Changlinfang is a market where the powerful people in Chang'an gathered. Unlike the free and open pattern of Yuejing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the capital of Qi divided the entire city into markets. Each market has different functions, including those specializing in commerce, those specializing in manufacturing, and of course, specialized in residential areas. The advantage of this division is that it is beneficial to the government's absolute control over the local area.

Changlinfang is such a market that is either rich or noble.

At the third update, even the market without a curfew like Changlinfang was quiet and entered a deep sleep. Cao Tiancheng was a diligent emperor. The morning court was rainy and rain every day, and it was very difficult for the officials of Daqi. Even in the season when water turned into ice, they would get up from the bed at the fourth update, dressed neatly to go to the morning court. So at the third update, Changlinfang fell into a deep sleep.

But today, this quietness was shattered by the sudden sound of horse hooves.

The sound of horse hooves woke up the sleeping Changlinfang. However, there were still no lights on the entire Changlinfang, but there were bright eyes behind the crack in the door.

This situation happened a year ago. Every time such a horse's hooves sounded, some people would disappear from Changlinfang. They were arrested by the emperor and never returned.

After a year, such horse hooves sounded again. I don’t know how many people were worried, afraid that the horse hooves would stop in front of their homes. Then the fierce soldiers slapped their homes doors.

The sound of horse hooves passed through the doors, and the people inside the door stroked their hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, many people found that something was wrong. After entering Changlinfang, these knights flew away and ran in different directions. It was not like they wanted to catch people, but like they were going to inform them of something.

After a while, the answer was revealed.

The chief assistant Tian Fen, the Grand Marshal Cao Xiancheng and other nobles of the dynasty rode their horses over the streets. It was not uncommon for the general to gallop on horseback. What is rare is that the always graceful chief assistant also rode his horse by.

It’s not that the emperor wants to arrest someone, but that something big must have happened, that these people in power will lose their composure as if they were talking. The direction they were running was exactly the direction in the palace.

After a while, everyone saw that Cao Yun, the prince who was idle at home, was also running towards the palace, and his uneasiness became stronger. After Prince Cao Yun destroyed the main force of Chu in Luzhou, he left his armor and returned to the field and left his affairs. Now he was even alarmed, which shows that it must be a shocking event.

The lights in Changlinfang were lit up one after another. If such a big thing happened, no matter who it was, he would be unable to go to bed and sleep. Who knows what impact this big thing will have on them in the future?

Outside the emperor's study, the chief minister Tian Fen looked at everyone around him. Before entering the door, he could hear the emperor's roar in the study, and everyone changed their colors. The emperor was a person who did not show his emotions and was extremely cunning. It was definitely a matter of making him lose his composure.

Tian Fen made a first call to Prince Cao Yun, but Cao Yun shook his head and took a step back. Although he is the prince now, he has no position in the court. The standard is a free king, so he naturally refuses to lead the ministers like before.

Tian Fen no longer refused and turned inward. Cao Yun followed him inward. Here, besides Tian Fen, the Grand Marshal Guo Xiancheng. But Guo Xiancheng was his former general and would definitely not be ahead of him. Cao Yun was not pretentious and stepped into the study the second time.

Everyone who walked into the room was shocked. The entire study room was in a mess. The eunuch Qin Zhong and the ghost's deputy commander Wang Jia knelt on the ground and shivered. The blood was dripping down from Wang Jia's forehead, and in front of him was a broken inkstone.

Cao Yun glanced at the room and saw that the pair of blue and white bottles that the emperor liked the most in his usual days had turned into fragments all over the ground, and his heart was even more sank.

"I've seen Your Majesty!" Under Tian Fen's leadership, everyone knelt down to salute.

Cao Tiancheng, who was breathing heavily, took a deep breath and tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart. Looking at the thighs of the Great Qi Dynasty, he nodded: "All get up, sit down and talk!"

"Your Majesty!" Tian Fen looked at the emperor with inquiring eyes.

"Bazhou is rebelling!" The emperor's tone was still filled with uncontrollable anger, and he almost gritted his teeth and spit out these four words.

"How is this possible?" Tian Fen jumped up suddenly, with an incredible expression on his face. Eliminating the cancer of the aristocratic family in Daqi was a plan he and the emperor made one by one. A few years ago, he chose the Zhou family as a breakthrough.

In Daqi, after nearly ten years of hard work, Cao Tiancheng has almost eliminated all kinds of aristocratic families. The rest are some trees with deep roots and too deeply entangled with Daqi. If you accidentally shake the fundamental ruthless characters. Over the years, when the court took action, they were not idle. Zhou Jiyun was the biggest reliance they built on the military. The Zhou family of Bozhou is the one with the least qualifications among these ruthless characters. Moreover, because the Zhou family was a pirate for many generations, they were not very harmonious with other people. The Zhou family of Bozhou is rich and powerful, while others think that the Zhou family of Bozhou is shallow, rude, and has made a bad fortune. If you destroy the Zhou family of Bozhou first, you will not have too much reaction.

The plan had already begun two years ago. First, extorted money, and each year, in addition to millions of taels of silver and countless materials, the Zhou family slowly became poor from the funds. Then the water battle in the Jinghu War Zone, and the emperor successfully brought the elite soldiers of the Zhou family in Bozhou there and defeated them as they wished.

In the eyes of the court, the Zhou family in Bozhou is already a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. How could he still have the strength to raise the flag to rebel?

"Where is Hu Jian? Where is Xiang Lian? Where is Huang Lian?" Tian Fen screamed out of control. The strength of the Zhou family in Bozhou had been completely lost, and the imperial court had operated in Bozhou for several years, not only controlled the county soldiers of Bozhou, but also controlled the government affairs of Bozhou. How could it be that all of them were defeated in a flash?

"Wang Jia, say it!" The emperor shouted at Wang Jia, deputy commander of the ghost who was still kneeling on the ground.

Wang Jia raised his head, his face covered with blood, and his face looked extremely miserable. After raising his hand and wiping his sleeves, his face was even more bloody. The emperor frowned: "Qin Zhong, go and get some golden sore medicine, what does it look like? If I hit you, won't you hide?"

Everyone in the room dared not have any strange looks on their faces, but they were full of slight sneering in their hearts. Emperor, you smash someone, we dare not hide. Do he, a small ghost deputy commander, dare to hide?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Jia was so grateful that Qin Zhong quickly got clear water and golden sore medicine. Wang Jia quickly put himself in a refreshing way, and then said: "Dear sirs, Bozhou has indeed rebelled. At the third update today, the ghost received an urgent report from Bozhou that the Zhou family of Bozhou has officially raised the flag to rebel."

"How did these happen? What are Hu Jian and the others doing?" Tian Fen asked.

"According to the news we found, on the day of the incident, the deputy commander of the Hu County Magistrate Xiang, and the General of the garrison of Bozhou, Huanglian, sent a large army to surround Zhou's house, but there was no obstacle. The troops drove straight into the Zhou Mansion. At the same time, General Cao Gang's navy also advanced to the Zhou family's base camp Taohua Tao. But then there was a major reversal. In the end, the information we received was that the General of the garrison of Bozhou, Huanglian, rebelled, and the Deputy Commander of Hu County Magistrate Xiang was allegedly defeated.

Zhou Shuguang arrested him, and then Huang Lian commanded his troops to control all the key departments of the county city, road checkpoints, and the city gates were closed. The imperial court's hands in Bozhou were almost completely captured. Our ghost was no exception, with only some secret men remaining to survive. Subsequently, County Governor Hu was released, but Deputy Commander Xiang was already martyred. Two days later, news came from Taohua Island that General Cao Gang's navy was destroyed, and General Cao Gang died for his life."

Tian Fen's hands trembled slightly, "Isn't Huang Lian the general of Long Xiang Army? How could he do such a thing?"

Wang Jia whispered: "Ghost Shadow made a certain investigation into Coptis chinensis, but no problems were found. After he went there, he did not show any abnormality. Now there are only two possibilities. One is that he was originally a chess piece placed by Zhou in Longxiangjun, and his history is long. The second possibility is that he was bribed after he went to Bozhou. Ghost Shadow has begun to conduct in-depth investigations, and I believe there will be an answer soon."

Cao Yun suddenly said: "Don't check it, it must be the second possibility."

Wang Jia looked at Cao Yun in surprise. This matter was extraordinary. If the incident of Coptis chinensis was a chess piece placed in the Longxiang army many years ago, it would be confirmed that there would be more than one person like Coptis chinensis in the Longxiang army. Even the Zhou family in Bozhou could quietly arrange people. Then some other families with greater power would definitely do more. The prince has always been wise, so why would he suddenly say this at this time?

Tian Fen was stunned at first, then understood, looked at the emperor, and nodded: "What the prince said is reasonable, and I also think so."

Cao Tiancheng's anger was gradually disappearing, and Chen Jingruizhi returned to him again. His mind turned slightly and he understood the meaning of the two civil and military officials. He must have to investigate, but he must not make a big fuss, or even publicly investigated. Long Xiangjun is the personal army of the emperor, guarding Chang'an, and the backbone of the Daqi. There must be no turmoil.

"According to the prince's words, there is no need to investigate the ghosts." Cao Tiancheng said.

"Yes!" Even though Wang Jia didn't understand why, he could only nod and said at this time: "After the magistrate Hu escaped from Bozhou, he ran towards Chang'an, but he carried a letter from Zhou Shuguang to His Majesty the Emperor."
Chapter completed!