What I didn't expect was that Zhou Shou's cheek was comparable to the city wall, the evidence was so conclusive, and he could deny it in every possible way, and shouted in his mouth: "Your Majesty, this must be Xie Zhi framing the minister, the minister's temper is not very good, and it is inevitable that there will be some beating and scolding to the people in the palace on weekdays, they must hold a grudge and frame the minister, because of Your Majesty, the minister has everything today, how can he do such a rebellious thing?" ”

It stands to reason that Emperor Hongzhi is not bad to the Zhou family, and the assassination should not have happened.

If it weren't for Emperor Hongzhi believing in Xie Zhi and believing that Xie Zhi would never frame the Zhou family in this matter, Emperor Hongzhi would never think of anyone who would never think of the Zhou family.

After Zhou Shou shouted injustice, Emperor Hongzhi had a mocking smile on his face and said, "Yes, I also want to know why?" I invited Qingyunhou to come today, just to let Qingyunhou solve this doubt for me. ”

Zhou Shou's face was a little flustered, but he was still a dead duck with a hard mouth, glanced at Xie Zhi, and replied: "The minister also wants to know, why don't you ask Yun Zhongbo to explain?" ”

Nima, does he explain this?

Emperor Hongzhi thought that the evidence was so conclusive, and Zhou Shou could also speak, and in this warm pavilion, making friends with each other could also make him feel better.

But it didn't come to pass, Zhou Shou didn't tell him the truth until now.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Zhou Shou has not opened his mouth until now, after all, the backer behind him is very big, as long as he does not speak, Emperor Hongzhi will have no problem with him, and the Empress Dowager Zhou will say a few good words, and this matter will be over.

Zhou Shou stiffly didn't speak, Emperor Hongzhi was a little disappointed, a little decadent and lonely, and didn't say anything more, waved his hand and said: "Since Qingyunhou refuses to explain to me, then send Qingyunhou back." ”

After Xie Zhi complied with the order, he called He Sanyou outside the door and was about to take people out, but Zhang Heling broke in without being heard.

As soon as he entered the door, he pointed to Zhou Shousheng and complained bitterly with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, if it weren't for Xiurong, I would have held a national funeral in the Ming Dynasty, the Zhou family's wolf ambition is not punishable, and the elder sister has been washing her face with tears for several days, Your Majesty, you must avenge Xiurong." ”

Zhou Shou defended his innocence in front of Emperor Hongzhi, and he had to express Zhang Heling's accusations, and shouted loudly: "Zhang Heling, you don't want to wronged the old man, you can't deduct such a big basin on my Zhou family's head just because his grandson is on duty in Kunning Palace, right?" ”

Don't look at Zhang Heling as a marquis, everywhere he goes, someone calls out to the marquis, but in fact, what kind of family is there.

It's just like a scoundrel.

After Zhou Shou argued, he scolded directly in front of Emperor Hongzhi, saying: "You old horseman, you want to deny it in every possible way for doing such a big rebellious thing..."

As he spoke, he was about to move towards Zhou Shou.

This warm pavilion is a place to deal with the major affairs of the court on weekdays, but the two relatives staged such a farce here like the villagers in the market.

In fact, there is no need for Zhang Heling to say these things, Emperor Hongzhi knows that the current Emperor Hongzhi is upset, seeing Zhang Heling, who is also a relative, and looking at the actions of the two, maybe it is because he remembers what the two of them do on weekdays, anyway, the attitude is extremely bad, and he said coldly: "Go out!" ”

On weekdays, Emperor Hongzhi has always been kind and pleasant to Zhang Heling, even if Zhang Heling made a big mistake and was impeached, Emperor Hongzhi could call him to his side and solve it privately.

Now Emperor Hongzhi is so cold and hard, but Zhang Heling has never seen it.

After being shouted like this, Zhang Heling was a little worried, but shouted again, "Your Majesty..."

Zhang Heling is also very aggrieved now, he came in completely to ask for justice from his niece, how does this seem like he is not a person inside and out.

Zhang Heling was about to say something, but Emperor Hongzhi didn't even give him a chance, and scolded him again, saying, "Get out." ”

Seeing Emperor Hongzhi like this, Xie Zhi stepped forward and shouted at Zhang Heling: "Hou Shouning, go out first, let Your Majesty live quietly." ”

Zhang Heling's house was a dog biting Lu Dongbin, and he barked directly at Xie Zhi, and said: "Your Majesty ordered you to supervise this matter, but you have not been able to come up with evidence of the Zhou family's guilt, you say, did you accept bribes from the Zhou family?" ”

This is wronged, Xie Zhi was with Zhu Houzhao the whole time, he was able to accept bribes, Zhu Houzhao couldn't also accept bribes, right?

Before Xie Zhi could explain, Zhu Houzhao turned to Zhang Heling and said, "Don't think that this palace doesn't know your mind?" What are you doing for Xiurong and for Daming, but because it is the Zhou family who is unlucky, you are probably so active for personal revenge, right? ”

Zhang Heling was full of grievances and replied: "Your Highness, this is a wronged minister." ”

Zhu Houzhao has always been quite disgusted with Zhang Heling's brothers, and he doesn't have a good face for Zhang Heling, and said: "If you are wronged or not, you know it yourself." ”

Zhang Heling saw that he couldn't understand Zhu Houzhao, so he turned his head and explained to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi no longer gave Zhang Heling face, and even Zhu Houzhao didn't want to deal with it, so he raised his hand and said, "Get out." ”

Zhang Heling wanted to say a few more words, but Xie Zhi took the initiative to give up his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has retired for the time being." ”

Before Zhang Heling came in, Emperor Hongzhi had already let Xie Zhi leave first.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi was in a bad mood, and if he stayed in the second place, he would inevitably be affected.

After Xie Zhi withdrew from the warm pavilion with the grandchildren of the Zhou family in the palace, Zhang Heling had to leave in disgrace without the help of Emperor Hongzhi.

After leaving the warm pavilion, Zhu Houzhao whispered to Xie Zhi beside him: "Xie Wu, those confessions of the Zhou family's relatives really can't prove that he is involved with King Ning, and he can't be convicted just like that." ”

The key evidence of the crime has not been found, and it is really difficult to convict a marquis of a foreign relative.

Originally, this matter was already boiling, if there is no ironclad evidence, I don't know what it will be like to be spread by those who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

Xie Zhi replied: "It's better to continue to look for evidence, but I didn't expect Zhou Shou to be such a scoundrel, such a situation, and I want to deny it in every possible way." ”

Zhu Houzhao snorted and said, "I'm afraid he still wants to be protected by the backer behind him, right?" This time, the father is also iron-hearted, and the Empress Dowager Zhou has been restricted from accessing. ”

......

Zhu Xiurong died, and Emperor Hongzhi announced a three-day boycott to mourn.

Today is the third day, and after Emperor Hongzhi got up early, he accompanied Empress Zhang.

When he was eating breakfast with Empress Zhang, Xiao Jing hurriedly came to report and said, "Your Majesty, a group of ministers accused Yun Zhongbo in front of Fengtian Hall for venting their personal grievances, abusing lynching Qingyun Hou, and also saying that Duke Xie was not fast enough to dig a ditch and a well in Guanzhong, and he was delaying the drought. ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face changed slightly, but he did not show anything in front of Empress Zhang, and accompanied Empress Zhang to have breakfast before leaving Kunning Palace.

After coming out of Kunning Palace, Emperor Hongzhi scolded angrily: "At this time, there are still people who impeach the Xie family father and son, write down the impeached people, and check them one by one, let them kneel if they want to kneel." ”

When dealing with ministers, Emperor Hongzhi has always been gentle, and it is really rare to see this.

Xiao Jing didn't say anything more, and took the will and set out to do it, while Emperor Hongzhi went to the warm pavilion.

In the warm pavilion, you can also see the ministers kneeling in front of the Fengtian Temple.

Emperor Hongzhi stopped in front of the window for a long time, his eyes becoming sharper and sharper.

This world is the world of the Zhu family, if the advice is for the Ming Dynasty, then it is fine, if it is for personal interests to coerce the court, then I am sorry.

From morning until noon, the ministers knelt in the Fengtian Hall without any response from Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't even look at the folds in the warm pavilion, wandered around the room and walked a few steps, and then sat down in front of the throne for a while.

The current Emperor Hongzhi is entangled in his heart, he knows that there will be nothing wrong with this matter, but he also hopes that Xie Zhi has made a mistake in this matter.

Emperor Hongzhi, the Empress Dowager of Zhou, is not only grateful for the grace of nurturing, but also affectionate.

When lunch was about to be passed, Xie Zhi and Zhu Houzhao took two guards in the clouds and carried a large basket of things into the palace.

Before he approached the Fengtian Temple, he saw a group of ministers kneeling in front of him.

Xie Zhi approached step by step, and did not meet those ministers head-on, bypassing those people and going directly to the warm pavilion.

After entering the warm pavilion and saluting, Xie Zhi said: "Your Majesty, the minister has calculated some accounts of the Zhou family, and after the minister's verification, the Zhou family has more than 80,000 acres of fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing and Guanzhong, more than 50 shops, and more than 100,000 taels, more than 800,000 treasures, and countless treasures and antiques. ”

Although the amount of these things was huge, it was not enough to make Emperor Hongzhi feel emotional, and he raised his hand and said, "Can you find evidence by interacting with King Ning?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi's tolerance of the Zhou family over the years shows his different feelings for the Zhou family, so this evidence, Xie Zhi did not come up with it for the first time.

Since Emperor Hongzhi asked, Xie Zhi had no choice but to speak, and Xie Zhi replied: "The minister searched several outer houses of Qingyun Marquis with the house deed, found a secret room in a foreign house in the north of the city, found letters exchanged with King Ning, and also had accounts of courtiers and dealings, which clearly recorded the power and money transactions between the two parties. ”