Chapter 199: The thunder is loud, but the rain is small

Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, has become more and more irritable and irritable since he was demoted to Le'an, and the state and county officials may not be able to see anyone, let alone friends who stay overnight. Occasionally, there are messengers from the capital or elsewhere, because of their humble status, even if they spend the night in the empty house in the front yard, so the first-class rooms in the back garden of the palace have never entertained people, and Zhang Yue is the first guest to stay overnight.

The bed is hung with a curtain of green embroidered flowers and birds, covered with a red satin mattress, covered with an agarwood-colored gold thread embroidered peony face crepe lining, and the charcoal stove in the room burns silver bone charcoal, which is just warm. Staying in this room that is more luxurious and wealthy than the head of the family, coupled with the things in his heart, Zhang Yue thought that he must be tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, who would have thought that his head would fall asleep not long after his head next to the pillow, and this one slept until dawn.

Early in the morning, it was not the two girls who came to serve him last night, but the eunuch who led him into the garden yesterday. added boiling water to the silver basin, and saw Zhang Yue twisting a towel to wash his face, he didn't have much to do, and brought a set of clean middle clothes for Zhang Yue to change. When he put on the coat layer by layer, he took the gold-woven vulture pattern brocade cloak that Zhu Zhantan gave him yesterday and put it aside to prepare, because he said with a smile: "People say that people want clothes and horses and saddles, according to the small ones, this good clothes also have to be matched by people, and it will be a waste for the prince to give this cloak to others!" ”

Yesterday, after learning this person's welcome skills, Zhang Yue just smiled slightly at this time and did not answer. When he combed his hair and put on a black gauze hat inlaid with crystal beads, and had breakfast, he went out with the eunuch to see the King of Han, he asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Speaking of which, after I left yesterday, I don't know what happened to it......

"Look at Xiao's memory, I actually forgot that Xiao Zhang was not there yesterday." Since there were no outsiders around, the eunuch said bluntly, "Master Zhang, you go." The prince was furious at King Shouguang, and finally asked if the assassination was also done by King Shouguang. Don't look at King Shouguang's martial arts on weekdays, but this time he was scared half to death by the prince, and he couldn't even speak. The prince was so angry that he ordered someone to lock him in the firewood room in the back garden, but he hadn't decided what to do with it. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled diligently again: "Since the prince said that he would give Lord Xiao Zhang an explanation today, how is this Shouguang King, in fact, it is just a thought." After interrogating King Shouguang last night. The prince ordered someone to arrest several henchmen under the head of Shouguang Palace, and today the sky is bright and people go to Qingzhou Mansion to invite Gonggong Zhang and Liu Dushuai. To tell the truth, I have served the prince for so many years, and I have never seen anyone with such a big face who can make the prince move such a big battle......"

Such a big face? So the battle of the earth? Zhang Yue was like a mirror in his heart, and he was afraid that being the master for him was secondary, but Zhu Gaoxu was now aiming his suspicion directly at Zhu Zhanqi, which would make him angry. So put on such a big posture today! It's just that since this eunuch can serve Zhu Gaoxu, he must also be a clever and cautious person. I am afraid that he was instructed to say it to him deliberately.

Having said that, humanity is tiger poison and does not eat children, does Zhu Gaoxu really plan to let Zhu Zhanqi bear the charge of killing his father with his son? If that's the case, he's going to be able to investigate the case in a place where he's ordered to do so. It doesn't matter if Zhu Zhanqi's crime is cut with a thousand knives, but didn't Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, become a laughing stock himself?

Zhang Qian learned that Zhang Yue had not returned overnight, and he had planned to go to the Han Palace, but the King of Han sent someone to invite him. Liu Zhong sent Meng Xian to Shouguang early in the morning, and when he got the letter, he galloped all the way. In addition to these two people, Mu Ning was deaf and uninvited, but he was the Jinyi guard in charge of the investigation, and this case already had his position. The door of the palace didn't even ask for instructions, so he let this high-ranking official of the brocade guard in.

Liu Zhong and Zhang Qian treated Zhang Yue kindly because they looked at Zhang Fu's face, while Mu Ning knew that the relationship between the family and Yuan Fang was shallow. In these years, dealing with the world is nothing more than the word human affection, and caring for the younger generations is what it should be, not to mention that Zhang Yue has a deep set of things for people? Therefore, the three people who had no contact with each other met Zhang Yue who came from the snow outside Xuanren Hall, so they all laughed and groaned, just looking at the appearance, it was absolutely difficult to see that they were confused about the purpose of today's invitation.

The king of Han has not arrived. There was no reason for the crowd to enter the house early. Therefore, even if the snow is falling in the sky, he still stands outside the hall and waits, so he must beware of the cold wind that carries the snow ball straight into his neck. But standing next to each other, there is little to say. After exchanging a few words, Zhang Qian and the three finally understood what happened yesterday, and Zhang Yue also got the second-hand news from Zhang Qian that originally came from Mu Ning, so the four of them completely forgot that this was the middle of winter, and they all stood there and pondered.

Zhang Yue smacked his tongue at Zhu Zhanqi and stretched out his hand to Zhu Gaoxu's head and Tiance Wei; Zhang Qian was worried that Zhu Gaoxu would be angry and killed the rebel in disregard of national law; Liu Zhong was furious that Zhu Zhanqi dared to send troops to intercept and kill the imperial court officials, and was glad that nothing serious happened; Mu Ning was out of Jinyiwei's keenness, and always felt that there seemed to be something else hidden in this matter.

Just when everyone was thinking about it and their heads were dizzy, and their hands and feet were cold, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, finally came sitting on his shoulders and hugging the umbrella. He didn't care that there was one more person, so he entered the Xuanren Hall first, sat on the seat in the center, and waved his hand when he saw everyone saluting, and ordered each person to take a seat, and immediately ordered someone to come.

The first to be brought in were a few officers who were tied up like rice dumplings, all of them very single, and admitted that yesterday's incident was instructed by Zhu Zhanqi, and they received a total of 1,000 taels of silver. Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu, whose face was full of gloom, ordered the person to be gagged and brought to the side to kneel, and then several guards escorted the chief steward who was captured from the Shouguang Palace.

As soon as the middle-aged manager was dropped, he kowtowed like pounding garlic, and his snot and tears flowed together: "Lord Qiqi, the little one really doesn't know anything!" A month ago, King Shouguang took three thousand taels of silver, and then one thousand taels, and Xiaodi also persuaded him to be frugal, but he was whipped a few times. King Shouguang also scolded the little one and said that people should be happy in the world, and only those who are not controlled are good, and said that no one can manage his affairs in the future, even the prince......"

"Damn slave, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Although it was only one night, Zhu Zhanqi froze to death in the firewood room. When he was carried in by two eunuchs, he just heard this sentence, and he was so angry that he smoked. After scolding, he finally saw the officers kneeling on the side, and the momentum he had just raised was extinguished completely. However, after thinking about it all night last night, he finally figured out that someone was trying to harm him by taking advantage of yesterday's events, so he broke free from the two eunuchs and knelt on the ground, trying his best to clean himself up.

"Father. Yesterday's incident was indeed my ghost's mind, but I just took people to vent my anger, and there was nothing to kill, I took people to wait for a long time on the north bank of Zishui, and I didn't even wait for a ghost shadow! Father, would you rather trust outsiders than me? I have a grudge against this Zhang Yue first, he must be framing me! Father, you must believe me. You can't just think that I did everything just because of this incident, how can I have that guts......"

Zhang Yue heard Zhu Zhanqi say just a few words over and over, and even accused him of framing him, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart, and he didn't even bother to think about disgust. Although he was still a little skeptical about whether someone was wronged. But the three thousand taels of silver and one thousand taels of silver that the chief manager said before were too coincidental, and now he suspected in his heart that Zhu Zhanqi was resentful of his father, so he secretly spent money to hire someone to assassinate him. But when he saw that guy's pus-filled appearance, he thought it was really ridiculous.

This Zhu Zhanqi pleaded vaguely and bitterly. clearly understands that he can't lose a big deal because of a small thing, and even admitted only half of yesterday's incident, and it is impossible for him to admit that the mastermind killed his father, but whether Zhu Gaoxu believes it or not is only God knows.

"Enough!" Zhu Gaoxu obviously didn't want to let his son defend endlessly, so he suddenly stopped him, stretched out his hand to cover his shoulder, and inhaled heavily, "Where is Wang Bin, the commander of the guard?" ”

"Humble duty." At this time. A person flashed in outside the hall, it was Wang Bin, the commander of the Tiance Guard. He took two steps forward and knelt down on one knee, and said loudly, "Listen to the king's orders." ”

"But all those who went out with this rebel yesterday will be 200 sticks from top to bottom! Tian Cewei was originally the top ten guards in the capital camp, and he had always been loyal after following this domain, so he was assassinated first, but this domain still protected them. Who would have thought that there would be such a person who does not obey orders and acts recklessly. How do you act as a guard commander! ”

Wang Bin ate this drink and immediately lowered his head. There was a deep look of shame on his face: "The crime of despicable duty deserves death!" ”

"You're damned!" Zhu Gaoxu snorted coldly, clenched his fists again, and unexpectedly the injured shoulder was in unbearable pain. After a long time, he exhaled deeply, "Turning back to these lawless things, you should first rectify the Tiance Guard, and if there is any collusion with outsiders, they will be dealt with together." If there is a next time, this clan will never let you go! ”

"All the entourage who followed this rebel yesterday were dragged out and killed! Tell the boss to draw a few reliable accounts in the palace, but all the expenses of more than one hundred taels are brought over to the boss to see, and then the original managers and stewards are all reformed, and no one is allowed to take them in the whole Shandong! As for this rebel ......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoxu's face showed a sudden, and then he sneered: "Let him stay in the firewood room for another ten days, three meals a day, no clothes and quilts, let him think about it behind closed doors!" ”

Others were heavily punished, but Zhu Zhanqi was gently let go, but Zhang Qian, Liu Zhong and Mu Ning felt that it was righteous. After all, the prince's crime and the common people's crime are just casual talk of the people, how can this be the same example? And Zhang Yue saw Zhu Zhanqi's relieved face, but frowned slightly.

Of course, he would not be naïve enough to think that Zhu Gaoxu would do anything to Zhu Zhanqi for him, but looking at the previous situation, Zhu Gaoxu clearly really suspected that Zhu Zhanqi was the mastermind of the assassination, and it was really hard to imagine that in the end, it was thunder and rain, and he was only locked up for ten days. If all the most important people in Qingzhou were gathered together for this kind of disposition, it would seem too much of a fuss.

Sure enough, Zhu Zhanqi and the others were taken down, and before Wang Bin retreated, Zhu Gaoxu spoke again: "The matter of the assassination of this domain has now become a bit of an eyebrow, so I will not bother you to investigate, and then this domain will naturally report to my father." This domain just wants to ask you, now that the prefect of Qingzhou has not yet arrived, the seats of the judge are all empty, and some people have robbed the grain store in Shouguang County, what kind of regulations is the imperial court here, and why has it been delayed again and again? ”