The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 287 Proton Death
The palace examination was over, and news finally came from Chongqing.

On the morning of the last day of March, around noon, Wanli came to the imperial study and sat down, preparing to review memorials.

Li Xuancheng suddenly leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, Luo Sigong requests an audience."

It's here. In all likelihood, something has happened in Chongqing.

Something may happen in Chongqing, but nothing must happen to Yang Kedong.

Wanli said impatiently, "Announce it."

Soon, Luo Sigong walked in quickly, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Wanli nodded slightly, then asked anxiously, "How's it going? Did you rescue Yang Kedong?"

Uh, this.

Upon hearing this, Luo Sigong carefully explained, "Your Majesty, the news from Chongqing City is not about Yang Kedong. They reported that the Supervisory Office suddenly sent a patrol inspector, and it seems that he was sent to handle the case of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou."

Oh, I see.

The reason why the three major families in Puzhou have not taken action is that the people they arranged have not yet arrived.

Around the New Year's Day, the weather in the north was freezing cold, and the canals were frozen. It was too troublesome to rush from the capital or even Shanxi to Chongqing Prefecture.

At the end of February and the beginning of March, the ice and snow in the north melted, and their talents began to rush over one after another.

Upon hearing this, Wanli asked directly, "What is the name of this inspector?"

Luo Sigong said without hesitation: "The Sichuan Circuit Inspector General Jiang Dongzhi."

This Jiangdong must be related to the three major families in Puzhou.

Great, another one pops up.

These two months of waiting were not in vain.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then waved his hand and said, "Well, write a secret letter eight hundred miles away to tell them urgently that the other party is likely to take action. Tell them to be careful and to protect Yang Kedong."

Luo Sigong quickly bowed and took his leave.

Wanli looked at Sun Hai, Ke Yong, and Tian Yi, who were leaning over the small tables on either side, reviewing ordinary memorials. He frowned slightly and said, "Xiao Hai, Xiao Yong, Xiao Yi, who reviewed the memorial for Jiangdong's promotion to the position of Inspector General?"

Upon hearing this, the three of them immediately racked their brains to recall.

Not long after, Sun Hai shrank his neck and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that this was approved by this servant."

Boy, what can I say to you?
Wanli shook his head slightly and sighed, "Xiao Hai, you have to be attentive in what you do. You know, I've been keeping an eye on the news from Bashu these days. You know what happened when the Inspectorate sent the Imperial Inspectorate? Why didn't you tell me?"

Sun Hai lowered his head with a look of fear on his face and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. There are too many memorials every day, and I just rush through them without thinking carefully."

This guy just doesn't like to use his brain when doing things.

Wanli shook his head slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Go to the Tongzhengsi and get the manuscript of the memorial, and then go to the Ministry of Personnel and get Jiang Dongzhi's resume."

Upon hearing this, Sun Hai quickly stood up and walked out.

After a long while, he came back panting and respectfully presented the two memorials.

Wanli took the memorial and took a look at it, then he couldn't help but snorted coldly.

There is indeed something wrong with Jiang Dongzhi.

Jiang Dongzhi, a native of She County, Huizhou Prefecture, Nanzhili, became a Jinshi in the fifth year of Wanli. He was initially appointed as a messenger and later promoted to the Censor of the Supervisory Council.

In a few years, this guy will probably have enough experience to be promoted to the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate and become a governor.

Xu Guo was also from She County, Huizhou Prefecture, Nanzhili Province, and the two were obviously from the same hometown.

When Wanli opened the copied memorial again, he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.

This memorial was submitted by Xu Guoshang. This guy used the excuse that the court adopted his suggestion, so he paid special attention to the case of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou.

The Sichuan governor had not yet gone to Chongqing to take charge due to a cold. He asked the Inspectorate to send an inspector to take a look first, and it seemed that there was no problem.

The problem is that Jiang Dongzhi is his fellow villager and his confidant!
Why does Xu Guo work so hard for the three major families in Puzhou?
How much benefit did he get from the three major families in Puzhou?

Should we remove the Xu State, one of the three great families of Puzhou, as a thorn in the court this time?

Wanli looked at the rising sun outside and fell into deep thought.

At around midnight that night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you in Chongqing City.

Near the government office, in the courtyard that Yang Yinglong had spent a huge amount of money to buy for his second son Yang Kedong, the guards seemed to have fallen asleep leaning on both sides of the inner gate. It was so quiet in the darkness that you could hear a pin drop.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound near the wall of the inner courtyard.

The sound was soft, like something brushing through weeds. In the darkness, countless secret guards quietly drew their crossbows and silently loaded their arrows.

Sure enough, a row of dark shadows soon emerged from the top of the wall.

It was obvious that these guys were not assassins, as they made noise before even entering the door.

Even though it was just brushing over the weeds, it still made a sound.

These guys didn't even notice anything unusual and rushed straight in.

After all, this is where the son of the great chieftain lives. The chieftain is the local emperor, and the chieftain's son has a status similar to that of a prince in a vassal state.

Although Yang Kedong is a hostage, he is not a criminal. Is it normal that the weeds near the inner house are not removed?
The secret guards discussed for a long time whether to remove the weeds or not. Unexpectedly, these assassins didn't notice anything unusual at all.

Soon, a group of men in black fell silently into the open space in the middle of the inner house.

At this moment, something suddenly fell from the roof, like a tile, and broke into pieces when it hit the ground.

However, a strong odor instantly spread.

There was a flash of fire in the darkness, and the entire ground was suddenly engulfed in flames.

The cloth shoes on the assassins' feet were all on fire.

In this situation, they naturally stomped their feet in an attempt to put out the fire on their feet.

As a result, the fire grew bigger and bigger, even burning their trouser legs.

No one knew how many arrows were shot out from the darkness, turning them into hedgehogs. A burst of screams rang out, and a group of assassins fell into the sea of ​​fire almost instantly and became motionless.

"There are assassins, there are assassins, there are assassins."

At this time, the two yamen runners who were sitting on the ground pretending to be asleep seemed to be awakened.

They actually ran outside while shouting!
Yang Kedong was awakened at once.

He put on his coat and carefully went to the window to take a look, and a badge suddenly appeared in front of him.

Captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!
Yang Kedong took a look in the light of the fire and his eyes almost popped out of his head.

Is His Majesty going to kill him?

Unexpectedly, the captain said urgently: "We are sent by the Emperor to protect you, come with us quickly."

After saying that, the captain directly dragged him out of the window, took off the silver ornaments hanging around his neck and threw them into the darkness. Then he took a group of people and hurried out to the back door with Yang Kedong.

The secret guard in the dark immediately flew into the room through the window, took out a quilt and a set of Yang Kedong's clothes, and then took a quick look at the assassin's figure in the fire.

He found someone with a similar build to Yang Kedong, threw the quilt over to cover the fire, and put it out. Then he called his men over, hurriedly pulled out the arrows from the assassin, changed into Yang Kedong's clothes and accessories, wrapped him in the quilt, and threw him in through the window.

Then, all the secret guards took out the kerosene cans they carried with them and smashed them all over the house. Then they picked up the assassin, whose body was still not on fire, and threw him at the main gate of the house.

With a "bang", the main door of the main house was smashed open by the assassin's corpse, and the entire main house was suddenly engulfed in flames.

This time, the entire Chongqing city was alarmed.

The raging fire shot straight into the sky and could be seen from more than ten miles away.

Jiang Dongzhi, the inspector in the backyard of the government office, was also awakened.

When he saw the raging fire, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

What happened to the three major families in Puzhou? Why did they cause such a big fuss?
If you want to assassinate him, just assassinate him. Why set the house on fire?

Are you still afraid that people don’t know that Yang Kedong was killed?

The hostage handed over by Yang Yinglong, the envoy of Bozhou, was actually killed!
When the news came out, the entire Chongqing city was in a panic, and both civilians and local officials were terrified.

Yang Yinglong was a powerful chieftain who was feared throughout the southwest.

He honestly handed over his second son as a hostage, but was killed!
It would be strange if they didn’t rebel now.

When the news reached Bozhou, the brave Yang Yinglong burst into tears.

He is not a cold-blooded murderer, nor is he a devil so cruel as to kill even his own relatives.

He was heartbroken because his own son was killed.

The three major families in Puzhou may have known this and therefore came up with this vicious plan.

If Yang Yinglong was really cold-blooded and murderous, even killing his own relatives, would it be useful for them to go to such lengths to trick his own son out and kill him?

They knew very well that Yang Yinglong attached great importance to family affection, which was why he came up with this vicious plan.

(End of this chapter)