Zhu Hao first asked Zhu Chen to take care of the arsonist, and he had to interrogate him personally, and then he explained the priority of the matter to Zhu Si alone.

“…… If Your Majesty wants to investigate to the end, if you find out about Empress Dowager Zhang and Yang Ge Lao, how will this matter end? ”

Talking to Zhu Si in private, Zhu Hao doesn't need to scruple about anything.

Zhu Si said resolutely: "If they really did it, I don't want to appease it." ”

Zhu Hao shook his head: "But they didn't really hurt the Queen Mother, and they didn't have the intention of murdering Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Si was really frightened.

Although Zhu Si was confident that he had secured the throne at this time, and he seemed very strong in front of people, he had no confidence in front of Zhu Hao, a friend who knew the roots.

"Although this probability is not large, but Yichen thinks about it, if we are in a hurry, Empress Dowager Zhang and Yang Ge Lao still have the possibility of abolishing the establishment without authorization, even if they don't talk about abolishing the establishment, the next step may be to directly attack the Queen Mother or Your Majesty, and then it may be a battle of life and death."

Zhu Hao told the story.

There was a murderous aura in Zhu Si's eyes: "Then can't I take the initiative?" ”

"No."

Zhu Hao categorically denied Zhu Si's idea, "Secretly harming people, being exposed, will be the truth, murdering the minister and the stepmother, this is a big crime against the law of filial piety and etiquette, which is ...... for those who secretly covet the throne But it's a great opportunity. It is extremely bad for us, and we will never get to this point now. ”

Zhu Sidao: "Then you mean, don't check?" ”

Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head: "The investigation is to be checked, but it depends on how to check...... We have to put the blame on a person whom we don't like, and whose courtiers don't like, but who has nothing to do with the overall situation. ”

"Who?"

Zhu Si was stunned.

This does not identify the culprit and ask the guilt, but asks the blame an irrelevant person?

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, what do you think of the Marquis of Shouning and the Marquis of Jianchang?" ”

Zhu Si pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "The two of them ...... I'm kind of annoying, but if I framed ...... It can't be called a false accusation, in short, the blame is attributed to them, can Empress Dowager Zhang agree? ”

In front of his friends, Zhu Si imitated Zhu Hao's address to the Empress Dowager Zhang, as a difference between the two empress dowagers.

Zhu Hao said: "We have to investigate to the end, all parties don't want to see this scene, if only the two of them are to blame...... We don't say who it is, but we only resigned from their positions for this reason, and then Empress Dowager Zhang and his brothers could only suffer this dumb loss...... The purpose of introducing scapegoats is to use them to take the blame. ”

Zhu Si shook his head, indicating that he still didn't quite understand.

"Let's put it this way, this matter may or may not be instructed by the Empress Dowager Zhang, but if it is really done by the Empress Dowager Zhang, she naturally hopes that someone will come out as a scapegoat, and she doesn't want this case to be investigated to the end, at that time, the Zhang brothers will come out to take responsibility, as long as the punishment is not very heavy, the Empress Dowager Zhang will gladly accept it."

"Hmm."

Zhu Si finally agreed.

"If this matter has nothing to do with the Empress Dowager Zhang, and His Majesty finds out about the Zhang family brothers, the court and the central government will think that his two brothers did it, and they don't say which person in the Zhang family is, and the two brothers themselves will suspect each other, because they know each other too well, and they all feel that the other party is such a nonsense character."

When Zhu Hao said this, Zhu Si's eyes lit up.

The Zhang brothers are simply the best candidates for the backstabbers, and the only way to do this is to push them out to take responsibility.

Zhu Hao continued: "We can't investigate to the end, because we are afraid that it will end badly if we find out about Empress Dowager Zhang and Yang Gelao, but we can't ignore it, so we have to find the Zhang family brothers to come out and be the scapegoats." No matter who does it, in short, if you can take the opportunity to get the two brothers down, it will be a harvest! ”

Zhu Siyi swept away the previous haze and said with a smile: "Listening to some of your words, it is really much more comfortable than listening to what others say, I also think so, you can check." I'll leave this to you! ”

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……

Zhu Si went back to the palace.

Zhu Hao personally sent him away, and when he turned around, he began to investigate the arson case.

When Tang Yin rushed back when he heard the news, Zhu Si had already left, and Tang Yin said nervously: "This case involves a lot, you can't mess around." ”

Even Tang Yin can see that the initiator behind this matter is too big, after all, he can instruct the palace maid to set fire to the palace, this is no longer a simple crime of killing the head, but the extermination of the nine clans, people with such a heavenly ability, except for the Empress Dowager Zhang, it seems that he can't think of anyone else.

Zhu Hao nodded: "I have already told Your Majesty, and I can't find the key person." ”

"It's good that you have a sense of proportion, I'm afraid that you will take the opportunity to make a big fuss." Tang Yin sighed, implying that he was still not at ease with Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao smiled and joked with Tang Yin, and then accompanied by Lu Song, he went to the Fusi Yamen in Jinyi Weibei Town.

Because of the seriousness of the case, the news may have leaked, Zhu Hao had to dress up in disguise, change into the clothes of the brocade school, and enter from the side door instead of the main gate of Fusi in Beizhen.

……

……

Zhu Hao can get Zhu Si to agree to make a big deal small, and push the blame on the two brothers, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, taking advantage of Zhu Si's fear.

In the past, Zhu Si might have carried it to the end.

But this time, someone set fire to the palace, and most of the people in the palace were controlled by the Empress Dowager Zhang, so Zhu Si naturally had to think about the safety of himself and his mother, and had to agree to Zhu Hao's strategy of finding a scapegoat.

And to kill the Zhang brothers once at a time is also a victory for Zhu Si.

What else could it be?

really implicated the Empress Dowager Zhang and made his fake son fall into the point of injustice? How will Empress Dowager Jiang stand at that time? Will Empress Dowager Zhang have the idea of abolishing him, the stepson, from the throne?

With the appeal of Empress Dowager Zhang in the court, the lords of the six palaces of Hongzhi and Zhengde, as well as the support of Xungui and Yang Tinghe......

At this time in the first year of Jiajing, Empress Dowager Zhang definitely has the qualifications to depose the emperor, but it just depends on the success rate.

can't force the Empress Dowager Zhang to be in a hurry, in short, she can't break the net.

Under this premise, it was much easier for Zhu Hao to interrogate the palace maids involved in the case.

When Zhu Hao arrived at Fusi in Beizhen, Zhu Chen and Luo An were there.

This case involves arson in the palace, which is equivalent to a case of rebellion, plus it involves the personal safety of the Empress Dowager Jiang, even Zhu Chen knows that he can't afford this responsibility, and now Zhu Hao is trying the case, which is tantamount to a relief for Zhu Chen.

"Call all the irrelevant people down, just leave a few of us."

Zhu Hao gave Zhu Chen an order.

The implication is that none of the auditors are allowed to observe, except for you Zhu Chen, Luo An and Lu Song, the rest of the people will be dismissed, this is a secret interrogation, and the slightest rumor cannot be leaked to the outside world.

Zhu Chen clenched his fists: "I understand my humble duties." ”

In front of Zhu Hao, Zhu Chen also had to bow his head, as if Zhu Hao was the real head of Jinyiwei.

Although Zhu Hao will only appear in the Jinyi Guard Office when a major case occurs, as long as Zhu Hao comes, it must be Zhu Hao who presides over everything.

Not only Zhu Chen, but also Luo An and Lu Song are afraid that the case will involve Empress Dowager Zhang or other big people who can't afford to be offended, and they must strictly prevent leakage of rumors, and they must let irrelevant people avoid it.

They didn't know that Zhu Hao's purpose was just to frame the Zhang brothers.

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……

In the Fusi Hall in Beizhen, two palace maids knelt below.

is not very old, looks like they are within twenty, one of them is blonde and blue-eyed, he doesn't look like a Central Plains person at first glance, it is likely that he was captured by officers and soldiers in a foreign rebellion and sent to the palace because of his beauty, just like the biological mother of Emperor Hongzhi, Empress Dowager Ji.

The court really doesn't need too many people, the two palace maids basically have no ability to resist, as long as Lu Song stands behind them with a knife, he can prevent all changes from happening.

Zhu Hao walked down from the hall, did not cover his face, and was not afraid of being seen by these two palace maids.

In any case, these two women will definitely die, even if they obey orders, Zhu Hao will not be able to protect them.

Zhu Hao walked directly to the second daughter: "Raise your head!" ”

The second girl trembled and raised her head, and when she saw a young man with a beautiful face in front of her, she seemed to see the hope of life.

Maybe they regarded Zhu Hao as a little eunuch sent by the palace, or they were ordered to take them out of the edict...... They don't know what kind of yamen they are in, they just think that they have done something wrong and are arrested, and they will be punished slightly, and they may be released after being beaten with a board.

Zhu Hao asked, "Before, you set fire to the palace, right?" Lu Qianhu, take out the evidence of the crime. ”

Lu Song threw the fire fold used by the second palace maid to set fire and a few broken books in front of the second daughter from a tray covered with a black cloth next to him, and half of the broken books had been burned.

"The curtains were lit, but fortunately the fire was put out in time, otherwise the whole palace might have burned down, and if there was a fire in the palace...... Tsk, let's not talk about whether you die or not, it's a loss, I'm afraid it's not something you two can bear, right? Zhu Hao's trial seemed to be slow and methodical, as if he was reasoning with the criminals.

"My lord, spare your life!!"

The second daughter kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, with a burst of fear in her heart, and now it seems that playing the board can no longer solve the problem, and there is a tendency to develop in the direction of capital crimes.

Zhu Hao picked up the half-burned book on the ground, flipped through it casually, and said: "Your life, I'm not rare, I don't care who instructed you, because I know that even if I don't investigate, the person who instructed you behind the scenes is estimated to be self-defeating now, such as persuading poison, or hanging yourself!" ”

Zhu Hao didn't scare the second daughter.

Because in Zhu Chen's previous pre-trial, he had already found out that the instigator behind it was a eunuch in the palace.

And the real culprit, it is estimated that the two little palace maids are not expected to keep secrets, so the middleman is the most unlucky.

found that the matter failed, and there was only one way to break off the self.

Going to death generously is actually to avoid implicating the family, once he dies, the case cannot be investigated, and perhaps the family can be saved...... The culprit behind it can also help.

The second daughter listened.

What's going on?

Before we could confess who was behind the scenes, the man was already dead? So we ...... Wouldn't it be worse to die?

"Spare your life! Spare your life! ”

While shouting, the two palace maids kowtowed desperately, knocking "bang".