In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Youzhen had just gotten up, and the new Dajue Xu Yingyuan came to report.

"Emperor, Wang Tiqian and Liu Chao ask to see you." Xu Yingyuan said respectfully.

"What are they doing here?" Zhu Youzhen asked with a smile.

Xu Yingyuan also accompanied the smiling face, and hurriedly replied: "Emperor, the two of them know that they are guilty, and they came to ask Your Majesty for their guilt." ”

Wang Tiqian and Liu Chao were both Wei Zhongxian's subordinates, and they helped Wei Zhongxian suppress civilian officials, but they became notorious.

Now that Wei Zhongxian is dead, these eunuchs are frightened, and they don't know if they can survive, so they naturally have to hurry up to apologize to Emperor Chongzhen, at least they have to ask for a rope to hang, and they must not enter the Dongchang prison to be tortured and killed.

"Let them in." Zhu Youzhen nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Emperor."

"Wait."

As soon as Xu Yingyuan agreed, he heard Zhu Youzhen stop him again.

"Emperor, what else do you command?"

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "Don't let them come in together, let Liu Chao come in first." ”

"Yes!"

After a while, Xu Yingyuan led Liu Chao in.

"Long live the lord, the slave deserves death!"

As soon as Liu Chao came in, he knelt on the ground, moved his knees forward, and cried.

Zhu Youzhen's face sank like water, and there was no reaction at all.

Liu Chao cried for a while, only to feel as if a mountain had pressed on his body, which made him a little breathless.

At this time.

Zhu Youzhen asked slowly: "Liu Chao, you are also a slave trusted by the imperial brother, but you are guilty of doing such a thing!?" ”

Liu Chao hurriedly kowtowed again, "Long live the lord, the slave and maid are guilty, the slave and maid should die!" ”

"Okay, since you are guilty, then you say, what great sin have you committed?!" Zhu Youzhen asked.

Liu Chao hurriedly wiped away his tears, touched his head against the floor tiles, and said tremblingly: "Long live the lord, the slave and maid are attached to Wei and rebellious, framing Zhongliang......"

"Zhongliang?" Zhu Youzhen looked disdainful and continued to ask: "Then tell me, which ones are loyal and good?" ”

Liu Chao was shocked in his heart, and he didn't know what Long Live Lord meant by this.

"Long live the lord, the slave and maid framed, no, the loyal and good who helped Wei Wei to frame him have Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian ......"

Before Liu Chao's words were finished, he was interrupted by Zhu Youzhen.

"Liu Chao, you said that they are loyal and good, how can they be loyal, how good? Is it to increase taxes for the Ming Dynasty, or to guard the territory of the Ming Dynasty, or to benefit the people? Zhu Youzhen said with a disdainful face.

These Donglin Party members, for scholars, are very loyal.

They fought wits and courage with Wei Zhongxian, and they didn't even want their lives, so they wanted to bring down Wei Zhongxian.

But.

For Zhu Youzhen, he doesn't look down on these so-called righteous gentlemen at all.

"Long live the lord, slave maid, is the slave and maid wrong?" Liu Chao asked with some suspicion.

"I think that they have no merits, and the battle with Wei Zhongxian is nothing more than a party struggle, and the party struggle is wrong, but is it not a person, or a faction is wrong, it is nothing more than a king and a defeat, they are not loyal." Zhu Youzhen said.

As soon as these words came out, Liu Chao suddenly had a feeling of rebirth.

Long live the Lord is a Ming Jun!

Big Mingjun!

Long live the lord's words were obvious, and Liu Chao hurriedly climbed down the pole.

"Long live the Lord is wise, the slaves and maids are also forced to be helpless, and they just follow Wei to coax, I already know that they are not good!" Liu Chao said excitedly.

Zhu Youzhen snorted coldly, "I don't count you as framing Zhongliang, but I didn't say that you are not guilty, continue to think about your crimes, confess leniently, and resist strictly!" ”

"Yes, yes, the slave thinks at once!" Liu Chao reined in his thoughts and continued: "That slave and maid attached to Wei Wei, knowing that he wanted to use the wild seeds outside to pretend to be the prince, this crime is considered one, right?" ”

After saying this, the cold sweat on Liu Chao's back was already bursting out.

Compared with framing Zhongliang, the crime of using outsiders to pretend to be the prince is even greater.

Really.

Zhu Youzhen's face was already pale, and he was even about to be angry.

"The sin of deceit! Liu Chao, your crime is not small! Zhu Youzhen said sharply.

Liu Chao was so frightened that he almost fainted, the crime of bullying the monarch was to kill the whole family, and he himself was afraid that he would not be able to escape alive.

"Long live the lord spare his life, the slave and maid only know, at that time, there were Wei Zhongxian's henchmen inside and outside, even if the slave and maid wanted to denounce it, they couldn't find anyone, long live the lord spared his life!" Liu Chao knocked his head again and again, and even the gold bricks on the ground were stained with blood.

Zhu Youzhen saw that the deterrent effect had been achieved, so he slowed down his tone and said: "Wei Wei was extremely arrogant at that time, and the imperial brother was deceived by him again, even if you know, you can't do anything, I actually understand. ”

"Long live the Lord is wise, the slave is really more than loyal, and the ability is not enough, there is no way to stop Wei from doing this great rebellion!" Liu Chao hurriedly excused himself.

"I know your difficulties, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, and your two prison officials can no longer be done, so go to the celebrant to stand by first." Zhu Youzhen said with a cold face.

Liu Chao's ability is still very good, he can help Wei Zhongxian to take care of those Qingliu civil officials, Zhu Youzhen will not simply kill or abandon him, and he will keep it for himself in the future.

Regarding the fate of the Long Live Lord, Liu Chao was already moved and cried again.

Before coming to Wenhua Palace, Liu Chao was just thinking about a 'good death'.

never expected that it was just a dismissal from the official position, and he was on standby in the celebrant supervisor, indicating that there was a chance to make a comeback.

Just as Liu Chao was about to thank him, Zhu Youzhen's voice came again.

"Okay, that's all for this sin, Liu Chao, you can talk about other sins!" Zhu Youzhen said.

"Huh? Long live the master, the other sins of the slave and maid, there are only ...... left" Liu Chao was a little bit rectified for a while.

The 'crime of deceiving the king' has been gently let go, what crime does Long Live Lord want to ask?

"Humph! Don't pretend to be confused with me, you attach Wei Zhongxian, do you just rely on your mouth? Did you pay him a bribe? Zhu Youzhen asked sternly.

"The slave and maid should be damned, it is indeed a bribe for Wei Retrograde." Liu Chao hurriedly kowtowed and admitted.

Today's Ming Dynasty is no longer the founding year of Taizu, and the torture of peeling the bark of daylilies for fifty taels of silver has all been forgotten.

Bribing a superior is not a crime at all.

"Hurry up and confess, how much silver did you bribe Wei Zhi?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

Liu Chaoxin said, where can I think of this, I never keep accounts when I want silver at the age of 9,000.

"Slave maid, probably filial piety, no, it was a bribe for Wei Wei, almost tens of thousands of taels of silver." Liu Chao said cautiously.

"Tens of thousands of taels? Liu Chao, you know the law of the country, fifty taels is enough to kill your head! Zhu Youzhen snorted coldly.

"Long live the Lord forgiving his life, the slave and maid were also forced by Wei Wei to bribe, if the slave and maid do not obey, it will be difficult to protect their lives!" Liu Chao was really frightened, thinking that the new emperor was going to make up other charges against him.