Chapter 73 Disaster Is Coming

Chapter 73 Disaster Is Coming

Chapter 73 Disaster Is Coming
One month later, Daxing City.

Daxing City is the official name, and the official also calls it Chang'an, the new capital of the Sui Dynasty.

Daxing City is divided into two parts with Zhuque Street as its central axis: Chang'an County to the west and Wannian County to the east.

According to feng shui and the concentration of power, the locations in Daxing City are also divided into high and low categories.

Wannian County is generally the most prestigious, Chang'an County is slightly lower, and the old city is lower still.

The old city is the former Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty. That side was the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the capital of the Sui Dynasty when it was first established. Currently, all the dignitaries and most of the wealthy families have moved to the new capital Daxing City, but more than 200,000 low-class people still live in the old city.

In addition, Chang'an City regards the areas near the Taiji Palace and both sides of Zhuque Street as prime locations where the powerful and wealthy live, while ordinary people stay away from these areas.

According to this principle, Xingdaofang became the most expensive among the expensive ones.

Xingdaofang is adjacent to Taiji Palace in the north and Zhuque Street in the west, and is located on the Wannian County side.

But in fact, the dragon eye of Daxing City is located at Chongyefang and Jingshanfang in the middle section of Zhuque Street. In order to suppress the dragon eye, Emperor Yang Jian specially ordered the construction of Xuandu Temple in Chongyefang and Xingshan Temple in Jingshanfang. With one Taoist and one Buddha, they suppressed the rising dragon energy.

Emperor Yang Jian also issued an edict at the same time, prohibiting any wealthy and powerful people from living in these two blocks.

Xingdaofang became the most distinguished residence in Daxing City, but only one noble person lived there, and that was the princess's mansion of the eldest princess Yang Lihua.

The princess's mansion covers an area of ​​about two hundred acres, accounting for 30% of the entire Xingdaofang. It is an extremely magnificent building complex. Later, it became the residence of Princess Taiping.

Yang Lihua was the eldest daughter of Emperor Yang Jian and the empress of Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Yun. After Yang Jian seized the Northern Zhou and established the Sui Dynasty, he felt guilty towards his eldest daughter and was very obedient to her.

Yang Lihua was also very low-key and generally did not interfere in state affairs. She lived with her daughter and son-in-law and rarely went out.

Although Yang Lihua was low-key, it did not mean that she was easy to bully. If you made her angry, she would file a complaint in front of her father. That would definitely be a major case that would shock the world, and killing millions of people would not be enough to appease the emperor's wrath.

At night, there was a sudden commotion in the princess's mansion. The lights were on and countless guards shouted, "There's an assassin. Don't let him get away!"

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Anrenfang on the east side of Zhuque Street is also a place where the powerful and wealthy live.

The residence of General Yuwen Shu is located in Anrenfang.

Yuwen Shu is currently the General of the Left Guard of the Sui Dynasty, and is granted the title of Duke of Xu. His mansion covers an area of ​​about 20 acres.

It was already three o'clock in the morning, and the general's mansion was still a little uneasy. The mansion had been robbed, and a precious sword in the master's sword cabinet was missing. The servants and maids were searching everywhere on the paths and in the bushes with lanterns.

In the inner hall, Yuwen Shu paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, feeling very upset. Two things happened today. First, his Thirteenth Guardian Kong Wu disappeared, and no one knew where Kong Wu was.

Taibao is another name for Yuwen Shu's adopted son, and also the leader of the warriors in his mansion. Kongwu was recruited only last year. He is a sixth-rank warrior, responsible for guarding Yuwen Shu's Jiange.

The lost sword was one of Yuwen Shu's seven most beloved swords. It was usually placed prominently on the sword rack, but now it was gone.

In fact, it is very obvious. It is most likely that Kong Wu stole the sword and ran away.

But there are still doubts here. If Kong Wu was greedy for money, then there was a pure gold sword inlaid with gems on the sword rack. Why didn't he steal it?
If he was greedy for treasure, there were more valuable swords on the sword rack, but he didn't take them. What was he after?
Yuwen Shu always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.
At this moment, the housekeeper hurried to the hall to report, "General, someone is coming from the palace!"

Yuwen Shu was startled. What were people doing in the palace in the middle of the night?
He hurried out to greet them. Outside the gate, there were several eunuchs on horseback, waiting with lanterns.

Yuwen Shu came out, clasped his fists and asked, "Excuse me, eunuchs, what can I do for you?"

The leading eunuch held up a golden plaque and said in a shrill voice, "By order of His Majesty, General Yuwen is to enter the palace immediately!"

Yuwen Shu was stunned. He asked again, "Didn't His Majesty say anything?" "I don't know what it is. His Majesty is waiting. Please follow us immediately, General!"

Yuwen Shu did not dare to delay. He immediately put on his court robes and followed several eunuchs into the palace.

When he arrived at the Thousand-Step Corridor, he happened to meet the great eunuch Cheng Yuandao, on whom Yuwen Shu had spent a lot of money.

He quickly stepped forward and asked, "Manager Cheng, what happened?"

Cheng Yuandao said to the eunuchs, "You go ahead! I will bring the general to see the emperor."

After the eunuchs left, Cheng Yuandao gritted his teeth and whispered, "Why did you send someone to assassinate the princess?"

Yuwen Shu's eyes suddenly widened. "Where did you get this from?"

"Humph! The assassin's name is Kong Wu, he must be your man! And your sword, there are witnesses and evidences. The princess cried in front of the emperor, and the emperor was furious. General, I can't protect you this time."

Yuwen Shu was shocked. Kong Wu assassinated the eldest princess. What...what was going on?

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The eldest princess had already gone back and had originally planned to deal with the matter tomorrow morning, but Emperor Yang Jian couldn't sleep, so he sent someone to summon Yuwen Shu, as he believed that Yuwen Shu must not have slept either.

Not long after, Cheng Yuandao and Yuwen Shu hurried over.

There was a body lying in front of the steps, with a sword next to it, and several guards lit up lanterns.

Cheng Yuandao pointed at the corpse and said, "General, please identify it first!"

Without careful identification, Yuwen Shu recognized it at a glance. It was Kong Wu and his sword.

His heart skipped a beat. He thought Kong Wu was alive because he had heard that there were witnesses and evidence. He didn't expect that Kong Wu was already dead. There were many things going on here. Who knew how Kong Wu died?

There are all kinds of possibilities here.

At this time, an eunuch came out and announced loudly: "His Majesty the Emperor summons General Yuwen Shu to see him!"

Cheng Yuandao pushed Yuwen Shu, who hurried into the hall. He saw the emperor behind the curtain, took two steps forward, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I, Yuwen Shu, pay my respects to you. I wish you good health and longevity!"

"I am almost mad at you, how can I talk about happiness and longevity?"

Yang Jian said coldly: "Why did you kill my daughter? Give me an explanation!"

Yuwen Shu kowtowed and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, even if I had a hundred guts, I would not dare to assassinate the princess! Moreover, I have no grudges against the princess, and we have no intersections. Why would I assassinate the princess? Even if I really had such a rebellious heart, I would not send a sixth-rank warrior to assassinate the princess, let alone use my own sword. Wouldn't that bring disaster upon myself?"

Yang Jian thought about it and felt that it made sense. His expression softened slightly and he asked, "Then what do you think is the reason?"

"Someone must have framed me for this. I have fought for decades and killed countless people. I have too many enemies. It is very likely that someone bribed Kong Wu, the warrior who guarded the Sword Pavilion for me. He stole my sword to assassinate the princess and framed me for this!"

In fact, Yang Jian didn't quite believe that Yuwen Shu would assassinate his eldest daughter. The two had no connection at all, and the loopholes were quite obvious. Yang Jian was old and was exhausted by this matter. Since Yuwen Shu denied it, let Yuwen Shu solve it himself!
"Go and explain to the princess yourself! It would be best if we could reconcile. I do not wish to severely punish the general for this matter."

Yang Jian's implication was that if reconciliation failed, he would severely punish Yuwen Shu and give an explanation to the princess.

This is the emperor. In his heart, all ministers are like ants. As long as he wants, he can crush them at any time without any reason and without caring about what kind of contributions they have made.

(End of this chapter)