jdhmnovel Chapter 528 Danger Everywhere
Chapter 528 Danger Everywhere
Chapter 528 Danger Everywhere
Sichuan, the main tent of the rebel king.
As soon as Li Zicheng learned that Wang Wenzhou had been imprisoned, he immediately told his wife Gao Guiying.
Gao Guiying now hates Wang Wenzhou so much that she wants to tear him apart alive. Wang Wenzhou not only killed her father Gao Yingxiang, but also her sister Gao Guilan. The hatred for killing her father is irreconcilable.
Upon hearing this, Gao Guiying was overjoyed. She laughed and said, "Husband, Wang Wenzhou is still your brother-in-law. Now that he's in prison, you can't just sit idly by!"
"Huh?" Li Zicheng was completely confused. What was wrong with Gao Guiying? These days, she's been cursing Wang Wenzhou to die a horrible death. Does she want me to go and save him?
"Haha!" Gao Guiying smiled slightly and said, "Zhu Youjian must know about the relationship between Wang Wenzhou and us. Although he captured my father, if we raise our banners and our army pretends to march straight to the capital, Zhu Youjian will probably suspect that Wang Wenzhou is in contact with us."
"Haha!" Li Zicheng laughed loudly, "This plan is brilliant, but now our army has just gathered my father's old troops, and the morale of the army is unstable. How dare we march straight for the capital?"
“My lord, we will not go to the capital; we will return to Shaanxi. That madman Wang Wenzhou is slaughtering local officials in Shaanxi, and the people of Shaanxi are applauding him. If we raise the banner of rescuing Wang Wenzhou now, the people who are grateful to him will surely join our army,” Gao Guiying said.
"Haha!" Li Zicheng laughed loudly, "With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for! This is a brilliant plan to kill two birds with one stone!"
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Qian Qianyi's residence.
The leaders of the Donglin Party convened another Standing Committee meeting. The leaders present actively participated in the discussion.
Qian Qianyi, chairman of the Donglin Party, attended and presided over the meeting. He said, "Um... well... right? Ha... um... what..."
Zheng Sanjun said, "That mad dog Wang Wenzhou has turned the Ming Dynasty upside down. As long as he is in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will never have peace!"
"Yes!" The bigwigs all nodded in agreement. Wang Wenzhou, that mad dog, caused chaos wherever he went. He had just turned Korea upside down, and upon returning to the Ming Dynasty, he had plunged it into utter misery. Not to mention ordinary people, even the bigwigs present here were having trouble buying fresh vegetables.
Qian Shisheng declared, "Wang Wenzhou must die!"
"Absolutely not!" Cao Huachun frowned and said helplessly, "Even now, the Emperor still trusts Wang Wenzhou and would never kill him. If we wanted to kill him, how would we get past the Emperor?"
Cao Huachun was a eunuch holding the position of Grand Secretary of the Imperial Secretariat. Although he was a eunuch, he was also a member of the Donglin Party. Due to his status, Cao Huachun rarely attended the Donglin Party Standing Committee meetings. The reason he attended this meeting was because the topic of discussion was of great importance.
“Yes! How could we not know that His Majesty does not want to kill Wang Wenzhou?” Qian Qianyi said. “However, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and for the sake of the people, Wang Wenzhou must die! I just received a report of the riot at the palace gates. In this incident, more than a thousand people have lost their lives and more than three thousand have been injured. If Wang Wenzhou does not die, how can we face these innocent people who have died and been injured?”
Qian Shisheng said helplessly, "That's true, but the Emperor insists on not killing Wang Wenzhou and even imprisoned him in the Imperial Prison. This is actually to protect him. We are helpless unless we can persuade the Emperor to hand over this mad dog, Wang Wenzhou, to the Three Judicial Offices for interrogation."
“Sigh…” Qian Shisheng shook his head with a wry smile and said helplessly, “I’m afraid it will be difficult to persuade the Emperor to agree to this matter.”
Qian Qianyi nodded, and said sourly, "His Majesty will not only not agree, but he might even be unhappy if we say too much!"
Yang Sichang began, “His Majesty has his reasons for not wanting to kill Wang Wenzhou. Wang Wenzhou’s cronies are all over the Ming Dynasty. Right now, Wang Qiang’s 3 elite Qin soldiers in Shaanxi are on their way to the capital under the guise of petitioning. His wife and concubine, Zhang Jiao, is preparing 10 elite troops in Hanshan, watching us like tigers eyeing the city. If His Majesty kills Wang Wenzhou, they will surely rebel.”
Qian Qianyi said coldly, "Wang Wenzhou has long harbored treacherous intentions. If we do not eliminate him before he becomes too powerful, this traitor will surely wreak havoc on the court in the future."
Yang Changsi asked, "Killing Wang Wenzhou is not difficult. The key is, after killing him, how can we appease his followers and prevent them from causing trouble for the time being?"
Qian Qianyi said with a smile, "I have a plan! If Wang Wenzhou was poisoned by his concubines in a jealous dispute, would his followers still cause trouble?"
"We'd like to hear the details!" everyone present said in unison.
Qian Qianyi explained his plan to everyone.
It's very simple: it was Wang Wenzhou's baby, who was also a spy for the Eastern Depot, Liu Hanxue, who poisoned him. Once all the evidence points to Liu Hanxue, Wang Wenzhou's other babies will accept the explanation of jealousy and rivalry.
Qian Qianyi looked at Cao Huachun, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Cao, this matter must be handled by you; none of us know how to proceed."
Cao Huachun thought for a moment and then said, "For the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the country, I will do everything in my power to make this happen. However, whether we succeed or not depends on whether Liu Hanxue is loyal to the Ming Dynasty!"
Qian Qianyi thought for a moment and then said, "I will go and persuade her father to divorce her. If he has her father's letter, I believe she will definitely help our Great Ming Dynasty to eliminate traitors!"
"Then I'll trouble you, Brother Qian, to go and return quickly. I'll handle this matter as soon as possible," Cao Huachun said.
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Heaven Prison.
Wang Wenzhou had just learned of the palace gate riots from the jailer Zhu Taining.
Wang Wenzhou frowned, deeply worried. Although he knew that Zhu Youjian did not want to kill him, the children had acted rashly and exposed his hidden strength. He had no choice but to demonstrate his power to Zhu Youjian as a show of force, to tell Zhu Youjian that even if he wanted to kill him, he wouldn't dare.
But the riot in front of the palace gates resulted in so many deaths and injuries, and the rioters kept saying they wanted to get him out of prison. He was the only one who could take the blame. The people wouldn't believe anyone else would.
"Little Pig, hurry up and go see Zhu Youjian. Tell him I want to see him. If he doesn't see me, I'll kill myself immediately!" Wang Wenzhou felt it was time to have an open and honest talk with Zhu Youjian.
Everything had been explained clearly, and the emperor and his minister no longer doubted each other. Wang Wenzhou would continue to assist Zhu Youjian in revitalizing the Ming Dynasty.
"Yes! I will go to the palace to see the Emperor immediately." Zhu Taining's family was now all in Wang Wenzhou's hands, so how could he dare to disobey Wang Wenzhou's orders?
After Zhu Taining left, Liu Hanxue asked softly, "Husband, after such a big incident, will the Emperor still believe you?"
Wang Wenzhou laughed and said, "Baby, Zhu Youjian isn't stupid. Would I be stupid enough to court death? I'm known as the upright and just Wang in the eyes of the people. Why would I put a bucket of shit on my own head? And a bucket of shit that could cost me my head."
Wang Wenzhou hugged Liu Hanxue and kissed her, then said with a smile, "Don't worry, if I'm not mistaken, Zhu Youjian also wants to see me right now. It's just that he's too proud to admit it. After all, this whole thing started because of his own fault. He had no choice but to lock me up in jail. Wasn't he just asking for trouble?"
Liu Hanxue shook her head with a wry smile. What a troublemaker! The Emperor is just looking for trouble? If it were anyone else, they would have been executed along with their entire family long ago for what you did.