Chapter 173 The Crown Prince is Dead
The two monarchs and ministers were having an intimate chat with each other, when suddenly Gong Shouli ran in with a panicked face. He ran too fast, and his legs and feet were not smooth. Watching Li Wanjiang kowtow again and again, saying that the big thing is not good!
"What's the matter? Is the sky falling?" Li Wanjiang frowned.
Now he is becoming more and more dissatisfied with this Gong Shouli. He looks wretched, confused, greedy for money, lustful, daring... just forget it, just because he is not calm, he can't take on the big responsibility.
Look at Xiao Chen! The same eunuch, why is he so good?
But even though Gong Shouli had everything wrong, he had one merit, that is, he was absolutely loyal to Li Wanjiang, and besides, he saved Li Wanjiang's life!
There are many heroes in the world, but there are not many who can make Li Wanjiang completely trust him.
For example, Xiao Chen must be a hero, but he has no sympathy with Li Wanjiang, and this kid is too capable and thoughtful, so he can easily lose his grip.
How great would it be if Xiao Chen was his confidant? Having him help me with my errands will save me a lot of worry...
In fact, Li Wanjiang had this opportunity, but he didn't grasp it, and Xiao Chen thought about being loyal to him more than once, but he didn't want it!
You are ruthless, young master, I can only be ruthless.
"Your Majesty, the sky is really falling, the crown prince... is dead!" Gong Shouli said as he expressed his grief with two tears.
"Oh! It hurts me so much!" Li Wanjiang burst into tears immediately upon hearing this, beating his chest and stamping his feet, tears streaming down his face, he was so sad that he couldn't help himself...
Seeing the emperor mourning so much, the big inner guards and eunuchs also knelt down and howled together, as if they were mourning their concubines.
Xiao Chen also wanted to express some sadness, but he had no choice but to work hard for a long time but he couldn't squeeze out a single tear, so he could only pretend to be deeply sad, please the emperor to express his condolences, don't cry and break the dragon's body.
The crown prince passed away, this is a big event, inside and outside the palace, Fengyang City, everyone was shocked by it.
The emperor was so sad that he was already bedridden, and all the officials were panicked and at a loss.
Under such circumstances, Xiao Chen, as one of the three major eunuchs in the imperial palace, is not easy to leave because of emotion and reason... By the way, what if the emperor is so sad that he dies directly due to the pain of losing his son?
This is all uncertain.
I have to let Zhuge Xiaosheng and the others go first, depending on the situation, it is estimated that it will only take three to five days...
Unexpectedly, Li Wanjiang became nervous again and insisted on holding the prince's funeral according to the emperor's funeral.
It's not your son who is emotionally dead, I want you to tell me these nonsense!
The crown prince is the heir apparent, that is the future emperor, it is a pity that my son cannot inherit my throne while alive, and I want him to be the emperor after death!
If anyone dares to talk again, let him be buried with my son!
The news spread that the price of white cloth in Fengyang City had increased tenfold.
My son must not die like this in vain, I must avenge him, and send a decree to all over the world, and immediately start to wipe out the rebels of the Profound Sky Society!
The imperial edicts are all written with a vermilion pen, which is as red as blood. This is the first time you have seen this kind of imperial edict, and you know that the emperor is going to be serious this time.
Li Wanjiang has already carried the prince's funeral to the emperor's standard, and the rebels of Xuanhui that day are assassinating the king and killing the king!
There is no forgiveness.
No one dared to object anymore, otherwise the emperor asked us to be buried with the prince in a hurry, who would bear it?
The raids in Fengyang City were particularly harsh. The previous rounds of raids were said to be strict, but they were not. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of people. Tight on the outside and loose on the inside, just deal with it.
This time is different, the imperial guards in the city, Jin Yiwei, Bing Ma Si, government servants of Fengyang Mansion, and soldiers mobilized from the nine admirals formed a search brigade of more than 10,000 people, conducting a carpet search from east to west !
The gates of the city are under martial law, and no one is allowed to go out without a token issued by Jinyiwei! There is also a post at five steps and a post at ten steps on the city wall to prevent rebels from climbing along the city wall and escaping.
imperial order.
Anyone who hides the rebels from the Tianxuan Society will have his whole family executed and his neighbors sent to the army!
Anyone who is acquainted with the rebels will be exempted from crime within three days, and if they report the rebels, they will be greatly rewarded.
Those who report an ordinary thief from the Tianxuan Society will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver. The higher the level, the heavier the reward.
For example, the altar master of Tianxuan Hui is two thousand taels, the incense master is five thousand taels, and the hall master is fifty thousand taels. If Xiao Xinghan, the leader of the rebels, is caught, he will be rewarded with five hundred thousand taels of silver, and those who have jobs will be promoted to three levels in a row. , the common people immediately add five ranks!
The brothers of the Tianxuan Society are also welcome to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, as long as those who voluntarily surrender will be exonerated and rewarded.
A big manhunt was also carried out in the palace, and Gong Shouli was in charge of it himself. This time, the old boy did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, because the emperor said, if the manhunt is not thorough this time, then don’t even think about the head above you. .
By the way, all the Xichang brothers who were in charge of defending the Kunning Palace were also replaced, and they pretended to come to Xichang to find Xiao Chen, and explained to him that he had no choice but to explain to him that he was not a person who didn't believe in you, because he was afraid that something would happen. Our heads!
"You don't want to talk to me like this! Don't talk to me, these guys are not my people now, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death, it's a shame that I treat them so well , I can’t point at the critical moment, I think you caught them all and interrogated them, killing them is the cleanest!” Xiao Chen said so.
Say the same in front of the Xichang brothers.
But the more he said that, the less Gong Shouli would do it. This was a psychological tactic, and Gong Shouli was no opponent.
"I don't need you to teach me this, I have my own reason! Let me ask you, what is the origin of your younger brother Xiao Ye and cousin Duan Linger?" up.
"They are all the hall masters of Tianxuan Society, how about I hand them over to you to receive the reward?" Xiao Chen was delighted.
"Hmph! I just suspected that they belonged to the Tianxuan Society? I'm carrying my own head on business now, and I can't keep a single suspicious person!" Gong Shouli yelled at Xiao Chen with his neck stuck.
"Yeah? Your Eunuch Gong is illiterate, so don't you understand human language? I already told them that they are the hall masters of the Profound Sky Society, and I would like them to be handed over to you for interrogation. Why are you still talking nonsense to me? Xiao Ye , Linger, you all go with Eunuch Gong, I will bear all the torture and torture, and no one is allowed to cry!" Xiao Chen.
Both of them nodded and said that's fine, since you have betrayed us, brother, what else can we say?
Let's go then.
"Elder Gong, have you forgotten? Eunuch Xiao is the number two person on their blacklist of the Tianxuan Society. How could there be people from the Tianxuan Society around him?" Seeing that the situation was not good, a Jinyiwei Qianhu hurriedly reminded Gong Shouli , let's not mess with him, shall we?