The dark dungeon, the foul smell pierced the nostrils, and the droplets of water were dripping like a dying note. Zhang Ke, accompanied by Du Qing, went to the innermost room of the dungeon. When they arrived at the door, they saw that Rao had crawled out of the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses, and the two of them were still gasping.

I saw a man tied to the cross, to be precise, only in human form, with white bones exposed on his left arm and two thighs, traces of a soldering iron on the front and back of his chest, no good meat, his mouth was even more swollen and terrifying, and his teeth were pulled out. Only one right arm remained, and it was left for him to write.

Seeing Zhang Ke coming, the official in charge of interrogation immediately came over and bowed down.

"Lord Qiyu, the little one has already asked clearly, this person's name is Xu Chang, and he is the person sent by Dongchang to break into the thief's tent."

"Well, what do they do?"

The official showed a look of embarrassment on his face, Du Qing suddenly glared, and shouted angrily: "In front of the prince, what can't you say, say!" ”

The official hit a spirit, and hurriedly said: "Lord Qiqi, this person has brought a secret letter, promising Li Chuang, as long as he breaks through Kaifeng and kills the prince, he will be crowned the king of the east and replace you!" ”

"Nonsense!"

Hearing this, Du Qing's eyes couldn't help but widen, this joke was too big.

Zhang Ke is His Royal Highness the King of the East who was ordered to suppress the thief, and the court did not help Zhang Ke, but even encouraged Li Zicheng to kill Zhang Ke, and promised to recruit the thief and make Li Zi the king of the East!

Is there such a ridiculous thing in the world, no matter how confused Chongzhen is, it will not reach the level of indistinguishing between friend and foe!

"Useless things, such a ridiculous confession dares to show the prince, don't hurry up and torture again!"

The official's face turned pale, and he said in a low voice: "Master Du, the little one has asked five times, and he has said this way." ”

"What about the evidence, what evidence?"

"He said that there was a secret letter to Li Chuang."

"Where's MeSign?" Du Qing asked.

"Naturally, it's a camp of thieves."

"Ridiculous!" Du Qing said angrily: "The camp of thieves has been breached. There are fires everywhere, where to find secret letters, it's clearly a lie! ”

"It's not necessarily a lie." Zhang Ke suddenly spoke, and Du Qing looked at Zhang Ke in puzzlement.

Zhang Ke walked a few steps in front of the prison door, and suddenly sighed: "Driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, compared to Li Zicheng, this king may be even more terrifying in the eyes of the imperial court!" It's just that using this clumsy method to want to put this king to death is too whimsical. ”

Du Qing was also shocked when he heard Zhang Ke's words. But think about it. That's really the case.

Li Zicheng gathered hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, but his men and horses are a group of worthless rabble, Zhang Ke is different, over the years, Zhang Ke's armed forces are at least more than 300,000, and they are also super elite, all the important towns on the nine sides are controlled by Zhang Ke, coupled with huge economic resources, it is simply Mount Tai for the imperial court.

And after Zhang Ke marched into the Central Plains. Buying people's hearts and minds on a large scale, relocating displaced people, promoting overseas immigration, and providing real money to the victims. If you kill Li Zicheng and others. The people of the Central Plains will regard Zhang Ke as a Buddha of all families, just like Liaodong!

The imperial court has already lost Jiubian, Shandong, and Jiangnan, if even the Central Plains are gone, even if Zhang Ke doesn't want to. None of his subordinates agreed, and they would definitely take their place.

So for the Zhu Ming royal family, if Zhang Ke can die in Kaifeng. Definitely the best thing.

Jumping out of the shackles of thinking, Du Qing's brain cleared up, and he said in surprise: "Lord Wang, could it be that the emperor is really so unkind and can't wait to deal with the prince?" ”

Zhang Ke was noncommittal, but waved his hand, and let the cell door open, he walked up to Xu Chang and coughed twice.

"You can hear the words of the king, and if you name how many accomplices you have, the king can make you die at once, so that you don't suffer, and your family will not be implicated."

Zhang Ke said it three times in a row, and the other party seemed to notice it, and his fingers moved. Du Qing hurriedly beckoned, and the torture official brought over a pen and paper, and at the same time held a bowl of ginseng soup and poured it into Xu Chang.

Xu Chang trembled his intact right arm, kept scratching on the paper, the handwriting was scribbled almost unrecognizable, and every time he wrote a few words, he had to stop and gasp for breath.

Zhang Ke waited silently, and for almost a quarter of an hour, Xu Chang didn't move anymore. Zhang Ke put the papers together and finally saw the content clearly.

It turned out that he was not alone, in Kaifeng City, beside Hong Chengchou and He Renlong and others, there were also people from Dongchang.

The boss didn't expect to rely on Li Zicheng to kill Zhang Ke, but wanted to use Hong Chengchou and others to kill Zhang Ke. And put the blame on the rogue, so that Zhang Ke's subordinates in various places will definitely be excited, and then use these people to eradicate the remnants of the rogue.

In this way, the two guys who threatened the Ming court were all finished.

In particular, it is worth mentioning that the idea of digging the Yellow River and spreading the plague was to tell Xu Chang from above and ask him to give Li Zicheng advice.

After reading this, Du Qing's eyes widened first, and he was so angry that he was panting.

"The intentions are sinister, and they are extremely vicious!"

If it weren't for Zhang Ke's excellent methods, he would have been able to control the plague. Once the plague spreads in Kaifeng, no matter how powerful the Yizhou soldiers are, they will become waste if they are infected.

It is even possible that Zhang Ke was also infected, if he died like that, it would definitely be a great thing for Ming Ting. Even if he is immortal, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the plague has given Hong Chengchou and others an opportunity.

Internal and external attack, even if you have a body that King Kong is not bad, it is inevitable that you will be hit.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened Du Qing felt, and at the same time, he was shocked by the insidiousness of the imperial court! There are hundreds of thousands of Ming people in Kaifeng City, don't they care?

The more Du Qing thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but say: "Lord Wang, Xu Chang said that He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu are both on a mission to deal with the prince. I think it's better to strike first and kill them! ”

"Kill these two people, Hong Chengchou is a toothless tiger, it's not worth mentioning, but if you want to do it, you must have a good excuse!"

At this time, some of his subordinates hurriedly came and said to Zhang Ke: "Lord Wang, General He An's subordinates and He Renlong clashed, and the two sides fought. ”

"What's going on?"

"It is said that it was because He Renlong's subordinates slaughtered the rogues on a large scale, killing all those who surrendered, and thousands of heads were piled up into a hill. General Hean couldn't stand it and went to stop it, and as a result, the two sides quarreled. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Ke suddenly frowned, and sneered: "Pass the order, immediately let He An and He Renlong come over, and if there is, invite Zuo Liangyu over as well." ”

"Yes!" The men turned and left.

Du Qing couldn't help but clap his hands and laughed: "God really help me, the life and death of the two animals are decided!" (To be continued......)