Although the head of the Zhou family is Zhou Rong, the auxiliary prince, but because of Zhou Rong's old age and lack of energy, the person in charge of the Zhou family now is Zhou Rong's sister-in-law and Zhou Lixian's father, Zhou Yan.

I don't know if there are too many killings, Zhou Rong has always had a hard time. Either she accidentally miscarried while she was pregnant, or she died when she was young.

It wasn't until Zhou Rong was over the age that he finally got a son like Zhou Yan, and naturally the whole family couldn't wait to spoil him to the core. Inevitably, this hard-won son had a case, Zhou Rong didn't dare to let him practice martial arts hard at all, so he could only practice his fists and feet simply.

As a result, Zhou Yan grew up from the splendid pile, not only failed to inherit his father's majesty, but was raised to be a low-level master, and in the end, he could only rely on Zhou Rong's face to get an idle position in the military department.

Zhou Yan was unwilling to bury his talents, but he didn't have the courage to go to the battlefield to fight for his exploits, so he always had high hopes for his children.

It's a pity that he, like Zhou Rong, has not many heirs, and now he only has a son and a daughter.

There are three concubines, but they have never been taken seriously by him, and for the only concubine, he can't be scolded even more.

Fortunately, although his martial arts are not good, his literary skills are not bad, and once he enters the officialdom, he will be able to get ahead.

As for the only concubine, Zhou Yan has high hopes and has taught her strictly since she was a child, just to make her the queen of Daliang.

This time, the ministers folded up to urge Gao Zixin's wedding, but it was actually Zhou Yan who added fuel to the fire.

After all, Gao Zixin is a man, so it doesn't matter if he drags it out, but Zhou Lixian can't drag it out! Once she is past her age, she doesn't want to be a queen in the palace!

Who knows, when I first entered the palace, I was fine, and the news revealed in the palace was that the Queen Mother valued Zhou Lixian, and she would definitely be selected in the final election. As a result, as soon as the final election arrived, something happened!

Zhou Lixian, who was pinned on by the whole family, only got the grade of a talented person, and even was demoted to Baolin in a blink of an eye because of his rebellious words!

It's a pity that Zhou Yan inquired in many ways, but he couldn't find out what Zhou Lixian said at that time, and the other eight nobles present were also silent and refused to say more.

Zhou Yan felt uneasy at that time, and he couldn't wait to enter the palace immediately to ask Zhou Lixian what was going on.

It's a pity that Zhou Lixian is now just a six-grade treasure forest, and according to the regulations, she is not qualified to meet her parents and relatives at all, and she just entered the palace when she had an accident, and the Zhou family has to avoid suspicion.

After Zhou Yan was warned by Zhou Rong, he didn't dare to inquire about Zhou Lixian's situation in the palace anymore, but restrained the Zhou family, and only waited for this pass to find a chance to see Zhou Lixian.

Who knew that only three days later, something happened again!

Someone actually went to the Dengwen Drum Courtyard to beat the drum to sue the royal complaint, and it was the Zhou family who sued!

When Zhou Yan heard the news, he smiled coldly, but he was a pariah, and he dared to sue the emperor's relatives!

Although Zhou Lixian is only a treasure forest now, Zhou Yan believes that with his daughter's ability, she will be able to enter the harem sooner or later and become the queen of a country!

Don't look at it, there are a total of nine noble girls in the final selection, except for her daughter who stayed in the palace, the other eight noble girls were all sent home.

What does this mean? It shows that although his daughter is just a Baolin, she is still very valued by the Queen Mother and the Emperor.

He didn't take the young man who sued the royal court in his eyes, so when the housekeeper asked whether to tell Zhou Rong the news, Zhou Yan waved his hand directly: "Father has not been in good health recently, so there is no need to bother him with such a trivial matter." ”

Zhou Rong has been fighting horses for many years, and he doesn't know how many injuries he has suffered on the battlefield, but now that he is older, those old injuries have begun to attack, especially after Zhou Lixian was demoted from a five-grade talent to a six-grade Baolin three days ago due to his rebellious words, his condition has become even more serious, and he has been drinking medicine recently.

Zhou Yan knew in his heart that the entire Guogong Mansion was now completely supported by Zhou Rong, as long as Zhou Rong, the veteran of the Three Dynasties, was there, whether it was other ministers or the emperor and queen mother in the palace, they would have to sell the Zhou family some face.

But once Zhou Rong went, the glory of the Guogong Mansion was completely gone.

So Zhou Rong must not have anything to do. At least, before Zhou Lixian became the queen, he couldn't have anything to do.

As long as Zhou Lixian becomes the queen, the Zhou family will be the royal relatives of the country. When the time comes, whether it is him or his son, there will be an endless stream of benefits.

So he simply blocked the news and didn't let anyone tell Zhou Rong about someone suing the emperor.

So much so that until the East Window incident, Zhou Rong had been kept in the dark.

Zhou Yan felt that this was just a trivial matter, and now that Zhou Lixian had just entered the palace, this kind of thing happened at this juncture, and the emperor would definitely cover up for the Zhou family, and at most push a scapegoat out, and the matter would be over.

It's just that what he never expected was that in the Qinzheng Hall at this time, Gao Zixin was saying to Li Yi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Liu Quan, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and Tang An, the imperial historian: "This case will be tried by your three divisions, and I will investigate it carefully, no matter what is found, it will be severely punished!" ”

The three of them instantly understood that Gao Zixin was determined to run the Zhou family this time.

The emperor's order has been issued, although the three of them feel that it is not easy to do, they can only obediently accept the decree, and promise Gao Zixin: "The ministers must find out this matter and give an explanation to Your Majesty!" ”

However, Gao Zixin was not happy when he heard this, but his face sank: "You not only have to give me an explanation, but also give an explanation to the people of Limin!" I have handed over this case to you, and if I know that someone is bending the law for personal gain, I will not spare it! ”

The three of them were awe-inspiring in their hearts, and they were careful not to even dare to come out. It wasn't until they left the Qinzheng Hall that the three of them quietly exhaled and exchanged glances with anxiety, thinking about what to do this time.

But no matter what, this time it is absolutely impossible to bend the law for personal gain.

The three of them took the copied complaint, and after going back to discuss it, they sent someone to investigate the Zhou family's bullying of land and property and forcing people to die mentioned in the complaint.

Feng Xuan had already made arrangements, and the people sent by the three parties checked and quickly found the key things, and even the human and physical evidence were found.

However, what the three ministers didn't expect was that they just sent someone to investigate the Zhou family's bullying of the land and forced people to die, but after checking and checking, they found many other clues, and following those clues one by one, they found one big case after another committed by the Zhou family!

The people in charge of investigating the case at the bottom felt that there were ten opportunities for meritorious service, and immediately put all their minds into pursuing it, but they suffered the three ministers in charge of the case.

The three of them looked at the accusations submitted by their subordinates, and they laughed worse than crying, wishing they didn't know anything!

The three of them are not stupid, the case can be investigated so smoothly, and even the evidence and news are as if they were sent by themselves, it is clear that someone is adding fuel to the fire.

Moreover, this person who fueled the flames obviously wanted to put the Zhou family to death!

However, the charges and evidence are all true, and there is no element of falsification at all.

The more they looked down, the tighter the frowns of the three of them became, who knows, the matter is far from over! Just when they were frightened by the many cases committed by the Zhou family, they suddenly got the news that someone in the Zhou family was stealing and selling illicit salt and iron ore!

These two are both big crimes of raiding the family and exterminating the clan!

The three of them were shocked by this thunderous news and broke out in a cold sweat, but after calming down, they suddenly realized that this was the key to the case.

Speaking of which, Gao Zixin's anger was a little abnormal at the beginning, and they thought that Gao Zixin was young at the time, so they were filled with righteous indignation when they encountered this kind of tragedy for the first time, and kept urging them to deal with it strictly.

But at this moment, after learning the news that someone in the Zhou family was stealing and selling illicit salt and iron ore, the three of them had a guess in their hearts.

Could it be that His Majesty knew about it in the first place, so he was particularly angry?

But if that's the case, wouldn't the city of His Majesty be too deep? He's only sixteen years old!

The three of them were a little uneasy, the emperor who was too deep in the city was not what they wanted to see, which meant that they had to be extra cautious in the future, and if they didn't pay attention to it, they might fall on the road.

It's just that right now, they have already been overwhelmed by the Zhou family's case, and although they are suspicious, they don't dare to think about it.

The most important thing at the moment is how to handle the case of the Zhou family, rather than thinking about what is not available.

Stealing and selling illicit salt and iron ore is a felony, and the water in it is so deep that once the three of them fall into it, they are likely to end up drowning in it!

So after the three of them discussed in private, they quickly decided to stop the situation, cut off the clues to the Zhou family, and no longer continue to investigate.

Otherwise, it will inevitably be widely implicated in the end, and it is even more likely to cause a big mess!

The progress of the investigation of the Zhou family can be said to have progressed by leaps and bounds, and at this time in the palace, the monitoring of Du Xin has also progressed.

Gao Zixin soon knew that Du Xin, the imperial doctor who dared to hook up with Zhou Lixian, really had a problem.

At this time, Du Xin was just a small person in the Tai Hospital, but this person was handsome and gentle, although he had just entered the Tai Hospital, he had already developed a lot of contacts.

Moreover, this person often secretly treats some eunuchs and palace maids with low status, so as to attract many people, and even has an ambiguous relationship with many palace maids.

The person who was sent to keep an eye on him found that he had been secretly inquiring about the case of Zhou Lixian and the Zhou family recently, and had also taken over with some people.

Gao Zixin made people stare at him for a few days, and roughly determined who the people who connected with him and the people who were enveloped by him were, and after seeing that there were no other suspicious people who contacted him again, he simply and neatly asked people to arrest him and torture him.

Pity this Du Xin is also a talent with some means, until he was arrested, he didn't figure out where he was exposed.

Obviously, he has been careful and careful in what he does, why was he still discovered?

It's a pity that he won't know until he dies, he will be exposed, all because of a lover from the future!

Obviously, he hasn't had time to do anything, but because his future lover is reborn, all his efforts have been in vain.

It's sour, it's unbeatable.