I'm really not the carpenter emperor

There is indeed some truth to this statement.

Zhao Zhilong had an argument with Xu Hongji that day, and passers-by and guards in the mansion also said that they saw the look of jealousy on his face after they left.

Even if he wanted to try to kill him, he wouldn't do it on the same day. It would be like lifting a rock and shooting himself in the foot, pushing himself into a pit of fire.

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a while, then sneered:

"You don't really think that I can believe your nonsense?"

Zhao Zhilong was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately heard another meaning in the emperor's words, you said you were wronged, but why did you show other evidence.

If you can't produce evidence, no matter how much you shout here, I will kill you!

"Chen, I have something to say!"

Zhao Zhilong's eyes rolled wildly, and he hastily testified to himself:

"The ones who plotted to kill Wei Guogong with my ministers are also Du Sheng, He, who is staying behind in prison, and the young master of Wei Guogong's mansion, Xu Wenjue!"

As soon as the words came out, two more big fish were pulled out.

The key point is that what you said is true, no one believes it, and Zhu Youxiao is also at a loss, so you have to find two reliable people if you drag someone into the water!

As the eldest son of the Xu family, Xu Wenjue will definitely inherit the title of Duke of Wei in the future.

Most people's impression of Xu Wenjue is limited to a dude who likes face, and they don't believe that he would commit such a thing as patricide.

As for Du Sheng, this guy has nothing to do with this matter!

In this reform, apart from Wang Yongguang, the former Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, the biggest beneficiary is Du Sheng. As the representative of the inner court of the capital in the south of the Yangtze River, the Liushoujian will have a lot of power in the future, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Wang Yongguang pointed at Zhao Zhilong, and immediately cursed:

"Frenzy, stop biting and barking here!"

"Your Majesty, please put this lunatic in jail and have him re-examined after being interrogated by the local yamen, so as to prevent him from gnawing at random."

Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes.

Today I thought it was over after going through a procedure and then closing the case, but I didn't expect something interesting to happen. What Zhao Zhilong said really needs to be carefully investigated.

Whether Xu Wenjue and Du Sheng have anything to do with this matter needs careful investigation.

At this time, the yamen of the standard department and even the supervisory department and the Dongchang can no longer be trusted, because Du Sheng is Wei Zhongxian's godson.

Each of the three judicial agencies has waded into this murky water.

Now the investigation department that Zhu Youxiao can trust is only the Jiaoshifu that he secretly established. Although it is not large in scale, it is all dead soldiers who are loyal to him alone.

"Okay, temporarily hand it over to the local government office for processing, and review it in three days."

Zhu Youxiao chuckled, turned around and left, and many people were relieved.

Zhu Youxiao came to the back hall and sat down, looking forward to what kind of big fish the Jiaoshifu would catch him this time.

Eunuch Party, Xuankun Party, Donglin Party, Xungui...

Interesting.

Chapter 329

All the civil and military personnel came to the back hall, and then turned their bodies slightly, waiting for Zhu Youxiao to speak.

Zhu Youxiao put the sword on the corner of the table, then looked at everyone, and said with a calm smile:

"Tang Binyin and the others are right about one thing. The purpose of my trip to the south this time is not only to worship ancestors and temples, but also to inspect the place."

"What the Ministry of Rites said is nonsense. After Zhu Qing read it, just smile."

It's easy to say, just smile after reading it, your emperor can say that, if a courtier really does this, wouldn't it be a slap in the face...

Everyone's heart tightened, it seemed that Emperor Tianqi was going to show them off!

Especially Wang Yongguang, governor of Jinling, who bears the brunt of this reform, is even more uneasy.

Cannibal with a short mouth and soft hands, he has already betrayed his original class, and if he doesn't hang out with Emperor Tianqi, he is afraid that he will die on the street.

"Everyone in the world says that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. You ministers understand this truth better than me, the emperor."

"There are more than 9000 million subjects in the Ming Dynasty, and I can't manage them all by myself."

Zhu Youxiao was talking on the top, and the officials on the bottom became more and more honest, for fear that if they didn't pay attention, they would go to the hell to manage ghosts.

"Go down and investigate the case carefully."

"Investigate the case well", Zhu Youxiao said it lightly, but the ministers' hearts jumped wildly when they heard it. This is the Emperor Tianqi who will not let Yang Lian go home to retire!

Is this case really that easy to investigate?

Thinking of this, the procuratorate of Jinling Province wiped his sweat secretly. He was really no one. He took over such a hot potato in less than half a month after taking office.

Not daring to relax, everyone turned around cautiously and left one by one.

Suddenly, a few words came from behind.

"By the way, Wang Yongguang stays here."

Wang Yongguang's footsteps stopped, so he had to stand by and wait, his face was already pale just by looking at it, and his heart was pounding even more.

When the officials left, Zhu Youxiao pointed to his side and said with a smile:

"There is no one else here. I was in the hall just now. I saw that you were quite angry with that Zhao Zhilong, so I wanted to talk to you."

Seeing that even though Wang Yongguang was sitting there, he still only got half of his buttocks, Zhu Youxiao laughed and said freely, "Let's chat casually today, I will forgive you for your innocence."

The more relaxed and indifferent Zhu Youxiao looked, the more Wang Yongguang felt that something was wrong.

After hearing the word pardon and innocence, he even knelt down and said: "Your Majesty wants to ask something, and I will answer truthfully. If there is even half a lie, I will die badly..."

"That's what you said, I didn't force you." Seeing Wang Yongguang kowtowing constantly, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to signal him to get up, and said:

"It's okay, I won't let you die badly, didn't I forgive you for your innocence, what are you afraid of?"

Looking down at Wang Yongguang, Zhu Youxiao gradually approached his ear, and said with a sneer:

"Are you afraid of death?"

Wang Yongguang's hairs stood on end, and he didn't know what to say, he just prostrated himself on the ground, trembling badly.

Immediately, Zhu Youxiao stood up straight, the smile on his face gradually solidified, he put his hand on the saber, and asked coldly:

"Zhao Zhilong's confession of Du Sheng and Xu Wenjue, what does it have to do with you?"

"Don't tell the truth, I killed your nine clans!"

Hearing this, Wang Yongguang trembled all over.

"Then before His Majesty arrived in Nanjing, Zhao Zhilong came to the courtier about the few days when Yujia arrived in Fengyang, saying that he wanted Radu to go into the water to protect himself."

"What is there for Du Sheng to get into the water?"

Zhu Youxiao asked again.

Wang Yongguang hesitated for a moment, and was defeated by Zhu Youxiao's eyes that could kill him a hundred times. He confessed truthfully: "Du Sheng embezzled the money for disaster relief in Huaibei in the first year of Tianqi, and..."

"Furthermore, Yang Sichang had impeached him, and he was almost plotted against, and died on the way to Shandong for disaster relief."

"Okay, this is Wei Zhongxian's good son again. The last one was Cui Wensheng. He dared to kill me."

Zhu Youxiao laughed ho ho and said:

"What else is related to this matter? If you dare to make a false sentence, you know the consequences."

Wang Yongguang's face is ashen, he has already betrayed his own class, if the emperor doesn't trust him anymore, I'm afraid it will really be a catastrophe.

He knew in his heart that there was no other way but to confess everything he knew.

……

Early the next morning, a reporter came to report, confirming that what Wang Yongguang said yesterday was true and that there was no element of fabrication.

According to Wang Yongguang, Zhao Zhilong was not idle for a single day in Nanjing.

Before Zhu Youxiao came, he visited Wang Yongguang and Du Sheng successively, and Wei Guogong's mansion was a frequent visitor.

As far as the real purpose is concerned, it's still very simple, it's entirely for his own benefit, everything else is nonsense.

Zhao Zhilong went to find Xu Hongji that day, and the two had a dispute because Zhao Zhilong believed that this was the only chance for Nanjing Xungui to seize military power.

Xu Hongji wanted to give up this opportunity, but Zhao Zhilong felt that he was too cautious, and thought about cutting off the memorial.

Wang Yongguang also said that he felt that Zhao Zhilong probably had no intention of killing Xu Hongji and Mrs. Zhang, and that Zhao Zhilong was a scheming man, holding many people including Du Sheng in his hands.

Even if he wanted to kill him, he wouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

Now that the case has been investigated, Zhao Zhilong, who was previously thought to be the murderer, is now innocent, and the biggest suspect is Xu Wenjue.

But no one believed that Xu Wenjue would do it, only Zhu Youxiao was suspicious after hearing the reports from Wang Yongguang and Jiaoshifu.

No matter who the murderer was, the whole thing was done very cleanly. Chen Ce led the Yongwei Battalion to turn the city of Nanjing upside down, and they didn't find the butler of the Duke's Mansion.

After that night, the housekeeper seemed to have disappeared from the world, no matter how hard he searched for a needle in a haystack, he couldn't find it at all.

Xu Wenjue wore hemp and mourning all day long, crying and complaining about Zhao Zhilong's atrocities.

Not to mention others, Zhu Youxiao still doesn't really believe that Xu Wenjue will kill his father. In the eyes of many people, this has nothing to do with it.

The most important thing is that Zhao Zhilong in the prison is still the object of suspicion and interrogation by the yamen, and no one thinks about Xu Wenjue at all.

Tian Ergeng of the Supervision Department is trying his best to link the group of people from the Xuankun Party with this matter, and he has nothing to do with it.

As for Fu Yingxing from Dongchang, Zhu Youxiao really overestimated their ability to investigate and arrest.

In the capital, the Dongchang fanzi penetrated everywhere, but when they arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, they were like blind people, and they couldn't find any information after going around.

In the eyes of most people, it is completely nonsense to say that Xu Wenjue killed his father. There is no doubt that Zhao Zhilong was climbing and biting before his death. This kind of thing is not uncommon.

Zhu Youxiao sent away the limping man, gave him a generous reward, and then stood in the hall with his hands behind his back, facing a picture of a famous pine tree welcoming guests, but in his heart, he didn't have any appreciation for it.

The Comparative Affairs Office has little influence in Nanjing. Although its investigation capabilities are stronger than those of Dongchang, and they are also more secretive, this kind of thing cannot be found out in a day or two.

It's been almost three days, and he still has more things to do, so he can't waste any more time on this matter.

The water is too deep, so let's stop when it's time to stop.

Just let the Jiaoshifu continue to investigate in secret, as long as you know who you find out, if you can't get this person through official channels, then you can use a dark path to avoid trouble!

As for Zhao Zhilong, he is not a good person anyway.

Let him act as a scapegoat this time, killing him can protect the hearts of the people, but it will be beneficial to his reputation as the emperor.

Until now, the real culprit has not been caught, but he accidentally uprooted the Xuankun Party, and even made Zhao Zhilong a scapegoat, which won the hearts of the people.

It would be a good thing.

……

The former prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Nanjing is now the prison of the Niesi Yamen in Jinling Province.

Zhao Zhilong, with disheveled hair, looked at the jailer who came to detain him, his face was ashen, and he asked with a dark face, "Is there an interrogation?"

The jailer glanced at him and replied expressionlessly:

"What kind of interrogation is brought up, ask to be executed!"

Zhao Zhilong turned pale with shock, got up and leaned back.

"What did you say, ask Zhan..."

"Why kill me?!"

The jailer seemed to have heard something ridiculous, so he pulled him out and said mockingly:

"It's up to you to kill the Duke of the dynasty!"

3 Thirty Chapters Thinking About Situations

In the third year of Apocalypse, the war in Liaodong was in full swing, and a major case broke out in Nanjing. Wei Guogong Xu Hongji and his wife Zhang were killed.

For a time, Nanjing City was under martial law, and the newly established Jinling Province was shrouded in suspicion. Emperor Tianqi was furious, and everyone was in danger.

Only two days later, the "true murderer" Zhao Zhilong was imprisoned and sentenced to beheading.

As Zhao Zhilong's head fell to the ground, blood splattered everywhere, the city of Nanjing burst into cheers, and the ministers of civil and military affairs and nobles were also shocked that Emperor Tianqi could solve the case so quickly and punish him severely.