The people of Guozhang Mansion, all Zhou Kui's relatives, were invited to the edict prison in Dongchang.

As for those subordinates and the like, they were temporarily sent to Jinyiwei's prison, and the Guozhang Mansion was directly raided by Jinyiwei.

However, because Zhou Kui's silver was too hidden, Wang Guoxing only found tens of thousands of taels of silver, and the rest was unknown where Zhou Kui had hidden it.

Wang Dehua, the prince of Dongchang Factory, didn't know that Jinyiwei was going to arrest Guozhang before, and after receiving the news that Jinyiwei had sent people to their Dongchang prison, others were stupid.

He didn't receive an order, what is the matter with this edict to him.

This is the father of the current queen, and as we all know, the emperor is a big lover and is very affectionate with the queen.

He is a mere factory man, and he didn't dare to move the country if he lent them the guts.

Wang Dehua, who was very frightened in his heart, almost ran to the palace with a roll, kneeling outside the Qianqing Palace and waiting for Lao Zhu's call.

Hearing that Wang Dehua was coming, Lao Zhu stopped what he was doing and asked Wang Chengen to summon him in.

"Slave Wang Dehua, I've seen Long Live Lord, Long Live Lord, Long Live Long Live Long Live."

"Alright, get up."

Lao Zhu waved his hand, and then asked, "Did Zhou Kui send him to prison?" ”

"Your Majesty is really like a god."

Wang Dehua first patted himself on the back, and then asked a little nervously: "It's just that the slave maid is a little dull, and I don't know what the country-lord has done, so I don't know how to deal with it, so I have to come over and bother Long Live Lord." ”

"Don't know? It seems that your intelligence work in the East Factory is not good. ”

Lao Zhu first beat Wang Dehua lightly, and then sent Wang Chengen over the incriminating evidence that Wang Guoxing had collected from Zhou Kui.

"Zhou Kui violated the law and discipline and embezzled the people's property, and now the evidence is conclusive."

"But Zhou Kui regards money as his life, we are afraid that Jinyiwei will not be able to ask where he hid the money, so let them send people to your East Factory, after all, in terms of torture, you East Factory is still better."

Lao Zhu remembered the things about Zhou Kui recorded in history, and felt a little difficult to understand.

After he was arrested by Li Zicheng, in the face of Li Zicheng's torture, his wife and son were all beaten to death by Li Zicheng, and he didn't give out a tael of silver.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't bear Li Zicheng's torture in the end, Lao Zhu felt that he would not pay a penny until he died, and the most outrageous thing was that not long after handing over the money, he actually died of grief because the money was snatched away by Li Zicheng.

So Lao Zhu is very puzzled, why is this kind of person greedy for money? Is it just because of poverty?

Lao Zhu was just a little puzzled, and Wang Dehua, who was kneeling on the ground, was about to cry when he heard what Lao Zhu said.

Okay, I'm afraid that Jinyiwei won't be able to ask about the torture, so I let them use the torture in Dongchang, this word will reach the queen's ears, and they won't be mixed up in Dongchang in the future.

In the edict, the family of the emperor is the queen's father and brother.

And looking at the relationship between Chongzhen and his family, even if Zhou Kui is imprisoned, the possibility of the queen being deposed is not very great.

So they are now tortured the queen's whole family, no matter what kind of people are beaten, and no matter whether Zhou Kui has the possibility of surviving this catastrophe.

Just say that there will be a queen who hates you all the time in the future, which is also unbearable.

To tell the truth, Wang Dehua really wanted to push this fateful life, but this was a direct order from the emperor, unless he wanted to die now, there was no room to refuse.

Therefore, Wang Dehua, who had tears in his eyes, asked with grief and indignation in his heart: "Dare to ask Long Live Lord, to what extent do you need the slaves and maids to interrogate?" ”

"The information given by Jin Yiwei said that the cash involved in the case was at least 500,000 taels."

Lao Zhu directly said his request, "So the standard is according to this, until 500,000 taels of silver are tried, as for the extent of the interrogation, we don't care about this, just watch and play." ”

"The slave understands."

Wang Dehua heard Lao Zhu say this, and knew that Lao Zhu meant that there were no restrictions, and he could be tortured at will, as long as Zhou Kui took out 500,000 cash.

This news made Wang Dehua worried and happy, and even relaxed a lot.

The worry is that this time the Lord of Long Live is obviously going to be ruthless, if the national lord does not confess, they will definitely be executed in the end.

And the joy is that the long-lived lord still cares about a little bit of kinship, and the prince only needs to take out the family wealth, and it will be fine.

In this way, maybe he can solve this matter without punishment, and he will not even offend the queen at that time.

After all, money is important, but life is undoubtedly more important.

Guozhang can't be stupid enough to ask for money and die, so this matter seems to be easier to solve, just wait for him to go back and persuade Guozhang.

It's not a big problem.

Wang Dehua, who was a lot more relieved, left the Qianqing Palace, with a very relaxed smile on his face, and went straight to the edict.

……

"What, no money?"

Wang Dehua looked at Zhou Kui in front of him dumbfounded, and the whole person was stupid.

He persuaded Zhou Kui bitterly for a long time, and then carefully analyzed the stakes for him, and finally told him that as long as he took out the money he was greedy for, he would let the queen intercede and let the Lord Banzai dissipate his anger, and the matter of their Zhou family this time would probably be over.

But he never expected it, his saliva was dry, and his mouth was smoothed, but Zhou Kui said, "The old man is an honest official, his sleeves are clean, and he has never been greedy for ink, where can he get money, Your Majesty must have been bewitched by a traitor." ”

In short, it's just one sentence, Lao Tzu has no money, so why do you love it.

When Wang Dehua heard this, he almost knelt down for Zhou Kui.

Are you greedy or not, do you really think Lao Tzu doesn't know? Is it time to pretend to be incorruptible?

"My father-in-law."

Wang Dehua looked at Zhou Kui a little weakly, and continued to persuade: "All the evidence has been placed in the Wan Sui Ye. ”

"The slave maid has also seen the evidence, it is indeed conclusive evidence, and now the long live lord has opened up to you, as long as you take out the money that is greedy for ink, even if the slave and maid are desperately trying to offend the long live lord, they will go to the queen to help the princess of the country."

"But you have to take out the money, if you don't take it out, the slave will only torture you, if it comes to this point, it will not be good for us."

Wang Dehua is about to cry now, when did they Dongchang say so low, if another person dares to try so much in the edict, if he Wang Dehua doesn't pick up the skin of the other party, even if he, the Dongchang factory, is incompetent.

But now, when the queen mother is involved, he really doesn't dare to act rashly.

But Zhou Kui's behavior this time really made him unable to figure it out, is this money really more important than his life?

"I don't have any money for you to be punished."

Zhou Kui snorted angrily and said, "The old man is an official ......."

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it."

Wang Dehua now had a headache when he heard this, he turned his head to look at Zhou Kui's two sons, and asked, "Two sons, what do you say?" ”

"We don't know anything."

Zhou Kui's two sons looked a little frightened, "The money is all in my father's, and we don't know where it is." ”

Wang Dehua looked at the expressions of these two people who didn't seem to be fake, and then turned his head to look at Zhou Kui, who had a "righteous face", and finally couldn't help but roar angrily,

"!!"