The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1561

[1561. Chapter 1483 Meet the driver]

It was midnight, the moon was bright, the stars were sparse, and the night fog was hazy.

This half of the mansion was twinkling with lights.

After all, Fang Jifan was a soft-hearted person, so he dispersed the guests as if they were being amnesty.

As for Jiang Yan, he was tied up as usual, and tied together with his son, who was beaten to death.

In the middle of the night, in the silence, the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard outside.

Someone called out at the door: “Who is it?”

“I am blind, and I don’t even recognize him.”

“Ah, Your Highness, the sky is hazy and I can’t see clearly.”

Zhu Houzhao had already dismounted and was too lazy to pay attention to that person anymore. He hurried on in a hurry. Got in.

Hearing the news, Zhu Houzhao was stunned. Such a good thing, but Lao Fang didn’t take me with him.

He was so angry that he gritted his teeth and rushed into the half-burnt mansion, preparing to launch an attack to punish him.

At this time, Fang Jifan was pacing back and forth in a room with his hands behind his back, talking about something.

Sitting on the desk, a clerk carefully recorded what Fang Jifan read.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao came in, Fang Jifan said in surprise: “Your Highness, why are you here in the middle of the night?”

“You still have the nerve to say, why don’t you discuss such a big matter with me?” Zhu Houzhao looked angry.

Fang Jifan raised his eyes and said: “We have discussed with His Highness the Crown Prince, will His Highness agree to do this?”

Zhu Houzhao blurted out: “Yes, why not.”

Fang Jifan then said calmly: “That’s right, we have discussed it, and it’s okay. “

Do it, don’t discuss it, don’t do it anymore, what’s the difference between discussing it and not discussing it?”

Zhu Houzhao: “…”

He found that he could never argue with Fang Jifan, so he simply said, “Why don’t you call me?” “

Fang Jifan sighed quietly: “Does Your Highness really want to contribute to the ministers and disciples?”

Zhu Houzhao said without hesitation: “This is what we should do. We are all our own people.”

“That’s it…” Fang Jifan felt that he should not be polite.

Originally, I still had some small burdens on my conscience.

Now…

Fang Jifan turned around and reached the corner. There were many debris piled up in the corner. He turned back and glanced at Zhu Houzhao: “Come, Your Highness, help.”

“What?” Zhu Houzhao was confused.

Fang Jifan leaned down, dug out a mercury detonator from the debris, turned around and handed it to Zhu Houzhao: “Your Highness, take it.”

Zhu Houzhao took it.

Yellow gunpowder is not detonated by a fuse. It requires a special detonator. Zhu Houzhao recognized this thing.

But…

Fang Jifan pulled out another wrench: “There is also this, Your Highness is holding it.”

Fang Jifan pulled out a variety of things, including a scalpel, a wrench, and… um… a hoe for collecting herbs. The wrench was still stained with blood…

Zhu Houzhao, holding such a large number of things, couldn’t help but said: “This… what is this, and what is its use?”

Fang Jifan clapped his hands, as if he was finally relieved, and stood up: ” Don’t worry, your highness will just hold him.”

“Keep holding him?” Zhu Houzhao became even more confused.

Fang Jifan said: “There’s no need to hold us all the time. Your Majesty will definitely call us into the palace at dawn. When the time comes, His Highness the Prince can just hold us.”

“Yeah.” Zhu Houzhao was about to jump up, but he wasn’t eating like that. Okay people!

Zhu Houzhao stared at Fang Jifan with wide eyes and said, “Is this the murder weapon you used to commit murder? Lao Fang, you did the good deeds and I will be the bad guy?”

Fang Jifan said with a straight face: “Do I dare to frame His Highness? If I were I don’t want to use such crooked ways to frame His Highness. If I really want to frame him, I will…”

As he said that, Fang Jifan shook out a copy of the prince’s edict from his sleeves. The black and white words on it were clearly Zhu Houzhao’s handwriting. After receiving the seal of the East Palace, Fang Jifan said: “Your Highness, if I want to frame you, I will forge an edict from His Highness and say that these things were done on the orders of His Highness. So tell me, I will Are you using these despicable methods?”

Zhu Houzhao piled wrenches and other things on the table and said curiously: “Huh? Come on, I’ll take a look. It’s really rare.

” After reading this fake edict, he looked at it up and down and laughed: “Haha, it’s too clumsy. Not to mention the handwriting, you don’t even think about who I am. This is what I eat. You still want to forge it.” My things? Do you know that in order to prevent counterfeiting, the edict of the East Palace has a special material added to the paper, and there is also the seal of this palace… Take a magnifying glass to see, my real seal. There is something hidden in the upper right corner. Looking at you, I can only see its shape, but it is still far away.”

Fang Jifan said in surprise: “Really?”

Zhu Houzhao sighed: “Old Fang, you are not good at this. Come on, come on… You have someone go to the East Palace to get a piece of paper…”

…

The paper was delivered quickly. Zhu Houzhao took the pen, dipped it in ink, and frowned again: “Oh, the ink smoke from this ink must be lard. The ink in the East Palace is different. The ink in the East Palace is given by the emperor. It is drawn from the palace. The ink used is dragon incense. The juice is completely different. After all, others also share this. Not sure about the details, do you understand?”

Fang Jifan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, he learned a lot.

Zhu Houzhao picked up his pen and copied an edict, then took out a bunch of seals from his waist, took out the seal of the East Palace, breathed, slapped it, and stamped it.

“Huh…it’s done, come and take a look and compare.”

Fang Jifan leaned over to take a look.

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth and said, “Use a magnifying glass.”

“Oh.” Fang Jifan followed suit and asked someone to take a magnifying glass. After looking at it, he still felt that they were almost the same, with only very subtle differences.

Fang Jifan then picked up the authentic calligraphy and quickly rolled it into his sleeves: “Your Highness is amazing, I will accept this calligraphy treasure.”

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction: “Okay, are you going to enter the palace at dawn? It’s midnight, and I am tired. If there is a place to live here, I can stay here for the night.”

Fang Jifan was in a good mood and said with a smile, “Yes, yes, yes.”

Zhu Houzhao stayed next door, and Gu Dayong was waiting for him. After tidying up the bedding, he hesitated and whispered: “Your Highness, the Duke of Qi seems to want to frame you. Your Highness, the Prince, may not be able to take on such a big thing…”

Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and gave him a slap in the face. : “You know it, do you think I don’t know it? Are you the only one who is smart?”

Gu Dayong was beaten so badly that his eyes were filled with stars, and he hurriedly prostrated himself and knelt on the ground: “Slave, I will die, I will die. !”

…………

Countless people didn’t sleep well last night.

Those guests fled overnight, but when they looked back, they thought, No, that’s not bad. Jiang Yan is finished now, but the money… where’s our money?

When we first hired this imperial envoy, we collected the money first.

Those who had invested a larger amount enthusiastically withdrew their money one after another.

But what’s going on now?

We withdrew the money, but not many ordinary people have withdrawn. Jiang Yan encountered such a big accident halfway. This…but what should I do?

What’s more…

Thinking of Fang Jifan’s rampant appearance today makes people feel cold all over, but if you think about it carefully, he is plotting rebellion…

Although in front of Fang Jifan, these people are all silent, trembling, and walking on thin ice. Chicken-hearted.

But early the next morning.

Outside the Meridian Gate, there were people kneeling.

The imperial guards noticed something was wrong, and immediately afterwards, a eunuch came out in a hurry: “What’s the matter?”

“Qi Guogong… rebelled, killed the imperial envoys, blew up private houses in the capital, sent troops, broke into the house, and attacked everyone he saw. Killing, there are so many crimes, it’s too many to list. Please make the decision, Your Majesty, and arrest the rebels immediately. If not, then the Duke of Qi will lead his troops into the palace and plot to usurp the throne!”

Everyone said in unison.

There are so many people coming.

Some of them were guests from last night, and quite a few of them heard that they might not get their money back.

Of course, there are also people who are concerned about the country and the people.

The imperial envoy dared to treat me like this, and kept saying that he was Wang Fa. It was quite arrogant to be so arrogant.

The eunuch’s face turned pale with fright. Seeing more and more officials gathered here, he hurried into the palace and reported.

The factory guard had already reported the explosion last night.

However, it was getting late, and the palace did not respond immediately.

Instead, the Beijing camp was secretly on guard, and the Warrior camp subconsciously sent additional officers and soldiers to guard the city, while His Majesty… just stood aside and watched.

Emperor Hongzhi got up early as usual. Xiao Jing combed Emperor Hongzhi’s hair while talking with a smile about what happened in the capital these past two days.

Only… Xiao Jing did not dare to touch the matter about Jiang Mansion yesterday.

Although it seemed that Fang Jifan had aroused public outrage,

this matter was taboo.

Even Xiao Jing doesn’t know His Majesty’s attitude towards this matter.

If you make rash comments or say something wrong, you will be punished by death.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at himself in the mirror. Emperor Hongzhi inside did not see any emotion or anger, but suddenly said: “Xiao Banban, there was a lot of commotion yesterday, how many were killed or injured?”

Xiao Jing’s heart skipped a beat, and he asked The hand holding the silver comb trembled, but he still pretended to be calm and said: “Your Majesty, thirteen people were killed and injured, most of them were seriously injured. Jiang Yan and his son are still alive and dead.”

Emperor Hongzhi just nodded: “It seems that this movement is indeed true. No, that’s too cruel.”

“Your Majesty…” Xiao Jing said cautiously, “I heard that Duke Qi is still in the Jiang Mansion… and… I heard that His Royal Highness has also gone.”

Emperor Hongzhi remained expressionless: “Where there is Fang Jifan, how can there be no prince?”

Xiao Jing smiled awkwardly: “Yes, yes.”

At this time, a young eunuch came in and bowed down and said: “Your Majesty, outside the Meridian Gate, there are hundreds of officials kneeling on the ground. Please see me, say yes…say yes…”

“I understand.” Emperor Hongzhi said, “Go down.” Emperor

Hongzhi’s face was as dark as water, and he looked extremely calm. Xiao Jing put the crown on him. He stood up and said calmly: “Invite them to see you. I want to hear what they have to say.”

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