Zhou Zheng was busy in the study for a while, and he also heard the movement outside clearly, and after coming out, without waiting for Shangguan Lie to speak, he said lightly: "The emperor should be frightened, and it is not strange to have this move." ”

Shangguan Lie hurriedly stood up and said dissatisfiedly: "What's not strange? He can't trust his brother-in-law! What if you want to ban the army today, and what if you want to patrol the battalion tomorrow? The day after tomorrow, are you going to go to prison with your brother-in-law? These emperors are all the same, the cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys cook, if the brother-in-law has no military power in his hands, it is waiting for death......"

Zhou Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Who taught you?" ”

Shangguan Lie opened his mouth to speak, but swallowed it back, and looked at Zhou Zheng's cold gaze, so he had to say: "When I just left the palace, I met Sun Shilang and chatted with him for a while. ”

Sun Shilang, Sun Chuanting, is now a servant of the Ministry of Officials.

Zhou Zheng snorted and said, "Okay, I know, you can go." ”

Shangguan Lie saw that Zhou Zheng did not pursue it, so he leaned closer and said: "Brother-in-law, everyone outside says that you are not ruthless enough, so you can't do Cao Cao." You read a lot of books, think about it, if Cao Cao is not ruthless, how many times will he have to die? Where else is there any ambition to dominate the industry......"

Zhou Zheng glanced at him and looked at the dark outside.

Shangguan Lie couldn't say these words, someone should have said it in his ear, and he came to talk to Zhou Zheng again.

It's not that there's anything wrong, it's a temptation.

This is the temptation of the people around Zhou Zheng to Zhou Zheng's mind.

In front of Zhou, there are actually three paths: the first, Zhou Gong, assisting the young master, retired after success. But this road is not easy to follow, and most of the end is not good.

The second is Cao Cao. Be a tyrant in troubled times, hold the authority of the world, put the emperor on the shelf, and coerce the princes of the Son of Heaven.

The third is Wang Mang. Take the opportunity to seize the throne and reign over the world. But this is not destined to be an easy road to take, the Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, the foundation is too thick, Zhou Zheng rashly ascended to the throne, and it is not recognized by the people of the world, it is bound to be a great chaos in the world, and the board is like boiling.

This is not what Zhou Zheng wants.

The people around Zhou Zheng couldn't guess Zhou Zheng's intentions, and now that such a big thing happened in the court, too many people wanted to find out Zhou Zheng's true thoughts.

Shangguan Lie is just pushing to tempt, and I believe that tomorrow there will be more overt or covert temptations, or even direct face-to-face inquiries.

Shangguan Lie didn't have so many thoughts, took another bite of the apple, and said, "Brother-in-law, what do you say?" ”

Zhou Zheng put his hands behind his back and said, "Do your thing well, the emperor will dispel this idea." ”

Shangguan Lie sighed and said, "That's okay, I'll go back, and the palace is also in chaos." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at him and said, "If you meet anyone on the road, tell him and follow the steps." ”

"Step-by-step? Okay, got it. Shangguan Lie made a note and turned to leave.

Zhou Zheng looked at the dark sky, this night, I don't know how much will happen.

As Zhou Zheng expected, even if martial law was imposed in the capital, it could not suppress the undercurrents and gossip everywhere.

Shangguan Qing coaxed Xiao Ke'er to sleep, walked over, looked at Zhou Zheng's back, and said softly: "Are you okay?" ”

Zhou Zheng snorted and said, "At this time, who can do anything to me, what can they do?" ”

Shangguan Qing and Zhou Zheng have been married for many years, and they heard a huge pressure from Zhou Zheng's bland words, held Zhou Zheng with one hand, and said, "It's okay, I'll accompany you." ”

"Hmm."

……

Not long after Shangguan Lie left the Zhou Mansion, and before he walked near the imperial city, Sun Chuanting came out, stopped him with a smile, and said, "Shangguan Commander." ”

Shangguan Lie blinked and muttered, "I was really told by my brother-in-law." ”

Sun Chuanting heard clearly, glanced around, approached and whispered, "What did the adults say?" ”

Shangguan Lie said: "Just four words: step by step." ”

"Step-by-step ......"

Sun Chuanting chewed on the four words, suddenly moved, and said with a smile: "It's as it should be, I'm anxious." ”

Shangguan Lie said angrily: "I don't like you scholars, there are so many twists and turns in saying a word and doing a thing, if you really want to know, just ask directly, can my brother-in-law not tell you?" ”

Sun Chuanting was relieved in his heart, and said with a calm smile: "There are some things that we can't talk about, the most appropriate thing is that Shangguan is in charge, and if you meet other people, you can say the same." ”

Shangguan Lie felt a little inexplicable, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued to walk forward.

Then, he really met people, Ma Shiying, Zhang Heyi, Kou Huaiyi and other important members of Zhou Zhengyi's family, almost one by one.

Some people can understand those four words, while others are still a little puzzled.

Shangguan Lie was annoyed by the question, so he strode directly into the palace and didn't care about the outside anymore.

Zhou Zheng and his family soon knew Zhou Zheng's attitude, and the floating people's minds were temporarily controlled and concentrated on dealing with the chaos in front of them.

Zhou Yanru did not leave the palace at this time, and was always in the cabinet.

He's waiting, waiting for tomorrow.

What exactly will happen tomorrow?

Zhu Cihong didn't sleep at this time, firstly, he was frightened, and secondly, he thought of something from other people's mouths, and felt that something was wrong.

On this night, there were very few people who could fall asleep.

After a hard night, when the rooster crows, the whole capital is boiling again.

Li Hengbing and Chen Zhaozhong, with a bunch of files, hurriedly entered the palace early in the morning.

At this time, most people were still asleep, including Zhou Zheng.

"Yuan Fu, Li Hengbing, Chen Zhaozhong have entered the palace." Fan Wenjing gently came to Zhou Yanru's room and called in a low voice.

Zhou Yanru woke up violently, and immediately said in a deep voice: "You go to see Gonggong Li, I want to know every word they say!" ”

Fan Wenjing hurriedly responded, turned around and walked out quickly.

When Zhu Cihong heard that Shangshu and the waiter from the Criminal Department were coming, he naturally summoned him quickly, and couldn't wait to know how the interrogation went.

Zhu Cihong did not ask them to report verbally, but looked at the confessions that were piled up and waited for.

Zhu Cihong is less than eleven years old, but reading and writing is not a problem, he can understand, the more he looks, the more frightened he becomes, less than one-fifth, he can't help but look up at Li Hengbing, and said in disbelief: "These, are they all true?" ”

The people who plotted to assassinate him in the Jinluan Palace accounted for almost half! Especially in the clan, the nobles account for the lion's share!

Chen Zhaozhong raised his hand as usual and said: "The minister also had suspicions before, so he carefully checked them one by one, among them, no one was tortured, all because he confessed for fear of crime, and only asked the emperor to be extrajudicial and spare the family." ”

Zhu Cihong's little face was straight, and his eyes were staring at Chen Zhaozhong tightly.

He is young, but it doesn't mean that he is easy to deceive, he has only read more than 20 copies of these confessions, and this is already a big problem, not to mention that there are nearly 100 copies!

Zhu Cihong stood up violently and said in a deep voice: "I want to go to the heavenly prison." ”

Li Hengbing bowed and said, "Yes." ”

Only then did Zhu Cihong turn to him and said, "Just now Chen Shilang said that there was no torture to extract confessions, is it true?" ”

Li Hengbing's face was expressionless, and he said: "Such a big thing, the ministers dare not be careless, so they have never used torture." Your Majesty arrived at the prison and knew it at a glance. ”

Zhu Cihong looked at Li Hengbing, suddenly walked forward directly, and said, "Okay, put the punishment department." ”

Li Zhong hurriedly chased after him and said, "Long live Lord, do you want to ask Yuanfu and Zheng Xibo to accompany you?" ”

Zhu Cihong had already doubted or dissatisfied with Zhou Yanru and Zhou Zheng, and replied very decisively, "No." ”