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Chapter 25 The extremely stingy Zhou Kui, skinned and executed!

"The veteran is terrified and doesn't know what he has committed."

Zhou Kui trembled when he heard the words, bowed down to the ground tremblingly, and kowtowed to Zhu Houcong, looking like an innocent old man: "Since the daughter of the old minister married into the royal family, the old minister has been praying for His Majesty and Ming Dynasty day and night, and he has been devoting himself to it. I dare not be careless."

After all, Zhou Kui wept bitterly, as if he had vented all his grievances for decades, and wept like rain.

It seems that Zhu Houcong seems to be a tyrant who oppresses Zhongliang, which is enough to arouse the anger of both people and gods.

Zhu Cihong on the side couldn't bear it, and was about to plead for his grandfather, but Zhu Yuanzhang grabbed Zhu Cihong and smiled, like an old farmer who had finished plowing the field, pulling Zhu Cihong with a smile: "Don't worry, baby, let's see how Jiajing handles it."

Treating the members of the Zhu family, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have the decisive emperor's coercion at all. Instead, he was like an ordinary old farmer, making people unconsciously want to get close.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang, it can be said that he believes in Zhu Houcong's offspring so much that he is even thinking about whether to go back to worship Taoist gods or not.

Seeing Zhou Kui put on such a posture, Zhu Houcong sneered.

It would be fine if he didn't know what kind of beast Zhou Kui was this week, but coincidentally, Zhu Houcong happened to know Zhou Kui!
After all, throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, who didn't know that Zhou Kui, the father-in-law, was as rich as an enemy?

This week Kui relied on being a relative of the emperor, acting recklessly, searching for the people's fat and anointing everywhere, and colluding with the officials, it can be said that he is rich and rich!
But when Daming was about to die, and when the trespassers approached the city, the father-in-law of the country pretended to be stupid, saying that he had no money.In the end, under the scolding of his daughter Queen Zhou, he donated 5000 taels.

Empress Zhou couldn't stand it anymore, so she sold the jewelry and prepared 5000 taels of silver. She wanted Zhou Kui to donate it so she wouldn't lose face, but when faced with the money, Zhou Kui was greedy for another 2000 taels, and only handed in 3000 taels...

Zhu Houcong's eyes were cold, and he scolded Zhou Kui in a cold voice: "I heard that you, Zhou Kui, are corrupt and have embezzled a lot of money. The officials in the capital are scrambling to bribe you, the head of the country, hoping to say a few good words in front of Chongzhen. It can be said that wealth is incomparable to a country, but when the country is in crisis, why did you only give so much money?"

"It's wrong, Your Majesty!"

Without hesitation, Zhou Kui prostrated himself on the ground, and continued to cry bitterly, until the snot covered his beards, making them even more miserable: "Your Majesty, I pray for my great Ming country day and night. Every time I collect donations, I must do my best to raise donations. Since the sixth year of Chongzhen, I have donated no less than 800 taels of silver every year, and there is only a living surplus in the family! There must be children behind my back, please show me, Your Majesty!"

Zhou Kui's performance is nothing short of wonderful.

He was originally a rascal in the capital city, lucky enough to give birth to a daughter as beautiful as a flower, and then hooked up with Chen Renxi from Donglin, and then sent his daughter to the palace. The daughter became a queen, and he also ascended to heaven, becoming the head of the country Jiadingbo.

Although Zhou Kui was terrified and weeping constantly for the scolding of Emperor Jiajing in front of him, he had no fear in his heart.

There is no other reason, because he is the father of the empress of the current dynasty and the head of the current Ming Dynasty!
The relatives of the emperor, even the emperor, must pay attention to the face of the Tian family!
This is why Zhou Kui is confident.

Zhu Cihong, who was on the side, also spoke kind words for Zhou Kui: "Grandpa Jiajing, maybe there is a treacherous villain who is gossiping behind his back, so you have heard it. Although my grandfather loves money, he should not be able to do such a corrupt thing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang, on the other hand, knew Zhu Houcong very well, and naturally knew that if he was simply greedy for ink, he would have already ransacked his home and asked him to kill him, so he asked calmly, "Houcong, what did this person do?"

Zhu Houcong took a deep breath, and said in a cold voice: "If I hadn't waited for you, before Chongzhen hanged himself, the crown prince Zhu Cihong had entrusted this person and Duke Cheng Zhu Chunchen to entrust him. As a result, Chongzhen had hanged himself just now, and this person and Zhu Chunchen had dedicated the prince Zhu Cihong to Li Zicheng!"

Hearing this sentence, Zhu Yuanzhang was very surprised!
And Zhu Cihong's expression couldn't help but change.

If there were no Taizu, Chengzu and Sejong, father would hang himself to death!

Zhu Cihong's heart was shocked, but then, a great anger rose in Zhu Cihong's heart: the one who sacrificed his orphan turned out to be his very trusted grandfather!
Zhu Cihong felt very indignant. The Duke of Cheng, Zhu Chunchen, was unfamiliar with Zhu Cihong, but his grandfather, Zhou Kui, had met Zhu Cihong several times. Zhu Cihong treated him as if he were his own family, like a folk relative to his grandfather, but he did not expect that this grandfather was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he dedicated himself to Li Zicheng!

Regarding Zhu Houcong's words, Zhu Cihong did not have any doubts, and absolutely believed that what Zhu Houcong said was golden words and true things.

When he first learned about the manifestations of Emperor Taizu, Emperor Chengzu and Emperor Sejong, Zhu Cihong only thought that his father might be insane, just like Song Qinzong in the Song Dynasty, who was superstitious about the art of spreading beans into soldiers, but he didn't expect that the Great Tomorrow Soldiers would actually descend from the sky to put down the rebellion!
How could one not be convinced by such a miracle?

After all, when things have come to such a point, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Daming will no longer believe in the saying that 'I am invincible tomorrow'.

"Later, after he surrendered to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng asked these second ministers to donate money to help them pay. Zhou Kui was very stingy and stingy. In the end, the thieves forced his family to commit suicide. Zhou Kui was still unwilling to give out a tael of silver! Later, Li Zicheng personally interrogated Zhou Kui and beat him to death with a leather whip. He had no choice but to take Li Zicheng home and take out the silver hidden in the cellar!"

Zhu Houcong took a deep breath, his eyes filled with disgust.

Extremely stingy, for Zhou Kui, apart from his own life, I am afraid that no one is more important than silver!

"This person should be killed!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were also full of killing intent.

Regardless of corruption, just bringing the prince to surrender Li Zicheng should be cut into pieces!
And Zhou Kui, who was kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly, sat on the ground for a while after hearing Zhu Houcong's words, and stopped crying, dumbfounded.

Emperor Jiajing, how did he know what he was thinking? !
Zhou Kui's heart seemed to be filled with turbulent waves. He was indeed ready to kidnap the prince and surrender to Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng was beaten away before he had time to do it?Therefore, Zhou Kui thought that this matter would be rotten in his heart forever, but Emperor Jiajing said it out!
Not only that, but he even told his ending!

This incident made Zhou Kui feel absurd, but also terrified.

Because his silver is really hidden in the cellar of the manor as Zhu Houcong said!

Zhu Houcong didn't bother to say anything more to this brazen father-in-law, and immediately waved his hands: "Come here, search all Zhou Kui's family assets, and according to the law of this dynasty, punish Zhou Kui by skinning and death!"

Hearing this sentence, Zhou Kui's heart stopped suddenly, and before he had a nervous breakdown, a hurried voice came from not far away: "Grandpa Taizu, Lord Shizong, you two, please hold your hand!"

After hearing the voice of the visitor, Zhou Kui became energetic in an instant, and immediately bowed in the direction of the visitor with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, save me, Your Majesty, save me!"

The person who came was Zhu Youjian, Emperor Chongzhen.

(End of this chapter)