When he was found by the Jinyiwei and sent back to the palace, Zhu Houzhao was already dying. The haggard face of Qing and Zi was obvious. He knew that this was a sign of poisoning.

Empress Dowager Zhang almost roared and said, "Where is the imperial doctor? Why hasn't the imperial doctor come yet?"

My son was assassinated and lay on the bed for almost half an hour, but he had not seen the shadow of the imperial doctor. This efficiency was enough to make the heads of the Imperial Hospital Palm Hospital fall to the ground.

An old eunuch replied tremblingly: "Report to the Empress Dowager, news just came from that several imperial physicians on duty suddenly died.

The Imperial Hospital was tampered with, I am afraid I can’t count on it anymore. Eunuch Gu and Eunuch Zhang have already taken people to the folk to hire famous doctors…”

Before the old eunuch could finish his words, Empress Dowager Zhang fainted on the spot.

Whether it is the organized group of 100 people assassins or the Imperial Hospital being stolen, it proves that the mastermind behind the scenes is powerful.

In times of crisis, loyal to the emperor and eunuchs, they would rather go to the folk to seek medical treatment than to count on the Imperial Hospital. The amount of information behind this is too large, completely exceeding the acceptance ability of Queen Mother Zhang.

In her impression, although the emperor likes to make trouble, the Ming Dynasty was generally peaceful and peaceful.

When the empress dowager fainted, all the officials rushed to the palace. Taking advantage of the opportunity that no one was in charge of the overall situation, the cabinet took over the palace and began to issue orders.

...

Although the court has blocked the news as much as possible, the most explosive assassination case since the founding of the Ming Dynasty was still spread to the world with the remaining martial arts people.

Top of Mount Hua

Li Mu was stunned when he heard that the emperor was being hunted down in the capital.

I had known that the aristocratic family was awesome, but now it was not the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Such a bold pursuit of the emperor was simply horrifying.

Unless the dynasty is to be changed, if such a thing happens, the next emperor will retaliate against them if he has some ability.

Li Mu had no doubt that the aristocratic families had the ability to change dynasties. But under the background of the great families standing together, who would come out to be the emperor?

No one is a fool. If you choose an emperor with mature business skills, you are trying to get your foundation.

Once the emperor knew their way of playing, many things would be impossible to operate. After the collapse of the aristocratic family system, why can the great families maintain their influence in the court for a long time?

Do you really think that their descendants will be academic masters from generation to generation and can stand out in the wave of imperial examinations?

If there is no back door set up, it will take decades before the aristocratic families will become the same as everyone else.

Since we are not planning to change the dynasty and everyone is having such a fierce game, it is only Zhu Houzhao who has digged their foundation.

Li Mu didn't know what happened in the court. The only thing that is certain is that Zhu Houzhao and the aristocratic families did not seek good things.

How could it be possible to assassinate the emperor without paying a price?

Not only the royal family, but also the nobles will not agree, nor will the people in the world, including Grand Master Li.

...

After hearing Wang Buyao's words, Li Mu asked: "You said that the cabinet took over the palace, are Zhu Houzhao's confidants dead?"

Wang Buyao explained: "I heard that the Imperial Hospital was also attacked. Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong and others were busy looking for medical treatment for the emperor. They asked Empress Dowager Zhang to take charge of the overall situation.

Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly fainted and asked the cabinet to take advantage of the situation. Perhaps because she was dissatisfied with them taking Zhu Houzhao out for assassination, Empress Dowager Zhang did not take back the dominance, but sat back and watched the civil servants settle them."

Li Mu had nothing to say. Although there was no news of the emperor's life and death, he was sure that Zhu Houzhao was dead this time.

As for Zhu Houzhao's usual style of a naughty child, it would be strange if the civil servant group could like him. If he didn't take the opportunity to kill him and replaced him with an obedient emperor, it would not be the style of the Ming bureaucrats.

Perhaps they don’t need to take action personally, just delaying the treatment time or allowing people from the aristocratic families to continue to attack, so they can easily achieve their goals.

After pondering for a while, Li Mu slowly said: "Release the news, the aristocratic families colluded with the cabinet and plotted to kill the regency. You can edit the specific content casually.

In short, this news must spread all over the world as soon as possible. All the aristocratic families and officials in the capital will be arranged and a dirty minister will be recorded.

In addition, let’s continue to order all factions to investigate those who attacked our Five Mountains Escort Agency. No matter what force is involved, they will be killed without mercy!"

The facts are obvious. It is impossible to make such a big noise in Beijing without anyone to cooperate.

The power of the Guangshi family in the capital can certainly send the assassin in, but the emperor must be on guard when traveling.

If you want to transfer the factory guards at the same time and the soldiers of Shuntian Mansion are not left with clues, it is not that simple.

Anyway, it was impossible for Zhu Houzhao to be transferred by himself, and the eunuch group could not betray the emperor at this time. The noble group also had no motivation to participate in the regicide. The only thing left was the civil servant group.

Ordinary officials can't handle it. At most, they can influence Shuntian Mansion. If they want to transfer factory guards, only the cabinet officials will participate in it themselves.

The power of the Ming Dynasty cabinet was very great. It could not only refute the imperial edicts, but also draw imperial edicts for the emperor.

Li Mu could not think of any other explanation except for forging imperial edicts.

It can't be said that the aristocratic families infiltrated the factory guards, Shuntian Prefecture, Jingying, and the five-city military commanders at the same time, and they still hold power in it, right?

If it is so awesome, just put the emperor under house arrest. Why do you have to make it so powerful and put yourself in danger?

As a just man, Li Mu always despises these sinister villains.

Since these guys are all people who seek fame, let’s help them make their name. It’s not that easy to whitewash with the charge of regicide, right?

...

It was not only the Five Mountains Sword Sect that took action, but although the assassination case was large, it was also irrelevant to most of the forces in the martial arts world. However, during the assassination case, it affected all forces.

I have encountered unrestrained disasters for no reason. If the boss doesn’t make a comeback, how can he stay in the world?

With such a big disturbance, the Huashan Sect can track down the aristocratic families, and other forces are no exception.

People in the world do not need so much evidence to do things. As long as everyone recognizes their enemies, they can retaliate.

The strength of the aristocratic families is not weak, and it is easy to lose both sides when they come to the door openly, but it is different if they attack secretly.

It seems that overnight, there are more public security crimes in the world. Especially the rich people on the rankings, they are already focused on by the thieves who "robbed the rich and helped the poor", and their lives are even harder now.

...

Suzhou

Since the title of "Yuan Bancheng", the Yuan family has no longer been peaceful.

Fortunately, they sell salt, both official and private salt, and they keep thousands of salt thugs in their hands. In addition, the masters trained in the clan can resist it.

Compared with the other companies, the situation of the Yuan family is much better than that of the other companies.

But at this time, Old Master Yuan was uneasy. Since he participated in the regicide case, he had an unknown premonition.

However, in the Suzhou area, the power that can threaten the Yuan family really does not exist. With the influence of the Yuan family in the local area, it is no problem to arm tens of thousands of troops, and even the armor is ready-made.

In Suzhou governments, they have to look at the Yuan family's eyes. Not to mention the annual tax revenue, only the Yuan family can help collect it.

As the world's largest palace, Suzhou's contribution to the Ming Dynasty's finances directly exceeded that of Shanxi. The total of the two provinces in Shaanxi accounted for one tenth of the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue.

These are the reliances of the Yuan family. Even if the list of rich people is exposed, Old Master Yuan has never been afraid.

But the assassination case is different. It involves this kind of storm. No matter how many trump cards the Yuan family has, once exposed, it will face a catastrophe.

The rumors everywhere made Old Master Yuan feel guilty. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart, but it soon disappeared.

They were all forced by Zhu Houzhao. If the naughty child emperor had not expressed his intention in the court and was interested in the Yuan family's property, they would not have participated in the regicide.

Looking at the two kneeling on the ground and stomping the crutches in their hands, Old Master Yuan asked sternly: "When you go to Shandong, all the salt in Henan was lost, but there was no clue at all. What are you two doing for?"

It’s a small matter to lose thousands of stones of salt. The Yuan family is rich in the world, and it can’t be shaken by just a few thousand stones of salt.

But the problem is that this kind of thing is very bad. If the person who touched their salt was not pulled out as soon as possible and let the brave people in the world see it, wouldn’t everyone follow suit?

The middle-aged man in purple hurriedly replied: "Report to the great master, it's not that we haven't investigated, but that the thief's technique is too ruthless.

Only two of us who went out survived the 800 salt dicks we escorted in Shandong, and the rest were all slaughtered.

After the incident, I immediately used the power of the Green Forest Road to investigate. Unfortunately, my friends on the Green Forest Road were surrounded by the Taishan Sect as soon as they got involved.

Shocked by the reputation of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, people in the world refused to participate, and the clues of the thief were cut off."

"snort!"

He shouted coldly and stamped his crutch again. Old Master Yuan asked the other person: "Where are you? Could it be that the Wuyue Sword Sect had taken action to obstruct him?"

The man in green shook his head repeatedly: "Grandmaster, although we have not encountered the Five Mountains Sword Sect's investigation, the situation in Henan is even more strange.

Shortly after entering Henan, Yan Ding had a collective diarrhea. Before he had time to treat it, he was robbed by the Twelve Villages of Yuntai.

Not only was the salt lost, but even several silk shops in Henan were looted by thieves.

During the investigation, we found the traces of Shaolin monks. However, my Yuan family and Shaolin Temple have always been in good relationships, and they are also rich and there is no need to touch our wealth.

After I found that someone had arranged a suspicion array and wanted to provoke our relationship with Shaolin Temple, I also sent someone to visit Master Fang Zheng and asked them to help. There is no result yet."

Hearing this result, Old Master Yuan breathed a little relieved, and then he had a headache again.

Judging from the current situation, the Taishan Sect has participated in the operation against the Yuan family. If the Taishan Sect does it, it would be a big trouble if the entire Five Mountains Sword Sect means it.

"Don't send someone to transport salt to the two places in person for the time being, so as not to lose people in vain. Place an order with the Wuyue Escort Agency to see if they receive the escort.

As long as they are willing to take the rafts, the price will be as they wish. Just think it is spending money to buy peace, and we can't stand the tossing now."

As he spoke, Old Master Yuan's heart was bleeding. Compared to the lost salt, the loss of salt was even more heartbreaking.

Although the Ming Dynasty was not short of people, not everyone could serve as the salt in the martial arts world.

This kind of job of adding blood to the knife is simply not competent for ordinary strong men. It is okay for official salt to sell private salt, and the loyalty of salt must be guaranteed.

In order to keep it confidential, most of the salted men in the Yuan family recruited strong men from their own employees and trained them themselves.

Although it is just a few moves, practicing martial arts is practicing martial arts. At least meat must be managed enough, so the cost is naturally not low.
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