Bazhou Taishou Zhang Qian can be said to be in the dark these days, and the days are like years. To say that he was imprisoned is naturally an exaggeration, in fact, he was only restricted in his personal freedom, not allowed to step out of the door, and was not lacking in food and drink for three meals a day, bathing water and clothing. However, the place where he was under house arrest gave him the feeling of squatting in a dungeon.

Because it was an underground secret room set up in the Taishou Mansion that was quite hidden, and only a very few people, including him, knew about it!

He had met all kinds of people there, including Bazhou people, outsiders and even Beiyan people, officials, merchants, military lieutenant generals, famous scholars and Confucian students, and three religions and nine streams...... No matter who he faced, as long as he was in this underground secret room, he had always been very confident in controlling the situation and controlling the rhythm.

But when he woke up from his coma and found himself confined in the secret room where he had once been free, all his former self-confidence turned into fear. Liu Jingxuan dared to kill him! Liu Jingxuan actually knew about this secret room! Also, who was the person who stopped Liu Jingxuan who was going to kill him, and then knocked him unconscious?

It was precisely because he couldn't figure it out that he was under house arrest in such a place where it was difficult to distinguish day and night, tossing and turning, and eating irregularly, but after a few days, Zhang Lian became haggard and old, and he didn't know how much gray hair came out of his head. When early that morning, he was blindfolded by two big men who broke in with expressionless faces, and forcibly grabbed his arms from the left and right to go out, his fear reached the highest point.

He hadn't been able to talk to anyone for several days, and he didn't care about the feeling that his feet didn't touch the ground at this time, and shouted loudly: "What do you want! I am a dignified Bazhou Taishou, how dare Liu Jingxuan do this to me? ”

"Lord Zhang, if you have the strength, it is better to go to the court and shout."

Hearing this voice in his ears, Zhang Lian suddenly cut off the roar that reached his throat, and his heart was shocked and angry for a while. He was in the secret room of the Taishou Mansion, and he knew that Liu Jingxuan must have controlled the Taishou Mansion, and now this so-called public court of course refers to the hall where he manages government affairs and receives subordinate officials.

Thinking of Liu Jingxuan's grandiose occupancy of the dove's nest, he couldn't help but have a very bad premonition, and it took a long time before he barely mentioned a little spirit: "Since Liu Jingxuan even dares to occupy the lobby of the Taishou Mansion privately, then he must have rebelled!" Why is he blindfolded me? Is he afraid that I will see something that he does not want me to see? ”

"Master Zhang, you think too much." At this moment, a cold voice came from the other side, but he didn't answer the so-called Liu Jingxuan's rebellion.

"You've been staying in a secret room lit with candles for the past few days, and although you have a vent, you're not going to be choked to death, but suddenly in the sun, if you don't get this cloth, I'm afraid you'll be blind! Of course, if you insist, I can also help you get rid of this black cloth, so that you can see the power of the sun. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xian found that someone was really going to reach out to untie the black towel on his face, so he was startled and hurriedly shouted, "No need...... It's just that someone occupies the dove's nest, hmph, when I get to the court, I want to take a good look at what Liu Jingxuan is sitting in my seat with a face, and how others obey him! ”

said it powerfully, but he could vaguely discern that the direction was indeed going to the lobby, and Zhang Lian was still gradually worried in his heart. Especially when he felt the voices in front of him, but he could only distinguish a few words with all his strength, and it was clear that those people were whispering, he became even more uneasy.

When he realized that he was being carried up the stairs, he finally heard a few words that were crucial.

"Field...... Rectify ......"

"Profiteers...... Screening ......"

"Swept away......

Zhang Lian was so shocked to hear these few words, that when he finally got his feet on the ground and the black cloth covering his eyes was also taken down, he couldn't help but be stimulated by the natural light that was different from the candlelight, even though the light in the lobby was far darker than outside. And because of the weakness of his physical strength, he even stumbled forward unconsciously.

This one stumbled, and his center of gravity was unstable, and he was about to fall to the ground. At this moment, he only heard a chuckle in his ears, followed by a flash in front of his eyes, he only felt a strong force from his right arm, and the whole person stopped falling and stood up straight all of a sudden. However, as soon as he gave birth to a glimmer of gratitude, he recognized the face that he would never forget.

Almost subconsciously, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the other party: "You ......"

Before Zhang Lian could say the next words, he saw a smile on his face: "Zhang Taishou, we met again, but this doesn't seem to be the place to say lucky." Let me introduce myself again, I am the prince Zuowei rate, the prince of Lanling County, Yue Qianqiu. ”

The last three words in a row entered his ears, and Zhang Yan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and his mind was in chaos. Until he completely sorted out the connection, he turned pale and couldn't help but look up at the main seat. found that it was not Liu Jingxuan who was sitting there, but a graceful young man with a dignified bearing, and he was like an initiation, and he suddenly understood his situation.

He didn't have time to think about how His Royal Highness the Prince, who was so fat that he had almost no image at all, could have such a daunting momentum, he only knew that if the person who stopped Liu Jingxuan from killing him that day was the Prince Zuowei who led the Lanling County Gongyue Qianqiu, then wouldn't it mean that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was likely to be in the team that went to Bazhou with Liu Jingxuan?

Zhang Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, wanting to say something, but he only felt that his throat was hoarse and he couldn't say a word. And immediately after, he heard a low, slow, and powerful voice.

"Come on, read out the reason for Zhang Lian's involvement in the case, one by one, and let the Bazhou civil and military forces in the hall, and the Bazhou fathers and elders in the hall, all listen carefully!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince!"

With this voice, Zhang Lian saw that among the few Confucian scholars wearing white and black-trimmed shirts standing on the side, a man with a rare and somewhat familiar face, remembering that it was a Bazhou celebrity who took a step forward, with a calm bearing and a graceful demeanor. When this person was like reciting poems and songs, and he said something in a frustrated manner, but he suddenly changed his color and was angry.

"During the six years of his tenure, Bazhou Taishou Zhang led to let his servants do business, and privately traded more than 50,000 catties of copper and iron and more than 10,000 catties of saltpeter with Beiyan......"

"Ridiculous! This is a slur! Zhang Lian dared to let the other party continue, and hurriedly interrupted, however, what was more simple, direct and rude than his scolding was a heavy shock.

"Shut up, there will be time for you to refute these physical witnesses, stay alone now!" After the little fat man slapped the shocking blow with great momentum, seeing that Zhang Qian was silent, he couldn't help but glance at Yue Qianqiu, who had retreated to his side, thinking that he had been a bitter enemy for many years, and he had the same heart, so he would shoot when it was time to shoot.

If Zhang Lian was allowed to fall in court like this just now, it would arouse the sympathy of others, and he would not be able to scold this Bazhou Taishou like this now!

He glanced majestically around him, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Sheng and the others were personally invited by General Gu Lingzhu to come, and they have been sleeping all night for several days, and they don't know how many cases they have seen and how many witnesses they have seen. Trusting in them alone is like trusting in your own arm. If anyone interrupts their statement without their permission, it is a sin to roar out of court! ”

The little fat man's words were righteous and strict, coupled with the fact that he was lonely and widowed, and he had enough of the posture of the prince, not to mention that Zhang Lian, who had a gloomy face, did not dare to refute it rashly, and even the other people who were going to see the opportunity to interject also closed their mouths tightly.

And the gentlemen who were invited to watch outside the hall in Bazhou City didn't even dare to whisper. Far away on the border, they used to be hearsay about the royal family, and for the first time in their lives, they saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, compared with the rumors that were once very popular, everyone felt that they had really been fooled.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a person who does not learn and has no skills, and his face is hateful, just said those few words, and those Bazhou celebrities who were invited to the Taishou Mansion before are definitely going to serve the dogs and horses from now on!

In fact, because Yue Qianqiu suggested that Zhu Hanqing recommend all young people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five, who are ambitious to assist the king and make contributions, for them, being able to enter the eyes of the prince of the East Palace is exactly the same as the meaning of the emperor's favor.

Therefore, the young Confucian who was called Chen Sheng by the little fat man was indeed moved. To be called like an arm of trust by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what is not content?

In Yue Qianqiu's opinion, even if he was a little flustered when he was interrupted by Zhang Lianli just now, but now with the personal support of the little fat man, Chen Sheng's voice immediately increased by more than an order of magnitude, and it was no longer like a recitation, but mixed with more personal feelings.

Combined with the detailed and accurate charges one by one, he could even hear the exclamations and discussions of the Bazhou gentlemen in the hall. He likes to use numbers to illustrate problems, and under his subtlety, the little fat man unconsciously preferred such a more concise and clear expression in this case, so those Confucian students wanted to cater to the prince, and they were naturally infected.

Compared with the long rhetoric to exaggerate Zhang Lian's crimes, those shocking figures are undoubtedly more infectious. Not to mention that the civil and military officials on the left and right are all unchanged, even Zhang Lian, who had just interrupted people in anger, listened to the figures that Chen Sheng and the others took turns to report at this moment, they were also shocked and angry, and their lips trembled.

However, he tried to refute it several times, but he was defeated in the face of the sharp eyes of the little fat man on the main seat.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's eyes as if he were going to choose someone to devour were too scary!

When the speeches of the whole six people finally came to an end, the little fat man was not in a hurry, and said unhurriedly: "Come on, bring someone to witness!" ”

thought that it was finally his turn to defend himself, but Zhang Lian didn't expect that there would be witnesses next, and his already pale and bloodless face became like a dead person. And what made this former Bazhou Taishou even more desperate was that there were not one or two, but a whole twelve!

Among these people, there are merchants who have been trading in the market for many years, there are also small officials of the Shiyi Division, officers in the garrison, and what makes him so angry that he almost vomits blood is that some people can even take out a black ledger that records the amount of money that is claimed to be sent to him! Especially when the two subordinate officials of the Taishou Mansion also stood up to testify against some of his crimes, Zhang Lian finally lost the last trace of luck.

"Zhang Lian, what else do you have to say so far?"

When the little fat man finally asked such a sentence lightly, Zhang Lian reluctantly raised the last bit of spirit, turned his head sideways and looked at Liu Jingxuan, who was expressionless, and shouted in a sharp voice: "There are all the human and material evidence, what else can the lower official say?" It's just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just happened to bump into this series of incidents when he first came to Bazhou, don't you think it's too coincidental? ”

It is difficult to know that he is afraid that he is not dead - after all, he is not the same as Wu Renyuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Gao Zezhi, the waiter, those two are of course framed the martial artists because of their own selfishness, but the reckless martial artists are not a very powerful group in the first place, so after the crime, it is exile, and the real killing move is to involve the descendants of the third generation and not use it - but he is different, among his crimes, there is also one of the charges of selling forbidden materials to Beiyan without permission, Zhang Lian of course understands that he does not have much way to live.

But the more this is the case, the deeper his hatred for Liu Jingxuan becomes. After shouting out with all his strength at this time, he screamed and said, "Liu Jingxuan, don't think I don't know what kind of character you are!" What do you say about being loyal and unyielding, thinking of your homeland...... You have been in Beiyan for so many years, how many favors have you received from the Emperor of Beiyan, and how many benefits have you taken from people behind your back? I see that you are coming back with the intention of subverting my Dawu! ”

Knowing that if he yelled out like this, with Liu Jingxuan turning his hands behind his back, he would definitely only be regarded as a dog jumping over the wall nonsense, Zhang Yan took a deep breath and said in a fierce voice: "Even if I have a loss, I am just a corrupt official if I stand up to the sky, but you Liu Jingxuan will be a national thief in the future!" ”

After saying this, he stood up with a slam on the ground, and actually tried his best to touch the big case in front of the little fat man. The civilian officials did not react so quickly, and the generals ...... Zhu Hanqing had time to pull people, but he saw that Liu Jingxuan didn't move, and he didn't move after a little thought.

So, everyone who had just seen the prince's left guard rate, the famous Yue Jiugongzi's swift movements, soon experienced the long prince's right guard on the right hand side of His Royal Highness the Prince's right hand again.

Just when Zhang Lian's head had already touched the sturdy table leg of the heavy public case, the figure had just taken the first step towards the little fat man. But the next moment, the person fell behind Zhang Lian like a wisp of smoke, and firmly pressed the shoulder of the Bazhou Taishou with one hand. At first glance, it seemed to be an understatement without any force, but I saw Zhang Lian's face fierce and desperately struggling, but even if he lowered his head to touch it, he couldn't touch the table leg that was close at hand.

It was only at this time that the little fat man felt that his heart, which was about to burst out of his throat just now, suddenly fell back to the same place, and he was glad that he had found Yue Qianqiu and Zhou Jiyue to be his right-hand men a thousand times in his heart, and the two of them were much more vigilant than those guards who followed suit.

If Zhang had been tripped before, and people would have been injured or killed at this time, he, the prince, would not have known what it would be like to be scolded by those officials who were already dissatisfied with him running away without permission!

Therefore, the little fat man who was angry in his heart directly slapped the case and shouted: "If you want to speak, just say it well, who are you playing this death-seeking table loyalty?" I only know that Wen is dead, and Wu is dead, but the courtiers who are dead in the history books, nine out of ten have met the faint king, do you want to say that the prince is also unconscious? Now all the evidence of your crimes is conclusive, but what is the evidence for these crimes you accuse of Bazhou General Liu Jingxuan? Do you take the same kind of human and physical evidence and show it to Lonely? ”

Speaking of this in one breath, the little fat man flicked his sleeves angrily and said: "Come on, put him in the car, escort him to Jinling with all the evidence and physical evidence, and wait for the fate of my father!" As for this Bazhou Taishou, Lone will ask his father to appoint him as soon as possible, and before that, these Bazhou celebrities selected by Lone will handle all the cases, and Lone will personally act as the Taishou seal! ”