The little emperor I supported suddenly changed to fishing

"Your Majesty, Cai Xingxian's remnants have confessed to their crimes. Please judge how to deal with it."

Wang Wanyi compiled the news after the interrogation in the prison cell last night into a book, and handed it to Zhu Zhaoyan and said.

"Temporary detention. Those who commit minor crimes will be exiled to Ninggu Pagoda and never return to Beijing. Those who commit serious crimes will be interrogated at Caishi to make an example of others." Zhu Zhaoyan closed the book in his hand after watching, and said with a concentrating look.

After interrogating Cai Xingxian's remnant party, it turned out that two yamen servants in Yongping County were indeed dead. At the same time, two slaves who were escorted from outside the city on the day the two yamen servants disappeared also happened to be missing.

The disappearance of two slaves is not a big deal, at most it will be a sigh of luck from others, and it is just that they don't have to die so quickly.

Similarly, the death of two yamen servants was not a major event, and far more corpses were carried out from Cai's mansion.

Even if it is an investigation, the investigation will stop at the end. If the matter is thoroughly investigated, it will really be detrimental to Cai Xingxian.

The coincidence of the whole thing is that the two dead yamen servants and the two slaves both died and disappeared on the same day.

A few days later, two more people hid their identities and infiltrated into Yanjing City with the tokens of the two assassinated yamen servants. The purpose is unknown.

The items on the two yamen servants were looted, the most important thing was their tokens. It was obvious that this was a well-prepared and planned assassination.

According to the information from Wang Wanyi's spies, the male corpse that he killed in the woods outside the city, the tattoo totem on his body and the string of spike pendants are tokens unique to the Jurchens.

It has not been just a few days since the Jurchen borders have moved. It is not a trivial matter to launch a war. The war involves the lifeline of the country and shakes the country's life.

Since two people are missing, and one of the Jurchen killers has died, there is another Jurchen killer left. Where is he hiding?Besides those two, would there be other killers sent by the mastermind behind the scenes lurking in it?

All of this is unknown, but Zhu Zhaoyan understands that this war may not take long to start, and planning for a rainy day is the first choice at the moment.

The killer said that Wang Wanyi sent him here, so there are only two possibilities.

One is that Jurchen wants to guide herself to doubt Wang Wanyi. With Wang Wanyi's power in his court, if she confronts him, she will lose both sides, and the court will be in chaos.

Jurchen wanted to make the two of them, the monarch and his ministers, suspicious of each other and disintegrate the loss, so as to reap the last fisherman's profit.

The second is that Wang Wanyi has already reached an agreement with Jurchen to be the hidden middleman. Of course, this is also an extremely unlikely guess. There is no need for Wang Wanyi to do this at all. It is not too big for him to oppose himself. the benefits of.

However, since I wanted to eradicate Wang Wanyi back then, Wang Wanyi might also want to protect herself, so it is not impossible to cooperate with Jurchen.

In any case, the existence of Wang Wanyi is an absolute help to him, and has a great effect on his power in the court. They all get what they need, and they are a community of interests.

Whether this person is Wang Wanyi, between himself and Jurchen, Wang Wanyi is a smart person, he knows how to make a choice, not to mention they have gone through all kinds of things, he believes in Wang Wanyi.

The rest of the nameless people regained their freedom, and they were finally able to take off the masks they wore on their faces. They lived a life of the weak and the strong in the prison cell, and they were not worthy of being human. It was not until the moment they took off the masks that they really found Dignity and identity as a human being.

All of this was done under the management of Xichang Jinyiwei, and the work inside and outside the palace was only done to benefit the people when His Majesty and the admiral were out to play and saw that the people were in dire straits.

The traitor Cai Xingxian was eliminated, and the people of Yongping completely changed their views on the legendary Admiral of Xichang and His Majesty, who favored and trusted the treacherous eunuch, and their reputation changed greatly. blessing.

After simple preparations, Zhu Zhaoyan summoned several unknown people.

They have lived together for a long time without being able to see each other's faces, but this time they are showing their true faces, and they are not used to it.

These people stood in front of Wang Wanyi and the others. Wang Wanyi recognized one of them at a glance. He was the only son Fusheng that Uncle Niujiacun found in the missing person notice.

Beneath a delicate face is a pair of cold and resolute eyes. After a short change, the resurrection in front of him is far from the temperament in the missing person notice, and he is already a different person.

After those people were treated briefly by Song Shixuan, they ate the food they hadn't eaten since they were locked in the prison cell, and saw the sun that they hadn't seen for a long time.

"Caomin thanked His Majesty for saving his life. Caomin is willing to do his best for His Majesty, and to stand up for His Majesty and the admiral. Please do it!" Ah Wu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, looking firmly at Zhu Zhaoyan.

After Ah Wu took off the mask, he looked young. He had a pair of clear eyes, the baby fat had not faded, and his face looked immature. His skin was a healthy wheat color, and his cheeks were a little flushed , but the facial features are three-dimensional and profound.

But for such a small young man, Wang Wanyi has seen his own extraordinary skills. This young man is as ruthless as a leopard that has not yet grown up but is full of wildness.

Seeing Ah Wu like this, the rest of the people also knelt down together. Hope seemed to rekindle on their numb faces, as if they had found the definition for them to live in this world again.

"Caomin is willing to do his best for His Majesty, please make it happen!" The few people shouted together.

Among them, they are either beggars who are begging outside or abandoned children who have been abandoned and sold by their own families. They have long since lost their roots, and they have no family members. , do not want to be the truth of fish and would rather be a knife.

In the life and death field of Cai's prison cell, they are used to fighting and killing, and they are familiar with the life that can only survive under the slaughter of wild animals. They even pick up knives and mercilessly attack those around them in order to survive.

Right now, the two people who hold the supreme power in this world are in front of them, why not find a way out for themselves, not to mention, they have to repay the favor of saving them from the fire.

Good men have ambitions in all directions, and their ruler is a wise ruler. It is better than doing nothing after returning to the hometown, and it is difficult to find a way out. It is much better to show off your ambitions and defend your home. If it is not for fate, class solidification, who would not eat enough Live a life that is hated by the world.

Among these few people, there is only one person who is different from them, only he did not take off his mask from beginning to end, and that is Zhu Ruzhi.

Still wearing the deer pattern mask on his face, Wang Wanyi looked at Zhu Ruzhi intently, the familiar feeling and the coincidental name came up again.

Maybe it's a coincidence, the names of the two people are similar, Zhu Zhaoyan is by his side right now, isn't it?

But at this moment, Wang Wanyi really wanted to know what Zhu Ruzhi's face looked like under the mask.

"You are free now, you don't need to show others the mask anymore, why don't you take it off?" Wang Wanyi looked at Zhu Ruzhi meaningfully and said.

Zhu Ruzhi didn't move for a long time, and Ah Wu on the side helped him out.

"Return to Your Majesty, Lord Admiral, he can't speak, and his temperament is different from ordinary people. Please forgive me, Your Majesty, Admiral."

Zhu Ruzhi also didn't want to take off this mask, but he couldn't, he couldn't face Wang Wanyi with this face that belonged to Shanglu who came back from the dead.

Zhu Ruzhi turned his eyes on Wang Wanyi to Zhu Zhaoyan, looking at the face that was exactly the same as his once.

When he saw his current appearance for the first time, he didn't even know who he was. This body was obviously the face of the teacher Shanglu, but the teacher was dead, wasn't he?What about his body?

When he climbed from the mass grave to the gate of the palace, no one believed that he was the emperor of Ming Dynasty, even this body was not his, how could anyone believe what he said, it would only make people think he was a lunatic.

He had begged himself countless times to get out of that cage one day. He didn't want to be the emperor, he didn't want to face all the open and secret struggles in the palace, he wanted to escape.

But now looking at the person in front of him who should be himself, he fell into confusion. Is he Zhu Zhaoyan?Or... Shanglu.

If he is Zhu Zhaoyan, who is the person standing in front of him now?

He had accepted it in those days, maybe it was a rebirth of him, he didn't care about that seat, that seat frightened him, bored him, frightened him.

The burden of this position is too heavy, and there are too many things to consider and bear. Perhaps this result is the relief for him now, and it is the best result for him.

The only thing he cares about is Wang Wanyi. Now he has to stand beside Wang Wanyi with a new identity to protect him. In the past, he has always been dependent on Wang Wanyi to survive in that cage. Want to become strong, want to protect him.

However, in the prison cell, he could notice the difference between Wang Wanyi and Zhu Zhaoyan. The way they looked at each other and their interaction with each other made him jealous, maddened and unwilling.

He can give this throne to anyone in this world, because he doesn't care, he only cares about Wang Wanyi, and only Wang Wanyi can't, Wang Wanyi can only belong to him!

Zhu Ruzhi's every step forward is extremely heavy. He can use Ah Wu to survive, and he can also sacrifice everything for Wang Wanyi.

Zhu Ruzhi took the pen and paper on the table. He had never knelt down to anyone in the world. After a while, he finished writing on the paper, half kneeling and handed the paper to Zhu Zhaoyan.

The note said: "Caomin wish you Ruzhi, thank you His Majesty and the admiral for saving your life, and I am willing to serve Your Majesty loyally in the future, please Your Majesty."

Zhu Ruzhi kowtowed to Zhu Zhaoyan.

Volume III Yongchang Mansion