Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhen sat behind the Long Shu case with a gloomy face, not saying a word.

Below, it is the heart of the king who stood there with his head down, not even daring to come out of the atmosphere.

In Dongchang Imperial Prison, Li Xiu's original words to him were: "I did one thing and made huge profits from it, and this matter is not allowed by the imperial court!" I can confess, but you have to help me ask the emperor what he means, is it really for me to confess? ”

His business is naturally to sell smuggled salt.

Li Xiu knew about this matter, Cao Huachun knew, and Zhu Youzhen also knew, but the only one who was kept in the dark was Wang Zhixin, the unlucky microphone.

He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could this be done by the emperor at the instigation of Li Xiu? Otherwise, why would Li Xiu make such a move?

The emperor's reaction was also very strange, as if he was threatened by Li Xiu.

Wang Xinxin could see that the emperor was very angry. At this time, I must not touch his brow.

"Hmph"

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a long time, and suddenly sneered. This Li Xiu is really bold, and he dares to use this matter to blackmail himself.

Smuggling salt?

This is indeed a big crime, but this money was not collected into his Li Xiu's pocket, but used for the military expenses of the Shenji Battalion. The most important thing is that this matter is still acquiesced to by himself.

When today's smuggling of salt, if this matter gets out, no one can do anything about themselves.

But the problem is that since Zhu Youzhen wants to be a "Ming Jun", he can't easily let himself be stigmatized. If Li Xiu is really asked to shake out this kind of thing, where should he put his dragon face?

When he founded the royal business, Li Xiu asked him to take care of this matter, so as to save the face of this son of heaven. But now it's different from the past, and now Zhu Youzhen has arrested people, and he insists on finding out the other party's crime of rebellion.

You want my life, and I'm stupid enough to continue to carry the black pot for you? Are you thinking too much? Do I owe you anything?

Li Xiu's trick was very clever and amazing. As a last resort, Zhu Youzhen absolutely did not want to see such a thing happen, and he was not allowed to provoke this matter.

Hitting a snake and hitting seven inches, this is the key point of Zhu Youzhen!

This posture is quite a bit of a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry.

Li Xiu's attitude was clearly telling Zhu Youzhen: "Aren't you trying to force me to confess?" Okay, I can do it, but that's the worst crime I've ever done. Just tell me if you want to. ”

This is playing a scoundrel, but Zhu Youzhen is helpless about it.

Wang Zhixin felt that he was simply living here like a year. But without the orders of the saint, he didn't dare to retreat easily, so he could only continue to hold on with fear.

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen finally spoke: "Those two don't need to be tried again, you can step back first." ”

Wang Zhixin secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly retired.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Zhu Youzhen fell into deep thought: "Could it be that Li Xiu is really wronged, is this my mistake?" ”

Nanyuan, Shenji Battalion.

Li Dong sat alone in the tent, picked up the big bowl in front of him and poured a sip of spirits, and suddenly felt a burst of heat in his throat, but it made him feel comfortable. Even with it, the unhappiness in my heart has been alleviated a lot.

In the past, when he followed Li Xiu to do things, he rarely drank alcohol. Now that I've come to live in the camp, I've gradually developed a habit of drinking.

Li Dong already knew about Li Xiu's arrest. Wanting to do something, but feeling powerless, made him hate himself very much.

Li Dong is now a general of the Shenji Battalion, and he can be regarded as getting ahead. He knew very well in his heart that everything he had now was given by his own young master, and the young master was in trouble, but he couldn't do anything, could he not feel ashamed?

In the past few days, he has no intention of training at all, and all he thinks about is how to save people. Several cronies and subordinates in the cavalry battalion also saw that the general was unhappy, and they didn't dare to run to touch his moldy head at all, and let him drink by himself.

Li Dong is not a stupid person, and he will not lead people into the capital to save people on impulse because Li Xiu was arrested. That would not only not help, but would kill Li Xiu.

"General, I have something to ask to see at the end!"

A hearty voice came from outside the tent. Li Dong raised his head and said in a loud voice, "Come in." ”

This person is a thousand generals of the cavalry battalion, named Dou Xing, who is Li Dong's close subordinate. After a military salute, he said, "My lord, this month's salary has been delayed for three days, and the soldiers are complaining about it, you see."

"Huh?"

When Li Dong heard that there was such a thing, his delicate eyebrows raised: "In the past, the military salary was released three days ago?" ”

In the past, Li Xiu's military salary was paid on time, so he naturally didn't pay much attention to these things. In addition, in the past few days, he has not had much contact with his subordinates, so naturally he doesn't know that this month's military salary has not been paid.

"Exactly." Dou Xing replied.

Li Dong thought for a moment and said: "Our military salary has always been released by the Admiral, and now the adult is in the Dongchang Imperial Prison, how to give us military salary?" ”

"This"

Dou Xing hesitated for a moment and asked, "If the Admiral can't come out, then we people won't have any military salaries to receive?" ”

Li Dong nodded and said, "That's right." ”

"This court has arrested the Admiral, and we will ignore the sergeants of our Shenji Battalion. Those big-headed soldiers are all bitter haha, if this military salary doesn't come down again, something will happen if it doesn't happen, my lord! ”

"So what do you think should be done?"

"This last general doesn't have the Admiral and your brains, how can he understand this?"

Dou Xing grinned and said, "If you want me, Lord Admiral is wronged, it's a pity." Those officials in the imperial court don't have any skills, and they know how to tell right and wrong all day long, which is really harmful. ”

"I can't help this, if anyone asks about military pay, you can tell them the truth."

Li Dong nodded approvingly, Dou Xing was a rough man, and he would not deliberately inquire about such news, and it was normal to not know the inside story.

When Dou Xing heard this, he had no choice but to quit the camp.

After he went down, Li Dong suddenly laughed silently.

Once this salary is delayed for a long time, it is very easy for the soldiers to make trouble. In these years, the most difficult thing to manage is the big head soldier, not to mention that he still deliberately did not appease and deliberately made things bigger?

In the past, Li Xiu always paid his military salary on time, so naturally there was no such thing.

Among the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, only the Shenji Battalion is like this, and the other two battalions are uniformly paid by the imperial court.

Li Xiu was self-reliant, and the military salaries allocated by the imperial court to the Shenji Battalion were finally privately transferred to Zhu Youzhen's hands. Now that he has been arrested, this emperor has actually ignored the matter of the salary of the Shenji Battalion.

It used to be released on time, but now that the Admiral has been arrested, it has been delayed. This invisibly increased Li Xiu's prestige in the Shenji Battalion. (To be continued.) )

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