King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 204: One tael of silver, a bowl of wine, and a bowl of meat. This is a very poisonous plan.
Han Dynasty Palace.

There was a gloomy atmosphere, and everyone from top to bottom was in a low mood.

Half an hour later.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was lying on the soft couch, slowly opened his eyes and couldn't help but want to move his body to sit up. However, the moment his body twitched, a heart-breaking pain hit him.

hiss.
The sudden pain caused the corner of his mouth to twitch and a muffled sound sounded, his body trembled unconsciously, cold sweat covered his forehead, and his face instantly turned frighteningly white.

Empress Xu, who had already arrived at the palace and was waiting beside her, saw Zhu Gaoxu opening his eyes and twitching his body while lying on the bed, causing an uncomfortable look on his face. She reached out and patted his shoulder gently, and hurriedly He opened his mouth and said:

"Second child"

"Don't move. Don't move."

After that, her face was full of excitement, and she waved to the people around her and said:
"Hurry up!!"

"The imperial doctor, come and see, the King of Han is awake!!"

"It's all gone!!"

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, and he was about to speak.

"Your Majesty is in good health. He just needs to take a few medicines to recuperate and rest for a while to recover!!"

"How many people are left alive?"

"But it's not like I didn't understand anything about that loud noise before."

"You came here so late. Did something big happen in the palace again?"

But before he could say anything, Empress Xu took him over, gently reached out and patted his shoulder, and said softly:

Say it.

In response to this, Queen Xu's face was filled with distress, she waved her hand at her and responded softly:

"Mother knows what she knows"

Without waiting for Zhu Gaoxu to speak, she stood up and strode out the door.

"I heard that you were seriously injured. Boss, Third, Your Majesty told me that your problem is not serious."

Seeing the familiar figure in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and asked:

"Yes!"

After he disappeared into the night, Lao He, who had been waiting quietly at the door for a long time, hurriedly walked in from the door. Seeing Zhu Gaoxu leaning on the bed, he bowed and said:
"My servant pays homage to the prince."

Empress Xu, who was standing in front of the bed, felt the inquiring eyes on her. She frowned subconsciously and looked at Zhu Gaoxu, who was leaning on the bed and had just woken up, with a worried expression. For a moment, she turned around He waved to the people in the room who were waiting for his orders and said:
"Go down!"

"Go back to your lord."

After hearing this, Queen Xu glanced at him and said:

Suddenly everyone in the room turned their attention to Queen Xu who was standing in front of the bed.

"fine!!"

"How are the five people who traveled with me today doing?"

call.
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room couldn't help but let out a long breath, and finally relaxed their minds, showing smiles of relief! !

Everyone who received the approval quickly bowed their hands and left in an orderly manner.

Then he looked around at the people standing in the room, waved his hands to them, and said:
"This king is fine!!"

Hear the words.

The whole room suddenly became quiet.

"Let the prince rest quietly!!"

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"I'm really sorry. My son is injured. I hope you don't mind if he didn't stand up to salute."

"Queen of Qi!!"

"We ladies don't need to be so polite and reserved. You can rest well for a few days and recuperate."

"mother"

The imperial doctor on the side was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and quickly came to the bed. When he saw Zhu Gaoxu lying on the bed with his teeth bared and a look of pain on his face, he was startled and quickly reached out to check his pulse.

"okay."

After a while, the old man put down his hand for diagnosing the pulse and stood up. His face was full of joy. He saluted Queen Xu beside him and said:

"I wasn't afraid that they wouldn't tell me the truth just to reassure me, so I immediately took the initiative to come over and have a look. I can also sleep peacefully with peace of mind."

Hearing this, a trace of sadness flashed across Lao He's face, he shook his head slightly and said:

After a brief silence, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but reveal a hint of curiosity in his eyes, and asked aloud:

"After all, you know that there are many rules in the palace."

Not long after, Zhu Gaoxu was lying on the bed dragging his weak body to sit up, but thinking about the pain just now, he lay down silently again, a trace of apology flashed on his face:
"mother"

"What can happen?"

"All five of them could not be saved, so they all left."

This statement came out.

The atmosphere in the venue turned cold in vain and fell into a terrible silence. It was so cold that it was creepy and daunting.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Gaoxu came back to his senses and half-squinted his eyes, looking straight at Lao He who was kneeling on the ground. His words were full of coldness and he said:
"Today's big news involves the transfer of such personnel."

"I remember that I have told you before that on the road from the palace to the palace, we must arrange our own manpower among the merchants along the way to prevent unpredictable things from happening."

"And whenever I enter or leave the palace, I will take this route, and I will also take the route we planned today."

"Why can something like this happen today?"

"Why didn't anyone warn me? Why didn't anyone notice it?"

"If the five of them hadn't tried their best to protect me, and in the end, they had prevented the explosion from hurting me, and they had taken the initiative to lie on top of the cabinet where I was hiding."

"Whether the King of Japan can come back alive today is still unknown."

"Old He, we are both master and servant, and we are also brothers who survived together on the battlefield."

"I trust you and entrust my life and property to you."

"Is this how you repay me?"

"answer me!!"

boom.
The angry questioning sound was like a thunder exploding in the room.

Lao He, who was kneeling on the ground, could not stop shaking, his face turned slightly pale, his lips and teeth were trembling, his face and eyes were full of shame and guilt, and he lowered his head silently and said something. Not sent.

boom.
After a while, he came back to his senses. Lao He kowtowed heavily and murmured in a low voice:
"This slave has neglected his duty, please punish me."

"This slave has no complaints at all."

There is no quibble or explanation in the words.

He completely placed all the blame on himself, and his attitude was extremely sincere.

For Lao He, regarding what happened before him, he set out to protect Zhu Gaoxu's safety, as the person Zhu Gaoxu trusted the most.

Although he has never skimped or forgotten about manpower and other arrangements, he has always arranged them according to Zhu Gaoxu's instructions.

But is that the point?

The point is that even so, Zhu Gaoxu still almost died. As a direct participant, leader and executor, no matter what the process is, he has an unshirkable responsibility for the result.

Suddenly the sound of kowtows and begging for forgiveness filled the huge room.

"okay!"

After a long time, Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand at him, his face full of anger, and he said coldly with half-squinted eyes:
"Tell me why something like this happened today."

"On such a long street, the number of people we have deployed is no less than five or six people, and the number of people living there is no less than five or six hundred people."

"What method did the thief use to make our people and the people around us shut up and be silent for a while?"

"Even if it's poisoning, it can't be so precise and knock down so many people at the same time, right?"

After hearing this, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Lao He's face. He cautiously raised his head and glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and responded softly:

"Back to your lord."

"The thief. The thief really used poison."

What the hell?
Is it really the method of poisoning?
After receiving a positive answer, Zhu Gaoxu subconsciously exclaimed, looked over with disbelief, his eyes widened, and his voice was filled with surprise and uncertainty, and he said:
"How is this possible?"

"On one street, there are five to six hundred residents, people from all walks of life, and everyone's work and rest habits are different. They don't all eat from the same pot, and they don't all drink the same water."

"How is it possible that everyone was poisoned at once?"

"This is completely unrealistic"

"How on earth did they do it?"

No wonder Zhu Gaoxu was so surprised. He had just received the news and when he found out the cause of the situation, Lao He's reaction at that time was not much better than his.

There was also a look of distrust.

The main reason is that there are too many people involved, and the liquidity and uncertainty are too great.

Poisoning is an extremely unrealistic thing in everyone's eyes. If Lao He were to handle this matter by himself, he might not even use poisoning to solve the problem.

The most ideal way is to use manual labor to carefully clean up the house one by one without anyone noticing.

Only in this way can a 100% success rate be guaranteed.

And such a result will naturally lead to the fact that their informants scattered in the streets are all very vigilant experts and will definitely issue warnings. Zhu Gaoxu will not enter other people's ambush circle, and there will be no danger.

So when he received the news about Zhu Gaoxu's assassination, Lao He's first reaction was that he had heard wrongly, or that the person below had reported the wrong news.

Because in his opinion, it is almost impossible to happen.

The result is that things that were thought to be impossible are actually happening right now.

They also used methods that they thought were impossible to achieve success.

Facing the question, Lao He thought for a moment, briefly sorted out his thoughts, and told some of the inside stories he had learned.

"Today, on the street, there is a picture of a wealthy family whose surname is Tian Ding."

"It seems that all members of the Zhang family were controlled, and then the thieves took advantage of this opportunity."

"On a per capita basis today, as long as someone from this street is given one tael of silver, a bowl of well-cooked braised pork, a pot of good wine, and a killer hiding in the dark to start cleaning up."

The rest of the story was not finished.

But we are all smart people, how can we not understand the mystery.

At the same time, I have to admit that this method is really amazing!
One tael of silver, a bowl of meat, and a pot of strong wine. Just these three things can directly lead to more than 95% of people being tricked.

It is simply an unusually thorough study of human nature's greedy, advantage-taking mentality, and calculations.

Just such a combination of punches is really irresistible!

Let's not talk about things like wine and meat, it doesn't matter. With just one tael of silver, no one can refuse such a temptation.

You know, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, for the people's savings throughout the year, those who could save one tael of silver were very rare. They were so few that many people even died without even one tael in their hands. There are many people with money.

How many people can truly resist such a temptation?

After understanding the reason, Zhu Gaoxu was speechless for a long time, not knowing what to say.

Even though he has a clear mind, he has to admit that the designer of this plan has a deep and terrifying mind.

I finally understand why the spy who spread on the street didn't react at all, and didn't show any signs of fighting, but was directly captured by others and lost his life.

It is undeniable that he gives these people a lot of money every month.

But if you give something for free, and the amount is quite large, and you don’t need to pay anything, who wouldn’t want to take the price of silver?

After taking the silver, it is not very pleasant to pair it with wine and meat.

Not to mention the informants who were tricked, even Zhu Gaoxu knew in his heart that if he and others reversed roles, he would not be able to resist the temptation and would be tricked as well.

"Hey"

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Looking at Lao He who was kneeling on the ground, he knew that this matter was really not his fault, nor was he irresponsible.

Immediately, the expression on his face softened, he waved his hand and said softly:

"okay."

"Get up!"

"This matter is not your fault."

"but."

Having said this, he paused for a moment. The thief's methods in this matter could be regarded as a deep wake-up call, and he continued:
"With what is happening right now, I am lucky enough to be able to survive. It is a blessing among misfortunes."

"Pass the order."

"Those who inform everyone should take this as a warning."

"Don't do it over and over again. Don't take advantage of free things. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Otherwise, not only will you lose your life in the end, but you will also hurt others."

"If anyone can't help it or doesn't abide by the rules in the future, no matter who breaks the rules, they will all be treated according to the family law."

"Do you understand?"

After hearing this, feeling the atmosphere in the room warming up, Lao He, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. His heart that was hanging high in the air finally relaxed. , knowing this matter with the prince, he passed this level without any danger.

"promise!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely give you instructions on this matter."

"If someone dares to do it again, the prince doesn't have to worry about it. I will make sure that person lives or dies."

Say it.

He seemed to have thought of something, and the killing intent emerged unabashedly in his eyes. The cold chill on his old face instantly condensed into substance, and he said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty."

"The assassination happened today. The Crown Prince and Prince Zhao were ordered to encircle and suppress the thieves."

"Although most of them have been wiped out, there are still a lot of thieves who have not been caught. The information from the spies that were previously scattered in Yingtian Mansion has been compiled, and the hiding places of these thieves who have slipped through the net have been detailed to each household."

"Because the prince is still awake, I don't dare to make the decision without permission, for fear that the prince will have plans later."

"So these people have not been touched."

"Now that Your Majesty has woken up, I wonder what your Majesty is going to do about these thieves hiding in the dark and slipping through the net?"

"need or not."

(End of this chapter)