Looking at Yang Feng laughing to the sky, Pan Ruzhen felt a little scared. If he said that he had not known about the assassination of Yang Feng in advance, it would have insulted him, the governor of Zhejiang.

After all, Peng Shouli and others also knew that if they wanted to assassinate a dignified prince like Yang Feng, how could they bypass Pan Ruzhen, the boss of Zhejiang Province? So before the incident, Peng Shouli and others also informed Pan Ruzhen openly and secretly through various channels. Pan Ruzhen's reaction was as they expected, neither supporting nor opposing, and pretending to be confused.

Although he failed to get the support of Pan Ruzhen's clear statement, Peng Shouli and others were also very satisfied. After all, no matter what, Pan Ruzhen, as the governor of a province, also needs shame, so it is naturally impossible to say in public what I support you in killing Yang Feng.

As for the consequences of failure...

Haha, what consequences are more important than five million taels of silver?

In their opinion, what is it to kill a Duke Xinguo? Not to mention a Duke Xinguo, even if it is an emperor, as long as it violates their interests, it will be replaced. Otherwise, how did Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Tianqi die in another historical time and space?

Both emperors died in the water. Even a three-year-old child did not believe such a ridiculous thing, but it was written in history books so openly. Not only that, the dead two Zhengde and Tianqi were also constantly splashed with dirty water by the civil servants.

One is to create a leopard house and play with beautiful women and wild animals all day long. Not only that, he also sells fish and trains leopards, teases all officials, and is a foolish and incompetent emperor who finally falls into the water and dies very pleased.

One is that he has no culture and can't even read memorials. He only does carpenter work every day. He favors eunuchs, entrusts major affairs to eunuchs like Wei Zhongxian, slaughtering loyal ministers (Donglin Party members), and eventually falls into the water and dies.

In addition to these two people, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty also had new tricks to death, some died of medicine, those who were stabbed while sleeping, and those who were beaten by the crown prince. It can be said that looking at the entire Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, being an emperor was a very high risk factor. Except for the few emperors who were decisive in the founding country, few other emperors had a good ending.

The reason is that the civil servant group of the Ming Dynasty had too much power. They had already gathered with the gentry and merchants, and they were too brave. It can be said that there was nothing that people dared not do for money.

Of course, this was the Ming Dynasty. Later, after the Qing Dynasty Tartars entered the pass, the barbarians who were born to fight wild boars would not be spoiled by these people. They killed the people with big sticks. The civil servants and merchants immediately became honest. In the past few hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, the civil servants were as honest as rabbits. Not to mention making small moves, they didn’t even dare to make farts on weekdays, and even the kneeling and licking posture was so fresh and refined.

Yang Feng, who finally completely threw away all his fantasies, also let go of the last trace of luck in his heart. He looked at Pan Ruzhen deeply, "Pan Ruzhen, the assassin who killed me this time even used a bed crossbow. I now have reason to suspect that this matter has nothing to do with you, the governor. In order to avoid suspicion, it is better to avoid it."

"What? Is the bed crossbow used?"

Pan Ruzhen felt that his eyes were dark and he almost fainted.

If he could use ignorance to assassinate Yang Feng, then he could no longer say that he was ignorant of this matter.

What is a crossbow? It is a powerful weapon to defend the city. In the words of later generations, this is a strategic weapon. This kind of thing is unchanged and operates cumbersome. Even if you give it to it, you don’t know how to use it.

But now even such things that should be strictly kept appear on the streets in absurd manner and are used to assassinate the Duke of the current dynasty. As the number one brother in Zhejiang Province, Pan Ruzhen would still want to say something lightly, I don't know that it would be unreasonable no matter what.

"These bastards have made me suffer now."

Even though Pan Ruzhen was deeply in the city, he couldn't help but feel shocked and sweated.

"Pan Ruzhen, I advise you to wipe your butt clean before meddling in other people's business. At the same time, I can also tell you that before you come, I have sent someone to arrest Ma Sidi and the officer in charge of the crossbow. Finally, I want to say, if I find out that this matter has something to do with you, even if you escape to the ends of the world, I will never let you go."

After saying that, Yang Feng glanced at the Fubiao camps behind him, and snorted and walked into the camp surrounded by a group of servants...

Yang Feng was very angry, the consequences were serious

In anger, Yang Feng sent Li Yan to lead the army to arrest Peng Shouli and the merchants in the pleasure boat that day, and tortured and forced him to question his accomplices. At the same time, he also sent people to confiscate the homes of these people.

While doing these things, Yang Feng also wrote a memorandum of the process of the matter and sent people to the capital in an expedited manner of 600 miles.

Li Yan, who was entrusted with an important task by Yang Feng, understood that this matter was an opportunity and also his opportunity. Whether his boss could be satisfied depends on him.

After three days of continuous progress, Li Yan finally got the truth out of the matter.

"Dude, this is the confession of Peng Shouli and others. Please check it out."

In the handsome tent, Yang Feng looked at Li Yan with blood in his eyes, and did not confess, but said directly: "I don't need to read it, you can tell me a little bit."

"yes!"

Li Yan cleared his throat, sorted out his thoughts and said, "This incident was created by Peng Shouli and the gentry in Hangzhou. The reason was that you wanted them to pay 5 million taels of silver and 50,000 stones of grain and grass.

Peng Shouli and others were unwilling to pay so much silver for nothing, and they were worried that after you wiped out Li Zicheng, they would take the opportunity to lift the sea ban in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so they decided to take the risk of assassinating you. As for the assassins, they were also dead soldiers raised by the gentry and others, and the bed crossbows they bribed the city's officers and made it from the armory, and the people who operated the bed crossbows were also soldiers who defended the city."

"What about Pan Ruzhen, has he been involved in this matter?"

"There is no direct evidence that Lord Pan has also participated in this matter, but according to Peng Shouli's confession, they had asked Pan Ruzhen about the matter in advance, but Pan Ruzhen did not make any statement on the matter."

"In other words, does Pan Ruzhen have a default attitude towards their assassination of this man?"

"This...yes, so to speak."

"Hey...What a default."

Yang Feng showed a sneer on his face, but his heart became angry and had already made a decision.

"Li Yan!"

"There is the official!"

"You will immediately lead three thousand soldiers and horses to the governor's yamen to arrest Pan Ruzhen for me. If anyone resists, he will be killed without mercy!"

"ah……"
Chapter completed!