"One, two, three......"

One breath and one breath is for one breath, ten breaths is the time of ten breaths, and Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, ordered Xu Jin to disarm within ten breaths, otherwise he would be killed, and after finishing his words, he immediately began to time loudly. Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were tense, and their firearms and crossbow arrows were all aimed at the hall.

Xu Jin frowned, the situation was a bit bad, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division came earlier than he expected, and Jinyiwei hadn't appeared yet, didn't Jin Biao's goods drop the chain, right?

Qi Jingtong said in a deep voice: "My lord, why don't we retreat to the middle courtyard and drag it out?" With our fifty brothers and flintlock guns, the number of these garbage in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is doubled, and they will not want to attack it. ”

Xu Jin shook his head, he had enough reasons to attack the Marquis of Jianchang's mansion, but if it was to attack the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, it would undoubtedly be equivalent to a rebellion, I am afraid that Xu Guangzuo and Guo Xun would like to do it themselves, so that they have a reason to kill them.

"Seven breaths, eight breaths......" At this time, Xu Guangzuo had already raised his hand, and Guo Xun next to him looked excited.

Xu Jin stood up, walked to the door, and said loudly: "I'm afraid that the Duke of Dingguo is mistaken, this official came to the Jianchang Marquis Mansion today just to check the land contract, and the Jianchang Marquis not only did not cooperate, but also intended to murder the official under the pretext of the reason, and destroy the holy decree, the official is just protecting himself!" ”

Xu Guangzuo shouted coldly: "How can the governor of Pontus believe your words, don't talk nonsense, there are still two breaths of time, if the people of the five hundred battalions do not disarm again, they will not blame the governor of Pontus for being ruthless, nine breaths...... Ten ......"

Xu Guangzuo obviously didn't intend to give Xu Jin a chance, and as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately counted to ten breaths, and waved his right hand at the same time. Xu Jin's face changed sharply, and he squatted down and rolled towards the door, Qi Jingtong and the others also quickly lay down, and the hammer of the flintlock pistol snapped open, ready to fight back.

"Stop!"

At this moment, a thunderclap suddenly came from outside the door, and then a team of Jinyi guards wearing flying fish suits and holding embroidered spring knives rushed in quickly, led by Jin Yiwei Qianhu Jin Biao.

"Stop it all, the emperor has arrived!" Jin Biao was angry and shouted loudly.

The officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division all subconsciously put down their bows and crossbows and firearms, Xu Guangzuo and Guo Xun secretly screamed a pity, and what the two of them didn't know was that if they really did it just now, the three or four hundred people around them were estimated to lose nearly half in the end. The combat power of the "special forces" using flintlock pistols is not comparable to that of the garrison army.

At this time, a team of Jin Wuwei wearing bright yellow robes rushed in and quickly occupied both sides of the road.

"See the emperor!" Xu Guangzuo and Guo Xun hurriedly saluted, and the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division also knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

Zhu Houxi glanced left and right, waved his hand and said, "Get up, where is Xu Jin?" ”

Xu Jin immediately flashed out from behind the door, dusted off his clothes, knelt down and saluted: "Minister Xu Jin, knock to see the emperor!" ”

Zhu Houxi couldn't help but be startled when he saw the blood stains on Xu Jin's body, and blurted out: "Xu Qing, why did you do this...... Cough, Xu Jin, why did you attack the Marquis of Jianchang's mansion and want to rebel? ”

Xu Jin hurriedly said in fear: "The minister didn't dare, the minister was ordered to clear the land in Gyeonggi, and he didn't dare to slack off a little, so today he brought Huo Tao, the head of the household department, to Jianchang Hou's Mansion to check the field contract, but Jianchang Hou not only did not cooperate, but also set up slaves to beat the official and destroy the holy decree, and Lord Huo was beaten to serious injury, and now he is unconscious. In order to protect himself, the minister let the fifty soldiers of the 500 battalions guarding outside attack. ”

As soon as these words came out, the little emperor couldn't help but be furious and said: "Jianchang Hou'an dares to be so lawless and deceive the king!" ”

A group of civil officials couldn't help but look at each other, and most of them believed eighty percent, because with the usual style of Jianchang Hou, he really did this kind of thing. During the Hongzhi Dynasty, the Zhang brothers did more outrageous things, Shouling waited for Zhang Heling to rape the palace maid, and Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, secretly sat on the dragon chair, and happened to be bumped into by Li Dongyang again, so angry that Li Ge Lao snatched the golden gourd hammer of the guards in front of the palace to chase and kill him, if it weren't for the generous Hongzhi Emperor's protection, these two goods would have been beheaded.

Although Yang Tinghe also believed Xu Jin's words, he made a big trouble, and immediately said: "The emperor can't listen to Xu Jin's words, so he still calls the Marquis of Jianchang to confront him face to face, ask clearly and then make a conclusion." ”

Shouling Hou Zhang Heling immediately shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Xu Jin must have deliberately distorted the facts, cut off the stolen goods and framed my brother, although my brother is confused, he definitely does not dare to do anything to destroy the holy decree, and I beg the emperor to see through the situation and return my brother's innocence." ”

Zhu Houxi originally disliked the Zhang family brothers very much, and said coldly: "I am not a confused and faint king, so I will naturally find out, where is Xu Jin and Jianchang Hou?" ”

Xu Jin Zhenzhen replied eloquently: "The Marquis of Jianchang knows that he has committed a capital crime, and now he is hiding in the backyard and does not dare to come out. ”

Zhu Houxi walked into the hall, the living room at this time was full of wolves, and the broken holy decree still fell on the ground, the little emperor was very angry when he saw this, the holy decree is a symbol of imperial power, and now he was cut in two, and it was covered with blood, this is simply a slap on his face, how can he not be angry, and shouted: "Come on, give the bastard of Jianchang Hou out to me!" ”

Although most of the civil officials present were opposed to the land clearing, they could not help but be angry when they saw that the Holy Decree had been so bad. Yang Tinghe glanced at Xu Jin hesitantly and asked, "Xu Jin, the holy decree was indeed destroyed by the Marquis of Jianchang?" ”

Xu Jin Zhengrong said: "It was indeed destroyed by the Marquis of Jianchang!" ”

Xu Jin's words were a bit subtle, and he did not directly say that the holy decree was destroyed by the Marquis of Jianchang, but it was inseparable from the Marquis of Jianchang.

About the time of the tea, the Marquis of Jianchang was brought out by the Jinyi Guard, this thing was a little scared just now, I just thought that Xu Jin would kill him, and now his face was still a little pale, and when he saw the emperor and a group of civil officials present, he breathed a sigh of relief, and fell to his knees and cried: "Your Majesty, Xu Jin's troops invaded the mansion, killed and injured many people, arrogant and domineering, and had no king's law, begging the emperor to cure him with death!" ”

Zhu Houxi reprimanded coldly: "Shut up, I ask you, did you destroy my holy decree?" ”

Zhang Yanling ate and said: "Holy decree...... No...... It wasn't destroyed by Benhou! ”

Zhu Houxi's face turned red, and he shouted: "Who destroyed it?" ”

Zhang Yanling shivered smartly, and stuttered even more: "Yes...... It's down there, and the minions below accidentally broke it, it's none of my business! ”

Zhu Houxi was so angry that he stepped forward and kicked Zhang Yanling is face, and scolded: "You bastard, you even dare to destroy my holy decree, it can be seen that Xu Qing has not wronged you." ”

"Your Majesty, please ask the emperor to be the master of the little one!" Sun Laosan's goods suddenly shouted at this time.

Zhu Houxi's attention was suddenly drawn by the shout, he was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Hey, you are ......!" ”

Zhu Houxi saw Sun Laosan at Xu Jin's house last time, so he recognized it at this time, but he immediately stopped halfway through the words, and his involvement in the mirror business could not be exposed, otherwise Yang Ting and these old ministers would be chattering again.

Xu Jin glanced at Sun Laosan, who was also clever, and immediately cried and complained: "Your Majesty, the grass people are the craftsmen of the Mingjingzhai glass workshop, and yesterday they were tied up to the house by the Marquis of Jianchang and beaten up, he forced the grass people to hand over the method of making glass mirrors, and the grass people did not confess, and the Marquis of Jianchang ordered someone to torture the grass people to death. ”

Jin Biao immediately interjected: "Your Majesty, this matter should be true, the shopkeeper of Mingjingzhai went to the Wucheng Terracotta Division and the Beizhen Fusi to report the case yesterday, and according to investigation, the storefront and workshop of Mingjingzhai were smashed by Zhang Wang, the housekeeper of the Marquis of Jianchang. ”

Zhu Houxi was even more furious when he heard this, he accounted for sixty percent of the mirror business, Jianchang Hou dared to covet the secret recipe of the glass mirror, and let people smash their own field, how can this be reasonable!

The little emperor roared: "The Marquis of Jianchang bullied the king, resisted the decree and did not obey the order, beat and murdered the officials of the imperial court, and bullied and kidnapped the people. Come on, arrest the Marquis of Jianchang back to Fusi in Beizhen, and all the people in the Marquis of Jianchang's Mansion will be imprisoned! ”

Zhang Yanling only felt that the sky was spinning, and as soon as his feet were weak, he fell to the ground, and Shoulinghou was also so frightened that his face was pale, this is the rhythm of copying the house.

Yang Tinghe hurriedly said: "The emperor is angry, this matter is still full of suspicions, and the minister feels that it should be handed over to the three law divisions for interrogation, and then make a decision!" ”

Zhang Yanling suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw, tore open his throat and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged...... It's all framed by Xu Jin, big brother, enter the palace to find the queen mother. ”

Yang Tinghe couldn't help frowning, Xu Jin laughed out loud, this thing didn't die fast enough!

Sure enough, Zhu Houxi's face instantly became gloomy, he was still a little hesitant, Zhang Yanling actually shouted to enter the palace to find the Queen Mother, isn't this a demonstration to me? Don't you think the Queen Mother can hold me down?

"Take it!" Zhu Houxi drank with a calm face.

Jin Biao immediately ordered Jinyi Wei to step forward and take down the Marquis of Jianchang, and all the family members in the mansion were also locked, and for a while, the chickens and dogs jumped up and down the mansion.

"Xu Jin, are you okay?" Zhu Houxi's gaze turned to Xu Jin, and his expression relaxed slightly.

Xu Jin replied: "Back to the emperor, the minister only suffered a little skin injury, which is not in the way, but the director Huo was seriously injured, and the minister asked the emperor to send a doctor to treat him!" ”

Zhu Houxi nodded, immediately ordered someone to pass on the imperial doctor, and said: "Xu Qing, who dares to obstruct the measurement of land in the future, you can cut it first and then play it!" After speaking, he flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the hall, and went straight back to the emperor's inner hall.

The officials present were all silent, and their eyes looking at Xu Jin changed, and they turned around and left one after another.

Yang Tinghe looked at Xu Jin with complicated eyes, he originally agreed to the draft decree and ordered Xu Jin to clear the land of Gyeonggi, on the one hand, he did recognize the current shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, he wanted to use Xu Jin as a gunman, so that he could stand on the opposite side of the ministers and the relatives.

However, Yang Tinghe regretted it a little at this time, because once even the Marquis of Jianchang was overthrown, then Xu Jin's prestige and power in his hands would increase greatly, and he was worried that Xu Jin would use this to exclude dissidents, and the reason why Xu Jin was looking for Marquis Jianchang today was obviously selfish.

"Xu Jin, Mingjingzhai is an industry under your name, right?" Yang Tinghe's tone was a hint of fierceness.

Xu Jin said calmly: "Not bad! ”

"So what you did today is blackmailing the communiqué?" Yang Tinghe's eyes were a little sharper.

Since recognizing the essence of Yang Tinghe, Xu Jin has no respect for Yang Ge Lao at all, but just regards him as a political opponent, and said lightly: "Why did Yang Ge Lao say this, the lower officials are just acting on orders, doesn't Yang Ge want to see the smooth development of Qingzhang land?" ”

Yang Tinghe's face was slightly gloomy, and he quickly regained his composure, and said lightly: "You don't care about the old man of the land, but if you dare to use this to exclude dissidents and form a party for personal gain, the old man will make you doomed!" ”

After Yang Tinghe finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and walked out awe-inspiringly, at this time, the cries and shouts in the Jianchang Marquis' mansion came and went, and the Jinyi guard was locking up the family members of the Jianchang Marquis.

Xu Jin dusted off his clothes lightly and walked out of the living room, it was afternoon, and the sun was extremely dazzling. The people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division are evacuating one after another, Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, Guo Xun, Wu Dingbo, is cold in his heart, the Marquis of Jianchang, and the younger brother of the Queen Mother is taken down like this, the two of them can't help but be frightened, and at the same time, they are a little sad.

Shouling Hou Zhang Heling's face was like ashes, his trembling hand pointed at Xu Jin, and said sharply: "The surname Xu, don't be complacent first, with the Queen Mother here, our Zhang family will not be able to fall, this account will be settled with you sooner or later, you will be ready to break up your family and wife, you will have retribution, and the end will be very miserable, haha!" ”

Zhang Heling's laughter was sharp and gloomy, like a midnight ghost crying.

Xu Jin's face was like an ancient well without waves, and he looked at Zhang Heling calmly, he was not a fool, since he dared to move the Zhang family, he was naturally sure to sink the Zhang family completely, how could he give the Zhang family a chance to fight back?

……

On the tenth day of September, the Marquis of Jianchang was imprisoned, and the whole capital was shocked, however, this was only the beginning.

On 11 September, the military department impeached the Zhang brothers in the middle of the incident, and sprinkled thousands of words, involving dozens of crimes, and also attached a thick pile of incriminating evidence, which instantly caused an uproar.

The little emperor Zhu Houxi immediately ordered the three law divisions to verify the facts, and it was found that Xia Yan's impeachment was true, and during the review period, people continued to come forward to accuse the Zhang brothers of their crimes.

The Zhang brothers have done all the bad things over the years, and they have offended a lot of people, and they have all stood up and fallen into the ground at this time.

When the three law divisions handed over the results of the trial to the little emperor Zhu Houxi, the latter was so angry that he scolded on the spot after reading it. The Zhang brothers bullied men and women, bullied and dominated the market, and not to mention the tricky robbery, there were dozens of lawsuits involving hundreds of lives.

The little emperor immediately ordered the cabinet to give the Zhang brothers to death, deprive them of their titles, all the family property was confiscated into the national treasury, and the land under the names of the two governments was measured, and the legal ones were returned to the imperial court, and those illegally occupied were returned to the original owners.

When the news that the emperor was going to kill the Zhang brothers reached Shoukang Palace, Empress Dowager Zhang almost fell into a coma, and immediately ran to the Yangxin Palace to find Emperor Jiajing, but the latter avoided it.

It is said that the Empress Dowager Zhang finally knelt outside the Yangxin Palace and begged, and the four elders of the cabinet entered the palace together, and finally Emperor Jiajing agreed to keep the Zhang brothers alive and demoted to house arrest in Nanjing, while the rest of the punishment was not changed.

Since then, the Zhang family of the illustrious Hongzhi Zhengde and Zhengde dynasties has declared its decline, and the Empress Dowager Zhang has moved to Shouning Palace and no longer cares about the affairs of the harem.