Zheng Huchen's personal guard confirmed that the weapon used by the assassin was the Tiger Claw. In order to make the emperor believe it, he demonstrated how to use it. Zhao Bing found that he put the tiger claw on his index finger and little finger, which was the same as the assassin's way of wearing it, so the assassin had confirmed that what he said was not false. Because if the person who had not met him could not find the correct way to use it immediately. In order to make the emperor believe it more, he also told the origin of this weapon.

The Indian tiger claw was used as an assassin weapon at the beginning of its design. Due to its lightness and good concealment, it was favored by various assassins and women after its birth. Many noble women even used this weapon as a self-defense, which caused many heroes to die under this miniature weapon that was half the size of their palm when they were drinking and relaxing their guard.

In addition to the standard type, the tiger claw also has a deformation version with a dagger head. However, this tiger claw is not suitable as a hidden sneak attack weapon, but it is even more deadly. Of course, the tiger claw can not only be used as an assassin, but also as a sub-weapon. Those who like it are not only assassins, but also high-ranking officials and warriors in front of the formation. In order to increase their power, they often cover it with poison.

The origin of weapons was determined, but the problem was complicated. At the beginning of the establishment of the Song Dynasty, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were lost, and the access to the Western Regions was also lost. The exchanges between the two were basically cut off, and maritime trade had to be turned to realize commodity exports. After the southward transition, it was more difficult to get with India. It should be said that it had basically been cut off and there was no chance to obtain them.

At first, Zhao Bing tended to have this assassination from an insider, but the confirmation of the Tiger Claw subverted his judgment. Not to mention himself, there was no connection between the Song Dynasty and Tianzhu, let alone grudges. In addition, the assassin looked clearly Han people, not Tianzhu people. Then the person who could contact Tianzhu tiger claws pointed to the Mongols, and they were related.

As Zhao Bing knows, before the rise of Mongolia, the Khwarezmian Empire had attacked the Indian border area. When the Mongols were preparing to attack Khwarezm, the Turks had already ruled the northern part of India. The Sultan leader Mokome Khwarezm Sha was very curious about the Mongols' power in China and hoped to know more, so he sent an envoy to meet Genghis Khan.

After receiving the envoys, Genghis Khan proposed that the envoys of both sides should communicate with each other. The excellent weapons, gorgeous clothes, exquisite materials and precious and elegant objects made by various countries should be communicated with each other. The monarchs of both sides should sign a permanent treaty. He sent the caravan to return with the envoys of Mokomo. More than 500 camels were loaded with gold, silver, silk, special wool textiles and other precious items to trade goods with Khwarezm.

When passing by Edarah and entering Khwarezm, local officials reported to Mokomo the value and importance of the caravan's supplies and requested to detain the caravan on false charges. After approval, Haier Khan detained and executed the envoys and all members of the caravan, confiscated all the supplies and transported them back to the Sultan. A camel husband in the caravan escaped because he went to the public bath in the city to take a bath. He escaped from the fireplace and managed to return to Genghis Khan's territory. He reported to Haier Khan's treason, massacred the caravan, and plundered the materials one by one.

So Genghis Khan planned to revenge. He summoned a large army to capture Edar and the border and killed all the residents in the city. The army set out from Edar and advanced into Bukhara, conquered the city and plundered the people, and the neighboring city of Samarkand was also implicated. Mokome Sha was chased and died of illness on the way to escape. Finally, Mongolia's iron hooves traveled throughout the Khwarezm Empire and the Khrasan region.

Not only that, the Mongolians continued to pursue the prince of Mokome Sha. Zalandin fled to Ghazni, and won three battles with the Mongolian army along the way. After learning the news, Genghis Khan personally led his army to Ghazni and finally defeated Zalandin. He fled into India, but he could not escape the nightmare of being chased by the Mongolian army.

At that time, Genghis Khan had considered whether to continue to expand south to fight India. But he and his advisers realized that the long-distance expedition was extremely difficult, especially Yelu Chucai strongly opposed it. Finally, he gave up the idea of ​​expeditioning India in the south and ordered the withdrawal of troops. After the Second Hulitai Conference, Ogedei ordered the Mongolian army to advance into India. During the six-month war, the Mongolian cavalry crossed the Helmand River, crossed Balochistan, and launched operations near the valley leading to the north of Sindh. Finally, the Mongols included India in their expedition plan.

The Mongolian army took the lead in attacking Lahore, and its rulers fled to Delhi. When the Mongolian occupied Lahore, news of Ogedei's death came. According to convention, they had to return to the camp to elect the new Khan. On the eve of their departure, they razed Lahore to the ground, and then, the Kanghesi people with Mount Juti as the core position rushed to occupy the city. However, the Mongolian army successfully compressed the boundary range of the Delhi Sultan.

The situation eased in the next decade, and the northern border of India and the Punjab area were still under the control of the Mongols. However, just a few years ago, two teams of Mongolians invaded the border, and Prince Mohammed led his troops to resist, but failed to reverse the situation. Just the winter of the previous year, Muhammed suffered a fatal blow from the Mongols, who failed and was killed in the battle with Mongolia. The Turks and Sultan Mamluk had lost control of the opposite bank of the Bias River, and the entire Punjab, Sindh and border areas fell into the control of the Mongols or Mongolian vassal states.

Therefore, Zhao Bing had reason to believe that the Mongols had obtained and mastered the use of this weapon through several wars. Therefore, although there were still unreasonable points, he could not rule out that it was the Mongols who independently planned it or conspired with the people in this dynasty to create this assassination against him. Of course, it is impossible to make a judgment based on the clues in front of him, and more evidence is needed to support it...

"Your Majesty, Chief Chen sent someone to send back the letter!"

"Take it to me!" Zhao Bing sent Chen Dun to Chen Qing's residence Renhe for investigation at noon. There were still hundreds of miles to travel back and forth. It was rewarded so quickly. It seemed that there was a major discovery. He hurriedly asked someone to present it to the story.

"Oh, it's still one step late!" After taking the letter, Zhao Bing quickly browsed it, and after seeing it, his face turned blue.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" Zheng Huchen asked softly when he saw the little emperor's face was not kind.

"After the assassination, I asked someone to paint Chen Qing's image and go to Renhe to investigate. However, a fire broke out in the Chen family in the early morning this morning. An old servant, two servants and a maid in the house died in the fire. The entire house was burned to flat ground and no discovery was found. He was investigating the scene with local officials, hoping to find some clues!" Zhao Bing said.

"They are killing people to silence them, I'm afraid Chen Qing is also fake." Zheng Huchen gasped and said in a cold breath. He knew that things were complicated. These people were not only afraid of death, but also ruthless, but also silenced all the insiders, cutting off all clues. It would be difficult to find out the truth.

"As far as I know, after Chen Qing revealed the list, local officials went to his home to personally raise the discs and gave them to the county government office at the same time. He also sent them to the county government office to seal them. He left him in the yamen while reporting them. After that, he was escorted to Beijing and lived in the inn together. Therefore, Chen Qing has always been accompanied by officials, and the possibility of a replacement in the middle should be extremely small. Besides, before going to Beijing, they verified his identity, so how could they make a mistake? Are there really two people in this world who look exactly the same?" Zhao Bing thought about it and said that under the gaze of many officials, it would be easy to play with the trick of losing the bag.

"Your Majesty, things may have been planned for a long time. Chen Qing is a withdrawn person and is easy to understand. He is afraid that only people in the courtyard who are familiar with his appearance. In addition, he has been away from home for many years, and others do not have very little regard for his appearance. The person behind the scenes used his identity to hide things in advance, and controlled Chen Qing's family, and then found a dead man who looked similar to his figure and appearance to pretend. After the matter was done, they were killed immediately and arsoned to destroy all the evidence, which made us unable to start." Zheng Huchen analyzed.

"It's reasonable, it's most of the facts. Chen Qing may have been killed a long time ago, and most of the people who offered treasures and those who came to Beijing were just Western Bei. Otherwise, since Chen Qing was guarding the disc books on his father's order, he would be a gift when he regained Lin'an, and would not wait for the court to issue a reward. Isn't this destroying his reputation by himself?" Zhao Bing thought about it and was closer to the facts that Zheng Huchen guessed, and nodded.

"Your Majesty, the person behind the scenes has already designed everything. It will probably take a lot of trouble to find out the real murderer if you want to find out the case clearly!" Zheng Huchen said.

"Well, this case may be a headless case. The killer is a Han man, but he uses weapons from the outside world. It is precisely to confuse the public. It is impossible for us to judge who the real master is, and it is difficult to know the purpose of their crime. There is no need to say much about the assassination. If it is defeated, it will also cause us to lose our footsteps and arouse suspicion from the king and his ministers. They can benefit from it." Zhao Bing had to admit that he had met a master. With his current technical level, let alone verifying DNA, he could not even test a blood type. It is impossible to find out the true or false Chen Qing, and it depends on luck to solve the case. Even if he is unwilling, he has no choice.

"All subordinates are incompetent and cannot share your worries!" Zheng Huchen said politely.

"It's not your fault, so there's no need to feel guilty. But we have another way to try it to see if we can catch the real murderer!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and suddenly came up with an idea.

"Oh, your Majesty, please tell me!" Zheng Huchen knew that the little emperor was a clever and could often have a sudden idea at critical moments to solve the problem. He quickly said.

"The assassin was captured and did not die on the spot. I also told the ministers that he was not dead and was being interrogated strictly. Then I strictly blocked the news that he was dead and issued a ban on the insider. You must also isolate those involved in this matter today. Do not let them leak the news and let the outside world think that he is still alive." Zhao Bing said in a low voice.

"Your Majesty's intention is to use dead people to catch living people." Zheng Huchen understood the meaning of the little emperor after thinking for a moment, and said with a chuckle, "If his accomplices knew that they were not dead, they would definitely try to find out the news, want to know what they said, or kill people to silence them directly, so that they would reveal their traces."

"Of course it's more than that. We will say whatever we want a dead person to say, and will do whatever he asks him to do!" Zhao Bing squeezed his eyes and smiled at Zheng Huchen.

"Your Majesty is really useful. If anyone is an enemy of Your Majesty, please buy a coffin first!" Zheng Huchen felt chills in his heart and said in a daze. Assassination of the king and killing the horse is a serious crime of raiding the family and extermination of the clan. Whoever is tied to the head of this hat will die, and whoever bites it will have to peel off the skin. In history, an assassination case has been widely involved, and tens of thousands of people died of life have been repeatedly recorded in history. Therefore, a dead person fell into the hands of a perverse ruler, which is even more terrible than a living person.

"Oh, I thought of this method for a long time, so I shouldn't have told Wen Xiang and Zhang Shushuai that they are dead, and it is difficult to do the best of their own things!" Zhao Bing sighed regretfully after hearing this.

"Oh, they all know it, that's really a bit tricky, but my subordinates thought that Your Majesty should stop at the right time and don't involve too much." Zheng Huchen said with some joy.

"I almost died, but as my confidant, you have to stop at your disposal. Where is your intention?" Zhao Bing was furious when he heard this and slapped the table a few times. The guards guarding beside him heard a strange noise and appeared and pointed their weapons at Zheng Huchen.

"Get out, I'm fine!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and asked the guards to retreat.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have no malice. However, if they use this to raise unjust prisons and slaughter dissidents, it will not only be unfavorable to stabilize people's hearts, but will be criticized and taken advantage of by those with bad intentions." Zheng Huchen knelt on one knee and said, "At that time, his subordinates were ordered to be wanted by Chen Yizhong and sent people to chase and kill. When he was in trouble, he was rescued by His Majesty in danger and took in the tent and gave him important responsibilities. At that time, his subordinates had vowed to be loyal to His Majesty, and he had no different intentions, and today's the same!"

"Get up!" Zhao Bing raised his hand and said, "I just want to see if you dare to tell the truth. Now that I am flattering, there are more and more flattering people, and there are fewer and fewer people who dare to give advice. But my head is getting hotter and bigger, and I may do things that are angry and resentful one day. Therefore, I need people around me who dare to point out the wrongs, especially those like Zheng Zheng who often walk in the darkness. Today, I can express my worries, which shows that you have a bottom line and a proper attitude in your work. I will feel relieved if I hand over the Affairs Bureau to you."
Chapter completed!