Pi Tong asked: "Your Majesty, can I go to the east to have a look?"
Dongguan is the library of the palace. There are all kinds of books in it, including ancient Taoist and medical books. Pi Tong wanted to look through the ancient books and maybe find something useful.
Of course Liu Xiu would not object and personally accompanied Pi Tong to the Dongguan. The Dongguan was built on a hill and was divided into several floors. There were twelve rooms on the top floor. Some important ancient books and classics were collected there.
here.
After arriving at Dongguan, Pi Tong's eyes were filled with nothing but books. He sat directly on the ground and read through each volume.
Liu Xiu stood by and read ancient books for a while. Then he went to visit Xu Ying, Xu Ting and Xu Fei who were recuperating in Dongguan.
After he visited Xuying and others, it was already getting very late. When he returned to the library, he saw Pitong still sitting on the ground, concentrating on flipping through ancient books.
He walked forward and said with a smile: "Great Lord, have you found a way to cure Xu Meiren?"
Pi Tong came back to his senses, smiled sheepishly at Liu Xiu, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for you."
"It doesn't matter!" Liu Xiu waved his hand disapprovingly and asked, "Does the great king have any good ideas?"
Pitong shook his head slowly, looked at the sky outside, and said: "Your Majesty, I plan to spend the night in Dongguan tonight, but I don't know that your Majesty..."
As a foreign minister, it was against the rules to spend the night in the palace. However, Liu Xiu was a very adaptable person. He thought about it and said, "Weijun can spend the night in Dongguan, but Weijun's carriage needs to be returned to the palace."
yes."
The purpose of this was to give the illusion that Pi Tong had returned home.
Otherwise, the news that Pi Tong spent the night in the palace would inevitably arouse criticism. I am afraid many people would privately speculate who was seriously ill in the palace, so that Pi Tong, a master of medical skills, was allowed to stay in the palace overnight.
Pi Tong reacted quickly and immediately understood what Liu Xiu meant. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty, I will explain this to you now!"
In order to cure Xu Xiling's infertility, Pitong stayed in Dongguan and studied ancient books. He asked the servants and guards waiting outside the palace gate to drive back home in an empty carriage.
As a result, the servants and guards of the Pi Mansion were attacked by assassins on their way back to the house in an empty carriage.
When the carriage was about to reach Pi Mansion, more than twenty men in black suddenly stood up on the roofs on both sides of the street. Holding repeating crossbows in their hands, they aimed at the carriage and launched a volley of fire.
As the crossbow string was ejected, the sound of snapping could be heard endlessly, forming a continuous sound. Countless crossbow arrows shot through the walls of the carriage and flew into the interior of the carriage.
In just an instant, a carriage was shot into a hornet's nest. Along with it, the two horses pulling the carriage and a dozen guards guarding both sides of the carriage were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, killing on the spot.
After firing a round of crossbow arrows, these men in black retreated immediately without any delay.
There was no need for them to check whether the people in the carriage had been shot by their side. With such a dense array of arrows, the people in the carriage must have been shot into hedgehogs, and there would be no chance of survival.
Taichang's carriage was attacked, and dozens of guards were killed and injured. This was no small matter, and the news reached the county government immediately. County magistrate Dong Xuan was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately rushed to the scene of the accident, and at the same time sent
People enter the palace to report.
At this time, Liu Xiu and Pi Tong were talking in the library in Dongguan, when Long Yuan quickly walked in from outside.
When Liu Xiu approached, Long Yuan first looked at Pi Tong, then stepped in to salute and said: "Your Majesty, Pi Taichang's carriage was attacked on the way home just now. The carriage driver and the eleven guards who were hit by arrows were all...
Died on the spot!"yyls
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Liu Xiu and Pi Tong changed. Liu Xiu subconsciously stood up and asked, "When did it happen?"
"Just now!"
Liu Xiu squinted her eyes and looked at Pi Tong beside her, both of them broke into cold sweats.
It's too risky! If Pi Tong had not proposed to stay overnight in Dongguan just now, but took a carriage back home, wouldn't he be the same as the coachman and a dozen guards now?
"Have you caught the assassin?" Liu Xiu asked with a serious face.
Long Yuan said seriously: "Magistrate Dong has already led people to the place where the incident occurred, and we are temporarily sending back the news!"
Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said word by word: "Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! Even if it means digging three feet into the ground in Luoyang, I will find these daring assassins!"
In the capital, at the feet of the emperor, one of the majestic Nine Qings, Taichang, was attacked by assassins. This was simply a slap in the face of Liu Xiu and the Han Dynasty court.
Liu Xiu first comforted Pi Tong, and then left Pi Tong in Dongguan. He went to Qingliang Palace to summon Dong Xuan.
Although the public security of the capital was under the control of Jin Wu, Dong Xuan was the order of Luoyang, and he also had the responsibility of managing the public security of the capital.
After more than half an hour, Dong Xuan rushed to the palace out of breath, and also brought the crossbow arrows used by the assassins.
Seeing Liu Xiu, Dong Xuan knelt down and kowtowed forward. Then he handed the crossbow arrow he took off from the carriage to Liu Xiu for inspection. Liu Xiu picked it up and looked at it, and immediately judged that it was the crossbow arrow used by Mo Xiutang.
Repeating crossbow.
After Liu Xiu looked at it, he threw the crossbow arrow on the table and asked, "Has County Magistrate Dong found any traces of the assassin?"
Dong Xuan said sternly: "Wei Chen has sent out all the county officials to investigate suspicious people from house to house."
Liu Xiu shook his head and said: "These assassins are all people in the world. They are thoughtful and cunning and should not be underestimated. If my guess is correct, they must have an upright and impeccable identity in Luoyang City."
Dong Xuan frowned. As a local official, he had contact with many people and knew a lot about people and things in the world.
He pondered for a moment and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I am... I can find out the traces of the assassin within three days!"
When Liu Xiu heard this, he raised his eyebrows and reminded: "County Magistrate Dong, you have no words to joke with me!"
Even Yunxi Pavilion couldn't find any specific clues about these Mo Xiutang personnel lurking in Luoyang. Can Dong Xuan find out?
Dong Xuan said categorically: "A humble minister will never dare to deceive the emperor!"
Liu Xiu stared at Dong Xuan for a while, and finally sighed and said: "Go and check! If you can find it, it is naturally the best. If you can't, I won't blame you!"
Dong Xuan heard this and said seriously: "If a humble minister fails to fulfill his promise and commits the crime of deceiving the emperor, he should die to apologize and repay the emperor's kindness!"
Liu Xiu smiled bitterly, said nothing more, and waved to Dong Xuan, indicating that he could retreat. Dong Xuan didn't even have to force him, he could force him to death himself.
When Dong announced his resignation, Hua Feiyan walked out from behind the screen. She saluted Liu Xiufu and said, "Your Majesty, Feiyan can investigate with Magistrate Dong."
Liu Xiu thought for a while and reminded: "Fei Yan, you are acting in secret." He thought for a long time and said quietly: "Fish are hidden in the muddy water and are difficult to catch. Maybe the water will be muddied, and the fish will not be caught."
The baby will float to the surface instead."
Hua Feiyan leaned forward and said, "I understand! I resign!"
Seeing Liu Xiu nodding, Hua Feiyan exited the hall. As soon as she came out of the hall, she met Xu Xiling who was walking quickly. "Xu Beauty!" Hua Feiyan saluted Xu Xiling.
Both of them are known as beauties in the palace, but Xu Xiling is a real beauty, while Hua Feiyan just has an empty title. To Xu Xiling, Hua Feiyan must behave like a monarch and a minister.
At this time, Xu Xiling's expression was not very good. She pulled Hua Feiyan's sleeve, walked aside, and asked: "Feiyan, I heard that Pi Taichang's car was assassinated on the way back home!"
Hua Feiyan nodded and said, "It is indeed true. Fortunately, Pi Taichang is not in the car. Otherwise, tonight would be really unlucky."
Xu Xiling showed an angry look on her face and said harshly: "The assassin must be coming for me! Someone doesn't want to see me..." Halfway through her words, she suddenly realized that she had made a mistake and immediately swallowed back the rest of the sentence.
into the stomach.
Hua Feiyan was confused. How could the assassin assassinate Pi Taichang be directed at her, Beauty Xu? What does this matter have to do with this Beauty Xu?
Jian Hua Feiyan looked at him as if he were looking at a madman. Xu Xiling looked to the left and right and asked, "Don't Feiyan know why Pi Taichang entered the palace tonight?"
Xu Xiling didn't believe that there was anything in the palace that could be hidden from Hua Feiyan. Hua Feiyan blinked her eyes and nodded blankly. She did know that Liu Xiu invited Pitong into the palace to improve Xu Xiling's physical condition, which was not easy to conceive.
"Whether I can give birth to a dragon or not depends on Pi Taichang. Now someone suddenly assassinates Pi Taichang. If it's not me, who is it?"
"Oh!" Hua Feiyan looked suddenly enlightened. This time she looked at Xu Xiling, not as if she was looking at a madman, but as if she was looking at a fool.
A person who used to be very clever has now become the emperor's concubine, and it seems that even her brain has begun to plummet.
Someone from Mo Xiu Tang assassinated Pi Tong, and Xu Xiling was able to associate the matter with herself. She thought that the purpose of this incident was just to prevent Pi Tong from curing her infertility. It was a shame she could think of it.
Hua Feiyan looked at Xu Xiling with sympathetic eyes, and said, "Beautiful Xu, I have important matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first!"
Xu Xiling said harshly: "We must find those assassins, pry open their mouths, and find out who is the mastermind behind the scenes!"
"Yes! I will do my best!" After Hua Feiyan finished speaking, she walked away quickly. She felt that if she stayed with Xu Xiling talking crazy for a while, she might even contaminate her own brains.
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Liu Xiu's idea was that Dong Xuan, in the Ming Dynasty, used high pressure to disrupt the muddy waters of Luoyang, which might force the people in Moxiu Hall out, or at least make them move. Hua Feiyan was observing in secret, waiting for opportunities.
And move.
Dong Xuan's idea coincided with Liu Xiu's. Dong Xuan's plan was to use county government officials to conduct house-to-house investigations in the city to reduce the assassin's lurking space. At the same time, he would borrow the help of Luoyang City's
The local gangsters used eyeliners to carefully search for suspicious people.
The assassin struck at night in the inner city of Luoyang.
After nightfall, the gates of Luoyang City will be closed, and the inner and outer urban areas are not connected. From this, it can be concluded that the assassins are hiding in the inner city of Luoyang. In this way, the county government can greatly reduce the scope of the investigation.
There must be close to 100,000 people living in the inner city of Luoyang, and many of them are relatives of court ministers or prestigious scholar-bureaucrats. How easy is it to search their homes?
If it were someone else doing this, there would be a lot of resistance, but if Dong Xuan does it, there will be no resistance at all.
Is there anyone in Luoyang City today who doesn't know about Dong Xuan's strong command?
He even dared to search the carriage of Princess Huyang, and in the end, instead of receiving any punishment, he was rewarded by His Majesty. Faced with Dong Xuan's search, no one dared to stand up and stop him.