305. Behind the scenes
The silk shop in Dongshi had been sealed off by Jingzhao Yin, and the boss and the friend were arrested. As a result of the interrogation, the assassin was a fake customer who bought silk and was picking around in the shop, but he was not satisfied. It was not until the King of Changsha and King of Chengyang passed by the door that he suddenly put down the silk in his hand and rushed out to assassinate.
The silk shop has nothing to do with this matter, but it was just a bad luck and was chosen by the assassin as a temporary hiding place.
Wu Yuan transferred Jingzhaoyin's interrogation results and went to prison to investigate the boss and the clerk one by one, confirming that they did not lie, so he turned the direction of the investigation to the Changsha Palace.
The assassin must first grasp the whereabouts of the King of Changsha in order to ambush in advance where he may pass. Therefore, there must be an insider who reveals the whereabouts of the King of Changsha.
Liu Xuan and Liu Gong made a temporary decision to go out. They were chatting in the same place. Liu Xuan suddenly wanted to go to the East City, so Liu Gong accompanied him out. The Yulin Army guards immediately arranged for protection. In this short period of time, the news spread.
Wu Yuan checked all these people, and the final target was on the servant who sent Liu Gong home to deliver the letter. This person had been in Chengyang Palace for two years and was very neat and was appreciated by Liu Gong. Chengyang King took him by his side as a sergeant.
Wu Yuan started with this servant and followed the clues and finally discovered something amazing. The news was indeed sent out by him, and it was actually sent to Zhu Xu Marquis' Mansion.
Wu Yuan didn't dare to investigate. He couldn't afford to offend this person anyway, so he immediately came to report to the emperor.
"Marquis Zhu Xu? Fan Chong!" The emperor was startled.
Zhu Xu was the fief of Fan Chong. Because Zhu Xu Hou was once the title of Liu Zhang, King Jing of Chengyang, and it seemed particularly noble among the princes, the emperor gave this title to Fan Chong, meaning that he was the leader of the princes to show respect.
Even though the emperor said that Wu Yuan could do things cheaply and almost gave him the right to ask anyone casually, Wu Yuan, the family of Fan Chong, said that he would not dare to go in.
Fan Chong is the boss of the Red Eyebrow Army and handed over all the money he had saved to the emperor. If Liu Yu went to investigate him, he would probably be regarded as liquidating the Red Eyebrow Army's forces, which would inevitably cause great political turmoil.
Many of the elders of the Red Eyebrow Army are still in the court, while most of the Yulin Army are the children of the Red Eyebrow, which is also considered to be the Red Eyebrow. They are a pillar of the emperor's ability to sit firmly on the throne. As the symbol of the Red Eyebrow Army, Fan Chong, his transcendent status is unshakable.
The emperor waved his hand and asked Wu Yuan to retreat. Then he sat in the palace. After thinking for a long time, he got up and walked towards the Jiaofang Hall.
There was a strong smell of medicine in the Pepper House Hall, and the queen was still doing her plan to pray for a child. When she saw the emperor, she immediately asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Do you have to come to you if you have something to do?"
Taohua waved her hand and asked the people around her to retreat, saying, "Every time you come, you will scream and smile. You are not serious. This time, you must have something to do with such a serious face. I'm afraid this matter is still related to me."
The two are not old, but they are already an old couple and are very familiar with each other. Taohua feels that Liu Yu is wrong when she sees Liu Yu.
Seeing that Liu Yu could not hide it, he simply said it.
Taohua was very calm when she heard this and asked, "Does Your Majesty doubt my father?"
The emperor shook his head, "Marquis Zhu Xu and the King of Changsha have never had much celebrations, so why did he kill him? When he entered Chang'an, he did not advocate killing Liu Xuan. Why did he want to kill him again now?"
The queen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as your Majesty is not a doubt, it's okay for your Majesty to interfere in this matter, let me deal with it!"
Liu Yu exclaimed in his heart. The queen was so calm that she could take care of the matter. Just leave it to her.
He said: "Zhu Xuhou is a hero who stands tall and upright hero. If he wants to kill Liu Xuan, he will not use such sneaky means at all. I believe that this matter will not be related to him!"
Taohua said seriously: "Your Majesty can say this, I will be relieved. Your Majesty recognizes people with a huge eye and is known as the best hero in the world. How can Taohua meet two heroes?"
The couple praised each other and Taohua was anxious to go home. Without waiting for Liu Yu to leave, they called the palace maid and eunuch to leave.
As soon as Fan Taohua entered the house, she saw Fan Chong pressing her head against Xingren's belly, smiling, and screaming in dear words to her son.
When Xingren saw the queen, she was so scared that she pushed Fan Chong away, knelt down and saluted, and then retreated.
Fan Taohua said, "When I first came in, no one answered the door, and the flowers in the yard were not trimmed, so the servants in this mansion became more and more lazy."
"What's the matter? When you were a child, we didn't even have a door..."
Before Fan Chong finished speaking, he was interrupted by Fan Taohua, "That's not possible. Now his father's status is different, and he must have rules to act. How can he be the same as before? All things at home must be arranged properly, and the guards at the door cannot relax!"
Fan Chong still laughed apologetically, and he was always a little scared of this daughter, "Taohua, I am a rough man and don't like so many rules."
"It's not something you like or not. Now assassins are everywhere. The King of Changsha is not strictly guarded and almost lost his life when he meets an assassin!"
Fan Chong said: "How can Liu Xuan compare to me? If an assassin comes to the door, he will be disciplined by his father's ability to discipline him without returning!"
The two talked about Liu Xuan's assassination for a while. Fan Taohua observed his words and expressions and concluded that his father had nothing to do with this matter, and had already let go of most of his heart.
Afterwards, she said that something was wrong at home and what should we do there? She called the doctor, the family supervisor and others and asked questions one by one.
The Han Dynasty's marquis' system of officials, including family chiefs, concubines, pedestrians, clans, Xima, Zhongshu, family chiefs, etc., all had salaries, and family chiefs were even 300 shi officials, and their rank was already considered to be quite low.
The clerk of Zhu Xuhou’s mansion was Fang Yang, a former counselor of Fan Chong. After the army entered Chang'an, Fan Chong asked Fang Yang what official he wanted to be. Fang Yang said: "I am in the middle of the silence, and I don’t want to be an official, but I just want to follow the censor. If the censor is granted a marquis, Fang is willing to be a clerk."
Fan Chong felt wronged Fang Yang and tried his best to persuade him to join the government. Liu Yu also wanted to appoint him, but Fang Yang refused to accept it and stayed firmly in Fan Chong's mansion. Until today, he is still the head of Zhu Xuhou's mansion.
The queen asked the family one by one and finally asked: "Where is Mr. Fang? Please come here."
Someone went to find Fang Yang, but after a while, he said, "Mr. Fang was still in the mansion when he was in the palace. He suddenly said that he had something urgent to go out. He rode the horse in the stable and left in a hurry."
The queen sighed, "It's him."
Fan Chong said strangely: "What's him?"
"The mastermind of the assassination of the King of Changsha is Mr. Fang Yang."
"How is that possible?" Fan Chong stood up suddenly, "Taohua, can't you just suspicious?"
"Father, Mr. Fang, a Confucian scholar, why did he join our Qingzhou Army? What did he say when he entered the camp?"
"He said that the Fang family was destroyed by the Liu Xuan clan, and he was willing to borrow our army to overthrow Emperor Gengshi and avenge the entire Fang family... However, there were too many people who were destroyed by the Liu Xuan clan, so it could not be said that Mr. Fang was assassinated."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone brought a letter and said, "Tai Shi, Mr. Fang has left you a letter."
Fan Chong handed the letter to his daughter because Fan Taohua has studied very hard in recent years and is now familiar with the words, but Fan Chong still can't read them.
Chapter completed!