The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 322 Why

A strange voice sounded.

Li Shishi and Wang Lun's faces changed instantly.

When the guard drew his sword and turned around, his head was chopped off by the sword.

The bloody head flew directly into Li Shishi's arms, scaring this pampered "old man" so much that he screamed in surprise, quickly stood up and dodged, his face pale.

Immediately afterwards, Leng Hantie walked in covered in blood, followed by the four imperial guards, all in uniform and armed with sharp weapons!

Looking at Li Shishi and Wang Lun, Leng Hantie grinned and said, "You bastards, you are really so courageous!"

Needless to say, the four guards immediately stepped forward and restrained the two men, even cutting their tendons to ensure that nothing would happen to the two key witnesses.

After screaming, Li Shishi roared in despair: "This is impossible! How did you find us?"

Wang Lun was also in despair and looked at Leng Hantie in disbelief.

The two of them never showed up from beginning to end. Even when they entered the city, they disguised themselves as coachmen and followed the caravan into the city. Moreover, they were not the Ning Wang Mansion caravan that hid assassins. No one knew that the two of them had ever sneaked into the capital!
So, how did these people catch themselves?
Leng Hantie squatted down with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"I have to admit that your plan is very thorough."

"The Ning Wangfu merchant caravan was used as a discarded pawn to transport the Japanese assassins to Beijing."

"And you will disguise yourself as other caravans and enter the capital three days later, completely cutting off your connection with Prince Ning's Mansion, and won't arouse any suspicion at all."

"After entering the capital, you two did not reveal your whereabouts. You bought this secluded courtyard that no one paid attention to through the middleman, Tuoyahang. You ate, drank, defecated and urinated in this courtyard. You never stepped out of the gate, and no one knew that you two had come to the capital!"

At this point, Li Shishi and Wang Lun became even more confused.

Yes, we were so cautious, why did we still get discovered by you?
This is absolutely impossible!

Looking at the two people's questioning eyes, Leng Hantie rarely smiled.

"I'll teach you a lesson, which is to deduce the process from the answer!"

"My Lord, teach us to analyze the current situation. First of all, this assassination could not have been arranged by Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao, because doing so would only accelerate his own defeat. Secondly, it could not have been done by civil officials, because this is not in line with the way civil officials act, and Yang Tinghe would not do this either, as he had already reached an exchange of interests with my Lord. Finally, this could not have been done by military generals, because once my Lord dies, the interests of the military generals will inevitably be damaged, and there will be no hope of rising again!"

"So, none of the three forces in the capital meet the suspect target, which can only prove that this assassination case came from a force outside the capital, and it was done by someone familiar with the court!"

After hearing these analyses, Li Shishi's face turned paler.

"Then how do you know it must be Prince Ning?"

"No, no, no!" Leng Hantie laughed even more happily, "The Marquis never suspected the Prince of Ning, he simply set his sights on Li Dongyang!"

"If Li Dongyang planned all this, then everything makes sense!"

"Everyone in the court and the country knows that Prince Ning Zhu Chenhao is plotting a rebellion, but His Majesty the Emperor is trying to kill Zhu Chenhao, waiting for a suitable opportunity to uproot his followers and purge the court."

"Just at this time, Li Dongyang was sent by the court to be the chief historian of Prince Ning's Palace. This means that he is already on the purge list and will be confiscated and exterminated along with Zhu Chenhao's defeat. So Li Dongyang must find a way to break the impasse and save himself!"

"The only way is to report and expose Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao's treason. Unfortunately, His Majesty the Emperor does not want to settle accounts with Zhu Chenhao now, but is waiting for a suitable opportunity. That's why Li Dongyang did this to force the court to settle accounts with Zhu Chenhao immediately and gain a glimmer of hope."

After a pause, Leng Hantie smiled and said, "Let me guess. Li Dongyang should have persuaded the Prince of Ning to expose his father Zhu Chenhao's rebellion in order to protect the Ning Palace, right?"

"This is indeed a perfect way to break the impasse. In this way, the Marquis will be assassinated, and the rise of military generals and nobles will be interrupted. The princes of the royal family will be accused of treason again and will be expelled from the court. The civil officials will seize the opportunity to make a comeback and monopolize power and control the government. Even His Majesty the Emperor will be helpless!"

"What a good plan! The three forces have been calculated to death!"

Li Shishi had already fallen into despair. All their plans had been guessed by others, and even he himself had fallen into the hands of the Four Guards. What else was there to say?
But Wang Lun was still unwilling to give up, and asked with a pale face: "Then how did you track us down?"

Leng Hantie smiled and gave a clear answer.

"It's very simple. Track down all the caravans that have entered Beijing from Jiangxi in the past three months, and then follow the clues to find out the whereabouts of the "disappeared" people. No matter how careful you two are, you still have to stay and eat, and you will definitely leave some clues!"

"The 30,000 Fourth Guards secretly investigated for a whole night and gathered all the information together. The final result will naturally come out!"

Thirty thousand imperial guards!

Secret investigation all night!
Upon learning of this result, even Wang Lun couldn't help but feel a little desperate.

The East and West Factories and the Embroidered Uniform Guards that appeared in the open were just smokescreens released by the emperor. The real people investigating in secret were these 34,000 imperial guards!

They were all fooled by the little emperor Zhu Houzhao!

Do not!
wrong!

Li Shishi suddenly noticed something and looked at Leng Hantie in horror.

"what did you just say?"

"What did you just say?"

"Who is this 'Marquis' you are talking about? Wasn't he assassinated?"

Wang Lun also reacted and looked at Leng Hantie with horror on his face.

The latter couldn't help laughing out loud, his laughter filled with indescribable joy.

"Who told you that Lord Tang was assassinated?"

"That poison arrow tree is indeed deadly, but the Lord has been blessed by God and has woken up long ago!"

Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao, not dead?

This time, they were truly defeated!
And he will also suffer crazy revenge from Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao!

Finished!

It's all over!
"You damn idiots, you have no idea who you have provoked!" Leng Hantie cursed angrily, then stood up and was about to leave.

Li Shishi trembled and shouted hurriedly: "General, this is all Li Dongyang's evil plan. It has nothing to do with us, General!"

"Yes! It was Li Dongyang! It was Li Dongyang who ordered us to do this!"

The two of them shouted wildly, trying to put all the blame on Li Dongyang, but Leng Hantie ignored them.

The key witness has been caught, and all that remains is to go to Nanchang to arrest the mastermind.

Li Dongyang, ah, Li Dongyang, why don't you just die quietly?

He had to stir up such a great show, which almost brought the Ming Dynasty capital to its peak!
This time, confiscating property and exterminating the clan is considered light!
At the same time, outside the Zhenfusi Yamen.

Lei Xiong knelt on the ground covered in blood, his one eye filled with confusion and fear.

Because just now, when the Beijing army was about to attack the Pacification Office and everything was going extremely smoothly, Tang Mu suddenly turned against them and slashed at him with a knife, directly cutting off one of his arms!
Immediately afterwards, An Guo, Chang Kuohai and others cooperated with the Jinyiwei to kill his confidants one by one. This sudden change shocked everyone.

The 50,000 Beijing soldiers all looked at this scene in confusion. They didn't understand what was going on.

Didn't we say that we should attack the Pacification Office, catch the mastermind behind this, and avenge the Marquis?
Why are they starting to fight among themselves?
Tang Mu walked up to Lei Xiong with a knife in hand and asked coldly, "Why did you betray the Marquis?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

The chief general of the beheaded camp, Lei Xiong, betrayed the Marquis of Zhongshan!

what on earth is it?

Lei Xiong's single eye flashed with ferocity, and he still roared unwillingly: "Tang Mu, you bastard! You are taking this opportunity to eliminate dissidents!"

"My fellows, this bastard doesn't even want to avenge the Marquis. He's trying to seize power..."

Hearing Lei Xiong's words, all the soldiers of the Beijing Army looked at Tang Mu in unison, their eyes full of doubt and confusion.

Zuo Yidao appeared at the right time and shouted: "The Jinyiwei was ordered to search the residences of all the soldiers and generals of the Beijing Army. They found more than 50,000 taels of gold and silver in Lei Xiong's mansion, as well as seven beauties and dozens of beautiful maids. After torture, they all came from the hands of Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao!"

"Lei Xiong, there are witnesses and evidence, what else can you say?"

This time, Lei Xiong was completely confused.

how come?
how could this be?
"No!"

"not like this!"

"I was framed!"

"You believe me! You believe me!"

Lei Xiong roared with despair on his face, constantly moving his feet to look at An Guo, Xu Tianci and others, hoping that these comrades in arms would stand up and speak for him.

However, Zuo Yidao's next words completely shattered his lies.

"Framed?"

"Two of those seven beauties are pregnant!"

"Weren't you, Lei Xiong, the one who slept with them? You call this being framed?"

Tang Mu couldn't bear it anymore, so he grabbed Lei Xiong's neck and stared at him with bloodshot eyes.

"Why do you want to betray the Marquis?"

"Everything you have was given to you by the Marquis. You damned bastard, how dare you betray the Marquis?"

Lei Xiong's one eye flickered, and then he laughed crazily.

"Why?"

"Why can Tang Hao decide the life and death of our Beijing Army soldiers?"

"The reason why I am blind is all because of him. I still can't forget that bloody draft!"

Lei Xiong roared and screamed: "Besides, I have fought in wars all my life, so what's wrong with enjoying myself? Why should I be Tang Hao's dog for the rest of my life? Why?!"

"I want him dead. I want to avenge myself. Even if I die, I will take Tang Hao with me to be buried with me. Hahahaha..."

Tang Mu was startled when he heard this, then he let go of her hand with a look of disgust on his face.

"This guy has gone crazy, there's no hope!"

Looking at Lei Xiong who was still laughing wildly, Zuo Yidao sighed softly.

"Idiot, who told you that the Marquis really passed away?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Lei Xiong was struck by lightning, and the ferocity in his one eye instantly turned into fear.

Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao is not dead?
How can this be?

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"That's the poisonous arrow tree that kills instantly when it comes into contact with blood..."

"Let's go!" Zuo Yidao held Lei Xiong, "The Marquis wants to see you!"

Lei Xiong: "!!!"

(End of this chapter)