Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Confession of Disappearing Writing
As Zhu Hao opened the piece of paper, the ministers were in an uproar, and Zhu Hao showed a satisfied expression on his face, but after a while, he saw that the eyes of the ministers were all looking at him, and they were all full of doubts, Zhu Hao felt that something was wrong, and secretly said in his heart: "Is there anything wrong with this confession?" Probably not, I looked at it carefully at the time, and there will be absolutely no problem! Zhu Hao with the doubts in his heart, slowly turned the paper in his hand over, when he saw the page that was turned over, he couldn't help but gasp, frightened his forehead oozing dense beads of sweat, the reason why Zhu Hao was like this, was because he saw that the paper in his hand was a blank paper at all! Not a word on it!
Since this confession came into Zhu Hao's hands, Zhu Hao has never left his body, Zhu Hao doesn't believe in anyone, can make him unknowingly, change the paper, if it is not exchanged, then there is only one possibility, that is, this confession, from the beginning of writing, there is a problem, Zhu Hao thought so, angrily looked at Fang Congzhe and asked: "What the hell is going on?" ”
Fang Congzhe originally didn't want to pay attention to Zhu Hao, but when he listened to Zhu Hao's angry words, he still unconsciously replied in a very small voice: "This is a matter of Weichen's life, Weichen has to guard against it, please forgive Your Highness!" ”
Zhu Hao listened to Fang Congzhe's words that were almost admitted, and finally understood, and said secretly: "I am still too young, and I was put on a position by Fang Congzhe, an old fox!"
Concubine Zheng saw that Zhu Hao had no choice but to take Fang Congzhe, so she said to Zhu Hao arrogantly: "How about the fifth prince, do you have anything else to say?" ”
Seeing that Zhu Hao didn't say anything more, Concubine Zheng said coldly: "Come on, bring this rebel son who forged the edict of Emperor Daxing, and wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne, and then send it down!" ”
Zhu Hao listened to Concubine Zheng's words to control herself, and knew in her heart that if she didn't resist, I was afraid that the world would really change a lot, thinking like this, Zhu Hao hurriedly roared angrily: "Slow! ”
Hearing Zhu Hao's voice to stop her, Concubine Zheng didn't care, looked at Zhu Hao coldly and said, "What? Fifth Prince, do you have anything else to say? The reason why Concubine Zheng dared to ask Zhu Hao like this was because Concubine Zheng had already expected that Zhu Hao would not have any more favorable evidence to prove her innocence.
Zhu Hao really has no way to prove it at the moment, but he still has five thousand Praetorian Guards in his hands, and it can be said that the military power in the entire palace is now in his hands.
It's not that Concubine Zheng didn't think about Zhu Hao's control of the Praetorian Guard, but according to Concubine Zheng, Zhu Hao is just a doll, even if she has the courage, she doesn't dare to launch a mutiny. That's why she dared to appear in front of the Yamato Gate today, trying to use the power of the ministers to coerce Zhu Hao to give up resistance.
It's a pity that Concubine Zheng thought wrong about Zhu Hao, as a traverser, he didn't believe it at all, the principles of heaven in this era will naturally not be swayed by the so-called Confucianism, he only believes in one thing, that is, a big fist is the last word!
Zhu Hao looked at Concubine Zheng coldly, and snorted coldly: "Concubine, are you saying the opposite?" I think this prince asked if there was anything else you wanted to say, right? Have you forgotten that this prince still has 5,000 Praetorian Guards in his hands? ”
Concubine Zheng listened to Zhu Hao say the military strength in her hands, took a half step back slightly, and shouted with some inwardness: "What do you want to do?" Do you want to mutiny? ”
Zhu Hao shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Mutiny? Conspiracy? No, no, no, this prince never had such an idea, just ......"
Saying that, Zhu Hao lengthened his tone, and then roared angrily: "It's just that you, a poisonous woman, violated Taizu's last words: 'The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!'" 'This prince wants to lock up you, a poisonous woman who violated Taizu's legacy, and wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne before dealing with it! ”
Zhu Hao said and shouted angrily: "Where are the Praetorian Guards? ”
On such an important occasion today, Xie Gang, who is the commander of the Praetorian Guard, is naturally personally guarding the Taihe Gate, listening to Zhu Hao's voice, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Xie Gang, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, see Your Highness!" ”
Zhu Hao looked at Xie Gang, who was in a somewhat uneasy mood just now, and then settled down a little, looking at Xie Gang, Zhu Hao said word by word: "Concubine Zheng, during the funeral of Emperor Daxing, she openly violated Taizu's testament that 'the harem must not interfere in politics'!" With a false edict to disturb people's hearts, bewitch the ministers, and disturb the court, this prince orders you to detain Concubine Zheng on the spot now, and wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne, and then deal with it! ”
After Xie Gang listened to Zhu Hao's words, he didn't have any doubts at all, and immediately replied: "The last general is ordered!" Saying that, Xie Gang pointed at Concubine Zheng and shouted, "Come on, take it away!" ”
As soon as Xie Gang's words fell, two guards and soldiers set up Concubine Zheng, and Concubine Zheng saw that she was once again subject to this little hairy child, and shouted very unwillingly in her heart: "You dare to do this, this concubine is the concubine of Emperor Wanli!" You can't treat this concubine like this! This concubine will definitely make you regret what you did today in the future! No matter how Concubine Zheng shouted, no one paid attention to her.
Even the ministers did not stand up to speak for Concubine Zheng, of course, Fang Congzhe, who was an alliance of Concubine Zheng, wanted to say something, but unfortunately he knew that he was now the target of Zhu Hao's suppression, so he didn't dare to speak out at all, for fear that Zhu Hao would directly kill him on the spot because of that confession. did not make a sound to stop her, and Concubine Zheng was dragged away from Taihe Gate by two Praetorian Guard soldiers like a dead dog.
The reason why no one in the ministers just now stood up to speak for Concubine Zheng was because these courtiers had no good impression of Concubine Zheng herself, because in the Wanli Dynasty, the emperor favored Concubine Zheng and triggered a dispute over the country's capital, which led to the fact that after the country's dispute, the emperor did not go to court for a long time because of his anger, the court was chaotic, and the whole world was in dire straits, and the courtiers were even more in danger. Therefore, all the courtiers who have gone through the Wanli Dynasty have no good impression of this Concubine Zheng.
The other is that these courtiers are a little afraid of Zhu Hao, don't look at Zhu Hao's age, but the royal hunting ground, the shooting of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Cui Wei, made Zhu Hao's murderous reputation thunderous among these courtiers, and the officials in the court and the central government all knew that the five princes were decisive in killing and killing the leader of the Donglin Party without blinking an eye.
Based on the above two points, the courtiers just wanted to say something, but they didn't dare to say anything at the moment, for fear that if they spoke, they would accidentally become the ghost of the fifth prince's knife.
Zhu Hao looked at the ministers without saying a word, and he began to continue: "My lords, the ancients had the practice of filial piety for three years, and they were all courtiers of the Daxing Emperor, so they should follow the example of the people and keep filial piety for the Daxing Emperor, but this prince looks at three years is too long, after all, you are all important ministers of the imperial court, and the imperial court still has a lot of things that need to be dealt with by the adults. ”
The officials knelt on the ground and scolded: "Where is this for the filial piety of the Emperor Daxing!" Is this clearly house arrest in disguise! It seems that this fifth prince is really going to rebel! Although these thoughts are so in their hearts, based on the prestige of Zhu Hao's order to shoot Cui Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is still there, they dare not speak out at this moment.
Zhu Hao looked at the ministers and said nothing, so he instructed Xie Gang: "Xie Gang listens to the order, from now on, block the palace gate, without the order of this prince, no one is allowed to enter and leave without permission, if there is a violator, no matter who it is, kill on the spot!" ”
After finishing speaking, Zhu Hao paused and continued: "At the same time, two thousand Praetorian Guards will be sent to protect the safety of adults in Taihe Gate!" ”
When the ministers heard this, they all lamented in their hearts: "This is really taking us into custody, this fifth prince is really careless!" ”
Xie Gang listened to Zhu Hao's words, so he immediately ordered to go down and let the Praetorian Guards act according to Zhu Hao's orders, and then asked Zhu Hao respectfully: "Does Your Highness have any other orders?" ”
Zhu Hao thought for a moment, then continued: "You send another team of Praetorian Guards to follow Wei Xiaobao to search for His Royal Highness the Prince!" Saying that, Zhu Hao seemed to remember something, pointed at Fang Congzhe and said to Xie Gang: "Fang Shoufu is the first assistant of the cabinet, you can receive it personally!" Good life 'care'! Don't miss out! Zhu Hao's tone was extra heavy on the word "care", and the implication was obvious.
Xie Gang naturally understood what Zhu Hao meant, and immediately sneered and said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the last general will definitely personally 'take care' of Lord Shoufu!" Xie Gang's tone was also a little heavier, and he secretly responded to Zhu Hao, saying that he understood what Zhu Hao meant.
Zhu Hao listened to Xie Gang's words, nodded, then turned around and left the Taihe Gate, walking in the direction of his dormitory, walking on the road, Zhu Hao couldn't help but think about the confession Fang Cong gave him, and said secretly in his heart: "What the hell is going on, I obviously saw that it was full of words, but now there is not a single word on it." It's weirdly ruthless! ”
Zhu Hao was puzzled, and couldn't help but take out the confession again to look at it carefully, he looked at the confession back and forth, but there was still no trace of handwriting, as if there had never been handwriting on this piece of paper, Zhu Hao couldn't understand this unbelievable thing.
In the end, Zhu Hao, who really couldn't figure it out, had to give up the search for this confession, and carefully folded this confession and put it in his arms, he believed that this confession must have a mystery, although at this moment he didn't know why the handwriting on it disappeared, but Zhu Hao knew that there must be a way to make the words on it appear.