"Your Highness, the British Duke is here." Liu Jin came to Zhu Houzhao's side and spoke.

Glancing at Zhang Ji beside him, Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "It seems that Bengong didn't guess wrong, this bet was won by Bengong." ”

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said to Liu Jin: "Let them in." ”

Zhang Ji hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise and martial, and the ministers are far behind. ”

Zhu Houzhao accepted this sycophant directly, because there was no way to take it back. However, seeing Zhang Ji's worried face, he sighed and said, "The family in this era is also very difficult. ”

It didn't take long for the British Gong Zhang Mao to walk in from outside.

Liu Jin followed behind, went straight to Zhu Houzhao's side, and then whispered: "Your Highness, the British Duke has brought someone. The man was kneeling outside, and it looked like he had been beaten and wounded before he came. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, this was already within his expectations.

No matter what it is, as long as it involves the British government, the British public Zhang Mao will inevitably give himself an explanation, that is to say, they will inevitably hand over a person, but it is difficult to say who this is.

asked Liu Jin to step back, Zhu Houzhao signaled that he knew, but these things can only be like this for the time being, and he can only pretend not to know, and see what the British Duke himself says, and then make a decision.

"Minister Zhang Mao, see His Royal Highness the Prince." After seeing Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Mao hurriedly saluted.

Zhu Houzhao smiled first, and said in a very gentle tone: "Why should the prince be like this, the palace has already said it, and the prince doesn't need to salute when he sees the palace." Come, give a seat. ”

Zhang Mao didn't dare to slack off, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said so, if you really dare to do this, the end will definitely not be much better. If you really take the words of the emperor's family, you can't take it too seriously, then it won't be far from death.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the courtesy of the monarch and the minister should not be wasted, this is the way for the minister, and it is also the way for the king." Zhang Mao said with a serious face.

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao's face became serious, and he said respectfully: "This palace has been taught." ”

"How dare you, the minister just felt it, and I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will forgive his sins." Zhang Mao said with a smile.

Then he sat down, and then spoke: "The six gates built by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today are really a major event in Beijing. After hearing this, the minister was overjoyed, and there were six doors in the capital, which must be safe and healthy. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, he knew that Zhang Mao was looking for a conversation, but he couldn't pick up this topic by himself, so he could only make a detour.

So Zhu Houzhao smiled and played Tai Chi with Zhang Mao, but he didn't get down to business.

Zhang Ji on the side looked at the two people talking in a foggy manner.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in a hurry, he can understand, but is his own prince not in a hurry?

Since you're in a hurry, let's just say it, what are you going around here?

It seems that the time is almost up. Zhang Maocai opened his mouth and said: "Today, the minister came here to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his guilt. ”

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and then said with a hesitant expression: "Where did Guogong start with this?" According to the palace, Grandpa Guo's family was very peaceful during this time, and it seems that he was not involved in anything, and the children in the family are also in peace. ”

"A few days ago, my father and the emperor also talked to the palace about this matter, saying that the country teaches his son in a good way and runs the family in a good way. At that time, the palace thought so, and asked his father for a reward, how could he ask for a crime? But someone bullied the Guogong Mansion? Or did the subordinates of this palace do something to the prince of the country? ”

"I also ask the prince to speak bluntly, this palace has always helped but not to help relatives. If it is really someone around the palace, the prince can rest assured, and the palace will definitely give the prince an explanation. ”

Listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhang Mao was grateful, but he was about to cry in his heart.

The more His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said this, the more difficult it was for this matter to pass, and at the same time, he scolded Zhang Heng in his heart for being a fool and provoked His Royal Highness the Prince.

You must know that whether it is a nobleman or a relative in the court, if you can not provoke His Royal Highness the Prince, you will definitely not provoke it.

But it's good in my own house, and I hit the muzzle of the gun, which is simply stupid. But it's a knife vertically, and it's also a knife horizontally, and you can't avoid this knife in your own house, so just be generous.

Even if it is cut and shrunk, this knife will have to be suffered by one's own family, so he simply generously let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cut it.

This knife makes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comfortable to cut and makes him cut happily, so that it will be better than picking and shrinking.

"There's something wrong with the family." Zhang Mao sighed and said helplessly.

"The Zhou family found the Chen's house today, saying that it was checked by six doors." Zhang Mao said helplessly.

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, and then said, "The Zhou family? What is the Zhou family? ”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Jin's face did not change.

Zhang Ji was shocked. Just now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of the Kingdom said that this matter was coming, but now they are pretending not to know? If you know that you are present, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not afraid that he will reveal the details?

But Zhang Ji then thought about it, did he dare to show it?

If you don't dare, what is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince afraid of?

Zhang Mao's face did not change, he had already guessed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would do this, and his words just now were just a test to see whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to deal with it lightly or seriously.

If it was handled lightly, then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not have asked rhetorically just now. Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has asked rhetorically, it means that there is no room for negotiation in this matter, and it must be severely punished.

"This Zhou family is a salt merchant, and they have some dealings with the minister's family, and some of the family's business is also handed over to them to take care of on weekdays. Don't hide it from Your Highness, the family has a large population, and if you don't take care of these things, I'm afraid you won't be able to live. Zhang Mao said helplessly, with a little grievance on his face.

This is the crying child has milk to eat, you can't pretend to be submissive, you have to be wronged. In addition, when admitting mistakes, you can't hide them, don't hide them, you must stand up when you are beaten, and you must say something else about the miserable things.

The minister asked Zhang Heng to contact. This Zhang Heng is the nephew of the minister, and he has been used to him all these years, pampered and pampered, and he didn't understand anything, so he was surrounded by confusion. The Zhou family said that they would partner with him in the salt business, and he agreed. When the Zhou family brought salt, he asked his family's shop to sell it, and he made a lot of money in the past few years. But this time something happened to the Zhou family, and he ran to the house and said that it was all private salt, and if he didn't help him, he would implicate the minister's nephew. ”

"Although the nephew of the minister is cowardly and unsuccessful, he is loyal to Daming and His Majesty. After he heard this, he immediately came to report to the minister, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had said that if there is a mistake, he must admit his mistakes, and he must stand up when he is beaten, and ask the minister to bring him to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to confess his guilt, and he will deal with it as he wants. ”

"There is only one, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to severely punish the Zhou family, this kind of person is a Ming moth, and he is innocent of death." Zhang Mao said this loudly, and after finishing speaking, he picked up his clothes and walked to the middle, kneeling directly on the ground.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister did not dare to intercede for the nephew of the minister, and the minister only asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to severely punish the Zhou family, and told these cunning people that the nobles of the Ming Dynasty knew that they were loyal to the monarch and knew that they were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, so that they could use these crooked thoughts less to warn the latecomers. The minister's nephew confessed whatever punishment he received. ”

Zhang Ji on the side was dumbfounded when he heard it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pretended not to know, but the prince of his own family was talking nonsense.

What the whole thing was like, who in the audience didn't know?

The salt farm is actually owned by the British government, and the Zhou family is just a person who does things. Even if there is real trafficking in illicit salt, it is impossible for the British public not to know about it.

Because if the British prince didn't know, without their family covering you, you wouldn't be able to do this at all.

In other words, that Zhang Heng was not wronged at all, and he also said that he had earned some money, and Zhang Ji also knew that it was a family business, and it was in the public account, as long as there was a slight fluctuation, someone in the family would know.

As a result, no one knows, so it can only be said that this Zhang Heng swallowed all the money into his stomach.

In other words, the whole thing is nonsense, and all the mistakes are pushed to the Zhou family, which is actually revenge on the Zhou family. At the same time, it is also telling others not to think about calculating our family, otherwise you can't afford the end.

Zhu Hou looked at Zhang Mao.

Zhang Ji can figure out something, and he will naturally be able to figure it out even more.

Just look at Zhang Mao's appearance, he doesn't know the whole thing at all.

The British Mansion. Naturally, there is no need to engage in any private salt, because the salt farm belongs to their family, and it is really not worth it for this small profit.

So Zhang Mao should have been blinded, not by the Zhou family, but by his nephew.

It's just that you can't say that when you come to yourself. So all his sins were attributed to the Zhou family, so he directly trampled the Zhou family into the mud, and it was difficult not to die. At the same time, he also warned everyone not to fight their own ideas, otherwise this is the end.

At the same time, let his nephew come out to confess, to put it bluntly, he gave himself an explanation.

He can dispose of it as he wants, but he still keeps it, and all the responsibilities are given to the Zhou family, and his British public responsibility is not much.

The main thing is to see whether you admit it or not, if you admit it, then this matter is like this; If you don't admit it, then this won't be the case.

However, Zhang Mao also knew that his Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be able to admit it, so he dared to say so.

The old guy was shameless, Zhu Houzhao scolded in his heart, but he quickly stood up, walked to Zhang Mao with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand to help him up, and then hurriedly said: "Why is Guogong like this?" Since your nephew is blinded, this palace will naturally not punish him, as the so-called ignorant is not guilty, and this palace will not do that kind of foolish thing. ”

"But what about this matter? Hongu does not know yet, and further investigation is needed. I don't know if the Guogong Mansion has any evidence in this regard, but if so, it can be taken out and the case can be investigated as soon as possible. ”

No longer pursue his nephew. But he threw himself into another big pit. Zhang Mao couldn't cry or laugh a little, knowing that this matter was not so easy to end, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not let himself go easily, and it was estimated that he had been waiting for him to come in.

The whole thing should be Lin Pan's head, and then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pushed the boat down the river, but he didn't know who was going to bury it.

It seems that he should be the one who is buried, but it is unknown when it will end up.

However, Zhang Mao still hurriedly said: "The minister's nephew is outside, and after the people of the Zhou family said it, he also found out that something was wrong, so he still knows some things." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said with a smile: "Guogong really understands righteousness. There is not a single rumor about this matter, and no one knows about it. I didn't expect Guogong to actually notice this matter, and Liumen only found out that there was a murder case in the Zhou family, but I didn't expect that there was also a case of selling illicit salt. Now the prince not only noticed it, but also killed his relatives in righteousness, which is really a model of the country. ”

"The minister doesn't dare to be." Zhang Mao hurriedly said, feeling even more bitter in his heart.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince This is a showdown, to put it bluntly, he let himself carry this matter, took Lin Pan out, and also took himself out.

The whole thing was found out by my own family, and then I reported it myself. Although there is only one Zhou family who comes out now, but to do this, there must be more than one Zhou family, and more than one noble, and there must be other people involved.

What does this mean? This shows that His Highness made himself a whistleblower, which is the work of offending acquaintances. This is the punishment given to his family by His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhang Mao felt a little uncomfortable, this is another job to offend people.

But at this time, Zhang Mao can't do it if he doesn't agree, and if he doesn't agree, it's not a matter of these things themselves. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked you to offend people, and you don't want to offend people, so what do you want to do? Good obedience is king.

"Minister, understood." Zhang Mao bowed and said.

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Zhang Ji beside him: "These cases will be handed over to you, check them carefully, don't disappoint the palace, you can ask the British Duke if there is anything." ”

"I understand." Zhang Ji hurriedly said, he also saw something, and he could be regarded as saving this matter.

Of course, he only protected Zhang Heng, not the Zhou family, but kicked the Zhou family's body, telling him to die quickly, and he was quite steady and ruthless.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pushed the boat down the river and completely made this matter bigger, so that all the people behind him were implicated. Pushing yourself out now is nothing more than letting yourself handle this case, and there is no way to quit.

Zhang Mao's mouth on the side was even more bitter, and asked Zhang Ji to handle this case, and the result was that I reported it, and the people of our family investigated the case, making it seem that the whole case was made by our family, which would be strange if it was not criticized.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mao felt a little pain in his heart, how did things become like this?

However, he didn't dare to speak at this time, so he could only listen carefully.

Zhang Mao glanced at Zhang Ji, there was no choice but to cooperate with him to do a good job in the case; If the case is not done well, he will not be able to eat and walk around, and Zhang Ji's future will be over.

At this point, there is no other way to choose, and it is all to blame Zhang Heng for that waste. Zhang Mao scolded in his heart.

"Alright, you guys go ahead, handle the case well, and don't let me down." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

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