Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

Ning Fan also thought about this question. After all, the dragon boat was parked near Qianlong Town. Anyone with a right mind would deduce that Ning Fan must want to visit the temple fair.

"That also shows that this group of people has been targeting me for a long time, and they are likely to follow me all the way."

Ning Fan was really worried about being assassinated. Today he was lucky, but what about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow? If he was assassinated every day, would he still be an emperor?

"You go back and investigate carefully. I will give you ten days to sort out the people behind this."

Ning Fan warned Lei Zhen.

Lei Zhen took Ning Fan's instructions and just walked away, Ning Fan's face turned gloomy. He came down because Ning Fan keenly felt that this matter was abnormal.

"If these assassins are from the White Lotus Sect in the northwest, that would be normal. If these assassins are from King Fenyang's men, that would be reasonable, but now it seems that this assassin does not belong to these two forces."

Ning Fan was talking to himself in the room, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

What he was most worried about happened, because Ning Fan had an intuition that these assassins were not from the northwest or Jiangnan, but from Kyoto.

This is the strongest counterattack Ning Fan has encountered since he ascended the throne, and it is also a collective murder of Ning Fan by the entire Dakang bureaucracy.

This fight happened sooner or later, but it happened suddenly just when Ning Fan was about to rush back to Kyoto. This had to make Ning Fan suspicious of all the officials in Kyoto.

Yingfan speeded up the rest of the journey, and it took only five days to approach Kyoto. However, this time Ning Fan did not return directly to Kyoto, but came to Green Willow Villa outside Kyoto.

Jin Yiwei had already deployed defenses along Ning Fan's route, so Ning Fan was not worried about anything unexpected happening along the way. However, when he saw the door of Green Willow Villa, Yueying had already been waiting here.

After not seeing Yue Ying for several months, she looked even more gloomy. Many people working in intelligence jobs made Yue Ying very scheming, and on the surface she seemed to have a maturity that was inconsistent with her age.

"The last assassination in Qianlong Town has been investigated clearly. The mastermind behind it may not even be imagined by your Majesty."

Yueying kept it secret and did not directly tell the person behind the scenes, but let Ning Fan guess.

But what Ning Fan said next surprised Yue Ying, because Ning Fan actually revealed the mastermind in one breath.

"If I guess correctly, the person who organized the assassination of me this time should have been caught by you."

Ning Fan said with a smile.

Yueying nodded slightly: "It seems that Your Majesty has already guessed who it is?"

"It doesn't matter who he is anymore, but I still want to meet him in person."

Ning Fan's expression was gloomy and somewhat complicated.

"That's just right. This person is being held in Green Willow Villa. Your Majesty can go see him now."

Yueying's expression was equally complex.

Following Yue Ying, Ning Fan came to a hidden place in Green Willow Villa, where Yue Ying secretly transformed it into a dungeon.

This place was originally a bluestone mountain, but after Jin Yiwei's operation, it became an unbreakable prison.

Through the gray and dark passage, Ning Fan came to the underground prison. A gray-haired old man was standing in the prison, looking out with an indifferent expression. When he saw Ning Fan, his expression suddenly changed.

"Mr. Cheng Ge, I didn't expect that when we meet again, we would be in a place like this."

When Ning Fan saw Cheng Wei, the chief minister of the cabinet, there was no surprise on his face, as if he had guessed the outcome a long time ago.

Cheng Wei, the chief minister of the cabinet, is the only person Ning Fan values ​​most, and he is also the person in the entire Dakang who is least likely to betray Ning Fan. However, at this moment, he is really standing on the opposite side of Ning Fan.

"I didn't expect you to survive."

Cheng Wei didn't look guilty at all.

"You are the chief minister of the cabinet trained by a powerful family in Guanzhong. At this time, when the situation becomes clear, they will naturally use your secret line."

Ning Fan sighed slightly and looked at the cabinet chief, Cheng Wei, with some pity.

This veteran of three dynasties of Dakang, this chief assistant of Dakang used to be the backbone of Dakang, but now Ning Fan had to put him in prison.

"After all, I am just a mortal and cannot live for my own ideals. I am different from His Majesty."

Tears flowed from Cheng Wei's eyes.

He had no choice but to assassinate Ning Fan because Cheng Wei's life had long been planned by the clan. He was a chess piece cultivated by the clan and was a sharp knife against the imperial power.

Cheng Wei had been hiding well all these years, but when Ning Fan took over Dakang and started aggressively attacking the clans, those clans finally felt threatened.

In fact, the clan in Guanzhong did not intend to use Cheng Wei to deal with Ning Fan at first, but as Ning Fan pressed forward step by step, the clan was almost completely broken by Ning Fan, and at this time they had no choice.

"I heard from Yueying that you have two sons, one of whom was taken hostage by Zhang, a powerful family member who fled to the northwest. The last resort you said was probably because of this son."

Ning Fan nodded slightly.

"Yes and no. In fact, the most fundamental reason is that what your majesty advocates is completely contrary to what I have advocated. Please forgive me. I really cannot understand the world that your majesty explained, because I think it is impossible to achieve."

The chief minister of the cabinet, Cheng Wei, knelt on his knees with no expression on his face.

He was just upset that he failed in the end.

Ning Fan once taught the chief minister about the constitutional monarchy and the republican system, and elaborated on the advantages of these two systems.

At that time, Ning Fan was just chatting with Cheng Wei, but he didn't expect that the conversation would be remembered by Cheng Wei for so long, and that he would betray Ning Fan because of it.

No wonder Ning Fan had heard a saying before that if Qin Shihuang was given an atomic bomb, he would explode it eagerly instead of keeping it in his hand as a deterrent.

"You think you are right. You think you assassinated me for the sake of the people of the world, right? You think you are noble."

Ning Fan smiled.

His smile was not a ridicule but a bitter smile, because although Cheng Wei was the most intelligent person in this era, his vision was limited after all.

As a person who traveled back from two thousand years later, Ning Fan's cognition and vision are incomprehensible to people of this era.

Even Cheng Wei, one of the smartest people of this era, could not understand Ning Fan's grand blueprint for the future.

He felt that Ning Fan's assumptions were unrealistic, and he felt that Ning Fan would destroy the country.