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Chapter 66: Old 4 Raises a Death Squad
Chapter 66: The Fourth Brother Raises a Death Squad
The man in black used up his last bit of strength, rushed out of Prince Yong's Mansion, and came to the alley across the street. When he saw the people waiting for him outside, he let out a breath and could no longer hold on. With a bang, he fell heavily to the ground.
The whole person fell into endless darkness and lost the last bit of consciousness
The thin leader who appeared at the beginning was waiting here. Seeing only one person coming out, with wounds all over his body and arrows sticking out of his body, he frowned tightly. He raised his head and looked at the palace solemnly. Without saying a word, he stretched out his hand and beckoned two people to come up and lift up the black-clothed man who had escaped. They moved swiftly and disappeared into the darkness, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Almost immediately after these people left, several guards rushed out of the palace and scattered around to search, as if they didn't want to let the person who escaped go. After a careful search, several people came to the other side of the street and saw a pool of blood and messy footprints on the ground. Facing the empty alley, when they were hesitating whether to pursue further, a tall, cold-looking middle-aged man came out of the palace.
"The prince has ordered that everyone go back!"
At the order, these people no longer hesitated and decisively retreated back to the palace, closed the door, and the streets returned to their previous tranquility.
After a cup of tea, a night watchman appeared, walked slowly past the gate of the palace, knocked three times, and disappeared into the quiet and dark street.
The next day, Kangxi returned to the Imperial Study after court. He had just taken a sip of tea and had a rest. There were still a lot of memorials to review. This was what Kangxi had to do every day after court. Throughout the Qing Dynasty, there were countless things reported every day, and it was impossible to handle every matter in the court. The Imperial Study only brought the most important matters that involved too many departments and required the cooperation of multiple departments to the court for discussion, while most of the minor matters were handled by several ministers in the Upper Study, who would come up with their opinions and then report them to the emperor for review.
The memorials were arranged according to their importance. After reading them, Kangxi would send some back for further discussion, and some would be issued for execution after giving his opinions. As for most of the memorials, he would just read them once and have an idea of what they meant, without making any comments on how to deal with them.
It has been like this for more than forty years!
Even so, it was the biggest adjustment Kangxi made while maintaining control over the government after he became old and in poor health. If it was like when he was young, he would review memorials every day until he went to bed at night. But now that he is old, in order to maintain his health, he reads memorials in the imperial study every morning, and after noon, no matter how many memorials are left, he will hand them all in the study for processing.
Focusing on the big and letting go of the small was the experience Kangxi summed up after many years of governing the country. Even so, there were still some mistakes such as the loss of treasury silver, the struggle for the throne among princes, and the defeat of the army on the border.
Kangxi was helpless about this!
If you are too polite and courteous, you will sooner or later be exhausted by the mountains of affairs. You can only catch up for a while, tighten up, deal with a group of people, shock them, and then relax and return to the original state.
This cycle repeated itself over and over again, and the court officials got used to it!
Kangxi saw two piles of memorials on his desk, and a complex expression flashed across his eyes, with a sense of relief and disgust. Although the throne was extremely honorable, it was also like a cage that would keep him captive for the rest of his life. He had lived for most of his life, and most of his memories were of reviewing memorials and meeting with ministers. Others only envied the emperor's dominance over the world, and how powerful he was. Who could understand his sadness and helplessness?
There is always gain and loss!
For this throne, I lost the most precious years of my life.
He sighed, picked up the memorials and began to read them. Just after flipping through two of them, Li Dequan came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Turichen wants to see you!"
Kangxi nodded, and something flashed through his mind, but he didn't raise his head. He picked up the memorial and continued to read it.
Tulichen came in, fell to the ground, and said respectfully: "Your servant Tulichen, kowtows to the emperor."
After paying his respects, he silently and respectfully listened to the order. After a while, the imperial study was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Turichen secretly looked up and saw Kangxi holding a memorial in his hand. He was absent-minded, his eyes fixed on a large pile of memorials next to him, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
After thinking for a while, he said softly: "I have something to report. I have done what the emperor asked me to do!"
Kangxi turned his head and said expressionlessly: "Li Dequan, stand guard outside and don't let anyone in."
"嗻"
Li Dequan knew that Turichen must be doing something shady, so he quietly went out and closed the door tightly. He waved the whisk in his hand, and the guards nearby scattered around. He also stood outside the door to guard.
The distance was neither far nor near, so far that normal conversation in the room could not be heard, but close enough that if Kangxi's voice was a little louder, his voice would not be missed. And the guards in the distance would not hear a single sound no matter how loud the sound in the study was. This was the experience Li Dequan summed up over the years.
It was all earned with blood and tears!
Li Dequan recalled that once Kangxi was talking to the crown prince, and after the crown prince left, he called him softly. The emperor summoned him, so he naturally went into the room to wait for orders. Unexpectedly, Kangxi flew into a rage, and severely criticized him for not having tea in his cup, and finally beat him with 20 boards.
Li Dequan was beaten to pieces, blood was everywhere, and his lower body was unconscious. He was carried back to his room, and he didn't know if he could survive. He recuperated for a whole month, unable to get off the bed, until the eunuch who temporarily replaced him was beheaded for making a mistake, and he served the emperor again.
After reflecting on it for a while, Li Dequan finally realized that it was not that he failed to change the tea for the emperor in time, but that he was too close to the room when he was serving the emperor. The emperor thought that he had heard the conversation between him and the prince, so he got angry. The emperor had a sudden discussion with the prince, but he did not think of asking him to stay away beforehand. Afterwards, he realized that the matter was too important and he was worried that he would hear the royal secrets.
The soft call was just a test to see if he was eavesdropping, but he foolishly went in. Wasn't it obvious to the emperor that he had heard the conversation between the two?
The emperor is a man of great honor, so he will not admit that he is wrong, so he is angry with me. If it weren't for the fact that the emperor is difficult to serve and the new eunuchs are not doing well, I am afraid I will never have the opportunity to serve him again. I have been with the emperor for a long time, if he really abandons me, what awaits me is either a white silk or a cup of poisoned wine!
Thinking of his experience of being at the gate of Hades, Li Dequan became more cautious and did his job honestly. He considered the emperor in everything, not listening to what he shouldn't listen to, not looking at what he shouldn't look at, and not saying what he shouldn't say.
Li Dequan didn't know whether the emperor had tested him again in the years that followed, but he thought he must have. However, he never violated the taboo again, and the emperor didn't punish him like last time.
Kangxi once asked him to bring in new eunuchs. Li Dequan guessed that it might be to serve as a backup to replace him in the future, but Li Dequan did not dare to do anything small or squeeze him secretly. He just honestly taught his experience and pointed out some details, but in the end, it was the backup candidate who disappeared in front of the emperor.
Although he escaped danger, Li Dequan was still terrified. In the eyes of others, he was the emperor's mouthpiece, and at certain times, he even represented the emperor. He was majestic in front of outsiders, second only to the emperor. But who could have known that he was also walking on the edge of life and death, and had to be extremely cautious every day.
Like walking on thin ice and facing the abyss!
With a sigh, calming his confused mind, Li Dequan looked at the scenery in the distance calmly, his eyes flashing with vicissitudes of life and traces of time that ordinary people could hardly understand!
In the imperial study, Kangxi stood up, looked at Turichen, and said calmly: "Tell me in detail."
"嗻"
"Last night, I arranged nearly 30 good fighters, dressed in black, disguised as assassins and robbers, and rushed into the Fourth Master's mansion. At first, they met the guards in the front yard and rushed into the mansion as if they were in an empty space. Until they rushed to the backyard where the Fourth Master lived, a group of people suddenly appeared, some holding bows, some holding knives, about a hundred people." Tulichen said while thinking. "These people are extremely capable, agile, and highly skilled in martial arts. Their movements are crisp and sharp, and they are decisive and ruthless. When the people I sent saw these people appear, they were arrogant and brave, and they did not stop. They immediately made a decision and fled desperately. These people only took a cup of tea to kill half of my men. They were ruthless and did not drag their feet. The rest of the people faced the pursuit and interception all the way, and tried their best. In the end, only one person escaped from the Fourth Master's mansion, and he was shot in the back and was dying."
"It was from him that I learned about the situation in the mansion. They never saw the shadow of the Fourth Master from beginning to end."
After saying this, he took out an arrow from behind his back, held it in both hands and handed it to Kangxi: "This is the arrow that shot the man who escaped. Please take a look, Your Majesty."
"Has someone been captured alive? Will he expose you?" Kangxi frowned, his face solemn. He reached out to take the arrow, and spoke while looking at it.
Tulichen said, "These people were recruited from the martial arts world. I did not show up and was just observing from a distance last night. Even if someone is captured, I can't get anything out of them. Your Majesty, please rest assured."
"Ok!"
Kangxi nodded, took a long box from the bookshelf, put it on the table and opened it. Inside lay two long arrows, one of which was tied with a yellow ribbon. Kangxi took the three arrows in his hands and compared them. They were almost identical.
After a long moment, he sighed, put the three arrows in the box, and put them back in their original places.
"Turichen, go down and clean up the mess. Don't leave any traces. Just pretend that this incident never happened."
"Well, I will take my leave."
Tulichen carefully walked out of the imperial study, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked scared.
Kangxi sat on the couch and began to review the memorials. He was obviously absent-minded, and his eyes were changing from moody to bright. He looked for a long time but did not review any of the memorials.
Lao Si usually seems to be concerned about the country and the people, willing to work and take responsibility, and has an upright and open attitude towards the public. Now it seems that not only has he found a killer, but he has also raised a large number of assassins. It is obvious how many of these people there are and what they are used for.
'bang'
"How audacious! How despicable!"
Kangxi angrily threw the memorial in his hand to the ground, and sat on the couch like a wounded lion, with gloomy eyes and cold expression, exuding a deep sadness.
The eldest brother was blinded by greed and secretly terrorized the prince. After the prince got into trouble, he tried his best to suppress him and wanted to put him to death.
The matter of Nightmare Town is so confidential, how did the third brother know about it? He must have bribed the people in the eldest brother's house in advance, and knew about it for a long time but kept it secret. When the eldest brother was in trouble, he took the opportunity to report it and made trouble for him.
The Eighth Prince was hypocritical on the surface, secretly befriended a large number of court officials, and gave away the treasury silver of the Ministry of Revenue as a favor. The Ministry of Justice wrongfully imprisoned him, avoided the Thirteenth Prince, lured Xiao Guoxing to trial, and brought down the Crown Prince;
The Fourteenth Prince created a fake imperial edict and teamed up with the Eighth Prince to frame the Crown Prince;
I thought the fourth one was the cleanest
Before the trial of the wrongful imprisonment case in the Ministry of Justice, Lao Si was stabbed and the assassin killed Xiao Guoxing at night. These two things happened, and I was unwilling to believe that it was him until the test last night. Lao Si was so well protected, but he was injured by an assassin without alerting anyone. Is it possible?
What kind of assassin is so powerful that he would not alert the death squad guards hired by the fourth brother.
There is only one possibility, that is, this person was arranged by the fourth brother himself, or perhaps there is no such person at all.
The fourth brother did this because he didn't want to participate in the trial. Everyone knew that the prince was involved. If the fourth brother participated, he would help the prince, which was not what he wanted. If the prince was found to be involved in the case, he didn't want to bear the crime of bringing him down. On the surface, he rushed to take the job with the appearance of sharing the worries of the emperor and father, but at night there was an assassination incident and he was seriously injured.
Avoided the trial!
That is, he behaved like a loyal minister and a filial son in front of me, while avoiding the bad reputation of not helping someone in need. He also condoned Old Eighth in dethroning the crown prince, and finally put the hat of assassin on Old Eighth's head. At the critical moment, he sent assassins to kill Xiao Guoxing in order to frame Old Eighth.
It's such a sinister plot that it sends chills down one's spine.
Even the things mentioned above can be argued for, but there are so many assassins in the mansion, and Turichen saw it with his own eyes, can the fourth brother still claim that he was ignorant?
Kangxi was annoyed and irritated. The position of the crown prince made all these sons jump out, just like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers, and each of them was not easy to deal with. He sighed and thought of these sons when they were young, with simple minds, childish and cute, fathers were kind and sons were filial, brothers were friendly and respectful, and everything was peaceful.
It’s nothing like when they grow up, when they are all smart and make me worry.
If I could never grow old, and they would always be like they were when they were little, how wonderful it would be.
Kangxi thought of his fourth son, Hongli, who was cute, innocent and looked well-behaved.
This child is good. He should not learn bad things from Yinzhen. I will bring Hongli to the palace tomorrow and let him accompany me well, so that I don’t have to deal with those cunning sons every day and make myself angry.
Thinking of this, Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, picked up the memorial on the ground, put it on the table, and slowly began to read it!
This chapter is a bit long and is composed of two chapters. Many friends gave me recommendation votes on May Day. Thank you for your attention, especially the support of friends such as The Man Who Loves to Sleep Naked, A Lifetime of Romance, Tavern, The Moon Rises from the Heart Sea, Fearless Sailing, Picking Up Books on the Sea, I Had You Last Night, I Don't Know When There Will be a Mine, Returning at the End of the Term, and Talking Carp.
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