feng Zhou must be suspicious. If he is not killed, I will feel uneasy!"
The Southeast Prince sighed.
"Your Highness, this matter involves the deep palace and the vassal king, and has little to do with these courtiers. When the late emperor seized the throne and restored his throne, he only killed Yu Qian, and all the civil and military officials in the court were silent. Besides, the competition is tonight, and everything is ready
, Your Highness, why do you need to do this?" Cheng Jushu sighed.
"Okay, okay, my prince knows, don't worry, as long as tonight passes, my prince will be able to say that he is alone, facing south and facing north. Under the natural imperial power, I don't think Feng Zhou can do anything!" Southeast!
Prince Wang waved his hands and said.
"Your Highness..." Cheng Jushu was about to persuade, but he heard Ye Gucheng say: "Junior brother, don't worry."
Ye Gucheng is extremely smart and has a natural sense of overlooking the world.
Although he rarely intervened in discussions, he always hit the mark.
So as soon as he opened his mouth, Prince Dongnan and Cheng Jushu both shut up and looked at Ye Gucheng.
"This matter involves the vassal king, and the court must be very cautious, so we just need to calm down and wait for the night." Ye Gucheng said slowly, then looked at the Southeast Prince: "Tonight, I will definitely give that person a