My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 907 The official seal is lost again

Hu Xi lost his official seal again. It was only a month since he lost his official seal last time.

During this month, Zhu Qizhen finally came out of the grief of the death of Empress Dowager Zhang and began to deal with government affairs.

But Zhu Qizhen is not very interested in government affairs. In the past, when the Empress Dowager Zhang was alive, he would still pretend, but now that the Empress Dowager Zhang is gone, he doesn't even bother to pretend. Many things are directly left to Wang Zhen, the most trusted person. deal with.

Even during the morning court, Zhu Qizhen asked Wang Zhen to stand by his side, asked Wang Zhen's opinion on everything, and even let Wang Zhen make decisions directly.

What was even more unexpected was that Wang Zhen actually sent someone to take down the iron sign that Zhu Yuanzhang had hung on the palace gate prohibiting eunuchs from intervening in politics. All the officials dared not speak out about this.

Just when Wang Zhen's power was rising step by step, Hu Hui lost his official seal again, and he lost it in the Hubu Yamen.

This time Hu Xi did not report to the official, but went directly to the palace to confess to Zhu Qizhen.

Even a fool can see this. It's obvious that someone is targeting Hu Hui. After all, losing his official seal once may be an accident, but losing his official seal twice in a month means someone must be doing something secretly.

But Zhu Qizhen turned a blind eye to this, and instead became furious, because in his opinion, he had already given Hu Hui a chance when he lost his official seal before, but the other party did not take it and instead lost his official seal again. It was simply It is a provocation to oneself.

At this time, Wang Zhen instigated a group of officials who had taken refuge with him to write letters of impeachment against Hu Hui. Finally, Zhu Qizhen issued an order to imprison Hu Hui to await punishment.

Of course, during this period, some officials also wrote letters to plead for Hu Hui, but these people were quickly retaliated by Wang Zhen and were either demoted or dismissed.

Faced with this situation, no one in the court finally dared to speak for Hu Hui, and Hu Hui was about to be questioned.

However, at this critical moment, Hu Xi's official seal was found. It was stolen by a clerk from the Ministry of Revenue. This finally proved Hu Xi's innocence, so Zhu Qizhen had to issue an order to release Hu Xi from prison.

"Father, you are suffering!"

As soon as Hu Xi walked out of the gate of the imperial prison, he saw his son Hu Changning stepping forward to greet him with a face of joy.

"How are you at home? Nothing happened?"

Hu Xi looked very calm and said that although he was arrested and imprisoned, he did not suffer any grievances. Instead, he was entertained with delicious food and drinks. Except that the environment in the cell was a bit worse, everything else was no different from the outside. .

"Everything is fine at home, but I am worried about you. I originally wanted to ask someone to take care of it, but thinking of your previous instructions, I can only endure it. Fortunately, you are a lucky person and the lost official seal has finally been found!"

When Hu Changning said the last words, he also had a look of fear on his face. If the official seal hadn't been found in time, the Hu family would have really been in trouble.

"You performed well this time. You can finally calm down. Let's go home!"

Hu Xi did not tell his son the inside story of this matter. It was not that he did not believe Hu Changning, but that the fewer people knew about some things, the better. Especially since he was in a high position now, if people knew that he had a private connection with the big man , even just a little bit of news is enough to ruin his reputation.

On the night when Hu Hui was released from prison, the mysterious Mr. Jin came to visit Hu's house again, and Hu Hui met him in person in the study.

"Mr. Hu, are you satisfied with what we did this time?"

When Mr. Jin saw Hu Hui, he immediately asked him with a smile.

"Sure enough, Mr. Jin has great powers. He found the real culprit who stole the official seal in such a short period of time. But I am very curious, how did you know that it was the scribe who stole the official seal?"

Hu Xi leaned forward and asked curiously. In response to Hu Hui's inquiry, Mr. Jin hesitated for a moment and finally replied: "Actually, it's nothing. It's just that when His Majesty was still the prince, we had already noticed the prince, so we also placed some informants around him."

"You...you actually have spies in the palace!"

Hu Hui was also shocked when he heard this. Although he had known that Mr. Jin had great hands and eyes, he was still very surprised when he learned that the other party not only had spies in the palace, but also noticed Wang Zhen. Is this the difference between the Ming Dynasty and the Han Dynasty?

"Mr. Hu, we have taken care of your business, our business..."

Mr. Jin did not want to explain more, but returned to the topic again.

"Don't worry about this. Since I promised you back then, I will never break my promise. I will definitely help you with your matter!"

Hu Hui immediately promised that since the last time he asked Mr. Jin for help, he had already boarded the other party's pirate ship, so he had no other choice but to follow the other party all the way to the dark side.

"Hu Gong is such a trustworthy person. We have a happy cooperation this time. I believe we will have other opportunities to cooperate in the future!"

Mr. Jin laughed and stood up to leave.

But at this moment, Hu Hu suddenly stopped the other party and said: "Mr. Jin, there is something I want to cooperate with you now!"

"Oh? Is there something Mr. Hu wants to cooperate with?"

Mr. Jin raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and immediately asked with a very interested expression.

"I want to get rid of Wang Zhen. I wonder if Mr. Jin can do it?"

Hu Xi's face turned cold at this time, and his tone became a little cold.

Wang Zhen's existence has seriously threatened the country of Ming Dynasty. Especially during the period when Hu Hui was arrested, Wang Zhen has been cutting off dissidents. Anyone who dares to say anything bad about Wang Zhen will immediately suffer his revenge. .

This also caused everyone in the court to feel insecure, and even the censor did not dare to speak. After all, there were only a few people who were not afraid of death, and they had been eliminated by Wang Zhen before. The remaining people either bowed to Wang Zhen or They are the cronies installed by Wang Zhen.

Even Hu Hui, a veteran of three dynasties, was almost accused, let alone other people. Therefore, whether it was public or private, Hu Hui wanted to get rid of Wang Zhen as soon as possible.

"This……"

Mr. Jin looked embarrassed when he heard Hu Hui's words. After a while, he raised his head and stared at Hu Hui.

"Hu Gong, let's not talk about whether we have the ability to get rid of Wang Zhen. Even if we do, what can you give us in exchange for it, Hu Gong?"

"I……"

Hu Bi was speechless when he heard this. Indeed, even if the other party had the ability to get rid of Wang Zhen, he could not afford the price to make the other party interested.

"Hu Gong, I advise you to give up this idea. Wang Zhen has matured and matured. Behind him is His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty supporting him. You can say that he is the emperor. If you don't want to get burned, you'd better Lower your head to the other party, otherwise you will not be able to stay in this Ming court!"

Mr. Jin saw that Hu Hui was silent, so he kindly persuaded him.

(End of this chapter)