The frightened wild ducks flew on the lake, chirping in a mess, and their wings waving in the air to make the sound of wind, disturbing people's minds.

Even though he had experienced countless battles and was used to seeing the blood of the enemy and friends, Shao Yunfei had never been as nervous as he was today. He pulled his musket from his waist with one arm trembling, but the musket seemed to have grown and could not be pulled out several times in a row.

On the small boat, the musket fell from the hand of an assassin dressed in a merchant and fell into the water endlessly.

On the embankment, Wu Anguo looked at the lake in confusion, and he could not believe what was happening in front of him.

This is a result that no one can believe, including the assassin himself, his hands tightly covering his chest, and blood gushing out from the fountain between his fingers.

"You..." The assassin turned around unwillingly, and most of his robe had dyed red from the blood on his back. A three-eyed musket was still pointing at his back, and the smoke was lingering.

Zhouzi's companion gave the assassin an apology smile, slowly moved the musket with clear smoke to his temple, and used all his strength to shout, "Master Wu, be careful, I'll be ordered to kill you today!"

The crisp sound of muskets once again broke the calmness of the lake. Two corpses fell into the water at the same time, a dark red slowly rose from the lake, and slowly spread along with the ripples of the water waves on the lake. The unmanned boat swayed gently, and the blood stains were particularly dazzling in the beautiful sun.

"I seemed to have seen that boat a few days ago. He asked about Master Wu everywhere and took a walk on the lake for several days." The boss of the boat covered his eyes and squatted on the bow of the boat, making a moan like a dream.

The silent lake surface became lively with the moan, with people shouting, horse neighing, boats and footsteps instantly making a ball like a pot.

The news of Wu'anguo's assassination spread throughout the country in a few days with the newspapers. People talked about the identity of the assassin, and many versions of the details about Wu'anguo's escape from death were soon circulated. Newspapers from both north and south have always been dissatisfied due to their different investors, but this time they have surprisingly maintained a consistent tone and whipped the mastermind behind the assassin. "Beasts are worse than beasts, and they are completely destined to be conscience."

Writers who are good at digging news dig out the reason why Shao Yunfei appeared on the lake. The court sent people to support the natives of South China and there was another lively news in the newspaper. Those who supported the decision-making of the court and praised the demeanor of a great country, more people wrote articles to ridicule and scolded Huang Zicheng and others for seeking fame and selling the country.

All the excitement of the Ming Dynasty was lit up by two muskets. Some were secretly happy, some were secretly worried, and each was planning to calculate the serious gains and losses of each step.

"Your Majesty, although Wu Gong'an Guo is crazy and absurd, he is responsible for the ministers. Assisting the sages of the sages has made great contributions. Such loyal ministers are rare in the world. Even if your Majesty does not want him to squander the national treasury and seek fame, he should hand him over to the officials for punishment to correct the punishment. How can he do such an unkind and unjust thing and behave like a vulgar thing?" In the imperial study, Fang Xiaoru, a doctor of literature, gripping his neck, and handed over a memorial with anger.

"The lord's responsibility is to do benevolent government to love the people, and to be righteous to the ministers..." Another old tone that has been singing countless times, Emperor Jianwen closed Fang Xiaoru's memorial in dismay and threw it on the desk. It has been seven days since the assassination of Wu'anguo. In the past seven days, nothing has not made him anxious. From the court to the people, he blamed the lowly behind the scenes, and how he was talking, he seemed to be pointing at the mulberry and scolding the locust. Several powerful Uncle Wang was even more arrogant.

Zhang actually sent eight hundred miles to quickly ask about the situation of Wu'anguo. His words had already revealed that if Wu'anguo was unfortunate, they would raise an army to clear the emperor's side. The outside was uneasy, and the internal close friends also began to fight each other, scolding each other for mishandling the previous policies, and even the old account of his father, Bo Wenyuan, was revealed. The nerd teacher in front of him was the most excessive, and actually wrote a memorial to scold him in person to be despicable and vulgar.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you actually..." Fang Xiaoru was furious when he saw Emperor Jianwen throwing his memorial. Both sides had the name of a monarch and a minister, but also the right to be a master and a disciple. The disciple in front of him did not regret it, but instead threw the teacher's memorial, which made his old face stand?

Zhou Chongwen, who had been asking questions in the imperial study room, saw this and quickly flashed across the emperor and Fang Xiaoru, the master and apprentice. While using his eyes to signal Fang Xiaoru to pay attention to the insurmountable etiquette of the monarch and his ministers, he smiled and explained to several important officials who entered the palace to meet. "This matter is indeed not what Your Majesty did. Although several envoys from the barbarian and small country spoke nonsense that day, saying that they only knew about Wu'an Kingdom and did not know that there was an emperor, which made people angry. But Your Majesty is the common ruler of the world, inheriting the remnants of the father, and betraying the high expectations of the scholars in the world. If you can hold a boat in your belly, how can you not tolerate the officials of the country? Besides, what are the benefits of killing Wu's Duke?"

Fang Xiaoru was slightly stunned by Zhou Chongwen's questioning, and at the same time he realized that he had been too angry just now and had lost the etiquette of the king and his ministers. He took a few steps back and bowed to apologize and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I am reckless for a moment and rush to Your Majesty with words. I am willing to receive the punishment!"

Emperor Jianwen glanced at the teacher with a angrily look, and the anger on his face gradually calmed down. It was not the time when the monarch and ministers were having a quarrel. He had just started to gradually cut the monarch and had such an excuse to make trouble. I don’t know which bastard flattered me! If you start, you have to fall down more quickly and kill Wu'anguo, I will mourn him behind him, and the glory is a grand funeral! At worst, I will personally strode his spirit and send him a coffin! It’s not awkward, but Wu'anguo family will be closed to thank the guests. The scholars in the world are shocked, and all the kings make trouble for me to catch the murderer. I, how can I be so unlucky, the emperor!

Sighing, Emperor Jianwen finally knew the reason for his father's death young. This emperor was really not easy to be a prince. It was far less comfortable than being a prince. "Forget it, everyone should sit down and talk. I have sent someone to visit Mr. Wu and can come back within a day or two. The Nong Department has also taken action and sent the most capable personnel to seize the main messenger behind the scenes. You are all important officials of the country. At this time, it is still a serious matter to hold your foot in order to help me overcome this difficulty!"

"Of course I am willing to devote myself to Your Majesty, but if you don't find the murderer at this time, I may not be able to block the world's long mouth!" Zhuo Jing, the Minister of Revenue, did not follow everyone to take a seat. Standing to advise Zhu Yunwen, the official uniforms he was standing alone were one higher than those who had already sat down. "The later the real murderer behind the scenes was found, the more he would give the emperor a polite speech. Now Zhou, Qi, on behalf of the kings, wrote a letter to ask Your Majesty to kill the Lord and the envoy to thank the world. If Your Majesty ignores it, it will inevitably make people feel that Your Majesty protects his shortcomings."

"Rareless, how could a mere little minister talk to Your Majesty like this!" Before Zhuo Jing finished speaking, Zhou Chongwen, the Minister of War, jumped out and shouted at Zhuo Jing.

Zhu Yunwen stared at the extraordinary behavior of the Minister of War.

Fang Xiaoru frowned, and his anger that had just been extinguished was raised to Zhou Chongwen. This Minister of War, named Zhou, graduated from Peking Academy and worked as a clerk under the late Grand Secretary of the Hongwu Dynasty, Wu Chen, was a clerk. He had both literary and political affairs. He was too shameless. He was in a state of shamelessness with Grand Secretary Shang Jiong in the Antai Dynasty and plundered everywhere. Jianwen ascended the throne, and Fang Xiaoru originally wanted to impeach him for corruption, but he did not know that Zhou Chongwen saw the opportunity and would

All the charges were put on a distant relative, and he stood up to kill the relative for justice, and brought the relative to justice with his own hands. Later, he took the initiative to hand over some of his family's wealth and asked for punishment. Emperor Jianwen saw that he knew how to advance and retreat. He just punished him a little and kept him by his side. If Emperor Jianwen really didn't know about the assassination of Wu'anguo, it was probably what Zhou Chongwen secretly sent to do. Otherwise, he wouldn't have danced so happily.

Before Fang Xiaoru could make a proper statement, Qi Tai, the Minister of Revenue, stood up and refuted. "Mr. Zhou is such a bad statement, and what Master Zhuo said is the truth. At this time, my Ming Dynasty is internal and external troubles, so I can no longer let the kings and the court suspicion. Your Majesty, I think the sooner the murderer, the better."

Qi Tai was arrogant and praised Zhou Chongwen for being arrogant. He was particularly serious about the word "Shishou Dao". Although Zhou Chongwen was very Chong of the king, he was also a Shishou Dao in his official position. He was not even a little higher than Zhuo Jing.

"Yes, how could Mr. Zhou speak like this? Wu Dada serves the country and the people, and no one in the world sees it." Zhou Wuyou, the Minister of Works, was helping him and spoke to Mr. Zhou, reminding Zhou Chongwen to pay attention to his identity as well.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the two assassins in the portrait met with the housekeeper of the Minister Zhou's house in the restaurant. Mr. Zhou, I wonder if your housekeeper is still there, can you leave it to the Ministry of Justice for a question!" Zhu Jiangyan, the chief of the Customs, stood up and questioned angrily. Since he came to Nanyang to read the imperial edict, Zhu Er of the Gusu has been sick at home, and all customs affairs have been handed over to others to take care of. This afternoon, Qi Tai arrived at his house and dragged him to the imperial study room to find the emperor to ask for an explanation for Wu Anguo.

After a moment of rushing, a big Han pearl appeared on Zhou Chongwen's forehead. The voice of defense was loud and weak: "Don't frame others! People who look imaginary in the world are good! I... My housekeeper just quit his job and returned home. What does he do have to do with me." After that, his eyes kept looking towards Huang Zicheng, hoping that he would come forward to solve this dilemma for him.

Now he didn't tell himself. Everyone already understood who did the good thing. It must be that Zhou Chongwen in front of him wanted to flatter the emperor, so he sent an assassin to kill Wu Anguo. Unexpectedly, one of the two assassins was originally a victim of the Huai River. Seeing that Wu Anguo was so kind to treat his hometown, he saved Wu Anguo's life at a critical moment and failed his boss' trust in him. This loyal and righteous assassin had no choice but to draw his gun and commit suicide.

Literary Doctor Fang Xiaoru no longer wanted to watch Zhou Chongwen perform, so he stood up, "Long live, the facts are clear! Zhou Chongwen assassinated an important official and deliberately trapped the emperor for being unjust. Please let him push him out of the Meridian Gate and clarify the right punishment code!"

"Long live the saint! I... I don't want to see that guy who seeks fame and reputation take the money from the treasury to him to win the hearts of the people, so I just blame him for his mistakes. Yes, I never thought of killing him. I hope he will be clear!" Zhou Chongwen knelt down in front of Emperor Jianwen, cried loudly, and swearing to express his innocence. He wished he could slap himself a few big mouths. Today, Qi Tai and others were obviously planning to make him step by step, with the purpose of making him lose his foot. He accidentally told them about his words.

While Shao Yunfei was staying in the capital and waiting for the news, envoys from Bangladesh countries came to pay tribute to Zhu Yunwen and gave him a lot of gifts. Emperor Jianwen felt glory and, under the instigation of Huang Zicheng and others, forgot the information that Shao Yunfei and Xu Huizu had worked hard to organize. The envoys mentioned Wu'an Kingdom several times in the court, saying that the subjects of the Bay of Bengal were very much admired by the world's largest hero, and made Zhu Yun*** suspicious. He recruited Huang in the imperial study room.

Zicheng and others discussed countermeasures. At that time, Zhou Chongwen presented this assassination plan. The reason was that Wu'anguo had too much credit, and if he was killed openly, the world might be shocked. After the assassination, he could also blame others for the assassination. Emperor Jianwen and Huang Zicheng did not agree with this plan at that time. Zhou Chongwen thought that the two had acquiesced to what they did, so he immediately started to make arrangements. Shao Yunfei had something to do and stayed in the capital for a long time. So when he arrived at Hongze Lake, the assassin happened to step on some and began to act.

Waste! Huang Zicheng cursed in his heart and had to stand up and expel Zhou Chongwen. "Your Majesty, I think the cause and effect of this matter has not been determined yet. It is not easy to make a conclusion early. Moreover, even if the servants of the Zhou family are loyal and judge the gentleman's a villain's heart, and make their own decisions to scare Master Wu, Master Zhou is also an unintentional fault. Anyway, Master Wu is not injured. In the current crisis, it is better not to spread this matter!"

How can this be done! Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, Zhuo Jing and other close ministers all looked at Zhu Yunwen, hoping that he would show some royal spirit at this time and not forget about state affairs because of personal relationships. It was exactly the opposite of what they expected. Emperor Jianwen actually raised his leg and kicked Zhou Chongwen. He smiled and scolded, "Get up, the ministers of the current dynasty are like crying like this." Then he looked up at the court's housekeeper in the room and told the ministers: "Is the assassin sent by the steward of the Zhou family? It has not been clear yet, so don't suspect each other! You are all my loyalties, and you should be united. Today's matter is a bit scared. Lord Wu was a little scared. I took out more money from my internal lord to suppress his shock..."

This is OK? Qi Tai, the Minister of Revenue, widened his round eyes and looked at Fang Xiaoru. The face of the doctor of literature, Fang Xiaoru, stood up slightly and was about to refute, but he heard Emperor Jianwen add: "I am also in a dilemma. You must know that the uncles are eager to have things in the Central Plains every day and want to see that I have lost my virtues. This matter is not handled well, but instead gave them the excuse to force me. It is not good for the country. If you think of the people of the world, you can still forget it if you forget it."

With the people of the world as their thoughts, the seven words pressed Fang Xiaoru back to his seat like Mount Tai. Emperor Jianwen took over a mess from Antai. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's claim of enfeoffing the kings and guarding the royal family, several foreign kings each had heavy troops. Emperor Antai's means of attaining the throne was incorrect. In order to appease the brothers, he acquiesced to the formation of separatist forces. When Zhu Biao was alive, the foreign kings listened to one and a half sentences to the court's orders because he was the eldest brother. When Emperor Antai died, the imperial court's orders were

The intention was not conveyed at all by the King of the Foreigners. The recent actions, whether it was to try the well fields or collect maritime trade, were all just making trouble in the emperor's direct jurisdiction. The control was tight and the control was loose elsewhere, and some "do not understand etiquette" were not the same as the subjects who rolled up the beds and ran to the north. The power of the King of the Foreigners became stronger, and there was nothing they had to make a fuss. If they really admitted that someone in the court was in charge of assassinating Wu'anguo, the consequences were not just as simple as killing Zhou Chongwen.

"According to my opinion, the most important thing at the moment is to recruit Master Wu and ask him to take charge of the government. This will not only block the world's mouth, but also use Master Wu's prestige to shock the princes." Zhuo Jing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stood up and offered a proposal, accusing Emperor Jianwen of the shelter of Zhou Chongwen. Zhuo Jing, who is always a wise man, once offered advice to Emperor Jianwen, begging him not to rush to the ideas of the kings, but to resolve the crisis by enfeoffing the sons and nephews of the kings. Unfortunately, these strategies were not adopted by Jianwen.

"No!" Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng stood up at the same time to express their objection. They looked at each other and sat back.

'Of course you don't want Wu Hou to come back. When he comes back, can you still let you do anything? Zhu Jiangyan looked at the famous ministers in front of him coldly, his eyes full of disdain.

The king and his ministers were all intestines, and the study suddenly seemed a little deserted. At this moment, the eunuch Bingbi shouted "Long live the opening, report it urgently for eight hundred miles", and walked in in panic and submitted a secret letter sealed with cowhide to the imperial case.

Zhu Yunwen glanced at the signature on the cover and looked solemn. He hurriedly opened the seal and took out a secret fold from it.

After a while, the important officials in the Imperial Study Room all knew the content of the secret copy, some were happy and some were worried. This was a piece of news that no one expected. Wu Anguo, the master who just made everyone quarrel, was lost.

The envoy sent by Emperor Jianwen visited Wu'an Guo Mansion with officials. According to the officials, the gates of Wu'an Guo's temporary residence on the shore of Hongze Lake have been closed since the day of assassination. The inspection and repair of the northern embankment of Hongze Lake was also handed over to several students led by Linda to support it. Everyone said that Wu'an Guo was either frightened or overworked and sick at home. No one saw him walking, and even the servants of Wu'an Guo came out less and less.

The entourage locked the door knocker in front of the Wu'an country for a long time, but no one came out to open the door. The envoy and the officials felt that something was different, so they called the door several times, but they had no choice but to break into the door. If the large courtyard was empty and there were no figures, there were no people, and the courtyard was covered with snow.
Chapter completed!