Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 317

He Liu got out of the stall and reprimanded the guards: "Didn't you say that six generations of your family have guarded the secret stalls of Tianzihao? Now it's empty! It's obviously stolen!"

The guards of Baihu looked aggrieved: "Impossible. When Commander Lu was alive, he often took some secret files and stored them in that house. Two days after the emperor's funeral, the current emperor visited the secret room in person. I saw it with my own eyes. The emperor came into the house with a stack of papers. This is what happened seven days ago! These seven days, my brother and I are still working in two shifts, guarding the place day and night. It is impossible to steal it!"

He Liudao: "But the stall is really empty!"

The guard of Baihu said: "Master Liu, I dare to say something, why don't you ask the emperor about this matter?"

He Liu thought to himself: Even if the emperor doesn't know the reason, at least he should tell him about the theft of the secret room.You know, there are all the big secrets of the imperial court that cannot be revealed since Lord Hongwu!
He Liu entered the Yongshou Palace and came to the main hall of the Yongshou Palace.

Feng Bao is on duty at Yongshou Palace.

Feng Bao asked He Liu: "Brother Yi, it's so late, what's your hurry? The emperor just went to bed."

Emperor Longqing will formally ascend the throne tomorrow, he is in a complicated mood and can't sleep at all.Hearing voices outside the main hall, he shouted, "Feng Bao, who is outside?"

Feng Bao returned to the main hall: "It's He Liu, the governor of Jinyiwei Beizhen."

Emperor Longqing smiled slightly: "I knew he had to come back. Let him in!"

He Liujin entered the main hall of Yongshou Palace, knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, it's bad, all the files in the secret room of Tianzihao have been stolen!"

Emperor Longqing said with a relaxed face: "Get up. Don't be in a hurry."

He Liu got up and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, all the secret files that cannot be revealed to the world have been stolen. This is a big deal! Presumably there must be someone with ulterior motives who took advantage of the change of dynasty to steal the secret files and plot evil. The minister is willing to take Beizhen Fusi Paoze to thoroughly investigate this matter!"

Emperor Longqing waved his hand: "There is no need to check. Let me ask you, can you see that there is a brazier in the middle of the stall?"

He Liu nodded: "There is indeed a brazier."

Emperor Longqing said: "Oh, this secret is only known to the emperors of the past dynasties, the commander of Jin Yiwei, and the prince. I will make an exception and tell you today. The so-called secret room of Tianzihao is not the house, but the brazier!"

He Liu was shocked: "The brazier? Please tell the emperor clearly."

Emperor Longqing stood up: "The so-called secrets that cannot be revealed to others can only be known by heaven and earth. Lord Hongwu left a legacy that those big secrets that cannot be revealed to others will be burned in the brazier after they are sorted out and only known to heaven and earth! I didn’t tell you before, I just wrote you the imperial decree. I want you to see with your own eyes that there is indeed nothing in the secret room. It’s not that I lied to you! As for the truth about the ghost house case. Heh , I can show you a clear path. You go to Hu San. He has served in Jinyiwei for 40 years and is the living file of Jinyiwei. He is also the shadow commander ordered by the late emperor. Is there anything he doesn’t know? ?”

He Liu kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your reminder. After speaking, he went straight home again.

Lao Hu is drinking at home.

He Liu yelled at Lao Hu frantically: "There is no file of the ghost house in the secret room! Lao Hu, tell me, what is the truth? I know, you must know the truth! If you don't tell me today , I, I will cut off my fingers!"

After speaking, He Liu drew out the Xiuchun knife.

Lao Hu glanced at He Liu: "He is almost 50 years old, why is he like Lengtouqing, who will cut off his fingers at every turn? The former emperor passed away, and I can tell you the truth. Sit down!"

He Liu sat next to Lao Hu.

Old Hu said: "In fact, this matter is very simple. If your father found out Huang Shougong's stolen money, the Yan Party would lose a general. The Xia Party would have the upper hand in the party struggle. Strict party, those murderous "yin soldiers" were pretended by Lu Fang's Dongchang servants! Lu Fang is the culprit in the ghost house Yin soldier case! Later Huang Shougong died of illness, you found his son Huang Shan, and got closer to the truth , was noticed by Lu Fang. He killed Huang Shan first, and then set fire to your house to warn you not to investigate further. Fire and water are ruthless, and Xiangxiang's mother was unlucky and died in the sea of ​​fire."

He Liu grabbed Lao Hu's collar: "Why did you tell me now?"

Old Hu sighed: "Have you forgotten? Dongchang and Jinyiwei are both the father's slaves. They killed more than 100 people in Jinyiwei in one go, and even killed the family raiding officials of Jinyiwei. If there is no acquiescence from the first emperor, Lu Does Fang have the guts?"

He Liu was startled and said: "You mean, the late emperor favored the strict party and suppressed the Xia party. He deliberately connived and acquiesced in Lu Fang's case of the ghost house, and protected Huang Shougong, the leader of the strict party?"

Lao Hu nodded: "Yes. This is also the reason why I have kept you a secret for decades! The real murderer of the ghost house ghost soldier case may be the first emperor himself! Qiu, find fault with the late emperor...do you still have life? Now that the late emperor has passed away, I can tell you the truth."

He Liu stood up, pacing back and forth frantically: "Avenge for murdering my father! Vengeance for killing my wife! I will definitely demand Lu Fang's blood! He has been guarding the spirit for ten thousand years and has no job or power. See if I will His body was broken into pieces!"

Old Hu said: "Lu Fang is now a hairless phoenix and not as good as a chicken. If you want to seek revenge on him, I won't stop you. With your current power, killing him is as easy as trampling an ant to death."

At this moment, someone knocked on the courtyard door.The person who came was Li Bofeng from Baihu.

Li Bofeng bowed his hands to He Liuyi: "Sixth Master, I found you! News came from Wannian Jiyang at noon today that Lu Fang committed suicide by taking poison!"

"What!" He Liu was stunned.

Li Bofeng said: "Liu Ye, this matter is actually reasonable. How many people have offended Lu Fang during these years in power? Because of the protection of the former emperor, he can take care of himself alone. Now that the former emperor is dead, I don't know how many people want to Find him for revenge! It's a death anyway, he might as well give himself a good time!"

He Liu was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked Li Bofeng, "Where is Lu Fang's body now?"

Li Bofeng said: "Buried in a cemetery ten miles south of Wannian Jiyang."

He Liudao: "Do something for me. Go dig up Lu Fang's body, feed it to wild dogs or crows. In short, we can't let him leave the whole body!"

Li Bofeng was taken aback: "Huh?"

He Liu said angrily, "What? Are you going to disobey Beizhen Fushi's order?"

Li Bofeng cupped his hands: "I dare not, I will do it now!"

He Liu sat next to Lao Hu: "Old Hu, the wish of decades has finally come to an end. It stands to reason that Lu Fang and the former emperor are both dead, so I should be happy. But I feel empty in my heart."

Lao Hu took a sip of his wine: "People are cheap. You have to have a thought in your heart to survive. In the past few decades, your biggest thought has been to find out the truth about the case of ghost soldiers in the ghost house. Heh, now After checking it out, I naturally felt that something was missing.”

He Liudao: "Old Hu, tell me, should I find a new idea now?"

Old Hu said: "It's not hard to find this idea. In the past few years, I have been thinking about what is the meaning of Jinyiwei's existence? The meaning of its existence should not be to be a vicious dog that bites people for the emperor. It should be to punish Eliminate evil and benefit the common people. The Ming Dynasty caused the former emperor to toss and almost collapsed. Now the new emperor is on the throne, and everything is renewed. From what you said, the emperor seems to have a Mingjun. Since the country has a Mingjun, you should assist him well. To seek blessings for the common people in the world. To be a person like Hu Zongxian and Yang Lian. It is not in vain to go through the world."

He Liu pondered for a long time: "Old Hu, you are right. Since you are wearing a flying fish suit, you should do something good for the people. It is said that the emperor is the father of the Jinyiwei. In fact, the common people are the real parents of the Jinyiwei."

Old Hu said again: "Tomorrow the emperor's enthronement ceremony, we all have to go. Hurry up and go back to sleep."

He Liudao: "Old Hu, there is one more thing. The emperor appointed Liu Shouyou, an official of the Qing School, to be the commander of the Jinyiwei, and also appointed the Zuo Dudu as the commander, and entrusted Zhu Xixiao with the post of Zuo Dudu."

Old Hu smiled: "This is a very normal thing. Although you were friends with the emperor when he was in the residence, there was a layer of veil after all. Zhu Xixiao has been in charge of Youchunfang for him for many years, and he is the real emperor today. As for Liu Shou, I think the emperor is using him to silence the courtiers—look, I appointed Qingliu as the commander of Jinyiwei, you can no longer say that the emperor ruled the world with slaves, right?"

He Liu comforted himself and said, "Actually, it's a good thing not to be the commander of Jinyiwei. Counting from the ancestor Mao Xiang, how many of the previous commanders died well?"

(End of this chapter)