Liu Benxi hated Zhou Zheng very much, and thought that Zhou Zheng was trying to find a way to bribe Tao Ran, so he deliberately reminded this sentence.

Tao Ran turned his head violently and looked at him coldly.

Liu Benxi was panicked by him, forced himself to calm down, and said, "Master Tao, what's wrong?" ”

The corners of Tao Ran's face twitched, his eyes had murderous intent, if it weren't for this Liu Benxi teasing, how could he provoke this Zhou Zheng!

Tao Ran's eyes were gloomy, he turned to Zhou Zheng, and said in a hoarse voice: "What else do you know?" ”

Zhou Zheng said lightly: "Aren't these enough to send you to death?" ”

Liu Benxi listened to Zhou Zheng's words, and sighed in his heart, feeling a bad premonition.

Tao Ran lost his previous calmness, let alone killing intent, the corners of his face twitched, and said: "Cui Chengli is the younger brother of the urging official, you should know." ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at Liu Benxi and said, "I naturally know, but if I impeach you, the court will take you, and he can still protect you?" Or, do you bite him out? ”

The corners of Tao Ran's eyes jumped, and his expression became more and more gloomy.

Cui Chengli is Cui Chengxiu's younger brother, even if Tao Ran is sentenced to death, he will not bite him out, otherwise his whole family will have to be buried together!

Liu Benxi didn't know what was going on at all, looking at Tao Ran's expression, he stopped talking in panic.

Tao Ran didn't seem to see him anymore, his expression was gloomy and changeable, staring at Zhou Zhengdao: "What do you want?" ”

Zhou Zheng pointed at Liu Benxi and said, "Send him to prison, don't let him come out again." ”

Liu Benxi's face changed greatly, and he looked at Tao Ran and said, "Master Tao, don't be frightened by Zhou Zhengyun, we have a hall official as a backer, and we are afraid of what he will do!" As long as we catch it back, it's not for us to knead it, everything can be settled! ”

Tao Ran didn't hear his words at all, looked at Zhou Zheng and said in a deep voice: "Okay, take it away!" ”

As soon as Tao Ran's voice fell, the officials of the Criminal Department rushed up and directly blocked Liu Benxi, and was about to drag him away.

Liu Benxi was extremely frightened, and said loudly: "Master Tao, you can't be scared by Zhou Zheng, he is all scaring you, I am the one who has seen the adult, you can't arrest me......"

Tao Ran turned a deaf ear, stared at Zhou Zheng tightly, and said, "What other conditions?" ”

Zhou Zhengdao: "Hong Qiyong of the Ministry of Households, Zhao Heqin of Caoyun, Qin Li of the Ministry of Industry, you are arrested and detained for two nights in the Criminal Department, and handed over to me the day after tomorrow." ”

Tao Ran didn't know these three people, but Zhou Zheng asked him to catch them, obviously the grade would not be too high, and the gloom in his eyes was as solid as substance, and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

Zhou Zheng looked back at Zhou Ji and said, "The guys are frightened, you sell 10,000 taels of goods, so I can give them some extra wages." ”

Ten thousand taels!

He only spent 5,000 taels to buy this Langzhong!

The corners of Tao Ran's eyes jumped, the corners of his face were blue, he gritted his teeth, and said, "So it's clear?" ”

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Well, I don't know about your business, and I won't impeach you." ”

Tao Ran looked at Zhou Zheng, where did he dare to relax a little, and said, "Can I know where you know this?" ”

"Someone you can't afford to offend." Zhou Zhengdao.

Tao Ran immediately thought of the second Cao of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Cui Chengxiu asked him to arrest Zhou Zheng, which was nothing more than to use Zhou Zheng to make a fuss, pull Cao Sicheng, and Cao Yubian into the water.

The corners of Tao Ran's mouth twitched, as if he wanted to smile bitterly, and said in a hoarse voice: "I know, I will arrest the person you want later, and hand it over to you the day after tomorrow to take back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate." I'll have the money brought to you tonight. ”

Zhou Zheng's brows moved slightly, knowing that Tao Ran had misunderstood, and he didn't explain, and said, "I'm waiting for your good news." ”

Tao Ran didn't say anything more, took a deep look at Zhou Zheng, and turned to leave.

Liu Benxi had already been dragged away, and the other officials of the Criminal Department naturally followed him away.

And the rest of the officials of the Imperial Procuratorate looked at each other, not knowing what to do, and stood in place and looked at Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "After I go back, I will tell the truth, there is nothing else." ”

"Master Xie." The leading official hurriedly said. They didn't dare to offend Zhou Zheng, and when they saw Zhou Zheng waving his hand, they hurriedly turned around and left.

The guys at the door of Zhou Ji are okay, it is not the first time that such a scene has been staged, and they have confidence in Zhou Zheng, the owner. But it was Kou Huai and other scholars, who were stunned and menacing, and dozens of people from the Criminal Department were sent away by Zhou Zheng like this?

Kou Huaiyi, Zhang Heyi and others suddenly became nervous, they still underestimated this owner before. This proprietor, worthy of being a person who has been to the court and sent an envoy to Jianyu, resolved the crisis with a gesture.

Zhou Zheng watched the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate leave, and thought, Er Cao, Cui Chengxiu will soon know, Er Cao will definitely be angry, Cui Chengxiu will definitely not be reconciled, I don't know what these big guys will do next.

Zhou Zheng turned his head, saw everyone looking at him, and said, "It's okay, let's go back and do things." ”

Liu Liuzhen seemed to wake up suddenly, and hurriedly turned around and said, "Look at everything, don't you all go to work." ”

Zhou Ji is mainly in charge of Liu Liuzhe, and he still has a certain prestige, and the guys listened to it, laughed with him, turned around to do things, and became more and more nimble.

Kou Huaiyi and the others smiled a little stiffly, and turned around and went into the backyard with a smile.

Zhang Heyi looked excited, rubbed his hands and looked at Zhou Zheng who walked in, and said, "That, the owner, my business ......"

Zhou Zheng looked at him, thinking that he was still in a hurry, and said, "It's done, go through the procedure for two days, and wait." ”

Zhang Heyi was overjoyed, raised his hand and said, "Xie Dongjia!" Zhang Heyi will never dare to forget the great kindness of the owner today! ”

Zhou Zheng was taken aback by his sudden gift, helped him up, and said, "You don't need such a big gift." ”

Zhang Heyi got up, and said with a flushed face: "If you want it, what will the owner send in the future, I, Zhang Heyi, will never dare to say anything!" ”

Zhou Zheng smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and went up to the second floor.

Zhou Ji's buddies were busy, but a few scholars were whispering in the backyard, looking up at the second floor from time to time.

Originally, they only thought that Zhou Zheng was an ordinary noble son, even if he did something, it would be due to fate, and as for the court, it was nothing more than a passion, so it was okay to change it.

But today Zhou Zheng waved his hand and retreated from the Criminal Department, and the demeanor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was definitely not comparable to them!

Zhang Heyi quickly joined in the whispering, but the words were all firm maintenance of Zhou Zheng, and others could not tolerate the slightest disrespect for Zhou Zheng.

When these few scholars whispered, as Zhou Zheng expected, it didn't take long for the dark tide in the officialdom to surge.

What happened in Zhou Ji would not be considered by anyone to be an accident, it was clearly a temptation and a beginning of the fight between Er Cao and Cui Chengxiu.

Er Cao's anger was quickly reflected, and before leaving work, the Metropolitan Procuratorate eliminated more than 30 officials, all of whom were related to Cui Chengxiu.

And Cui Chengxiu did not show weakness, Cui Chengli came forward, invited more than ten of them to the dinner that night, and prepared to arrange it to the Ministry of Industry, the meaning of competition is very obvious.

When Zhou Zheng heard the news, he shook his head secretly.

It's all this time, and it's still infighting, and I can't see the overall situation at all.

Early the next morning, when Zhou Zheng's family was eating, the porter hurriedly came over, handed over a greeting post, and said, "Master, someone outside the door sent a greeting post, which is to see the second young master." ”

Zhou Zheng was stunned, took it and took a look, his face changed slightly, and he said to Zhou Qingli: "It's the king's minister, Lord Wang." ”

Zhou Qingli's expression also moved, Wang Zhichen is now supervising Ji Liao, which is more majestic than the military department.

"Let's show up, you talk." Zhou Qingli and Zhou Zhengdao.

Zhou Zheng hummed and got up to greet him.

The three fathers and sons of the Zhou family all came, and Wang Zhichen said with a smile: "Early in the morning, am I disturbed?" ”

Zhou Qingli's face was dark, and she said with a smile: "Lord Wang said that he was smiling, please." ”

Wang Zhichen did not have the depression of leaving Beijing not long ago, and had a kind of high-spiritedness, looking at the three fathers and sons of the Zhou family with a smile, and walked into the Zhou mansion.

After another polite gesture, Zhou Zheng invited Wang Zhichen to a gazebo.

Wang Zhichen took a sip of tea, looked at Zhou Zheng with a smile, and said, "Isn't it a surprise?" ”

Zhou Zhengdao: "Yes, my lord, this is just in Beijing, right?" ”

Wang Zhichen said: "I arrived last night, you went to see me off, so I have to come today." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't expect that Wang Zhichen would go and return so quickly, and he would become the supervisor of Jiliao, which was more majestic than Yuan Chonghuan at the beginning, and he was a real frontier marshal!

"Your Excellency is gracious." Zhou Zhengdao.

Wang Zhichen looked at Zhou Zheng, nodded secretly, didn't make a detour, and said, "I heard something about you yesterday, how did you think about my proposal?" If you go now, you can still avoid these rights and wrongs. And I'm in Liaodong, you're in Yongping Mansion, and I can still take care of you. ”

Yongping Mansion and Shanhaiguan and Jizhou are next to each other, and it is the only way for the north to go south.

Zhou Zheng didn't expect Wang Zhichen to be so straightforward, he groaned for a while, and said, "The student has indeed seriously considered it, but he has to wait a little longer." ”

"Wait?"

Wang Zhichen was a little puzzled and said, "What are you waiting for?" ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Wang Zhichen for a moment, and said, "Your Excellency should have seen the emperor, right?" There are some rumors that the emperor is afraid that he will not last long. ”

Wang Zhichen's face changed suddenly, and he said, "What rumors? I saw the emperor last night, the emperor's spirit, appetite is very good, I ate two steamed buns, how can I not last long? ”

Zhou Zheng couldn't explain too much to Wang Zhichen, and said, "My lord is going to Liaodong, but you can avoid it." ”

Wang Zhichen looked at Zhou Zheng's face, not joking at all. This kind of thing, where does it come from!

Wang Zhichen's expression gradually became solemn, Zhou Zheng is not a casual nonsense person, he is not sure that he will not say such things!

If there is really something wrong with the apocalypse, it will be an extremely significant event for Da Ming!

Countless thoughts flashed through Wang Zhichen's mind for a while, thinking about the court situation, thinking about the predicament faced by the Ming Dynasty, thinking about the possible successor and the changes it would bring......

Wang Zhichen's expression gradually became solemn, his brows were tightly locked, and his heart turned upside down.

For a long time, Wang Zhichen raised his head and looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "Well, take a look again." ”

Zhou Zheng knew that there were too many meanings hidden in his words, and he couldn't ask more, and said, "What are you going to do with Liaodong?" ”

Zhou Zheng knew that Yuan Chonghuan would go to Liaodong again after Chongzhen came to power, but he didn't know what happened to Wang Zhichen later.

"Solidify the foundation." The king's ministers said concisely.