Chongzhen was in charge of the case, constantly reviewing the transcript, frowning, pale, coughing, but still holding on.

Li Zhong, who was on duty at night, was really worried, stepped forward for the fifth time, and said softly: "Long live Lord, the sky is almost dawn, and tomorrow will be early, let's squint for a while." ”

Chongzhen could hear the voice of concern, coughed, and sighed: "I want to rest, but with so many things, where do I have the heart to rest......"

At this moment, an inner supervisor outside hurriedly came in and said, "Long live the lord, Yang Shangshu asks to see you." ”

Chongzhen raised his head violently and said, "What happened again?" Quick pass. ”

In the past few years, there has been no good news inside and outside the capital, and Chongzhen's instinctive premonition is not good.

Li Zhong hesitated and retreated.

Yang Sichang hurriedly came in, didn't care about the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, came to the Chongzhen case, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the report of Zhou Zhengyun, the governor of Shaanxi, said that he defeated the rogues near Xi'an Mansion, captured the bandit leader, and broke the thief Gao Yingxiang. ”

Chongzhen listened to the front and didn't realize anything, and when he heard the last slam stand up, he said urgently: "What did you say?" Zhou Zhengyun captured the thief? ”

Without waiting for Yang Sichang to reply, Chongzhen snatched Zhou Zheng's notebook, looked at it seriously, and said in a deep voice without waiting to finish reading: "Quick, pass the order to Zhou Zhengyun, immediately escort the thief into Beijing, go quickly!" ”

Yang Sichang hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Your Majesty, it is not uncommon for the northwest to take risks, Zhou Zhengyun has just entered the northwest, and this matter needs to be confirmed, so as not to make jokes." ”

Chongzhen calmed down violently, as if he was afraid that his great hope would be disappointed, and his expression hesitated.

Li Zhong knows Zhou Zheng very well and will not play tricks on such a big thing.

Seeing that Chongzhen and Yang Sichang stopped talking, he stepped forward and said softly: "Long live the lord, Zhou Zhengyun shouldn't dare to deceive the long live lord and the court in such a thing, this is a capital crime." ”

The hope in Chongzhen's heart was ignited again, and he said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, although Zhou Zhengyun privately made military armor and concealed money and food, there is no falsehood in the war, and it can't be fake, quickly, send the edict to Zhou Zhengyun, and Lu Xiangsheng, and order him to find out and escort the thieves into Beijing!" ”

Yang Sichang listened, suppressed his suspicions, and said, "Yes, the minister obeys the order." ”

Chongzhen looked at Yang Sichang's back, his face was pale and a little ruddy, his eyes looked at Li Zhong, and he said in a hurry: "What you said, Zhou Zhengyun didn't dare to deceive me in this matter?" ”

Li Zhong actually had some drumming in his heart, and he still said, "Yes, long live the lord." ”

Chongzhen seemed to be affirmed, his heart was excited, he looked at the dark outside, and said to himself: "If Zhou Zhengyun really captures the thief, then I can ignore all his previous affairs, and promote him to an official and give him a rich reward!" ”

Li Zhong looked at Chongzhen's excited and anxious expression, and felt a little worried in his heart, and secretly prayed, "Zhou Zhengyun, don't harm me, if you mess around, you will kill our ......"

Chongzhen is indeed excited and uneasy, excited that if he really catches Gao Yingxiang, then Daming Sheji can still be saved, and he can still prosper Daming! But if Zhou Zhengyun is reckless, it will not be as simple as making him happy in vain.

There are no secrets in the Ming Dynasty, and when Yang Sichang has not yet left the palace, the news spreads all over the capital.

Liu Liuzhe's child had already been born, and he also moved back, and when he heard the news, he didn't care about anything else, so he ran directly to Zhou's mansion and woke up the sleeping Zhou Qingli.

Zhou Qingli put on her clothes, listened to Liu Liuzhe's words, and said in surprise and shock: "What you said is true?" ”

Liu Liuzhe's mouth was dry with excitement, and he said: "I don't know yet, it's just that it's spread all over the capital, and there is no letter from the second young master, and I don't dare to guarantee it." ”

Zhou Qingli's eyes flickered, sitting on the chair, the light shining on her dark face, her eyes flashing.

Gao Yingxiang has always been a big trouble for the Ming court, the court and the emperor because he was uneasy day and night, and even repeatedly spread rumors of the death of the country, the emperor cried to the temple, and the edict of the guilty himself has never been done!

This is a great achievement, far surpassing Zhou Zheng's exploits in guarding Liaodong!

Zhou Qingli was excited about Zhou Zheng's capture of Gao Yingxiang, but also worried about the development of this matter.

At this time, doing things is often a sign of danger, and the bigger the thing, the greater the danger!

Zhou Qingli pondered for a long time, suddenly looked at Liu Liuzhe, leaned closer and whispered: "Liuzhe, I know that you know a lot of secret things about Zhengyun. Now is a critical juncture, and we have to do things ahead. ”

Liu Liuzhen was taken aback, and said a little overwhelmed: "Master, what do you want to do?" ”

Zhou Qingli's eyes flickered, and he said: "First, immediately spread the news that Zhengyun was deducting food and salaries and bullying Shaanxi officials. Second, let the officials write to impeach Zhengyun, accusing him of arrogance and greed, so that Kaifeng was besieged. Third, and most importantly, it is necessary to accuse Zhengyun of capturing Gao Yingxiang as fake, wantonly inviting credit, bullying the king, and making a big noise, just like the real thing! You know? ”

Liu Liuzhen is no longer Wuxia Ameng, he suddenly understood, his expression was solemn, and he said: "It's the master, I'll go find someone." Send a message to the second young master again! Anything else? ”

Zhou Qingli paused for a moment and said: "Send a letter to Zhengyun and ask one of his cronies to impeach him, some innocuous crimes, just cut him down." ”

Liu Liuzhen responded and said, "It's the master, I'll go now." ”

Zhou Qingli put on her cloak and said, "Be cautious and don't let others know." ”

Liu Liuzhen agreed, quickly turned around and left.

Liu Liuzhen's movements were very fast, it was not yet dawn, and before the excited Chongzhen had time to sleep, a pile of notebooks was brought to Chongzhen's desk.

Chongzhen couldn't sleep excitedly, but he was very tired, watching Li Zhong come in with a stack of notebooks, and said angrily: "What's the matter?" ”

Li Zhong looked at Chongzhen cautiously, and said in a low voice: "Long live the lord, these are all impeached Zhou Zhengyun, and the general political envoy did not dare to delay, and sent him to the ceremonial supervisor overnight. ”

Chongzhen was stunned and said, "Impeach Zhou Zhengyun? What to impeach him? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression sank, and he said, "The news has gone out?" ”

Li Zhong put the plate on Chongzhen's table, and said as he took it out, "Yes." The slave asked the celebrant about it, and said that he was impeaching Zhou Zheng for his military exploits, and he didn't catch the thief at all. ”

Chongzhen listened, two angry gases erupted from his nose, twisted his brows and rolled his eyes, the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and finally threw it out directly.

"Incompetence! Darn! ”

Chongzhen's face was pale, and his chest rose and fell and scolded angrily: "Zhou Zhengyun's matter has not yet been decided, they are so eager to impeach, what do they want to do?" Don't want Zhou Zhengyun to catch the thief? If they want to break into the capital, do they have the skill of being a dragon and adding officials to the knights? ! ”

Li Zhong knelt on the ground with a puff, trembling, and did not dare to have an atmosphere.

Chongzhen gritted his teeth angrily, stood up violently, and said tremblingly: "Go, immediately send the inner guards to Shaanxi, and escort Gao Yingxiang back in person!" If there is no thief, tell Lu Xiangsheng to escort Zhou Zhengyun back to the capital and be punished! ”

Li Zhong hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Yes, the slave will go!" ”