On this day, Chu Ze was reading the official document in the study, and Zhao Si hurriedly broke in.

"Lord Qiyu, it's not good! The people from Zhangfu came to the yamen to report the case, and asked us why the yamen arrested their people from Zhangfu, and let us release them immediately, otherwise we will go to Beijing to file a complaint! ”

Hearing the word "Zhang Fu", Chu Ze's face suddenly darkened.

"Damn, it's really ghostly!"

Zhao Si cautiously asked, "Lord Wang, how should I deal with it now?" Chu Ze pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "Right now, Li Xing's reinforcements have not yet arrived, and we are powerless to resist them at all. You can only endure it for a while, which can be regarded as buying time for yourself. ”

"Zhang Hongru, an old thief, dares to collude with the remnants of the previous dynasty, and his heart can be punished!"

"It's just that at the moment, we are powerless to fight head-on, so we can only keep our heads up and lay out secretly."

He let out a long sigh and rubbed his temples, forcing himself to calm down.

"Chu Ze, you can't mess around at this juncture!"

He secretly admonished himself in his heart, and his eyes gradually became firm.

A gleam flashed in his eyes and said: "You go and deal with it, just say that we are investigating the case, and we will definitely inform you as soon as we have an eyebrow." In short, if you want to procrastinate, you must not make them suspicious! "No!" Zhao Si received the order and turned around to leave.

"Wait!" Chu Ze stopped him and lowered his voice: "I'd better go with you." ”

Chu Ze took Zhao Si and walked towards the county government hall, deciding to meet everyone in the Zhang Mansion for a while.

At this time, there was a noisy quarrel in the lobby.

"Your county government is too much! Dare to arrest the people of my Zhang Mansion for no reason! ”

An angry voice came from far and near, revealing an aggressive smell.

The corners of Chu Ze's mouth hooked up a sneer, he knew that the people from the Zhang Mansion had come to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

"Just in time."

A gleam flashed in his eyes as he walked briskly to the lobby.

"Where did you come from, a wild boy, to spread wild in front of this king?"

Chu Ze strode to the lobby and asked in a deep voice.

I saw a young man dressed in a fancy costume shouting there, arrogant to the extreme.

"Hmph, Xiaomin Zhang Yuan has seen the prince of Chu!"

The young man glanced at Chu Ze with disdain, and said with a sneer:

"Dare to ask the prince, why did your county government arrest my subordinates of Zhangfu for no reason?"

"It's just too much deception, careless of human life!"

He pointed to the noses of the servants and scolded, with a fierce momentum.

Chu Ze narrowed his eyes and looked coldly at the young man in front of him, who didn't know the height of the sky.

"It turned out to be the little young master of Zhang's Mansion, disrespectful and disrespectful."

He spoke in a cold tone, and unceremoniously retorted:

"Those dogs have already confessed to spreading rumors and slandering pesticides outside in an attempt to create turmoil."

"It's not a gratuitous arrest, is it?"

When the young master of the Zhang Mansion heard this, his face changed slightly.

"What kind of rumors? How did I not know? ”

He forced his composure and said stiffly: "You must have framed it!" My Zhang Mansion has been loyal and good for generations, and I will never do such a despicable deed! ”

"Zhongliang? Oh, the people nearby know that your Zhang Mansion is the best at hoarding, and often takes advantage of local disasters to make a fortune! ”

Chu Ze sneered again and again, not giving him the slightest chance to defend himself.

"If you don't tell me honestly, who instructed you to deliberately ruin the reputation of our pesticides?"

When the young master of the Zhang Mansion heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"I see, he just thinks that we are hoarding and making a fortune."

"It seems that he still doesn't know the truth about our collusion with the previous DPRK, and that's the most important thing."

Thinking of this, he relaxed slightly, but refused to give in.

"That's nonsense! How could I, the young master of the Zhang Mansion, do such a dirty thing? ”

He retorted with all the confidence that he did not admit it at all.

"Since you insist on quibbling, then I have nothing more to say."

Chu Ze snorted coldly and directly ordered the eviction:

"Someone, send off!"

"Young Master Ben will let you go today first, and next time I will settle this account!"

The young master of the Zhang Mansion hatefully dropped a cruel word, and the people of the Zhang Mansion left in ashes under the "escort" of several guards.

Chu Ze looked at his departing back, and a sneering smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"This kid is quite good at pretending."

"It's a pity, no matter how much you pretend, you can't cover up the truth about Zhang's collusion with the previous dynasty."

He secretly sneered in his heart, turned around and instructed Zhao Si:

"Although this guy has a hard mouth, looking at his weak heart, he is probably afraid that we will find out what they are doing."

"You must send more people to continue to spy on the Zhang Mansion, and don't let go of any clues!"

"No!" Zhao Si received the order, and then asked: "Lord Wang, if there is any sudden change in the Zhang Mansion, how should we deal with it?" ”

Chu Ze pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Since Zhang Fu is already in a hurry, it is very likely that he will take a risk. ”

"You have to be vigilant and be prepared. If there is any disturbance, report it to me immediately. ”

"My subordinates understand!" Zhao Si nodded in agreement, and then stopped talking.

"Lord Wang, if we blindly delay like this, will we fall into their hands?"

"Don't worry." Chu Ze soothed: "Li Xing's reinforcements must already be on the way, we just need to endure for a while." ”

"As soon as they arrive, this king will be able to defeat the Zhang Mansion in one fell swoop and find out the mastermind behind the scenes!"

There was a determined glint in his eyes, and he was confident.

On the other side, the young master of the Zhang Mansion, who was choked by Chu Ze, returned to the mansion with a disgraced face.

"Dad, things are not good!" He rushed into the study with an anxious look on his face.

"What? Can't even keep a few of his subordinates? ”

Zhang Hongru frowned and asked.

"It's not!" The young master shook his head and said: "The surnamed Chu refuses to let people go at all, and he also says that we are hoarding Juqi and making it difficult to make a fortune, which is just nonsense!" ”

"Hmph, I don't know how to lift!" Zhang Hongru shouted angrily, and then asked nervously, "Did he mention anything else?" ”

The young master naturally understood what his father meant, and hurriedly replied, "No." Looking at his appearance, it seems that he doesn't know about our collusion with the previous dynasty. ”

"That's good." Zhang Hongru breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a gloomy face:

"A mere nominal prince, he is so arrogant! It seems that this kid doesn't shed tears when he sees the coffin! ”

He slammed the table angrily, gritted his teeth, and said, "No! You have to get rid of him as soon as possible, lest you have too many dreams at night! ”

"Wait, we can't change our plans."

Zhang Cheng slowly walked out of the shadows with a strange smile on his face.

It turned out that he was the driving force behind this incident, the newly crowned King of Wei by Emperor Yuan, and Zhang Fu was his hidden power in the Ming Dynasty.

He said in a deep voice: "We still have to send more people to spread rumors, just say that the government wants to poison pesticides and kill the people." ”

"When the time comes, encourage them to storm the county government and create chaos." (End of chapter)