my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 276
At this moment, Zhu Di just felt uneasy.

Seeing that Zhu Di was furious, Zhang Anshi hurriedly said: "Come quickly, bring him here."

This sentence just taught Zhu Di to calm down a little.

Sure enough, a group of people escorted dozens of prison cars.

This is the first one, it is the Buddha father.

Father Buddha seemed terrified, it seemed that at this moment, he was trying to ask for life, and said to the people escorting the prison cart: "I have a lot of silver, I know..."

Unfortunately, these words no longer make sense.

Chen Daowen flew forward first, got off his horse and saluted Zhu Di: "I have seen Your Majesty, Duke Wei."

Zhu Di put his hands behind his back and said nothing, his face was ugly, which is actually understandable.

This kid Zhang Anshi dared to bully Jun Wangshang, this guy's wings have grown hard.

He said lightly: "Has anyone caught it?"

"Your Majesty, you lowly people have raided Putai County in Shandong all night. After more than a month of hard work, they have finally fulfilled their mission. These two thieves and dozens of thieves have all been taken down."

"What?" Zhu Di looked surprised, and turned to look at Zhang Anshi: "Didn't you say that you are bullying the king?"

Zhang Anshi said: "That's right, it's to deceive the emperor. What I mean by this minister is...the minister is deceiving the emperor by Zhu Yong and others, but the thief should be taken, or the thief should be taken."

At this time, Zhu Di became more and more confused the more he listened.

But when he heard that he got the thief leader, Zhu Di was overjoyed, but he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, very good, come here, bring these two here, I want to interrogate myself."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to have more meaning: "Open the Fusi Yamen in Nanzhen, and allow the soldiers and civilians to listen in."

This matter is very important. In the current capital, people's hearts are fluctuating, so it must be seen to be believed. If not, there will be more rumors and rumors.

A Hanlin stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I think it's wrong. Now that the traitor's identity has not yet been identified, he hastily interrogated himself. The common people will come to watch. If he makes a mistake..."

Zhu Di glanced at this person and said, "A mistake?"

"I'm a little worried." Hanlin said, "If..."

Zhu Di said: "If Jin Yiwei deceives the superior and the inferior, and kills the good and pretends to be meritorious, is it?"

Hanlin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Feichen thinks so, it's just...it's just that everyone in the world thinks so."

Zhu Di said with a cold face: "What you said is not wrong. There are too many things like Jinyiwei. I heard that Yu Shi has impeached a lot, but even if I can't trust Jinyiwei, I can still trust Zhang Anshi."

After all, let's drive Nanzhen Fusi.

At this time, many ministers who accompanied him had already started talking, and the Hanlin who had been persuading him before was also whispering to others.

Hearing that the leader of the White Lotus Sect's thief has been captured is absolutely earth-shattering news.

These days, there is a murderous atmosphere in the capital, in order to capture the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, the soldiers of the five cities and the Ying Tianfu's officers went around arresting people, everyone was terrified.

However, the common people generally prefer to believe in the existence of the gods and Buddhas rather than in the non-existence, so they can't tell whether the White Lotus Sect is good or bad.

It's just that the imperial court's arrest in this way made many soldiers and civilians worry, fearing that they would also be implicated in it.

Now that they have heard that the Buddha father and mother have been arrested, many people are in an uproar, among them there are many... potential members of the White Lotus Sect.

They naturally did not believe that the Buddha's father and Buddha's mother were taken, but they were all looking forward to seeing a thing or two.

All of a sudden, many people poured into Fusi of Nanzhen.

Zhang Anshi also asked people to open all the eight doors in the lobby.

Zhu Di didn't have to sit at the head of the hall, but sat in the side room beside him, drinking tea and listening to the trial.

Zhang Anshi presided over the trial as a fellow judge.

There were two other people, one was Wu Zhong, the servant of the criminal department, and the other was Chen Jin, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They accompanied Zhang Anshi on both sides. Although they were deputy judges, they were just going through the motions.

Zhang Anshi did not expect His Majesty to be so impatient.

However, he can understand Zhu Di's mood. The current situation... is indeed that people's hearts are fluctuating, and ordinary people's expressions change when they talk about the White Lotus Sect.

And the number of followers of the White Lotus Sect is in the millions, even in the capital, there are probably not many of them.

If people don't let people see who the leader of the White Lotus Sect is, there will still be people who use it to bluff and deceive.

Zhang Anshi asked someone to pour a cup of tea for himself first, then he settled down and said, "Bring all the thieves here."

A moment later, the Buddha's father, Buddha's mother and others were brought up in full view.

Zhang Anshi glanced at them, all of these people looked like mourners, as if their mothers had died.

It was completely different from the so-called thief leader he imagined.

Zhang Anshi was still calm, he deliberately did not speak, and looked at these people.

This is actually a psychological offensive to create a tense atmosphere.

But at this time, the Buddha father had kowtowed like garlic: "Forgive me, forgive me..."

He wailed, looking hysterical.

The Buddha's father raised his head, and the Buddha's mother, like an ordinary woman in the country, began to wail, crying like rain, and she seemed to be singing: "God is so pitiful, my life is miserable... ..."

Seeing this guy start singing, like singing a folk song, Zhang Anshi was furious, and shouted: "Slap her mouth."

A school lieutenant was not polite, he went up and slapped her, her voice suddenly stopped.

Zhang Anshi sneered, and said, "Is this where you rant? From now on, whatever I ask, you guys will answer, and whoever I ask will answer."

Father Buddha said: "Master Qingtian, please make the decision for me, the little one...you must answer...answer..."

The people who came to see were disappointed when they heard this Buddha father, and each of them became more and more suspicious.

Sitting at Zhang Anshi's lower seat, Wu Zhong, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, was carrying tea to drink, but when he heard this, he pounced, and the tea in his mouth spurted out.

Zhang Anshi glared at him.

Wu Zhong was speechless, and smiled apologetically.

Chen Jin, the censor of the right capital, sat with his hands folded, his eyes half-closed, as if he was dozing off.

Zhang Anshi said: "What's your name?"

The direction Zhang Anshi was pointing at was exactly that Buddha father.

Father Buddha said: "Little man Zhang Erhe."

Zhang Anshi said: "Where are you from?"

"Shandong Province, people from Qingzhou."

Zhang Anshi said: "People from Qingzhou? Why are you pretending to be a ghost?"

"Young one, I didn't pretend to be a ghost..." Zhang Erhe howled, "The young one is a good citizen, and he has never done anything illegal..."

This piece of Erhe obviously came all the way, and has a long-awaited draft.

He is very clear about what his bargaining chip is, as long as he refuses to admit that he is a Buddhist father, it will be a big trouble for the court.

As for the Jin Yiwei who arrested him, as long as people believe that Jin Yiwei took the wrong person, maybe he really has the possibility of getting away.

After all, in the court, he also made some friends.

Zhang Anshi seemed to have expected him to say this, but he was not surprised at all, so he said: "Really? It seems...you don't want to admit that you are the Buddha father of the so-called White Lotus Sect?"

Zhang Erhe sobbed: "Who is the little one? How dare he be a god? The little one..."

Zhang Anshi said: "Stop pretending."

"The little one has no pretense, the little one...really..." Zhang Erhe seemed to be frightened by Zhang Anshi's aura, and hurriedly said: "Damn the little one, damn the little one, but the little one is really not a Buddhist father. If Master Qingtian , really want to teach me to admit it, as long as you don't hit me, I will admit it, admit it..."

As soon as this remark came out, Hanlin, who was standing aside, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Wu Zhong, the minister of punishment, kept shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

Youdu Yushi still had his eyes half-opened and half-closed, as if unmoved.

The common people outside have already started whispering and discussing.

Zhang Anshi said at this time: "Come here, bring their things."

But Chen Daowen was already furious, and at that moment, he carried all kinds of evidence collected from the cave and put them directly in the hall.

Zhang Anshi said: "Are these yours?"

Zhang Erhe timidly said: "If Master Qingtian thinks it's a small one, it's considered a small one."

Zhang Anshi slammed the case: "What do you mean..."

"Don't...don't hit me." Zhang Erhe kowtowed again, looking terrified.

A person like him has been acting for a lifetime, and the scene before him is nothing more than a child's play. He said with emotion, "Small... small... what a shame."

Someone outside started to boo: "Why do you have to embarrass such an honest person..."

"Hey... such a person is actually a deity of the White Lotus Sect?"

This is only a half-spoken, quite a bit of dare not speak out.

The hall was suddenly filled with a cheerful and lively atmosphere.

Some accompanying ministers couldn't take it anymore.

They exchanged glances one after another.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "That's right, you really have superb acting skills, you deserve to be able to fool people around."

After Zhang Anshi finished speaking, he said again: "Your name is not Zhang Erhe..."

This statement came out.

Everyone frowned and looked at Zhang Anshi strangely.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Your name is Li Xizhou."

Everyone showed surprise.

They looked at Zhang Anshi one by one, seemingly puzzled.

In the side room, Zhu Di drank tea slowly, the farce just now made him even more upset.

There seemed to be some eyebrows now, and his eyebrows were raised slightly, revealing a thoughtful look.

Zhang Zhang Erhe said: "The young one has always been called Zhang Erhe. If you don't believe me, you can check it out. The young one... has always been a law-abiding person...yes...yes..."

His voice trembled.

But Zhang Anshi continued to smile and said: "Li Xizhou, you must have never thought that I would have found out your details a long time ago! Are you still showing off your tricks?"

Zhang Erhe said: "I... I don't know what you are talking about at all?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Not only do I know that your name is Li Xizhou, I also know that the person who followed you and claimed to be the so-called Buddha's mother is Li Xiying. You two are brothers and sisters..."

This Buddhist mother is very quiet, she looks like a dull peasant woman, even if Zhang Anshi said her name, she still looks dull.

Zhang Anshi said again: "I don't know what I'm talking about? Actually, I do know that you want to know why I said that more than anyone else."

Zhang Erhe was silent.

Zhang Anshi continued: "You must be thinking, how could you be caught by Jin Yiwei because you are so good at hiding? You think you have been smart all your life, and everyone in the world is played by you while applauding. Once, it will stumble, won't it?"

Zhang Erhe still put on a timid look and said: "I...I'm scared, don't hit me."

At this time, Zhang Anshi picked up the teacup and drank it leisurely.

He likes to watch Zhang Erhe act. To be honest, if this person is in the entertainment industry, he is at least at the level of Teacher Fan Weifan.

Gently putting down the teacup, Zhang Anshi said again: "Actually, I probably guessed it from the beginning, so... those little tricks you think you are clever are actually just jokes."

Suddenly, the banter on Zhang Anshi's face disappeared, replaced by a cold one: "Do you really think that no one knows about the good things you did? Li Xizhou!"

Zhang Erhe said: "If the master insists on framing me as Li Xizhou, then I am Li Xizhou, please, please, if you let the little one suffer for others, then let my wife go... I... I am alone Beheaded."

He still performed sincerely, as if he had already made up his mind, as long as he refused to admit it, there was still a glimmer of life.

When he spoke, his voice was hoarse and his body trembled, as if he was in extreme fear.

When many people saw him, they felt that this person must have been wronged, and they couldn't help feeling sympathetic towards him.

Even the ministers who accompanied him felt that he couldn't see it. Fortunately, at this time, they also knew that the interrogation should not be interrupted.

Wu Zhong, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, sighed. He only felt that the imperial court's discipline was so corrupt that he could point fingers at a deer as a horse under the eyes of everyone.

In the ear room beside him, Zhu Di began to look a little anxious and impatient. He could no longer sit and drink tea quietly, but stood up, and in the ear room, he held his breath and listened quietly while pacing anxiously.

Zhang Anshi said: "Li Xizhou, do you know why I caught you?"

"The little one doesn't know anything."

"It's actually very simple..." Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "In other words, it can't be too simple. I know more or less about your methods. People like you who claim to be immortals have been hiding in the Later, you manipulated many people to work for you. Your White Lotus Sect has a very dense organization. Who will be responsible for conveying the message, who will be the backbone of each state capital, how to connect with your own people on weekdays, how to collect money, and even how to pass on the scriptures. Here, There are many articles."

"After the incident, I was ordered to arrest you, but in fact I only did two things."

Zhang Anshi stared at Zhang Erhe, and continued with a smile: "The first thing is to find your lair."

Zhang Erhe said: "Wrong, wrong..."

Although he shouted like this, there seemed to be some longing in his heart.

He was looking forward to Zhang Anshi telling the cause and effect.

This is the case with smart people. Smart people have always been conceited. A conceited person often cannot admit failure. He at least hopes to get an answer.

Zhang Anshi continued to speak eloquently: "But where is your lair? I was also thinking about it at the time, but...it is actually very easy to find. Since it is a lair, there must be a lot of demand. After all, it is impossible for you and the Buddha For the mother and father, the first thing to check is the major towns and big cities. This is actually easy to understand. In a densely populated place, it is really difficult to hide yourself. Besides, so many confidants need to travel, and a lot of money. It needs to be transported constantly, so it is best to be in a place you are familiar with, and... to be remote, and the power of the government is relatively weak."

"After having this idea, I can continue to narrow the scope of the investigation. I compared some songs and so-called scriptures of the White Lotus Sect from decades to the past few years. You know, this is easy to get. I It soon became apparent that the scriptures and ballads had undergone some changes over the past few decades, especially the spoken language, which clearly shifted to the north, or...Shandong and Hebei."

As soon as this remark came out, many people who were originally joking also began to listen carefully.

Because no one could have imagined that Zhang Anshi was so meticulous.

Zhang Erhe lowered his head and hid the complex look that flashed in his eyes. He obviously began to realize that Zhang Anshi was terrible.

Although the White Lotus Sect has existed since ancient times, under normal circumstances, a leader like him will definitely convey various so-called wills according to different situations.

And these wills are then conveyed to the backbones in various places through the confidantes, and the backbones then spread them to the believers.

In this era, the accent is very serious. This is the reason why the so-called local accent is hard to change.

If it is to convey a certain thing in general, for example, you donkey ball.

Then the person conveying it can change the combination of words, and in different places, it may evolve into 'you bastard', 'you bastard' and so on.

Because everyone knows that it’s fine if it’s a curse, and it won’t change the meaning.

But the White Lotus Sect has exactly one attribute, that is...religion.

It's as if the Buddhist scriptures were written in Sanskrit, and after they spread to the Central Plains, no one will completely translate the Buddhist scriptures. Most monks, although they don't understand Sanskrit, are chanting all kinds of mami I never get tired of reading scriptures like mihoo.

Is it because the monks know what it means?

No, because to the target of the spread, it doesn't matter what the words mean, the important thing is that the more accurate you can pronounce, the more authentic it will be.

The same is true for the White Lotus Sect. When the new leader wants to announce his will, those who convey it often use the original words, but those who receive the message don't really care if the leader conveyed the so-called heaven is dead, Huang Tian Li and the like, but what the other party's original words are, they will follow the scriptures.

The closer to the leader's accent, the better, it's authentic, it's authentic.

But who would be hungry enough to collect their missionary songs and all kinds of new teachings?And after this research, it was found that there was a certain special accent here, and then repeated comparisons were made to finally determine the location of the Buddha father and Buddha mother.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Look, you speak with the accent of chanting scriptures, do you know why? Because there are some things that he can't change. A person like you knows that what he is doing is a beheading business. Wherever you are originally from, you will definitely try your best to set up your lair in a nearby location. As I said just now, on the one hand, it is because you are most familiar with the geography of the place where you were born and grew up. Only familiar places can teach people peace of mind.”

"On the other hand, although the White Lotus Sect has a large number of people, it can spread these, and after all, it is progressive. You may have never seen other believers. The ones you know and think are reliable must be the people around you. , especially those people who you know the bottom line. These people will be your real confidantes, and you can rest assured. Then... only your own origin, the place where you first bought your cronies, the people there... are worth it You trust. You set up your lair there, and then use your cronies to go all over the world to win the backbone, and use the backbone to win the ignorant people."

"So, after I checked again and again, according to your accent, according to your hiding area...finally...determined several counties in Shandong."

After Zhang Anshi finished speaking, he stared at Zhang Erhe with a smile on his face, but the smile was a bit mocking.

Then, he said again: "I didn't expect that the one who betrayed you was actually yourself."

Zhang Erhe said: "I...I...I can't understand a word."

He looked pitiful.

But now, almost everyone is silent.

Not because they came to believe anything.

Instead, I feel... at least Jin Yiwei doesn't look like he's being tortured into a trick.

Zhang Anshi said calmly: "Don't worry...listen to me first."

Zhang Anshi took another sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Then he said: "But after confirming the approximate location, what should I do? In fact...it's very simple, that is, let people join you. I arranged some people to go to those counties in the name of businessmen." , in those counties... do business, and at the same time pretend to be interested in your ghostly things, and donate a lot of money."

Zhang Erhe: "..."

Zhang Anshi said: "Your White Lotus Sect...in order to make money, you have always loved to cooperate with gentry and merchants. Seeing Fat Yu coming, and seeing them spend a lot of money, you may be more cautious yourself, but the people below you may not be there. You are so cautious. They were already overjoyed, so they tried their best to win over the school captains, and promoted them to become Taoist Bailian without hesitation."

Zhang Erhe: "..."

Some of the key followers who were arrested together with the Buddha's father and Buddha's mother, one of them raised his head in astonishment, and then quickly buried his head down.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Of course, Taoist Bailian is nothing. In this world, you collect people's money and give you a so-called Taoist Bailian. There are too many people. Ten or hundreds of people? At this time, how to force you to show your feet is the most important thing."

Zhang Anshi looked leisurely, with a half-smile.

He seemed to be a cat teasing a mouse.

Everyone was silent, holding their breath, for fear of missing something.

Zhang Anshi continued: "However. This step is actually very simple, that is... put on a posture that you have already been captured, and the entire Jinyiwei began to seize people. Not only that, even His Majesty didn't know it, so he thought he really caught you." In order to catch you, I, Zhang Anshi, took on the responsibility of deceiving the emperor, but...otherwise, how can I convince the world that Jin Yiwei really caught the bandit leader."

Zhang Anshi deliberately raised his voice, as if he wanted to teach Zhu Di next door to listen more clearly: "There is no way, your majesty has a fiery temper and is a sincere king. If you let him know, this is just a trap, and you can't do it." If you show an urgent look, you may even be seen as a flaw."

"There is no other way. For the sake of Jiangshan Sheji and catching you thieves, I, Zhang Anshi, am a mountain of swords and seas of fire, but I am going to do my best. Even if it means killing the three clans because of this, I will never frown."

He speaks very loudly.

Zhu Di felt his ears pricked when he heard it.

He pondered, and then smiled.

This kid Zhang Anshi has always been as timid as a mouse, it is rare for him to be so bold, but... there is an excuse, this is the real minister of the heart of the humerus.

Zhang Anshidao: "When I made these actions, I was actually convinced that at this time, you have already arranged eyes and ears in the capital, and some of these eyes and ears are even in the palace, and some are high-ranking officials... They will quickly correct themselves. message to you."

Zhang Erhe: "..."

Zhang Erhe showed a bit of frustration, although he tried his best to look innocent, but at this moment, he couldn't hide his disappointment.

"I did this to force you to do one thing, and that is to show up and let more people know that you are still alive, and that you are not arrested as rumored outside."

"Do you still remember that I arranged for people to be Bailian priests in the nearby counties? They spent a total of 17 taels of silver on me, and they were waiting for the day you showed up. Logically, if it is normal, even if you are Taoist Bailian, what you know is not much different from ordinary ignorant believers, but once you plan to show up, you must hope that more and more people will know the best, and let them spread it quickly. Therefore, your plan is, since you have appeared, you should call all the Bailian priests in the nearby counties to watch the ceremony. After this, you will go to your next hiding place again. But if you run away again, even if the officers and soldiers find out afterwards, you will no longer be seen."

"But you must never have imagined that in that kind of place, I have already laid out a net to wait for you, just to...wait for this moment."

Zhang Erhe sighed in his heart.

He finally knew... how he ended up in such a situation.

but……

Zhang Erhe cheered up again, and said pitifully: "I... I don't know what you are doing, if you want to harm me, you will kill me..."

"Don't worry." Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "You little fool, don't even think about it. Since I know your identity and caught you, don't you... still be afraid of your... denial?"

"Come on... get that thing."

Zhang Erhe was taken aback.

Everyone became suspicious.

Subconsciously, they looked towards the hall entrance.

In the direction of the entrance of the hall, the people consciously divided their paths, but they saw someone... who came with a spiritual tablet and a porcelain vase.

With a bang, the huge porcelain bottle fell down directly.

The porcelain vase was shattered all over the place, and at the same time, the broken bones were also scattered all over the place.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Do you know what this is? Come and guess, whose ancestor is this?"

Zhang Erhe's eyes turned red in an instant.

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Chapter 2 was delivered a bit late, and I had finished writing it long ago, but I was afraid that everyone would not enjoy it, so I wrote a little more.

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