Zhu Houzhao, the lonely Ming Dynasty, angrily snatched Yan Shenggong at the beginning!

Chapter 5 Let the Thief Catch the Thief, You Are Really Sleek!
The sky was bright and the Confucian Mansion, which had been noisy all night, gradually quieted down.

The female relatives were arranged to go to the back house, and the rest of the family and servants began to prepare for the funeral, the largest number of funerals in the history of the Kong family!

The two Yan Shenggongs of the Kong family also woke up from their coma.

Although I feel sorry for the loss of the treasure and the death of my son, but things have happened, and what should be faced is still to be faced.

Otherwise, you will always fall into sadness, and outsiders will know that it is time to gossip.

"Look at this Kong's family, they are honorable. It's not enough to lose some money and die."

In order not to let outsiders gossip, the Kong family decided to endure their grief and still face life with a smile.

Of course, the most important thing now is not to shed tears, but to let the court pursue the murderer and compensate the Kong family.

If you lose your son, you can regenerate; if you lose your daughter-in-law, you can remarry; if you lose your money, you will lose everything.

"His Royal Highness, this time the Kong family was robbed, and a total of 136 people died. The four sons of Yan Shenggong and the two sons of Mr. Kong Hongxu were also among the victims."

"In addition, 76 people from the Kong family were injured and have been treated by doctors, but some of them are too seriously injured and may not be rescued."

Turning over a page in the notebook in his hand, Yang Tinghe continued to report with a frown: "In addition to casualties, the Kong family's property also suffered heavy losses."

"According to Yan Shenggong's statistics, the loss of silver is estimated at 120 million taels, and the value of other items is 280 million taels. There is also a statue of a saint enshrined by the Kong family for many years, which was also taken away by the gangsters. The estimated value is priceless!"

Sitting at the dining table, Zhu Houzhao, who was served by Liu Jin and others for breakfast, stopped chewing the steamed buns when he heard the loss reported by the Kong family.

If he remembered correctly, the taels they robbed last night were estimated to be around 60 taels.

Those valuable things, Liu Jin and others have also calculated, even if they can be easily sold, the value is at most 100 million, even if it is based on the market price, it will increase by at most [-]%.

Hearing Yang Tinghe's report, if Zhu Houzhao hadn't been watching the whole process of counting yesterday, he would have suspected that Liu Jin and others had embezzled his money.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao sneered in his heart.

As expected of the Confucian family, the bamboo poles have been knocked on the court's head.

If the robbers were caught later and they didn't get back so much money, the imperial court would definitely make some compensation out of respect for the sage Confucius or to appease the Kong family.

It is impossible to give them all, and the court is not being taken advantage of.

But under the instigation of those officials who wanted to flatter the Kong family, it is very possible to pay 1/3, not to mention half.

In this way, apart from the death of more than a dozen members of the Kong family, there was no loss of property.

Maybe there will be no more crying and crying, but my father, who is full of kindness and has the character of a virgin whore, will give some more land.

"Ha ha!"

After thinking about this, Zhu Houzhao felt a little admired in his heart.

The son is dead, and the abacus is still beating so loudly, it is worthy of being Yan Shenggong.

It seems that yesterday's attack was still light, and the two old men should be taken away, leaving only a young seedling for the Kong family.

"Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

After Yang Tinghe finished his report, he didn't receive any response from Zhu Houzhao. He slightly raised his head and saw that the other party was still smiling, so he quickly reminded him.

Yan Shenggong's status is not ordinary. If he loses etiquette in front of him and is told by him, His Royal Highness will be dismissed, and he, the teacher in charge of lectures, will not be able to escape the criticism.

Zhu Houzhao, who was reminded, quickly suppressed the sneer at the corner of his mouth, put on a naive look, scratched his head in doubt, and looked curiously at Kong Hongtai, who lowered his eyebrows and sighed beside me, who looked like I was miserable.

"Yan Shenggong, there is one thing that I don't quite understand, can you please explain it for Gu."

Kong Hongtai naturally would not refuse the prince's question.What's more, he still needs this little guy to help him get some benefits.Answer some questions, resolve the unhappiness of waiting yesterday, maybe the prince is happy, and he will get more compensation if he says a few good words to the emperor for himself.

"His Royal Highness, please ask, I will know everything!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, held the small silver spoon in his hand and put it to his mouth, and looked at Kong Hongtai suspiciously.

"If Gu remembers correctly, you said yesterday that you didn't have any money at home. Why did you lose so much money overnight? I'm curious, where did the money come from?"

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao frowned, ignoring Kong Hongtai's wild expression.

"Or, you see Gu as a child, and you don't pay attention to Gu at all, you are teasing Gu."

What is lore, this is called lore.

Zhu Houzhao's innocent question made Kong Hongtai's body tremble violently.

Damn, it's over.

Just thinking about asking for money, forget about it.

How to answer this, this cannot be answered.

Admitting the money means that he was teasing the prince yesterday, which is deceiving the emperor.

Even if he is Yan Shenggong, it is unforgivable to tease the emperor.

Even if he won't be severely punished because of his status, the emperor's reprimand, the royal family's dislike, and his reputation will definitely drop.

What does the Kong family rely on?

Relying on the admiration of scholars in the world, the name of a saint.

If the news of deceiving and teasing the crown prince got out, the Kong family's reputation would not only plummet, but would also be greatly damaged.

If you don't recognize the money, that won't work either.

Leaving aside the recognition of the money, whether the imperial court will give compensation later.

Blackmailing the court with the help of family disasters will also damage your reputation.

This is really a dilemma, no matter how you answer it, you will not get any benefit, but will cause a lot of trouble, Kong Hongtai, Yan Shenggong, is so anxious that cold sweat breaks out on his forehead.

Sitting secretly at the dining table, biting a spoon, and looking innocently at his prince, Kong Hongtai felt annoyed.

Children are the most annoying thing, why do you just hold on to this little thing?

My house was robbed and my son died. Can you please focus on the key points instead of dwelling on irrelevant issues.

Seeing the atmosphere in the room getting weirder and weirder, the prince's brows became more and more wrinkled.

Kong Hongtai is worthy of being Yan Shenggong, his brain is smart, he covered his chest and shouted, "My son!" and passed out.

Looking at the people rushing to rescue them, Zhu Houzhao curled his lips secretly.

"What an old fox!"

Kong Hongtai passed out, Zhu Houzhao looked at Kong Hongxu who was pretending to be worried.

Kong Hongxu shuddered, and subconsciously wondered if he was going to pass out too.

But seeing the prince's displeased little face, he knew that if he fainted again, he might completely anger the prince.

In addition, in the past few years, he heard that the emperor had plans to restore his identity as Yan Shenggong. If the crown prince was angered today, if he said something bad about him in front of the emperor, then if he wanted to restore his identity, he would I have to wait for the day of my death.

Thinking of the consequences of passing out, Kong Hongxu gritted his teeth and stood up, bowed and knelt on the ground.

"His Royal Highness, please avenge my son!"

He is also smart, he didn't mention money, and directly asked the prince to find the bandit and avenge his son.

He doesn't care about money or not.

Anyway, now the family is the second in charge. Both of his sons are dead. Although there are grandsons, there are not many places to use the money, so it doesn't matter whether the money can be brought back. The most important thing is to restore one's title.

As long as he regains his identity, his grandson will have a chance to compete for Duke Yansheng in the future, and the position will not fall to the second child's family.

Zhu Houzhao stared at the kneeling old man, snorted softly, and stopped talking about money.

He is still young and fledgling. When doing things, he can't force people to death. The rabbit bites people when it is anxious.

The current Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty of the Yongle period. The civil servants have already covered the sky with half of their hands, not to mention controlling the government.

The guys who play with pens are pushed into a hurry, they really dare to do it.

Although he has already learned how to swim, Baoqi and these bastards use other methods.

For example, poisoning, or finding a plump nanny to suffocate himself to death.

He has no cheats and no system, and there are no gods, ghosts, ghosts in this world, and he really has nothing when he dies.

Thinking that after his death, all the beauties, delicious food, and fun, including his throne, would fall into the hands of that guy Zhu Houcong, Zhu Houzhao felt that it was nothing to wait for it.

Ignoring the old guy and looking at Yang Tinghe, Zhu Houzhao began to make a final summary:

"The Kong family encountered bandits, and the surrounding local state government offices are all guilty of negligence."

As soon as this remark came out, several prefects and county magistrates who rushed over were so frightened that their bodies trembled, and they knelt on the ground to apologize.

Zhu Houzhao ignored them, and continued: "These gangsters can escape so easily, I doubt that there are people from them in the local yamen. In addition, after the Kong family is a saint, the local yamen has no right to handle such a big event. But the imperial court Bian can't come for a while, and if the time delays for too long, the culprits may escape without a trace."

"That's why I suggest that investigators be selected on the spot to hunt down the bandits and avenge the grievances of those who died tragically in the Kong family."

"His Highness Shengming!"

Yang Tinghe naturally agreed with Zhu Houzhao's proposal.

Although there was a trace of suspicion in his heart, but in case something went wrong, so investigate first and then talk about it later.

"Your Highness, I think..."

Having made up his mind, when Yang Tinghe was about to stand up and recommend himself, Zhu Houzhao ignored him and said to Zhang Yongdao who was standing aside with a knife:
"Zhang Yong obeys orders!"

Zhang Yong, who had been waiting for the arrangement for a long time, strode forward and knelt down on one knee.

"The servant is here!"

"Gu appoints you as the person in charge of the affairs of the Kong family. You must arrest the bandits as quickly as possible, give justice to the tragic death of the Kong family, and give a perfect explanation to the officials of the world."

After saying this, he glanced at Yang Tinghe and several magistrates kneeling on the ground, took out a gold medal and handed it to Zhang Yong.

"This is the gold medal bestowed by my father, and I have the right to execute it later. Anyone who obstructs the handling of the case will be killed without mercy!"

Zhang Yong's body trembled with excitement, and he knelt down to receive the gold medal with both hands.

"Slave order!"

Yang Tinghe, who was ignored by Zhu Houzhao, was dumbfounded.

In his heart, he suspected that it was Zhu Houzhao who did it.

He wanted to investigate by himself to find out whether it was related to Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao ignored him at all, and came up with an operation to let the thief catch the thief.

Damn, if his suspicions come true and Zhang Yongneng finds out what's going on, then there's nothing wrong with it.

(End of this chapter)