Tang Shijin quickly walked over and asked with his eyes.
Si Gutu took two steps back, looked at the people on both sides, and warned them.
Wu Buzheng whispered: "There was a commotion in the palace. It was said that last night, the eunuch on night watch saw a black shadow, which looked like a cat but not a cat, not like a dog but not a dog. It had several tails, scattered like lotus flowers. It moved extremely quickly and ran around.
Rufeng, it seemed to be a black fox... I found out later that it had bitten two people? I heard that the emperor was also frightened and woke up, and a large group of people searched all night but could not find it."
Tang Shijin was a little strange: "What happened to the black fox?"
Although the fox has a reputation as a supernatural being at this time, it is not so scary, right?
Wu Buzheng continued: "The key is that the fox was not found, but he found a person. It was a Taoist priest named Li Zilong. It is said that he had a secret medicine in his hand that could 'enlighten him to immortality' and a secret technique that could cultivate 'the afterlife', so he was
The eunuch named Wei She hid in the palace just to learn Taoism from him. More than one eunuch knew about this, and more than one person learned Taoism from him."
He paused for a moment: "This Wei She is the godson of Shang Ming. Do you know Shang Ming? The admiral of Dongchang."
Tang Shijin looked at him in surprise, and Wu Buzheng said: "That's all the news that has been passed on at the moment. The main thing is that before this, some things happened among the people, otherwise the palace would not be so panicked."
Just over half a month ago, there was a businessman in the capital named Zhao Ling'an. When he was out shopping for goods, he met a beauty named Huang Xingjiu. It was said that she was extremely beautiful. In order to avoid being coveted by others, she even had to grow taller.
Nian used a veil to cover his face, not daring to show his true face.
Zhao Ling'an fell in love at first sight and took her as his concubine. The two were quite affectionate. When they came back, Zhao Ling'an brought Huang Jiuniang back.
Who would have known that overnight, everyone in the Nuo Da Zhao Mansion, including Zhao Ling'an, died. Even the cats and dogs raised in the house, the fish in the pond, flowers and birds, etc., all died.
Jingguang, only Huang Jiuniang is missing.
And the strange thing is that when we went to check, we found that there were no injuries at all on these people, and there was no sign of poison or medicine, so everyone was extremely surprised and said that it was a fox demon causing trouble. Huang Jiuniang must be a nine-tailed fox.
And after that, people were killed one after another, and the way of death was exactly the same. Every time they were killed, someone would see a single woman wearing a veil, wandering the streets in the middle of the night.
Folks call it "the demon fox comes out at night".
There was an uproar among the people, and Emperor Yuan Sheng naturally heard the news, so he was particularly scared when he heard that the demon fox had entered the palace.
Tang Shijin listened to Wu Buzheng's detailed explanation as if he were reading a book from heaven.
She quickly grasped the key point: "So, how did those people die?"
Wu Buzheng said: "Yanhou Ye's people went to check, but they couldn't find anything. There are indeed no injuries, and they can't tell whether it was poison or medicine. The death is very strange."
Tang Shijin frowned: "But..."
Inferring from a materialistic perspective, there must be someone who wants to take advantage of the chaos and cause trouble, and whoever gets the benefits will most likely be the one who instigated it.
But if even Yan Baiwei's people can't find anything, then I'm afraid no one will believe that it's the demon fox causing trouble.
Emperor Yuan Sheng was probably scared to death...
The fact was exactly as she expected.
Ever since the assassination, Emperor Yuan Sheng was really in panic all day long.
Yan Baiwei, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder, keeps many lines in his hands at all times just to prepare for emergencies. Therefore, even if Tang Shijin's tantrum was an accident, he did activate a line temporarily, but even if he did it
The forces themselves didn't even know that he was pushing for it.
Therefore, there is nothing to check.
Therefore, Emperor Yuan Sheng could not anger anyone.
Emperor Yuan Sheng was a Taiping emperor. He had never experienced such a thrilling close-quarters assassination, and he was already quite frightened.
After that, probably because I was thinking about it, I had a very bad nightmare.
In the dream, he was accused by the golden-armored god, accusing him of not being worthy of his virtue and bringing disasters from heaven... This touched his heart, but he did not dare to tell anyone, so he was so shocked that he almost suffered a stroke and committed the crime.
Dizziness.
You know, Emperor Yuan Sheng's health has always been good, but now it suddenly deteriorated.
Emperor Yuan Sheng was afraid of death. At this point, he would associate any disturbance with that dream and regard it as a "disaster from heaven."
So, he was already frightened by the demon fox walking at night, and now, the demon fox actually entered the palace??
After discovering the evil spirit Li Zilong, Emperor Yuan Sheng finally had a place to vent his anger.
He immediately issued an order to kill Li Zilong, Wei She, Dongchang Admiral Shang Ming, and all other eunuchs involved on the spot.
Then, Emperor Yuan Sheng issued a criminal edict.
Look, Empress Wu accuses him of killing his wife in the past, the prince reveals the truth about his murder of his son, natural disasters and man-made disasters, the earth dragon turns over... Emperor Yuan Sheng has never issued a crime, but now he is frightened by a fox who does not know whether it is real or not.
, the crime has been punished.
However, even though the crime was committed and the edict was issued, the palace did not calm down.
For several days in a row, every night, something happened in the palace. The palace maid in white was hanging on the tree, the skinned white cat was lying in front of the window... The whole palace was in panic.
Until seven days later, it is said that Wang Zhi personally kept vigil for Emperor Yuan Sheng. The black fox ran past the steps and was killed by Wang Zhi on the spot.
From that day on, everything inside and outside the palace suddenly stopped.
Emperor Yuan Sheng was so grateful that he burst into tears!
So he ordered Wang Zhi to be rewarded and given three hundred shi of rice.
The eunuchs in the palace cannot be promoted, that is to say, they have no rank and can only add rice. Twelve stones a year is the first level. Wang Zhi's three hundred stones, the first rank of the Daqing Dynasty, is roughly equivalent to three Wang Zhongyan
Bar!
At the same time, an order was issued to abolish the East Factory and transfer 20,000 Jin Yiwei guards to the West Factory, under Wang Zhi's control.
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Tang Shijin listened to reports on this series of things day by day.
She said: "So? This matter was directed and acted by Wang Zhi... I mean, he made it a farce by himself?"
"Yes," Wu Buzheng said seriously: "No one found anything about what happened in the palace before, but after that, someone saw Wang Zhi's people throwing skinned dead cats, so at least these latter things are all
He was the one who arranged it, and whether the previous events were just speculations."
Tang Shijin understood what he meant: "So, if what happened before is the same, then Wang Zhi may have a very clever medicine in his hands that can make people die without leaving any trace."
"Yes," Wu Buzheng said, "the host has already sent someone to investigate."
Tang Shijin nodded slowly.
Wu Buzheng added: "By the way, there is another latest news. I heard that Wang Zhi met the Eighth Prince yesterday."
The Eighth Prince?? He seems to be a little kid of eight or nine years old?
Wang Zhi, are you already planning to support a puppet?