"There are assassins, there are assassins! Catch the assassins, catch the assassins・・・・・・" With a shout, the entire Daming Palace was boiling, and the palace maids and eunuchs were frightened by the assassins, lest they would be killed by the assassins if they stayed alone, so they ran to crowded places, and for a while there were eunuchs and palace maids running around everywhere. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The scene became even more chaotic as the palace guards and the soldiers of the Zuojin Wuwei heard the shouts of the Assassins and rushed over with torches.

The black-clothed masked assassin fled to a big tree, and immediately rushed into an alley, but he didn't want to bump into four guards with knives, and the brave won when they met on a narrow road, and the two sides immediately fought, the black-clothed masked assassin was really good, only to see a flash, and the four guards with knives fell to the ground in turn before they had time to draw their knives, and the black-clothed masked assassin jumped a few times, jumped on the roof, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

As the Assassins fled outside the palace, more and more people were killed, and the disturbance in the palace grew older and bigger.

Zhao Ziliang and hundreds of civil and military officials who got the news rushed to Daming Palace, and Zhao Ziliang also brought a large number of soldiers and horses from Zuo Xiaowei to block the various exits of Daming Palace.

Zhao Ziliang and the civil and military officials came to the Zichen Palace, and when they walked into the main hall, they saw more than a dozen corpses in the store, except for a eunuch, the others were the sword-wearing guards around the emperor.

Zhao Ziliang and the ministers stepped forward to salute Dai Zong, whose face was pale and trembling: "The ministers greet Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

Dai Zong curled up on the dragon chair, he was actually living under a thick quilt on this hot day, and he seemed to be very frightened, and he shouted a little crazy: "Long live?" I almost died, hooray! The assassin actually killed my Zichen Palace, it was too arrogant, too presumptuous! You, you say, 'What should we do about this?' ”

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, and finally look at Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang is the regent after all, and he needs to make decisions on major military and political affairs in the imperial court, and most of the ministers of the imperial court have moved closer to him, and others who have not approached have not expressed hostility.

Zhao Ziliang stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, of course this matter must be strictly investigated, the palace is important, how can you allow small crumbs to come and go freely?" If there is no explanation of this matter to all parties, will it not bring the royal reputation to the ground? ”

Dai Zong said: "Okay, check, check, give me check!" Check it out! ”

Zhao Ziliang swept his eyes, looked at Wu Miao, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, and asked, "General Wu, who are these people who were killed?" ”

Wu Miao said: "The one on the far left is Li Zhongyan, the personal eunuch next to His Majesty, and the others are His Majesty's personal guards!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked again, "They were killed by the assassins?" ”

"Yes!"

"Shouldn't the Assassins be for them?"

Before Wu Miao could reply, Daizong shouted hysterically: "The purpose of the assassins is to assassinate me!" The assassin had already touched the corner of the Zichen Palace, and happened to be bumped into by Li Zhongyan, and the assassin killed him in a hurry, and then quickly fled, killing more than a dozen guards in a row in the process of escaping! ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately pointed at Wu Miao, and shouted: "Wu Miao, are you guilty?" ”

Everyone was stunned, and their heads were a little stunned, and Wu Miao wondered: "Regent, where did you start with this?" General Ben is not an assassin, so why do you ask me about my guilt? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "At the beginning, the king and the emperor trusted you, so they let Zuo Jinwuwei guard the palace ban, as the general of Zuo Jinwuwei, there was such a big hole in the security of the palace, so that the assassin touched the emperor's side, you, the general Zuo Jinwuwei, could not escape the blame!" ”

Wu opened his mouth, wanting to refute and justify, but he didn't know how to refute and justify, and he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

Zhao Ziliang continued: "The palace is originally a very heavily guarded place, and there is a strict access control system for entering and exiting, but assassins can come and go freely, what are you doing as General Zuojin Wuwei eat?" Now it's hard to say that the Assassins' freedom to enter and leave the palace has nothing to do with you! ”

After speaking, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "Come on, hand over Wu Cao's personal weapon, put him in the prison, and wait for the fall!" King Chuan Ben ordered that from now on, no one will be allowed to enter or leave the gates of the palace, and all the daily necessities necessary in the palace will be purchased from outside and sent to the palace, and the ban will not be lifted until the case is clarified! ”

"Wait!" Daizong immediately stopped him and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Regent, now that this case has not been investigated, it is not time to be held responsible, right?" Besides, what does this matter have to do with Wu Miao? ”

Zhao Ziliang said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister does not dare to agree!" Wu Miao, as the general of Zuojin Wuwei, is to blame for anything related to security in the palace. Otherwise, what do you want him to do? If you only take the benefits and benefits of the court, enjoy superhuman status and treatment, and don't have to bear any responsibility when something happens, how can there be such a good thing in the world? If the Tang Empire is full of such officials, even newborn babies can be competent, and it will be his turn? If such a major event happened in the palace, Wu could not escape the blame! At the beginning, it was the minister who recommended Wu Miao to His Majesty, and the minister also had the crime of improper recommendation and negligence, so he specially asked for a one-year fine! ”

Daizong is unwilling, unbearable, and at the same time can't let Wu Miao take responsibility, Wu Miao is one of the only ministers he can trust, if Wu Miao's position is taken, then the position of General Zuojin Wuwei will inevitably fall into the hands of others, and this lucky person will obey his will? Daizong really didn't have that faith.

Daizong looked at Zhao Ziliang and said, "Regent, do you have to bear the responsibility for this matter?" Can't you just open the net? He's my own uncle! ”

Zhao Ziliang took a step forward and clenched his fists and forced: "Your Majesty, do you want to treat the laws and rules of the court as child's play?" Please forgive the minister for saying a big disrespectful word, the main culprit of the reason why the Tang Dynasty has reached this point today is the result of the corruption of those imperial relatives and the protection and connivance of the previous emperors and their majesty. Does Your Majesty want your ministers to give an example? The Tang Dynasty is about to die, and His Majesty still has to protect his relatives, so how do the ministers and other ministers and colleagues with foreign surnames feel? The royal relatives and noble families are beyond the law, except for rebellion, they can be pardoned no matter what crime they commit, when this kind of injustice is widespread, sooner or later the people will be unbearable, why does Your Majesty think those feudal generals can support it for so long? It took seven or eight years for the pacification of the Anshi Rebellion alone, and that was because many people were completely disappointed in the imperial court and the Li Tang Dynasty, and they abandoned the imperial court and turned to support the rebels! How did the imperial court lose the hearts and minds of the people? It's because there are people who are above the law and can do whatever they want. The minister dared to assert that if the prince could really break the law and commit the same crime as the common people, then the Tang Empire would be eternal and immortal! On the contrary, if Your Majesty continues to connive, the Tang Dynasty will die sooner or later! ”

Dai Zong's face turned pale by Zhao Ziliang's words, but he was powerless to refute it. Although Zhao Ziliang's words did not force him to give up protecting Wu Miao, but the words were full of threats and persecution, and he wanted to refute it, but there was no sufficient reason, because Zhao Ziliang was reasonable.

Dai Zong sat on the dragon chair, his hands and legs shrunk in his sleeves kept shaking, which was the embodiment of the combined emotions of anger and fear, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Forcing the palace, this is the real forced palace of naked, naked! Many ministers have such a sentence flashing in their minds. As courtiers, they should not have slandered the emperor's actions in their hearts, but the emperor's performance over the years has really disappointed many of them, and over the years, the emperor's relatives have indeed gone too far. The emperor was forced to speak, and there were still many ministers who couldn't bear it, but now they can't do anything, they can't be the loyal servants of Daizong, and standing up at this time is undoubtedly an enemy of Zhao Ziliang, which is the rhythm of looking for death.

Seeing this, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand to the few soldiers who walked in: "Get off Wu Cao's saber, take back the talisman and official seal, and put him in the heavenly prison to wait for disposal!" ”

Wu Cao's waist knife, talisman and official seal were all confiscated by the soldiers and handed over to Zhao Ziliang, he was also tied by the soldiers, escorted to the outside of the hall, he was scared, turned around and shouted to Daizong for help: "Your Majesty, save me, save me, save me!" ”

Dai Zong watched Wu Miao being escorted away, and he collapsed on the throne weakly, unable to say a word.

Zhao Ziliang glanced at the emperor and the ministers with his eyes, then looked at the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, and said: "Now that the gates of the palace have been blocked, the assassins may not be able to escape from the palace in time, so the search in the palace must be launched immediately!" At the same time, we can't help but consider that the assassins have escaped from the palace at this time, but it is late at night, and if a large-scale search is bound to disturb the people, we can only use the method of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, and send capable people to track down the assassins, and strictly order the city gates to be closed before dawn, and no one is allowed to enter or exit. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang immediately shouted: "Where is Zhang Xianfu? ”

Zhang Xianfu, who was standing on the side, stood up and hugged his fists and said: "The end will be!" ”

"I order you to take over the post of General Zuojin Wuwei and immediately preside over the search for assassins in the palace, there must be no mistake!" Zhao Ziliang said and handed over half of the talisman and the official seal to Zhang Xianfu.

"The last general commands!" Zhang Xianfu took the talisman and the official seal, hugged his fists and agreed, and turned to leave.

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Li Mian, the matter of sending capable people to hunt down and kill the assassins will be handed over to Jingzhao Mansion, and report to this king as soon as there is news!" ”

"Yes!" Li Mian agreed and turned to leave.

Zhao Ziliang continued to shout: "Where is Xin Yungao, the general of the Right Xiaowei? ”

Xin Yungao, who was already in his fifties, stood up and hugged his fists and said: "The end will be!" ”

"During the search for the Assassins, no one was allowed to enter or leave the gates of the palace, and anyone who broke through was killed! If this king finds that there are gatekeepers who let one go, this king is the only one who asks! ”

Xin Yungao's expression froze, and he hugged his fists and said, "Take the order!" ”