In the Chunnuan Pavilion, Li Zushu took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and pushed it to the eunuch opposite: "This is two thousand taels of silver tickets, all of which belong to Fan Ji Qianzhuang, take them for pocket use first." If there is anything in the palace that needs money in the future, you can come to me at any time. ”

The eunuch was not polite, he took it directly into his hand, did not count, put it away very skillfully, and nodded at the same time and said: "Okay, wait for the good news of our family, it is estimated that this will be done tomorrow." ”

When Li Zushu heard this, he said with a smile: "Cheng, then let those people in the house make trouble for another day, and tomorrow when you confirm it, we will release the news, so that only then can anyone ......believe this news."

As he said this, suddenly there seemed to be a lot of hurried footsteps outside, which made him slightly stunned, not knowing what was going on.

But they didn't think much about it, they didn't meet once or twice before, they have been smooth, there will be no accidents, and their vigilance has been lowered.

Of course, this also has to do with the current situation.

The contact inside and outside the palace, almost a little bit of power, will have such a channel. Just like corruption in officialdom, everyone has a share, so they are used to it and don't care much about it.

However, the footsteps outside quickly rushed into the Chunnuan Pavilion, and then Li Zushu and the eunuch heard the guards outside shouting and asking: "Who are you, do you understand the ......rules?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard an "ah" sound, and then he saw that the curtain between the inside and outside was lifted, and a group of people rushed in like tigers.

Suddenly, Li Zushu and the eunuch were stupid, what was going on?

I've never experienced anything like this, and for a while, my brain was a little short-circuited and I couldn't react.

Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi were both wearing civilian clothes at this time, but their movements were not slow, and when they saw the people in the room, no matter who they were, they immediately divided their labor and cooperated and pounced on each other.

"Who are you......" Li Zushu said half a sentence, and he was immediately thrown to the ground, his chin hit the table, his tongue was almost bitten off, pressed to the ground, and he couldn't move.

In addition, the eunuch reacted a little and dodged for a while, but he still didn't dodge, and was immediately thrown to the ground by several big men, holding his hands and feet firmly, and it was impossible to move at all.

"Who are you, and do you know who I am?" Li Zushu was pressed and couldn't move, but he was furious in his heart, and immediately shouted angrily, "Which way are you mixed in, be careful that Lao Tzu destroys your gang!" ”

When he usually has nothing to do, he will also play with black and white, and use his family background to be majestic. Therefore, he thought that he was looking for an enemy in the rivers and lakes, but he recognized the wrong person and treated him as an enemy.

No one answered him, but there was the sound of unhurried footsteps outside the door. Subsequently, someone announced: "Factory father, everyone has been captured." ”

"Commander, these people were held down for the first time!"

Hearing this, Li Zushu was stunned at first, but he didn't react for a while, which factory? Which commander is your lord?

In his cognition, how could Cao Huachun and Li Ruolian appear here?

But soon, he understood. Immediately remembered that he was doing something, and the people in the palace were also caught red-handed, and suddenly there was a fear in his heart, and the anger just now had long since disappeared, and his face immediately turned very pale.

However, Li Zushu was still comforting himself in his heart, it's okay, don't be afraid, they are at most charged with colluding with the palace, this kind of thing, don't be too normal, with your own family background, admit the punishment, what else can you do!

Just as he was thinking, Cao Huachun paced in front of the eunuch, looked sideways slightly, and couldn't help but say with a hint of inexplicable smile: "Who do we think it is, it's just a supervisor of Shangshan Supervisor, what a bold man!" ”

"Factory father, I just have an old relationship with Master Hou, and I just said something like this, and I didn't do anything illegal!" The eunuch hurriedly explained, "Please also ask the factory to be clear!" ”

Cao Huachun listened, and before he could speak, he heard another movement behind him, and hurriedly turned around to look, sure enough, it was Emperor Chongzhen who came over with six Shangshu.

So, he immediately greeted him and said, "Your Majesty, you have caught them for the first time." One is Li Zushu, the Marquis of Linhuai, and the other is Pan Yanliang, the supervisor of Shangshan. ”

When Li Zushu, who was pressed to the ground, heard this, it was like a thunderbolt in a sunny day, and it sounded on his heavenly spirit cover, which shocked him and made him feel dizzy. Emperor? Why is the emperor here?

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the chair with a golden sword, and the six Shangshu consciously stood on both sides. At this time, they are still very curious, which play is the emperor singing?

I saw Emperor Chongzhen instruct in a cold voice: "Search this Pan Yanliang, there is a bag of medicinal powder, and two thousand taels of silver tickets, Fan Ji Qianzhuang." ”

The commander of the Jinyi Guard made Li Ruolian very strange when he heard it, why was the emperor so confident?

While he was thinking about it, because he was standing close, he immediately stepped forward to search his body himself.

As soon as Li Zushu and the eunuch heard this, they were suddenly shocked 100,000 times more than the shock just now. The emperor directly said these two things, what does that mean? It shows that the emperor knows what they are discussing here, and knows that they are going to murder the emperor's fifth son!

What kind of sin is this? What a great sin of treason!

At this moment, they were stunned at all, and they didn't have time to think about why the emperor knew about this, and the whole person was almost scared to death. Li Zushu, who was still triumphant just now, was even more scared out of the feces and urine.

Seeing that there were obvious water stains on the crotch of Li Zushu's pants and the smell of, even if there were six books of unknown reasons, they knew that something big had happened.

Li Ruolian is a veteran of the Jinyi Guard, but in a flash, he found something, and presented it with both hands: "Your Majesty, everything is there." ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately said in a cold voice: "Separate them into custody and immediately interrogate the murder of my fifth son!" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, all of a sudden, among the six Shangshu, some people did not stand still for a moment, and moved their steps slightly to stabilize. They never expected that a noble who had been handed down from the founding of the country and a eunuch in the palace would collude here and try to murder the prince, which is a big case!

To tell the truth, once this kind of thing broke out, it would shock them even more than Jianyu's invasion of Gyeonggi. This means that many people are going to have their heads on the ground. This kind of treason is impossible to be tolerated, and no emperor will not care about it.

At this moment, Cao Huachun and Li Ruolian finally knew what Emperor Chongzhen came here for so much! Such a big thing, the two of them were shocked, but they didn't dare to slack off, and immediately did it.

Seeing Li Zushu and Pan Yanliang being dragged away like dead dogs, Emperor Chongzhen issued another order, asked for pen and paper, and began to write out the content of their conversations on the spot.

After finishing writing, he clapped his hands and said to the six Shangshu: "The Ming Dynasty is now eventful, and it is the time for the whole country to work together to tide over the difficulties. But I didn't expect that the nobles raised by the Ming Dynasty not only did not want to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, but also wanted to harm my son for the sake of something outside his body to intimidate me! Hehe, I don't exert my power, do you treat me as a sick cat? ”

After finishing speaking, he motioned with a cold face to all six Shangshu to read it.

Of these six books, everyone's face was very grim. Before they knew what was going on, they didn't care about talking casually. Now seeing that the emperor asked them to read what the emperor wrote himself, he was a little curious, so he leaned over to read it.

At this glance, I was suddenly taken aback. They immediately understood how this big case of rebellion came about! And among them, it also involves Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, who is currently in charge of the Beijing camp!

When Emperor Chongzhen saw that they had finished reading, he coldly instructed them: "Qing and the others can go and listen, I am waiting here." ”

After finishing speaking, he also showed this content to Cao Huachun and Li Ruolian, so that when they interrogated, it would be more targeted.

Of course, this interrogation is not only for Li Zushu and Pan Yanliang, but also for the guards outside, all of whom are to be interrogated as circumstantial evidence. As for how to interrogate, he doesn't need to worry about it, Dongchang and Jinyiwei themselves are professionals.

Seeing that the emperor seemed to be on the verge of rage, and that this matter was so appalling, the six Shangshu did not dare to slack off, and after signaling each other with their eyes, they went to observe.

As soon as they left, they looked at Emperor Chongzhen as if he was trying his best to suppress his anger, but in fact, in his heart, he was laughing.

I didn't expect that the case of Marquis Wuqing involved a prince, a marquis, or the hereditary kind, if you go back and copy your family, I don't know how much you can earn! This time, not only did he have no worries about fighting the war, but he also had the economic strength to rebuild several armies under the control of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Even post-war relief is possible.

Not bad, not bad!

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen rarely encountered such a good thing, so he naturally punished the party concerned if he was not satisfied, but took advantage of the topic to play and clean up the Xungui Group ruthlessly. After all, if it were a normal situation, the emperor would have spoken to the Xungui group, even if it was the founding ancestor, he would have been criticized for generations.

However, now this time, witnessed by the six Shangshu, it was the two pigs' heads who handed the handle of the murderous knife to their hands, since this is the case, what is the politeness?

After thinking about it for a long time, I already had a plan in mind.

So, Emperor Chongzhen was also in the mood to see how the interrogation was going. Of course, he didn't go to the scene, but learned about the situation through the eavesdropping seeds on Li Zushu's body.

Li Ruolian is a doer in Jinyiwei, and when he was unwilling, he was an old scalper doing things silently. Therefore, his interrogation skills are naturally not comparable to ordinary people. Just used a little means casually, then Li Zushu collapsed.

"I am willing to confess, I am willing to testify, it was made by the princess of Chengguo. Please also tell the emperor and help me ask for a favor. ”

"That's right, my family still has an iron ticket to avoid death, I beg you, for the sake of my ancestors' meritorious service to the Ming Dynasty, go around me and not die!"

“……”

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen doesn't have to look any further, while this Li Zushu despises Li Guorui for being stupid, he is not a straw bag, how can he have half of the heroism of his ancestors, he is completely a gentleman, and he has no old and spicy means of handling things at all.

In fact, if you think about it, they rushed to the front by themselves, trying to use this means to persecute Emperor Chongzhen, unless Emperor Chongzhen is also as inexperienced as them, otherwise his son is dead, and he will definitely feel that there is a problem.

It's a pity to say that Emperor Chongzhen in history, when it comes to the means of doing things, they are actually on the same level, and it can even be said that they are a little lower than them.

Therefore, the original Emperor Chongzhen, not only could not control his own factory guards, but also was played with by this kind of nobleman in the palm of his hand, believing that his son was the heavenly filial piety queen mother, and was so frightened that he hurriedly named Li Guorui's seven-year-old son Cunshan as a marquis, and returned all the gold and silver he paid, not to mention, but also attributed all this to Xue Guoguan, who offered advice, and laid the groundwork for the final decree to abandon Xue Guoguan in the city.

When Xue Guoguan died, a total of 9,000 taels of silver, a total of 600 acres of land, and a house were seized. This financial resource, at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, is really not ranked.

About half an hour later, the six Shangshu and Cao Huachun and Li Ruolian came back to see the driver.

After sorting out, on the confession book, there are signatures and drawings of the parties, as well as the circumstantial evidence of Li Zushu's guards. It can be said that under the witness of the six Shangshu, this is ironclad evidence, and no one can say anything!

After browsing this confession, looking at the grim faces of these courtiers below, he asked coldly: "Zhuqing, how to deal with this matter?" ”

is going to murder the prince, who dares to intercede for this kind of thing?

The six Shangshu didn't even dare to look at each other, and bowed down together and said: "It's all based on the Holy Judgment, and the crime is punished according to the law!" ”

To punish sin according to the law is to seek rebellion!

Therefore, the first thing after returning to the palace, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Rongchengguo, the head of the Beijing camp, and his generals, saying that it was a great victory for the Qin soldiers, and they wanted to discuss the defense of the Beijing division and coordinate with the Qin soldiers.

When Zhu Chunchen received the order to enter the palace immediately, he did not doubt him, and even said to his henchmen with a smile: "The emperor is afraid that he was carried away by a victory of the Qin soldiers. We have to pour cold water on the emperor this time. ”

"Yes, Grandpa Guo is right, if our brains are hot, let us go out of Beijing to fight Jianyu, then it's over!"

"But no, if you leave the city wall of the Jingshi, how can you fight with Jianyu?"

“……”

In this way, the group hurried to the palace, and the chamberlain led them to the Wuying Palace.

When he entered the hall, Zhu Chunchen felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong. Emperor Chongzhen was on the throne, and the six Shangshu on the side, the commander of Dongchang, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard were all staring at them one by one, and the eyes were particularly strange.

He was puzzled in his heart, but in front of the emperor, he didn't dare to slack off, and began to salute with his subordinates.

But at this time, I heard Emperor Chongzhen shouting: "Take it!" ”

Suddenly, from both sides and the apse, a large group of brocade guards came out.