Chapter 183 Show your feet and sound the horn of counterattack
It was a dark and windy night, and Chen Shishi, who was wearing a veil, followed the disguised Xu Xiu to Tan Yukun's mansion.
"Master Xu, when you enter the mansion, you delay Mr. Tan while your daughter sneaks into the inner hall to do things quietly..."
Xu Xiu nodded and was pulled back by Chen Shishi just as he was about to show up.
"The prince asked me to say hello, is the money that Master Lin has withheld from you in your house?"
"Master Lin sent it the day before yesterday, and I hid it underground."
Chen Shishi nodded: "According to the prince's wish, the money will be given to you..."
The thin figure disappeared into the darkness, Xu Xiu quietly walked towards the pavilion.
The servants in the mansion had been dismissed. Tan Yukun was waiting in the pavilion in the backyard. When he saw Xu Xiu coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"Master Tan, are everything ready?" Xu Xiu asked in a cold voice, speaking in an official tone.
Tan Yukun hurriedly took out an atlas from his sleeve, looked around to make sure no one was around, and then carefully handed it to Xu Xiu.
"Xu Shangshu must remember what he promised to his subordinates..." Tan Yukun asked tentatively with a smile on his face.
"Don't worry, the prince will do it if you are promoted to a high official or a marquis." Xu Xiu said and walked quietly into the darkness.
After Tan Yukun watched him leave, he returned to the inner hall humming a little tune, picked up the pecans to play with, and drank the tea leisurely on the table.
After a moment, the teacup fell to the ground, the pecans fell to the ground with a clatter, and Tan Yukun foamed at the mouth and fainted.
A guard in brocade clothes jumped out from the rafters, hugged the poisoned Tan Yukun and left the mansion.
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At that time, Wang Zhonghou was waiting outside the Yangxin Hall. The high-pitched sounds coming from inside made him feel at ease.
Is it really happy to do that kind of thing?
Just as he was thinking about it, Li Renjie, dressed in brocade clothes, appeared from the darkness, holding Tan Yukun in his arms.
He glanced at the closed Yangxin Hall, frowned slightly, and looked at Wang Zhonghou.
"Eunuch Wang, could you please come with me to the Imperial Hospital?"
Wang Zhonghou did not hesitate, leaving the young eunuch waiting, and followed Li Renjie to the Imperial Hospital quickly.
Seven or eight old imperial doctors worked together to diagnose and treat Tan Yukun, whose life was hanging by a thread.
"Eunuch Wang, this is what happened..." Li Renjie told Wang Zhonghou what he saw in Tan Mansion.
After hearing this, Wang Zhonghou became furious. He grabbed the weak Tan Yukun and slapped him with two big back whips, causing half of Tan Yukun's face to swell.
"What a leak. Your Majesty guessed that Xu Xiu was a member of King Yan's party. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be true..."
"Tell me why Xu Xiu wants to kill you!"
Tan Yukun was so frightened that he forced himself to sit up, covering half of his increasingly swollen face, and looked at the angry Wang Zhonghou, his legs trembling.
"Tell me! Why did Xu Xiu want to kill you!" Wang Zhonghou raised his palm to slap you again.
"I said! I said! Yes, I copied the test questions to Xu Xiu...most likely to kill people and silence them..."
As soon as he said this, Wang Zhonghou took back his palm and asked: "What benefits did King Yan promise you to dare to reveal the secret so boldly?"
"Feng, Fenghou..."
"King Yan will grant you a title, are you destined to be a prince?" Before he finished speaking, a cold shout came.
"Join Your Majesty!"
Zhu Youde walked in with great strides, his face cold and his eyes full of anger.
Tan Yukun was completely frightened. He knelt down on the hand with a plop, and his forehead touched the ground with a thud.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have lost my mind because of lard, and I impulsively asked for your mercy!" As he said this, he burst into tears and hugged Zhu Youde's calf with both hands.
"roll!"
Zhu Youde kicked Tan Yukun away with all his strength, stepped forward and kicked Tan Yukun a few more times, and shouted: "How dare you ask me to let you go after you have eaten a piece of shit like this?"
"Why didn't you think about whether I would let you go when you sold me for glory? If you provoke the imperial power, I will kill your whole family!"
With an angry shout, the dragon's power enveloped him.
Tan Yukun was completely frightened. He knelt on the ground tremblingly and kowtowed, muttering words begging Zhu Youde for his life.
But how could Zhu Youde get used to his bad habits? He just finished playing poker with the beauty and wanted to come out for a breather. The little eunuch told him that something had happened.
Zhu Youde was still angry and still wanted to kill this bitch with a knife.
Tan Yukun cried heartbreakingly, his forehead was broken when he begged for mercy, and blood flowed down the ground to Zhu Youde's feet.
After a long time, Zhu Youde slowly walked up to Tan Yukun, grabbed his hair and lifted him up.
The tearing pain almost made Tan Yukun faint!
"For provoking the imperial power, I should have killed all nine of your clans. For the sake of your desperate survival, I will give you a chance."
Then he threw him to the ground, stepped on his forehead and said: "During the liberal arts examination, you go to court and personally expose the whole process of Xu Xiu asking you to extract the test questions. I will give you a way out for the Tan family..."
"As for you, you can live until the end of the imperial examination."
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After dealing with the Tan Yukun matter, Zhu Youde had no intention of resting and asked Wang Zhonghou to leave the palace to spread the news and help the Tan family arrange the funeral.
Tan Yukun must die to make King Yan look like his plan went very smoothly...
In the morning, Zhu Youde was deliberately late for a quarter of an hour.
The ministers in the court were talking a lot, and everyone was shocked.
"Master Tan is devoted to government affairs and loves the country and the people. I don't know who would be attacked by a thousand cuts against Master Tan..."
"The capital has not been peaceful recently. There have been many assassinations in a row. The Ministry of Justice failed to solve the cases in time, causing people in the capital to panic!"
"Tomorrow is the Civil Service Examination. The capital city is shrouded in mist, which must also affect the performance of the candidates..."
During the discussion, Zhu Youde walked slowly over and his voice suddenly stopped.
As soon as a minister was about to report, he was interrupted by Zhu Youde with a wave of his hand.
He pretended to be grief-stricken and said: "I know everything about Mr. Tan. I have no intention of attending the court this morning, so all the ministers should have dispersed..."
As he spoke, Zhu Youde actually squeezed out a few tears and said to He Qingfeng: "The Ministry of Rites is giving Mr. Tan a grand burial. All the ministers should go and send it off..."
After saying this, he pretended to be weak and returned to the inner hall with Wang Zhonghou's support.
After leaving the minister's sight, Wang Zhonghou reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's okay..."
Hearing this, Zhu Youde wiped away the tears on his face, regained his indifferent expression, and asked in a cold voice: "How is the situation handled by the Tan Mansion?"
"Everything has been done. Everyone in the Tan family doesn't know about it. After taking care of it, they all understand what to do. Commander Li is waiting at the Tan Mansion and nothing will go wrong."
Zhu Youde nodded, his eyes flashing fiercely.
After so many days of confrontation, I finally caught the flaw.
With Tan Yukun as an introduction, we only need to slowly cast the net and wait for the imperial examination hall to close the net.
Xu Xiu is just the bait on the surface. If he can catch the big fish like King Yan, Zhu Youde will be completely victorious in this secret game.
At noon, Zhu Youde ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare a large amount of dinner and deliver it to the dormitories of the imperial examination candidates.
Tomorrow is the Imperial Examination for the Literary Examination, and three days after that is the Imperial Examination for the Military Examination.
Tonight, Zhu Youde is going to the candidates' dormitory to appease the candidates and find out the person with ulterior motives...