The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Outside the Qianqing Palace, the ministers gradually dispersed. Emperor Hongzhi was not interested in taking care of court affairs, and the ministers did not stay in the palace for long.

After leaving the palace,

Yan Chengjin did not leave, but was waiting for Wang Yue, "Please, sir, send me off to the official."

Wang Yue smiled: "The case has been revealed. Chen Ying and others are in the jail of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. What are you afraid of?"

"You still have to be more cautious." Yan Chengjin said seriously.

Wang Yue didn't take it seriously and waited for his servants to bring the horses before returning home with Yan Chengjin. Yan Chengjin sat in the sedan and repeated the deduction to avoid causing trouble.

The journey was uneventful.

In the alley in front of Yan's mansion, five people were already lying here. The leader said softly: "Here they are, the people in the sedan."

As soon as the sedan entered the alley, several people rushed out with knives.

The bearers were so frightened that they dropped the sedan. Yan Chengjin felt that the situation was not good and immediately picked up a stick. Then Wang Yue's voice came: "There are actually people. Please don't come down, my dear nephew."

Wang Yue pulled out his green steel sword and killed one of them with a swing of his sword. The Jin Yiwei not far away heard the noise and rushed over. When he saw someone attacking Yan Chengjin's sedan, he waved his sword to greet him.

The five thieves didn't know that there were guards lurking here, and they were immediately confused. Wang Yue raised his sword and dropped it without blinking.

The killing of Tatars on the border was much bloodier than this.

The five people quickly fell into a pool of red things. Wang Yue said: "My nephew, come down."

"Please, sir, follow me into the palace!"

"What are you doing in the palace at this time?"

Yan Chengjin didn't get off the sedan and shouted to him from across the sedan: "There must be a fish that slipped through the net!"

The bearers turned the sedan around. At this moment, there was a whoosh and a cold arrow shot out, hitting the center of the sedan door. Wang Yue turned pale with shock.

The arrow hit the sedan curtain, made a clanging sound, and fell down weakly.

The killer in the distance was dumbfounded. He pulled up his bow again and shot another arrow. The arrow hit the sedan curtain, made a clanking sound, and fell down weakly.

He wiped his eyes and opened them as wide as possible. Is there such a hard curtain in the world?

Yan Chengjin shouted: "There are assassins, please protect me."

Wang Yue on the side looked confused and reached out to lift Yan Chengjin's curtain, only to see that there was a layer of fine iron buttons woven into the curtain behind.

Wang Yue: "..."

"Don't let that person run away!" Yan Chengjin reminded.

Jin Yiwei hurriedly chased after him, and Wang Yue and Yan Chengjin returned to the palace.

At the same time, Dai Shan, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was rushing into the palace. Chen Ying not only confessed, but also confessed two people. He wanted to report to Emperor Hongzhi immediately.

He went straight to Qianqing Palace, stepped into the main hall, and reported quickly: "Your Majesty, Chen Ying not only confessed, but also confessed to Kang Min, a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Xiang Jingfang, a doctor in the Ministry of War."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Chengjin came: "Your Majesty, I was on duty today, but I was assassinated and almost died. Just when I thought I was lucky, another cold arrow shot at me, trying to kill me. Fortunately, Your Majesty's The emperor’s grace protected me and allowed me to survive.”

"Is there any fish that slipped through the net?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

"I sincerely request your Majesty to apprehend these two people. Whether they are related to Yan Chengjin's assassination will be known at the first trial." Dai Shan said seriously.

"Well, if there are any results, report them to me as soon as possible!"

In the deserted corner of the palace,

Two people were pacing anxiously here. They were Kang Min, a doctor in the household department, and Xiang Jingfang, a doctor in the military department. They heard that Dai Shan had entered the palace, and they were waiting here in a panic for news.

Kang Min said anxiously: "Chen Ying will definitely confess to us."

"Then send someone to kill him!" Xiang Jingfang said decisively.

"I wonder if Yan Chengjin is dead, and Wang Shouren. These two are too smart. As soon as Chen Ying dies, they will definitely investigate."

Xiang Jingfang nodded: "Packing up Xinruan and going to sea to become a bandit is the last plan."

They would not choose this path unless absolutely necessary. Once they leave, they will become thieves. Scholars will always have a trace of scruples.

At this moment, a young eunuch hurried over: "Master Dai mentioned the two adults."

Kang Min and Xiang Jingfang were shocked and quickly gave the eunuch twenty taels of silver and hurriedly left the palace. Regardless of Yan Chengjin's death or not, the only way left was to go to sea.

When the two hurried to the Meridian Gate, they found that Jin Yiwei was blocking them.

The little eunuch who had just tipped off the news was also arrested.

Kang Min was still calmer, but Xiang Jinfang was so frightened that his legs shook violently, and the factory guard collapsed before he could help him.

Qianqing Palace,

Emperor Hongzhi was waiting quietly, and Dai Shan and Yan Chengjin were also waiting for news about Jin Yiwei.

Mou Bin strode in and reported: "Your Majesty, Kang Min and Xiang Jingfang have been captured. The archer who assassinated Yan Chengjin has committed suicide."

Yan Chengjin fell into deep thought, which was troublesome.

I don’t know if the person who assassinated him was instigated by Kang Min and the other two.

At this moment, a young eunuch hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, Mr. Wang Shouren, the head of the Criminal Department, wants to see you."

Wang Shouren strode into the palace and reported: "I was assassinated on my way to duty. Three people were imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment. According to the confessions of these three people, they were ordered by Kang Min, a doctor in the Ministry of Husbandry."

Wang Shouren's saintly halo is indeed powerful.

"Please Your Majesty, please execute these two people! As for the origins of those thieves, please Your Majesty send factory guards to track them down, uproot them and kill them all." Yan Chengjin said.

Don’t kill any living things today, the spring breeze will bring them back to life.

These people must not be left here.

Emperor Hongzhi looked grim: "If it is found out, these two people will be beheaded and their homes will be ransacked!"

"I have one more thing to ask your Majesty."

"explain."

"I would like to invite Jin Yiwei to protect me secretly for a while." Yan Chengjin said bluntly.

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and nodded.

Hearing that there were two fish that slipped through the net, he sent people to assassinate Wang Shouren and Yan Chengjin. Li Dongyang, the cabinet minister, and three others came, but by the time they arrived, His Majesty had already made a decision.

After leaving the dormitory, Yan Chengjin said to Dai Shan: "I would like to ask you to conduct a thorough investigation to prevent anyone from escaping again."

Dai Shan sighed: "It should be gone."

He made a special trip to the Ministry of Personnel and checked the list of positions in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Now almost all the people who have served in the Ministry of Household Affairs since Hongzhi have been arrested. The rest who have not been arrested have either become officials or died of illness.

Wang Shouren reminded Yan Chengjin: "Brother Gao, you still have to be careful when you are on duty."

Jin Yiwei ordered him to be in prison,

Li Dingyi was tortured to death, and no one came to rescue him in the past two days, so he knew that he had been given up, and said to the Jin Yiwei: "Here we go... The right minister of the Ministry of Industry also knows about Kong Xiang."

Jin Yiwei was shocked and quickly went into the palace to report to Mou Bin.

Yan Chengjin and Wang Shouren had just arrived at the Meridian Gate Guangting, and saw a guard in Jinyi riding a fast horse, with a blood book in his hand.

"But a confession of guilt?"

If it were anyone else, the Jinyiwei would not like to talk to him, but Yan Chengjin had a very good relationship with the commander, so the Jinyiwei said: "Li Dingyi, a member of the Qianhu household in the capital camp, turned out to be the right minister of the Ministry of Works."

Even the right minister of the Ministry of Industry was involved.

Yan Chengjin was shocked, and Dai Shan was a little jealous. This time Jin Yiwei was going to make a great contribution.

Return to Qianqing Palace,

When Emperor Hongzhi heard that the right minister of the Ministry of Works was also involved, he was furious and helpless, and said: "Xiong Chong, the right minister of the Ministry of Propaganda and Works!"

Xiong Chong knew what had happened. When he entered the Qianqing Palace, he trembled and knelt on the ground: "Although I know about Kongxiang, it is too implicated, so I dare not report it. This matter has nothing to do with me. Please give me some advice." Your Majesty, please spare me."

He had just been promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and shook his head: "Even the minister is involved. If you are innocent or not, the Jin Yiwei will naturally find out and send you to prison."

Hearing the word "jail", Xiong Chong half fainted.

Mou Bin took Xiong Chong down.

Yan Chengjin must have felt extremely uncomfortable when he saw how low Emperor Hongzhi's mood was, and how even the minister of the Ministry of Industry deceived him.

I originally wanted to eliminate the root cause, but it was not appropriate to continue admonishing at this moment, so I stood up and left with Dai Shan and others.

This trip back to the capital was extremely smooth. Not only was Wang Yue accompanying him, but also the Jinyi guards were secretly following him. In the capital, no minister could mobilize so many people.

Three days have passed since the Kong Xiang case. No matter how Dai Shan interrogated, no one confessed.

Civil servants were sent to serve in the border areas of Ningxia, and thousands and hundreds of households in the Beijing camp were beheaded in public display.

The Jingying Air Noise Case is really over this time.

For these three days, Emperor Hongzhi still did not go to court.

Li Dongyang and others were at a loss, thinking that Emperor Hongzhi was still pretending, and looked at Yan Chengjin.

Yan Chengjin sighed softly: "Your Majesty pretended to be ignorant in order to give an explanation to the people of the world. Now that the person who cheated has been found out, I am afraid it is true this time."

Outside Qianqing Palace, it is very clean.

Yan Chengjin came to the palace gate, and Xiao Jing reported to the palace: "Your Majesty, Yan Chengjin wants to see you."

With that said, he opened the palace door.

Yan Chengjin strode into the dormitory. There was not a single maid in the palace. Emperor Hongzhi was lying on the bed. Through the curtain, you could see his eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.

"Your Majesty, Yan Chengjin, has met with you."

"I was wondering whether I was a good emperor." Emperor Hongzhi's voice was unhurried and unhurried: "The shortcomings of the capital camp have been out of control since the day I ascended the throne. I have been in a state of confusion for twelve years. No idea.”