It was getting dark, the heavy rain had stopped sparsely, and there was no one on the Dharma field in the West Market, and even the people who were originally interested in watching had already run away.

Nearly 3,000 lives were lost in Xishi, and although the heavy rain washed away the bloodstains, there was still red water on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

After Li Tingbiao opened a killing spree in the West Market, the entire Beijing Division was shrouded in terror, and the pedestrians on the streets became more and more scarce, and few people dared to walk on the West Market Street until a few months later, and all those who could make a detour took a detour.

That night, Zhu Cihong personally summoned Li Tingbiao in the Xinwang Mansion, and did not leave the palace until dinner.

On the second day, various forces in Beijing began to scold Li Tingbiao, saying that Jinyiwei was a terrorist organization and abused power to arrest people, and that Li Tingbiao was the biggest traitor and a murderer.

One after another, public opinion impacted Li Tingbiao and Sun Yingyuan, and even many people asked the emperor to punish the two, but no one dared to go to Damingmen and Wumen to petition.

Some literati even compiled their own folk history books and made a strong note in the book: In February of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the crown prince killed the powerful ministers with his army, and the Beijing master was shocked.

Although the official Huangming Times avoided discussing the matter, some free pages still published comments from some people, many of whom hid under pseudonyms to criticize Li Tingbiao and Sun Yingyuan.

There are also some people who have published articles expressing their support for the two, saying that they must not be soft on the moths of these countries and resolutely uphold the law and discipline of the emperor's Ming Gang.

Li Tingbiao became a celebrity of the Ming Dynasty overnight, and was given the tuba - King Li Yan.

The men, women and children in the Beijing division all got goosebumps all over their bodies after mentioning the name of King Li Yan, and if their children cried endlessly, they would use King Li Yan to scare the children: If you cry again, King Li Yan will come!

After hearing this, the child not only stopped crying immediately, but also stuck his head into the adult's arms vigorously, lest King Li Yan really came......

At this time, Li Tingbiao was in the palace of King Xin, and Zhu Cihong was worried that the one in the Forbidden City would send someone to arrest Li Tingbiao to punish him, so he had to protect him first, but there was no movement in the Forbidden City, which made Zhu Cihong feel very strange.

"Your Highness, although those nobles have been executed, there are still many aftermaths that have not been dealt with, such as their properties, please order them to continue to investigate!" Li Tingbiao bowed down and asked.

Zhu Cihong nodded, this time he raided more than a dozen nobles, and obtained a total of about 10 million taels of silver, and those real estate are not counted, but they can't be cheaper than others.

In history, Li Zicheng roasted and plundered 70 million taels of silver in Beijing, not only nobles, but also eunuchs, officials, and wealthy merchants, of which the eunuchs from roasting and plundering accounted for 40 percent, the nobles accounted for 30 percent, the officials accounted for 2 percent, and the rich merchants accounted for 1 percent.

The nobles of the Jingshi have not been eradicated, and there are still more than half of them who have not participated in the prince's case and the Jin Shang case, and there are a few good people who have nothing to do, such as Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, who is the son of Liu Xiaozu, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Xiaochun, the mother of Chongzhen, that is, the cousin of Chongzhen.

There is also Gong Yonggu, the princess of Le'an died of illness soon after the Beijing division was broken by thieves, the princess's coffin is still in the palace lobby, Gong Yonggu tied his two daughters with a yellow rope in front of the princess's spirit, set fire to it, and then wrote down "Received the grace of the country, the duty can not be humiliated" eight big characters, self-slaughtered and died, the whole family martyred.

There are also many nobles who died in battle when the Jingshi was broken, such as Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, Zhang Shize, the British Gong, Wang Xiantong, the great-grandson of Xinjian Bo Wang Shouren, Wang Guoxing, Marquis of Xincheng, Yang Chongyou and others.

Just as Li Tingbiao was retiring, Zhu Cihong suddenly asked, "Has the Jiading Houfu been raided?" ”

Li Tingbiao replied: "Jiading Houfu, the minister did not check it. ”

Zhu Cihong said lightly: "You tell this palace, does Jiadinghou have anything to do with the Eight Great Jin Merchants?" Does it have anything to do with the murder of the prince? ”

Li Tingbiao's body was shocked, and he replied: "It has a relationship." ”

Zhu Cihong suddenly shouted: "Then why didn't you raid his house and cut off his head!" ”

Li Tingbiao hurriedly knelt on the ground, not daring to reply.

"You say! Why don't you cut off his head, what are you afraid of? ”

Li Tingbiao lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Jiading Hou is the father of the queen's mother, and the minister thinks that the punishment of him will make the queen's mother lose face, and even shake the queen's posteriority, so the minister made a private claim and let Jiading Hou ......"

Zhu Cihong frowned and said, "It's a lot of things, let's go out!" ”

After Li Tingbiao retreated, Xu Sheng saw that Zhu Cihong was in a little uncomfortable, so he said: "Your Highness, since this matter has passed, it is better to reveal it, and you will issue an order for the last general to be sent to Jiading Houfu to give him a warning." ”

Zhu Cihong shouted: "Warning a fart! Take someone now and go to Jiading Houfu with the palace! ”

Xu Sheng was stunned on the spot, and when he saw that the crown prince had already left the carrying hall, he immediately followed, beckoning the guards to gather......

Jiading Houfu.

Guozhang Zhou Kuizheng listened to the butler's report in shock, those nobles who participated in the murder of the prince were all beheaded in Xishi, this is really terrible! Fortunately, he is the prince's grandfather, and the prince's people dare not come to find trouble.

At this moment, I heard someone outside say loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" ”

Zhou Kui was obviously stunned when he heard it, why did the secret prince come, he had never been to the Zhou family's mansion for more than ten years.

Zhou Kui hurriedly walked out of the study, saw Zhu Cihong striding over, and said with a smile: "Why does the prince have time to come to see his grandfather today?" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled faintly and said: "This palace has never been to the Zhou Mansion, so I specially came to Jiading to sit here, and chatted a few words by the way." ”

From these words, Zhou Kui heard some raw points, and the prince didn't seem to want to recognize his relatives.

Zhu Cihong suddenly said: "Guozhang, I heard that you only donated 8,000 taels when the imperial court raised donations?" ”

Zhou Kui nodded, his face was sad, and said: "The minister's family is poor, so he can only donate so much, you see, the minister still drinks Pu'er tea the year before last." ”

"Oh? Is it? Zhu Cihong beckoned, and Xu Sheng immediately walked out of the hall and led a group of guards to start a search in the Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Kui's face was panicked, and he said, "Prince, what are you doing here?" How can you search your grandfather's house? ”

Zhu Cihong took a sip of tea and said: "Someone reported that the country's family was rich, but he refused to donate money, and the palace didn't believe it, so he specially brought someone over to have a look." ”

Zhou Kui said seriously: "The prince must not listen to the villain's slander!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, glanced at Zhou Kui, and said, "Guozhang still invested money in the merchants outside the customs?" ”

Zhou Kui was slightly startled, and then sighed with a sad face: "I invested a little, but I have already lost all my money." ”

Zhu Cihong said lukewarmly: "No wonder, when the palace was passing through Mongolia, his men and horses grabbed a caravan transporting grain to Liaodong, and the steward of the caravan not only scolded the sergeant who detained them, but also said that he was the prince's person. ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "The palace was strange at that time, when did I send someone to Mongolia to transport grain?" Later, after the palace cut off one of the businessman's arms, he honestly confessed, saying that he was the person of Jiadinghou, and also said that Jiadinghou was the grandfather of the prince, so he was naturally regarded as the prince's person, do you say it is interesting? ”

After speaking, Zhu Cihong looked at Zhou Kui and stared coldly at his old face.

Zhou Kui hurriedly said: "The prince suffered in Liaodong, and my grandfather was distressed, so he had to scatter his family's belongings, and purchased a batch of grain and grass from Shanxi to transport it to Liaodong to help my Pingliao army tide over the difficulties......"

Zhu Cihong slapped the tea table and shouted, "You fart!" That batch of grain and grass was transported to the Qing army camp in Fushun! ”

Zhu Cihong pointed at Zhou Kuidao, and said with fire in his eyes: "You dare to deceive the palace when you are dying, can you really not kill you?" ”

Zhou Kui was so frightened that he trembled all over, and hurriedly stood up from the Taishi chair, a little at a loss.

Zhu Cihong threw out a piece of paperwork, gritted his teeth and said, "Look at the evidence of your crimes!" As the ruler of the dynasty, he dared to collude with traitorous profiteers, privately pass through customs to build slaves, and transport grain to the enemy! ”

Zhou Kui slammed his knees on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Prince, my grandfather is wronged, my grandfather doesn't know that the merchant is transporting grain for Jiannu!" ”

Zhu Cihong sneered: "I don't know, right? You should always know that you conspired with the Marquis of Wuding to murder the prince! ”

"Grandpa doesn't know......"

Zhu Cihong pointed at him and shouted, "Shut up, you are also worthy of being my grandfather?" ”

At this time, Xu Sheng returned to the hall and said, "Your Highness, the last general found more than sixty warehouses in the backyard of the Zhou Mansion, and he also found this. ”

As he spoke, he presented a brocade box to Zhu Cihong.

Hearing that the treasury was found, Zhou Kui's eyes were black, and he almost fell over, and when he looked at the items in the prince's hand, he was even more distressed, it was his favorite Fuman Qiankun pocket watch!

Zhu Cihong opened the brocade box, played with the golden pocket watch familiarly, sighed and said, "Guozhang, you are looking for death!" ”

Zhou Kui was shocked, and hurriedly said: "If the prince likes it, the minister can't bear to cut his love, just ask the prince not to confiscate the minister's family property in the face of the queen, these are the properties that my grandfather has saved for a lifetime!" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled coldly: "Cut love? This watch was originally built by the palace himself and given to the queen mother, when did it become your thing? ”

"Huh?" Zhou Kui suddenly looked confused, and his face was gray.

Zhu Cihong said bitterly: "The queen mother usually likes this watch the most, she can't bear to sell it to you and exchange it for silver to help you pay, not only do you detain it privately, but even the 15,000 taels that the queen mother gave you will withhold most of it, are you still human?" ”

Zhu Cihong closed the brocade box violently and said solemnly: "Jiading waits for Zhou Kui, bullying the king, betraying the enemy, plotting to kill the prince, and giving death!" ”

Xu Sheng handed the white silk that had been prepared to Zhou Kui who was paralyzed on the ground, since the queen of Zhou hanged herself with white silk in history, then give Zhou Kui a white silk.

Zhou Kui held the white silk in his hand, his face was full of horror, he crawled in front of Zhu Cihong, and said, "I'm your grandfather, how can you make me commit suicide?" ”

Zhu Cihong said coldly: "This palace is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and it has always been the country before the family, if you don't want to hang yourself, this palace doesn't mind letting people help!" ”

After speaking, Zhu Cihong left the hall with his hands in his hands, and at the same time ordered someone to transport all the property of the Zhou family, leaving only one ingot of ten taels of silver as the Zhou family's subsidy.

Seeing a cart of gold and silver being taken away, Zhou Kui's heart was like a colic, he put his neck on the white silk, kicked the bench and hung it up......