A few brocade guards stepped forward and pulled Xu Xianchun and walked out.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the rest of the people and smiled: "In the future, I will be in charge of the thousands of households in the west of the city, so I want to see you, I didn't bother you, right?" ”

Several officials fidgeted and twisted their buttocks, why did they shout and kill just now, and suddenly they were pleasant.

Only Wang Qianhu, who was the leader, said with a smile: "Don't bother, Your Highness has a life, and your subordinates will come back even if they fly." ”

"You're interesting." Zhu Youzhen looked like a wolf grandmother, and said with a smile: "You are Wang Qianhu, right?" ”

Wang Qianhu's spirits perked up, and when he saw that King Xin knew about him, he immediately stood up and said: "The subordinate is the Qianhu of the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households in the west of the city, Wang Defa." ”

"Well, that's good." Zhu Youzhen nodded, pointed at him and said, "Tie up the master." ”

Without waiting for Wang Defa to react, Wu Sangui led someone to press him to the ground and tied him up directly.

At this time, Wang Defa woke up from his dream as before, and shouted: "Your Highness, your subordinates are wronged, why are you tying up your subordinates." ”

Zhu Youzhen plucked out his ears and said slowly: "Wronged? Add blockage to the master, when the master is muddy. Sent to Zhao Prison, let people interrogate the master, and then send someone to his house to investigate, eat empty salaries, drink soldiers' blood, and blackmail merchants to extort the bitter master, these things the master doesn't believe he hasn't done anything. I'll check it out for my master before dark. ”

Wang Defa was so frightened that he peed his pants, he did all these things again, and now it was completely over.

"Your Highness, your subordinates are not convinced, who has not done any of these things?" Wang Defa shouted.

Zhu Youzhen looked at him with a smile, "You mean that everyone present has also done it?" ”

"Your Highness, don't you really know?" Wang Defa asked rhetorically.

Zhu Youzhen smiled, "Master, I believe that you are honest and honest, and there is no corruption." Ladies and gentlemen, don't you think? ”

The rest of the officials immediately nodded like chickens pecking rice, and then turned their heads and looked at Wang Defa viciously, as if they were going to eat him alive.

Wang Defa lowered his head tremblingly, didn't dare to speak, and was escorted out by Wu Sangui.

At this time, there was a heavy sound of cane torture outside, but after a long time, only the dull sound of beating was heard, and no screams were heard.

Zhu Youzhen walked to the door dissatisfied, and said loudly: "What's the matter, there are still people who are not afraid of death and want to fool the master?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Xu Xianchun's screams.

It can be seen that the tortured Jinyi Wei was too scared, and he gave a heavy hand without saying hello.

At this time, I saw Tian Ergeng holding a horsewhip and quickly walked in from outside the door.

When he saw Xu Xianchun who was beaten, he was about to shout to stop, but he glanced at Zhu Youzhen at the door and suffocated back into his stomach.

He hurriedly ran over and asked, "Your Highness King Xin, what's the matter?" ”

"No, it's just that I, the deputy commander of the Imperial Seal Jinyi Guard and the prince of the royal family, don't speak very well in the Jinyi Guard's yamen." After speaking, he glanced at Tian Ergeng and said with a smile: "So the master said that this Jinyi Wei will have the surname Xu De in the future." Now that Lord Tian is back, Jinyiwei should be surnamed Tian. ”

Tian Ergeng was startled, clutched his chest and said bitterly: "Your Highness, this is the life of the minister." Jinyi Wei Tianzi is pro-army, and my Tian Ergeng is the slave of the Son of Heaven, and I am worried about the king. ”

"Then I, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard, is it still effective to speak?"

"Absolutely!"

"Then I should punish Xu Xianchun, shouldn't I?"

"Yes, especially yes."

Zhu Youzhen hit Tian Ergeng's chest with a fist, and said with a smile: "Lao Tian, in this brocade guard yamen, you are still the most sensible." ”

Tian Ergeng, who was in his forties, could only knock out his teeth and bloody throats, and nodded without tears: "It's just that Wang Defa's matter is very important, and I ask His Highness to show mercy." ”

Zhu Youzhen naturally understood that eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers was very common in the guards and even in the Beijing camp, and if he took Wang Defa, it would make the military attache suspicious and the army unstable.

"I didn't mean to target Wang Defa, but he secretly played some tricks to obstruct and teach him a lesson." Zhu Youzhen said indifferently: "Since Lord Tian is pleading, let him go." ”

Tian Ergeng hurriedly said: "Your Highness is benevolent and righteous, if you want to come today, he will definitely look forward to His Highness." ”

"I don't have that much time to wits and courage with him."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Tian Ergeng and said with a smile: "So I plan to keep none of the officials of the Thousand Households Office in the west of the city, and ask Lord Tian to transfer them away and make a place." ”

"Your Highness, this must not be done. Suddenly, how to deal with many affairs in the west of the city, and how to deal with so many officials? ”

Tian Ergeng was startled and hurriedly stopped him.

The officials of the Jinyi Guard in the west of the city who were standing next to him were also taken aback, and pleaded one after another: "Your Highness has a large number of them, and we will definitely obey them." ”

Zhu Youzhen opened the fan and slapped it twice coquettishly.

"The emperor has decreed the promotion of noble children, and the vacated positions will be arranged for them. As for the original officials, I think Tian must have a way. ”

"I just want to stay in the west of the city and not go anywhere." This group of Jinyi officials said firmly.

Tian Ergeng also hurriedly waved his hand and said: "There is no way for the minister, officialdom has its own rules, and it is not arbitrary." ”

Everyone knows that those noble sons have become King Xin's subordinates, if they are allowed to fill the vacancy, then the thousand households in the west of the city will not be King Xin's hand to cover the sky?

Zhu Youzhen glanced at several hundred households and general banners, and said with a relaxed face: "That little master doesn't bother with you, I will release this news to all the nobles, naturally they bother." Thinking that in order for their children, nephews, and grandchildren to have a real lack of official positions, they must have used frequent means. ”

As soon as these words came out, the officials of Jinyiwei, who had just been firm, changed their words one after another.

"My subordinates are old and frail, and they can't bear to be tired, and they have long wanted to change to an idle position."

"I'm willing to change too."

"The subordinates are only ordered by His Highness, and they are naturally willing to deploy."

Tian Ergeng looked at them dumbfounded and let out a long sigh.

It was only then that he understood how clever the means of believing in the king were.

Chengguo Gong was planted in the hands of King Xin, not wronged!

Tian Ergeng went all the way to the gate, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he couldn't see King Xin's carriage.

At this time, Xu Xianchun limped over, and said with a vicious face: "If you don't take revenge, Lao Tzu will not be a man." ”

Unexpectedly, Tian Ergeng slapped him in the face with his backhand, making Xu Xianchun's eyes full of Venus and unable to distinguish the direction.

"Fool, didn't the official tell you not to provoke King Xin?"

Xu Xianchun leaned against the wall and said weakly: "The lower officials didn't, it was King Xin who deliberately took the opportunity to play." ”

"Hmph, then why was Wang Defa from the west of the city arrested in the entire Thousand Households? You, just wait for the nine thousand years old to ask for the guilt. ”

Xu Xianchun said unconvinced: "King Xin has made Jiuqian-seo unhappy many times, and I did this to worry about Jiuqian-year-old." ”

Tian Ergeng sneered: "Share worries? Nine thousand years old failed to deal with King Xin, and even half of the power of Jinyiwei was divided by the emperor, and now he is thinking about regaining the emperor's trust by currying favor with King Xin. If you do this, you're doing a bad 9,000-year-old thing. ”

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Xu Xianchun couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the cold and seeping face of the nine thousand years old.