Heavy snow fell, and thick snow covered the entire Jinling City, and the inside and outside of the palace were a scene of pink makeup and jade.

In the palace of nourishing the heart, the emperor sat on the dragon chair, and was accepting the birthday gifts offered by his ministers and heirs with a spring breeze on his face, looking at the treasures and treasures in the hall, and his heart was very happy.

Fu Wang Zhu Zhiang has been patiently waiting for everyone to finish the congratulatory gifts, and then ordered someone to offer the congratulatory gifts he had purchased, and said respectfully: "Father, this is the painting of the evil god of swords and brushes that the son's uncle and uncle spent a lot of effort to find, and I also asked my father to look at it." ”

As soon as he heard that it was a painting of the evil god of swords and brushes, the emperor suddenly became interested, and hurriedly asked several eunuchs to go over and unfold the canvas, looking at the lifelike scenery in the painting, and kept nodding and praising it: "It is really a masterpiece of the evil god of swords and brushes, vivid and vivid, and it can be called a masterpiece of the world." ”

For a while, looking at the rest of the He Li, I suddenly felt bored.

Seeing that his father was delighted, Zhu Zhiang pretended to sigh stupidly: "It's a pity that Mr. Daobi's work has been out for many years, and he has never had the opportunity to see his true face, and his sons are useless, so he couldn't find Mr. for his father." ”

"Why should a hermit disturb the purity of others?"

The emperor waved his hand disapprovingly, and said with a smile: "King Fu can find Mr. Daobi's paintings, and he is already attentive, and I am very relieved." ”

King Yun Zhu Zhichun had already learned about the Zhuo family in Jiangxia County, and knew better that this painting was found by the Zhuo family to be dedicated to King Fu.

However, he didn't bother to step on King Fu at this time, lest his father suspect that he was deliberately targeting his flesh and blood brothers.

Thinking about the time, he just wanted to watch a good show quietly.

So when he saw that a close minister wanted to truthfully play the origin of this painting, he secretly glanced at the courtier.

"The Zhuo family has taken on a lot of drudgeries for the imperial court over the years, and has been working hard, and they have done every errand very well, and their trust is not in vain."

The emperor said with emotion while ordering people to collect the paintings: "Everyone is rushing to be an imperial businessman, but they are afraid of being an imperial businessman, just because they feel that I am too harsh, and they can't get any oil and water from me. ”

Zhu Zhiang was full of joy when he heard this, glanced at King Yun proudly, and said complacently: "It is their duty to be loyal to their father, how dare they think about selfish interests." ”

"You can't say that."

The emperor waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "After all, it is a merchant family, how to support the family business without a little sweetness, it just so happens that my fleet going to sea is about to leave the port again after the New Year, so you will send an order to the city to send all the goods to be purchased from the west to the Zhuo family from next year." ”

"The son-in-law thanked his father for the Zhuo family."

Zhu Zhiang was so excited that he hurriedly kowtowed in thanks.

But as soon as the words fell, a eunuch ran in in a panic and handed a fold to the emperor.

After the emperor saw it, his face changed dramatically, and he threw the fold in front of Zhu Zhiang, only to feel that he had been greatly deceived: "What a clear stream, a good person who does his duty to serve me loyally." ”

Zhu Zhi's heart tightened, and he looked at the fold thrown on the ground for some reason, frowned and asked, "Father, why is this?" ”

The emperor was so angry that he directly overturned the ambush case, and reprimanded sharply: "This Zhuo family is really bold and reckless, and dares to open an iron mine privately from the imperial court, why didn't he directly expose the rod and ask for my country?" ”

Yun Wang Zhu Zhichun endured for a long time, and when he saw that the time had finally come, he bent down casually, picked up the fold on the ground and pretended to look at it, and then looked at King Fu meaningfully, shook his head with a smile and said: "The imperial court strictly prohibits anyone from privately opening iron mines, this Zhuo family is deeply favored by the emperor, and dares to do this usurpation. ”

As soon as these words came out, someone handed over the fold that had been prepared in advance.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu said according to the truth: "Your Majesty, the Zhuo family has no king's law, that Zhuo Fan bullied men and women, mutilated innocent people and tried to pretend to be crazy and stupid to escape the punishment of the law, the head of the third room of the Zhuo family is not even in the eyes of His Royal Highness King Ning, I heard that for the painting presented by King Fu today, he almost fought and bought this painting with 100,000 gold, if the Zhuo family is the gateway to the clear stream, the old minister really dare not believe it." ”

"Father, my sons don't know, someone must want to slander the Zhuo family, and my father must not listen to slander."

King Fu did not approve it, and tried his best to argue.

"You don't know?"

Emperor Long Yan was furious: "You have always been close to the Zhuo family, if the Zhuo family does not have your support, how dare you be so bold?" ”

"My father was wronged."

Zhu Zhiang argued: "Erchen is often in Beijing, and he doesn't know about Jiangxia City. ”

Silently raised his eyes to look at King Yun, he simply muddied the water: "Besides, the feudal platform of Wuchang Mansion was recommended by the old lady, if the Zhuo family really dared to collude with his sons, he should have played it to his father." ”

The emperor thought about it carefully, Xue Taishi has always been partial to King Yun, and he will not help King Fu to deceive his superiors and subordinates.

It's just that the Zhuo family dared to open an iron mine privately from the imperial court, which is by no means a trivial matter.

He looked around at the courtiers and heirs in the hall with a cloudy face, and after muttering for a long time, he commanded sharply: "Spread my edict and order Huguang to make Ye Chengwei concurrently serve as the inspector of the imperial history, and make every effort to thoroughly investigate the salt and iron affairs of Huguang Province, and be sure to find out the truth about the opening of the iron mine by the Zhuo family, and all officials involved in this matter will be severely punished, regardless of size." ”

The words fell, and he hurriedly brushed his sleeves and left.

King Fu and King Yun led the courtiers out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and when the ministers dispersed, King Yun glanced at King Fu with cold eyes, and said with an evil smile: "King Fu is really calculating, but you really think that muddying the water will be able to calm things down, this Ye Chengwei is not a good stubble, and he is afraid that no one will be able to stop him if he wants to investigate." ”

"Brother Yun doesn't have to be complacent, does Brother Huang think that Ye Chengwei can be used for you?"

King Fu also let out a sneer: "As far as I know, he is now investigating the matter of the person named Qian Yingying, and the child of the Hua family has already reached his hands, you said that if Qian Yingying Nianzi accidentally entered the net, can he stop Ye Chengwei with the prestige of Lord Shoufu?" ”

King Yun secretly clenched his fists, ignored his provocations, and left angrily.

When I arrived at the mansion, I heard the housekeeper report that the lord of Zongning came to visit.

The two met, and King Yun didn't know what the lady of the Governor's Mansion was talking about, so he said in a lukewarm tone: "The county lord is good Yaxing, which gust of wind blew my cousin to the king's mansion?" ”

Zhu Zhining is a straight-hearted person, and he doesn't beat around the bush, and says bluntly: "The little sister is naturally here to help the imperial brother." ”

"Oh, help me?"

King Yun sneered and shook his head: "The county lord is really good at laughing, who doesn't know that Governor Luo is loyal to King Fu, and the county lord has always been close to King Fu, saying that he is helping this king, but I'm afraid you don't believe it yourself, right?" ”

Zhu Zhining smiled indifferently: "Naturally, it is also to help myself." ”

Hearing this, King Yun Zhu Zhichun became interested, his attitude immediately changed, and he kindly ordered: "The county lord, please take a seat." ”

After that, he hurriedly sent someone to watch the tea.

(End of chapter)