Chapter 327: Ariba Chishan, Fate Is Determined by the Lord

Chen Zheng came after hearing the news and frowned slightly when he saw the corpse on the ground.

Although it is an open secret that Concubine Shu is not favored, as the emperor's concubine and her brother died here, we must pay attention to it, and we need to give an explanation to the emperor.

No matter who is involved in this matter, the murderer will not be spared now. After all, this matter is related to the emperor's face.

"When the two of us got up at night, we saw Zhang Heling moving toward the kitchen. We guessed that he... he probably wanted to eat secretly in the kitchen. But we didn't dare to say anything, and then we went back to the Tongbu to sleep. I really don’t know who stabbed him to death!” The two Imperial College students looked very panicked and told them what they saw and heard last night.

"You guys have been having a hard time during this trip. Who did Zhang Heling have a grudge with?" Chen Zheng naturally knew that there were constant grudges between these young masters, so he immediately asked with a serious face.

Zhang Lun and Wang Shouren were standing here to watch, and the two of them suddenly became the focus of their companions' attention because they both had a violent conflict with the arrogant Zhang Heling.

Now that Zhang Heling was suddenly killed, both of them were heavily suspected.

"Where were you two at midnight last night?" Yu Yuanzan kept paying attention to the young master's reaction, and immediately looked at Zhang Lun and Wang Shouren and asked in a deep voice.

Zhang Lun and Wang Shouren looked at each other and replied innocently: "At this time... I am naturally sleeping!"

"Who will testify?" Yu Yuanzan maintained a skeptical spirit and asked again in a deep voice.

Zhang Cang and Wang Shouren were dumbfounded and looked around innocently, hoping that someone would watch them while sleeping, but at the same time they were afraid that someone would actually watch them while sleeping.

At this time, Lin Yuanyang strode in from the outside and reported: "Your Majesty, the perpetrator fled the scene directly after committing the crime. I just followed the blood stains and traces left by the perpetrator. The perpetrator is very familiar with the terrain in this area. , and the direction he fled was to the same location as Aeta’s tribe, so I’m afraid it was done by everyone in Aeta!”

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Zhang Lun and Wang Shouren thought that they would become the biggest suspects, but they didn't expect that this sturdy first Wu Kui had found clues, and they couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Yuanyang has grown a lot over the years, and he added with a firm look: "The Imperial Envoy may not know something. Since our Luzon Guards were stationed here, people from the nearby Aeta tribe often come to steal food, and the objects in the camp have also been stolen. Something is missing. I am afraid that the Aeta people came here to steal food, but they met Zhang Heling who also went to the kitchen to steal food. I don’t know why the Aeta people stabbed Zhang Heling to death!”

Although the lack of water here is not conducive to human survival, the Aeta people are the earliest indigenous people of this island and they have very superb survival skills.

Ming adheres to the principle of not doing evil. Although his strength is far superior to the opponent, he chooses to get along with the nearby Aeta tribe and turns a blind eye to the theft behavior of some of their personnel.

In fact, they usually lock the kitchen, but last night everyone had too much fun, and many people even drank some wine, so they let everyone in Aeta enter the kitchen, and even found the food they put in the kitchen. Knives.

As a result, I don't know what kind of conflict happened between them. The Aeta stabbed Zhang Heling to death, and even ran away with the bloody knife.

"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, I heard Lin Tongzhi and other soldiers mention this matter earlier. Since these barbarians didn't get much, I ordered you not to argue with these people! Now it seems that this matter is indeed the result of negligence. What happened here Big mistake today!" Yu Yuanzan knew that if he wanted to convince the public, he had to take responsibility, so he immediately took the responsibility.

When Chen Zheng learned the whole story, he immediately expressed his position seriously: "We in the Ming Dynasty do not advocate provoking the aborigines of Luzon, but they dare to attack Concubine Shu's biological brother. This matter must be explained and His Majesty must be satisfied. the result of!"

"I humbly obey my orders!" Yu Yuanzan and Lin Yuanyang realized the intention of the imperial envoy and immediately expressed their stance together with murderous intent.

They can tolerate the petty theft of Aeta people, and can even provide some help to Aeta people, but they cannot tolerate their murderous behavior, let alone desecrate the imperial power.

Not to mention that the person they killed was the biological brother of the current concubine Shu, even if it was an ordinary Ming Dynasty soldier, the Aeta people would have to pay a bloody price.

The morning sun has risen high, and the golden sunshine falls on this mountainous area with complex terrain.

The indigenous people of Luzon are not the Año people who brought pottery craftsmanship, nor the Mayans who later immigrated from the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia, but the Aeta people who started the Stone Age civilization.

It's just that the Aeta people are too weak physically and their productivity is too backward, so that their living space has been squeezed into the corner of Luzon Island.

Since they did not have a country or a federation, they all existed in the form of small tribes, and many small tribes were even on the verge of destruction.

The Chishan tribe is the strongest tribe nearby, with a population of several hundred. They live at the junction of forest and mountainous areas, and mainly make a living by hunting monkeys.

They are far away from the river, and naturally far away from farming. Their main daily work is hunting, and now they are returning with a full load in the morning sun.

"Split the meat!"

Several monkeys had been captured by the hunting team. A strong middle-aged man with a short stature holding a long gun shouted at the people in the cave.

Hundreds of skinny Aeta people came out of the cave upon hearing the news. Most of them looked at the monkeys eagerly, their eyes showing great desire for the meat.

A sharp kitchen knife cut through, and the meat that originally needed half a day to cut was magically separated, which shocked the Aeta people watching on the scene.

"It's really a good knife! The people of the Ming Dynasty are really treasures everywhere. I have to bring another one back next time!" After cutting a few times, the young man who was cutting said to a monkey-like skinny young man with emotion.

"Why is there only this today!"

"The third child of our family was just injured. Isn't this too little?"

"You are the one who contributed the most in hunting, but you got too much!"

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The people of the Chishan tribe seemed simple, but they could only get a little scraps after the harvest, while those who stayed in the tribe every day to distribute the meat got a large piece of good meat, and they couldn't help complaining.

"If you keep arguing, there will be no meat left. You will all be fed to the earth dragon!" A strong man who was responsible for distributing the meat controlled the stone knife and threatened arrogantly.

Swish!

A silver arrow flew from the west and pierced the chest of the arrogant strong man. Blood gushed out immediately.

"Ming Dynasty people!"

When Roman, the leader of the Chishan tribe, saw the Ming army appear, his eyes flashed with anger.

The Chishan tribe's buildings are mainly caves. They live in low-lying caves, and the well-trained Ming army has surrounded this place silently.

"Ming Dynasty people!"

"It's really Ming Dynasty people!"

"We are surrounded by Ming Dynasty people!"

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The people of the Chishan tribe saw that they were already in the encirclement and saw the Ming soldiers who had already drawn their bows and arrows, and they also felt a sense of danger.

As long as these Ming people are willing, they can actually slaughter hundreds of people in their Chishan tribe without any effort.

"Charge, fight them!" Roman, the leader of the Chishan tribe, knew that the Ming Dynasty had come with ill intentions, but he still commanded his capable men.

More than a dozen short and strong men holding stone axes immediately rushed towards Yu Yuanzan, where they often went in and out.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

With an order, this improved bow and arrow burst out with stronger lethality.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The Aeta people did not even have complete animal skins on their bodies. They could not resist the flying arrows at all. They immediately became living targets and fell in a pool of blood.

In front of the powerful and well-armed Ming army, not to mention that they were still in the slash-and-burn farming, even the Malani Kingdom was actually vulnerable.

"We surrender!"

Facing such a powerful Ming army, Roman, the leader of the Chishan tribe, decisively threw away his weapons and knelt down to surrender to the Ming army neatly.

This time the sun had risen high, and all the people of the Chishan tribe were bathed in the sun.

Zhang Heling's body was carried out and then placed in front of the Chishan tribe and others.

If there were no changes in history, this would be the high and mighty uncle of the state, and one of the most favored relatives in the history of the Ming Dynasty. But now, at such a young age, he has become a dead body.

The Aeta man who was as thin as a monkey just now became nervous when he saw the body sent out.

Lin Yuanyang had found the bloody murder weapon, and handed the kitchen knife to Chen Zheng and said: "My lord, this is the lost kitchen knife last night, and it is also the murder weapon that killed Zhang Heling!"

"Who of you sneaked into our Daming camp last night, and who killed this person?" Chen Zheng saw that the kitchen knife was very similar to the wound, and immediately pointed at Zhang Heling's body and asked in a deep voice.

"What happened?"

"I heard that the precious sword was stolen from the Ming camp!"

"Nonsense, the precious sword must be from the Ming, and I heard that this time they killed someone to get the sword!"

"No wonder the Ming people surrounded us, how can they kill someone after stealing someone's things?"

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Faced with the people of the Chishan tribe who came to question them, they soon knew what was going on, but they did not protect anyone, and instead began to blame their own people for being reckless.

If they had not killed anyone this time, the situation would definitely be different from the current one.

Roman, the leader of the Chishan tribe, knew that the matter was unavoidable, so he pointed directly at his young subordinate who was as thin as a monkey: "He brought the knife back!"

"So, you killed this man last night, but is that so?" Chen Zheng looked sharp, and immediately pointed at the corpse on the ground and questioned.

The young man, who was as thin as a monkey, had a erratic look in his eyes at this time, but suddenly pointed at his leader and said: "I... I obeyed the leader last night!"

"It doesn't matter who you listen to, what matters is whether you killed him?" Chen Zheng glanced at Roman lightly, and then questioned.

The young man, who was as thin as a monkey, hesitated for a moment, then pointed at Zhang Heling's body and explained: "He wanted to catch me, so I stabbed him!"

After getting this answer, Chen Zheng knew that the case was solved, but he couldn't be happy anyway.

The brother of the emperor's concubine was killed, which was already a very difficult matter in itself, and now handing over the Chishan tribe would probably not be able to quell the possible pillow talk.

But now that the matter has happened, it can only be cut with a knife, and secretly made a gesture to Yu Yuanzan.

"Why are you arresting me?"

The young man, who was as skinny as a monkey, was picked up like a chicken by Lin Yuanyang. However, when it was the turn of Roman, the leader of the Chishan tribe, he was strongly protested by Roman.

puff!

puff!

The sword flashed across, and the two heads fell to the ground one after another.

Not to mention the people of the Chishan tribe who were watching, even the soldiers of the Ming army who surrounded the place were secretly shocked when they saw this neat scene.

Yu Yuanzan was a man who had been on the battlefield, and he seemed to deal with the murderers mercilessly. Naturally, the leader who ordered the murderers to go to the camp was not immune.

"died?"

"died!"

"Really dead!"

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Hundreds of people from the Chishan tribe saw their leader being killed by the powerful Ming Dynasty people on the spot, but there was no excessive anger on their faces. Instead, there was a look of confusion in their eyes.

Chen Zheng was wearing a Ming Dynasty official uniform today and spoke eloquently to the Chishan tribe people present: "We in the Ming Dynasty only came here to mine gold. If you dare to hurt us again in the future, this will be your fate!"

As he spoke, he pointed at the corpse of their leader and warned everyone present.

Daming can adhere to the Confucian approach, but if these people don't know how to praise, then he doesn't mind letting them know that the people of Daming are sacred and inviolable through bloodbath.

"Meet the new master!"

After hundreds of Aeta people exchanged glances, they suddenly knelt down and said to Chen Zheng.

This move stunned Chen Zheng. Yu Yuanzan and Lin Yuanyang were equally puzzled, but they didn't understand that they just killed their leader, so how could they become their new masters?

Chen Zheng didn't want to be labeled as a rebel just because he had hundreds of slaves, so he denied it straight away: "Don't talk nonsense here, I am not your master!"

"You killed our leader, so you will replace the leader and become our new master!" One of the older Aeta Renren said with great certainty.

They don't know how long they have lived here, but it has been like this for generations, and they must obey their leader absolutely.

Now that their leader was killed by the powerful Ming Dynasty people, they need to find a new master, and this Ming Dynasty leader naturally becomes their new master.

Chen Zheng knew very well that he could not give excuses to his political opponents, so he explained in a serious manner: "No, I am just the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty. If you insist on talking about your new master, that is our king - the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"