People are in the heavens, breeding pacesetters

"That's probably what happened."

Hokusai told everything she had done for King Xin, which was similar to Zhang Jingyun's impression, but some details were different.

Half a year ago, King Xin saw some of Hokusai's paintings and made him a confidant. Hokusai also became interested in Donglin Party poetry under the influence of King Xin.

Beizhai and Zhou Miaotong were stimulated by the house raids many years ago and harbored a grudge against Wei Zhongxian and Jin Yiwei. They both naively believed that without Wei Zhongxian in the court, the Ming Dynasty would be restored to prosperity and peace.

So a few months ago.

King Xin followed the advice of the Donglin Party and planned major events, trying to make Emperor Tianqi die unexpectedly. By then King Xin would ascend the throne, and he could overthrow Wei Zhongxian and revive the Ming Dynasty.

For this reason, King Xin ordered people to plan to tamper with the treasure ship, so that when Emperor Tianqi was playing in Taiye Pool, the treasure ship sank and drowned.

Although Emperor Tianqi was rescued.

But he still contracted lung disease, and there was no cure.

The one who tampered with the treasure ship was the eunuch Guo Zhen, who had served as a palm eunuch and was a colleague of Lu Wenzhao and Shen Lian during the Battle of Salhu eight years ago.

In the Battle of Saerhu, Shen Lian rescued Lu Wenzhao, and the two fought bravely to kill the enemy and rescued Guo Zhen. Lu Wenzhao relied on his friendship with Guo Zhen and asked Guo Zhen to tamper with the treasure ship when he was building it.

Guo Zhen was originally a eunuch in charge of the imperial edict, with a high position of power. He was squeezed out by Wei Zhongxian and fell into decline, so he also wanted to bring down Wei Zhongxian.

In this way, the two hit it off.

Emperor Tianqi fell into the water and his time was running out.

However, King Xin has been insecure since he was a child. Planning such a big thing makes him suspicious, especially Guo Zhen, whom he does not trust.

Therefore, King Xin cleverly took advantage of Beizhai and asked Beizhai to secretly ask Guo Zhen to meet him out and kill Guo Zhen in the restaurant, making it look like he was seeking wealth and murder.

This is the result of King Xin's messing around.

Originally, he could just wait for Emperor Tianqi to be killed, but in the end, he insisted on killing Guo Zhen and thought he had eliminated the flaw.

As everyone knows!

Killing Guo Zhen, isn't it obvious that there are lice on the bald head? There must be someone secretly plotting to kill Emperor Tianqi.

This is an extremely stinky move!

Even Lu Wenzhao was speechless for this prince. The key was that he had to wipe King Xin's butt and eliminate the two extra flaws for King Xin.

One, Hokusai.

Hokusai knew that he was planning to kill Emperor Apocalypse, and even came forward to ask Guo Zhen out. What she knew was enough to make King Xin abandon his martial arts.

So Lu Wenzhao wanted to kill Beizhai.

Second, the treasure ship minutes.

The Treasure Ship Minutes are a record of the drawings that supervised the construction of the treasure ship. There are traces of Guo Zhen changing the structure of the treasure ship. If Guo Zhen is killed, the Treasure Ship Minutes will be exposed.

And this is the second thing Lu Wenzhao wants to do. Originally, he was waiting for Zhang Jingyun to return to life and tell him the good news of killing Beizhai.

Then Zhang Jingyun was asked to burn the archives. In this way, the fatal flaw in the Treasure Ship Records could be erased.

However, Zhang Jingyun did not return for a long time.

Ling Yunkai caused a big trouble. Shen Lian came back alone and told Lu Wenzhao that they were attacked at Beizhai's house and Ling Yunkai died...

………

Zhang Jingyun held Beizhai and Zhou Miaotong in his arms, "The situation in the capital may change soon. It is too dangerous for you to stay here."

"I am alone and can leave at any time, but what about my sister? She has no documents from the Ministry of Punishment and cannot leave Nuanxiang Pavilion."

Hokusai is worried.

Zhou Miaotong's heart was aching if she stayed here for one more day.

"It's not difficult to get the documents from the Ministry of Punishments. You can get them with money. Five hundred taels of ransom is not much. I will pick up Miao Tong in a few days. You can go to the south of the city to hide in peace."

Zhang Jingyun said, Hokusai nodded.

Later, Zhang Jingyun took Beizhai away from Nuanxiang Pavilion and sent her to a secret place in the south of the city. He first paid Zhou Miaotong to redeem her body, and then stayed with her for a few days, and then slowly rushed back to Qianhu to recover her life.

………

This side of Qianhusuo.

Lu Wenzhao was in a very bad mood.

Things turned out to be more twists and turns than he imagined, "Ling Yunkai was killed? Did you know that he is Eunuch Wei's nephew!"

Lu Wenzhao questioned Shen Lian.

Lu Wenzhao seemed to have known that Shen Lian was responsible for the murder, but Shen Lian did not admit it. As a senior Jinyiwei, there were no flaws in the scene he personally arranged.

Shen Lian even changed the subject and talked about Guo Zhen: "Sir, Guo Zhen is a eunuch in the palace, and his death must not be easy."

Lu Wenzhao was speechless. Of course he knew this, because King Xin sent people to kill him, and he personally handled the funeral.

"Since he is a palace eunuch, he is not under our control. Nanzhen Fusi will send someone to deal with it. If you have nothing to do, go ahead and get busy."

Shen Lian turned around and left.

Lu Wenzhao looked at his back as if he was making up his mind, until three figures appeared in front of him, none other than Ding Baiying, Ding Chong and Ding Tai.

"Ding Xiu hasn't come back yet?"

Lu Wenzhao couldn't help but ask.

Ding Baiying shook his head: "No trace."

"Did this guy take a hundred taels of silver from me and run away with me?" Lu Wenzhao could only imagine that Ding Xiuzhen might do such a thing.

Ding Baiying, on the other hand, bit her lip and said, "How about waiting a little longer? Although he is a bit wild, he seldom fails to do what he promises."

Lu Wenzhao shook his head: "We have no time. Beizhai can let it go for a while. After all, she has feelings for King Xin, but the treasure ship records must be burned."

"I'll burn it!" Ding Baiying volunteered.

Lu Wenzhao couldn't bear to risk his own junior sister to do such a thing, "You are not needed. Shen Lian probably killed Ling Yunkai. Send a note to Shen Lian and force him to go."

Shen Lian thought that the whole thing was done flawlessly, but he ignored one thing, that is, Ling Yunkai's body is impermanent. This is a personal booklet specially used by Jin Yiwei to record the target's words and deeds. Even if someone really rescues Beizhai, why would the other party take Ling Yun away? Kai's impermanence thin?

The conflict between Shen Lian and Ling Yunkai is very deep. It will be clear when the time comes to find out whether Shen Lian was the one who killed him.

In the afternoon, Shen Lian returned home.

His expression remained unchanged. Impermanence was a flaw, but as long as he refused to admit it, no one could do anything to him.

Unless someone saw him kill someone with their own eyes.

call out!

Just then, an arrow shot at him.

Shen Lian quickly dodged, only to hear a ding sound, the arrow was nailed into the wooden board, and there was a piece of paper at the end fluttering in the wind.

Shen Lian looked around in front of the door and saw no one. Then he picked up the note with a solemn expression. The note read: According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, killing Jin Yiwei is a crime of conspiracy, and he belongs to the Yi tribe!

Behind the note is a meeting place.

Shen Lian burned the note with fire, his expression serious, as if he was considering whether to go see the person who shot the arrow at night.

That night.

Shen Lian thought twice and went anyway.

It was a bamboo forest. As a gust of wind blew, the bamboo leaves rustled. Shen Lian's footsteps sounded in the bamboo forest and soon stopped.

Because a woman in white appeared in front of him, and a man and a woman appeared on both sides holding swords, shields and maces, surrounding Shen Lian.

The three of them were Ding Baiying, Ding Chong and Ding Tai. Their formation was a Japanese sword formation designed by Qi Jiguang himself, specifically used to surround and kill masters.

Shen Lian was frightened by the formation and did not dare to attack rashly. At this time, Ding Baiying, a woman in white, also stood up and said to Shen Lian: "You must regret it very much now if you killed that Jin Yiwei."

Shen Lian asked: "Where is Beizhai?"

In his opinion, the person who knew the secret of his murder must have been told by Beizhai, but little did he know that this was just Lu Wenzhao deceiving him based on Shen Lian's words.

Shen Lian's words also proved Lu Wenzhao's guess that Ling Yunkai was indeed killed by Shen Lian, and Ding Baiying suddenly smiled with a confident smile.

Ding Baiying said: "That girl is a witness to your murder. How could I bring her here?"

Shen Lian frowned: "What on earth do you want to do, extort money?"

"If you don't want money, I want you to burn the record library."

Shen Lian shook his head: "The Documents Storehouse is the important place of the Jinyi Guards. Burning the Documents Library will result in the death penalty. It's the same as death. It's not as good as..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Lian drew out his Xiuchun knife and struck it, revealing that he would die if he killed Jin Yiwei or if he burned the case library, it would be better to try to kill these three people.

Ding Chong held a sword and shield and blocked Shen Lian with his shield. Ding Tai on the other hand held a thirty-six kilogram mace and hit Shen Lian fiercely.

Shen Lian's sword was blocked and attacked by a strong enemy. He quickly placed the Xiuchun sword in front of him to block Ding Tai's fierce mace.

boom!

Shen Lian was hit by the mace directly for more than ten meters, and hit a bamboo hard. The bamboo trembled and relieved Shen Lian's strength.

Shen Lian had a lot of blood and was not hurt even after being hit hard. He looked at the three people in front of him coldly. At this time, the formation of the three people changed into a one-line formation.

This is the rhythm to quickly capture Shen Lian.

Shen Lian was not afraid either.

I saw him holding the Xiuchun knife between his forearm and upper arm, pulling it hard, wiping the blade clean, and then holding the Xiuchun knife in front of his eyes, as if he was going to fight hard.

But behind the Xiuchundao, Shen Lian's eyes flickered. It turned out that he was looking at which side was more suitable for escaping. As for the Xiuchundao, it was just a blindfold.

Let the opponent not understand his intention.

Finally, Shen Lian took long strides and fled to the left. Ding Chong and Ding Tai hurriedly chased after him, but saw Shen Lian suddenly change direction, throw away the two of them, and kill Ding Baiying. He wanted to capture the thief first!

Ding Baiying seemed to be too scared to move.

The Xiuchundao was so close that she even closed her eyes to see if it would be pierced. Ding Baiying opened her eyes fiercely, held the handle of the knife secretly, performed the sword drawing technique, and slashed it down with one strike!

Ding!

Shen Lian's Xiuchun knife was cut off. At the same time, Ding Baiying's knife was also placed on his neck, looking at Shen Lian with a playful expression.

"You pretended to run away and lured my two disciples away. The purpose was to capture me first. What do you think? Have you made up your mind? Do you want to die or burn the case documents?"

Shen Lian did not hesitate: "Burn the case and document library!"

………

Ding Baiying's mission was successfully completed, but on the other side, Lu Wenzhao felt a headache because investigators from Nanzhen Fusi came.

Not only the death of Guo Zhen must be investigated.

Ling Yunkai’s case must also be investigated.

Pei Lun of Baihu was keenly aware that this incident was inseparable from Shen Lian, but he had no evidence, so Pei Lun decided to investigate Beizhai in detail.

This check doesn't matter.

He actually learned from the monk Jinghai who sold paintings that Shen Lian loved Hokusai's paintings and had purchased Hokusai's paintings from monk Jinghai many times.

Pei Lun has long been dissatisfied with Shen Lian.

Because Yin Cheng, who nominally died in Shen Lian's hands, was his good brother, Shen Lian could have let Yin Cheng live, but he didn't agree.

Therefore, after Pei Lun discovered the relationship between Shen Lian and Beizhai, he immediately went to his boss Lu Wenzhao to report his suspicions about Shen Lian.

"Not only did I find out that Shen Lian collected Hokusai's paintings, I also found out that eight years ago, Shen Lian and Guo Zhen were both survivors of the 50,000-strong West Route Army in the Battle of Sarhu.

He knew Guo Zhen at that time and asked your lord to allow me to go to the archives to check who else survived the Western Route Army in the Battle of Sarhu eight years ago. "

"Why?" Lu Wenzhao asked.

Pei Lun said: "Guo Zhen was the supervisor of the treasure ship, and he suspected that Guo Zhen and Shen Lian had colluded to murder the emperor.

Guo Zhen and Shen Lian would never be able to complete such a big plan. If they had any accomplices, they might be the survivors of the Battle of Saarhu! "

"Oh~~"

Lu Wenzhao nodded in a long voice.

At the same time, he quietly walked around behind Pei Lun.

Pei Lun was convinced of his suspicion at this time, and even felt that he might make a great contribution, and now he was waiting for Lu Wenzhao to give him an accurate answer.

As everyone knows, Pei Lun's inference was as fierce as a tiger's. Although he was fundamentally wrong, Shen Lian and Guo Zhen were not accomplices.

But Pei Lun got it right and mistook it for granted that the person who conspired with Guo Zhen to murder the emperor was a survivor of the Western Route Army in the Battle of Sarhu.

And the last survivor...

It is Lu Wenzhao, Pei Lun's boss behind him.

"Who is it? Come out!"

Lu Wenzhao shouted low, and as soon as he finished speaking, three figures jumped from the roof one after another. It was Ding Baiying, Ding Chong, and Ding Tai!

When Pei Lun saw this, he had a flash of inspiration and protected Lu Wenzhao, "The thieves are making a sneak attack. Sir, I'll go first. I'm holding them back due to my humble position..."

puff!

The sound of a short blade piercing flesh was heard.

Pei Lun turned his head and looked at Lu Wenzhao behind him. It was Lu Wenzhao who stabbed him in the waist with a short blade. Pei Lun couldn't understand why Lu Wenzhao stabbed him.

"Sir, you..."

Lu Wenzhao let go.

Then he looked at Ding Baiying and said, "Junior sister!"

Pei Lun turned around, his face full of surprise. Lu Wenzhao, the Jinyi Guard Qianhu, was actually in the same group as these thieves who broke into the Qianhu Residence.

"Lu Wenzhao, it's you!"

Lu Wenzhao said indifferently: "Kill him!"

Ding Baiying winked at Ding Chong, and the next second, Ding Chong charged at Pei Lun. Pei Lun knew he was outmatched, so he rushed out of Qianhu Residence with a sliding shovel and fled quickly.

Ding Baiying and Ding Tai also pursued.

“It’s really exciting for colleagues to kill each other!”

At this time, Lu Wenzhao was the only one left in the courtyard of Qianhu Institute. At this moment, a voice sounded, and then a figure fell in the courtyard.

The visitor looked at Lu Wenzhao with admiration.

Lu Wenzhao looked at this person and was stunned.

It was actually Ding Xiu who went to kill Beizhai a few days ago.

Lu Wenzhao said angrily: "You still know where you have been when you come back these days. What is the mission I gave you? Whether Beizhai is dead or alive, answer me!"

Zhang Jingyun said, "Uncle, do you still have the mind to care about this? Do you know that according to the Ming Dynasty law, killing a Jinyi guard is a crime of conspiracy and belongs to the Yi tribe."

Lu Wenzhao was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Isn't this what he asked Ding Baiying to give to Shen Lian, but Ding Xiu actually gave it to him intact to threaten him?

"Ding Xiu, I am your senior uncle!"

Zhang Jingyun put the Miao Dao on his shoulder and said seriously, "My dear uncle also wants to settle the accounts openly. Uncle, I will keep your secret for the rest of my life!"

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