After I became a widow

The next day, the first thing Su Jingqing and Xiao Beihuai did after waking up was to go to the gate to look at the extra hole on the ground and the blown-up stone lion.

The capital was very lively last night, and there were booming noises everywhere. Xiao Beihuai forced people like that, and the other party naturally didn't want him to have a good time, so last night, the gate of Prince Huai's mansion kept ringing. If there were not many guards in the mansion, someone might have rushed Come in and kill Xiao Beihuai, the "culprit".

Besides, there were several corpses lying on the other side, they were the people who raided Duke Huai's mansion last night.

Xiao Beihuai looked at Mo Yan, and Mo Yan said, "They are all dead men."

Xiao Beihuai nodded, not surprised, and asked, "How is the situation in other places?"

There were guards everywhere, and the news was sent back at dawn this morning. Mo Yan reported to Xiao Beihuai, "The Ministry of Punishment is the most serious. The entrance and the underground have been bombed. The cells above the water prison were directly bombed. It collapsed, but Zhang Xiru was not in those cells, so he was rescued without being caught."

"The Su family, the Song family, and the Ye family's Gu family. All the people who were close to the prince were assassinated last night. Fortunately, the prince had someone tell them in advance. They were all prepared. There were guard casualties, and the masters were fine."

"The rest is in the palace. I thought Zhang Xiru had already used up all his cards when he poisoned last time, but I didn't expect the assassins to enter the palace last night, and a concubine and several palace people died. The other is Concubine De is also injured, it seems that the situation is not very good."

"What about him?" Xiao Beihuai continued to ask.

Mo Yan knew that his prince was referring to the emperor, so he quickly said: "Don't worry, the prince, everything is safe with the emperor. The prince has arranged so many people to protect him, and no one can get close to the emperor."

Xiao Beihuai nodded slightly, and then ordered: "Say something, give some more money, and bury the dead properly."

Mo Yan took the order, turned around and asked someone to carry the corpses to the government office, to see if the smart and capable Guard Ye could find anything.

The search is still going on today, but it will be over as soon as possible, and people can go to the streets at night.

This year's Zhongqiu is destined to be less lively than in previous years, but there is no way, no matter how quick the battle is, they won't be too fast, after all, Zhongqiu was not long before the other party arranged.

It will be fine next year.

When the two returned to their room, they first wrote a letter and sent it to Xiao Anlan, then changed their clothes and went to see Zhang Xiru in the Ministry of Punishment.

This elder Ge is a capable person, capable of destroying the capital overnight, so he must be dealt with as soon as possible.

"When we get back, let's go to the Ye family of the Su family to see the situation at home."

Although the people below said it was nothing serious, it would be more reassuring to see them in person.

"Okay, the Song family and the Gu family will also go. We will arrange their family members to go out to work, so we have to guard the rear for them."

"It should be. In addition, I plan to transfer some of the garrisons to station outside the city gate, just in case."

The enemy is capable and has many methods, and he is merciless in attacking ordinary people, so there may be some tricks behind him.

The two of them got into the carriage while talking, but they didn't dare to ride the horse. They were afraid that the target would be too obvious to guard against back arrows, so the carriage should at least have a cover.

Zhang Xiru, who was injured and had no food or drink, was very weak and emaciated. His whole body showed signs of decline, and he had lost all the energy and energy he had originally wanted to pursue a great cause.

When Xiao Beihuai and the others arrived, they were lying on the ground, if it wasn't for the rising and falling of their chests, they would really look like corpses.

Xiao Beihuai said: "Mr. Zhang Ge is reviewing what he looks like after death in advance?"

Maybe because he didn't want to show weakness in front of Xiao Beihuai's opponent, Zhang Xiru forced himself to sit up, and smiled at Xiao Beihuai, "Does His Highness Prince Huai like the gift I gave you last night?"

"You mean those corpses that were sent to the government office early this morning?"

Xiao Beihuai pursed his lips, "The king really likes it."

Zhang Xiru's turbid eyes showed hostility, "This is just the beginning of the contest between you and me, Xiao Beihuai, you have to get through tonight before we talk about it."

"Okay," Xiao Beihuai agreed, "But I don't want to see you again tomorrow, so I suddenly thought of a good idea."

Xiao Beihuai squatted down, and spoke softly, "I thought, I'd better take all of your Zhang family to the city gate tonight. If something happens in Zhongqiu tonight, I will kill one of the Zhang family as a gift to you." The confession of the people."

"You have a lot of Zhang family, enough for you to make a lot of troubles."

"Of course, it's not just the Zhang family. For your henchmen, this king also intends to arrest their family members and take them to the gate of the city together. One person is for another life. This king also wants the people to know that you official families The big clan is no more noble than them."

"Master Zhang Ge, what do you think of this king's proposal?"

"Xiao Beihuai! You really are like a snake and a scorpion!"

"It's me, Mr. Zhang, who was wrong. I thought that even if you came to power, you would be a wise son who loves the people like a son. I didn't expect you to be as ruthless as the rumors."

Zhang Xiru's face was gloomy, which showed that Xiao Beihuai's threats were quite effective.

But then he changed the subject, "If you really dare to do this, even if you are enthroned, Dayong will surely perish. Several of the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty were not from aristocratic families. If you dare to touch them, you will die in this life." Don't think about peace, you will never have anyone in your hands again."

"Hmm..." Xiao Beihuai pondered for a moment, "You are right."

"But this king will not be so stupid as to kill all the aristocratic families. Besides, after the death of this batch, there will be another batch. Just like you don't think it's no big deal to change the dynasty?"

"The most important thing in this world is ordinary people. They are the roots of this land. What are the aristocratic families?"

It's not that Xiao Beihuai looks down on the family, nor does he have no scruples about the family, it's just that at this time, the more he shows contempt for the family and doesn't care, Zhang Xiru can understand his determination and believe in the plan he said.

They are all betting.

"Your Zhang family will be completely destroyed by your ambition." Su Jingqing, who had been silent all this time, opened his mouth.

Su Jingqing didn't squat down, but just looked down at Zhang Xiru, "Your Zhang family is already a century-old family, and you are also an extremely powerful minister, with a high position and authority, but you are not satisfied, trying to be a person who wants to control the world. It's done, Your Zhang family is naturally happy, you can exploit everyone, even if there are many mourners and countless bones, you don’t care, as long as people don’t die.”

"In your hearts, the common people are contemptible, and those who have a stutter can live, but they can't die anyway, so you can enjoy the joy of trampling everyone under your feet without any scruples."

"It's really good, I feel tempted when I say it, but you forget too many things, your plan will not succeed, and your Zhang family and nine clans will all die. Or maybe you are lucky and the matter will be completed, but the people are forced to have nowhere to go Sometimes, they will also resist. There are also foreign enemies who are eyeing up, they will come in and completely annex the land under your feet, and those people will definitely destroy your Zhang family first."

"As long as your ambition is to let the Zhang family dominate and do whatever you want, you will definitely lose!"

Xiao Beihuai followed Su Jingqing's words and said: "Originally, your Zhang family could last for a hundred years, or even 200 or 300 years, but now, you will have nothing."

"The Zhang family, this king will not leave a single one alive."

There was a killing intent in Xiao Beihuai's eyes, even Zhang Xiru, an old fox who has been in the government and the opposition for many years, was terrified when he saw it.

Xiao Beihuai hated their Zhang family to death.

Zhang Xiru didn't want to admit defeat, he closed his eyes and suppressed all those emotions that shouldn't be there.

Watching Xiao Beihuai laugh, the more he laughed, the louder he sounded, "Duke Huai, Prince Huai, I almost let you fool me."

"If you really don't care about those muddy legs, why did you go out today? You came here to negotiate terms with me, but I don't agree. I just want you to watch your people die tonight. A large number of people died, blood flowed like a river, and the people of this official will kill the entire capital into an empty city!"

After Zhang Xiru finished speaking, he felt much happier in his heart. He was the only one who threatened others before, but no one dared to threaten him like this. Such a person must learn a lesson.

It's just that both Xiao Beihuai and Su Jingqing looked indifferent, without a trace of surprise. This reaction was obviously different from Zhang Xiru's expectations.

"Today, I really didn't want to negotiate terms with you. I just wanted to inform you that the rest of the Zhang family will be executed in the execution ground tomorrow. People all over the capital will come to see you, so the more noise you make tonight, the better. Because of this, they will hate your Zhang family even more, it is true that you have been prosperous for a hundred years, but you will be infamous forever."

"Everyone remembers your Zhang family, especially what you, Zhang Xiru, have done."

"Oh, by the way, I have also brought the spirit card of your Zhang family's ancestors to the capital. When the execution is tonight and tomorrow, I will ask people to display your Zhang family's tablet, so that all the ancestors of the Zhang family can live together. See clearly how the Zhang family disappeared."

Xiao Beihuai's words were more punitive than a sentence, and Zhang Xiru's reaction was greater than when he said he wanted to kill Zhang's family.

Pointing at Xiao Beihuai with widened eyes and short of breath, he scolded him angrily for being inhuman, his heart was too vicious, and he didn't leave anyone a chance to survive.

"No, it's not a way of life. You don't even leave a way of death for others. His Highness Duke Huai has done such a ruthless thing. Are you not afraid of retribution in the future?"

"Elder Zhang Ge is not afraid, and this king is naturally not afraid."

Xiao Beihuai handed Su Jingqing his hand to pull him up, his legs felt a little numb after squatting for so long.

Zhang Xiru raised his head, fixedly looked at Xiao Beihuai, his eyes hardened, "What do you want? What exactly do you want?"

Xiao Beihuai led Su Jingqing out, but didn't answer this question.

A well-asked question.

It's just that they can't say it. If they say it, Zhang Xiru will feel that there is room for bargaining. He will not give up the plan willingly.

Not to mention, let's see how much Zhang Xiru cares about the reputation of the Zhang family and the safety of their ancestors.

Xiao Beihuai had already figured out countermeasures since people brought Zhang's family from Quzhou to the capital. He didn't want to implicate the innocent, but no one who did evil could escape.

Zhang Xiru had an eyeliner in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Before noon, he received the news that the garrison from the camp in the suburbs of Beijing had entered the city, and ransacked their homes in the city to arrest people.

And the crimes committed by the Zhang family over the years began to be posted in the city, especially Zhang Xiru, Dou Da's name and clear portrait were posted in the most conspicuous position for everyone to see.

It is said that the common people were afraid to go to the street because of the search on the street, but a posting of the notice attracted a lot of common people to watch the excitement, and there were people reading the notice aloud. At this moment, some people had already gone to the door of Zhang’s sealed-off house. Throw away the rotten vegetable leaves and mud.

Zhang Xiru was startled for a long time when he heard the whole person, and opened his mouth to say something, but finally he didn't say a word.

He has been plotting and plotting for many years, but he is no match for Duke Huai's ruthlessness, he can ruin everything he has painstakingly planned overnight.

The person who brought him the letter reminded him in a low voice, "Elder Ge, those officials are so weak that they can't stand torture, let alone threats. I'm afraid Prince Huai already knows all about Elder Ge's arrangements."

"Elder Ge, the Zhang family not only has the spirit card in Duke Huai's hands, but also the bones of the coffin..."

"Prince Huai, I want to see King Huai, come here, hurry up and invite King Huai to come, I want to see him!" Zhang Xiru became excited, stood up, grabbed the railing and started to shout.

It's just that when King Huai came, he refused to bow his head, now it's hard to see him, Xiao Beihuai doesn't have the heart to talk to him.

Xiao Beihuai never left the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but turned around and went to the interrogation place. With him in charge, few of those who were captured could survive. Orders were sent out from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and tasks were carried out inside and outside the city. soldiers.

The news spread to the palace, and the emperor was so proud when he heard it, he praised Xiao Beihuai to Xu Cai, who was waiting beside him, saying that he gave birth to a good son, and that if the throne was handed over to him, Dayong would surely prosper and prosper , is a prosperous age praised by everyone.

Xu Cai naturally followed suit, and when he praised the Emperor, he also praised King Huai.

How could the emperor care about Concubine Zhong Gui who was obviously dying on the bed in such a happy look.

He couldn't get the antidote, or in other words, no one thought about getting the antidote at all, and only relied on the soup to hang his life. Now that a few days have passed, he can't hang himself anymore.

Concubine Zhong Gui couldn't speak, she couldn't even move her hands and feet, she just lay there completely lifeless amidst the joyful sound of the emperor praising Xiao Beihuai.

The servant girl exhaled and finally caught the emperor's attention.

The emperor looked at the man for a moment, stepped forward to cover Concubine Zhong's eyes, and called out, "Get some ice, and send the concubine to bury her after the matter is over."

Xu Cai hurriedly called people to carry away Concubine Zhong's body, not wanting to know whether the emperor liked or disliked Concubine Zhong.

Or maybe he took a fancy to Concubine Zhong only because Concubine Zhong gave birth to the second prince?

Xu Cai shook his head, he didn't think about these things he shouldn't know, he just hoped that the matter would end soon, otherwise the ice wouldn't be able to cover the smell in this hot day, and it would be these slaves who would suffer.

……

The Son of Heaven didn't want anyone to know that Concubine Zhong was gone, even Xiao Beihuai didn't notify. After working for a long time, he searched inside and outside the city, and the hidden danger was eliminated. Xiao Beihuai ordered the people in the government office to notify the people. The Mid-Autumn Festival will be celebrated as usual tonight, and the imperial court will increase the number of inspectors.

On the other side, the Zhang family and the family members of other arrested officials were also taken to the tower as Xiao Beihuai said. A large group of people can be seen as long as they are willing to look.

When the lanterns first come on, bold people open their doors and start doing business. The streets are filled with bright red lanterns, and there are patrolling soldiers and servants everywhere. The streets gradually become lively.

Su Jingqing and Xiao Beihuai mixed in the crowd, celebrating their first Mid-Autumn Festival together.

In less than a year, so many things happened, Su Jingqing thought, he really picked a good husband for himself.

Xiao Beihuai held him with one hand and a rabbit lantern in the other, looking sideways at his princess from time to time.

"Qing'er, do you know what this king is thinking now?"

Su Jingqing tilted his head, "Miss me?"

Xiao Beihuai responded very quickly, "Well, I miss you."

"I think—this is the first Mid-Autumn Festival that my king will be accompanied by a princess."

The author has something to say:

My shoulder is really sore, so I rested for two days, sorry.