Chapter 612 Worshipper

The eunuch of Silijian, Wang Gui, entered the imperial city and passed the Ganqing Gate.

As soon as he walked to the slanting corridor, he heard a sound of talking; he followed the sound and saw that Emperor Zhu Gaoxu was under a plum tree outside, not in the East Warehouse.

Zhu Gaoxu was lying on the ground, supporting his body with his limbs, and was constantly moving, as if he was having sex with the ground.

Wang Gui is not surprised. He has seen it as early as Yunnan. It is said to be called push-ups.

But the eunuchs and maids in the palace have never seen each other, and some eunuchs are flattering: The emperor's spirit of dragon and tiger will surely control ten women every day!

The palace maids on the side blushed and looked embarrassed, and did not dare to speak out.

Wang Gui walked around quietly and bowed to stand aside.

A moment later, Zhu Gaoxu discovered him.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked up, with his legs stretched forward, and he jumped up, standing there with his long body, his movements very agile.

He took a towel from the wooden plate held by the palace maid, wiped sweat around his face and neck, then took the black hat and put it on, and put down his rolled-up sleeves.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and waved it hard.The eunuchs and palace maids bowed and took the tribute and retreated.

Then Wang Gui hugged his hands and said, "I pay homage to the emperor."

Zhu Gaoxu responded and walked towards the slanting corridor.Wang Gui quickly followed and began to report the matter in a deep voice.He recounted Gao Xianning's case progress and planning.

After Wang Gui explained how to use Wang Yin to lure Ma Gong to show up, Zhu Gaoxu said: Gao Xianning has been considerate and seems to be able to do this at the moment.If you are in a hurry to check the mansion that Ma Gong lived in, it is indeed not the best way; if Ma Gong suddenly moved away, he must be prepared and should have wiped the traces in advance.We are only going to check now, it is difficult to find useful things, and there is also the possibility of alerting the enemy.

The emperor is wise.Wang Gui said, this matter has been too long and is really difficult to deal with!

...At this time, Zhu Gaoxu gradually became a little angry, and he felt like he was being teased!

Regardless of whether he has feelings for Zhu Di, Zhu Di is his father in name, and his father was killed; and Zhu Gaoxu now has the power in his hands, and has mobilized so many people to investigate, but there is no progress?

This made Zhu Gaoxu feel very bad!

But he has never been a person who vents his anger by chance, and that would make him even more incompetent.

His idea never changed: if he could not retaliate against the culprit, it would be useless to let innocent people suffer; because that real bad person did not care about those innocent people.

No matter how many people Zhu Gaoxu killed to take revenge, as long as the culprit was not found, it would be in vain.The first thing he was to resist was helplessness and powerlessness, and the second was guilt!

Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath and walked and pondered on the antique tiled floor of the quaint corridor.

The previous battle between cannons and cavalry roaring and head-on competition for force has come to an end.

However, the intricate problems in the court are another new kind of struggle. It is silent, but it still hides great contradictions!

The most troublesome thing is that Zhu Gaoxu can’t find where his opponent is!

At this moment, Wang Gui talked about another thing, about the causes and consequences of Yao Fang's murder in the imperial prison.

After hearing this patiently, Zhu Gaoxu blurted out: What did Daoyan kill the Wang family?

Wang Gui hurriedly said: Go back to the emperor, it is said to be to silence him.Yao Fang said that Daoyan did not admit to the murder and insisted that Wang committed suicide; but Wang must have died in Qingshou Temple, and Daoyan could not escape.

Zhu Gaoxu felt that this was very strange, and he pondered: At that time, it was completely unnecessary to kill someone like Daoyan and kill someone like Wang. Although I have never liked Daoyan, I think he is still a very well-organized person in his work and will not do such useless things. What’s even more strange is that Wang was suddenly captured, why was poison hidden on his body?

Zhu Gaoxu stayed for a moment and pondered: This person from Wang is another descendant of Wang Gen, a remnant of Jianwen’s party…

Wang Gui hurriedly said: The emperor said yes.

Zhu Gaoxu stroked his hands and said: Summon Yao Fang and Gao Xianning immediately.I went to Donghunting Pavilion to wait for them.

Wang Guidao: I obey the order.

Zhu Gaoxu returned to Dongnuan Pavilion and sat behind the imperial case, holding up the red pen to approve the memorial while waiting for someone.

He has now reduced the two words "approval" to one word "approval" to one word "approval"; he has to write too many times, and one word can reduce many things.

After a long time, Gao Xianning, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Yao Fang, the General Banner of the Fushi District of Jinyiwei North Town, met with him.

After the ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu talked about Wang's death straight to the point. He said a few words and asked Yao Fang to talk about it again.

Gao Xianning said after hearing this: Before this, I have never heard of General Yao mention this matter!

Zhu Gaoxu said: I only heard Wang Gui talk about it today.

Yao Fang clasped her fists and said: When I started to listen to the emperor, the general thought that Wang's death was only related to Daoyan.At the beginning of Yongle, the Wang Gen family was impeached by the censor Chen Ying, and the Jinyiwei had uprooted the Wang family.All the Wang family members were dead, and no one of their clans escaped!Wang's wife is lonely and can't do anything.Therefore, I did not dare to disturb the emperor with such trivial matters.

Gao Xianning didn't know that Yao Fang was from the Han Palace before, and the two were not very familiar with each other.Yao Fang was sent to assist Gao Xianning in handling the case. It was only a few days before, and it was reasonable not to mention private matters.

Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: There were far more than the Wang family who were liquidated at the time.

At this time, Yao Fang pondered for a while and murmured: When the emperor said this, the empress remembered something strange again.

What's the matter?Zhu Gaoxu asked immediately.

Yao Fang said: The second time I went back to worship Wang’s tomb, and brought some melons, flesh and meat, incense, candles and paper money. When I arrived at the place, I saw that someone had already worshipped melons, flesh and blood, and the things were still in front of the grave.Weichen didn't think much at first, but the more I thought about it, the more I felt strange... The Wang family was no longer there, and the people from Qingshou Temple were taken to the temple and could not get out. Logically, no one except me would go to worship Wang's tomb.Who will worship Wang?

Gao Xianning immediately said: Master, this is a clue.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: We have a lot of people anyway, so we can check them together!Gaosiqing used Wang Yin to investigate the matter of "Ma Gong" and continued to do it; in addition, we have to check who the person who worshiped Wang was.

Gao Xianning hurriedly said: I have thought of a way.First, I found a hiding staple near the mass grave and sent people to guard it day and night; then leaned on a boat by the nearby river and prepared the others on the boat.When the worshiper appeared again, the followers sent a signal, and the soldiers rushed out and caught the person!

If you can't wait for someone for a while, General Yao will go to move his grave. We will send people to get in the fun and secretly observe whether there are any abnormal people.

The worshiper may be related to Wang. Usually at this time, he may return to the cemetery and see where General Yao moved the grave from afar.This incident is also an opportunity to lure the appearance of the "worshipper".

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and felt that there was no other good way; after all, the worshiper had no clue at all.He slapped the table and said: That's it!

Gao Xianning and others bowed and said, "I will follow the order."

Yao Fang frowned and said: If I had already figured out the strangeness in this, that person would have come to worship Wang for the first time, and I would have been able to catch him!

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Yao Fang: President Yao must be calm. When he acts in a state of urgency, he often causes bad things.But now it has reached this point, don’t regret the past; you can do your best to do things in the future, and we still have a chance!

Yao Fang hurriedly said: I will keep in mind the teachings of the emperor.

After a few people finished speaking, Gao Xianning and Yao Fang thanked each other for giving up.The eunuch Wang Gui, who was in the East Warehouse, sent the two out.

Near the East Warm Pavilion of the Ganqing Palace, it already belongs to the harem area.In the past, more than just Zhu Gaoxu would summon ministers here; but ministers could not move alone here, and they would have to be accompanied by eunuchs.

...The cemetery where Wang's family was buried was near a forest on the river outside the capital.It was a barren mass grave with few residents around it.

The people guarding the North Division found a dilapidated straw shed on the nearby hills, which seemed to be built by the people who used to fish there, but now it has been abandoned there.

So the Beishi set up the secret sentry stronghold in a straw shed and sent people to guard it day and night.

A boat leaned quietly against the riverside, and a team of soldiers from the North Division hid both men and horses inside and did not come out. In addition, there was a yard west of the mass grave, and the owner did not live there, and he had been sent by the North Division to rent it.

Recently, the eunuch Wang Yin was also sent to serve as an official in the imperial chef. He followed the eunuch of Shangshen, Cao Fu, to go out of the palace once and went to the city to buy the cost.

After receiving Wang Gui's instructions, Wang Yin took the food box and took the opportunity of the comprador leaving the palace and went to the imperial prison to meet Wang Gou'er.

Zhu Gaoxu used a lot of people to handle this case.But everything was silent and it was hard to see signs of a major case being investigated.

The two traps were laid there, and after several days, there was still no movement.

This method is indeed a bit dependent on luck and opportunity. The other party must take the initiative to go to the trap, otherwise there will be no way out; now everyone can only wait for the opportunity like this.

As time passed, Zhu Gaoxu asked about this from time to time, and felt in his heart: the case may not be successful again... That Ma Gong seemed very cunning and cautious, and showed no sign of showing up at all!

As long as Ma Gong did not show up, Gao Xianning and others would have no choice but to find out who this person was!And now it seems that Ma Gong may not show up again in the future.

Zhu Gaoxu calmed down and was about to wait a few more days, so he issued an order to let Yao Fang do the relocation of Wang's cemetery.If no one can be found in this case, the case will lose its clue again!

This matter can only be investigated in secret. Zhu Gaoxu is not willing to issue a wanted order and arrest the person in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. If too many people know about it, it will be very unfavorable to his overall situation of stabilizing the throne.