my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 167

Zhu Di entered the mansion with great interest.

Only to find out that through the high walls, the place has already been turned into a huge military building similar to a maze.

Zhu Di said, "How much money did this cost?"

"More than 7 taels."

Zhu Di frowned: "So much?"

Zhang Anshi said: "If it's just the buildings on the ground, of course there are a lot of them. The minister has dug a lot of secret rooms. Not only that, but also..."

Zhu Di waved his hand, interrupted Zhang Anshi and said, "Okay, okay, I understand."

Zhang Anshi said: "Ever since I knew there was a rebellious party, I feel uneasy. Think about it, your majesty, how terrifying these people are lurking in the dark. And I am your majesty's confidant. If they want to harm your majesty, there is no way , it is necessary to be unfavorable to the minister first..."

Zhu Di said, "Well, where is Chen Wenjun?"

As soon as he heard about Zhang Anshi spending money, Zhu Di wanted to plug his ears.

Not long after, Zhu Di entered a dark secret room.

The torch was clicked suddenly, and then... the torches were ignited one by one.

After that... Chen Wenjun seemed to be going crazy. He wanted to open his eyes, but the sudden light made his eyes hurt.

Zhu Di didn't expect that Chen Wenjun didn't have any wounds on his body, and even his clothes were clean.

It's just that Chen Wenjun's mental state is very bad.

When he came here, Zhang Anshi didn't even pay attention to him, but directly threw him into this secret room, leaving him to fend for himself.

In this completely quiet space, there is no light, no sound, nothing, only every now and then, someone will stuff some food from a small hole.

In this darkness, Chen Wenjun didn't know how much time passed. He just felt that the days were like years. At first, what he thought most was how to deal with the interrogation, but later, he gradually found that his mind was blank.

Because what was replaced was an inexplicable sense of loneliness, especially in this environment where there was no sound at all and the darkness was too dark.

He seems to have been forgotten by this world, he is neither the head of the Ministry of War, nor the official of the court, nor even the rebel party anymore.

After that, he couldn't take it anymore, so he screamed and even started banging his head against the wall.

But it seems... these didn't bring the slightest response, what faced him was always deathly silence.

Later, he began to talk to himself, and began to cry bitterly, but soon, these became boring.

At this time, Zhu Di frowned, but said nothing, only said: "Bring this person up, I have something to ask."

Zhu Yong and the others followed Zhu Di and Zhang Anshi, and when they heard Zhu Di's order, they immediately went in to pick them up.

Zhu Di was led by Zhang Anshi, and moved to a room not far away.

While walking, Zhu Di said, "You didn't start the trial of this case?"

Zhang Anshi said: "I... used a new method."

"New method?"

Zhang Anshi said: "If such a stubborn rebellious party is to be tortured, he will definitely not want to say anything. Your Majesty... this person is a good court official and does not take such a big risk. It must be difficult to deal with. If only Just torture him, the more you beat him, the more he will feel that the suffering he is suffering is a test of his loyalty to Qianyuan, and he will become more rigid."

After a pause, Zhang Anshi continued: "The most difficult part of using torture is that you can't control the speed. If you are not careful, if you are like that Cui Yihong, who can only say one sentence over and over again, it will be bad. At least all of this When the clues came to him, they stopped abruptly."

After Zhu Di heard this, he nodded his head and said, "It's reasonable. But you can just lock him up like this. It's already alarming the snake, and his henchmen are probably already alarmed by now."

Zhang Anshi said confidently: "Your Majesty, don't worry, his henchmen will definitely not dare to act rashly, because...these people are by no means ordinary people, and now they are on the cusp of the storm, I think they are all people with great achievements. If there is anything abnormal, they will also worry that they will be caught by the minister like Chen Wenjun, and they may be exposed instead."

Zhu Di was thoughtful, and it was indeed the case. Wasn't it because Chen Wenjun was different from others that he was found in the warehouse and was exposed?

Zhang Anshi said: "I use this method to destroy his spirit and teach him to speak up obediently. If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can find out after a while."

Zhu Di nodded, and then... followed Zhang Anshi into a room that Zhang Anshi had prepared.

Yi Shiha who came along poured tea for Zhu Di.

Zhu Di hugged the teacup, then looked up at Chen Wenjun who was sitting in front of him.

Chen Wenjun's face was very cold, he lowered his head, unwilling to look up at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di glanced at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi understood, this is for him to ask.

So he stood up, walked around Chen Wenjun's side, and said: "You are the head of the Ministry of War, and the court treats you well, why dare you do such a thing?"

Chen Wenjun still just lowered his head and said nothing.

Zhu Di was obviously a little angry, and wanted to get violent, so he cursed directly.

However, Zhang Anshi calmed down and said: "It seems that you don't want to say it, so let me guess. If you do this, you must be bribed. They have given you a lot of benefits. Among them, you are full of money." How much do you have in your pocket?"

As soon as this remark came out, Chen Wenjun raised his head abruptly, his eyes fixed on Zhang Anshi, but he said firmly, "Xia Chong is beyond words!"

Obviously, Zhang Anshi is aggressive.

Of course, this aggressive method should have been useless to people like Chen Wenjun.

After all, Chen Wenjun was also an official of the imperial court. He was extremely smart, so he couldn't be fooled by Zhang Anshi, but after several days of darkness, his emotions were extremely irritable, and he didn't have much reason left.

And Zhang Anshi directly touched the only proud place in his heart, so he would naturally counterattack like a conditioned reflex.

Zhang Anshi smiled, and said: "Haha... What are you pretending to be with me? Think about it, maybe someone has taken advantage of you, but... what is the reason? Who did you have an affair with? Or..."

"Nonsense!" Chen Wenjun revealed a bit of anger, and said solemnly: "I am even honest and loyal."

The so-called Zhizheng is the reign title of the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhang Anshi said: "Really? Then do you know that your so-called Zhizheng Emperor has long since died."

"But the legal system of the Central Plains is still there, and the blood is still there."

Zhang Anshi just thought it was funny, and looked at Chen Wenjun with strange eyes: "If they have a legal system, why are they expelled to the desert like dogs in mourning, and how can there be wars all over the world? Don't you know...the emperor has belonged to a virtuous man Yet?"

"They will come back." Chen Wenjun said.

Zhang Anshi said: "Who are they?"

Chen Wenjun sneered: "Do you think I will say it?"

Zhang Anshidao: "I think, you don't know at all, because you are just a young man, how can they trust you as a Han person? So even if there are such them, you are just an insignificant pawn of theirs. You don't know much about it. That's why I haven't interrogated you these days."

Chen Wenjun gritted his teeth and looked at Zhang Anshi, and said bitterly: "It's a pity that I won't see the day when the emperor Beishou comes back and re-enters the Central Plains."

Zhang Anshi said: "This is wishful thinking!"

"Wonderful thinking?" Chen Wenjun looked at Zhang Anshi with sympathy, and said, "Just wait, you will soon know that we have a strong army outside the pass, and there are countless loyal ministers inside the pass.

"Loyal minister?" Zhang Anshi smiled: "How many people like you are there?"

"There are many!" At this moment, Chen Wenjun had already begun to lose his mind, and he was eager to let Zhang Anshi know that these people... are much stronger than Zhang Anshi imagined.

Zhang Anshi seemed to be very casual and said: "There should not be many principals like you."

"There are quite a few people in higher positions than me." Chen Wenjun said with a bit of pride: "So... you grassroots will be killed sooner or later, and you will all become slaves in the future."

Zhang Anshi said: "But... if I remember correctly, your ancestors were slaves in the Yuan Dynasty, and they were driven by the Tartars."

Chen Wenjun sneered: "This time when they come in, the Great Khan will give me a Mongolian surname when he sees that I am loyal."

Zhang Anshi said: "I know you are just a small character, and I don't have much interest in putting my mind on you. I just want to ask you, besides you, who are the people with higher status than you?"

Chen Wenjun snorted coldly: "Don't you want to know."

"You must not know, I knew you were just a humble pawn."

Chen Wenjun's face twitched: "They have their own foresight, and there are some things that I don't necessarily need to know."

Hearing this sentence, Zhang Anshi believed that what he said was true. This Chen Wenjun...may be really just a chess piece that can be discarded at any time.

Zhang Anshi couldn't help laughing loudly: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. People like you have read books for so many years, and they have read them into the stomach of a dog. Let me ask you again, how do they contact you on weekdays?"

"I have a letter."

"What about the letters?"

"Burn it." Chen Wenjun seemed to be very eager to get others to agree with him through dialogue.

His mouth barely paused.

Zhang Anshi said: "When did you start transporting these raw materials?"

"The second year of Jianwen."

Zhang Anshi said: "What is your purpose?"

"Of course it is to welcome the emperor and return to court."

Zhang Anshi said: "Which minions are around you?"

Chen Wenjun said: "Don't you know yourself? Those people in my family must have been captured by you, but unfortunately, they know less than I do."

Zhang Anshi nodded, looked back at the scribe, confirmed that the scribe had recorded all these, then glanced at Zhu Di, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm done asking."

Obviously Zhu Di was extremely dissatisfied with these answers.

But Zhu Di still nodded, and he slowly walked in front of Chen Wenjun, and said indifferently: "Why do you hate me, the emperor Taizu Gao?"

Chen Wenjun raised his head, glanced at Zhu Di fearlessly, and said, "Is a commoner worthy of stealing the world?"

Zhu Di said: "If you win the world, are you still a commoner?"

Chen Wenjun said: "A thief is a thief."

Zhu Di was not angry: "I understand."

On the other hand, Zhang Anshi was sweating. To be honest, he couldn't understand what Chen Wenjun was thinking.

Of course, he wasn't interested in finding out.

Zhu Di walked slowly to the door, as if he wanted to leave.

But at this time, Zhu Di suddenly stopped and looked back at Chen Wenjun: "All your relatives, all people related to you, will die because of your words, especially your close relatives, I will tear them into pieces one by one Wan Duan, when the time comes...for the execution, I will order someone to take you to watch the execution in person."

Chen Wenjun's pupils contracted, and his chest heaved, but at this moment, he couldn't say a word.

Zhu Di said lightly again: "Not only that, your wife and daughter...before they die, their lives will be worse than death. I will let you see and see, the commoner is amazing. Zhang Anshi..."

Zhang Anshi was still on his back, and hadn't answered yet.

But Zhu Di said slowly: "This man...don't let him die in a hurry. After the interrogation is almost done, it will be useless at all. There is still use for my side. His bones are so hard, so I will break them down bit by bit. All his bones were crushed, every inch of his flesh was torn off, and he was sent on the road. Do you understand?"

"Observe the order." Zhang Anshi felt a chill in his heart, he still couldn't accept these things.

It's not because of the Heart of Mary, it's just that it's too cruel.Even if the five horses divided the body, Zhang Anshi felt that it was acceptable.

Chen Wenjun didn't respond, but his face gradually turned pale, with an unexplained fear clearly on his face.

Zhu Di walked out without looking back at Chen Wenjun.

After getting out of here, Zhu Di said angrily: "A mere chaotic party is so hateful, then his accomplices must be heinous. I want to wipe them all out and leave no one behind. I must investigate to the end!"

Zhang Anshi said: "My minister, try my best within ten days..."

Zhu Di shook his head: "You don't have to limit ten days and eight days. I know it's difficult. The enemy is in the dark! You kid, you don't have many people at hand. It's rare for you to be able to catch Chen Wenjun. You don't need to issue a military order with me. .”

Zhang Anshi said: "My brothers have been smart since they were young, with their assistance..."

Zhu Di paused, but suddenly gave Zhang Anshi a meaningful look: "By the way, the Jinyiwei Qianhu Office in Dongcheng... If you want to investigate any case, you can call them at any time, and I will make an order."

"Jin Yiwei?" Zhang Anshi was taken aback, then shook his head: "Your Majesty, I can't move them, even if they can be moved, I'm afraid these people will just listen to the instructions and not listen to the announcement."

Just kidding, all the top and bottom of Jinyiwei are fucking Ji Gang's people, Zhang Anshi is a good guy, dare to use these people?
Zhu Di smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, they are all reliable."

But without saying anything, Zhu Di drove back to the palace directly.

Zhang Anshi only felt that Zhu Di's words were very strange, as if... there was something hidden in these words.

Speaking of which, for such a big case, relying on only a few smart people is indeed not enough manpower. Zhu Jin has a lot of eyeliners, but they can only solve part of the problem.

Zhang Anshi thought over and over again, and decided to wait until later.

Immediately afterwards, a scribe came, took the transcribed interrogation record, and sent it to Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi looked at it carefully, as if muttering to himself: "There is a lot of mystery in these questions and answers, enough to dig out the real culprit behind it."

Zhang Anshi thought for a while, then took a pen to the back of the record, made some notes, and then wrote a note, saying to the scribe: "Give it to Zhu Jin, and let him explain it. From now on, pay attention to this direction." .”

…………

In the mansion at the Confucius Temple.

That small hall was still silent, but the owner of the room was holding a book calmly and reading it carefully.

He looked at it very seriously and concentrated his attention.

At this time, someone crept up and said in a low voice: "The investigation has arrived, but people are still in Qixia... and these few days, Jin Yiwei has been dispatched everywhere, master... why don't we withdraw."

The man raised his head and said calmly, "Go? Why do you want to go?"

"I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry, Chen Wenjun doesn't know much, and at this time...don't panic, the sky won't fall."

"This……"

"It's been so many years, isn't it still unscathed? The only thing that makes people stand out is that Zhang Anshi! It's a pity, if it's not for each master, the old man really wants to make friends with him. And... Your Majesty is going again today I left Qixia, nine times out of ten, I went to see that Chen Wenjun..."

"Ah... is it news from the palace?"

"You don't have to worry about where the news came out. It's a pity that Zhu Di went in a hurry, and the old man was not prepared enough. Otherwise, he would set up an ambush on the place where he must pass, maybe..."

The man smiled, then shook his head and said: "Also... there is no need to stare at Jin Yiwei every day, they... can't do anything wrong now... this Ji Gang... can't protect himself, in my opinion... ...His death is not far away."

"Yes."

"Chen Wenjun's family members have been taken?"

"Yes, none of the three clans was spared."

"Hey... This is a lesson from the past. Let the people below be more cautious."

"Yes."

"That fortune... hasn't been leaked, has it?"

"No...Chen Wenjun didn't know about this..."

"That's good." The man put down the scroll, and said again: "This is the capital of the world in the future... These days, thank you behind closed doors. It's a pity. If it wasn't for the recent rumors, the old man really wanted to be with you." Jian Yi, the official, have a good drink of tea. Anyway, now is not the time to be arty, you go..."

He muttered, raised his feet again, picked up the scroll, and read it carefully, fascinated.

…………

"Humble Chen Li, I have met Marquis Annan."

A thousand households of royal guards arrived in Qixia in a hurry.

When he entered the hall, he was very respectful, and instead of a military salute, he directly bowed down and kowtowed: "Please Annanhou to drive."

Zhang Anshi didn't expect that after His Majesty issued an oral order, this thousand households would rush over without stopping, not only that...but also with such a good attitude.

You know... In the past, although Jin Yiwei didn't provoke Zhang Anshi, he absolutely didn't want to get involved with Zhang Anshi, and could only keep a respectful distance.

Right now, Chen Li's etiquette can be said to be a bit too much.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Why is Chen Qianhu so polite?"

Chen Li still knelt down and said respectfully: "I am so lucky to be able to serve Lord Marquis. If I can help Marquis Annan, I will be willing to do anything."

Zhang Anshi wondered if this guy...had something wrong with his brain.

We met by chance, and the verbal instruction was only to help Zhang Anshi, he is not Chen Li's superior, so maybe we will have a breakup in the future, why is it like this?

So Zhang Anshi asked strangely: "Before you came...did you meet someone, did you report it to Commander Ji Gang?"

"I told you." Chen Li said loudly.

Zhang Anshi said: "What did Ji Gang say?"

"Ji Gang said..."

This Chen Li did not address Ji Gang's official position, but directly said: "Ji Gang said, teach me to listen to orders from Marquis Annan, and also ordered..."

"what?"

"Order to let Xiaoxia keep an eye on Lord Hou."

Zhang Anshi: "..."

He also said this?
Is this Jin Yiwei?How do you feel like Qiu Song?
Zhang Anshi stood up unconsciously, he suddenly felt that something was abnormal.

So Zhang Anshi said: "So, you were sent by Ji Gang to follow me?"

Chen Li immediately said: "How dare you be humble, you will naturally only listen to the orders of Marquis An Nan, this is His Majesty's oral order, as for the others... I will ignore you all."

"Does Ji Gang ignore it?"

Chen Li raised his head and said in a very sincere tone: "Except for His Majesty and Marquis Annan, the Heavenly King and I can also ignore him, who is Ji Gang?"

Zhang Anshi looked at Chen Li in surprise.

He was so simple that he couldn't tell whether the person right now... was telling the truth or not.

After pondering for a moment, he finally said: "If I remember correctly, when Ji Gang was preparing to build Jinyiwei, you had been by his side to listen to him. You have changed from a small school captain to a young captain in more than two years. Qianhu, then Ji Gang treats you...should not be mean."

Chen Li actually said calmly: "Yes, I have received a great favor from Ji Gang, and it is not an exaggeration to say that I am a reborn parent."

Zhang Anshi looked at Chen Li strangely: "But..."

Chen Li actually said directly: "But why is the humble so treacherous, isn't it?"

Chen Li paused for a moment, then said: "Some things, being humble can't be explained now, but... Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he can see people's hearts after a long time! In the future... Lord Hou will know. If Lord Hou can't believe in being humble, then naturally being humble has nothing to say Can say."

Zhang Anshi looked at him for a long time, and finally said: "Forget it, since you, a thousand households, listen to my orders, I, Zhang Anshi, will not be suspicious of employing people, and not suspicious of others. From now on, you will listen to my orders for the time being."

"I don't know what orders the Marquis has?"

"I don't want to give orders for the time being. If I want to give orders, I have to wait until tomorrow. I have some things here, and I can sort them out tomorrow. Today, you gather people together."

"Master Hou wants to see them?"

Zhang Anshi shook his head and said: "I don't see you, but I have a bad habit when I do things, that is, instructing people to work, not giving people any sweetness, and feeling uncomfortable. I always feel as if something is missing in life. Let them all Come to Qixia, I have asked people to prepare a reward of 2 taels of silver, and I will teach them to take one each to subsidize their family, living in the capital is not easy."

Chen Li: "..."

An hour later, the thousand households were boiling up and down.

There are 760 five people in the Qianhusuo, which means that each person can share an average reward of more than 20 taels of silver.

For ordinary people, this is definitely a huge fortune.

Seeing that all the brothers below were all smiling, Chen Li still had a tense face.

In the past few days, he has not been relaxed for a moment, he can't sleep all night, and he is not at ease. Every time he goes to the Qianhu Office, it seems like he is being sentenced.

In fact, the atmosphere in Weizhong is like this. The prestige of the emperor's army seems to be gone, so that he is a little more wary when talking with others.

Especially when Ji Gang summoned thousands of households to discuss matters, Chen Li felt as if he was going to the gate of hell. The brothers who could talk and joke on weekdays met each other now, but they just looked at each other, but they refused to confess easily. up.

Looking at the thousand households up and down, everyone looks happy.

Chen Licai forced a smile.

The next day... a scribe came in a hurry.

"Qianhu, Master Hou has an invitation to ask Qianhu to bring more troops."

After Chen Li heard this, he immediately became nervous and shouted: "Call all the hundreds of households, all people above the small banners will come with me, and then order the brothers from the thousand households to gather and wait for orders! All those in the capital will be recalled."

Immediately, he didn't dare to be negligent, adjusted the flying fish suit: "Let's go."

…………

Zhang Anshi was promoted.

At this moment, there was an incomparable majesty on his face.

A few big smarts, no, a few brothers also stood majestically by his side one by one.

Chen Li brought all the military officers from the Qianhu Office to see him, and without waiting to salute, Zhang Anshi said, "Have the people been summoned?"

"Go back to Lord Hou, the summoning is done, just wait for Lord Hou's order."

Zhang Anshi said: "Everyone is with me, and now we are going to catch the rebellious party."

"Now?" Chen Li was taken aback: "The chaotic party... has a clue."

This was definitely beyond Chen Li's expectations. After all...he had worked in Jinyiwei for so many years, so he knew how tricky this matter was. These chaotic parties have been lurking for so many years, how could they...take it easily.

Zhang Anshi said angrily: "Why, you want to question Benhou?"

"No, I dare not." Chen Lidao: "My humble opinion is that in order to prevent leaks, we should call people first, and don't release rumors of arresting the party..."

He took a step forward and lowered his voice: "Master Hou, Beizhen Fusi...Ji Gang has been observing your every move, Master Hou. This time... he also took a breath, so the mean... Of course the party wants to arrest him, but Beizhen Fusi also has to guard against it."

Zhang Anshi looked at Chen Lixiang meaningfully: "Why, Ji Gang is so conscientious. How dare you send someone to watch my every move?"

Chen Li didn't say anything bad about Ji Gang, but said: "Such things should be taken just in case."

"Then do as you said. Also, draw a team of people for me to monitor Beizhen Fusi and join his mother's Ji Gang. He wants to fight with me? Don't look at who I am, Zhang Anshi!"

Chen Li said without hesitation: "Yes, I'll arrange it for you humble!"

He gritted his teeth, and said viciously: "Ji Gang has a confidant, and many things are entrusted to this person. At this time, this confidant should go to drink tea... I know the place, and arrange some people there, so keep an eye on it." , Master Hou can take care of himself."

(End of this chapter)