"I am a person who has no face to see my ancestors, and I have no shame to go to the grave after I die. The old tree behind the mountain in my hometown has been watched by my ancestors for generations. When I look at it, I feel like I am seeing my ancestors."
Aunt Mei seemed to be explaining the funeral arrangements and kept talking non-stop.
Kou Ji only listened briefly and did not listen carefully.
He didn't think he could protect an old woman.
Kou Ji took Mei Gu and Xiang's little sister out of the room, and saw fires all over the laundry room, with thick smoke billowing. Kou Ji sniffed carefully and smelled the smell of kerosene inside.
His heart skipped a beat and he secretly shouted boldly.
Just as Aunt Mei said, the other party's attacks were really ruthless.
The other party planned to burn the laundry room to the ground, but the location of the fire was not aimed at their location, probably because they did not want to hurt anyone's life.
To be precise, I didn't want to hurt his life.
The other party is afraid, afraid of hurting his life and not ending well.
After all, if he died in the palace, he wouldn't dare to tell him anywhere else.
Zhenxi, Zhenbei, Yongning, Yongxing, Jingsai and other soldiers will definitely ask the imperial court for an explanation.
Kou Zhun, as well as some elders in the court, would not give up.
Of course, this is only on the surface.
Others don't know the power behind it, but Kou Ji does.
Cao Lili and Zhang Yuan had always planned to return to the Song Dynasty, but they were restrained by him. Therefore, they became kings and hegemons outside the territory, but never coveted half of the Song Dynasty.
If he didn't have Cao Lili and Zhang Yuan, he probably wouldn't be able to stop.
The soldiers under their command who came out of Baozhou will definitely help Kou Ji seek justice. They will definitely follow the current and lead their troops into the Song Dynasty.
Although the opponent cannot see the power in the dark, the power on the surface is enough to give the opponent a headache, so the opponent uses a trap and does not kill them.
Kou Ji glanced at the laundry room casually, but did not stay in the laundry room. He took Mei Gu, Xiang's little sister, and all the maids, and ran out of the laundry room.
When he ran to the door of the laundry room, he saw the two eunuchs he had sent to guard the door being knocked unconscious.
Kou Ji frowned, ignored them, and quickly escaped from the laundry room with Mei Gu and Xiang's little sister.
Because he felt that the danger was not far away.
Passing through two palace complexes along the way, Kou Ji was indifferent to the sight of countless eunuchs and palace ladies pushing water dragons to the laundry room to put out the fire.
After running out of the laundry room, Kou Ji breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned around and smiled at Mei Gu: "It should be safe..."
Aunt Mei had a smile on her face, but she didn't speak.
Kou Ji had a bad premonition in his heart. He quickly ran to Aunt Mei and saw a hidden arrow in Mei Aunt's back. The blood had stained Aunt Mei's back red.
Seeing this, the little girl from the Xiang family was completely dumbfounded and stood aside in a daze with her eyes wide open.
Kou Ji's pupils dilated little by little, and he exclaimed in shock: "Are there assassins among the eunuchs and palace maids who went to put out the fire just now?"
Mei Gu smiled and nodded.
Kou Ji asked in a deep voice: "Why..."
Before he finished speaking, Mei Gu shook her head and whispered: "It's useless... so many people gathered together in a mess, and the other party was mixed in. Even if the slaves broke up on the spot, the other party could escape through the crowd...
…”
Kou Ji gritted his teeth.
Mei Gu was hit by an arrow, he is responsible.
The other party set fire to the laundry room in order to lure the snake out of its hole.
The other party didn't dare to hurt him. He was guarding the laundry room so that the other party couldn't do anything to Mei Gu.
So the other party set fire to the laundry room to lure them all out, and then started on the road.
There were so many people putting out the fire, and it was impossible for Kou Ji to react when the other party quietly shot a hidden arrow at Mei Gu in the crowd.
"Go to the imperial doctor..."
Kou Ji is going to take Gu Mei to the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment.
But Mei Gu shook her head and said: "It's too late... After the slave girl died, I asked Privy Councilor Kou to send these poor sisters to the palace as agreed. If Privy Kou could give them a place to live, even if the slave girl arrived,
I will remember your great kindness and virtue even under the Nine Springs."
Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said, "Whether you will die or not is up to you. Go find the imperial doctor!"
Kou Ji took Aunt Mei and ran to where the imperial doctor was.
Aunt Mei did not refuse again.
But not long after she left, Aunt Mei collapsed in the arms of the Xiang family's little sister, and there was no more movement.
After Kou Ji saw Mei Gu's death, he almost lost his temper and sent troops into the palace to settle the matter with the dirty people in the palace.
He was a dignified envoy, but he failed to save an old woman. How could he be so willing?
Kou Ji suppressed his anger, carried Aunt Mei's body on his back, and ran to Zhao Zhen's palace.
Aunt Mei has been killed, and the other maids in the laundry room have told him many secrets, and they may be in danger.
When Kou Ji arrived at Zhao Zhen's palace, the door to Zhao Zhen's palace was closed tightly, and Queen Cao stood outside the door worriedly.
Seeing Kou Ji carrying an old woman on his back in Zhao Zhen's palace, Queen Cao was stunned, and then hurried forward to greet her.
But Kou Ji ignored her, bypassed her, walked to the door of Zhao Zhen's dormitory, and kicked open the door of Zhao Zhen's dormitory under the astonished gaze of everyone at the door.
The maids and eunuchs at the door of Zhao Zhen's palace stood in shock, as if they were under a restraining spell.
Queen Cao was so frightened that her jaw dropped.
Kou Ji carried Aunt Mei's remains on his back and entered Zhao Zhen's palace in a grand manner.
No one stopped me.
Little sister Xiang and others did not dare to follow in.
Kou Ji entered Zhao Zhen's bedroom, closed the door of the bedroom, and carried Aunt Mei to Zhao Zhen's bed amidst Zhao Zhen's roar.
"Who is so bold as to break into my bedroom and risk his life?"
Although Zhao Zhen was sad, he did not lose his mind.
He knew that there were not many people who dared to break into his bedroom, and they were almost all the people closest to him.
Therefore, he did not order the imperial guards to directly pull the people out and chop them down.
When Kou Ji arrived at Zhao Zhen's bed, he saw Zhao Zhen sitting slumped in front of the bed with disheveled hair just like he did when Concubine Zhang died.
Zhao Zhen is so sad, not because he feels sorry for the Korean beauty.
He feels sorry for the child in the Korean beauty's belly.
Kou Ji walked to Zhao Zhen's bed, put down Aunt Mei's remains, and said in a deep voice to Zhao Zhen: "Guan family, I need you to order the release of several palace maidens..."
Zhao Zhen turned his head in a dull manner, and when he saw Kou Ji, he burst into tears.
"Fourth brother...my son is gone...my son is gone..."
Zhang Guifei's death and two lives were a serious blow to Zhao Zhen. Han Mei's death and two lives were a greater blow to Zhao Zhen.
Even the king of a country almost collapsed when faced with the pain of losing his son twice.
Kou Ji squatted down, stared at Zhao Zhen, and shouted in a deep voice: "Guan family, cheer up!"
Zhao Zhen was already crying uncontrollably and couldn't listen to Kou Ji's words at all.
Kou Ji grabbed Zhao Zhen's arm and said in a deep voice: "Guan, now is not the time for you to be sad. You must cheer up now and help me find out about this matter.
Now you just lost two sons. If this matter is not investigated clearly, it is very likely that you will never have a son in your life."
Zhao Zhen is still crying.
Kou Ji was angry and grabbed Zhao Zhen's shoulders with a lot of force. He shouted at Zhao Zhen: "Zhao Zhen! You are an official of the Song Dynasty and the overlord of the world. How can you lead the Song Dynasty to continue to thrive if you are so decadent?
, how to let the legacy of the Song Dynasty be passed down for thousands of generations?
You have no son, but you have the Song Dynasty.
The girls of the Song Dynasty who have not yet left the imperial court are all waiting for your next selection.
As long as you are willing, it is not difficult to recruit women into the palace every year.
If you let three thousand women into the palace, you can have hundreds of sons.
It’s not that you can’t give birth to a son, it’s because someone is behind it.
If this matter is not dealt with, even if you give birth to a son, he will be killed.
Now, cheer me up, and let’s deal with the people behind this together.”
Kou Ji's words did not wake Zhao Zhen up, but the strength of Kou Ji's hand hurt Zhao Zhen, making Zhao Zhen slowly recover from the pain.
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and held back tears, stared at Kou Ji and said: "Fourth brother...can you let me go first..."
After being reminded by Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji realized that he was holding Zhao Zhen too hard and quickly let go of Zhao Zhen.
"I'm sorry..."
While Zhao Zhen calmed down, he murmured: "I was blinded by pain. No wonder Fourth Brother."
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen seemed to remember what Kou Ji had just said. The chaos in his eyes dissipated a little, and some sharpness gradually emerged.
"Fourth brother just said that I lost my beloved son twice, and someone was behind it? Can fourth brother find out who it is?"
Zhao Zhen, who slowly calmed down, was very scary.
It was far scarier than when Zhao Heng went crazy.
Zhao Heng had taken matters into his own hands and killed a bunch of clan members in Zhaixinglou because of the issue of heirs.
Zhao Zhen was able to kill people all over the world because of the problem of his heirs.
When Zhao Heng killed people, he still had to ask the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty what they meant.
Zhao Zhen doesn't need it.
With a single order from him, 600,000 elite soldiers and generals were able to gather under the city of Bianjing, even if they massacred the city, it would not be a problem.
The 600,000 forbidden troops currently in the imperial court are not just those who are trying to make up for their numbers.
Some experienced the war in Hexi, some experienced the two wars against the Liao, and some experienced the war that destroyed Xixia.
Each and every one of them has been honed on the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness is astonishing.
If they work from all sides, they can sort out the entire Song Dynasty.
When Kou Ji saw that Zhao Zhen had murderous intentions, he said in a deep voice: "At the moment, I have just checked some clues, and the details need to be investigated in detail. I just went to the laundry room and found a few people who knew something unknown in the palace.
The palace maid who keeps the news knows the details inside the palace.
Just when we found out some clues, there was a fire in the laundry room.
On the way to escape, Gong'e Mei Gu was hit by a thief's hidden arrow and died without waiting for treatment."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji with a cold light in his eyes, "Is someone in the palace causing trouble? I lost my beloved son twice, is it all related to the person behind him?"
The only people who can secretly set fire in the palace and shoot arrows in the palace to hurt people are the people in the palace.
Assassins from outside cannot enter the palace.
The assassins would be blown to pieces by the artillery and muskets mounted on top of the imperial city before they could get close to it.
So after Kou Ji finished speaking, Zhao Zhen knew that he was from the palace.
In fact, when Concubine Zhang died, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji had already guessed that it was someone in the palace who did it.
But at that time, Zhao Zhen was furious and killed all the people in Zhang Guifei's palace, which led to the interruption of clues and the investigation could not be continued.
Now a similar thing happened again. Zhao Zhen deliberately kept the people in the Han Meiren Palace and sent Chen Lin to keep an eye on them secretly, so the people in the Han Meiren Palace did not die.
If you investigate carefully, you should be able to find some clues.
Kou Ji heard Zhao Zhen's words and nodded slowly: "That's right... The official family lost their beloved son twice, and most of them are related to the person behind it."
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "Who is he? I want to destroy all nine of his clans, and then torture him to death using the same method I used to deal with the Xia family and his son."
Kou Ji slowly shook his head and said: "I just found some outsiders. I don't know who is behind the scenes yet."
Although Kou Ji got some clues from Aunt Mei, he couldn't come up with anything without concrete evidence.
After all, the person Gu Mei mentioned has a somewhat special status.
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "You must have found something, right? If you hadn't found it, the other party would not have been in a hurry to kill and silence him. Tell me who it is.
As long as they are people in the palace, no matter who they are, I dare to kill them."
Kou Ji hesitated again and again, but finally shook his head.
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji closely and said: "You know, but you don't say that the other party's identity is unusual? You have no proof, so you dare not say it?"
Zhao Zhen suddenly rushed in front of Kou Ji and shouted: "Tell me, what are you afraid of? As long as you say a name, I dare to kill you. Now that things have come to this, I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go, even if I'm afraid
He was wronged.
For the sake of my son and the inheritance of the Zhao family's bloodline, even if I kill everyone in this palace, I will not regret it."
Kou Ji shouted loudly, "Guan Jia, you made a mistake!"
Zhao Zhen was shocked and stared at Kou Ji in disbelief. He had guessed some clues through Kou Ji's words.
He said that he would kill everyone in the palace, but Kou Ji reminded him that there were some people in the palace that he could not touch.
He trembled: "Yes..."
Kou Ji interrupted Zhao Zhen before he could finish what he said.
"Everything is just the words of an old palace lady, and now this old palace lady is dead. You must not talk nonsense without evidence, otherwise it will make people panic and it will not be good for anyone."
Zhao Zhen fell to the ground with a thud, his face slowly turned pale, and he trembled: "Why?"
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "I also want to know why..."
"I...I..."
Zhao Zhen's mouth was trembling, and he said "I" many times, but could not utter a complete sentence.
After a long time.
Zhao Zhen closed his eyes in pain, gritted his teeth, and whispered: "No...impossible..."
Kou Ji solemnly said: "Is it possible? I will know after I investigate. Now, I need the official's decree to release the palace maids who told me the news."
They are mostly innocent poor people who should not suffer, let alone lose their lives."
Zhao Zhen collapsed on the ground like mud, "The left and right are just a group of..."
Kou Ji didn't wait for Zhao Zhen to finish what he said, and roared angrily: "Guan, from the founding of the Song Dynasty to the present, all the officials we held have never been good at hurting people's lives. Do you want to set a precedent?
You and I, the king and the ministers, are to be wise kings and good ministers through the ages.
How can I bear the stigma for the lives of a few mere palace ladies?"
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said angrily: "They are just slaves. If I kill them, I will kill them. The civil and military officials of the court will not say anything. Have I not killed many slaves with sticks in these years?"
Kou Ji said angrily: "It's true that they are slaves, but they are also human beings. Those slaves you killed with the stick before made mistakes and deserved to die. But the slaves in the laundry room are innocent.
It was for you, for you Zhao Zhen, and for the sake of your Zhao family’s imperial heirs that they risked their lives to tell some unknown truths.
They don't owe you anything, but you owe them a favor.
I promised them that as long as they tell the truth, I will help them obtain a release document.
Right now, before I can fulfill my promise, someone has already been assassinated.
The corpse is right in front of you.
You stare at her now, and you tell her that when a slave dies, she dies.
Can you say it out loud?"
After Kou Ji said this, he rushed in front of Zhao Zhen, grabbed Zhao Zhen's sleeves, and pulled Zhao Zhen to see Mei Gu's remains.
Zhao Zhen stared at Aunt Mei's empty eyes, speechless.
He is not a tyrant, nor is he a murderous person. Instead, he has a trace of kindness hidden deep in his heart.
The reason why he said those stupid words just now was because he couldn't accept some of the inside information he learned from Kou Ji.
His emotions were on the verge of exploding.
Aunt Mei's empty eyes woke him up.
Let him realize that all people have eyes are for the purpose of distinguishing right from wrong and loyalty from evil.
Aunt Mei is undoubtedly a loyal servant.
The black hand hidden behind is undoubtedly a great evil.
He cannot let his loyal servants die, nor can he let the villains succeed in their schemes.
But even though he had figured it out in his mind, he still didn't want to do anything.
Now he just wants to be alone, digest all the sadness alone, and let time wipe away all the scars in his heart.
In a daze, he said something unbelievable.
"The seal is in the Chui Gong Hall... Whatever decree you want to write, you can write it as you please..."
Kou Ji stood there blankly, almost thinking that he heard wrongly.
Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen in disbelief and said, "Zhao Zhen, do you know what you are talking about?"
Zhao Zhen said in despair: "I know..."
"Pooh!"
Kou Jichuan was completely annoyed and spat in front of Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen stared at him and looked at him blankly.
"Zhao Zhen, do you know what the precious seal represents? It represents the country and the country of the Song Dynasty, and you want to hand it over so easily? Do you have the qualifications?
The Jiangshan Sheji of the Song Dynasty was captured by Emperor Taizu, not by you Zhao Zhen. You have to hand it over easily. Have you ever gone to the Ancestral Temple to ask Emperor Taizu?
The Jiangshan Sheji of the Song Dynasty was handed down to you by your imperial grandfather and your father. Now you want to hand over the seal. Have you asked them?
The country of the Song Dynasty was as strong as it is today because the sages of the past dynasties spared no effort to manage it, and it was the result of tens of thousands of soldiers fighting bloody battles on the battlefield.
In Xingqing Mansion, you saw with your own eyes how the soldiers fought.
They sacrificed their lives to fight inside and outside the city, with their heads cut off and blood flowing, whose country they were protecting?
You belong to Zhao Zhen!
Now that you are about to hand over the country of the Song Dynasty, have you asked the sages of the past generations and the souls of those heroes who died on the battlefield?
Have you ever asked the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty who are working hard to help you build the country of Song Dynasty into Tietong?"
When Kou Ji said this, he became even more angry. He pointed at his nose and roared: "I, Kou Ji, entered Bianjing City at the age of sixteen just because you wanted to be in the country. You wanted to be in the country. I saw you were helpless.
, agreed to help you stabilize your position.
I have been running around for more than ten years to help you make money, help you make food, help you make people, help you make ordnance, and help you seize territory.
He conquered the Liao Kingdom in the east, Hexi in the west, and Xixia in the north. That time he did not risk his life.
I have risked my life several times for your country, and now you want to give up the Great Seal of the Song Dynasty so easily?"
Kou Ji raised his hand, wanting to give Zhao Zhen a slap, but in the end he didn't slap him down. He just took out his belt from Zhao Zhen's waist and tied it to Aunt Mei's remains. He carried Aunt Mei's remains on his back and his head.
He left Zhao Zhen's palace without looking back.
When he was about to go out, he spat under Zhao Zhen's gaze, then opened the door and appeared outside the palace.
As soon as he left the dormitory, he saw everyone outside the dormitory staring at him blankly.
People outside did not hear much of the conversation between Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen in the palace, but only heard some final roars.
And it's still intermittent.
Everyone outside the palace, based on the intermittent words, roughly guessed that Zhao Zhen seemed to be disheartened because of the loss of his two beloved sons, and wanted to pass the throne to someone in the clan.
Kou Ji was angry, so he brought out Zhao Zhen's ancestors, as well as the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty, and scolded Zhao Zhen.
People outside the palace couldn't hear it very clearly, so they could only use their imagination to reconstruct everything that happened inside the palace.
Although the things they imagined were completely different from what happened in the dormitory.
But it was enough to make them feel terrified.
"Good guy...Did Kou's ancestors inherit the blood of Emperor Gang?" Kou Zhun was too arrogant in the face of the emperor, and Kou Ji directly yelled... But Kou Ji's scolding was unreasonable. How can anyone have the throne of the Song Dynasty?
Qualified to sit?
Are the three melons and two dates left by the clan qualified to sit on the throne?
In the civil and military circles of the dynasty, in both the government and the public, inside and outside the palace, who would agree?
The official family is now hailed as a generation of saintly kings who directly followed Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han. He is still alive, who is qualified to take the throne from him?
Besides, if the official family changes, won’t we, the concubines and slaves, all have to suffer?
The official family is probably talking nonsense because they lost their beloved son and are not smart.
It really deserves to be scolded.
only……
Privy Councilor Kou is so bold!"
Empress Cao, as well as all the maids and eunuchs waiting outside the palace, thought roughly the same way.
Especially Empress Cao, she felt that Kou Ji was particularly right.
As Zhao Zhen was the number one person in the Song Dynasty, no one dared to scold him.
The only person in the Song Dynasty who could criticize Zhao Zhen for a word or two was Kou Ji.
Now that Zhao Zhen was slightly losing his mind, Kou Ji yelled at him to wake him up, which was indeed the right thing to do.
If Kou Ji hadn't scolded Zhao Zhen to wake him up, God knows what big trouble Zhao Zhen would have caused after Zhao Zhen completely lost his mind.
By then, I am afraid that some people may want to scold Zhao Zhen, but they will have no chance.