As soon as these recitals were published, the court naturally couldn't sit still, but there was no way to solve it, so they discussed it one by one, so they could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, hide in ignorance, and wait and see the situation.

King Lu, King Zhao and others are still moving around, attracting more people to write books for them.

Before noon, King Lu and others came to Jiadingbo's mansion.

Jia Dingbo, Zhou Kui, is the father of Empress Chongzhen Zhou, that is, the grandfather of the current emperor.

At this moment, Zhou Kui was lying on the bed, looking pale and dying, his eyes were dim, and he kept coughing.

King Lu and the others already knew about Jiadingbo, and looking at his appearance, instead of being depressed, they were secretly happy.

The acting king sat on the edge of the bed and sighed: "Jiadingbo, you are still good, after all, the family house is preserved, and I have nothing left, so I went to the capital alone." ”

King Zhao said: "Jiadingbo, recuperate with peace of mind, the emperor is young, someone must support him, the queen is loyal first, you can't have any more accidents." ”

King Xiang said even more bitterly: "Yes, Jiadingbo, keep it in peace." Look at us, we don't even have a place to live, we wanted to ask the emperor for silver to settle down, who knew that those big men in the court bullied the emperor when he was young, not only did he not give us a penny, but they also drove us back......"

Even if Zhou Kui could rest assured, he couldn't hear the end, he struggled to sit up, and coughed violently: "What did you say?" They bully the emperor? ”

Several princes glanced at each other, and King Lu said with concern: "Uncle Jiading, lie down, the emperor is young after all, the first emperor, the first queen and other brothers have been killed, and there are no other uncles and elders, there is no help, you also know that those adults in the court, even the first emperor dares to bully, not to mention the emperor's ......"

Zhou Kui coughed violently, his face turned red, and he struggled and said angrily: "Come on, come on!" Carry me into the palace! Carry me into the palace! ”

The subordinates hurriedly dissuaded him, but where was Zhou Kui willing to listen, someone bullied his grandson, bullied the current emperor, how could he, the grandfather, the abbot, endure it?

King Lu and the others couldn't help but laugh when they saw Zhou Kui being carried out, glanced at each other.

With Zhou Kui, the abbot of the country, entering the palace, how can those people hide? Look at the emperor can still turn a deaf ear!

Not long after, Zhou Kui was carried into the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Cihong was shocked when he learned that Zhou Kui was seriously ill, and hurriedly came to see him, looking at Zhou Kui, who was slumped on the chair, his face was pale, as if he was about to die, and said nervously: "Taigong, why are you here?" ”

Zhou Kui looked at Zhu Cihong, took his hand, his eyes were full of tears, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for you, let Your Majesty be bullied......"

Zhu Cihong was still a little unsure, took Zhou Kui's hand, and said, "Taigong, what happened?" ”

Zhou Kui lost thousands of family fortunes, his children were killed, especially the queen's daughter, the emperor's son-in-law was martyred, and there were thousands of words of pain in his heart, but he didn't know where to start, he just cried and cried: "Your Majesty, the first emperor is in trouble, the world is shaking, and the courtiers are ambitious and don't take Your Majesty in their eyes." Your Majesty, what you can rely on now is not those foreign ministers, but our blood relatives and clans......"

Although Zhu Cihong was young, he was also smart, and he suddenly understood, and said softly: "Taigong, are you here for the kings?" ”

Zhou Kui's face was pale, his voice trembled, he coughed from time to time, and said: "Your Majesty, it's not a matter of Yulu, the clan is the most powerful pillar of the emperor, with them, the ministers will not dare to be presumptuous, and they must not cut off their arms......"

Zhu Cihong looked at Zhou Kui's pale expression, the so-called people are dying, and his words are good, he couldn't help frowning and thinking, and after a moment, he looked at Li Zhong again.

Li Zhong is now playing the role of a great eunuch who is loyal to his duties and dedicated to the little emperor, bowed down, and said: "Long live the lord, the slave maid thinks that what Jiading Bo said is reasonable. ”

Zhu Cihong frowned, thinking about this matter in his heart, but he was still a little puzzled, and looked at Li Zhong and said, "Then, what if the treasury has no money?" ”

Jiading Bo suddenly coughed violently, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, don't be deceived by them, the thieves are wantonly looting in the capital, not to mention 30 million, he must not take them all, he must have been hidden by the ministers, hiding from you......"

Li Zhong was stunned and said, "Jiadingbo, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhu Cihong also looked at him, 30 million, that's a huge amount of money, why is there no rumor at all?

No one ever told him.

Zhou Kui naturally deduced it, because he made a large part!

Zhou Kui couldn't explain clearly, his face turned red with a violent cough, grabbed Zhu Cihong's hand, and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, the outer court is not credible!" ”

Zhu Cihong suddenly remembered something, turned to Li Zhong and said, "Gonggong Li, I remember that my father's inner money is some silver, how much is it?" Where did it go now? ”

Li Zhong suddenly raised his head in thought, thought about it carefully, and said: "The internal money has always been under the control of the prince, and the specific amount of slaves and maids is unknown. Later, the thief entered Beijing, the slave and maid protected you, and the prince followed the first emperor, and the specific destination should be that the thief got it, and then, the slave and the maid did not know. ”

Zhu Cihong didn't know the details of the internal funds, but he always felt that there should be a lot, and Li Zicheng's request for 'help' in the capital should indeed have a large amount of silver, and it was too late to bring it out of the capital.

Zhu Cihong was a little suspicious of Zhou Zheng in his heart, and said with a small face: "Didn't Zheng Xibo mention it to you?" ”

Li Zhong's eyes tightened suddenly, and he immediately thought that Zhu Cihong would definitely not know about his relationship with Zhou Zheng, so he shook his head quietly and said, "No." ”

Zhu Cihong stiffened his little face and said, "Chuan Shoufu came to see me, by the way, there is also the book of the Criminal Department." ”

Li Zhong knew that Zhu Cihong was not stupid, he was very smart, he should have suspected that Zhou Zheng had hidden the money, so he responded as usual, and sent someone to pass on Zhou Yanru and Li Hengbing, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Zhou Yanru and Li Hengbing soon arrived at the Qianqing Palace, looked at Zhou Kui, who was lying on the chair, coughing constantly, and saluted Zhu Cihong, who was standing, "Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Cihong grimaced and said, "Zhou Aiqing, I ask you, have you ever seen the huge amount of money and grain looted by the thieves in the capital?" ”

What Li Zicheng looted was not only gold, silver and jewelry, but also 'military rations', which was also a considerable amount, and he would not have time to burn them all in the future.

Zhou Yanru really hadn't seen it, but he knew very well in his heart that it was all in Zhou Zheng's hands, he pretended to hesitate for a while, and said: "The old minister hasn't seen it, it must be a thief who is hiding." ”

Zhu Cihong actually had doubts about Zhou Yanru, such a large sum of silver, it was impossible to hide it and no one knew, his brows furrowed, he looked at Li Hengbing, and said, "Li Aiqing, haven't you seen it either?" ”

Li Heng Bingmu Ran's face did not have any expression, and said: "Your Majesty, when the first expedition to Xibo conquered the capital, there was a great chaos inside and outside Beijing, and some people saw that the thieves transported dozens of taels of carriages out of Beijing, and then the thieves were defeated, and these carriages disappeared. Recently, the minister searched for the remnants of the thieves in the capital, and found some clues, which should be buried somewhere outside the city. ”

Zhu Cihong's eyes were happy, and he said, "When will I find it?" ”