Zhu Youxiao sat on the chair and coughed a few times, glanced back at the open pavilion full of carpenter's tools, and said, "You all go down, Wei Zhongxian, go and take out the bird that you didn't finish in the morning." ”

After Zhang Wen and the others thanked and said goodbye, Zhu Youxiao walked into the open pavilion, took off his coat and began to work. The two eunuchs were doing chores next to them, and no one dared to say a word. After a while, Zhu Youxiao put the planing knife on the case, turned around and said: "So many people have seen this today, and asked Jinyiwei to report it truthfully, understand?" Also, I have already found out that the immortal pearl is in the hands of a person named Li Ruzi. ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "Yes, the slave will go and pass the word to Jiang Qianhu." ”

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Zhongxian's figure, turned his head and picked up the planer again, pushing the wood with a bang, and the sunset shone in from the west of the open pavilion, making the wood on the ground turn golden, and also making Zhu Youxiao's face glow with a quiet golden light, like a fairy.

Zhu Youxiao worked for a while, felt a lot more comfortable, sat down and rested for a while, and when he closed his eyes to recuperate, the face of Concubine Zheng appeared in his mind.

This time, Zhu Youxiao was attacked, and the trouble was about to go up, and Concubine Zheng Guifei couldn't get out of it. Zhu Youxiao's mood calmed down at this time, and he felt that his position was becoming more and more stable.

Emperor Wanli had two sons, one is the current crown prince, who is the eldest son; One is the Blessed King. Emperor Wanli prefers King Fu, because the prince's mother is a palace maid, and Wanli doesn't even want to admit that the prince is his son, but unfortunately there is a record in the living note, which was done by him, and there is no way to deny it.

Zhu Youxiao is the son of the crown prince and the eldest grandson of the emperor; Concubine Zheng Guifei is the mother of King Fu.

A few decades ago, Emperor Wanli wanted to abolish Chang Liyu, but unfortunately the ministers did not agree, this is the dispute over the country, and after decades of trouble, the party struggle is getting more and more powerful. Later, the demon book case and the attack case were all involved in Zheng Guifei, becoming a tool for the minister to attack his opponent, impeaching the opponent for colluding with Zheng Guifei to seek power. "Zheng's party" and "ill-intentioned" are quite damning when used on opponents.

Zhu Youxiao fully understands Concubine Zheng's obsession with power, but unfortunately she doesn't do a good job every time, and she burns herself every time, and now, the emperor who originally liked her doesn't like it very much. Take the attack case as an example, she actually wanted to murder the prince by violent means, and I don't know if she instructed it, in short, how could a man like such viciousness?

This time, Zhu Youxiao was attacked by assassins, and it is estimated that it will be involved in Zheng Guifei again, so the prince and the prince are both victims and kind people. Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao became more powerful in his hand to plane wood.

Zhu Youxiao even thought that when Li Ruzi's family property was confiscated, he would get some silver and go back, and at the same time get a bead and say that it was an immortal pearl, and let Jinyiwei hand it over to Honglu Temple, and his grandfather would like him even more.

Jin Yiwei's eyeliner and secret agents are all over the country, and in less than a month, Li Ruzi's lair was found out. The emperor listened to the report of the prince, who had money and beads, and was a bad guy with malicious intentions and suspected of plotting rebellion, so he instructed that he should investigate it thoroughly.

The immortal pearl must not go wrong, not only must the people of the Jinyi Guard participate, but also the prince and the eunuchs must supervise. In the Jinyiwei station, they discussed how to deal with Li Ruzi, and heard that the Jinyiwei secret agent said that Li Ruzi's mansion had private soldiers, and he might encounter resistance.

In contrast, Li Ruzi's relative Li Rubai and other generals and officials are easier to handle, they are all officials in the imperial court, and they are directly invited to ask for guilt.

At this time, a eunuch walked in, knelt down and said, "Your Highness, Zhang Wen is asking to see you outside the door." ”

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said to the Jinyi guards: "Zhang Wen is our person, and he also has his credit for finding out the thief Li Ruzi, so let him come up with ideas." ”

When Jin Yiwei heard "It's our people", he immediately looked at Zhang Wen differently, and asked someone to bring Zhang Wen in. Zhang Wen heard that he wanted to participate in the investigation of Li Ruzi, and he was 10,000 willing. Zhang Wen still couldn't believe it, the powerful Li Ruzi was about to finish the game, and a sense of revenge surged into Zhang Wen's heart.

A tall man wearing a flying fish suit next to him is Jiang Qianhu, who looks like a Han general, and I don't know why he didn't become a Han general by the emperor's side. Jiang Qianhu thought that he had been attacked by assassins and killed several brothers last time, so he proposed: "Your Highness, if you don't let the Nickel Division Yamen send troops to fight, we just need to collect and check things." ”

Zhu Youxiao said in his heart that the government would also participate, and more people would know about Li Ruzi's crime, so he just asked the ministers to deal with Concubine Zheng, so he nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Zhang asked thinking about the soldiers of the Nisi Yamen who couldn't help fighting, in case Li Ruzi ran away, wouldn't he be happy for nothing? Zhang Wen wanted to stop and lowered his voice and said, "The governor is also a member of the Zhejiang Party...... Xia Guan was afraid that there was a secret passage in Li Ruzi's house, and not many people would control the surroundings, in case he ran away. ”

Most of the officials Li Ruzi colluded with were Donglin radicals, so naturally they wanted to ask the people of the Zhejiang Party to do it.

Everyone felt justified, and Zhu Youxiao used the holy decree given by the emperor to ask people to spread the word that the governor of Zhejiang was transferred to encircle and suppress it.

Li Ruzi's lair is in a rural place in Deqing County, which is very hidden, but it still can't escape Jinyiwei's eyes. Zhu Youxiao and others made some preparations, and then rushed to Deqing County with their people. At the same time, the Governor's Mansion transferred 2,000 soldiers and horses, with cavalry in front, and suddenly arrived, controlling all the surroundings of Li's house.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Wen and others arrived in Lizhuang, they saw an official in a red robe galloping over on a horse, jumping off the horse, and bowing beside the horse.

Zhu Youxiao stepped down from the carriage, and Zhang Wen hurriedly retreated a few steps to avoid causing a misunderstanding and let the red-robed official worship him.

The red-robed official had a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, and when he saw his face, he didn't know how he got into the position of a big man. I only heard the man bow: "Cui Chengxiu, the governor of Zhejiang, visited His Royal Highness, and as soon as the official received His Royal Highness's order, he immediately led the troops to escort him, and he did not dare to delay." ”

Cui Chengxiu didn't say that Zhu Youxiao had a holy decree in his hand at all, but only said that he was listening to the order of the prince, so that Zhu Youxiao was very useful in his ears.

"Get up, are you all around?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"It's fenced, not a single fly can fly out."

It was noon, the sun was scorching on his head, Zhu Youxiao covered his eyebrows with his palm, and took a look at the house, there was an arrow tower inside, and it was really very solid.

Zhu Youxiao took everyone closer to watch, and Cui Chengxiu hurriedly advised the prince to pay attention to safety.

"It's at least two hundred paces from there, and you can't shoot a bow or arrow, what's the matter? Do they still have cannons? Zhu Youxiao said.

Cui Chengxiu hurriedly bent down and said, "There shouldn't be a cannon, we have a cannon." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with great interest: "Let's take a few shots." ”

Cui Chengxiu said to the person next to him after hearing this: "Your Highness has an order, bombard it with artillery, go over and pass the order." When the man heard this, he climbed on his horse and ran toward the army in the distance.

After a while, only a few loud bangs were heard, and Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Wen and the others hurriedly covered their ears with their hands. White smoke rose in the distance, and several shells hit the courtyard wall of Li's house, causing bricks, stones, tiles and trees to fly, and the dogs inside barked. In this village, it suddenly became lively, there were people talking noisily from far and near, and there were people cheering on the side of the barracks.

Zhu Youxiao stroked his palm and smiled: "Interesting, is it like fighting like this?" ”

Cui Chengxiu said: "Back to Your Highness, if there are enemy soldiers, they will rush over." ”

Zhu Youxiao sighed and said, "Tell everyone to go in and arrest people." ”

In the distance, another burst of artillery was fired, and the walls were blown to pieces, and the buildings inside were also collapsed, and then a group of cavalry stepped over the vegetable patch, fired a flurry of arrows, and rushed into the courtyard.

After a long time, a knight ran out of the courtyard, dismounted and knelt down, and said, "Those who resisted have been killed, and the others are locked up in the courtyard, please show your highness." ”

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly said: "Quickly withdraw the soldiers and let the Jinyi guards go in to investigate." ”

Zhang asked to stop this battle that was not too exciting, and said in his heart: No matter how many masters there are, you have to finish the game when you encounter the army. Artillery muskets, random arrows like rain, the master is a fart.

Zhu Youxiao asked the eunuch to follow him in, and ordered to carefully look for the immortal pearl. And Li Ruzi and his others were escorted out of the house, ready to escort Jingshi for questioning. It is certain that there is more than one good luck, and there is no reason to be able to live if he is suspected of assassinating the son. He originally thought that he was very safe and powerful, but he didn't know why it was until he died.

Zhang Wen walked in front of the prisoner car, looked at Li Ruzi and his children with a depressed face, and couldn't help laughing. At this time, Jiang Qianhu walked to the side and glanced at Zhang Wen very suspiciously, not understanding what he was happy about.

When Zhang Wen saw Jiang Qianhu, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his body, quietly stuffed them into his sleeve, and said, "Buy a bowl of wine for the brothers." ”

Zhang Wen bid farewell to Zhu Youxiao, and took a carriage back to Hangzhou with Zhang Ying and others. Zhang Ying and Zhang Wen were in the same car, the two didn't speak for a while, Zhang Wen was worried, and wanted to tell the story with Shen Biyao, but Zhang Ying opened his mouth first: "Xianggong is revenge now, it's better to leave the officialdom...... The Zhejiang Party and Donglin will not spare you, both sides will be impeached, and it is okay if this official is not appropriate. ”

Zhang Wen listened to Zhang Ying's words, and his heart was a little lighter, but at the same time he was confused, "What should I do if I am not an official?" ”

Zhang Ying said: "Our family doesn't have to worry about food or clothing, let's do something casually." ”

Zhang Wen nodded, and said: "My hometown is in Beijing, if I resign, I have to stay in Beijing, and I am not allowed to wander around...... It's not easy to resign, I heard that the former military department Shangshu wrote more than 70 resignations and didn't respond, so he threw away the black yarn hat in anger and left. ”

Back in Hangzhou, Zhang Wen went home directly, and there was no need to hide. Li Ruzi was planted in the hands of Jinyiwei, there is no possibility of turning over, and the property shops everywhere will also be cleaned up, it is all silver, and Jinyiwei has no reason not to work hard.

He closed his eyes and began to wonder what the court might do with him. Although there is a big backer of the prince, it is not very useful now, and the ministers of the court will definitely not let him go. The DPRK and China have decided to stop the salt change policy, and all the officials who have failed to change salt will be severely punished, and Zhang Wen has been promoted as a salt class, and now there is no one in the court to help him speak, so he is undoubtedly one of the scapegoats.

Donglin can be described as a complete defeat this time, and the group of Donglin radicals implicated by Li Ruzi will be attacked and purged by the Zhejiang Party. Not only was it involved in colluding with salt merchants to raise the price of salt, which directly led to the failure of salt change, but also Zheng Guifei was dragged by the Zhejiang Party.

Since the Zhejiang Party came to power, it has always taken the clean-up of Donglin as an important policy, and this time it can be described as a godsend. And Donglin's defeat is not unrelated to Zhang Wen, so when there is a quarrel, Donglin will definitely pull Zhang Wen into the water by the way. The Zhejiang Party can't control Zhang Wen's life or death at all, so naturally it won't ask for trouble.

Zhang Wen realized that this time his crime may be inevitable, but some princes said later that Zhang Wen was his own person, and the capital crime should not be punished, and demotion or dismissal was inevitable.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wen breathed a sigh of relief, let the official be dismissed, and when the prince becomes the emperor, he will naturally turn over.

At this moment, Light Makeup walked to the door and said, "Yu Dong, someone outside the door asks to see you...... It's Miss Shen's person. ”

Zhang Ying watched not far away, and Zhang Wen was stunned: "Please come in." ”

Miss Shen, what an unfamiliar three words.

The woman said: "The young owner asked your lordship, if the minister of the court wants to be unfavorable to the lord, what does the lord do, and whether he wants to live in seclusion for some days?" The young owner can make some arrangements. ”

Zhang Wen frowned: "Please tell Miss Shen that I am not worried about my life, if the court condemns me and wants to escort me back to Beijing, and bothers Miss Shen to take care of my wife, I Zhang Wen will be grateful to Dade." ”

The woman arched her hand and said: "The young owner only asked me to bring these words, if there is nothing else, my subordinates will leave here, and I will definitely bring the words of the adults." ”

Soon after the woman left, Zhang Ying walked in, sat down in front of Zhang Wen, opened her mouth, and said, "Xianggong, since Miss Shen has the heart to help, why do you have to suffer that living sin?" ”

Zhang Wen knew that even if Zhang Ying didn't speak, his heart was always on the unspoken night between him and Shen Biyao. But his kind refusal to Shen Biyao at the moment was not to escape this entanglement.

"This world is like this, it's not like we can escape from the mountains, since we can't escape the fate of being a mermaid, it's better to be in the temple, maybe we can make some efforts." Zhang Wen looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "Besides, as long as the prince ascends to the throne, I will definitely be reused." Besides, it's not good for us to keep sending people under the fence. ”

Zhang Ying said: "Our family's house is not also the Shen family's. ”

Zhang Ying said bluntly, Zhang Wen couldn't help but feel sour, shook his head and said, "I don't want to owe her more, isn't it?" ”

When Zhang Ying heard Zhang Wen's words, her heart warmed up, thinking that no matter what happened, Zhang Wen was still her own, and then she looked worried and nodded: "Officialdom is sinister, and the prince should be more careful." ”

"Sworn enemies like Li Ruzi have been planted, what are you afraid of?" Zhang Wen smiled, "Don't worry, I'll be careful." If the imperial court wants to recruit me into Beijing, I will still arrange for you and your stepmother to be here with Miss Shen, and you can also take care of me. She was a tolerant, decent, irreplaceable wife, and that's something he came to understand later, and it would take him longer to really understand, and that's for another time.

"Don't worry, I will take good care of my family."