East Factory Governor

Chapter 417
Zhou Yanru saw that Chongzhen's brows were getting tighter and tighter, and his face was serious, so he knew that his strategy had succeeded.

Hmph, Dong Lin is very powerful, the emperor is about to rectify Dong Lin.So how powerful is Qin Shuhuai?Doesn't the emperor want to punish him?

Since ancient times, there is only one end for those who have surpassed their masters, and that is death!

Chongzhen pondered, freed himself from his thoughts, and then said to Zhou Yanru, "Mr. Zhou Ge, the assassination of the governor by Qin Shaobao, including his collusion with the White Lotus Sect, is of great importance. I will not believe your words alone. You If you have the heart, go and investigate carefully. If you find out the real evidence, I will definitely deal with him according to the law. As for your crime of being dishonest as an official, there is no such thing as a proficiency, so don't bring it up again in the future."

Zhou Yanru was overjoyed, but still had a sad expression.

Said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is now old and frail, and I am afraid that he will occupy the position of the cabinet minister again, which will be a disservice to the emperor! Old minister, please sue the old man, return to his hometown to give lectures, and educate scholars for the emperor."

"I'm not sure what to say, so don't make things difficult for me, Mr. Zhou Ge." Chongzhen said with a sullen face.

Naturally, Zhou Yanru didn't really want to retire from old age and return home.Their civil officials pay attention to this. The courtiers repeatedly asked for resignation, and the emperor repeatedly asked to stay.

So Zhou Yanru choked up and said, "So... the old minister thanked the emperor for his trust. The old minister will devote himself to the emperor and die."

"Mr. Zhou Ge, you are an important minister in the cabinet, and all affairs in the court and in the middle cannot be separated from your management. I hope you can also take care of your health."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern!"

"In addition, regarding the matter of the three parties, you can collect evidence, whether personal or physical evidence, since you want to participate in Qin Shuhuai, you must have evidence, right?" Chongzhen said again.

Zhou Yanru nodded hurriedly and said, "Your majesty is wise! The old minister will send someone to collect evidence, and Qin Shaobao will not be wronged for no reason."

"Okay, then back off."

"I retire!"

Zhou Yanru went out contentedly.

Chongzhen sat back on the dragon chair, took a sip of tea, and said to Sun Chengzong, "Teacher Sun, what do you think?"

Sun Chengzong asked knowingly, "What do you think?"

"Mr. Sun, don't pretend to be confused. I'm asking you about Brother Qin."

Sun Chengzong pondered for a while, and asked, "The emperor really wants Zhou Yanru to find evidence for Qin Shuhuai's assassination of the governor? If he finds it, what will the emperor do?"

Chongzhen said, "Brother Qin and I decided to assassinate the governor of the three sides together. Even if there is evidence, I will make it disappear. However, Brother Qin colluded... Brother Qin has an affair with the White Lotus Sect. I want to know clearly."

Sun Chengzong's mood is very complicated.On the one hand, Qin Shuhuai was recommended to Chongzhen by him, seeing that Qin Shuhuai is so capable and has made great contributions in the past half a year, he is very happy.But on the other hand, Qin Shuhuai has indeed developed too fast now. To put it bluntly, he has already posed a threat to Chongzhen.

It can be said that he loves and fears Qin Shuhuai at the same time.

After being silent for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, maybe Qin Shuhuai has an affair with the White Lotus Sect, or Zhou Yanru is talking nonsense."

"What if it's not nonsense?"

"Then there may be other secrets. In short, it is not appropriate to conclude that he has any disobedient intentions just because he has an affair with the White Lotus Sect. We still have to discuss the matter."

"I also know... If Brother Qin is fine, then I will chill his heart by doing so. That's why I asked Donglin to investigate. Anyway, Donglin and him are mortal enemies, so it doesn't matter how you investigate. If you use If the factory guards go to investigate, brother Qin should know what I mean."

"The emperor is wise. Qin Shuhuai has made great contributions to the emperor, and the emperor should treat him with affection. However, in the face of imperial power, no affection should be sidelined. Now Donglin, Qin Shuhuai, and Dongchang can all affect the court. It depends on the emperor. How to balance it."

What Sun Chengzong meant was to ask Chongzhen to stay in Donglin temporarily in order to suppress Qin Shuhuai.

However, on this point, Chongzhen did not listen to him.

He resolutely said, "Teacher, Donglin is dead! I have decided to scrape the bone to heal the wound, and I will never stop it for any reason. We still need to follow the original plan to deal with Donglin."

Sun Chengzong smiled gratifiedly, "The emperor is becoming more and more decisive now, and the veteran admires him very much."

Chongzhen smiled wryly and remained silent, his brows were full of worries.

Taiyuan City, Governor's Mansion.

Qin Shuhuai fell into a deep sleep, and only woke up at dinner time.

After waking up, he had dinner, and saw Meng Hu come in with a smile.After he was captured as an "assassin", he quickly transformed into a deputy general of the Wuyuan Army.

"Master, guess who we caught in the city?"

"Who? Helian Batai?" Qin Shuhuai asked.Ever since Helian Batai ran away, he had been thinking about it all the time, fearing that this old guy would turn around and cause trouble for him again.

Meng Hu shook his head, "No! It's Wang Hannian! This old boy wants to pretend to be a commoner and get out, but he doesn't want to see the whole city under martial law, and no one can come in and out at will, so he has been wandering around the gate of the city with a burden on his back The brothers guarding the city gate saw him behaving suspiciously, so they arrested him."

"Hehe, this old boy, I almost forgot about him." Qin Shuhuai smiled, and then said, "Bring him in, isn't he very attractive, let me see if he is still attractive."

"okay!"

After Meng Hu went out excitedly, he brought Wang Hannian over like a chicken after a while.

Wang Hannian knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Wang Hannian, I pay my respects to the Imperial Envoy."

Qin Shuhuai chuckled, looked at Wang Hannian, who was dressed in coarse cloth and had a sloppy face, and said, "Master Wang, why did you become like this? You are a dignified doctor in the Ministry of War, and a fifth-rank official. How can you be so disheveled?" ah?"

Wang Hannian's entire face turned pale.

"Return to your lord, I'm an official, I'm an official..." I stammered for a long time, but I couldn't say anything.

"Master Wang, where are you going in such a hurry?"

"Returning to the imperial envoy, the lower officials were so bored that they wanted to go out for a walk."

"Go with a burden on your back?"

"Burden...this..."

"What are you afraid of? You are the one who drove this imperial envoy out of Taiyuan City. Just for this, you Donglin Party members can give you a special letter, right?" Qin Shuhuai said unhurriedly.

Wang Hannian panicked and kowtowed violently.

"Your official is guilty, this official is guilty! I beg you to spare the life of the lower official, please spare my life!"

Qin Shuhuai was disappointed to see him like this.Originally, he thought that Wang Hannian was so conceited that he might give him a headache and scold him generously when he saw him, but he didn't expect to be so frightened.

It's been a long time, and he hasn't seen a Donglin party member with strong bones, which is also disappointing.

This kind of mud has no chew at all, so he doesn't want to talk.

So he said to Meng Hu, "Lao Meng, take him to our Jianghe Gang camp, and let the brothers decide how to deal with him. We were kicked out that day, and I think many brothers wanted to pounce on him and bite him a few times. "

Meng Hu chuckled, "Great, great! I'll drag him to vent my anger on the brothers."

"Keep a low profile. Don't make the city full of wind and rain. After all, you are an official of the imperial court. It is shameful to spread the word." Qin Shuhuai instructed again.

"Understood, understood! Let's just have a heart-to-heart talk with him."

Wang Hannian collapsed to the ground immediately, he knew what would happen if he fell into the hands of those vicious rough men.

"Shao Bao, Shao Bao, please spare your life! Shao Bao, you are a lowly official, oh no, it's the little one who has no eyes, the little one shouldn't offend Shaobao, the little one knows his mistake!"

"Hey, it's too late to realize the mistake now." Meng Hu picked up Wang Hannian again like a chicken, and was about to go out when he saw Hong Chengchou rushing in.

"Shaobao, Hancheng is under siege, and the officials must set off immediately to help Hancheng!"

(End of this chapter)