Chapter 94 My younger brother should be Yao and Shun
In the end, Wei Zhongxian did not strike again because King Xin was too dead to die.
Ding Baiying took out the kerosene that had been prepared and poured it on King Xin's body. He Xie walked over to sit down in front of the gloomy-looking Wei Zhongxian, knocked on the table, and let Wei Zhongxian's eyes fall on him.
"Now, I can have a good talk with the factory owner." He said to Wei Zhongxian with a smile.
Wei Zhongxian looked at He Xie, with fear, fear, and anger in his eyes, but he remained silent, seemingly intending to remain unchanged in the face of all changes.
"Actually, I can finish the matter completely and then come back to see you." He Xie said with a smile, "But if I really do that, it means I want to kill you."
Wei Zhongxian's eyes flashed slightly.
He Xie picked up the teapot on the table, poured tea, and said leisurely: "The factory manager is not angry, I can understand it, but the factory manager might as well think about it the other way around. I am deliberately trying to use the factory manager as an excuse. Doesn't it mean that I need to
Factory owner?"
Wei Zhongxian finally spoke slowly: "Maybe you just want to sit in that seat safely."
He Xie put down the teapot.
"The Ming Dynasty cannot live without the factory owner. He didn't say this." He Xie pointed to King Xin's body and then pointed at himself, "I said it!"
He pushed a cup of tea in front of Wei Zhongxian: "The factory owner knows my origin, do you think I have the experience to deal with courtiers? Can I recover Liaodong and expel the Jiannu slaves? Can I suppress the civil uprising and pacify the bandits?"
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"I can not!"
"Who can I rely on? On those courtiers who only know how to gossip and scheming? They are unreliable. The emperor knows it, and you, the factory boss, know it too!"
"I know very well that if I want to secure that seat, I can only rely on you, Mr. Factory. Mr. Factory, Ming Dynasty needs you, I need you! And you, only if I sit in that seat can you survive and continue to live!"
Wei Zhongxian stared at He Xie's face, his gloomy expression finally softened.
"With such a huge event, you can rest assured that I will stay alive?" he asked quietly.
When Wei Zhongxian asked this question, He Xie knew that the old eunuch had already agreed. In fact, this is Wei Zhongxian's best choice now.
He Xie believes that Wei Zhongxian must have a way to deal with him, but what good will this do to him?
Even if he kills He Xie, the false king of faith, he can escape unscathed, but can he guarantee that his position will still be as secure as a mountain after a new emperor is replaced?
He can't guarantee it!
On the contrary, if he compromises, he can guarantee his own life.
Just like He Xie believed that Wei Zhongxian would kill himself in ten thousand ways after leaving this door, Wei Zhongxian also believed that if He Xie really wanted to kill him, he would not talk so much nonsense to him, and behave like this person
If you are resourceful, you will definitely find a way to escape unscathed.
When Wei Zhongxian died, many people in the court congratulated him, but the emperor had no children, so he had a brother like Xin Wang. When the Donglin Party revived and supported King Xin, who was already close to them, who in the court
Can it be stopped?
Therefore, he believed that He Xie really needed him to stabilize the court, rather than just relying on him to ascend to the throne.
His only worry now is that He Xie will eventually kill him, the only person who knows this shocking secret.
"Mr. Factory," He Xie stood up with a smile and looked condescendingly at Wei Zhongxian opposite, "I have the world in my heart, can't I tolerate even a mere slave?"
He had always called himself "I" before, but with this sentence, he started calling himself "my king" again. This means that from this moment on, he is no longer Lu Wenzhao, he is King Xin!
Wei Zhongxian immediately understood the implication of He Xie's words. If He Xie really ascended the throne, no matter Wei Zhongxian wanted to admit it or not, he would be He Xie's slave. His life and death depended entirely on He Xie's thoughts.
That being the case, why did He Xie need to go out of his way to kill him?
Wei Zhongxian was silent for a long time, then suddenly picked up the cup of tea that He Xie had poured for him before and drank it. Then he stood up, prostrated on the ground, and bowed deeply.
"Veteran Wei Zhongxian, please see His Highness King Xin!"
He Xie smiled. He looked at Ding Baiying aside, and she was also laughing.
Smiling with tears.
Half an hour later, a fire suddenly broke out on the second floor of Fumanzhai, and the flames shot into the sky!
Dongchang and Jinyiwei, who were confronting each other below, were startled and were about to rush forward, but they saw "King Xin" stepping out of the door, followed by Ding Baiying and Wei Zhongxian.
"Master?" In the distance, Ding Xiu and others were surprised, "Why is master here?"
"Where is the Governor?" Shen Lian and others also looked at each other, completely confused about the situation.
He Xie did not look far away, but looked back at Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian immediately held up his hands and said: "Your Highness, please follow the younger ones to the north gate first. The old minister immediately ordered Wu Xiang's left guard to go and join His Highness."
The original guards of Prince Xin's Palace had already been slaughtered by Dongchang, which was exactly what He Xie meant. Not only the guards, but also the servants, housekeepers, etc. of Prince Xin's Palace could not be left alive.
Wei Zhongxian called a stall owner and ordered him to lead dozens of people to escort He Xie and watch him go away.
"Grandpa, do you want to put out the fire?" a fan asked cautiously.
Wei Zhongxian looked at Fumanzhai, which was getting more and more prosperous, and said solemnly: "No need! Seal this place and no one is allowed to enter!"
"yes!"
He stared blankly at the blazing fire, exhaled deeply for a long time, his eyes showed a bit of cruelty, and without looking back he ordered: "Among those royal guards, there is one named Shen Lian, and another named Pei Lunhe. Lu Jianxing’s, call them over.”
After a while, Shen Lian, Lu Jianxing and Pei Lun came forward full of anxiety and knelt down on the ground.
Wei Zhongxian turned around, looked at the three of them with a strange look for a moment, and said slowly: "Zhao Jingzhong, Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun and other traitors have evil plans. They want to kill me, and they also want to kill King Xin!"
The three of them suddenly felt relieved and quietly looked at each other.
However, Wei Zhongxian's next words immediately changed the expressions of the three of them!
"Your Commander-in-Chief, Lu Wenzhao, died in the battle alone when he killed a thief to protect me and King Xin."
The three of them looked up in horror, with disbelief on their faces.
Wei Zhongxian continued quietly: "He said that you three can be of great use in the Jinyi Guards. Then let me see what you are capable of."
Wei Zhongxian named a few names and said calmly: "These people will be arrested tonight. Dongchang will ask you for them tomorrow morning, so go and do it."
"Yes, Mr. Factory!"
The three of them retired. Wei Zhongxian turned around and his eyes fell on the blazing fire again.
No one knew that a prince of the Ming Dynasty was about to be burned to ashes in this fire.
Shen Lian and the other three returned to the Jinyi Guards with deep thoughts, only to find that Ding Xiu had quietly left with the members of the Dingmen.
Lu Jianxing said dissatisfied: "Isn't this person too unruly?"
Shen Lian waved his hand: "Forget it, they... are not Jin Yiwei in the first place."
Pei Lun said in a deep voice: "There is definitely something fishy about this matter. I don't believe that the governor died like this!"
Lu Jianxing glanced at him and sighed: "Let's keep this thing in your stomach! The factory owner said it himself, even if it is not true, it is still true."
Shen Lian's eyes were deep and he looked back at the fire. He didn't believe Wei Zhongxian's words either. Everyone could see that woman Ding Baiying's friendship for Lu Wenzhao. But just now, there was no trace of sadness on this woman's face. Following Wang Xin's words, left.
Thinking back to what happened before, he vaguely felt that the whole thing was a conspiracy from beginning to end.
He didn't know what it was, and he didn't want to know. He suddenly felt a little tired of it all.
He Xie and Ding Baiying were escorted by Dongchang Fanzi and joined the Wu Xiang Zuowei Imperial Army, who escorted He Xie back to the palace.
When they arrived at the mansion, the imperial army took the lead in taking down all the slaves and housekeepers in the mansion. Even Princess Xin was placed under house arrest.
Ding Xiu came with the Dingmen people, but He Xie did not see him, but asked Ding Baiying to come forward and asked him to take the people back to Jinyiwei.
After the imperial guards imprisoned all the crying slaves, He Xie, accompanied by Ding Baiying, came to the middle hall.
This is where he first met King Xin.
"Your Highness," Ding Baiying said slowly, "how do you plan to deal with these people?"
He Xie looked through the window pane and watched a group of forbidden soldiers passing by with several eunuchs not far away. He was silent for a long time.
"Once a general succeeds, all his bones will wither..."
He now deeply realized the helplessness and callousness contained in this sentence.
In fact, he had already thought of it, but he had been avoiding the problem in his mind.
If you want to truly become the King of Letters, how can you just change your face and sit back and relax?
"Go to the trial in person and bring two outsiders with you." He Xie said slowly, "Anyone who has had close contact with King Xin before, especially those who have served closely, do not want to keep them. After it is over, deal with it more cleanly. .”
The reason why we need to bring two outsiders is because these two outsiders cannot be ignored.
"Then Princess..."
He Xie looked at the dark night sky and remained silent.
Ding Baiying was silent for a moment and said, "Then I'll go out first."
When she closed the door, she saw her senior brother's back, which looked particularly desolate and lonely.
That night, Princess Xin's concubine Zhou and two concubines, Tian and Yuan, were assassinated by assassins. Several other maids and eunuchs who were loyal protectors of the Lord also died tragically on the spot.
The assassin has long flowing hair and is good at using a long sword.
It was also on this night that Wei Zhongxian watched the fire in Fumanzhai completely extinguished, and only after confirming that there was only a pile of burnt remains inside that no one could recognize, he left tiredly.
There were shouts of killing everywhere in the capital, and several university residences were attacked by the imperial guards at night, and their owners were arrested overnight.
This is a night of bloodshed and darkness.
The next day, the court was shaken and the whole world was shocked!
Wei Zhongxian reported the whole story to the emperor in the Qianqing Palace early in the morning. Someone in the Yundong Factory colluded with the courtiers and the guards of King Xin to murder King Xin and him. The emperor was furious and ordered the factory guards and the Third Division to investigate!
Wei Zhongxian sent his nephew Wei Liangqing to temporarily take over the post of commander of the Jinyi Guards, and assembled the factory guards to thoroughly investigate the matter. For a time, the capital was in turmoil, and everyone was in danger.
King Xin claimed to be ill, and the palace closed its doors to thank guests. Wu Xiang Zuowei sent additional personnel to enforce martial law around the palace. Except for Wei Zhongxian who met King Xin in person on the third day, no one came in or out.
The matter did not come to an end until seven days later when the emperor became critically ill.
On July 23rd of the seventh month of the Apocalypse, the emperor summoned King Xin, the cabinet ministers, and the ministers of science and education to the Qianqing Palace. At this time, the emperor was as fat as an ox and could not even open his eyes. He took King Xin's hand and said : "My brother should be Yao and Shun, and the Ming Dynasty is yours..."