my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 174

Zhang Anshi understood something.

Soon, smoke rose in the palace.

Zhang Fu and Qiu Song, who were far away in Qixia, had been staring in the direction of the capital.

When he saw billowing black smoke rising from the sky, he didn't hesitate any longer.

So the model battalion attacked.

Chen Li, a thousand households in the Inner Thousand Households Office, had already led people to the Confucius Temple, the Bell and Drum Towers and other places, pulled away the troops, and began to monitor every move here.

Chen Li knew in his heart that if he couldn't hold him this time, it would be over for him.

He already had a premonition that he was already standing on Zhang Anshi's boat, whether it was Ji Gang or his new acquaintance Deng Wu, they would all regard him as a thorn in his side, and he would have a chance only if he hugged Anshi's thigh tightly.

But Zhang Anshi's thigh, where is it that he wants to hug it?If he didn't have any skills, then according to An Nanhou's temperament of turning his face and denying others, he might be kicked to Java immediately.

Therefore, after receiving the order, he made careful arrangements, and concealed installations were set up at every street corner.Manpower was also deployed in the alleys everywhere, and even the waterways... were also guarded to prevent anyone from swimming to escape.

The situation here in the Confucius Temple is the most complicated, because it is connected to the Qinhuai River and the roads extend in all directions, so he personally sits here. At this juncture of his own destiny, he cannot be careless.

He adopted the strategy of encircling but not searching, because once he started to search every house, he would inevitably be short of manpower, so he might as well tighten his pockets first and wait for the model battalion to rush to help.

After more than half an hour, the model camp that rushed over finally arrived.

Zhang Fu was the leader of the team. Zhang Fu found Chen Li. Once the two joined forces, the model battalion began to appear in all the streets and intersections.

Immediately afterwards, like a carpet search, a group of two Jinyi school captains and two model battalion soldiers, dozens of teams, began to invade the house over and over again, conducting searches and investigations.

What they used was a three-stage search. During the search, two people entered the house, and the other three were arranged around the house to prevent anyone from going out through the windows or walls at any time.

After a group of people searched, they went to search the next one, and the latter group started to search this one again.

Such three searches can ensure that there will never be any omissions.

The target of the search is mainly for those who usually do not leave the door.

Or, it is those who speak with a foreign accent, or even have no legitimate livelihood in the capital, and can't tell other livelihoods.

The school captains of Jinyiwei are often better at observing words and demeanor, if they dare to deceive or show their feet, they can arrest people immediately.

The people in the model camp have a rule that once the opponent dares to resist, they will immediately suppress it.

Of course... the means are not limited to these.

Because the order I got now is that no one is allowed to enter or leave this place until people have found it, and until it is thoroughly searched, otherwise not a single fly is allowed to let go.

Even at this time, Chen Li had already sent people to inform Ying Tianfu, asking them to prepare to buy some firewood, rice, oil and salt to supply these blocked streets and alleys.

Anyway, if you don't see a rabbit and don't scatter an eagle, you will die to the end.

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In a small house next to the Confucius Temple.

The sound of the piano gradually faded away.

The person playing the piano let out a sigh of relief and stood up slowly.

But at this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps broke the tranquility of the room.

"Not good, not good."

The person playing the piano had his hands behind his back, with a calm expression on his face, and said indifferently: "What's the matter?"

"A large number of Jinyiwei appeared nearby... and all of them are...different Jinyiwei...not like the Fusi of Beizhen...at least they were not from the Thousand Households of the Confucius Temple in the past, they were all new faces...Also There are... there are people wearing armor... they are all heavy armor... different from other pro-army."

The person playing the piano frowned: "How is it possible, what happened around here?"

"There should be nothing... There is no news from Ying Tianfu, and no one else came to report the news."

"That's weird." The qin player lowered his eyebrows and walked a few steps, he said in surprise, "I just heard that Lu Zhen was taken into the palace today, but I think there will be nothing wrong with it. Zhu Di wants to interrogate Lu Zhen himself..."

"Could it be that Lu Zhen opened his mouth?"

"It's absolutely impossible." The person playing the piano shook his head: "Lu Zhen is... really greedy for life and afraid of death, but he is a very smart person, knowing that he is not immune, and he will not cut off his last escape route. Now, once he opened his mouth, would his son still be spared? At this point, he would be dead anyway, so why add his own son? If it was someone else, I'm not sure, but if it was Lu Zhen... People are so shrewd, I assert that he will not be like this, it will not do him any good."

"Then... our manpower..."

"Everything is still going according to plan!" The person playing the piano said coldly: "Maybe...something else happened in the capital, let's go and find out."

The man nodded, then turned and hurried away.

It's just that the person playing the piano is no longer calm, and his face is a little more sad.

Although he thought it was impossible, after all...everything happens in case.

After a while, there was a noisy sound outside.

Menzi shouted, "Who are you?"

"Jin Yiwei is doing business, get out."

"Bold, you know..."

"Come here, those who dare to disobey will be killed without mercy..."

Clang, the sound of a knife being drawn.

The man playing the piano looked shocked.

He subconsciously started to go to his inner room.

There... there is a cellar.

Soon, a group of people arrived here.

Someone grabbed the door: "Where is your master? Here... it seems that there are no female relatives. Is the master of your family alone?"

"My master... went out."

"Where did you go?"

"Travel..."

"Travel...haha..."

The leader was a small flag official from Jinyiwei, who patted the handle of the knife on his waist, and said: "If you travel far away...why is there tea in the piano room...why, your servants drink this tea ?"

"This... my master just went out..."

The little flag officer raised the teacup, squinted his eyes slightly, and said: "People haven't left, they are here in this house, call more people to come immediately, this tea is still warm."

Immediately, a captain blew his whistle.

The sudden bamboo whistle immediately attracted soldiers from the Model Battalion and Captain Jinyi from all directions to rush over.

After a while, the place was completely surrounded.

A hundred household officials said with a cold face: "Dig the ground three feet!"

So, dozens of people began to search inch by inch.

Even a brick wall should be tapped to see if it is hollow.

Finally someone stepped on the floor in the bedroom and said, "The bottom is empty."

As soon as this remark came out, someone began to squat down...

Eventually, a partition was lifted.

Here, a figure gradually became clear.

The body of the person in the cellar trembled slightly.

He couldn't imagine that he would end up like this after exhausting all his tricks.

Until someone roughly dragged him out of the cellar, when he saw the light, he subconsciously covered his face.

"This man is sneaky, nine out of ten he is the criminal." Baihu said happily: "Go and invite Qianhu, and... this house is still surrounded by me, continue to check and see if there are any others." The same party. I also searched carefully the several mansions near here, all the things in it... and the letters, give me a damn look, if there is one missing, don't blame me for being rude. "

This method is still very rough.

Regardless of Sanqi 21, first slap the person playing the piano, and said in a rough voice: "What's your name, don't try to deceive people, it is completely useless to make up an identity for yourself, look at our posture, you can't do it. Know that good people don’t come, no matter what you fool, don’t try to hide.”

The player who played the piano was very smart, knowing that the general situation was over, and any resistance was actually meaningless, so he said calmly: "Xu Wen."

"It's him, take it down!" Baihu laughed loudly, he got a great credit for nothing, it's so damn exciting.

"This man is a smart man...don't embarrass him, how to deal with it, everything has its own sacred order, a team of people from the model camp, come with me, and prepare to take this prisoner into the palace..."

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In the palace...

Zhu Di sat high, with an uncertain expression on his face.

Zhang Anshi was at ease, but he still couldn't help feeling a little anxious, because he wasn't sure whether that guy named Xu Wen would be caught.

Yi Shiha waited on Zhu Di carefully, not daring to make a sound.

Outside the hall, Ji Gang and Deng Wu were still there, but they both lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

After a long time, someone hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, someone caught it."

Zhu Di suddenly opened his eyes wide, and suddenly asked, "Is that Xu Wen?"

The person who came immediately said: "Exactly!"

The light in Zhu Di's eyes suddenly brightened a little, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, it's fine if you hold it, it's fine if you hold it, and send it to the palace immediately, and I will interrogate it myself!"

This is no small matter, and Zhu Di has too many doubts in his heart.

Zhang Anshi didn't make a sound. He knew very well that at this moment, it's better to pretend to be dead. How to deal with it is His Majesty's business.

After more than half an hour, a man with disheveled hair was finally brought in in embarrassment.

When he entered the hall, he was pushed by someone, and he staggered staggeringly. As soon as he entered the hall, he was immediately kicked on the calf from behind. Before Xu Wen could react, he had already knelt down.

Zhu Di stood up, stared at Xu Wen closely and said, "What's your name?"

The man said, "Xu Wen."

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and said, "What's the relationship with Zhu Shisan?"

Xu Wen said with difficulty: "My sister is the side concubine of the acting king."

Zhu Di looked at Xu Wen coldly and said, "I heard that Zhu Shisan has always doted on that side concubine Xu, is that right?"

Xu Wen said simply: "Yes."

Zhu Di asked again: "Zhu Shisan turned against him?"

This time, Xu Wen didn't answer.

Zhu Di shouted coldly: "Speak!"

Only then did Xu Wen say, "Yes... yes..."

Zhu Di looked straight at Xu Wen, and continued to ask: "Are both Lu Zhen and you his accomplices?"

Xu Wen said: "Yes."

"Why do you want to oppose it?"

When Zhu Di said this, his face was sullen, and the flames in his eyes became more intense.

Xu Wen was like an eggplant beaten by Shuang. At this time, he actually confessed, but when he talked about why he wanted to rebel, he remained silent.

At this time, Zhu Di stared at him with a pair of tiger eyes like ice fronts, and said, "If your treachery succeeds, Zhu Shisan can be the emperor, and Lu Zhen can be the prime minister, then... what about you..."

Xu Wen lowered his head and remained silent.

On the other hand, Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I have a guess, what does Your Majesty think?"

Zhu Di raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Anshi, and said, "You tell me."

Zhang Anshidao: "Zhu Shisan's favorite is his side concubine, but the main concubine of Dai Wang's mansion is also the daughter of Zhongshan King Xu Da, who is also the sister of the Queen's Empress, so no matter how Dai Wang dotes on his side concubine Xu, as long as With His Majesty and the Empress present, even if the king of this generation is so courageous, he would not dare to do anything to Concubine Xu Zheng. This Xu Wen's sister will always be just a concubine. I think, maybe... In his opinion, the only option is to rebel This way, only my sister can become the main wife, maybe even the queen in the future, and he will be a first-class relative of the emperor by then."

Xu Wen still lowered his head, but gave Zhang Anshi a resentful sideways glance.

Zhu Di looked at Xu Wen coldly and said, "Just because of that? You colluded with the king to rebel?"

Xu Wen finally said: "My Xu family comes from a big family in Datong, which is the family of Zhong Ding. My sister was adopted by the Dai Wang as a concubine. Because of this, I became an in-law of the Dai Wang Mansion, but what can such an in-law have?" Benefits? When people mention me, Xu Wen, they only know that I am a relative of the king, but I am full of talents and abilities... But I can't display them."

Zhu Di said: "Then, did you lure Dai Wang to rebel, or did Dai Wang lure you to rebel?"

Xu Wen actually said directly: "They all have this heart!"

Zhu Di sneered, stood up, and said, "All of this...including Lu Zhen, was it all planned by you?"

Xu Wendao: "Naturally..."

Zhu Di was furious, and shouted coldly: "Full of nonsense!"

Xu Wendao: "Where is the nonsense?"

Zhu Di said coldly: "Can you deceive others, can you deceive me? Who is Zhu Shisan...that is a fool who is even more stupid than Zhu Gaoxu, and he is also an arrogant idiot!"

After a pause, Zhu Di continued: "My own brother, don't you know? Such a fool, he can plan such a thing?"

Zhang Anshi: "..."

At this time, Zhang Anshi couldn't help but wonder, as Zhu Gaoxu's eldest brother, should he stand up and defend Zhu Gaoxu.

But after thinking about it, forget it after all, His Majesty is in a fit of anger, so it's more important to protect yourself at this time.

I saw Zhu Di angrily said: "Now, you still dare to do this, you are really brave to the extreme!"

Xu Wen lowered his head again and continued to remain silent.

Zhu Di said: "Zhu Shisan has too many people like you around him, which is why he is here today! As for you, you are in my hands today... Do you want to be lucky?"

At this time, Yi Shiha brought a teacup.

Zhu Di's mouth was dry, so he drank it in one gulp, and then continued to speak angrily: "The crime of treason is inevitable, I will cut your body into ten thousand pieces first, and then go to Zhu Shisan to settle the score! "

This time, Xu Wen raised his head abruptly, looked at Zhu Di suddenly with serious eyes, and said word by word: "Although that is the case, but...does His Majesty believe that... acting as a king can't be successful?"

Zhu Di said contemptuously: "So what if you are scheming?"

Xu Wendao: "If His Majesty dies, the acting king will have tens of thousands of elite soldiers, so he can emulate His Majesty, and it will be difficult to enter the capital! And in this capital, the crown prince is cowardly, without His Majesty, the army will definitely be unstable. As for the local prefectures and counties, those officials , Back then, you could bow your knees to His Majesty, and you could still follow Daiwang Conglong. So...even if Your Majesty takes me, what's the use?"

At this time, Zhu Di suddenly lost his anger, but stared at Xu Wen firmly, and said, "This is what you call a clever strategy?"

"This is the student's ingenious strategy?" Xu Wen actually laughed twice, and said: "Students have three strategies, the best strategy, of course, is to protect themselves. But the middle strategy is that once things are revealed, if you return If he was alive, he simply went back to Datong, invited the Tatar to enter the pass, joined forces with the king of Dai, and entered the city of Nanjing."

"As for this bad strategy, the student accidentally fell into His Majesty's hands. He knew that he had no hope of surviving, but after all, the student's wife, children, and sister are all in Datong, so... If Shi can die together with His Majesty, when His Majesty dies, there will be no leader in the world, and if His Royal Highness ascends to the top, great things will be accomplished. I may die, but my wife and children will not lose the wealth of generations."

Zhu Di sneered involuntarily: "It's up to you?"

Xu Wen looked at Zhu Di with a fearless face and said, "Just rely on the students! Students have always been cunning in their actions, and they will always keep a hand for themselves. After Lu Zhen was arrested, how could the students not leave any leeway?"

Zhang Anshi became alert and couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"

"Haha..." Xu Wen laughed wantonly and said, "So even at this moment, the victory or defeat is still unclear. It's just a pity that the students can't see who wins and who loses. What a pity... After I die , or will remain infamous for thousands of years, or become a new hero of Jingnan, and the incense will never end."

Zhu Di's expression became strange.

Zhang Anshi looked at Xu Wen coldly and said, "Finally, what do you mean? If not, don't blame me for being ruthless. This method of Jinyiwei..."

"What's the use of Jin Yiwei's means? A dying person, no matter what, is actually just dying. Although I know that I will die miserably, I have already done it from the beginning of planning this matter." The worst plan." Xu Wen said: "Don't you know what it means to take a chestnut out of the fire? If I don't have enough determination and don't think through the worst consequences, I, Xu Wen... am I a reckless reckless man? You... are too contemptuous I've heard it."

I have to say, this guy... is definitely a monster.

Zhang Anshi was able to find him...although he dare not say he is on the same level as Yao Guangxiao, but at least...he definitely belongs to a very brilliant conspirator.

Zhang Anshi couldn't help but stepped forward, grabbed Xu Wen's lapel, and said angrily: "Now, don't you know what to do? Don't be a fool, I, Zhang Anshi, have a hundred ways to cure you."

Xu Wen laughed: "You will know soon."

Just as he was talking, suddenly... Zhu Di sat down on the imperial chair, his face turned pale, and he said word by word: "Don't ask...it's poisonous..."

This statement came out.

That Xu Wen laughed grimly, and said: "I entered the palace obediently, and I just wanted to come to the palace to witness all this with my own eyes... It seems that the timing is just right, haha..."

Zhang Anshi turned pale with shock, and said, "Why... it will be poisonous, how could it be poisonous..."

Zhang Anshi looked at Yishiha subconsciously.

Yishiha was also shocked at this time, and then said in horror: "No... no, the imperial dining room... no, it may also be the waiter."

Yi Shiha was scared out of his wits.

This is a big mistake.

Even though this had nothing to do with Yi Shiha, but there was such a big mistake in the palace, he could hardly absolve himself of the blame for Yi Shiha.

The problem is that the palace has always been strictly guarded, and it is absolutely impossible for outsiders to poison.

And there are so many procedures, just to prevent poisons from appearing, but... such a thing happened.

The only possibility is that there is an internal thief, and this internal thief has a high status, and he knows every meal and tea process required to be delivered to the emperor. During this process, he has done something wrong.

Yi Shiha was in a hurry, and looked at Zhu Di whose expression was getting worse.

One side panicked loudly: "Come here, come here, the imperial dining room and the tea room, as well as the eunuchs who are on duty to deliver tea and meals today, all of them will be taken down, go call Liu Yongcheng, and tell Liu Yongcheng to go to the warrior camp to take precautions. If there is a change, anyone who enters or exits the palace will be killed without mercy."

After Yishiha finished speaking, he hurried to Zhu Di, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Zhu Di stroked his forehead feebly, his voice became weak, and he only said: "Go pass on the crown prince..."

As soon as this remark came out, Yi Shiha remembered something.

At this most critical moment, the crown prince must be in front of His Majesty, if not...

Zhang Anshi couldn't care about Xu Wen any longer, and rushed to Zhu Di in an instant.

Looking at the imperial case, I drank half of the tea cup.

In fact, at this time, Zhang Anshi no longer cared about finding out who poisoned him.

This Xu Wen seemed to be very clear about the movements in the palace, so it was not surprising who was arranged in the palace.

But the most urgent task right now is Zhu Di.

Zhang Anshi was also a little flustered, but he managed to keep calm, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty... come... ask someone to fetch water, fetch salt water, bring me a bucket... and... and..."

Zhang Anshi said: "Ask the people from the Taitai Hospital to come and bring medicines, all the medicines that can be brought..."

Zhang Anshi yelled loudly, but said in disbelief, "The matter is urgent right now, come and help me..."

Yi Shiha didn't dare not agree, he knew that Zhang Anshi was good at curing diseases, so he nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said: "It's all up to An Nanhou to make the decision."

So Zhang Anshi said: "Bring water... come here, take this Xu Wen down first, and block this place."

Seeing Zhu Di's strangeness at this time, and Zhang Anshi and Yi Shiha's flustered appearance, Xu Wen couldn't help laughing heartily: "Hahaha...hahahaha...the medicine I gave is extremely poisonous, and there is no cure for it in the world, so don't bother." It's wasted effort."

Yi Shiha's eyes were red, and he said sharply: "Press him down, beat him to death, and force him to tell what kind of poison it is!"

Xu Wen just laughed, like a winner, although he was being dragged and looked very embarrassed, he still kept laughing.

Zhu Di's face became more and more ugly.

Zhang Anshi didn't hesitate either, right now is the most critical time, if there is any further delay, it will be hard for gods to save him.

"From now on, Your Majesty will leave it to me. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to speak out." Zhang Anshi said: "If you hesitate... then it's hard to say."

Yi Shiha glanced at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di nodded and said: "His mother...how can a person be bad...so bad...Yao Guangxiao is not as good as him..."

The imperial physicians have already rushed here.

Physician Xu ran last.

When he learned that His Majesty was poisoned, his first reaction...was that there might be no way out.

According to his many years of paddling experience, at this time, the more he rushes to the front, the first to diagnose and treat, when His Majesty is poisoned to death, he may be headed to the ground.

So, although he was out of breath, he couldn't run fast, and he looked like he was working hard, but he was really useless.

The level is a technical issue.

Such a scapegoat cannot be carried by death, as long as you have a good attitude, you can live.

Soon...he entered a side hall.

Inside the small hall, there was a gurgling sound.

But Zhang Anshi directly took a funnel, and then he picked up the bucket and began to pour it into Zhu Di's nose and mouth.

Zhu Di made a coughing sound.

After the filling was almost done, Zhu Di turned over and Zhu Di began to vomit desperately.

Immediately after...

Seeing this scene, Imperial Physician Xu's legs went limp, almost paralyzed from fright, and his mind began to buzz.

This is poisoning?

Or is someone going to kill the king?
Damn... how can I watch this kind of thing, what should I do?
Who knows, Zhu Dibang has a big waist, Zhang Anshi is weak, and Yi Shiha is an eunuch, so Zhang Anshi raised his head and looked around at the imperial doctors.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Anshi saw Imperial Physician Xu.

It seemed that Doctor Xu looked familiar.

Zhang Anshi didn't think much, and pointed directly: "That... that so-and-so... You come forward to help."

In an instant, Imperial Physician Xu's mind went blank, and his eyes seemed to be suddenly blank.

dead...

dead...

dead...

"Come to me!" Zhang Anshi was furious when he saw that he didn't move.

Although Zhang Anshi was young, he was quite majestic when he was fierce.

Doctor Xu was frightened, because Zhang Anshi was too vicious, so he hurried forward in a desperate manner.

Zhang Anshi began to teach him: "Hold the funnel for me, you know? After it's full, you take the bucket and I'll turn it over."

Doctor Xu's mind was in a state of confusion, countless family members began to pass by like a revolving lantern in his mind.

parents……

Wife and children...

Will we never see each other again?
Unexpectedly, the old man has been in the imperial hospital for decades, and even when the emperor Gao was around, he could fool around with ease. Unexpectedly, today... he will fall on this.

But at this moment, there was no room for him to say no, under Zhang Anshi's cold eyes, he nodded mechanically.

Zhang Anshi was usually kind to people, but at this time he was obviously not in the mood to care about his feelings, and his mind was only on Zhu Di, who had been tossing half to death.

Zhang Anshi yelled again at this time: "Listen to my slogan, pour five times, immediately turn over and induce vomiting... one... two... three... four... five!"

(End of this chapter)