my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 172 of 170 Chapter Two: The Truth Comes Out
Seeing Zhu Gaosui's sincere expression, Zhang Anshi also smiled and said, "His Highness King Zhao has been in Beijing for so many days, but I didn't pay him a visit. It's a crime of death."

Zhu Gaosui smiled and said: "Although you and I are strangers on weekdays, we have been friends for a long time. This king will go to visit the emperor first. Next time, I will definitely not get drunk with you."

Zhang Anshi let out a heck, and moved away from Zhu Gaosui, parting ways.

The next day, Zhu Gaochi asked Zhang Anshi to meet him in the East Palace.

After the two met, he walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking a little irritable.

Then he frowned and said, "Jin Yiwei is the commander of the envoy...Father is here to teach you to be a cruel official, blood on your hands is not a good thing."

Leading troops to fight is different from Jinyiwei. Generals are fighting against foreign enemies and rebels, but Jinyiwei is different. It specifically targets a group, and this group has an unparalleled right to speak in Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaochi was not happy about Zhang Anshi having another position, and even said worriedly: "Anshi, Father is trying to make you a person like Ji Gang."

Zhang Anshi looked at his brother-in-law's nervous appearance, and while being moved, he comforted him, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, I don't know how to be Ji Gang."

But Zhu Gaochi sighed and said: "I still want to perform, please take back my father's order, even if you are transferred to other guards, it is fine, but Jinyiwei...is really worrying."

Zhang Anshi didn't say anything, he felt that his brother-in-law might not know his father very well, and it was not easy to change what his emperor father had decided.

Zhu Gaochi said again at this time: "That Master Zheng..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaochi asked Zhu Zhanji to be called.

Zhu Zhanji looked like he was mourning his concubine.

Zhu Gaochi said to him, "Have you heard about the matter?"

Zhu Zhanji said sullenly: "I have heard that Master Zheng is too miserable. I heard that only sixteen of his family of 27 survived. I also heard..."

Zhu Gaochi sighed: "Ah... what a pity..."

Zhang Anshi said: "Brother-in-law, think about the benefits. Master Zheng has always hoped to relieve His Majesty's worries. This time, won't his wish be fulfilled?"

Zhu Zhanji twitched and said: "Yes, Master Zheng said every day that a minister must go through fire and water for his father. There is nothing more important than the country in the world. For the whole country, even if you are smashed to pieces No matter what, I didn't expect him to sacrifice himself to such an extent in order to rebel against the case, and when my minister grows up, I want to build a shrine for him to honor his achievements."

Zhu Gaochi: "..."

After a pause, Zhu Gaochi gritted his teeth angrily and said, "That Ji Gang...has become so vicious that the emperor still keeps this person. Such a cruel official will be punished by the palace in the future."

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes, yes, Ji Gang is nothing, brother-in-law... I think His Majesty asked me to go to Jinyiwei, maybe it is for me to check and balance Ji Gang."

"Really?" Zhu Gaochi frowned and said: "In this way, I am even more worried. You are so young, and this person is cruel and easy to kill, inhuman..."

"Father, don't worry." Zhu Zhanji said: "Although my uncle's hair is not full, but my uncle has always said that to be a man is to treat good people better and be more treacherous to evil people. Uncle even Master Zheng..."

Zhang Anshi quickly covered his mouth.

Zhu Zhanji tried his best to break away from Zhang Anshi's hand, and said again: "Uncle will not suffer from Ji Gang."

Zhu Gaochi said: "What do you know at such a young age?"

Zhang Anshi hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Brother-in-law...I think...Master Zheng is too sad, and I'm afraid it's not appropriate to come to Zhan Shifu to teach Zhan Ji to study."

"Huh?" Zhu Gaochi looked sideways at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi explained patiently: "Not to mention that so many people died in his family, and he is heartbroken at this moment, I'm afraid he doesn't have the heart to teach Zhan Ji. And I heard people say that if a person encounters a big change, he will inevitably go out of order. If it is not good for Zhanji, this..."

Zhu Gaochi said with some hesitation: "If this is the case, wouldn't it be adding insult to injury? This is not what a gentleman does."

Zhang Anshi said: "You can let him rest at home. The salary and rewards that should be given must not be less at all. He has to attend the funeral and remember his wife and children. I'm afraid he won't have time to come."

Zhu Gaochi nodded: "I will report this matter to my father."

After finally slipping away from Zhu Gaochi, Zhang Anshi heaved a sigh of relief, seeing Zhu Zhanji following him, he turned around and said, "What are you following?"

Zhu Zhanji opened his big bright eyes and said, "Uncle, Master Zheng is so miserable."

Zhang Anshi stopped, smiled and said, "Yes, Ji Gang is too hateful."

Zhu Zhanji still looked at Zhang Anshi with piercing eyes, and said, "But I think uncle should be responsible for this."

Zhang Anshi was furious: "My God, whose nephew are you? Why are you turning your elbows out at such a young age? Everyone says that your nephew is like an uncle, but how can a kind person like Uncle..."

Zhu Zhanji tilted his head, but said: "Uncle really did it."

Instead, Zhang Anshi put away his fierce expression just now, and said calmly: "How can you see that?"

"When Uncle is guilty, he will be so startled, as if the sky is falling."

Zhang Anshi: "..."

"I was just trying to test Uncle, but I didn't expect Uncle to stop calling himself."

Zhang Anshi looked around and said, "Can't you keep your voice down?"

Zhu Zhanji sat down on a stone pier, his feet dangling from the high stone pier, and said, "But Uncle, why did you kill Master Zheng?"

"I didn't harm him." Zhang Anshi said seriously, "I'm saving him."

"Save him?" Zhu Zhanji blinked.

Zhang Anshi said: "His son, and his relatives, relying on him as your master, ran amok in the capital, three evils than us... no, four evils are worse, it can be said to be full of evil, sooner or later, He is going to be killed by his own son and relatives, you see, it’s all right now, these people are either dead or disabled, they can’t harm him anymore, isn’t it for him?”

Zhu Zhanji frowned, and began to fall into thought again.

The reason seems to be such a reason, that is...

Taking advantage of Zhu Zhanji's pondering skills, Zhang Anshi had already fled away, leaving only one sentence: "Good nephew, uncle is still on business, goodbye."

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Zhu Jin was called by Zhang Anshi again.

Zhang Anshi said: "How are you getting ready?"

"The person has been found, but...there are still many things that you have told me, Lord Hou. Let them learn. Don't worry, Lord Hou...it will be done within three to five days."

Zhang Anshi nodded: "Hey, it's not easy for you. After finishing this matter, I will grant you half a day off. You can take a rest. Don't tire yourself out, and pay attention to your body."

It was rare for Zhang Anshi to be so inquisitive and warm, and Zhu Jin was a little moved: "To be able to serve Lord Hou, even the young ones are willing to go through fire and water..."

Zhang Anshi said: "Stop rambling, go to work quickly. The people you find must not let them make mistakes. Besides, you have to go to the bank today. Now is a great time for our bank to expand. Missed it. Oh, and the shipping side... Some accounts seem to be inconsistent, you have finished with the bank, and you can take care of it by the way."

Zhu Jin nodded and bowed his waist: "Yes, it is... the little one... the little one must do his best."

Zhang Anshi sighed again: "You must feel that you are working hard, but what can you do? You are my right-hand man, and I cannot do without you."

Zhu Jin's fighting spirit was immediately high: "Scholars die for their confidantes, just because of these words, even the young ones are willing to die."

After giving Zhu Jin blood, Zhang Anshi once again returned to the dungeon set up by this house.

Here, Qianhu Chen Li personally executed the execution.

And Lu Zhen almost confessed.

Even Chen Li couldn't help being a little skeptical. Seeing Zhang Anshi coming, he said, "Master Hou, I think he should have confessed everything he should have confessed. I really can't ask anything else."

Zhang Anshi frowned and shook his head, "No, I think there should be something else hidden."

Chen Li quickly said: "Yes, there must be something hidden, Hou Ye, you go to rest, and the little custodian will teach him to speak."

Zhang Anshi glared at him and said, "You don't want to fool me with what you did in Jinyiwei, it's useless to torture me."

Chen Li was greatly embarrassed.

Zhang Anshi said: "Give him a wash and something to eat, let me talk to him."

After half an hour.

In a small hall, Lu Zhen with a haggard face was invited. He could barely stand, and two school captains supported him to sit down.

Zhang Anshi said: "Pour tea for him."

A school lieutenant brought tea.

Zhang Anshi sighed and said: "Why are you bothering, the dignified Minister of Rites, to be in this situation today."

"I would like to gamble and admit defeat." Lu Zhen said with a dejected expression on his face, "Now I just want to die quickly."

Zhang Anshi said: "You still have something hidden in your heart. If you tell it, be frank and lenient. I will definitely report to Your Majesty. At least...you can protect your family."

Lu Zhen listened, but remained unmoved: "If you tell other people these words, maybe they will believe them, but... Hou Ye, do you think this old man will believe it?"

He closed his eyes, and continued: "When the old man's incident happened, he knew... all luck is gone, it's just a matter of how he died. Besides, the old man has already said what he should say, why should Hou Ye suffer so much?" Forced?"

Anyone who heard Lu Zhen's words at this time couldn't help being emotional, because he said it with sobs, it seems that Chen Li's method is really extraordinary.

But Zhang Anshi said: "Really? So, when you were in Beiping, you colluded with the Mongolian Tatars through the mutual market. Who was the person who came into contact with you?"

Lu Zhen said: "Benya Shili Khan of the Tatar tribe, he had long ago had the ambition to unify Mongolia and restore the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so he was very happy to hear that there are many remaining officials of the Yuan Dynasty like this old man in the Central Plains, and secretly gave it to the old man. A lot of rewards, and a promise that in the future, I will be named the right prime minister of Zhongshu."

Zhang Anshi looked at Lu Zhen with a smile and said: "You confessed that many people are your accomplices, and these accomplices did not wrong them, and they all confessed that they are willing to help Qianyuan and serve the Tatars... But I think there are still some things that you didn't say."

Lu Zhen said: "I am at this point today, what else can I not say? People who are about to die have good words. Why did the Hou force you so much?"

Zhang Anshi said: "How did you raise the money?"

"On the one hand, they secretly exported some pig iron and tea to the desert, and on the other side of the desert, they supplied us with furs and made some profits. In addition...the Tatars have some wealth on hand, I hope Build up momentum for the old man."

"Do they have so much money?" Zhang Anshi sneered.

Lu Zhen said: "A little accumulation makes a lot. I don't care much about the accounts. The people below will deal with it."

Zhang Anshi sighed and said, "You must have heard of me."

Lu Zhen nodded: "I've heard you famous for a long time."

Zhang Anshi stood up: "Maybe many people outside have misunderstood me... They all think that I, Zhang Anshi, are not a good person."

"Of course someone outside is jealous of me and spread rumors."

When Zhang Anshi said this, he became very serious. There was no need for Zhang Anshi to tell lies to a dying person, and he sighed again: "But in fact, I am really kind-hearted. Something too tragic."

"Even... Even if you are a rebel like you, if you are executed, you will certainly suffer on your own, but in my opinion, it is different from being tortured to death when someone commits a crime. I can't bear such a miserable thing to happen in the world. , so I am different from Ji Gang and the others. It's just..."

Zhang Anshi paused here, and suddenly his face became more impolite. He raised his voice, looked at Lu Zhen coldly and said, "It's just that my kindness has a limit. If you are still obsessed with it now, If you don't repent, then... Lu Zhen, let me tell you, you will die a miserable death, there are some things you can't imagine, I hope you will take care of yourself!"

Lu Zhen lowered his head and remained silent.

Zhang Anshi didn't say anything more, and walked out with a livid face.

Coming out of this small hall, Zhang Anshi found himself sweating for a while. hostility.

"Hey... Jin Yiwei is really not done by people. You have to teach people to send hundreds of taels of sesame oil to the temple. If you don't give some money to the Buddhas, you always feel uneasy.

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Confucius Temple.

In the mansion.

The sound of the piano gradually rose.

The sound of the zither is like mountains and flowing water, and the sound of the gurgling water slowly, as if accompanied by the breeze, even the mansion has a little more aura.

At this moment, someone stepped in: "I heard..."

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly.

Then... the person playing the piano had a sullen look on his face.

The visitor took a step back in fear and remained silent.

The person playing the piano seems to be trying to continue playing the piano, but unfortunately... after trying the tone, he finally sighed: "My heart is disturbed, so I don't care if I don't play, let's talk, what's the matter?"

"Jin Yiwei's side is uneasy."

"This is already known." The person who played the piano said: "It's not difficult to guess, Ji Gang... is very interesting, he is really a person who refuses to admit defeat, is that new fellow acquaintance named Deng Wu?"

"Yes, it's this person."

The person playing the piano said indifferently: "This person is mediocre, it is impossible for Zhu Di not to know..."

"Such a mediocre person is promoted to a co-prefect... It can be seen that Zhu Di is no more than mediocre."

The person playing the piano shook his head and said, "You are wrong. This person is just Zhu Di's chess piece. Ji Gang is a chess piece, and so is this person. Do you know what a chess piece is? It can be discarded at any time. Zhu Di doesn't care who is the same. What he wants...is to break the entangled joints in Jinyiwei right now, so as to clear the way for...the people he really trusts in the future."

"The villain is confused. It seems that Ji Gang and Deng Wu are also confused. Now... they don't know that Zhu Di has ulterior motives. If they are like you..."

The person playing the piano smiled, and said: "You are wrong, Ji Gang is also considered a hero, as for Deng Wu, he was able to gain Ji Gang's trust step by step, and became the commander of Jin Yiwei. A fool. It’s just that no matter how smart people are in this world, once they are in the chess game, they will inevitably be confused by the authorities. Doesn’t Ji Gang know that His Majesty has changed him? No, he knows it better than anyone else, but even at this point He still wants to gamble. The more he thinks that he may become an abandoned child, the more he will struggle to survive, the more he feels the danger, the more he will take risks and put all his eggs in one basket."

"This has nothing to do with being smart or not. It only cares about human nature. A person who falls into the water knows that the straw floating over is useless, but so what, he will still grab it desperately. Is this person who fell into the water also stupid? No, this This is Zhu Di's strength. Don't look at him as reckless, he will kill people at every turn, but if you really become his opponent, he will not kill the mess quickly, but will always put you in a state of drowning, teach you Want to live again and again, and then do one stupid thing after another, until everything is irreversible, and when you really die, look back on this terrible process, and you will realize how stupid you have become."

"You may be the one who knows Zhu Di best in the world."

"Know yourself, know your enemy, and win a hundred battles." The man stroked the strings of the qin, and began to fiddle with it lightly. He listened carefully to the sound of the qin with his ears sideways, and said, "If you want to achieve great things, if you don't even have this, How can it be successful? At this point, things can no longer be turned back, let the order go on, let’s do it as soon as possible! Success or failure depends on one action, while Jin Yiwei is now caught in internal strife, while Zhu Di still thinks that he has wiped out the so-called chaotic party, Now is the best time."

"Yes."

The player who played the piano said, with a tired expression on his face: "In ten days, everything will be clear, hey... In fact, if Lu Zhen hadn't been exposed, I really don't want to go this far."

He shook his head and smiled wryly.

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"His Majesty."

Yi Shiha hurried into the hall.

Zhu Di was sitting upright at this time, carefully reviewing the memorial.

Hearing Yi Shiha's voice, he raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

Yishiha said: "There are memorials by Zhang Anshi."

Zhu Di slightly raised his eyebrows: "Huh? Qixia, is there any movement?"

Yi Shiha said: "There is no movement."

Zhu Di frowned lightly and said, "Didn't you continue to follow the vine and catch people?"

"No." Yishiha replied honestly.

Zhu Di nodded, and thoughtfully said: "Is it... that this case is just because Zhang Anshi and Zhang Anshi have too many intentions, and all this is just Lu Zhen's doing?"

Of course, Zhu Di was obviously not asking Yi Shiha, but muttering.

Because this fact is strange, Lu Zhen saw that he was a person who couldn't survive the punishment, so it was impossible that he couldn't pry his mouth open.

Zhu Di lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head to look at Yi Shiha and said, "Here's the memorial."

Immediately, Yi Shiha presented a memorial and stepped forward.

Zhu Di opened it and murmured, "This kid..."

"Your Majesty... this is..."

Zhu Di smiled, handed the memorial to Yi Shiha, and said, "Look for yourself."

Yi Shiha nodded, and tiptoedly took the memorandum, opened it, and saw that inside the memorandum, it said...had found the key clue, but... hoped to enter the palace for trial, and hoped that His Majesty would give up a side hall, Arranged by Neiqianhu, the truth will be revealed by then.

Zhu Di looked at Yi Shiha and said, "This guy is fucking playing tricks...how can he give that Jin Zhong the same virtue as Master Yao!"

Yishiha didn't dare to talk to him, because he didn't want to provoke anyone here.

But Zhu Di said at this time: "I have passed my oral order, and I have approved it. Tell that boy Zhang Anshi that when the palace gate opens tomorrow, he is allowed to arrange it in the annex next to the martial arts building."

Yi Shiha hastily said respectfully and authentically: "Your maid obeys the order."

Zhu Di said again: "Since the truth is about to come out, let Ji Gang and Deng Wu from Jinyiwei also come to see it, let them study hard, and call them too."

The corner of Yi Shiha's mouth curled up into a slight smile, and a look of deep meaning inadvertently flashed in his eyes, and then it disappeared in a flash, and he said honestly: "The servant obeys the order."

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Last night, Zhang Anshi had a good night's sleep.

When I wake up, I feel energetic.

At this time, before dawn, Zhu Yong and Zhu Jin were already waiting outside.

Zhang Anshi washed up in a hurry, dressed neatly, then came out of the residence, and said with a smile: "Haha...I didn't expect you to wake up earlier than me, Zhu Jin, are you all ready?"

Zhu Jin hurriedly said: "According to your order, son, the preparations are ready."

Zhang Anshi looked at Qianhu Chen Li again: "Then, has Lu Zhen recovered enough energy?"

Chen Lidao: "I have cultivated enough energy."

Zhang Anshi nodded in satisfaction: "Very good. Seeing everyone's hard work, I, Zhang Anshi, are really elated. The so-called brother who fights the tiger, father and son soldiers, it is really my own talent that is reliable. Today's weather is also very good. I can't help but feel happy." Fa, Lu Zhen, who fell into his mother, must smash his body into thousands of pieces today."

Zhu Jin, Chen Li, and Zhu Yong all looked at Zhang Anshi solemnly, as if listening attentively.

Seeing that Zhang Anshi hadn't moved for a long time, Zhu Jin said cautiously, "Master Hou, where's your poem?"

Zhang Anshi widened his eyes and said, "Didn't you already read it?"

"what……"

"enter."

"Damn it."

"Lu Zhen."

"today……"

"You must take him."

"Chopped into pieces."

"No!"

"This is a stream of consciousness. You are so ignorant that you don't know how powerful this poem is."

Zhu Jin was happy, and raised his thumb: "The villain is stupid. Now that I listened to your reminder, Master Hou, I realized it later. This poem really shocked everyone. It can be said that it is unprecedented. You don’t talk about rhythm, Master Hou. There is Li Bai's unrestrained and unrestrained unrestrained and unrestrained attitude, especially the last sentence of "must not", which is really soul-stirring and unforgettable. Compared with the mediocre poems of the Lord Hou, the poems of today's world are It’s really a heaven and an underground.”

Chen Li held back for a long time before saying: "Good poetry, good poetry!"

Only Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu seemed to have just woken up, their eyes were as big as copper bells, but unfortunately they were blind and still confused.

Qiu Song said blankly, "Brother, don't talk too much, just do serious business."

Zhang Anshi said: "My fourth younger brother is anxious, haha..."

Both Zhu Jin and Chen Li laughed dryly: "Haha..."

Qiu Song glared at them, and they couldn't laugh anymore.

Zhang Anshi said: "Okay, don't talk too much, Zhu Jin, hurry up and bring that person. Chen Li, you enter the palace first and make arrangements. The second brother will follow me, and the third and fourth brothers are in the model camp." If there is any movement in the capital, such as fireworks or wolf smoke in the sky, it means that I have asked for an order to transfer you into the city, and you should enter Nanjing as soon as possible."

After a pause, Zhang Anshi looked very serious, and added: "Remember, it's fireworks or wolf smoke, not his mother's gunpowder explosion."

Zhang Fu hurriedly said: "Oh, oh, oh, we know."

Zhang Anshi said: "Let's split up and act."

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Lu Zhen was blindfolded and thrown into the carriage.

Since the last interrogation of Zhang Anshi, Chen Li has not tortured him again.

He survived in the dungeon for a few days, and his spirit gradually returned to normal.

But it was only a little bit of recovery. The torture of the past few days not only broke his body, but also brought his spirit close to collapse time and time again.

The carriage was bumping all the way for nearly an hour, and finally, the carriage stopped.

Someone escorted Lu Zhen down, and then escorted him forward.

entered the palace...

Lu Zhen knew that the ground he was stepping on were bricks and stones that only existed in the palace.

He has been in and out of the Forbidden City many times, and he has long been aware of the difference between the bricks and stones.

But at this moment, he was full of doubts.

Why... are you entering the palace at this time?

Is His Majesty going to have a trial in person?
What else do they want to ask?
Countless questions came one after another.

Soon, he arrived at a place, and at this moment, someone asked him to sit down.

The black cloth covering his eyes was also removed.

Lu Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he blinked with some discomfort, but after seeing the scene in front of him clearly, he knew that he should be in a side hall somewhere in the palace.

Here, apart from Zhu Yong who escorted him, there are several eunuchs who are doing the final cleaning of the small hall at this time, everyone lowered their heads and no one paid attention to him.

And at this moment...

Zhu Di was standing outside the window of this side hall, and did not enter the hall. In this position, it is not easy for people inside to find him.

At this time, he was holding his hands behind his back, with a serious face, he glanced at Zhang Anshi standing aside and said, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty." Zhang Anshi said in a low voice, "I...you can do it now."

Zhu Di nodded: "Do you want me to go with you?"

Zhang Anshi said: "It's either possible or not."

Zhu Di said impatiently: "Then what the hell is it?"

"Yes, but...you can do whatever your Majesty says."

(End of this chapter)