The relatives and servants of the Wang family were all imprisoned in the wing courtyard, and Zhang Yan, Zuo Chengmu, and Cheng Yuqian occupied the front courtyard of the palace for interrogation and discussion.

Wang Chao is too spineless, and he will reveal everything as soon as he is tortured.

Before Yu Xinyuan and Cheng Yuqian arrived, Wang Chao intersected him with Chen Ruyi, and persuaded Wang Tian and Yu Xinyuan to promote Xie Chaozhong's leading of the army with the Hubu Qianzhuang case, and married Chen Ruyi, and because of the defeat of the Huizhou army, he coerced the thieves to extravagant Feihu and Han Bin, and cooperated with the extravagant family to make waves in Jiangning City, and deceived Emperor Yongxing to abandon Jiangning and flee westward.

The guards guarding the outside reported that Yu Xinyuan and Chu Wang Yuanhancheng had come over, Zhang Yan, Zuo Chengmu, and Cheng Yuqian glanced at each other, Wang Tian was sick in bed, he was already a toothless tiger, Yu Xinyuan was lonely, and it didn't affect the overall situation, it was true that they could put the responsibility for the defeat of Huizhou and the emperor's abandonment of the capital and westward flight to Yu Xinyuan, Wang Xueshan, and Wang Tian, but what good did it do to the three of them?

"Do you want Lord Yu to go back and rest first, and ask Lord Chu to come in and discuss one or two?" Zhang Yan said.

Zuo Chengmu nodded with Cheng Yuqian quietly.

Zhang Yan, Zuo Chengmu, and Cheng Yuqian avoided it, but just asked Yu Xinyuan to avoid this matter - the chill in Yu Xinyuan's heart instantly went from the top of his head to the soles of his feet - saying that he was sending someone to escort him back to his residence, but he was actually imprisoned, he was in the nest at this time, but he didn't have the ability to join forces with Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian, and Zuo Chengmu, and he didn't have the capital to fight at all.

Yu Xinyuan just said to Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu: "Sacrificing me will not benefit you at all!" ”

Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng didn't know the details, but the assassin was sent by Wang Xueshan, and at this time, Zhang Yan, Zuo Chengmu, and Cheng Yuqian wanted Yu Xinyuan to avoid it, and he couldn't give Yu Xinyuan any promise immediately, but said: "Lord Yu is also frightened, so let's go back to the residence to rest first...... " and left Yu Xinyuan there, and went into the room to see Zhang Yan, Zuo Chengmu, and Cheng Yuqian.

"What the hell happened, if the assassin was sent by Wang Xueshan, what could Lord Yu not trust?" With so many things happening in one day, Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng also lost his patience, walked into the lobby, saw that there were no outsiders here, and opened his mouth to ask directly.

"Wang Xueshan bought ...... luxury family early," Zhang Yan told the King of Chu one by one.

Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng was stunned for a long time and did not come back to his senses, and said in surprise: "Wang Xueshan is a household scholar, but he is coerced by a simple trick to follow the thief? ”

"Fear!" Zhang Yan gently spit out a word.

This word also seemed to fall on the heart of Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu - Wang Xueshan is not afraid of luxury families, but afraid of Huaidong! Emperor Yongxing made a mistake in the early days, insisting on asking Xie Chaozhong to lead the troops until he finally lost his mind and abandoned Jiangning, in the final analysis, he was also afraid of Huaidong!

I was really afraid of something, and in the end everything fell into Huaidong's troubles.

Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu, sat on the frozen high-backed chair and was speechless for a long time.

"Lord Chu, how is Liu Zhi over there?" Zuo Chengmu said.

"The pulse is still there, but I haven't woken up from a coma, whether I can get through it depends on the will of God?" Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng said.

"Even if Liu Zhi is dead, the evidence that Wang Xueshan's father and son are thieves and assassins is conclusive, and they also have an explanation for Huaidong," Zhang Yan said, "But where is the matter going to go, can the prince of Chu give us an idea?" ”

Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng looked at Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian, and Zuo Chengmu, his mind was spinning rapidly, even if he didn't poke out the Hubu Qianzhuang case, protect Wang Tian and Yu Xinyuan, and plant the responsibility for the defeat of Huizhou and Emperor Yongxing's westward escape on Wang Xueshan, it was enough. Even if Wang Tian and Yu Xinyuan were handed over to Huaidong for disposal, Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian, and Zuo Chengmu would not get substantial benefits, on the contrary, they would weaken the power that they could fight against Huaidong after returning to Jiangning......

Of course, Liu Zhi's life and death are unknown, they can't kill Wang Xueshan and his son, and escort them to Jiangning for trial, and the Hubu Qianzhuang case will be spit out through the mouths of Wang Xueshan and his son.

The officials moved west with the emperor, and the documents and archives of the household department were moved in and burned to the ground if they could be moved, and the empirical evidence of the Qianzhuang case in the household department could be completely destroyed, and when the time came, it was completely possible to use the excuse that "Wang Xueshan's father and son were about to die and bite people indiscriminately to disrupt national politics......

Yuan Hancheng said: "After the emperor returned to Jiangning, you and others competed with Huaidong, and they were not inside outside, so as to protect Lord Yu and Lord Wang, it would be beneficial to everyone and harmless. Although Lord Wang is lying on the couch at this time, he should also understand people......" He said this, but his eyes looked at Zuo Chengmu.

Among these people, Zuo Chengmu and Huaidong have the least grievances, and in fact, from the beginning of Xie Chaozhong's leading of the troops to the time Emperor Yongxing abandoned the capital and fled westward, Zuo Chengmu tried his best to oppose it - if Zuo Chengmu surrendered his identity and bowed to Huaidong, maybe the end would be better than everyone else.

"What Lord Chu said is reasonable," Zuo Chengmu said quietly, "Lord Yu and Lord Wang are not very wrong, they really can't be handed over to Huaidong to bully; And if the imperial family can be revived in the future, it will have to rely on Huaixi and Jiangzhou troops, and the household department will be completely destroyed, and the household department will still have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and there is really no need to transport it back to Jiangning......"

Yuan Hancheng, Zhang Yan, and Cheng Yuqian are all eyeing each other, and Zuo Chengmu can't do it if he doesn't want to jump on the thief ship.

Yuan Hancheng said something like "outside is not inside", and his intention is also obvious.

With the emperor fled west, there was a shortage of grain and grass, but there would be no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry, when fleeing west, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Inner Government and the Jiangning Mansion were all emptied, and when the accompanying officials fled west, they also took the gold and silver that they could bring on the soft belt, which was the house at their feet, Wang Xueshan took the silver that escaped from Jiangning in a hurry, and there were more than 200,000 taels.

Zhang Yan and Cheng Yuqian are both greedy for money, but they are even more greedy for power - without power, the more property they have, the more they wash the fish and meat to be slaughtered. As long as they keep their power, they will get more or less than ten or two hundred thousand taels of silver, and they will not be in their eyes.

But these silvers are particularly critical to the embarrassment of the Huaixi and Jiangzhou armies at this time, and they can increase their strength and have more confidence to confront Huaidong.

Yuan Hancheng couldn't understand what he was thinking, and Zuo Chengmu simply helped him say it, as a sign that he jumped on their thief ship—and only in this way could he keep his peace.

Zhang Yan said: "At the beginning, the household department invested 500,000 taels of silver, and in the blink of an eye, it was completely lost, and naturally there were no accounts to check at this time, Wang Xueshan copied out more than 200,000 taels of silver, and tens of thousands of taels of silver were to be taken out to deal with Jiangning, deducting 200,000 taels of silver, and there was a gap of 300,000 taels of silver, Lord Yu and Lord Wang must also be willing to fill in the ......."

Yuan Hancheng was overjoyed and said, "Lord Zhang is loyal to the imperial family!" ”

Zhang Yan smiled, a little bitter, he also admired Lin Bin, but since Tang Haoxin died, he would inevitably stand on the opposite side of Huaidong - only the stronger the strength of Huaixi and Jiangzhou Army, Jingxiang and Xiangtan, the more secure they would be after returning to Jiangning.

The Chen family, represented by Chen Huazhang and Chen Huawen, has long had a good relationship with Huaidong, and at this time, they can still keep their roots; Zhang Yan is a eunuch, there is no clan power and township party to rely on, if he gives up resistance to Huaidong, it will be a good ending to be degraded and die in a foreign land.

Zhang Yan understands the cruelty of official fighting better than anyone else.

After negotiating here, he immediately sent someone to invite Yu Xinyuan to come, and sent someone to invite Wang Tian, who was sick in bed, to come over.

Yu Xinyuan went back and felt as cold as water, and then came over and heard that there was a turning point, as long as he took out 150,000 taels of silver, he would completely tie up a boat with Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian, and Zuo Chengmu.

Wang Tian was bedridden, and he was also carried over by his two sons on the sickbed to discuss matters. Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng and Liu Zhilai did not inform him about the matter of living in the nest, and suddenly told him so many things, Wang Tian was difficult to digest for a while, and he lost his spirit for a long time.

After the matter was negotiated, Yu Xinyuan asked, "Should the Holy Lord know about this matter?" ”

"Yes!" Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng said.

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Since slashing and killing the palace maid with a blade, Emperor Yongxing has stayed in the room to recuperate, and the harem concubines and the two young princes are afraid to come and serve.

Fortunately, Zhang Yan and other ministers who followed the marquis were in charge, Emperor Yongxing lost his temper, and the eunuchs and palace maids also had the courage to ignore it, but Xiao Yi waited and didn't let Emperor Yongxing hurt himself.

A few days passed, and the mania and resentment in Emperor Yongxing's heart were forcibly suppressed, but his body became weaker and weaker, and he picked up the bronze mirror to look at it, almost thinking that it was another person, his cheeks were sunken, his long hair was messy and yellow, and his eyes were bloodshot, and he was wheezing when he sat there, as if he was terminally ill.

"King Chu, Cheng Xiang, Zuo Xiang, Lord Zhang, Lord Yu and other adults are asking to see outside the palace...... Huang Menlang walked in and said, this is the most spacious room in the Yahou Mansion in Juchao County, but it is far from being compared with the palace in the imperial city, Huangmenlang is used to calling it "Palace".

"King Chu, Lord Yu," Yuan Jianwu replied suspiciously, his head was splitting, he was a little confused for a while, and then he thought about it again, "Is Yu Xinyuan back?" ”

"It's Lord Yu Xinyuan, Lord Yu and Prince Chu have come back from Shouzhou!" Huang Menlang was instructed by Zhang Yan, and Xiao Yi replied.

"My Uncle Chu is also here," Yuan Jianwu laughed, "I said that Huaixi is my loyal ministers, and they will definitely protect me, when will Dong Yuan lead his troops to recapture Jiangning for me and wipe out those rebellious ministers and traitors?" Laughing and trying to stand up, he only felt that his body was shaking very much, Huang Men Ling hurriedly came over to help him, Yuan Jianwu said: "Quickly call the ministers in, I still have to discuss the plan with the ministers......"

The house is not deep, Zhang Yan and others listened to the movement inside in the courtyard, looked at each other, all smiled bitterly, stiffly walked inside, kowtowed and said goodbye, everyone else was silent, and Zhang Yan played: "The ministers have something important to tell the emperor to know......"

"If there is any good news, say it quickly, say it quickly......" Yuan Jianwu got up, sat on the bed board with his waist bowed, asked Zhang Yan to flatten them, and asked the inner attendant to move chairs to give seats to the ministers. Huang Men Ling looked embarrassed and embarrassed, but he still turned his head and walked out first.

Grain and charcoal are all necessities. Zhang Yan and the others naturally knew that there was no chair to stand up, so they still insisted on kneeling there, refusing to stand up, and said: "The ministers have found out that Wang Xueshan, the head of the household, colluded with the traitors of the luxury family before the war, and his son Wang Chao accepted the concubine Chen Ruyi, who was the eyeliner of the luxury family in Jiangning; Xie Chaozhong led the troops and instigated the emperor to leave Jiangning to patrol Luzhou, all of which were tricks by Wang Xueshan's extravagant rebellion...... was deceived by the traitor, and the ministers did not notice it, so that the emperor fell to this, please ask the emperor to punish the crime of not seeing the ministers! ”

"What!" Yuan Jianwu's heart was like being hammered, and he sat on the bed in a daze for a long time, muttering to himself repeatedly, "How can Wang Qing be negative, how can Wang Qing be negative?" How could Wang Qing be defeated? This repeated dozens of times, his eyes became vicious again, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The Wang family is deeply favored by the emperor, and it is unexpectedly unbearable, and it is too late to cause me to lose the great rivers and mountains!" The whole family, no, the three clans were all executed! ”

Zhang Yan looked at the emperor and seemed to have regained some of his senses, lowered his head and glanced at Yuan Han on the left, thinking that the emperor could put all the responsibility for failure on Wang Xueshan's head, and his heart would probably be more relaxed, no longer irritable, he could recover his senses, and everything would be more convenient.