In the Wenhua Palace, after a suffocating silence, Zhu Di finally spoke again: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have anything to ask this guy?" ”

King Han and Ji Gang exchanged glances again, and the former rushed out of the class and said: "Father, the son has something to understand, I want to ask Zhou Xin." Everything"

"Just ask." Zhu Di nodded.

"Zhou Xin, this king is here to ask you." King Han turned to Zhou Xin and asked in a deep voice, "If you feel that Tang Yun is inappropriate, can you go to the court and ask the emperor to decide?" ”

"It's too late to return to the King of Han." Zhou Xindao: "From Pujiang to the capital, it took five days to bring it back, and it was too late to report. ”

"Then why don't you report it afterwards?" King Han asked: "You said so righteously, but you concealed this matter and did not report it, what is this not the crime of deceiving the king?" ”

"......" Zhou Xin was speechless.

"That's the article." King Han is burly, dignified, not yet thirty years old, wearing a well-cut royal robe on his body, and his whole body is full of vigor and pride, and the brother who sits opposite, has a fat body, and frequently wipes sweat, there is really a world of difference. It's no wonder that Zhu Di is so eccentric, which parent he changed, in the face of such two sons, they are both equally eccentric. I saw him staring at Zhou Xin tightly and said, "If you are really loyal, you should have confessed to the emperor a long time ago like now." Why did you wait until Jinyiwei found out before you said it? ”

These words are sinister, and Zhou Xin can't answer them at all. Can he say that the reason why I didn't report it was because I knew that the Emperor also wanted the Zheng family to die? Although the emperor's original intention was definitely to exterminate the Zheng family. But in this situation, the emperor will definitely not admit it, and Tang Yun will definitely not admit it, and it has become a big pit that Zhou Xin can't climb out.

Sure enough, Zhou Xin was speechless.

"Do you still say that you have nothing to do with Jianwen Yuin?" King Han said coldly: "If it really doesn't matter, why don't you dare to say it?" ”

"Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, the foundation of people." Zhou Xin said slowly: "The minister knows that Lu Dao is a capital crime, so he can naturally hide it for a day......

"Since it's a capital offense, what else is there to say?" King Han snorted, turned to the emperor and hugged his fist and said: "Father, since this fang has confessed, then he will be punished canonically to set an example."

"Do you have anything else to say?" Zhu Di's face was a little uncertain, and he asked slowly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." Huang Huai came out of the class and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Han's words are a bit redundant, Zhou Xin did not deny that he was a capital crime, he only denied the relationship with Jianwen Yu, even if the emperor wants to kill him, please remove this crime." ”

Zhu Di said coldly: "Nonsense." I don't know if it's Huang Huai or King Han.

"Again." Huang Huai changed his words and said: "Zhou Xin's own violation of the law and the case he tried are two different things, and they cannot be confused. ”

"Ridiculous, can a criminal try a case be credible? Naturally, the case will have to be retried. "King Han said.

"Well......" Zhu Di nodded slowly, looked at Zhou Xin and said: "Zhou Xin, someone complained that you noticed that the Jinyi Guard was going to find out about you, so you took a risk, privately took the Jinyi Guard's detectives sent by the Decree, and openly snatched the Holy Decree, and your behavior can be described as crazy. Do you recognize this one? ”

Hearing the emperor's words, a trace of joy flashed on the faces of Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi, it seems that Zhou Xin has successfully eliminated, and the suspicion that he is Jianwen's traitor to the party will ask about Hangzhou's case. In this way, the situation is uncertain

Sure enough, Ji Gang's face became extremely ugly......

Zhou Xinchao Zhu Di kowtowed, and said in a deep voice: "Back to the emperor, Jinyi Wei Qianhu Xu Yingxian, aimed at extortion in Hangzhou, robbed the people's daughters, wantonly poisoned the people, the people's anger was boiling, and the paper gathered. After a pause, he said: "Actually, at that time, Zhu Jiu, a thousand households in Jinyiwei, once proposed to the official that as long as I let Xu Ying go first, he would not pull the reverse case on my head, but Weichen refused......"

"Oh?" Zhu Di's eyes froze, and he looked at Ji Gang and said, "Is this the case?" ”

"A bunch of nonsense" Ji Gang said angrily: "Back to the emperor, Jinyi Wei is investigating important cases, whether it is searching or arresting people, it is the meaning of the topic, how can it be said to be extortion?" It's clearly slander."

"Is it extortion, it's not you Commander Ji who has the final say, and it's not me Zhou Xin who has the final say" Facing Ji Gang, Zhou Xin was sharp, and his cold voice swirled in the Wenhua Palace: "Xu Yingxian and his gang are less than a hundred rì in Hangzhou City, and the gold, silver, jade, silk, and golden ticket title deeds that have been looted can be estimated as high as six million taels, as well as those antique calligraphy and paintings, jade pearls that cannot be valued...... All this is well documented, and the emperor will know it at a glance. ”

In addition, the official also picked up more than a dozen corpses from the lotus pond in the backyard of the thousand households, some of which sank only a few days ago, and their faces were clearly recognizable. After a post-mortem examination, each body was subjected to inhuman torture before its death, which was also the cause of their death. Zhou Xin asked Ji Gang: "May I ask Commander Ji, if there is no ghost in his heart, why should he bury people in the lotus pond, shouldn't he inform his family to collect the body?" ”

"After some investigation, the evidence of the crime is piled up, and the ministers have made a register and presented it to the emperor, how does it sound, the emperor doesn't seem to know." Seeing Zhu Di's shocked face, Zhou Xin said in a deep voice.

"The slanderous words of sinners have vainly defiled the Holy Hearing." Ji Gang snorted.

"The ironclad evidence is like a mountain, it is close at hand, Your Majesty only needs to send someone to check whether the minister is lying" Zhou Xin and Ji Gang confronted each other.

Ji Gang was so blocked by his words that he had nothing to say, he became more and more annoyed and ashamed, and reprimanded: "Not to mention whether Xu Yingxian has disturbed the people, it is not something that your local officials can arrest casually. There are also Jinyiwei's thousand households, you dare to order someone to raid without evidence, who gave you bear heart and leopard gall or who instructed you? ”

"I am ordered to investigate this case, it is the Qin Cha" Zhou Xin's eyes shuffled with two sharp lights, and he said word by word: "If someone gives me the guts, it is the emperor If someone instructs me to do this, it is also the emperor."

"I didn't instruct you to raid the Jinyi Wei ......" Listening to Zhou Xin's words, Zhu Di's face was a little weird, and he said coldly: "Your courage is not given by me, it is your own growth." ”

"The emperor said this very much." Ji Gang hurriedly echoed: "Zhou Xin, a little priest, is so lawless, even the emperor's envoy dares to arrest him, if all provinces follow his example, how can the emperor's decree be implemented?" Wouldn't the world be in chaos? On this basis, I will also ask him for the crime of rebellion."

Hearing this, Zhu Di's face changed again, obviously Ji Gang said that his heart was on the road. This emperor has a transcendent spirit, but he is extremely insecure. He was very sensitive to the minister's violation of his authority, and he did not hesitate to shed blood in order to maintain the majesty of imperial power. Ji Gang grasped this point, which made Zhu Di feel a little calmed down just now, and became angry again.

"That's not the truth" Zhou Xin said loudly: "Your Majesty, the officials of Jinyi Wei pretended to be in the name of the emperor, committed murder and evil everywhere, raided good people for no reason, beat innocents, framed loyal ministers, and have long been accused by the subjects of the world. Moreover, if this kind of bad deeds is not swept away in time, in the future, the Jinyi Wei envoys will go out of Beijing to follow this old law, and they will be even more unscrupulous, and sooner or later they will provoke a popular uprising, and I am afraid that the world will really be in chaos at that time."

A few words of advice, loud and clear, Zhu Di turned out to be impeccable, but the anger in his heart became stronger and stronger, Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong glanced at each other, knowing that Lu Dao could not be silent any longer, because Zhou Xin was still guilty of dementia at the critical moment......

Yang Shiqi took a step out of the class and said: "Start the emperor, the minister has something to say." ”

"Speak." Zhu Di said coldly.

"The minister is not clear about what happened in Zhejiang, so he is not qualified to comment on the specific case." Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice: "But listen to the sage's words, 'The people do not obey my ability, but obey my father.'" The public and the people do not dare to be slow, according to the humble opinion of the ministers, as long as the emperor rewards and punishes fairly, the officials and the people will be happy and convinced. By extension, if Zhou Xin's affairs are fair, it will not damage the emperor's authority, but will preserve the emperor's authority. After a pause, he said: "The same is true for Xu Qianhu of Jinyiwei. ”

As soon as this remark came out, tài Zidǎng nodded his head in his heart, worthy of Yang Shiqi, who is worthy of the name of a wise man, this is too level, standing on the emperor's position everywhere, so that the emperor can listen to it, and he does not favor anyone, but just reason. is so impartial, the emperor will not be disgusted. But obviously, Zhou Xin is on the side of reason, and Jin Yiwei is not reasonable, so in the final analysis, he is still speaking for Zhou Xin...

Sure enough, Zhu Di's mood eased a lot when he heard this. It is still a close minister of the Son of Heaven like Yang Shiqi, who understands the emperor's mind better, what the Yongle Emperor cares about the most, in addition to the loyalty of his courtiers, is his own authority. Only when the emperor feels that his authority has not been damaged can there be room for a slow turn.

It's just that Zhu Di's scheming is as deep as the sea, and as a courtier, he can't see any clues from his face. I just heard the emperor say coldly:

"I am busy with national politics, and now I am already on this case, and the delay is too long. That's it for today, take this house down and take care of it. With a wave of his hand, a Jinyi Banner School had already put Zhou Xin on a torture instrument and escorted him to prison.

"Retreat." Zhu Di flicked his sleeves, got up and walked away.

"Your Majesty is respectfully sent to Your Majesty." All the courtiers saluted, and after the emperor left, they got up and left the Wenhua Palace.

The prince was unable to move, so two strong eunuchs stepped forward, helped him slowly get up, and moved towards the palace gate. King Han looked at his brother coldly, and only after a while did he burst out of a sentence: "Beware of the threshold, who is that, hurry up and carry the prince over." "You think he is kind, he is the ugliness of the prince, let people look at the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he can't even cross a threshold.

Although, the threshold of the palace is unusually high.