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At this time, the heavy snow outside the room showed signs of stopping.
Heavy snow fell all day, covering the entire capital city like a thick white quilt.
just
The snow kept falling, but people in the capital city didn’t care at all!
because
Prince Yan's Mansion was raided! !
Jingzhao Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple all went out to search the Prince of Yan's house.
The charge is
Intent to kill the king!
The charges seemed to have been prepared long ago. When the people from these three yamen arrived at Prince Yan's Mansion, the Ministry of Justice announced the Eighth Prince's crimes to the world.
And it was stated in the official document that His Majesty had gone on a private visit to inspect the people's livelihood due to the heavy snow, but was surrounded by assassins planted by the Eighth Prince. Thanks to the guards' efforts to protect him, His Majesty was able to escape unharmed. At this moment, the Eighth Prince had been captured by Di Hui, the judge of the Dali Temple, and was imprisoned in the Tianlao!
Details are few and far between.
But since an official document has been issued to announce it to the world, it means there is sufficient evidence.
The people who heard about this for the first time were completely shocked.
Because the rumors about the Eighth Prince in the morning had shocked the common people and they hadn't yet fully digested them.
This afternoon.
The Eighth Prince rebelled! ?
And it's so fair and aboveboard! ?
Especially since it happened so suddenly.
It happened suddenly like a bolt of lightning in a clear sky. Not to mention the common people, even many ministers in the court were dumbfounded when they heard about it.
The Eighth Prince sent an assassin to kill the king? !
When did the Eighth Prince have the courage to do this? !
Chapter 295: The Queen was seriously injured and unconscious in order to save His Majesty! ?
However, I don't care what the Eighth Prince has done.
Anyway, the officials all knew that this matter must be understood clearly.
Moreover, a memorial to the emperor to ask about his safety is also necessary.
Therefore, many officials began to write memorials and sent people to the Dali Temple, Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Ministry of Justice to inquire about the matter.
After all, this happened too suddenly.
Especially those who were close to the Eighth Prince, they stopped talking and immediately started writing a moving letter of wailing, hastily distancing themselves from the Eighth Prince.
And those officials who were originally defined as the Eighth Prince's subordinates sat in their own mansions in a daze, not knowing what to do.
The Eighth Prince rebelled.
What do they belong to?
Immediately, these people hurriedly sent people to inquire about the truth of the matter, and at the same time, they hurriedly wrote memorials to the emperor in an attempt to distance themselves from the matter.
Some loyal ones, after considering many things, hurriedly wrote letters to Yan, and some even planned to pack up and flee.
However, as soon as he had the idea of escaping, people from the Dali Temple came to his house and said that he had to stay in the mansion for the time being, and they even directly brought a warrant from the Ministry of Personnel.
Everything seemed to have been arranged long ago.
But does anyone care about this right now?
No one cares anymore!
The Eighth Prince rebelled, that's a fact.
Although the official document did not mention any details, it was enough to know that the Eighth Prince was rebelling!
At the Prince of Yan's Mansion, those who came to confiscate the property under the imperial order were the Minister of Punishments Lu Qingxu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel Wei Xuancheng, the current Junior Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture Yang Guofu, and Lord Yan Ciyan, who is now the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Wei Xuancheng and Yan Ci looked down on Yang Guofu, so they just stood in the lobby of Prince Yan's Mansion and looked at the valuables that were being carried out.
Lu Qingxu, the stern female official, did not speak to anyone because she was busy recording all the servants in Prince Yan's Mansion. All of them had to be taken back because there were too many things to be questioned in detail!
Regicide is a great crime!
Especially with such a well-planned assassination plan, it must have been planned for a long time. This female official, who has been serving as the Minister of Justice since the previous emperor, has been prepared to live in the Ministry of Justice these days.
These people didn't talk to him, and Yang Guofu didn't want to pay any attention to Wei Xuancheng and Yan Ci.
This one-eyed fat man took his men for a stroll in Prince Yan's mansion.
This was the first time he came to this mansion, mainly because he had a conflict with the Eighth Prince, so he had never been here before.
but
Yang Guofu listened to what his father said.
In the imperial edict given to his father, the emperor specifically asked him to come and search the property. Yang Guofu had learned his lesson now and immediately understood what the emperor wanted him to do.
After all, there are some things that the adults outside cannot do.
Then it is very clear that this time when the Prince of Yan's mansion was raided, it was not the house that was raided, but the evidence!!
What evidence!
Weren't there those rumors this morning?
Find evidence of those!
Walking in the back garden of Prince Yan's mansion, looking at the beautiful back garden in the snow, Yang Guofu shook his head: "A prince who made the garden more beautiful than the palace must be planning a rebellion."
After saying this, Yang Guofu shook his head and looked at his men beside him and said, "Remember, the Yanwang Mansion garden is full of precious plants, which is extremely luxurious. A rough estimate is that the back garden cost more than 10,000 to 50,000 taels of silver."
The person next to me is also a smart man. He wrote it down immediately without any hesitation.
Yang Guofu looked at the man with one eye and immediately sighed, "There will definitely be a snowstorm this year. How many people are living in poverty. Your Majesty and the Queen's wedding was so frugal, but Xia Chenfeng, the traitor, is so extravagant. Hey! Let's go and take a look over there."
The man beside him immediately said, "Master Yang is right. I will write all of this down first, and then catch up with you, Master."
Yang Guofu nodded, then asked with concern: "We just came out of his study, and those letters have been recorded."
The man was stunned for a moment, then remembered that Lord Yang had said that those letters from Kong Xin contained treasonous words, so he nodded immediately and said, "I'll make a note of it."
Yang Guofu looked at the official from the Dali Temple with great satisfaction and found him very pleasing to the eye.
Then he turned and walked towards the side of the garden.
But as he walked, Yang Guofu kept looking at the rockery.
Yang Guofu walked over and examined it carefully.
He also knocked on it with his hands.
After being suspicious for a long time, Yang Guofu turned his head and shouted to several Dali Temple officers on the side: "Come here and move this rockery and see."
When the Dali Temple officers heard this, they all ran over, curious about the purpose of moving the rockery.
Although the rockery is not big, they can move it with the combined strength of several people.
but.
Although he was curious, he still obeyed orders and planned to move it away.
but
When moving it, they found that the rockery was heavier than they had imagined, as if it was firmly embedded in the ground.
Yang Guofu looked at the movement, was silent for a moment and then said: "Touch every corner of the rockery."
When the Dali Temple officials heard this, they did the same thing.
then
hum~~~
Just when an officer came across an inconspicuous part of the rockery, the entire rockery suddenly moved on its own.
Afterwards, a hole appeared under the rockery.
See this hole.
Yang Guofu slapped his thigh immediately: "Damn it! I knew there must be a secret room! If it's not in the study, then it must be over here in the garden!"
talking
Yang Guofu immediately walked into the hole that was the size of a person.
When an officer saw a torch at the entrance of the cave, he immediately lit it.
The cave was not deep, and I reached the end after walking a short distance. However, when I turned my head,
Yang Guofu and others were stunned.
Because a bunch of knives were hung on the walls of the dark room in the cave, and there was a large pile of them in the corner. In addition, there were also a large pile of bows and arrows, armor and other weapons.
And right in the middle, there is a sand table.
Yang Guofu looked over there intently.
Isn’t this a sand table of the capital city!
On the sand table, various routes for escaping from the Prince of Yan's Mansion to the capital are clearly marked.
On one side of the sand table, there is also a blueprint of the imperial city.
There are also several letters that are unsigned.
However, just when Yang Guofu was about to open the letter to read, he was suddenly stunned and immediately put the letter back.
Then he turned his head to look at the weapons around him and said subconsciously: "Xia Chenfeng really plans to..."