Chapter 28: The Showdown
Wang Dehua, who didn't want to torture Zhou Kui, was finally forced to use a big punishment on Zhou Kui.
To be honest, he has been in Dongchang for so long, and he has never seen anyone.
But like Zhou Kui, it's the first time he's seen it.
In order not to pay for it, he actually forcibly carried two and a half sets of punishments from Dongchang, which made Wang Dehua simply shocked.
If it weren't for Wang Dehua, who was about to be driven crazy in the end, he went directly to the clamping stick, and it is estimated that Zhou Kui would still insist that he had no money.
"Alas......"
Wang Dehua held Zhou Kui's confession in his hand, and glanced at the tortured inhuman Zhou Kui again, knowing that he would definitely offend the queen to death this time.
But he couldn't help it, so he could only let out a long sigh, and then took the confession and sent it to Lao Zhu in person.
"800,000 taels of silver, 600,000 taels of various treasures, a total of 1,400,000 taels."
In the Qianqing Palace, Lao Zhu looked at Zhou Kui's confession, couldn't help but shake his head, and sighed in his heart: "I didn't expect it, he was still underestimated in the history books." ”
"It seems that Li Zicheng's torture technology is still a bit behind that of the East Factory."
After sighing, Lao Zhu said to Wang Dehua: "According to what is said above, copy everything out." ”
"Those antiques, calligraphy and paintings, just go directly into the inner warehouse, as for the 800,000 taels of silver, you directly send someone to inform Li Banghua, the imperial history of the left capital, and he said that he will put it wherever he wants."
Originally, he told Li Banghua that it was 500,000 taels of silver, but now it has 300,000 taels more, which is a good thing, at least he can add a little more soldiers to the Beijing camp.
It's just that now that people have been arrested and the money has been copied, Chongzhen's queen is probably unable to hide it.
Thinking of this, Lao Zhu glanced at Chongzhen's somewhat impatient back, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
I don't know if it's because he gave a bad head, more than half of the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty are lovers, and Chongzhen is one of them.
At this moment, seeing that he was going to click the queen's family, he naturally couldn't sit still.
Originally, according to Lao Zhu's meaning, he not only had to kill Zhou Kui, but even the queen was directly abolished by Chongzhen.
But Chongzhen, the queen, is diligent and thrifty, virtuous and virtuous, when Chongzhen dealt with Wei Zhongxian, because she was worried that Chongzhen would be poisoned, she personally brought cakes to Chongzhen, and at that time, all Chongzhen's diet in the palace was handled by her personally, and even after the death of the Ming Dynasty, she committed suicide and martyrdom with Chongzhen.
This kind of queen always reminds Lao Zhu of his queen horse, so he can't be ruthless and directly abolish Chongzhen, the queen.
"Hey......"
Lao Zhu finally sighed, and then called Wang Chengen over and ordered: "Degrade Zhou Kui to a commoner, confined in his Jiading Bo Mansion, and not allowed to go out for the rest of his life." ”
"The two brothers of the Zhou family, send two white silks, and as for the others, they will be confined in Jiading Bofu with Zhou Kui first."
It must be a scourge for the two brothers of the Zhou family to keep it, no matter whose face it is, it is impossible for Lao Zhu to keep them.
As for Zhou Kui, he is dying, confined him in his Jiading Bofu, let him be a rice worm, and let the queen give him a pension and send him to the end.
"Your Majesty is merciful."
After Wang Chengen answered, he took the eunuch Xu Gao and went to Dongchang to announce the decree.
And after they went out, Chongzhen kowtowed to Lao Zhu with some excitement, "Thank you, grandfather, thank you." ”
"Alright, get up, shameful thing."
Lao Zhu glared at him, and said angrily: "I can't even give up a woman, how can I become a big deal?" ”
When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Lao Zhu with a strange face.
If he scolds him for something else, he will definitely admit it, but if you want to talk about women, I seem to be the first to start with your grandfather, right?
"Look a fart!"
Lao Zhu was a little embarrassed by Chongzhen's eyes, and suddenly became a little annoyed and angry, "We have laid down the Ming Dynasty, what do you have, just because you are worthy of comparing with us, believe it or not, we will beat you to death?" ”
Just when Lao Zhu was about to beat Chongzhen unreasonably, a report from the eunuch came from outside, saying that the queen asked to see him.
"Look at what, your own daughter-in-law, you can do it yourself."
Lao Zhu glared at Chongzhen directly, and then said, "We only help you stabilize the country, we don't care about family affairs." ”
"This ......"
Chongzhen was obviously a little hesitant, "Grandpa Tai, can you let her know your identity?" ”
"What, are we anything to be disgraced by?"
Lao Zhu's brows instantly wrinkled, "If it weren't for the convenience of replacing your identity, you think we would be willing to use your identity as a fool!" ”
"I knew that Daming was made into this virtue by you, so we should go directly to be a common man, and it would be more simple to rebel and rebuild Daming."
Listening to Lao Zhu's angry words, Chongzhen couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile, but in these words, Chongzhen also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about his identity being exposed, so that the last trace of worry in Chongzhen's heart completely dissipated.
After Empress Zhou walked into the Qianqing Palace, Lao Zhu directly asked everyone to retreat, and as for himself, he continued to write his own plan, without paying any attention to this great-grandson's daughter-in-law.
Queen Zhou didn't know the inside story, and thought that "Chongzhen" was angry because of Zhou Kui's affairs, and when she just wanted to ask for guilt, she suddenly saw a shadow in the hall.
The shadow that Chongzhen turned into can appear in front of others when he gets Lao Zhu's permission.
And this time, Queen Zhou just came, Lao Zhu thought about it for a while, and simply asked Chongzhen to explain the matter to his daughter-in-law.
After all, as an emperor, if you don't go to the harem for no reason, there will be chaos.
So just let Chongzhen tell Queen Zhou her true identity and let her help play some cover, and save Lao Zhu from bothering to find excuses.
"You...... You ......"
Empress Zhou's eyes were stunned for a moment when she saw Chongzhen, and then quickly reacted, "Your Majesty! ”
The influence exerted by the simulator on Lao Zhu, if Chongzhen didn't come out, then in the eyes of others, he was Chongzhen.
But if Chongzhen appears at the same time as him, then Chongzhen is still Chongzhen, and he is still him.
"Your Majesty, what's going on?"
Although Queen Zhou was a little stunned, she still subconsciously grabbed Chongzhen with her hand, and then blocked in front of him.
"It's okay, this is Grandpa."
Looking at Queen Zhou's subconscious movements, Chongzhen's heart warmed, and then explained the ins and outs of the matter.
When she heard that Lao Zhu was Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Zhou was obviously a little incredulous, but she took a closer look at Lao Zhu's appearance, and then thought about Chongzhen's appearance just now, she finally accepted this unbelievable fact.
And after accepting it, she instantly understood why her father and brother were imprisoned, and suddenly knelt on the ground with a pale face,
"After the guilty minister, the Zhou family has seen the grandfather."