My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 77 I want you to kill someone!

Then he turned around and saw Bi Maokang looking at him thoughtfully.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said:

"Li Banghua is a new official, and he's definitely going to start something big."

"After all, so many people disobey him. He must do something to establish his authority. I think he's done a good job, but it's not enough."

Isn't this enough?

Bi Maokang was speechless.

Drawing a sword and cutting off an official's arm at the gate of the imperial palace was already incredible to him, but Zhu Cilang actually said that this was not enough?

Does it have to be two deaths?

Of course, he didn't dare say this out loud.

He then explained to Zhu Cilang the semi-finished flintlock rifle in front of him.

After several days of research, Bi Maokang's flintlock rifle has been further developed, and the various required parts are almost completed.

Once these parts are delivered, they can be assembled. After debugging, the flintlock rifle can be officially declared a success!
So Zhu Cilang has nothing to do recently and always comes here.

There was no way, he really wanted the flintlock rifle.

As long as the flintlock rifle can be mastered and mass-produced, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army will definitely be greatly improved.

This is an important weapon that will determine the future war situation!

After chatting with Bi Maokang for a few more words, Zhu Cilang left.

Then he called Ma Bao:
"Go get Li Ruo Lian over here."

"The slaves obey."

Ma Bao agreed and left.

Soon, Li Ruolian came in front of him.

"Li Ruo Lian, your kung fu is pretty good, right?"

Before Li Ruolian could salute, Zhu Cilang asked.

Li Ruo Lian was slightly stunned, as if he didn't quite understand why Zhu Cilang asked this, but he nodded.

"Your Highness, I am a military scholar, so my martial arts skills are quite good."

Zhu Cilang smiled and continued:
"That's good, because I want you to assassinate someone."

Li Ruolian's expression changed slightly, but he still asked:
"I wonder who His Royal Highness wants me to assassinate?"

Zhu Cilang said calmly:

"Li Banghua."

When Li Ruolian heard this name, he was stunned for a moment.

Wasn’t Li Banghua just appointed as the new Minister of War during the morning court session?
Even on his way here just now, he heard that Li Banghua chopped off the arm of a military official at the gate of the palace.

How come His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly asked him to assassinate Li Banghua? What is going on?

Li Ruolian's mind went blank. He had no idea why Zhu Cilang did this.

Finally, I asked:

"Your Highness, I truly do not understand what you mean by this. Please explain!"

Zhu Cilang chuckled, with a strange light flashing in his eyes:
"It's just a blatant statement. It means you should assassinate Li Banghua!"

"But we're not really going to kill him. We just want everyone to know that Li Banghua was assassinated."

"So when you attack, you have to be careful. You have to injure him, but not too seriously, and you certainly can't let him lose his life. Do you understand?"

Li Ruo Lian suddenly realized that this was just acting. Then, he could just let Li Banghua get a little skin broken and bleed a few times, and that would be it.

Thinking of this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded:
"I understand. Your Highness, please rest assured that I still have some sense of propriety."

Zhu Cilang nodded with satisfaction and added:
"Remember to act at night. It would be too fake if you do it during the day."

Li Ruo Lian bowed again and said:

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I know what to do!"

Afterwards, Li Ruolian took his leave.

Looking at Li Ruolian's departing back, Zhu Cilang's lips curled up into a mysterious smile.

A new official has three things to do when he takes office. Li Banghua has already started the first one himself, so let him start the second one.

Zhu Cilang guessed that those people would definitely find a way to assassinate Li Banghua.

After all, they even dared to kill Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao. What could a mere Li Banghua be?
Since that’s the case, he might as well help them and assassinate Li Banghua first!
On the one hand, it can confuse them, and on the other hand, it can be used to make things bigger and help Li Banghua better control the Ministry of War!

After a pause, Zhu Cilang seemed to have thought of something.

"Let Fang Zhenghua come to see me!"

Time passed quickly and it was night in the blink of an eye.

After dinner, Li Banghua was walking in the courtyard, thinking about how to deal with the Ministry of War's affairs tomorrow.

But suddenly at this moment, a black shadow suddenly fell from the top of the wall and headed straight towards him.

The servants who were waiting on the side were instantly frightened and rushed forward to protect Li Banghua.

"Lord be careful!"

"Master, please leave!"

"Assassin! Assassin! There's an assassin!"

Accompanied by a burst of noise, everyone rushed towards Li Banghua in an instant.

But they were still a step too late, because the next second, the man in black rushed in front of Li Banghua. Li Banghua was also startled, and his reaction was a little slow due to his age. For a moment, he didn't know how to react.

Accompanied by a cold chill, the blade instantly cut through his arm, and a trace of blood instantly flowed out.

Li Banghua felt pain and was nervous, so he fell to the ground.

"stop!"

Suddenly at this moment, a scolding suddenly rang out.

Immediately afterwards, a eunuch wearing a flying fish costume suddenly flew out and rushed in front of the man in black in an instant.

When the man in black saw the eunuch's appearance, his expression suddenly changed because he recognized the eunuch.

This eunuch is none other than Fang Zhenghua!

And this man in black was naturally Li Ruolian, who came to "assassinate" Li Banghua under the order of Zhu Cilang.

At this moment, Li Ruolian was really confused.

He had no idea what was going on?

Didn't the Crown Prince send him to pretend to assassinate Lee Bang-hwa? Why is Fang Zhenghua here too?

Just when he was puzzled, Fang Zhenghua suddenly shouted:
"How dare you come and assassinate the Minister of War! Who sent you here?"

As he spoke, Fang Zhenghua winked at Li Ruolian.

Seeing this, Li Ruolian instantly understood that this was also Zhu Cilang's arrangement in order to make this matter a big deal.

After figuring this out, Li Ruolian snorted coldly, and then said in a hoarse voice:

"I'm just using the money to ward off disaster."

"Farewell!"

After saying this, he jumped onto the beam without looking back and left.

Seeing this, Fang Zhenghua hurriedly pretended to chase after him. He did not return to Li Banghua's mansion until Li Ruolian completely disappeared.

When he returned, the Western Factory had surrounded the entire mansion.

"Master Li, are you not hurt?"

Seeing Li Ruolian, Fang Zhenghua hurriedly asked with a concerned look on his face.

Li Banghua had never had a good impression of eunuchs, but it was this eunuch who "saved" his life just now, so his attitude towards Fang Zhenghua softened a little.

"Thank you for your concern, it's nothing serious, just a scratch on my arm and a sprained foot."

"By the way, I wonder how the father-in-law knew that someone was going to assassinate me?"

Li Banghua said.

Fang Zhenghua quickly replied:
"To be honest, sir, this is the order of the Crown Prince."

"The Crown Prince said that since Lord Li has just been appointed Minister of War, there will definitely be many people who will be dissatisfied and may even send someone to assassinate you. Therefore, he has specially sent my family and the spies from the Western Factory to guard around you to protect your safety."

When Li Banghua heard this, he couldn't help but feel moved again.

But the next second, this feeling disappeared without a trace.

Because the Jinyiwei actually walked in with an imperial physician in official uniform, as if they had anticipated that he would be injured, and had been waiting outside with the imperial physician.

Li Banghua looked at Fang Zhenghua in disbelief:
"Is this also what the prince meant?"

Fang Zhenghua smiled awkwardly:
"Master Li, we still have to catch the murderer who assassinated you, so I'll take my leave now."

"Also, our family will send someone to protect your safety at all times, so please rest assured."

After saying this, Fang Zhenghua hurried away.

He really couldn't stay any longer because his acting skills were so bad that he would be exposed if he stayed for too long.

But looking at Li Banghua's expression, he estimated that Li Banghua should have guessed that all this was planned by the prince.
But it doesn’t matter, because according to the prince, Li Banghua is one of them.

In fact, Fang Zhenghua was right. Li Banghua really understood everything!
At the same time, he also knew that Zhu Cilang wanted to make a big deal out of this and help him completely control the Ministry of War!
At this moment, the expression on Li Banghua's face was extremely wonderful.

He never imagined that the prince, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, could be so meticulous.
In this case, he cannot let the prince down!
On the other side, after leaving Li Banghua's residence, Fang Zhenghua's face instantly turned cold.

Then he scolded in a low voice:

"Search the whole city for the murderer!"

The Jinyiwei surrounding him instantly scattered and headed straight for the homes of the officials who had clashed with Li Banghua during the day.

Just like that, a murderous atmosphere once again permeated the entire capital city.

In the early morning of the next day, all officials gathered at the gate of the palace, ready to welcome the arrival of the morning court.

Zhou Yanru was at the front as usual, but today his face was unusually gloomy, and so were the other civil servants.

Because with the various reports from the Jinyiwei, they all knew about the incident yesterday that shocked the government and the public!

That was Li Banghua, the newly appointed Minister of War, who actually drew his sword against his subordinates at the gate of the imperial palace.

Although the man survived, he also lost an arm.

This was undoubtedly a signal that Li Banghua had completely broken with them, and it was undoubtedly bad news for Zhou Yanru and others.

Zhou Yanru could almost foresee that the headline of today's Daming Daily would be about Li Banghua injuring someone with a sword.

The thought of this gave him a headache.

What made him even more worried was that Li Banghua held the imperial sword, so from a legal perspective, he was not at fault and they could not hold him accountable publicly.

If we really want to investigate, the Imperial Sword was a reward from Chongzhen, so does that mean Chongzhen should also be held accountable?

Hey!
Thinking of this, Zhou Yanru couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

(End of this chapter)