Chapter 25 Zuo Shunmen Murder Case (1)
Li Wentong quietly moved to Gu Dazhang. He saw that Gu Dazhang hated Zhu Cheng very much because of the intense debate just now, and he was very stolen with his flesh and sleeping with his skin.
Li Wentong whispered: "Does Uncle Gu want to take revenge on Zhu Cheng?"
Gu Dazhang looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him, so he said, "What can I do if my nephew?"
Although Li Wentong did not enter the official career, he was influenced by his knowledge and knew a lot of inside stories about the Ming Dynasty officialdom. He whispered three words to Gu Dazhang: "Zuo Shunmen."
After thinking for a while, Gu Dazhang understood it.
Zuoshun Gate is a gate that enters and exits the Forbidden City. Through three city gates, you can enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony, namely Zuoshun Gate (now Xiehe Gate), Huangji Gate (now Taihe Gate), and Youshun Gate (now Xihe Gate). Unlike the other two city gates, Zuoshun Gate has a strange practice since the 14th year of Zhengtong: it is not illegal to kill people here.
It turned out that in the 14th year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong of Ming was captured by the Oirat. The court officials were angry and knew that Wang Zhen was the culprit who was defeated by Ming Ying. However, Wang Zhen had been killed in the war. In his indignation, he beat Wang Zhen's remnants and the commander of the Jinyiwei near Zuoshunmen, and beat Wang Zhen's eunuch Mao Gui and Wang Chang to death, and hung his body outside Dong'anmen. The king of the state supervising state was panicked and wanted to retreat, but Yu Qian stopped him and asked him to declare Ma Shun and others guilty of being killed. The ministers involved in the beating were not guilty. From then on, Zuoshunmen became a place to attack villains in the court. He was beaten to death at Zuoshunmen, and the Ministry of Justice would not investigate.
Gu Dazhang quietly moved to Gao Panlong's side and whispered: "Brother Gao, what do you think of Zhu Cheng?"
Gao Panlong replied casually: "I am confused by the emperor, and I am completely blind."
Gu Dazhang asked, "Brother Gao is willing to fight the villain with me?"
Gao Panlong said angrily: "Zhu Cheng will not fall once, but Zhu Cheng will not fall twice, but he will not fall twice. I don't believe that Zhu Cheng is cast with copper and iron, so he will never fall. Why do you need to learn from women to hit villains with soles? Is this useful?"
Gu Dazhang said: "Brother Gao misunderstood. What I said was to beat villains at Zuoshunmen. Don't you remember that it was not illegal to kill people at Zuoshunmen?"
Gao Panlong gasped, and Zuoshun Gate had two historical beating incidents. The first was in the 14th year of Zhengtong, and the ministers killed Ma Shun, Mao Gui, and Wang Changsui; the second was in the 3rd year of Jiajing. Yang Shen led some ministers of the young and strong sect to ambush Zhang Cong and Gui E who were ordered to enter the capital. However, these two were quite clever and escaped. But can Zhu Cheng compare with these people? Although Zhu Cheng was not very official, he had a special status. He was the grandson of Emperor Xian of Shenzong, and was included in the Zhu family genealogy. He was considered a nobleman in heaven. What's wrong with beating him?
Gu Dazhang was moved when he saw Gao Panlong and continued to be confused: "Brother Gao, don't be afraid. Zhu Cheng is only a thousand households of the Jinyiwei, the sixth rank. Ma Shun, who was beaten to death, was the commander of the Jinyiwei, the third rank. Didn't Emperor Jing (Zhu Qiyu, the Ming Dynasty) not hold him accountable? Although Zhu Cheng was young, he was already as traitorous as a ghost. When he grew up, he would definitely be Wang Zhen and Liu Jin. Instead of waiting for him to harm the country and the people, it would be better to kill him now. Brother Gao, what do you think?"
Wang Zhen was the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor during the reign of Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty, and Liu Jin was the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor during the reign of Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty. It was not appropriate to use two eunuchs to compare Zhu Cheng. However, in order to arouse Gao Panlong's murderous intent, Gu Dazhang could no longer care about so much.
Why didn’t Gao Panlong want to kill Zhu Cheng? Just because Zhu Cheng didn’t give him a portion of barbecue, Gao Panlong wanted to kill him a thousand times, but he never found a legitimate excuse.
At that moment, Gao Panlong put on a sigh-hearted attitude and said, "Okay, for the sake of the country and country of Ming Dynasty, I can't say that I have to be a warrior."
Gao Panlong was about to contact other Donglin Party members when he suddenly remembered something and said, "No, in June of the 25th year of Wanli (1597), when the 'Three Palaces Fire' was in the 'Sanctuary', Zuoshun Gate had turned into ashes and had not been rebuilt yet. What should I do?"
Gu Dazhang was stunned and immediately said, "Although Zuoshun Gate made of bricks and wood no longer exists, it means that the Zuoshun Gate, which will never compromise with evil spirits in the Ming Dynasty, will always be engraved in our hearts."
Gao Panlong said angrily: "Silly pig, Zuo Shunmen is gone, how could he get there?"
Gu Dazhang was also stunned. He just wanted to take revenge and forgot this.
Wang Wenyan had been listening quietly just now, and then she said, "Let's go and go."
Gu Dazhang said: "How do you cheat?"
Wang Wenyan said: "A few days ago, I saw Mrs. Fengsheng, and it was the old slut, Yinyue, who went out to the palace and went to a family opposite the children's playground. I sent someone to investigate. It turned out that Gong Yinyue's niece lived there, named Ke Qingqing. It is said that Zhu Cheng liked her very much. We lied to him that Mrs. Fengsheng was waiting for him at Zuoshunmen, and he would definitely go."
Gu Dazhang sneered: "How old this kid is, he starts to miss women. I was 12 years old at the beginning..."
Gu Dazhang felt abrupt and hurriedly kept silent. He saw Gao Panlong and Wang Wenyan staring at him with a smirk, and said angrily: "How much better are you? Don't think I don't know your bad things."
Wang Wenyan hurriedly said, "Forget it, this is in the court, be careful of your words, be careful of your words."
Gao Panlong said, "Who will be sent to lie to him? I'm afraid he doesn't even believe any of us ministers."
Wang Wenyan said: "Wang An, Wang An has always been on the side of our Donglin Party. I believe he is willing to participate in this kind of thing to kill evil villains."
Gao Panlong said: "After the scattered court, Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youjian will inevitably be left to talk by the emperor, and even have lunch together. We have enough time to prepare."
The three of them had decided to discuss the plan. After the court dispersed, they would go to connect with the ministers. The Donglin Party members naturally responded to each other, but they were not the Donglin Party members, but they were not the same as having more things, but there were also many ministers preparing to watch this grand event - dozens of people beat up a child. How many times would they meet in this world?
As the saying goes, once the emperor is always the minister, this sentence is even more accurate when it comes to the eunuch. Since Emperor Zhen of Guangzong's great success, Wang An lost power. He originally wanted to live a peaceful life. After being fooled by Wang Wenyan, his blood was rising. After thinking for a while, he said, "I am very happy to participate in this matter. However, Zhu Cheng and I have never dealt with each other very much, so he may not believe me."
Wang Wenyan said: "You don't have to come forward, just send a little eunuch to spread a message. And..."
Wang Wenyan approached Wang An's ear and whispered: "I have a pill here. If I take it, I will die silently in half a day. Even if Emperor Tianqi wants to investigate, I will not be able to find out on your head."
Wang An was overjoyed and called Wang Xi, a confidant eunuch, and gave a few instructions.
Wang Xi entered the palace since he was young and originally followed Lu Shou. Once, he saw Wang An and felt that Wang An's appearance was somewhat similar to his father in his memory, so he tried every means to transfer him to Wang An's side to serve him. Wang An was still the housekeeper of the prince who lost power at that time. He had no power or money in his hands. No one could see him except Wang Xi. For more than ten years, Wang Xi has served him as his father, greeting him early and greeting him late, and even if he lost power again, he did not abandon him. He never expected that Wang An would treat him as an abandoned son today.
Wang An poured him a glass of wine and quietly put the pills into the wine. Seeing that the pills turned into clear water for a while, they could no longer be seen, so he handed them to Wang Xi and said, "Wang Xi, you are my closest person. We should work together to defeat the treacherous ministers. The history of the Ming Dynasty will record our names. This glass is Zhuangxing wine. When you come back, we will drink the celebration wine together."
Chapter completed!