As a modern person, Zhang Xiaowu naturally knows the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning when a person is asleep. Carbon monoxide will make a person's body rosy and comfortable in a short period of time, and various hallucinations will appear in his mind. This is why many Korean artists commit suicide by burning charcoal.
The reason is, after all, compared to other suicide methods, charcoal-burning suicide can reduce the pain and even produce a happy feeling before death, causing people to smile or look happy before death.
Zhang Xiaowu knew that although the cleaning room was warm, it was still well ventilated, and how could the eunuchs in the cleaning room accidentally allow the young eunuchs to be poisoned by burning charcoal for so many years, so he judged that the four young children were definitely poisoned.
People are silenced.
The eldest eunuch sighed: "These four children are not blessed. Let's bury the bodies. Let's bury them."
Zhang Xiaowu nodded, sneered in his heart, but returned to the imperial city without saying a word, and went into the palace to teach the little fat man for a while. The little fat man was very happy after not seeing his master for two days, but he did not notice a trace of emotion on Zhang Xiaowu's face.
sad.
Laixi came to Shangwu Pavilion and found him. He said that the emperor had summoned him and asked him about the prince's teachings. Zhang Xiaowu followed Laixi to Yangxin Hall. He happened to meet Wang Jingzhi at the door and told him about it. Then he went to meet the emperor. Waiting for the interview.
After the ceremony, Zhang Xiaowu came out of the palace again
I met Wang Jingzhi. It turned out that Wang Jingzhi was waiting for him here and invited him to drink together. The bosses of the two systems naturally went to elegant places to drink. The place where Wang Jingzhi often went was Jiujiantang.
The master is the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei, Sifang.
But Sifang is very mysterious. This is the first time Zhang Xiaowu has heard this name and has never seen him.
The two of them started talking about the case of four boys in the cleaning room. Zhang Xiaowu said: "It's strange to think about it. These four boys were not very young, but they committed suicide voluntarily. Have you ever seen such children? Or in the south.
Accent! As far as I know, southerners Zong Huoguan
I thought very deeply that very few people are willing to leave the palace and enter the palace. When scolding people in the south, the most vicious word is to cut off their children and grandchildren. This person who entered the palace and became a eunuch must have cut off his children and grandchildren. The four boys were still young, so there was such a thing
The idea is really weird."
Wang Jingzhi said: "So you suspect that these four seven or eight-year-old children have a conspiracy to enter the palace?"
Zhang Xiaowu said: "We have to guard against it."
Wang Jingzhi originally didn't want to investigate at this time, but seeing that Zhang Xiaowu attached great importance to it, he sent people to investigate. It doesn't matter if he doesn't investigate, it won't be possible once he investigates.
Wang Jingzhi first found Mr. You who brought the four children into the palace. Mr. You was a kidnapper who specialized in selling children. However, in line with the principle that rabbits don’t eat grass near their nests, his men only abducted children in other places.
But every time there is a disaster, they will only pick up children, especially some homeless little beggars, who are their targets. Most of these abducted children go to work as domestic slaves in the houses of major noble families, but they live a normal life.
Worry-free.
Boss You's biggest income every year is abducting boys to the cleaning room, filling the palace with eunuchs, and each boy can be sold for twenty taels of silver. But what makes him feel weird this time is
, some people voluntarily paid money to enter the palace, and Boss You didn't have any doubts, so he sent them directly to the ablution room.
When Wang Jingzhi found Boss You, he saw a knife stuck in his back. He had obviously just died. Wang Jingzhi, who didn't care about this at first, suddenly became suspicious after learning that Boss You had been killed. He
Subsequently, people were sent to investigate, but as the investigation continued, insiders committed suicide or were killed one after another.
Wang Jingzhi stopped believing, and the matter became more and more strange, and finally he was able to find some clues. Someone said that four children were found in an inn. Wang Jingzhi came to the inn in person, and he found that the innkeeper was injured.
There was a layer of calluses, and he said with a smile: "It seems that your guys are very good at martial arts."
The waiter said hurriedly: "I usually help cut vegetables in the kitchen."
Wang Jingzhi immediately said: "Do you know what I want to ask?"
The waiter paused, his eyes flashed, and Wang Jingzhi immediately shouted: "Catch him."
The waiter regretted his talk, but it was already over. Under the siege of many Golden Guard masters, the innkeeper was finally captured without even a chance to commit suicide.
During the torture, the waiter did not say anything useful. It was not until his entire family was stripped naked and brought in front of him that the waiter was willing to tell the truth. This inn is a station of the Tianhuo Sect in Longdu.
From the store owner to the waiters, they are all members of the Sky Fire Sect, and these people are all from the north, so they are not easy to be discovered.
A month ago, several people came from the south with these four children. The parents of the four children were all killed by the government. The four came with the same purpose of assassinating the emperor, so they were willing to commit suicide in the palace and become eunuchs.
Although these children are young, they have a strong heart. They have witnessed how their families were destroyed by the government, so the Sky Fire Sect pays special attention to them.
Unexpectedly, due to Zhang Xiaowu's suspicion, the plan of these four children was aborted. When the court faced an internal rebellion, it was lenient due to the kindness of Emperor Dade. However, when faced with the conspiracy of Tianhuo Sect, Emperor Dade was absolutely
Their existence is not allowed.
The Jin Yiwei went out and arrested all the people related to the inn and tortured them severely. Some of them were beaten into submission. Within a month, more than 300 people were killed by the Jin Yiwei.
The power of the capital was severely hit.
Emperor Dade read the files, faced Zhang Xiaowu and Wang Jingzhi, and said with emotion: "Thanks to you two for your loyalty to the country, such a major conspiracy was uncovered. It's a fluke, a fluke."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "It is indeed a fluke, but in order to make money, the eunuchs in the cleaning room recruit anyone and make false records. This is the reason why the followers of Tianhuo Sect can take advantage of it. I think this kind of thing
It must not happen again in the future, otherwise if the east wall is broken and the east wall is repaired, and the west wall is broken and the west wall is repaired, something will happen to this house sooner or later."
When Emperor Dade thought about the corruption of these eunuchs in the cleaning room, he became furious and said: "Gou Delu, except for the craftsmen, I will kill everyone in the cleaning room and torture them out of all the money they have embezzled over the years!
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"According to the decree."
Emperor Dade said again: "The Heavenly Fire Sect is in the dark and we are in the light. How can you two completely eradicate the traitors of the Skyfire Sect?"
Wang Jingzhi was very puzzled: "After so many years of suppression, the Tianhuo Sect's hiding methods have become more and more subtle. I can only do my best, but with little success."
Emperor Dade asked again: "Xianzhi, what do you think?"
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Your Majesty, the Heavenly Fire Sect may seem powerful, but in fact its time is limited."
"Oh?" The two people's eyes lit up and they asked hurriedly: "Why are we running out of time?"