"Why did the prince divide the two of them?"

Zhao Ding: "......"

"Zhang San, when did your brain change to a bull that doesn't fight?"

Zhao Ding asked with some curiosity.

"Uh...."

Zhang San touched his nose in embarrassment.

Interrogating prisoners, he has always been a direct wave of memory recovery, but who would have thought that this week, a scholar with surprisingly hard bones.

All the means were used, and he didn't say a word, and he was the mastermind who clung to the king of Xiangnan and King Qi Si.

It's a little uncomfortable.

However, after Zhao Ding's reminder, he came back to his senses.

Zhou Xing is hard stubble, he doesn't eat soft and hard, but Wang Xi is not.

Before he tossed twice, this kid peed his pants, and at first glance he was the master who was pampered on weekdays.

Just enough to serve as a breakthrough.

……

"Bastard things, I thought they were greedy for money, but I didn't expect to be so bold as to stuff people into the imperial examination?

Is this my favor, as a gold medal for avoiding death? ”

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhao Chongyuan sat on the dragon chair and listened to the report of the great eunuch Chen Wuyuan beside Queen Ma, and his already somewhat angry face was even darker and charcoal at the moment.

This matter involves the king of Xiangnan, and even more involves the late old king of Xiangnan, no matter how he deals with it, he is in a dilemma, and the punishment is too severe, I am sorry for his younger brother who died of hard work for the sake of the great cadres.

If you don't punish you, you can't stop the world.

But who would have thought.

Now it's okay, instead of collecting some money, but directly daring to stuff people into the imperial examination and get an official position for his relatives?

This is obviously to regard Zhao Chongyuan's favor as a gold medal for avoiding death, and start to do nonsense!

Especially when he was bitten and insisted on being the mastermind.

If this is true.

Wouldn't that be another scandal for his royal family?

Dig into the corners of your family? Reveal the bottom of your own family?

"Your Majesty, calm your anger, now that you know the role played by King Xiangnan and King Qi Si, this matter is not far from the success of the big break."

Wang Lishi on the side, seeing the anger on his master's face, hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade him.

"What was the big break? Zhou Xing's side hasn't solved it yet, but he pulled out this matter again? The face of my royal family has been disgraced by them.

You don't want me to be here and muddy, I know it from the bottom of my heart. ”

Zhao Chongyuan stiffened his neck, and his angry beard was trembling.

Wang Lishi on the side could only touch his nose in embarrassment.

Even the big eunuch Chen Wufu beside Queen Ma touched his nose in embarrassment.

This time, the emperor is really angry!

"How's going on over there King Yan?"

After a while, Zhao Chongyuan asked again.

"King Yan is still investigating."

Wang Lishi subconsciously replied.

Zhao Chongyuan frowned: "This kid is quite clever in his daily affairs, how did he encounter this matter, and he is not as flexible as before?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Wufu was nothing.

But Wang Lishi smiled.

When encountering Zhou Xing's hard-mouthed stubble, no one can do anything.

Moreover, this matter involved cheating in the imperial examination, and the two royal family members of King Qi Si and King Xiangnan were implicated.

The set of torture into tricks is specified and cannot be used.

Because in the end, it will have to go through the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the three divisions of the Criminal Department.

None of these confessions can be considered to be the end of the case.

So that's the hardest part.

"Alas, I'm in a hurry, but I've wronged King Yan."

Oh, Zhao Chongyuan sighed.

Wang Lishi stood aside, his face twitched slightly, and he didn't speak.

"You go down first."

Zhao Chongyuan raised his head and glanced at Chen Wufu beside him.

The old eunuch immediately received the order.

After Chen Wufu left, Zhao Chongyuan looked at Wang Lishi and asked, "Is there any movement on Zhou Shan's side?" ”

"Not really."

Hearing Zhao Chongyuan mention Zhou Shan, Wang Lishi's expression tightened slightly, and he subconsciously replied.

He is the chief eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, one of Zhao Chongyuan's most trusted people, if there is any news from the Inner Government Division, Zhao Chongyuan is inconvenient to hear, he will naturally tell him, and then he will convey it to Zhao Chongyuan.

"He can sit still without movement."

Listening to Wang Lishi's words, Zhao Chongyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, but his voice was full of murderous intent.

Zhou Shan's ability to sit still is naturally because he has confidence, and he, Zhao Chongyuan, can't sit still, naturally because he has something difficult to do.

It is the two royal sons of King Shonan and King Qi Si, especially King Shonan, who are even more difficult to make up their minds.

This is not so much a case of fraud in the imperial examination as a struggle between the imperial power and the power of the nobles.

Once he Zhao Chongyuan is defeated.

Then Zhao Chongyuan's efforts to reform the rule of officials will become a joke, even if he wants to reform in the future, it will be difficult.

Because he has lost his trust in the world.

And behind Zhou Xing not only stood Zhou Shan, but also the entire Great Qianshi clan.

So this is another reason why Zhou Shan has been able to sit still so far.

Therefore, this matter must be handled well no matter what, and it is easy to handle so that people can't find fault with it, otherwise it will be like the previous cases involving the big Qianshi clan, and in the end it will become a confused account.

"Call Jiang Qiu over."

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Chongyuan looked at Wang Lishi, who was standing respectfully on the side, and spoke.

"Your Majesty, Lord Jiang is now ......"

Wang Lishi wanted to speak and stopped.

In this case of fraud in the imperial examination, more than half of the candidates were arrested at one time, and now these people are all locked up in the prison of the Inner Government Division.

In order to screen the scholars among them and prevent these people from uniting together to rebel in the future, the people of the Inner Government Department can be said to be busy.

Even Jiang Qiu, the commander of the Inner Government Division, couldn't get out.

"Interrogate those scholars, let Jiang Qiu hand over to others to do, I have something important to look for him."

Zhao Chongyuan commanded lightly.

He naturally understood the meaning of Wang Lishi's words.

But those scholars are just some fledgling stunned youths, and the people of the Inner Mansion Division are enough to deal with.

What he wanted to do with Jiang Qiu was even more important.

It's also trickier.

If you are someone else, he is not at ease.

"Yes."

Listening to Zhao Chongyuan's words, Wang Lishi nodded in agreement, and then hurriedly ran towards the outside of the Heart Cultivation Hall with small steps.

……

Squeak!

The cell door where Zhou Xing and Wang Xi were held was opened from the outside.

Zhang San's figure slowly appeared in front of Zhou Xing.

Seeing Zhang San come in, Zhou Xing, who had been tortured, slowly raised his head and looked at Zhang San: "If there are any other means, you might as well use it, and the old man will follow." ”

Zhang San also grinned when he saw this, but he didn't pay attention to him, but looked at the prison guard behind him who also followed in, and pointed to Wang Xi, who hadn't woken up yet, and said, "You two carry him away." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Xing's face suddenly changed.