This person who looked at Zhou Xiaocao with a smiling smile and a gloating expression was none other than Lord Zhong's No. 1 think tank-Master Ma. It is said that Zhou Xiaocao himself will expose his shortcomings, since he is the brains of the prince, how can he not take the opportunity to make trouble? Zhou Xiaocao's return to the capital, people from all walks of life knew it for the first time, even Feng Yulan could know the Tao under Zhao Zhigao's arrangement, not to mention the powerful Zhong Wangye?

Hearing Zhou Xiaocao's question, Master Ma said with a smile: "General Zhou's army returned triumphantly, who doesn't know?" Also, please stop calling me Lao Ma! ”

Zhou Xiaocao nodded and said, "It's good, old horse." No problem, old horse! ”

Master Ma was slightly angry when he heard this, but he just thought about it, this kid was about to be unlucky, and he didn't mind so much, so he said to Liu Mingli: "Your Majesty? ”

Liu Mingli is also very difficult. You must know that in this room, there are several important ministers. Not only do they have confidants who are loyal to the king like Master Ma, but also Liu Mingli's team. You are like that Lord Du, he is a secretary of the ministry; and Changju Changda, who was born in Dali Temple, who dealt with Zhou Xiaocao the most, were all present. It's just that in the face of Zhou Xiaocao, who is like a handle sent to the door, they are also helpless. The reason why he appeared here was just to see if he could reduce the punishment of Zhou Xiaocao as much as possible by putting pressure on the people who were loyal to the king through these few people.

Liu Mingli coughed softly, and the middle finger of his right hand lightly tapped the armrest of the chair. At this point, he learned ten out of ten of his father's habits. Therefore, friends who have children in the family must pay attention to the fact that parents are the first teachers of their children. It is also a teacher throughout a lifetime, compared to what school can do. Obviously, the influence of parents is thousands of times greater. Therefore, we are parents. It is necessary to pass on the good habits and gradually change the bad habits, after all, no one wants to teach a loser, right? So what, the two losers surnamed Li, the endorsement of the pit father has already spread all over China, so I don't need to say more, right?

"Zhou Xiaocao, I came to ask you, why didn't you report to me first after you came back from Xingyang? You know the way. This is a great sin of disrespect! ”

Liu Ming has been the emperor for half a year, and as soon as these words came out, he was still very majestic. Although compared to his father Emperor Tianze's domineering attitude that everything in the world is in my hands, it is also a small climate.

Zhou Xiaocao quickly knelt down, bowed his head and said, "The minister should die, please punish the emperor!" ”

With so many people looking at you in front of you, you just want to tell the difference, and it depends on the time and the occasion. The emperor has already said it. This is a great crime of disrespect, if he exonerates himself in every possible way, isn't that tantamount to saying, is the emperor's words wrong? This is something worse than the sin of great disrespect. Zhou Xiaocao just doesn't know much about some ancient laws. It doesn't mean that he's a fool, he can still see through this form.

How can Master Ma not see stitches? Hurriedly shouted loudly: "Since I know that this is a great sin of disrespect, then wash it clean." Get ready to cut off your head! ”

Seeing the bold momentum when Master Ma said the words "beheading", Zhou Xiaocao finally understood. What is the concept of monarchy greater than heaven? But it's too late to say anything. He thought to himself. It's a big loss now, and I'm going to be beheaded in a while, I knew that Lu Dao had just been lucky with those little beauties one by one, and it was not in vain to walk here. It's just that I wonder if after I die, will I still appear in that urban village, the upstairs of that small pink-fronted house, meet that clean girl dressed in white, and then appear on the billboard outside the window, and encounter that miraculous solar storm?

Just when Zhou Xiaocao was outside the object, the two groups of people Ma and Du had been fighting for a long time, and no one on either side would let anyone, Ma Daren was bent on causing Zhou Xiaocao to die, and Du Da was saying that Zhou Xiaocao was not an official, even if he led the army to fight this time, it was only temporarily appointed. The so-called ignorant is not guilty, and Zhou Xiaocao is not guilty to death. The two parties say that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, and they do not give in to each other.

At this time, Zhu Mao, who was in a hurry, couldn't help it. Just let the two groups of people quarrel like this, and Zhou Xiaocao will be finished! Because, the two parties have always been discussing the issue of whether Zhou Xiaocao's crime will lead to death, and no one has ever said that Zhou Xiaocao can make a contribution! It can be seen that a wise man must make a mistake in his thousand thoughts, and he is as shrewd as Du Shangshu, but he also made a preconceived mistake and never figured out this section.

However, as a low-status eunuch, he did the work of serving people, and he couldn't say anything to affect the quarrels of these ministers, so he had to remind him "kindly": "Your Majesty, the top priority is to quickly distribute the silver taels brought by Zhou Xiaocao to the soldiers of the forbidden army of all ministries." ”

Liu Mingli thought about it for a while, and immediately figured out the joints, and then saw Zhu Mao who was squeezing his eyebrows on the side, where did he still not understand? Immediately said: "Yes! Everyone, don't quarrel yet. The most urgent task at the moment is to pay the salaries owed to the soldiers of the forbidden army for more than half a year. If we don't pay any more, I'm afraid those who serve in the army will mutiny. This matter is that I can't live with them first, and my promise, then I have to do it. ”

Lord Du and Master Chang both glanced at each other, and they showed serious expressions of understanding. They were just brought into a puzzle by Master Ma at the beginning, and now that the emperor has pointed out the key to breaking the game, where can they still be unclear? At the moment, they responded in unison: "The emperor is wise!" ”

It's okay to say anything else, when it comes to the matter of the forbidden army's arrears, Master Ma is angry. Originally, this matter was thought up by him to embarrass Liu Mingli, a stunned young man who had just become the emperor and had no experience in dealing with major affairs, and further weakened the emperor's influence in the minds of hundreds of officials and sergeants, so that they could "understand" that the new emperor was not the master. In this way, it is tantamount to building momentum for his master, Prince Zhong, in disguise. I have to say that his strategy of killing two birds with one stone is still very effective. It's just that there are also high-ranking people on the other side, and they actually came up with the idea of grabbing silver by suppressing bandits, and this task was also handed over to the white body Zhou Xiaocao, who is neither an official nor a general. This is a guy with thorns all over his body, he is a door-to-door son-in-law, he is a hob meat, what can you do with him?

Zhou Xiaocao went out this time, and he won the victory, and he also got nearly 30 million taels of silver, you say, this time, the original plan of Master Ma was vividly destroyed, and there is no need to exist anymore.

Zhou Xiaocao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has collected 30 million taels worth of gold, silver and jewelry, and in addition, there are several beautiful women. ”

Liu Mingli's eyes moved and asked, "Huh?" There are even women? (To be continued......)

PS: An early morning update chapter.,The two days off tomorrow are about to expire.,The days of hard work are going to start again.,Sickness.