Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"My lady, the founder of the country has unfortunately passed away!" Cao Tai hurriedly walked into the Jinxiang Hall and said.

Fu Jinzhan was stunned for a moment, his face full of doubts, and after a while he asked, "How did you die?"

Cao Tai took a breath and said, "I heard it seems to be poisoned to death!"

Fu Jinzhan immediately said: "This matter is definitely not done by the officials." She knew Brother Shao's character so well, even if Brother Shao really knew how to use such a dirty trick as poisoning, he would definitely not put on an air of hypocrisy at Xuande Gate.

She immediately said again: "The matter is of great importance, you should report it to the officials immediately. Another ship, Yang Shiliang, took people to the Duke's mansion to see what happened."

"Follow the order!" Cao Tai said.

After a long time, Cao Tai came back to report. Jinzhan asked, "What did the officials say?"

Cao Tai stared and said: "The official scolded, and then his face was sad, and he didn't say anything for a long time. The slaves didn't dare to stay in the Hall of Grace to attract the official's disgust, so they had to come back first.".

For a moment, Jinzhan only felt that the atmosphere in the imperial city was chaotic and undercurrents were surging. Fortunately, Brother Shao got better, and she had a bottom line for no reason... Today, the city was full of iron armor during the day, and Brother Shao solved the situation with three strikes, five divisions and two divisions. Men do things differently from women, they are more confident and courageous!

"Let Yang Shiliang figure out what's going on first, and report it immediately." Jinzhan frowned.

... When it was nearly You, a large group of people from the Yamen of the Kaifeng Mansion came out in a hurry, because people from the Duke's Mansion had reported to the officials. People from the imperial city also rushed to the south of Ma Xing Street.

At this time, Fan Zhi was sitting alone in the wing room at home, with the door tightly closed.

He carefully recalled the previous scene at Xuande Gate, the emperor said murderously first to clear out the messy people inside, and then looked at himself! Could it be just an unconscious action of the emperor, not aimed at himself?

Fan Zhi thought for a while and then shook his head. At that time, Guo Shao was not in good health and spirit, his eyes were obviously duller than usual, and there were so many people present, what to do with him...Fan Zhi felt that he was not a person with weight in the court.

Guo Shao's murderous eyes repeatedly appeared in front of his eyes, as if he was looking at him right now! The more Fan Zhi thought about it, the more he felt that things might have been exposed!

In addition, he just sent a messenger to the south not long ago, wanting to tell Guo Jin: The opportunity has been lost, so let's wait for the time being.

Now that the emperor has doubts, has the messenger been intercepted? Fan Zhi patted his forehead, his face turned blue and white, he was filled with worry and fear, so afraid that he didn't dare to breathe loudly.

He fidgeted and turned around the room for a while, then took out a white silk from under the mat, used a round stool as a cushion, and put the white silk on the beam behind the bed curtain. Just in case someone wants to catch him in the middle of the night, let him understand himself as soon as possible... The deadly poison is forbidden. Fan Zhi didn't have time to prepare. Wiping his own neck with a sword seemed difficult. For him, hanging himself when he was helpless and embarrassed was the best way.

He was ready, still sitting on the edge of the bed, secretly thinking that since he was a child, he had never suffered from flesh and blood, nor could he bear insults! At any rate, I am the prime minister of the two dynasties, and I am a scholar-bureaucrat who has lived in a high place in the temple. Even if he dies, he must be decent!

The main reason is to prevent more people from being tortured, especially Zheng Wang Guo (Chai) Zongxun.

Unexpectedly, just as they were getting ready, they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from outside the courtyard! Fan Zhi's heart tightened immediately, horses were not allowed to gallop in the inner city of Tokyo, how could there be a large group of people galloping blatantly at this time of the day? !

Fan Zhi's eyes widened, he turned his head and looked at the white silk behind the bed curtain, and then at the barred wing room, he was caught alive by the broken door, so he walked to the round stool inside and climbed up, held the white silk with his hands, and turned to look at the door.

At this moment, he suddenly heard his servant shouting urgently: "Alang, Alang!"

Fan Zhi's face was pale and his hands were trembling. He quickly put his head in the buckle, turned his head to look at the door, and waited to judge the movement outside.

"Ah Lang! Something is wrong!" the servant shouted. A moment later, there was a slap on the door. Fan Zhi was frightened, his legs trembled, and for some reason, the waist stool fell down!

"Ah!" He exclaimed, the white silk buckle strangled his neck, and immediately tightened due to the weight. He reached out to grab the white silk around his neck, and subconsciously kicked his empty legs, making the white silk even tighter! He opened his mouth wide and couldn't breathe. Under the panic, he felt more suffocated, his scalp swelled, his head seemed to explode, the strength in his hands was quickly withdrawn, his ears buzzed inexplicably, and his eyes almost couldn't open.

In the vagueness, there were several knocks on the door, and the voice of the servant became hazy: "Ah Lang, the founding father (Li Chuyun) was poisoned to death! A Lang..."

It turned out to be this! Fan Zhi felt unspeakably aggrieved in his remaining consciousness, as if he heard ten thousand horses whizzing by in his tinnitus.

"Ah Lang..." The anxious voice of the servant seemed to be fading away. There was only a wall between them, but Fan Zhi couldn't shout anymore.

After a long time, the servant felt that something was wrong, and he didn't dare to destroy the door without authorization. After shouting a few times, he found a maid and went in to report to his wife. After a while, the madam came out, and when she heard that the servant had heard voices in the wing room, and some servant girl had said that she saw A Lang entered inside, she went forward and called a few times but did not hear a response, so she ordered the servant to forcefully open the door!

When a group of people went to the bedroom to have a look, they saw a person hanging behind the bed curtain! Madam rushed in and saw that it was indeed Fan Zhi, and burst into tears with a "wow".

A group of male and female servants also cried with grief. Fortunately, some servants were more clever and hurried over to put Fan Zhi down, but how could there be any anger?

... After a while, Jing Niang walked quickly to the East Hall.

Fu Jinzhan was still sitting in the Yangde Hall in the East Hall, waiting for news from Li Chuyun's residence. Jing Niang stepped forward and whispered something in her ear.

Jinzhan was surprised, and after a while he murmured: "What day is it today? A duke died just now, and the prime minister died a while later."

Jing Niang said calmly: "Fan Zhi will die sooner or later. This person dared to rebel, I didn't want to be so timid, and before he could do anything to him, he was so frightened that he hanged himself..."

Jinzhan encountered several major events in a row today, but he was more calm than before, which is probably the reason for Guo Shao's improvement. She pondered: "Fan Zhi died like this, and many old parties may lose their clues. And just let him go like this?"

Jinzhan obviously dislikes Fan Zhi in his heart. She thought for a while and asked, "Didn't you report that Fan Zhi sent someone out of Beijing this afternoon?"

Jing Niang frowned and said, "We were ordered not to intercept him, so we didn't dare to startle the snake and act rashly. We didn't dare to chase the spy who rode a fast horse to the south, otherwise he would be easily spotted if he followed closely... But Shouzhou has arranged manpower, and now immediately send someone to Shouzhou to send an order to let the people of Shouzhou intercept this person. Maybe it's okay, if there is time."

Jinzhan made a decisive decision: "Immediately send an order. And immediately send someone to arrest the little official who has close contacts with Fan Zhi."

Jing Niang cupped her fists and exited Jinxiang Hall.

... At this time, the Jianguo Mansion was full of weeping, and the sad news was heard everywhere. People from Kaifeng Mansion, people from the Imperial City, and some civil and military personnel all came to Li Mansion one after another.

The magistrates and push officials of the Kaifeng Mansion were present, so they did not dare to do an autopsy without permission. Although the Li family reported to the officials, they knew the identity of the deceased... and they also understood that the water in the capital was |deep.

The judge observed the clothes of the people who came, and the people who came first were all small officials, but he keenly recognized one of them was an eunuch from the palace... The eunuch had a whisk in his hand and had no beard.

"This father-in-law." The judge stepped forward and cupped his fists, "This is the Duke of the Daxu court, do you know today?"

The eunuch was Yang Shiliang, he nodded slightly and took out his waist card.

The judge glanced at it, and asked again: "In the current situation, how about waiting for a few people with more face, and then the judge..."

Yang Shiliang looked left and right, and said: "Let everyone watch at the door, let's find a foreman to enter the house and have a look first, as long as you don't move around."

The judge clasped his fists and agreed, anyway, there were a thousand civil and military members and members of the Li family who witnessed and testified. He immediately chose a job, approached and whispered: "If you don't want to die, don't talk nonsense."

After a group of people entered the mansion, they stood at the door of the study where the accident happened, looking at the tragic situation inside, they all shook their heads and sighed, with a look of sadness on their faces. Wu Zuo bowed and looked at it carefully.

Yang Shiliang asked: "What is the cause of the death of Duke Founder and that old man?"

Wu Zuo stood there in a daze, Yang Shiliang frowned and said, "Ask you!" Wu Zuo hesitated and said, "I don't know..."

A military general at the door said angrily: "Damn, what kind of idle food, we all saw it, we were all poisoned!"

Wu Zuo glanced at that Wu Zuo, and said to everyone: "Let's go out and wait first, and ask people to take care of this house, so that no one else is allowed to approach. What should we do, at least wait for one or two Dukes or Prime Ministers to come. The people inside are the Founding Dukes!"

When everyone heard it was reasonable, they all agreed.

So a group of officials stepped forward and guarded the front and back of the study. Yang Shiliang left the crowd calmly, and the sharp-eyed judge called out to do what he had just done, and hurriedly followed.

Yang Shiliang asked Wu Zuo: "Do you see something strange?"

Wu Zuo seemed to be dumb, and turned to look at the judge. The judge said calmly: "Eunuch Yang, I have seen him during the Great Dynasty, what can I say."

Wu Zuo then said: "Both of them died suddenly from the deadly poison of the middle throat, but... the old man had something stuck in his throat before his death, and it is still below his throat now."

Yang Shiliang looked left and right: "If you are still in charge of the autopsy later, you can't take it out in a hurry. If someone else takes over, you have to remind him."

The judge hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Everything is arranged by Eunuch Yang." Wu Zuo also nodded quickly.

The judge asked again: "Have people been sent to guard the exits before and after the founding mansion?"

Yang Shiliang said coldly: "Is there still a need to investigate? First, the founder (Li Chuyun) pointed his finger at the old man's side, and second, there was only a fragment of a teacup on the ground. Obviously, the old man poisoned the founder first, and then committed suicide by drinking the poison. Otherwise, have you ever seen two people drink a cup of poisoned tea?"

After hearing this, the judge looked at Yang Shiliang in surprise: "Mr. Yang is very knowledgeable."

Yang Shiliang stopped talking, frowning thinking about something.