Just after Wanli agreed to call Yang Zhen in, Feng Bao, who had been honestly kneeling on the ground and pretending to be dead, suddenly kowtowed again: "Your Majesty, the slave is guilty......

"I know that you are guilty, if it weren't for your lax royal majesty, such a tragedy would not have happened in my Beijing City, causing hundreds of people to suffer because of this!" Wanli glared at Feng Bao with some resentment: "When I explain everything to the Queen Mother, I will punish you heavily!" ”

Listening to the emperor's merciless reprimand, Feng Bao felt nervous for a while, but at this point, even if he knew that what he said next would make the emperor even more unhappy, but in order not to make things worse, he could only continue stubbornly: "The slave should die, in fact, the slave was also very flustered when she learned about it, and even thought about hiding it......"

"Huh?" Wanli was stunned when he heard this, but then he came back to his senses, this is indeed the first reaction of ordinary people when they encounter such a situation, after all, self-protection is the most correct choice, otherwise telling the truth can only be like now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 But even so, Wanli was still even more angry, and sneered: "In that case, why did you suddenly tell me the truth again, Daban? Did you find out in your conscience? ”

"Slave maid...... The slave had no choice but to do so. Feng Bao continued to kowtow.

"No choice? What is this statement? The emperor said a little strangely: "Is there still someone in this world who can make you Feng Gonggong so jealous?" ”

"The slave and maid decided to confess their sins to His Majesty only after learning that their men who had done such bold things had been taken down by the Jinyi Guard. Your Majesty, Jinyiwei has been an enemy of the slave maid Dongchang for a while, and to put it bluntly, Yang Zhen wants to deal with the slave maid. So once that person falls into their hands, this matter will definitely not be hidden, and Yang Zhen will definitely take the opportunity to put all the charges on the slave maid. The slave knew that the matter could not be hidden, so this was ...... Please spare your majesty's life, the slave knows that it is wrong! Feng Bao explained pitifully.

And when he heard these words in Wanli's ears, he also believed a little. He saw the dispute between Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and it could even be said that it happened with his acquiescence. At the beginning, Yang Zhen reminded him that the monarch should make good use of the way of checks and balances, which should be the case for officials and ministers in the DPRK and China, and the same is true for special institutions like Dongchang, which are above the law. It is precisely because of this idea that he will favor Yang Zhen and the Jinyi Wei behind him in many things, and let them fight with Dongchang endlessly.

But now, when the battle between the two of them has been linked to the stability of the capital, even if Wanli is not too old and does not have enough experience, he understands how dangerous this matter is. Once the two of them really have a momentum, can they still believe their words as an emperor?

"Are you afraid that Yang Zhen and Jinyi Wei will take the opportunity to deliberately make your crime more serious, so they confessed everything to me in panic?" The little emperor's face became more and more ugly, and he stared at Feng Bao gloomily.

Feng Bai's body trembled, and he clearly felt the emperor's anger. But there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and there was no turning back at this time, so he kowtowed again and said: "The slave knows her mistake, and the slave should have confessed everything to Your Majesty earlier." ”

This is the role of preconceived ideas, when Feng Bao admitted his mistake to Wanli one step earlier, and laid the foreshadowing early, when Wanli looked at Yang Zhen again, he didn't have the trust he had in the past. After all, as he grew older, the little emperor's political wisdom also increased little by little, and he also felt that this was indeed a good time for Yang Zhen and Jinyiwei to deal with Feng Bao.

It was with this thought in mind that when he called Yang Zhen in, his attitude was much colder than any time in the past. As the Son of Heaven, he naturally doesn't want to be used by the courtiers below. Even if Yang Zhen was on his side in the past, as long as there was this time, Wanli would have to reconsider whether this person could be completely credited.

Sun Hai, who had been staying in front of the emperor and listening to the conversation between him and Feng Bao clearly, also sweated for Yang Zhen. If Yang Zhen really imposed all the charges on Feng Bao in order to be quick for a while, no matter whether this matter was true or not, I was afraid that he Yang Zhen would have a hard time in the future. It's just that in front of the emperor now, Sun Hai can't warn Yang Zhen, so he can only glance at him from time to time, hoping that Yang Zhen can cleverly stop in time.

And when Yang Zhen said that his intention was indeed related to the attack on Zhong Yu, the emperor's face became even more ugly, and he felt that Yang Zhen was going to sue Feng Bao fiercely next, and completely recognized him as the culprit of the matter.

In fact, in this regard, Wanli also decided that it should have nothing to do with Feng Bao. Although he was also dissatisfied with Feng Bao's behavior of controlling and seizing power over him, he also knew that his companion knew that no matter how mad he was, he would not risk the safety of the entire capital and the survival of hundreds of people to satisfy his own selfishness - and it seemed that Feng Bao would not get the slightest benefit in this matter.

The atmosphere in the warm pavilion suddenly became solemn, and Yang Zhen stood opposite the emperor, and he didn't feel a little nervous in his heart. Although he didn't know what was going on, the emperor's reservations and doubts about his attitude could still be felt.

"But what? Yang Qing, what else are you worried about in front of me? Just say it, and even if it's wrong, I won't blame you. Wanli asked again.

Pinch the confession again in his hand, Yang Zhen exhaled slowly, and with a slight force on his fingers, he pushed it further in to prevent it from falling out. Then he replied: "Your Majesty, that Dongchang fanzi named Xu Kang did confess after being arrested by the Jinyi guards under Weichen and confessing his crimes, but the confession he made was really difficult for the ministers to believe. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

According to his confession, they were assigned by Gonggong Feng to do such things. And Gonggong Feng arranged it like this, and he was entrusted by Guo Chaobin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry...... For his explanation, the minister will not believe it, not to mention that Guo Shangshu, as a dignified six-department scholar, will never do such a detrimental act to bring disaster to the country and the people, even if he really does it, with the character of Gonggong Feng, he will never agree to help him. Gonggong Feng, do you agree with what the lower officials said? The last sentence was said to Feng Bao.

Feng Bao was also stunned at the moment, why was what Yang Zhen said a little different from what he imagined, why was he actually helping himself speak? But since the other party has spoken like this, of course he, the party, is not good at not answering, so he nodded with a wry smile: "Thank you Yang Zhenfu for trusting me, I really wouldn't do such a thing, and I have already confessed to Your Majesty when I first learned about it." ”

"Really?" Yang Zhen pretended to be surprised, and saluted again: "Your Majesty, it turns out that you already know about this, but the minister is a little anxious, and he underestimates Gonggong Feng's personality." Originally, the minister was going to question him in front of His Majesty, but he was really ashamed. ”

After listening to the words of these two, the little emperor was also stunned. How could this matter evolve like this, Yang Zhen didn't take advantage of the situation to sue Feng Bao? But while breathing a sigh of relief, he glanced at Feng Bao with suspicion, although Yang Zhen bluntly said that this matter has nothing to do with the Ministry of Works, but is it really just to pull the tiger skin to make a big banner, a fox and a fake tiger?

Feng Bao, who was extremely familiar with the little emperor, felt the doubts in Wanli's heart, and his heart was tense. Unexpectedly, Yang Zhen was so alert, not only dodging the thunder he planted for him, but instead retreating into the pit himself, and he couldn't refute and fight back, this feeling was really uncomfortable.

At the moment when both the master and servant were a little surprised and slow to react, Yang Zhen continued: "Your Majesty, although the minister thinks that what they said about this matter is not credible because of Gonggong Feng, this is after all a wrong thing done by Dongchang. Therefore, I implore Your Majesty to correct our law and order, and to avenge the grievances of those people who have died and suffered disasters, and send personnel to find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible, and to arrest and bring to justice those who have committed such heinous crimes! ”

What he said made Wanli come back to his senses in surprise, and immediately nodded and said: "Yang Qing, what you said is very true, this matter is not trivial, and you must not let any murderer get away with it!" Companion, I want to leave this matter to you to investigate, what do you think? ”

"Slave maid...... Thank you for Your Majesty's trust......" Feng Bao knelt down again with gratitude and trepidation, and even squeezed out a few tears: "It's just that after all, the slave and maid are also guilty of this matter, and they are also very suspicious, so it is really inappropriate to let the slave and maid come to investigate." Although he said it nicely, he was very resentful in his heart, and he really hated that he couldn't eat Yang Zhen, the guy who caused the accident, alive.

Wanli was actually just a test of the moment, and when he saw Feng Bao say this, he was no longer reluctant, so he nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then this matter will be investigated by the people from the Criminal Department." You passed down the will, in addition to finding out which bastards in the East Factory did this and the reasons for it, you also have to find out whether this matter is really related to Guo Chaobin for me. ”

"Yes, the slave and maid will go and ask someone to give an order to the criminal department." Sun Hai hurriedly agreed.

Wanli softened his expression at this time, and smiled at Yang Zhen: "Yang Qing, don't blame me for refusing to believe your Jinyiwei and leave this matter to you, but after all, you are also involved in this matter, and you still have to avoid suspicion." After the change just now, his suspicion of Yang Zhen has been completely eliminated.

Yang Zhen hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister knows that Your Majesty has your own reasons for making this decision." And His Majesty is really thoughtful, between Dongchang and Jinyiwei...... It is indeed more convenient for other yamen to check. ”

"Okay, it's not too early, I won't keep you, you can go out of the palace." The little emperor smiled at him and sent Yang Zhen out. Then he turned his not so friendly gaze to Feng Bao, but he didn't realize that Yang Zhen was also greatly relieved at this moment.