After a while, the emperor propped his head and raised his chin.

At the intention of the guild, he stepped forward and asked the Bao family to go down and continue to cooperate with the thorough investigation.

Then an adult stepped forward and motioned for the Bao family to leave.

Cheng Ziyu bit her lip, only to feel that the gaze on her back was a little denser. She heard the door shut. The Bao family has left, so what about her and He Sijing?

Everyone in the room did not leave, and the old Yang Ge just now didn't know what he was looking at, and turned over the stack of music on the table in front of him.

After a few more breaths, the emperor not only did not let the two of them leave, but did not even call out. Even the adults didn't move, and they didn't have the slightest intention of leaving.

Cheng Ziyu's intuition is still accurate, and sure enough, the Bao family affair is just an introduction, and there are other troubles.

She hurriedly bowed down again.

"Your Majesty, my grandfather went into retreat early in the morning, so the entire Cheng family is in charge of me. Although my cousin is the manager of the Cheng family's workshop, he is not proficient in the process of pottery, and he was only responsible for the external affairs of the workshop in the past, so this matter has nothing to do with my cousin. At the moment, even if the Cheng family is suspicious, there is no need to involve the cousin and the workshop. I also ask the emperor for a favor, can you let my cousin leave first? ”

He Sijing obviously also sensed that something was wrong, and shook his head at Cheng Ziyu to signal to advance and retreat together.

Cheng Ziyu directly whispered only two words: "Go back!" ”

The emperor was not embarrassed and responded directly.

He Sijing left, and Cheng Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty...... Jinxi County Lord, she ......"

The emperor raised his hand and stopped Yang Ge Lao's words.

The emperor finally got up and slowly walked towards Cheng Ziyu......

The Son of Heaven coerced Cheng Ziyu to feel it, like a mang on her back, there was a kind of overwhelming momentum, which made her heart even more like a drum......

She felt like her back was a little wet.

Subsequently......

"See for yourself!" With the emperor's angry shout, Cheng Ziyu's eyelids were heavy and his forehead hurt.

With the sound of brushing in my ears, a lot of things flew in.

She didn't dare to hide, so she let the thing smash on the top of her head and the door in front of her, and fell to the ground with a bang.

The forehead hurts.

A wisp of slippery greasy hung up.

Red slipped onto her long eyelashes.

Beads of blood were falling onto the gold bricks.

Her forehead was smashed to the corner of her eye.

How similar.

It's exactly the same.

At this moment, what appeared in her mind was the scene of her previous life.

She also knelt in the imperial study for a long time, and when her legs were numb, the emperor smashed something in a rage, breaking her forehead, and then one ordeal after another.

Or the only difference is that the emperor in the previous life flew in the inkstone, and this time it flew in a lot of twists and turns.

The door of her head had been scratched by the sharp corners of one of the folds.

Blood was falling, blurring her eyes.

She didn't care about the wound, just wiped her eyes, and went to grab the twists and turns scattered all over the ground.

The emperor in this life has long since changed his opinion of her and has no disgust, she is mostly tolerant, and occasionally shows a trust or two, which must be unusual for the emperor to anger!

The adults over there were still dissuading women who shouldn't be allowed to play the folds, but they were held back by the emperor's eyes.

And Cheng Ziyu folded it in his hand, but the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.

All the above are all things she doesn't know yet!

In the hands of the emperor, it is all first-hand news, and he naturally knows more than her, more than her, and faster than her!

But how could she not know all this news?

There's only one possibility. It was the emperor who blocked the news of the General's Palace.

The largest source of news from the General's Mansion was the emperor's personal guards.

After Li Chun left, the guards were handed back to the emperor. But Xia Wei and they belonged to the guards, and it was impossible for the emperor to deliberately block their news. Unless, it was the emperor who didn't want them to inquire too much.

Then there is only one possibility, the emperor is suspicious.

He was suspicious of himself.

It's no wonder that in the past few days, she always feels that there is so much less news that the General's Mansion can hear.

In addition, the news on the fold had just happened and had not yet reached the capital, so she didn't know anything.

Cheng Ziyu took several deep breaths and repeatedly told herself to calm down and calm down.

Pretend to be calm, and never reveal the slightest weakness of heart, so that the emperor will deepen their suspicions.

She struggled to withstand dozens of burning glances, looking at them carefully, and thinking about how to prove herself.

It's just that......

At first glance, these twists and turns are related to the overall situation, but on closer inspection, they all have something to do with her.

It turns out that in the past few days, the situation in Jiangnan has changed greatly.

The previous rumors about Zhu Changzhe thought they had disappeared, but they didn't want those rumors to be menacing again, and they would be overwhelming.

The epidemic has not been completely eliminated. It's not that Zhu Changzhe and the medical team are incompetent, but that every time they are cured in one place, a new epidemic breaks out in another place.

If it can be cured, it means that it can be cured. Since it can be cured, how can it let the epidemic come and go?

More and more people believe that Zhu Changzhe is really as rumored to be, in order to maximize the looting of the greedy court silver and accumulate prestige in the local area, the epidemic has not been eradicated......

When Cheng Ziyu saw this twist, she didn't immediately understand what it had to do with her.

"These are all related to you." The Emperor spoke.

Cheng Ziyu quickly understood.

A few days ago, in the middle of the night, a hurricane made landfall, lightning and thunder roared in the Jiangnan area, and torrential rain poured down. The water level of the Huai River has skyrocketed, and there is a gap in the newly built dam.

The water of the Huai River rushes straight into Hongze Lake.

The embankment of the dam is more than 100 miles long, and naturally no guards can find it in the first place under that kind of violent storm.

By the time I found the water pouring down, it was already two quarters of an hour......

It may only take a moment for the gap to be opened, but it takes a hundred times more effort to plug it.

The results can be imagined.

The Hongze region has suffered a great disaster.

The "weakness" of the dam is deeply exposed!

This is the dam that has just been repaired and is known as the first of its kind in the ages?

It's clear that it's vulnerable!

What kind of project is this?

Didn't you say that it cost a total of one million taels? That's it?

The entire Huai River region was boiling.

What everyone is talking about is how many casualties have been caused by this gap, how many fertile fields have been flooded, and how many people have been affected.

Everyone was angrily scolding the unreliability of the project and being dissatisfied with the imperial court.

Everyone remembered the previous rumors.

Everyone believed the rumors to a greater or lesser extent.

Everyone is blaming Zhu Changzhe. He is the supervisor, no matter what position he is based on, no matter what the reason, he can't escape the involvement!

Everyone thinks that this project is a bluffing paper tiger.

The huge investment was exchanged for such a thing, and naturally there was only one answer - Zhu Changzhe was greedy for silver!

Thinking of the unpreventable epidemic, many people have attacked Zhu Changzhe's character! It is believed that Zhu Changzhe has already borne a large number of lives! It is determined that Zhu Changzhe's character is unbearable, and he is simply a scum in the world!

Together, the local yamen, the yamen in Jiangnan, and even the imperial court have all fallen into the people's doubts......

There were also many big families who were deceived into donating money to repair the dam at that time, and they began to be dissatisfied, and asked the local yamen to give an explanation......

Zhu Changzhe naturally handed over several letters: saying that there were signs of artificial spread of the epidemic, but unfortunately there were no real clues and no suspects, so there were not many people who believed it.

Zhu Changzhe also said that the gap in the embankment is also man-made. After a thorough investigation at the first time, they found traces of gunpowder in the gap. Someone took advantage of the lightning and thunder to explode when the torrential rain poured......

However, many local officials and people have expressed doubts about this statement, and the so-called "artificial" is only the words of the philosopher, anyway, no one has seen the trace of gunpowder, and no other human evidence has been found.

As a result, several copies of the recital were all impeachments of Zhu Changzhe on this matter.

Cheng Ziyu couldn't help but sneer.

Zhu Changzhe attaches great importance to the dam, and he will not destroy the Great Wall and seal his own way forward.

In the middle of the night, in the state of heavy rain, the patrol is naturally weak. The other party has the intention to make a move, and the hundred-mile-long embankment will inevitably make people take advantage of the loopholes.

And the remnants of gunpowder could not have survived after storms and raging waters. It is difficult for Zhu Changzhe to prove himself, and the people behind the scenes are very insidious......

Who else can such a person be besides Zhu Changjue? And he is the only one who has the strength to make small moves in Jiangnan. He's getting his hands dirty!

And there is a chance in the previous life, knowing that Li Chun will be trapped in the southwest, knowing that the north disaster and the south are flooded, and there will still be hurricanes in the autumn, it is naturally Zhu Changan.

Sure enough, they joined forces......

Cheng Ziyu looked at the other parts of the song at the suggestion of Yang Ge Lao.

It turned out that as soon as the dam had an accident here, one after another evidence was exposed that confirmed Zhu Changzhe's character and exposed his actions.

First, it was revealed that Zhu Changzhe bought two houses in Jiangnan half a month ago. One in Jinling, the center of Jiangnan. The other is in Jingxi......

Say something with certainty!

Here's the problem.

First, where does the money come from? If others are active in the capital, they should also be in the capital if they want to invest. Why Gangnam? It shows that he has a lot of spare money! But lately, he has not had a large output of industry, and even his grandfather Kang Anbo is busy dealing with the Japanese invaders, so this silver is not earned by him or given by Kang Anbo.

So, what kind of silver is this?

Greed - everyone's first reaction!

Linking the dam incident and the epidemic prevention incident, these three events can almost confirm Zhu Changzhe's despicable and corrupt character.

Second, why did he buy a house in Jingxi?

Naturally, the relationship between Zhu Changzhe and Cheng Ziyu was turned out again.

Even the first time the medical team was formed, he went to Jingxi, and the matter was confirmed.

Thereupon:

Sure enough, all the rumors of that day were not groundless, they were all true!

Sure enough, the philosopher was not worthy of his name, not only dereliction of duty, but also fake public and private interests, fake benevolence and righteousness, and treat human life like a mustard......

Not only that, King Zhe also has a great relationship with Cheng Ziyu, and even has that kind of unsightly relationship.

Otherwise, if King Zhe wants to buy a house, where can he buy it, how can he buy it in a small place in Jingxi?

Otherwise, how to explain the medical team's trip to Jingxi a while ago?

Otherwise, how to explain that the Cheng family in Jingxi is actually guarded by people from King Zhe and Kang Anbo? What is the relationship between the Cheng family and King Zhe, and how can it be the turn of King Zhe to find someone to protect him?

There was a lot of speculation, and it was determined that either it was an unsightly hookup between the county lord of Jinxi and King Zhe, or an unsightly affair between the two......

Rumors are faster than the autumn wind, and they blew all over the south of the Yangtze River overnight.

Even the relationship between the two during their southern tour, King Zhe's several attempts and marriage proposals were widely reported. Even when Ziyu had an accident in Ningbo, King Zhe did not shy away from it, and went to rescue him with Li Chun.

It is also said that after Li Chun returned to Beijing after the southern tour last year, Cheng Ziyu and King Zhe started many private meetings. King Zhe even sneaked into the workshop on Chengjia Mountain and lived several times. said that in the Cheng family, the relationship between the two has long been an open secret. It's just a pity that General Li was still kept in the dark about this.

After the relationship between the two was "stabbed", the "cooperation" between the two was also exposed.

said: The philosopher is not the same as the outside, the false benevolence and false righteousness, why not the lord of Jinxi?

The county lord is famous for his good deeds, and every donation is a large amount, but in fact, like the philosopher, he is a person who does not live up to his name.

If the county lord really wants to do good, why doesn't he just use the silver for the good hall and the refugees, but he wants to go through the yamen in one more move? Where is she actually doing good? This is just a means for her to make a name for the Cheng family. It's just a way to get the attention of the royal family, and it's just a way to make a name for yourself, just like King Zhe's dam repair.

Through the government, firstly, it is to gain fame, but also to facilitate bribery, so as to lie about the various expenses of the charity, and after the government intervenes, it is more convenient to absorb other donations from the people.

In this way, the Cheng family has already realized the return of the donation. They colluded with the government, and there was a big discrepancy between the real facts of Shantang's investment and the amount of money announced to the outside world. Even the imperial court was deceived......

It is also said that when King Zhe began the dam construction project a year ago, he had actually colluded with the county lord of Jinxi and the local yamen. They have grown almost to the point of covering the sky with one hand in Jiangnan.

They all love gold and silver, and pursue power and fame, which is simply embarrassing......

At this point, the rumors turned back, and Cheng Ziyu was also dragged into the matter of the Hongze Dam.

It is said that Ziyu was the first to stand up to support the dam repair, and the first to take money to support the dam repair with practical actions, in fact, it was to force all the salt merchants at that time to "support" and help Zhu Changzhe get the construction and director of the Hongze Dam from the emperor.

But afterwards, King Zhe had already returned the silver to the county lord with interest.

So the county lord not only didn't spend a penny, but also made a lot of money......

It is also said that in fact, Zhu Changzhe was busy with the dam that day, and he didn't have the time and energy to fight for disaster relief, which is a fat gap of fame and fortune.

At that time, it was Cheng Ziyu who persuaded the Queen Mother with kind words, and it was only then that the Queen Mother persuaded the emperor to hand over the disaster relief matter to Zhu Changzhe......

There is even more exaggeration, saying that the two imperial doctors sent by the saint to the south to prevent the epidemic that day actually died in the hands of Zhu Changzhe! In this way, we can explain why so many people have accidents as soon as they enter Jiangnan.

You must know that landslide accidents rarely occur in Jiangnan.

It was clearly man-made.

And the reason why there are no clues left is that this area has long been under Zhu Changzhe's control. He is the only one who has this ability, this motive to attack the imperial doctor!

Because he's going to form his own medical team!

Because he wants to firmly grasp the initiative of epidemic prevention!

In order to set aside the imperial court's control of the epidemic, in order to earn the imperial court's epidemic prevention silver and prestige and merit among the people.

This point can be confirmed from the fact that King Zhe will cure but not cure, conniving at the spread of the epidemic, and carelessly disregarding human life......

He also said that the death of the imperial doctor and his party was a cooperation between Cheng Ziyu and Zhu Changzhe.

It was Cheng Ziyu who knew that there would be an epidemic, so he deliberately sold it well in front of the emperor, inquired about the time and number of people in the imperial doctor's south, and quietly reported it to King Zhe, who could make the extermination plan seamless......