"Lord Zhang, please read out in public how much property Zhou Jie has in his name." Hu Ye saw that Zhang Yuan was silent again, so he had to remind him.

Zhang Yuanjian couldn't avoid it, so he had to read Hu Ye's statement out loud.

"Huitong Qianzhuang, with a stake of 3,000 taels, and an annual dividend of 300 taels."

"Babao Qianzhuang, with a stake of 2,000 taels, and an annual dividend of 250 taels."

"Piaoxianglou, 5,000 taels of shares, 400 taels of dividends every year."

"Yuelai Pavilion, 8,000 taels of shares, 600 taels of dividends every year."

……

Zhang Yuan kept reading, the people around him were already gasping, and Zhu Di even squeaked the handle of the chair, as if he was trying to restrain himself.

"Dongping Dart Bureau, 1,000 taels of shares, 100 taels of dividends every year."

Zhang Yuan finally finished reading the form, and it was difficult for his heart to calm down at the moment, the scope and amount involved were so wide that it was outrageous.

"Master Zhang finished reading, you must also know how rich Zhou Jie is. The silver invested in these money houses, green buildings, and dart games alone is no less than 100,000 taels. Dividends can be distributed nearly 5,000 taels every year, do you know where the money comes from? Hu Ye asked.

Then he turned around and faced the people at the gate of the yamen, and then pointed to the people and said, "All this money is the fat and ointment of the people that those profiteers have looted, and it is the essence of the flesh they scraped from the legs of the white cranes of the toiling masses." You people who collude with officials and businessmen should be killed or not! ”

"Damn it! Damn it! ”

There was an earth-shattering roar from the people outside the door, Hu Ye's words completely ignited their anger, and they now hated to cramp and skin Zhou Jie and drink his blood.

Zhu Di can't sit still now, a small calmer dares to make such a big profit, and all this happened under his nose, and he didn't know anything.

"Zheng Er, you go to the Beiping Terracotta Division and ask Liu Sheng to take someone to Zhou Jie's house to search, I want to see how much property this Zhou Jie has amassed." Zhu Di patted the chair and said to Zheng Er.

Zheng Er took the order and left, without the slightest hesitation.

Zhang Yuan was suppressed by the people's riot, and as an envoy, he didn't know what to do now.

"Hu Ye, if you keep talking, isn't there another charge against Zhou Jie this time, let's say it together."

Zhang Yuan didn't make a decision, so Zhu Di spoke. If you get this Zhou Jie done today, you can not only knock those profiteers hard, but also pull out Zhou Yi and Zhang Yuan's most powerful minions, he doesn't believe that it has reached this point, Zhang Yuan can still overturn the case for Zhou Jie.

"Yes, His Royal Highness King Yan."

Hu Ye arched his hand towards Zhu Di, came to Zhou Jie, who was paralyzed in the yamen, and asked loudly, "Zhou Jie, let me ask you, according to the Ming Law, how should you be sentenced if you are under the age of thirteen and commit a capital crime?" ”

"Men are sent to the frontier and enslaved for generations. A woman is cut off as a prostitute and becomes a prostitute forever. Zhou Jie replied lifelessly.

He is completely desperate, and he can't help himself in the background on weekdays, and he can't help himself now, and he can't wait to die soon. He has already made up his mind that as long as Zuihou Zhou Yi and Zhang Yuan do not save their lives, he will definitely confess to the two of them, and everyone will die together.

"Okay, very good, you deserve to be pacified, so familiar with the Da Ming Law. So let me ask you, do you know that the little girl you beheaded the day before yesterday was only nine years old? Let's not say that she is not guilty, even if she is guilty, you can't sentence her to death, you don't know what the law is! Hu Ye roared at Zhou Jie.

Every time he thinks of the scene of Yueyue's tragic death, Hu Ye's heart is like a knife, and now that he is finally going to avenge Yueyue, Hu Ye is inevitably a little excited. But now is not the time to vent, and there will be a time when Zhou Jie will become a public enemy of the whole people.

"You nonsense, I didn't know she was only nine years old!"

Zhou Jie sat in Zuihou's resistance, but everyone heard fear in his tone.

"Hmph, is Lord Zhou an idiot? Can't even tell the difference between a nine-year-old and a thirteen-year-old doll? Do you want to say that the current emperor has chosen such an idiot official to manage the place? Do you want to say that the emperor has no eyes? Hu Ye said to Zhou Jie with a fierce voice, this is a zuihou blow that broke Zhou Jie's psychological defense.

Sure enough, Zhou Jie was intimidated by Hu Ye's momentum, and immediately lost a trace of Zuihou's fighting spirit, kowtowed to Zhu Di like a lost dog to admit his mistake, and kept pleading, "His Royal Highness King Yan, Weichen is just confused for a while, it is the group of people who insult the reputation of my Zhou family, so I will be angry for a while to act like this." Besides, the grandfather and grandson also pleaded guilty, which is what they deserve. I also hope that His Royal Highness King Yan will spare Weichen for the sake of Weichen's first offense. ”

"Reputation? Do you still have a reputation for your Zhou family? Is it still wrong for the people to insult your Zhou family? Is it wrong for this king to let your son write a letter of repentance? Are you still a first-time offender? Don't you treat the people who died in vain at your hands as human beings? Zhu Di roared angrily.

If it was on the battlefield, Zhu Di would not hesitate to cut Zhou Jie. But now in the Yamen, there are so many people watching, as the King of Yan, he must act rationally.

"Today I am just an observer, Zhang Dacai is the presiding judge, how you should be sentenced is all the business of Zhang Daren, and it has nothing to do with me." After speaking, Zhu Di sat down angrily and stared at Zhou Jie.

"Lord Zhang, for the sake of my continued filial piety to you in the past, I let go of the small one this time, and the small one must give a generous gift." Zhou Jie seemed to grasp the life-saving straw and pleaded with Zhang Yuan.

But Zhang Yuan is not stupid, although he usually gets many benefits from Zhou Jie, but in front of Zhu Di, he must not show it, otherwise the end will definitely be no better than Zhou Jie, "Bold Zhou Jie, dare to bribe the chief judge when the matter comes." I didn't expect to cultivate you in the past, but in the end you turned out to be a big-name corrupt official, which really blinded my dog's eyes. ”

Zhou Jie knew that it was useless to beg Zhang Yuan now, so he turned to look at Zhou Yi, this is his own zuihou hope, otherwise there will be only a dead end today, "Big brother, you plead for me, for the sake of our fellow villagers, I will give you all my family property, as long as you can spare my life." You have more than 100,000 soldiers in your hands, there will definitely be a way, please. ”

Hu Ye finally knew the relationship between Zhou Yi and Zhou Jie, it turned out that it was a fellow villager or a worshipper relationship.

But it's okay to share blessings and hardships, that's what only fools do. Zhou Yi is naturally not a fool, he still has a big prospect, how could he give up for Zhou Jie.

So Zhou Yi scolded loudly, "Bold Zhou Jie, I don't have a brother like you, I have always promoted you in vain, but I didn't expect you to disappoint me like this." Still want to encourage me to rebel? You're going to die of this heart. ”

What a trick to abandon the car and protect the handsome!

Hu Ye listened to Zhou Yi's words, and sneered in his heart, saying that Zhou Jie should be going crazy now.

Sure enough, Zhou Jie saw that he was going to abandon himself in the background in the past, and finally realized the mood of those officials just now, and at the same time, he knelt down towards Zhu Di in his heart, and said with a handful of snot and tears, "His Royal Highness King Yan, the criminal ministers were all bewitched by these two old things before they embarked on this road." On weekdays, all the accounts of the guilty ministers must be given to these two old things in two, and the account books of the guilty ministers are proof. The sinners are willing to report them and atone for their sins, and only ask His Highness to let the sinners live. ”

"Come on, send someone to confiscate Zhou Jie's property!"

Zhang Yuan shouted loudly, as soon as he heard Zhou Jie say the word account book, he felt bad. If Zhu Di gets that account book, he and Zhou Yi will fall, and he must get that account book before Zhu Di!

So before he could wait for Zhu Di to react, he gave an order.

At the same time, Zhou Yi also spoke, "Come on, send troops to surround Yongpingwei and Zhou's mansion for me, if there is any change, kill me!" ”

Zhou Jie's heart was like ashes when he heard this, so wouldn't his family be unsafe?

And the worst enemy of the past now seems to have become his only hope.

"His Royal Highness King Yan, please give me a chance to atone for my sins, and I must not let those two old things get the account books." Zhou Jie kowtowed to Zhu Di, hoping that Zhu Di could speak out to stop Zhou Yi and the others, otherwise, with Zhou Yi's temperament, his whole family would definitely not be protected, and Zhou Yi would never allow the existence of threats to his status, even women and children.

"Hmph, I'll settle the account book matter, but you have committed such a heinous crime, do you want to cover up all the sins of the past with a single account book?" Zhu Di said to Zhou Jie with disgust.

Even if Zhou Jie really found out the evidence of Zhou Yi and Zhang Yuan's crimes today, it would be impossible for him to let Zhou Jie go. He has already seen the anger of the group of people outside, and if Zhou Jie is not brought to justice today, this group of people will not stop. He also saw the people's liliang for the first time, and he somewhat understood Tang Taizong's famous saying.

Zhou Yi and Zhang Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that Zhu Di didn't mean to let go of Zhou Jie, but when they heard that Zhu Di didn't plan to let go of the account book, they couldn't help but feel a little flustered. Now that the outside of the yamen is blocked, the people inside can't get out at all, and it is impossible for them to find the account book in advance.

"Come on, take down this Zhou Jie." Zhang Yuan shouted loudly and ordered the group of officials who were at a loss.

Zhou Jie was really disillusioned now, and Zuihou's glimmer of hope was shattered, but he suddenly seemed to understand something, and hahadaxiao said to Zhou Yi and Zhang Yuan, "You two old things really think that you can save yourself in this way?" Do you think Zhu Di will let you go easily? He's just eradicating your pawns step by step, and when Zuihou only has the two of you left, it's your time of death. ”

"A bold thief, he dares to call His Highness by his name!"

Zhang Yuan slapped the shocked wood and scolded Zhou Jie loudly.

"Haha, I'm a dying person, I'm afraid of calling him by his name. Have you forgotten the thousand households that he cleaned up just a few days ago? Now it's me, then it's your commanding officer, then it's your commander, then it's you, and then it's you, haha, I'll be waiting for you on Huangquan Road. ”

Zhou Jie laughed wildly, as if he had lost his mind, his hair was also messy, and the black gauze hat had already fallen to the ground.

"Crazy, crazy, come on, don't you take Zhou Jie down for me." Zhang Yuan commanded left and right again.

So the two officials who were still under Zhou Jie just now, but now they want to catch Zhou Jie, which has to be said to be a great irony.

However, just when everyone thought that Zhou Jie was going to be arrested, Zhou Jie suddenly burst out and killed Hu Ye directly.