The Mingzhaofang in the east of the imperial city is full of mansions of high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Among them, there is a four-entry high-gate mansion, which is the mansion of Gongshun Hou Wu Weiying. The Wu family was originally a Mongol who returned to Shun, and the first generation of Gongshun Marquis was a hero who followed the Yongle Emperor Jingnan, and then entered the Gongshun Marquis in the Hongxi Dynasty, which has been passed down for more than 200 years. More than 200 years of aristocratic life in Beijing have made the Wu family no longer have the shadow of the Mongols, and they are no different from the Han people in all aspects.

In the study room of the inner house, this generation of Gongshun Hou Wu Weiying is furious at his son Gongshun Hou Wu Keming.

"Bastard, who made you so bold and reckless, and actually sent someone to assassinate that Chen Yue during the day? If it was assassinated, it would have been fine, but he had been allowed to escape, don't you think our family is unlucky enough? Or do you want Lord Banzai to remove this marquis from your father's head? ”

Wu Wei's heroic face turned blue, he had just been removed from the position of Admiral of Jingying, and in the blink of an eye, his son had caused such a big disaster, if His Majesty knew that his family was involved in the assassination, it would be light to lose his title.

"Dad, since I have this surname Chen, I first lost 30,000 taels of silver in the competition, and then you lost the position of the commander of the Jingying camp, and the coal mine opened by our family in Xishan was seized by him, how can you let me endure this breath!" Wu Keming shouted angrily.

"Why can't you bear it, there are so many nobles in the capital who are opening coal mines in Xishan, and even the heart of the admiral of the East Factory is open, why haven't you seen anyone do it? It's just that you're stupid, as soon as others fool you, are you stupid? ”

What really made Wu Weiying angry was not that his son planned the assassination, but that he was fooled by others into standing up for himself, and half of the more than ten people who assassinated Chen Yue were all members of the Wu family, all of whom were good at collecting from the rivers and lakes.

"Dad, you don't have to worry, the Hou Shizi of Zhenyuan and the Hou Shizi of Xining both sent people to participate in the assassination, although Zhu Gaoxian, the prince of Chengguo, did not send anyone, but he sent a message to his son and would help settle this matter. Dad, don't you know that today, more than a dozen imperial historians and officials of the imperial court have played the impeachment of Chen Yue, and they said that this assassination was Chen Yue's arrogant and domineering murder of passers-by who clashed with him! Wu Keming exclaimed excitedly.

"Hmph, when everyone else is stupid, you have exposed so many flaws, as long as the emperor orders it, with the means of Jinyiwei, you will naturally be able to find out the truth of the matter. Let me ask you, have all our people withdrawn, and are there any evidence left? Wu Weiying asked worriedly.

"The people have withdrawn, and I have arranged for them to leave Beijing, and the weapons they use are all Beijing-style weapons, and there is nothing special, so they should not implicate our family. Not good! Wu Keming's face turned pale all of a sudden.

"What's wrong?" Wu Weiying's expression also became nervous.

"In order to ensure the success of the assassination, I bribed Chen Yue's two men and promised them to give them the official position of 100 households, so that they could help lead Chen Yue into the trap. Although he knew that one of them was about to fight against the water, this made the assassination fall short, and the one who turned against the water was killed on the spot. The other, the other, is missing. At that time, Chen Yue had strong reinforcements to kill, and the brothers were in a hurry to retreat, but no one paid attention to what happened to the man called Ma Zhu. Wu Keming's face was full of frustration.

"Does the hemp stick know your identity?" Wu Weiying asked with a calm face.

"I know, it's Wu Fu, the steward of our house, who is the opposite, and the hemp pole seems to know Wu Fu."

"You bastard, you have such a big loophole!" Wu Weiying was simply mad, "Why don't you hurry up and send someone to find the whereabouts of that hemp pole!" No, first dispose of Wu Fu's corpse, and then kill all the people in the know such as Ma Pole, and cut the grass and eradicate the roots! ”

"Yes, Dad, I'll go, I'll go myself!" Wu Keming also knew the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly agreed, and ran out of the room quickly.

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As night fell, the city of Beijing, which had been noisy for a day, finally quieted down, and the lights gradually went out, and most of the entire city fell into darkness.

A group of seven or eight black shadows quietly walked on the quiet Xuanwumen Street, and then turned into an alley.

"Lord Shizi, that's the home of that hemp pole." A man in black whispered as he pointed to an ordinary house in front of him.

"Have you found out? Is hemp slab back? How many people are in his family? Wu Keming asked in a low voice.

When he returned, his brothers saw the hemp stick enter the house and never came out. In addition to the hemp pole, his family also has his mother, his brother and sister-in-law, and his brother and sister-in-law's son, a total of five people. ”

"Well, go ahead, remember to leave the hemp pole I have something to ask him, kill all the others, cut the grass and eradicate the roots!" Wu Keming commanded coldly.

"Yes!"

Five or six people rushed towards the house, leaving only two people to follow Wu Keming to escort him, in the end, he was an arrogant and expensive prince, and he didn't need to participate in this kind of fighting scene.

One person squatted on the ground, and the other stepped on his shoulder and climbed over the wall, and then opened the courtyard gate from the inside, and then Wu Keming saw his subordinates enter the courtyard along the open courtyard gate. After a while, there was a muffled snort and a low scream in the courtyard, but the sound was so low that it would not be clear if you didn't listen carefully.

"These bunnies, they're good at doing this." Wu Keming smiled, thinking that it was almost over, so he walked towards the courtyard with the two servants. He wanted to personally interrogate the hemp pole, how he escaped, and whether he had leaked the secret to others, and he couldn't rest assured if he didn't ask clearly.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, there was a great smell of blood in his nose, presumably the family members of the hemp pole had all been killed, and these rabbit cubs were working neatly.

"Why don't you light a candle?" Seeing the black hole in the room in front of him, Wu Keming stood in front of the door and said unhappily, it is too inconvenient to put out the fire with this blind lamp, and besides, the killing has ended and has not caused much movement, even if the candle is lit, what is it?

"Yes!" Vaguely a person in the house agreed, and then a little fire flashed, and then a candle was lit, Wu Keming nodded with satisfaction, and finally walked into the house by the light of the candle.

"What about the hemp stick, did you leave his life?" As soon as Wu Keming said a word, he heard a "creaking" sound, and the door behind him was suddenly closed, and then there were two muffled screams, Wu Keming turned around, and saw that the bodies of the two entourages who followed him in were slowly sliding to the ground, and the two smiling men were covering the mouths of the entourage, pulling out the bloody short knives from their bodies.

"Ahh Wu Keming screamed, but was kicked to the ground, and then a candle slowly moved over, illuminating Wu Keming's face and the faces of the five or six people surrounding him. Looking at these unfamiliar faces, Wu Keming knew that he had fallen into a trap.