All the civil and military came to the back hall, and then they all turned sideways slightly, waiting for Zhu You's school motto.

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

"Tang Binyin and those people are right, I went south this time, not only for the purpose of worshipping ancestors and temples and inspecting places."

"What the Ministry of Rites said is nonsense, after reading it, Zhu Qing can just smile."

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

Everyone is nervous, it seems that the Emperor of the Apocalypse is going to give them a showdown!

In particular, Wang Yongguang, the governor of Jinling, who bore the brunt of this reform, was even more nervous.

He has betrayed his original class, and if he doesn't follow the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he is afraid that he will die on the streets.

"The world says that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and you courtiers understand this truth better than I, who is the emperor."

"The more than 90 million subjects of the Ming Dynasty are all in charge of me alone, and I can't manage them."

Zhu Youxiao said above, and the ministers became more and more honest below, for fear that if one of them didn't pay attention, they would go to the underworld to take care of the ghosts.

"Let's all go down and investigate the case well."

The words 'investigate the case well', Zhu Youxiao said lightly, but the ministers were beating wildly when they heard it, this is the Emperor of the Apocalypse who didn't even let go of Yang Lian, who went home to retire!

Is this case really so easy to investigate?

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

Everyone didn't dare to relax, turned around cautiously, and left one by one.

Suddenly, a few words came from behind.

"By the way, Wang Yongguang stayed."

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

After the ministers left, Zhu Youxiao pointed to his side and said with a smile:

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

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

The more relaxed and unconcerned Zhu Youxiao was, the more Wang Yongguang felt that there was a ghost.

After hearing the words of forgiveness and innocence, he knelt down and said: "What does Your Majesty want to ask, the minister will reply truthfully, if there is half a lie, you will not die well..."

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

"It's okay, I won't let you die a good death, don't I forgive you for your innocence, what are you afraid of?"

Looking down at Wang Yongguang, Zhu Youxiao gradually approached his ear and sneered:

"Afraid of death?"

Wang Yongguang's hair stood on end, and he didn't know what to say, but he just crawled on the ground, trembling all over.

Immediately, Zhu Youxiao straightened up, the smile on his face had gradually solidified, he pressed his hand on the saber, and asked coldly:

"Zhao Zhilong confessed Du Sheng and Xu Wenjue, what does it have to do with you?"

"If you don't tell the truth, I've punished your nine clans!"

Hearing this, Wang Yongguang trembled.

"Then Zhao Zhilong, before His Majesty arrived in Nanjing, came to the minister about a few days after the royal drive to Fengyang, saying that he wanted Ladu to ascend into the water to protect himself."

"What is Du Sheng worthy of him in the water?"

Zhu Youxiao asked again.

Wang Yongguang hesitated for a moment, was defeated by Zhu Youxiao's gaze that was enough to kill him a hundred times, and truthfully confessed: "Du Sheng embezzled the silver money from the Huaibei disaster relief in the first year of the Apocalypse, and..."

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

"Okay, this is Wei Zhongxian's good godson again, the last one is Cui Wensheng, he even dares to kill me."

Zhu Youxiao laughed and said:

"What else has to do with this, if you dare to lie a sentence, you know the consequences."

Wang Yongguang is already like ashes, he has already betrayed his own class, if the emperor does not trust him again, I am afraid that he will really be doomed.

He knew in his heart that there was no second way except to confess everything he knew.

......

Early the next morning, a reporter came to report the incident, which confirmed that everything Wang Yongguang said yesterday was true and that there was no element of fabricating lies.

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

Before Zhu Youxiao came, he had successively found Wang Yongguang and Du Sheng, and the Duke of Wei's Mansion was a frequent customer.

If you want to talk about the real purpose, it is still very simple, it is completely for his own interests, and everything else is nonsense.

Zhao Zhilong went to Xu Hongji that day, and then the two had a dispute, because Zhao Zhilong concluded 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 he also thought about intercepting the song.

Wang Yongguang also said that he felt that Zhao Zhilong should have never had the idea of killing Xu Hongji and Zhang, and Zhao Zhilong was a scheming person, holding the handle of many people, including Du Sheng.

Even if you want to kill, you won't make such a low-level mistake.

This case has been investigated so far, and Zhao Zhilong, who was previously thought to be the murderer, has become innocent, and the biggest suspect has become Xu Wenjue.

But no one believed that it would be Xu Wenjue's doing, only Zhu Youxiao was suspicious after listening to Wang Yongguang and the report of the Minister's Office.

No matter who the murderer was, the whole thing was done very cleanly, Chen Ce took the Yongwei battalion to turn Nanjing inside and out, and he didn't find the housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion.

After that night, the butler seemed to have evaporated directly from the world, and no matter how much he looked for a needle in a haystack, he couldn't find it at all.

Xu Wenjue wore linen and filial piety all day long, crying about Zhao Zhilong's atrocities.

Not to mention others, Zhu Youxiao still doesn't believe that Xu Wenjue will kill his father, which in the eyes of many people, has no connection.

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

Tian Ergeng, who supervised the department, was trying his best to get the group of people from the Xuankun Party involved in this matter, and he had nothing else to do.

As for Fu Yingxing of Dongchang, Zhu Youxiao really overestimated their investigation ability.

In Beijing, Dongchang Fanzi is everywhere, but when they arrive in Jiangnan, they are like blind people, and they can't find any information when they go around.

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

Zhu Youxiao sent away the limping affair, gave a generous reward of silver, and then stood in the hall with his hands in his hands, facing a picture of welcoming the guests, but in his heart, he did not have any appreciation.

Although the government has little influence in Nanjing, and although its investigation ability is stronger and more secretive than that of Dongchang, 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, and he can't afford to delay his efforts in this matter any longer.

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

Let the government continue to investigate secretly, find out who it is, just know it yourself, if you can't get this person through the official way, you will take the black road, and you won't be in trouble!

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

This time, let him be a substitute for the dead, killing him can protect the hearts of the people, but it will be beneficial to his reputation as an emperor.

This matter has been done so far, and the real culprit has not been caught, but he accidentally uprooted the Xuankun Party, and let Zhao Zhilong be a substitute for the dead, which has received a wave of popular support.

That's a good thing.

......

The former Nanjing Criminal Department Prison, now Jinling Province Zhensi Yamen Prison.

Zhao Zhilong, who was disheveled, looked at the jailer who came to detain him, his face was like ashes, and he asked with a dark face, "Arraignment?" ”

The jailer glanced at him and replied expressionlessly:

"What kind of interrogation, ask for beheading!"

Zhao Zhilong was shocked, got up and leaned back.

"What do you say, ask the chop..."

"Why kill me?!"

The jailer, as if he had heard something ridiculous, pulled him out and sneered:

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