Since its establishment, the power of the Duanwen Society has snowballed, and many scholars have begun to flock to join.

There are those who want to seek fame and fortune through this.

There are also those who want to express their dissatisfaction with the political situation of the imperial court.

From Wuxi to Changzhou, and then to Suzhou, Songjiang and other places, it has developed to Yingtianfu and even Jiangxi.

Today, even in Jinling City, thousands of members have gathered.

Many of them are the children of eunuchs.

There are even many members of the Duan Literature Society who have close contacts with officials in the DPRK and China.

And Gu Lin, as the founder, has now almost become a guest of the major bureaucrats, and has the ability of his ancestor Gu Xiancheng.

The Gu family was already wealthy, and now there is a Duan Literature Society.

Gu Lin even took advantage of this to win over and collude with various forces, and actively build momentum for the bureaucrats who met his political demands.

And many bureaucrats seeking promotions also began to get in close contact with Gu Lin.

Gu Lin also became more and more satisfied, thinking that he should be regarded as the prime minister of the mountain.

Of course, in the eyes of the rulers at the top of the Ming Empire, Gu Lin at this time was not enough to make them pay close attention.

Wang Chengen, the commander of Dongchang, is one of them.

At first, he didn't think about paying attention to the strength of an ordinary student like Gu Lin in the government and the opposition.

But after listening to the recital of his subordinates.

He still began to realize that although this Gu Lin seemed to be just a student, he seemed to be really doing something that threatened the government.

Gu Lin naturally knew that the people in Dongchang would target him, but he didn't think that Dongchang would dare to move him now.

For he is now a leader who is admired by thousands of men.

In addition to this, he also has close relations with many officials in the DPRK and China.

Even if Dongchang has imperial power in his hands, he will not dare to move himself easily.

Moreover, he felt that Dongchang had no reason to move him at the moment.

Because he didn't do anything criminal, as for Tang Ying and Wei Dawei's matter, he believed that the people in Dongchang would not find out anything.

Dongchang Admiral Wang Chengen will indeed not get along with him for no reason.

Wang Chengen now only cares about who is likely to threaten the safety of His Majesty Emperor Zhu Youzhen in the Ming Dynasty.

And Wei Dawei's death is the only thing that makes him, the commander of Dongchang, have to be alert and pay attention to it now.

In addition, it was the behavior of the Duanwen Society in Shilin that made him realize that there might be a second Donglin Party.

As the commander of Dongchang and the emperor's eagle dog, Wang Chengen did not want such a clue to appear.

But both of these are related to the student Gu Lin.

Therefore, Wang Chengen directly chose to arrest and interrogate Gu Lin, without looking for any conclusive evidence or any reason.

It is better to cause an unjust case, and to interrogate Gu Lin, who may have participated in or masterminded the assassination of the lifespanner Wei Dawei, before interrogating him.

This is the special feature of Dongchang, he is not a judicial body, he does not need to follow the procedure of adjudicating the case, as long as there is suspicion, he can be arrested.

As soon as Wang Chengen's order was given, people from Dongchang immediately rushed to Dongchang.

At this time, Gu Lin didn't know that he had been targeted by the people of Dongchang, and he had just returned from the Susong Governor's Office, and he was saying to Zuo Jinmao and other members of the Literature Society:

"Ma Shiying has left the court now, as long as the first assistant Fan Jingwen falls, the position of the first assistant will definitely not fall on the surname Ma, and the ministers of the six cabinets are afraid that they all have the intention of being the first assistant, but what I am afraid of is that no one dares to impeach Fan Jingwen for him, and they themselves dare not appoint it openly, we might as well secretly instruct these ministers, as long as they are willing to promise to let our ministry and Zhongcheng join the cabinet and the six ministries at that time, let us impeach Fan Jingwen!"

Zuo Jinmao, one of the leaders of the Duanwen Society, nodded: "Okay, let's contact this matter, as long as there is a minister in the DPRK and the central government, I will contact Ouyang Rui, his brother has always been good at impeaching the ministers, and he is quite famous in the government and the opposition." ”

"This matter is hard Brother Zuo and my colleagues, Your Majesty is impossible to let our people from Nan Zhili be the first assistant, now we can only let our ministry and Zhongcheng two or one of them be among the six cabinets, so as to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the power of the government and the opposition, one day, no matter what His Majesty died, His Royal Highness can ascend the throne smoothly today."

As soon as Gu Lin said this, he pulled Zuo Jinmao aside and asked in a low voice, "There is a reply from the Baiyi Sect, don't they want to take the life of the Dog Emperor?" ”

"The people in the white-clothed sect said that now the imperial court is strictly investigated, and His Majesty has been living in seclusion today, and the guard is much stricter than before, and he has not had a chance to start without waiting for the opportunity for a while."

Left into the road of Shigeru.

"Useless stuff! Anyway, this matter can only be done by their white-clothed sect, and now we can only help the ministry and Zhongcheng and others to take charge of the government first. ”

As Gu Lin was speaking, he heard a loud bang, and then he saw two teams of Dongchang soldiers rushing over from the corridors on both sides.

Gu Lin was a little stunned, he didn't expect that Dongchang would one day come to his own house.

Zuo Jinmao reacted quickly, and immediately spared the fence from the backyard and got out of the dog hole.

And at this time, the soldiers of the East Factory did not come to raid the house, and naturally they didn't care about Zuo Jinmao and the others, and the head of the East Factory only locked Gu Lin directly.

And after Gu Lin returned to China at this time, he began to bark wildly: "What are you doing here, after this son is Duanwen Gong, why do you lock up this son!" ”

"What kind of bullshit Duan Wengong, killing people pays for their lives, it's justified, come with us!"

The head of the East Factory shouted and dragged Gu Lin out with an iron chain, Gu Lin was a little dazed, he didn't think that the people in the East Factory would lock him up for murder, although he did assassinate someone, but he didn't think that he would find him, so he simply took advantage of this and shouted: "Colleagues, the East Factory innocently locked Gu Mou, framed Gu Mou, and asked you to help me make the decision!" ”

On the contrary, some students couldn't help but tear their eyes when they saw Gu Lin being arrested, in their opinion, Dongchang was committing murder and evil, and completely did not abide by the law and discipline.

And the people in Dongchang naturally didn't care so much, and dragged Gu Lin directly to the edict.

Wang Chengen really doesn't want to care about what is right or wrong now, and he doesn't bother to respect a scholar, he just wants to reduce the threat to His Majesty's safety as much as possible within the Ming Dynasty.

As for whether Gu Lin was wronged, he was too lazy to investigate, and directly ordered someone to torture Gu Lin with severe punishment to ask whether he had murdered the student Wei Dawei.

Gu Lin was not as tough as Wang Chengen imagined, and after using one or two torture instruments just now, Gu Lin began to confess that he had killed Wei Dawei.

At the same time, Gu Lin admitted that he had indeed killed Tang Ying.

However, Gu Lin did not tell the truth completely, only said that his motive for killing Wei Dawei and Tang Ying was jealousy, but did not fully confess the real reason why he wanted to kill Tang Ying and Wei Dawei.

Wang Chengen was not in a hurry to force out everything Gu Lin knew, he was only thinking about how to find a breakthrough from this matter and make His Majesty's safety more appropriate.

On the surface, it seems that Tang Ying and Wei Dawei's deaths have nothing to do with His Majesty, but Wang Chengen learned about Tang Ying's dispute with Gu Lin before he was killed by Gu Lin after visiting other Wuxi students.

Therefore, Wang Chengen used severe punishment on Gu Lin again after detaining Gu Lin for three days.

(End of chapter)