my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 166: Chapter 160
Cui Yihong repeated in her mouth.

Zhang Anshi was dumbfounded.

He had already heard about Jin Yiwei's methods.

But today is the real insight.

This close experience is extremely rare.

After all, Zhang Anshi has never seen Zhang Anshi as a human being in two lifetimes. A person can be like Cui Yihong.

It's just that Ji Gang's mood is completely different at this time.

Everything was planned very carefully.

The witness evidence is very solid.

Even though this Cui Yihong seemed a little out of order, it could be inferred that this was because he was afraid of crime. After all, he had personally admitted that it is understandable for a person to be out of order for such a serious crime.

Ji Gang doesn't really care about the so-called rebellious party, as long as the rebellious party is caught slowly, can they still escape?
Besides, if we really want to wipe out all these chaotic gangsters, what else does Jin Yiwei need to do?
When Emperor Taizu Gao was around, didn't he use Jin Yiwei to set off many big cases?

But so what?When Emperor Taizu Gao's goals are all eradicated, didn't he just remove Jin Yiwei with his backhand?

For Ji Gang, Jin Yiwei is everything to him, which must never be lost.

He understood Zhu Di's temperament too well.

At this moment, he lowered his head and knelt on the ground in fear, with a sad look on his face.

Zhu Di stared at Ji Gang intently, but said in an unhurried manner: "In this way, Cui Yihong...has been wronged?"

Ji Gang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty...the minister...the minister thinks that Cui Yihong is... quite strange."

Zhu Di said, "What's wrong?"

"In the confession, there are quite a few... content of his nonsense to people."

Zhu Di's eyes narrowed into a slit; "So, he became a rebel?"

"I... I am guilty of death." Ji Gang's body was like a sieve, and his body trembled even more. He continued: "I heard that there is a rebellious party. Your Majesty... will definitely... will pay special attention to it, and I am eager to make contributions... So the case was handled too hastily..."

Zhu Di said quietly: "Is it just too hasty?"

Ji Gang kowtowed, knocking his head against the tiles on the ground again and again, and suddenly...his head was bleeding, as if he couldn't feel the slightest pain, he said in a trembling voice: "It's just...it's too hasty. The crime of death, I implore Your Majesty... to punish me."

Zhu Di said lightly: "Such a big matter... we can't just let it go like this."

With a tired expression on his face, he continued: "This is the crime of deceiving the emperor. Either you, Ji Gang, are guilty, or the people under you are deceiving your superiors and subordinates. You are the commander of Jin Yiwei, and you can't even handle such small things well. Why do you want me?" use it?"

After hearing this, Ji Gang shivered. He seemed to have heard the implication, and quickly said: "Chen... If you want to investigate this matter, you must thoroughly investigate it to the end."

Zhu Di waved his hand, but he didn't pay attention to Ji Gang, but turned his head to look at Cui Yihong, with a mean look, wishing to bend his head under his crotch, and look down at Cui Yihong and Zhu Yong.

Zhu Di said: "Zhang Anshi has made great achievements in arresting the rebellious party. It is thanks to Zhang Qing. Chen Wenjun will arrest Qixia first and let you guys interrogate him quickly. This case is of great importance, and the truth must come to light."

Zhang Anshi said: "I... obey the order."

Zhu Di didn't say anything more, waved to everyone, turned around and left.

Liu Yongcheng quickly chased after him.

in the temple.

Ji Gang looked frustrated, he stood up in a hurry, ignored no one, didn't say anything, and left in a hurry.

Zhang Anshi led Zhu Yong and the others towards Jin Zhong, greeted him with a smile and said, "Thank you Jin Butang."

Jin Zhong smiled, but glanced at Xie Jin and the others not far away.

Xie Jin's face was a little ugly, as if he wanted to show that he was not so embarrassed, so he deliberately talked and laughed with others.

Jin Zhongdao: "Thank you for what, what is there to thank, it is all for His Majesty."

Zhang Anshi and Jin Zhong came out of the hall together, but they looked around, and said in a low voice: "I want to ask, does Jinbutang still measure fortune-telling now?"

"This..." Jin Zhong looked at him inexplicably and said, "Occasionally."

Zhang Anshi said: "I've had bad luck recently, why don't Jin Butang do the math for me."

Jin Zhongdao: "That's easy to say...in a few days..."

Before Jin Zhong could finish speaking, Zhang Anshi immediately asked, "How much?"

Jin Zhong shook his head: "Since he is the Marquis of Annan, of course he doesn't need money."

Zhang Anshi also shook his head, and said, "It can't be like this. If you don't accept the money, I feel uneasy. Do you want to make a price, 100 taels, or [-] taels?"

Jin Zhong seemed a little helpless, and finally said: "Then ten taels."

Zhang Anshi said in surprise: "Twelve times once, it's too cheap, then count it a thousand times for me. I'll write you a thousand-character article when I go back, and you count each one, don't worry."

"This..." Jin Zhong said: "I can't do it, I can't do it... Marquis Annan, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, so how can you speak well?"

Zhang Anshi said seriously: "It's just a fortune-telling test, it's a business."

"Jin doesn't do business." Jin Zhong said with a smile.

Zhang Anshi smiled sheepishly, then led Zhu Yong and the others to escort Chen Wenjun out of the palace.

As soon as he arrived outside the palace, he saw hundreds of people from the model battalion waiting in full armor. Zhang Anshi still attached great importance to safety. Now, let the model battalion form a circle, centered on himself and Chen Wenjun.

It's just that along the way, Zhang Anshi cursed and said, "It's wicked, it's so wicked, it's a shameless thing that requires money."

Zhu Yong was very puzzled and said: "Brother, who are you scolding?"

Zhang Anshi said angrily: "I scolded that bald donkey. This guy took my kickback. If he hadn't dealt with Jin Butang himself, he would know that he doesn't like money, and he wouldn't know that that bald donkey took my price difference." Woolen cloth."

Zhu Yong scratched his head, and seemed to think that this matter was a bit complicated. Should he think about such things related to complexity?
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At this time, Zhu Di drove to the small hall.

After taking his seat, he picked up the teacup on the imperial table and took a sip of tea. At this moment, Zhu Di didn't show any anger on his face.

Instead, he calmly said to Liu Yongcheng who came with him, "Is Yi Shiha cured?"

Liu Yongcheng said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I will ask you servants."

After a while, Yishiha came and bowed down, "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Di took a meaningful look at Yi Shiha: "Have you heard what happened today?"

Yi Shiha said: "This servant dare not hide your Majesty, this servant has already found out."

Zhu Di said calmly, "What do you think?"

Yi Shiha said without hesitation: "The Marquis of Annan, Dacai, this case of party disorder should be handled by the Marquis of Annan. He and His Majesty share weal and woe, and we should do our best."

Zhu Di hummed.

Yishiha then said again: "As for Commander Ji...Jin Yiwei made some mistakes, but the maidservant thought that Commander Ji also made a lot of contributions during the time of Jingnan, no one can do nothing without being a sage... The servant thinks..."

"I understand what you mean." Zhu Di said with a faint smile: "I have asked Ji Gang to thoroughly investigate this injustice case. The people in the palace were wronged by their Jin Yiwei, how can we just let it go?"

Yi Shiha said gratefully: "Your Majesty loves these slaves, slaves, etc. I am really grateful."

"Take good care of your illness." Zhu Di said lightly, "As for this Qin case, it is no small matter. What Chen Wenjun said is shocking. My Ming Dynasty expelled the Tartars, and Emperor Taizu Gao took over the world with a cloth. This is unprecedented in China. It's just that I didn't realize it, some people miss the previous dynasty, and they dare to make weapons privately to plot against."

"Who did they make their weapons for? How many people are there to cover for Chen Wenjun? Who is the person behind Chen Wenjun? All these things make people sleepless."

talking...

Zhu Di stood up, with a look of apprehension on his face: "Pass down my decree, let Zhang Anshi step up and strictly deal with it."

Yishiha said goodbye and came out, but Liu Yongcheng was impatient, so he borrowed a room to leave the hall.

Hastily chasing after him, he said angrily: "Grandpa, grandpa, what time is it, my godson has become like that now, why are you still speaking for Ji Gang at this time? Hey... this Ji Gang bully It's on top of us..."

Yishiha smiled calmly, patted Liu Yongcheng on the shoulder and said, "Ji Gang must die."

"What?" Liu Yongcheng looked at Yi Shiha in surprise.

Yi Shiha said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty only loves military affairs, so the government affairs are gradually left to the cabinet and also to the crown prince. As for the Jin Yiwei... it is left to Ji Gang..."

After a pause, he continued: "Back then, the Jinyiwei was just under construction, and the Jinyiwei was nothing more than minions. His Majesty only used them as a tool to scout for news, but Ji Gang still has the ability. The case, step by step to install his cronies, he not only established the Jinyiwei, but the Jinyiwei has become more and more popular."

Liu Yongcheng looked puzzled and said: "What does it have to do with these?"

Yi Shiha said in a leisurely manner: "Actually, Your Majesty has already come to terms with it, and he feels more and more that the Jinyiwei is very important, so we understand His Majesty's mind, and hope that His Majesty can also set up a yamen in the palace to supervise the Jinyiwei." Your Majesty also has such considerations, of course, no one thought that Ji Gang would dare to fight back at this time."

Liu Yongcheng said: "Since this is the case, why don't your majesty take this opportunity to completely kill Ji Gang..."

Yi Shiha said: "Your Majesty likes to cut through messes quickly when doing small things. But when His Majesty does big things, he is very careful. Jin Yiwei hides too many secrets and involves too many things. Not to mention other things, just the staff of Jin Yiwei , now there are [-] people, what His Majesty wants is Ji Gang's life, but in the same way, Jin Yiwei still needs to serve His Majesty."

Liu Yongcheng frowned and said, "We still don't understand."

"But Ji Gang established Jinyiwei, and placed so many people there. This North and South Town Fusi, inside and outside, who is not Ji Gang's people..."

Yi Shiha gave Liu Yongcheng a meaningful look, and then said: "So, what we are most worried about is... Your Majesty punishing Ji Gang today, because with his contribution to Jing Nan, at most... he is just dismissed from his official position. But once If His Majesty still keeps this person... then Ji Gang will definitely die. Because what Your Majesty has to do now is to remove Ji Gang's wings."

Liu Yongcheng said with a bitter face: "We still don't understand."

Yi Shiha glared at Liu Yongcheng: "Have you ever eaten chicken?"

Liu Yongcheng nodded.

Yi Shiha said: "If you want to eat a chicken, you have to kill it. What should you do before you kill the chicken?"

Liu Yongcheng thought for a while and said, "Raise chickens."

Yi Shiha was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood: "Pluck the chicken before killing it."

"Plucking hair?" Liu Yongcheng read these two words, then his eyes opened suddenly, and then he said: "Understood, understood! You should have said it earlier."

Yi Shiha: "..."

But today I was in a good mood, and quickly smiled again, saying: "Anyway, this time, it is thanks to that Zhang Anshi, without that Zhang Anshi... we have to suffer a dull loss, haha... this kid, more and more The more interesting it is, as expected of being raised by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Liu Yongcheng also nodded and said: "This guy is really, he can really catch the rebellious party."

Yi Shiha said: "However... this is the first step. It is still unknown whether we can wipe out these chaotic parties. Hey... I don't understand what these chaotic parties are thinking."

As he spoke, he shook his head, and after a long sigh: "Then Cui Yihong, send him to Xiaoling, and find someone with a wink to serve him, he is finished, what a pity."

Liu Yongcheng became angry immediately, and said through gritted teeth, "We are the eighteenth generation of his ancestor Ji Gang."

Yishiha didn't grit his teeth and curse, as an eunuch, he knew better than anyone else that a born slave like him is not qualified to curse casually.

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On the other side, Ji Gang returned to Beizhen Fusi, still in shock. At this moment, he was desperately thinking about His Majesty's reaction today.

Ji Gang doesn't care about other people at all, the only thing he cares about is His Majesty's thoughts.

He knew better than anyone that if he was a little careless, he would be doomed.

After thinking for a moment, he let out a long sigh, and said to the people around him: "Call my fellow acquaintance Liu Yong to see you."

"Here."

The Commander of Jinyiwei envoys fellow acquaintance Liu Yong to come in. It seems that he has also learned the news. This Liu Yong became brothers with Ji Gang in the early years, and under Ji Gang's repeated arrangements, he is now under one person in Jinyiwei, with tens of thousands of people. people above.

"Brother..."

Ji Gang looked up at Liu Yong, and instead of talking to him with a straight face like before, he said kindly: "Sit down, your mother's illness is better now?"

Liu Yong said: "I took the medicine and I got better."

"I heard that she was not in good health, and I was also very anxious. I always wanted to inquire, but you know the situation in Weili these few days, and you really can't get away."

Liu Yong said: "Elder brother has all kinds of opportunities, there is no way, my mother is also talking about elder brother."

Ji Gang smiled, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and then said: "And your son, I thought about it, he is now in Weili, and he has almost experienced it, so he should be added to a hundred households."

Liu Yong's face became serious: "Brother... what's wrong with you..."

Ji Gang looked up at Liu Yong and said, "You already know the matter, right?"

"Know a little bit."

Ji Gang sighed: "Hey... now His Majesty wants to investigate this matter, such a big case, Jin Yiwei... who can afford such a big relationship, Cui Yihong is a member of the palace, and if he doesn't give an account to His Majesty, We brothers... don't say that we will continue to call the wind and call for the rain like before, I am afraid that our lives will be in danger in the future."

Liu Yong said: "Then Zhao Qianhu has never dealt with us..."

Ji Gang shook his head: "A mere thousand households, can you afford it? If you report it like this, your majesty will believe it? You know your majesty's temperament, once you get serious..."

Liu Yong's face became extremely tangled: "Brother... When we were in Jingnan, we were soldiers under His Majesty's account. I lived and died with you. We...we..."

"I know all of this." Ji Gang said softly: "I still remember that I was wounded by a knife on my arm. I watched the wound fester, and I couldn't survive. It was you who carried me all the way and moved with the army. The army You can walk forty miles a day, all of which are carried by your two legs."

Liu Yong burst into tears: "Can we think of other ways?"

Ji Gang said: "Your mother is my mother, and your son is my son."

Liu Yong sat slumped on the chair, he wanted to sneer, but couldn't laugh when he looked at the elder brother who had been taking care of him all the time.

I just felt chills all over my body, but Ji Gang in front of me was surprisingly calm: "You will help me for the last time."

Liu Yong's lips trembled: "What do you want me to do?"

Ji Gang said slowly: "You can commit suicide in fear of crime, and then all the ties will be pushed to your head."

Liu Yong said with a pale face: "I'm dead... can the matter be resolved?"

"You are the commander and envoy of Jinyiwei, and you are the top three figures in Jinyiwei. When this matter comes to you, His Majesty should be satisfied, and the debt of death will be wiped out."

Liu Yong smiled bitterly: "I..."

But before he could continue, Ji Gang stood up, with a cold expression on his face, and said indifferently: "Come on, send Liu Tongzhi on his way."

As soon as this remark came out, several captains rushed out from the side room.

Immediately, someone took the rope and appeared behind Liu Yong.

Liu Yong wanted to struggle, but he was restrained, unable to move at all.

The next moment, the rope was wrapped around his neck, and Liu Yong's body twitched continuously, his eyes were wide open, his mouth was desperately opened wide, and he made a sound of "uh uh...uh uh...".

Until his head tilted and his pupils began to dilate.

But the captain who strangled him behind was still strangled tightly.

Ji Gang glanced at Liu Yong's corpse on the ground, and said without sadness or joy: "Let's hang it in his public room."

"Yes."

Several people dragged Liu Yong's body and left.

Not long after, a scribe came in and said in a low voice, "It's been dealt with."

"En." Ji Gang responded with hands behind his back.

The clerk said: "Students, prepare your confession now. Everything is ordered by Liu Yong. Several lieutenants of Liu Yong's confidantes, as well as Qianhu and Baihu... have already sent people to arrest them."

"Yeah." Ji Gang nodded, and then said: "Don't miss one person, there is also the person responsible for torturing and interrogating Cui Yihong...including the clerk in charge of recording."

"Yes, over there... everything has been done."

"Go."

"The student has gone." The clerk trembled, and after replying in a trembling voice, he exited cautiously.

But before going out, Ji Gang suddenly said: "Come back."

The clerk quickly stopped, turned around and bowed down, "What else can the governor want?"

Ji Gang said indifferently: "Is Liu Yong's son Liu Yingwu doing business in the Qianhu Office in the west of the city?"

"Yes."

"Take him too."

The scribe raised his head in astonishment: "But...but this is Liu Tongzhi's only son."

Ji Gang said coldly: "Keep him, he thinks his father died strangely, what should we do if he talks nonsense everywhere? He probably knows many things about me and his father, so he can't keep him."

The clerk pursed his lips, finally nodded and said, "Student... the student knows."

Ji Gang calmly said: "Things should be more straightforward."

"Yes."

Ji Gang sat down again, watched the scribe go away, then lowered his head, picked up a copy of the secret note sent on the case, and looked down carefully.

There was no expression on his face. For him, the most urgent task right now was to give His Majesty a satisfactory explanation.

For this, everything is worth it.

After reading one by one, he did as usual: "Call all the brothers to discuss the matter."

Soon, inside the Jinyiwei, there was another fellow acquaintance, and two commanders and envoys. In addition, there were also Nanbei Town Fusi Zhenfu, as well as several important thousand households, all came to see him.

Everyone saluted Ji Gang, all of these people were promoted by Ji Gang, and they were all considered brothers on weekdays.

Ji Gang said casually: "You know what happened, Second Brother Liu committed suicide."

He raised his head and watched the reactions of the brothers.

These people... were all expressionless, but Ji Gang seemed to be able to sense that the bodies hidden under their official robes were trembling.

Ji Gang said: "Let's all sit down and talk about continuing to arrest the rebellious party. This time...we must catch the rebellious party faster than Qi Xia's side. If not, the palace will blame us if we blame it Sorry."

Everyone sat down tremblingly, their faces turned pale. The process of the meeting was terribly weird, as if it was the Hall of Yama.

After roughly explaining, Ji Gang stood up, and said with a smile: "Anyway, Second Brother Liu is also our old brother. After some time, let's all pay homage to him. We are all brothers. At this moment, we should help each other in the same boat."

"Yes."

Several Tongzhi, Qianshi, Zhenfu, and Qianhu resigned in despair, and no one dared to speak.

Only at this time, there was a Tiqi rushing towards him.

This Tiqi was unfamiliar, but the Qianhu from the Qianhu Office in the west city recognized him, and said to him, "What's the matter, why are you here?"

This Tiqi belonged to the Qianhu House in Xicheng. When he saw his Qianhu, he hurriedly saluted and said in a low voice: "Back to Qianhu, Liu Yingwu, the chief banner officer of Xicheng, just accidentally fell into the water and died. I am here to report to you. .”

Suddenly, the hall became eerily quiet, and a needle could be heard falling.

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A memorial was quickly delivered to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di only glanced at it briefly, then threw it to Yi Shiha who was waiting for him.

After Yi Shiha looked at it, he said with a dry smile, "Your Majesty, it turned out that Liu Yong, a fellow acquaintance, framed Cui Yihong. He was so courageous. It's a pity that he had the courage to do this, but he didn't have the courage to take it. He committed suicide and died. What a pity."

Zhu Di seemed to have known this would be the result for a long time, and said: "In my opinion, there will not be only one Jinyiwei commander and Tongzhi. You can ask someone to tell Ji Gang, ask him... who is this Tongzhi's henchman, and where is it?" Some people participated in the framing, how can such a big matter be closed with a single acquaintance? It's just ridiculous."

Yi Shiha nodded and said: "I will send someone to send a message to Commander Ji later, servant girl."

Zhu Di said: "I see that he has worked very hard these past few days. Give him some nourishing things. The last time I saw him in the palace, he was very emaciated. He is Jing Nan's hero, not to mention... or mine The soldiers, now it’s a rebellious party, and someone in the Jinyiwei framed Zhongliang, his commander...is not easy.”

Yishiha hurriedly said again: "The servant will make proper arrangements."

Zhu Di nodded: "That's good."

Zhu Di has been in a very gloomy mood for the past few days. I heard that in Da Nei, the king of Na Yi was caught and beaten by Zhu Di even if he was doing well.

King Yi is the youngest son of Emperor Taizu Gao, and Zhu Di's younger brother who has been raised in the palace for several years. He has always been kind to King Yi on weekdays, but now he has also suffered disaster.

So Yi Shiha seemed extra careful.

At this time, I heard Zhu Di say: "Let's drive."

Yi Shiha cautiously said: "Where are you going, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Di said: "I have been dreaming for the past few days. In my dream, I saw Chen Wenjun berating Emperor Gaozu and me..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Di's eyes were slightly red.

This time, he was hurt very much. It can be said that Zhu Di broke the defense directly.

"I was thinking... Emperor Taizu Gao... such a man who stands up to heaven and earth, made such great achievements, but why..." He shook his head, and continued: "I will never be as good as Emperor Taizu Gao. It's hard to learn a little bit from him, could it be... the achievements of Emperor Taizu Gao and Zhen are so unbearable in the eyes of people like Chen Wenjun."

Yi Shiha quickly comforted: "This is the remnant of the chaotic party, why should your majesty take it to heart?"

Zhu Di said in a loud voice: "How can you not take it to heart? Don't talk about it. Let me show you off. Let me go and see how Zhang Anshi's trial is going, and then look at this Chen Wenjun... what is he talking about?"

After all, Zhu Di gritted his teeth, showing a look of incomparable hatred.

An hour and a half later.

Zhu Di came to Qixia.

Here... Zhu Di discovered that Zhang Anshi had built a mansion. This mansion had clearly undergone special repairs. The walls were high and there were many sentry posts. The model camp can immediately rush to help.

At the entrance of the mansion, there was a huge sign hanging on it, which read: "Firework is strictly prohibited."

Apparently... this sign is like a special warning for someone.

Zhang Anshi, who had received the news earlier, came out to welcome Zhu Di in person.

Accompanied by Zhu Di's side, he said enthusiastically: "Your Majesty... look at the layout here, all of which cost money. All the walls are made of bricks. The prison cells over there were made by people." Iron plates were poured."

At this moment, Zhu Di just said, "How's the trial going?"

Zhang Anshi then said: "It has already been planned, and this is mainly due to the contributions of the brothers."

Zhu Di immediately became interested. He attached great importance to this case, but until now, except for one Chen Wenjun, he still knew nothing about these chaotic parties.

(End of this chapter)