Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 9 Who set the fire?
  "You kid, you still dare to be so stubborn!" Ren Yangxin was as excited as if he had grabbed a pigtail. Originally, he thought that fifteen sticks were too few, but now that this kid refuses to repent, it would be best to increase his punishment and kill him!
  "I'm so stubborn? It's obvious that you dare not take it seriously! Xiaocui told me before she committed suicide that you used her family as a threat to force her to secretly lock the door while we were fighting the fire. You just want to take advantage of this A chance to get rid of all of us in the Zhang family!"

Zhang Chonghui's words stunned everyone. Everyone looked at me and me, all confused.

"What mess? What Xiaocui? What the hell?" Zhang Cheng looked confused.

Others also shook their heads.

Finally, a guard in Jinyi stood up and said: "Xiao Cui is the slave who committed suicide by cutting her wrists in the Zhang family ancestral hall."

Everyone still looked puzzled and seemed to have no impression of this person. Only Qiu Li, who had been silent for a long time, frowned.

Qiu Li remembered that when Jin Yiwei reported the fire situation, he did mention that a slave had committed suicide by cutting his wrists, and that blood was flowing all over the floor.

It's just that the situation at that time was urgent, and no one would care about the death of this slave.

"Xiao Cui, what else did she tell you?" The person who asked the question was Luo Sigong, who came to watch the show. He found it more and more interesting, especially this little brother, who was full of lies. It was really interesting.

"Xiao Cui said that she was sorry for the kindness our Zhang family had shown her, but she had to betray us for the safety of her family. She also said that even if we were not burned to death, we would eventually starve to death. We would all die anyway, so it would be better to die. happy."

Zhang Chonghui looked straight at Luo Sigong and answered without any panic.

"Then what?" Luo Sigong asked again. He had seen many lies, but this was the first time he saw a child lying so naturally.

Fortunately, he is different from other cruel officials. He will never treat anyone on trial differently based on age. In his eyes, everyone is born to lie, even cute children.

"Xiaocui said she didn't set the fire. She died before I could ask her anything else," Zhang Chonghui replied.

"No more?" Luo Sigong asked again.

Zhang Chonghui shook his head calmly: "No more."

This short conversation seemed to have little content, but it made some people present suspicious of each other.

Especially Zhang Cheng, his first reaction was to look at Qiu Li, who had been silent for a long time.

Everyone knew that Qiu Li had a grudge against Zhang Juzheng. When Zhang Juzheng was in power, someone recommended Qiu Li, who had been dismissed, to Zhang Juzheng, hoping that he would be reinstated because of his integrity.

What is unexpected is that Zhang Juzheng not only did not agree to reuse Qiu Li, but even laughed in public that Qiu Li was a weirdo.

Later, this matter was spread by some interested people, and Qiu Li lost a lot of face because of it. Although this was not a big hatred, in the eyes of the petty Qiu Li, it was not necessarily the case.

After all, not long ago, Qiu Li had promised to kill all Zhang Juzheng's children and grandchildren!

Combined with what Zhang Chonghui said, Zhang Cheng became more and more suspicious that someone among his Jinyi Guards had been bribed by Qiu Li!

At the same time, Qiu Li also noticed Zhang Cheng's suspicious eyes. He was a person who couldn't hide his words, so he asked directly: "Eunuch Zhang, why do you look at me like this? Are you doubting me?"

"Ahem." Zhang Cheng coughed twice in embarrassment: "I didn't say that, I just feel that this matter is a little strange."

"What's weird?" Ren Yangxin jumped up and down speechlessly: "Are you all stupid? What the hell, Xiao Cui! This kid is lying at first sight! Can't you all see such an obvious thing?"

"You know nothing!" Zhang Cheng loudly retorted to Ren Yangxin: "First, they started a fire for no reason, and then the maid cut her wrists and committed suicide for no reason. Aren't these things strange enough?" "That's because they want to burn themselves and are afraid that we will blame them. , This is a deliberate excuse!" Ren Yangxin replied loudly.

Zhang Cheng rolled his eyes: "Even now, do you still think that the Zhang family wants to self-immolate? Who wants to die and has such a strong desire to live?"

Ren Yangxin wanted to refute, but was speechless.

Indeed, the Zhang family's desire to survive was noticed by everyone. When they drank porridge, they wanted to swallow the whole bowl. They did not look like people who wanted to die.

Now that things have happened, whether what Zhang Chonghui said is true or false, Zhang Cheng has doubted the loyalty of his Jin Yiwei.

Zhang Cheng, who fell into suspicion, was already a bit wary. He always felt that even if Jin Yiwei was not bribed by Qiu Li, he might have been bribed by Zhang Juzheng's other enemies!

After all, Zhang Juzheng offended so many people during his lifetime, and there were countless people who wanted his whole family to die!

Zhang Cheng was suspicious of all these points, but the one who made him suspicious the most was actually Luo Sigong.

Because Luo Sigong belongs to Zhang Jing.

Zhang Jing and Zhang Cheng have long been at odds with each other and have been wary of each other for a long time.

Recalling Zhang Jingxiu's death, Zhang Cheng felt more and more something was wrong. Is it reasonable to hang himself under Jin Yiwei's nose?
  Zhang Jingxiu died like this. After he returned, the emperor would definitely blame him for not managing the Jinyiwei on his behalf. By then, he would not have reaped the benefits, and he would still have to bear the blame, and the final power of Dongchang still belonged to Zhang Jing.

First it was Zhang Jingxiu's death, and now someone wanted to use Zhang Cheng's hand to burn all the women and children of the Zhang family. Each of these incidents revealed something strange.

Zhang Cheng seriously suspected that Zhang Jing was afraid that his status would surpass that of the other party after he ransacked the house and committed meritorious deeds, so he ordered Luo Sigong and others in advance to deliberately do these things to harm him!

"So who set the fire?" Zhang Cheng was going crazy now. Looking around at the people around him, he felt that everyone wanted to harm him, especially Luo Sigong.

"It doesn't matter who set the fire! What's important is to deal with this kid quickly!" Ren Yangxin hurriedly interrupted.

"How come it's not important?" Zhang Cheng refused to give up, "It's about the Dongchang Jinyiwei, which means it's about the emperor, how could it not be important!"

The more Zhang Cheng thought about it, the more scared he became, and the brainstorming became more intense. He was even more certain that someone wanted to harm the emperor, and even more people wanted to harm him!

Luo Sigong noticed Zhang Cheng's suspicious eyes, so he had to take the initiative and said: "Eunuch Zhang, this kid is definitely lying. Don't be fooled by his lies."

"Really? But he is only six years old." Zhang Cheng's words were meaningful.

"Do you think children can't lie?" Luo Sigong asked with a frown.

Zhang Cheng did not answer, but turned to look at Yu Shenxing, "Master Yu, what do you think of this matter?"

Yu Shenxing had not spoken out for a long time, and now that Zhang Cheng had dumped the problem on him in order to avoid responsibility, he had no choice but to speak out.

"This matter involves Jin Yiwei and Dongchang and there is no way to investigate it. Excessive pursuit is not a good thing. In my opinion, just think that the child Tong Yanwuji is lying and let the story go."

Yu Shenxing's answer was unexpected by everyone, especially Zhang Cheng. He was waiting for Yu Shenxing to open his mouth and make the matter bigger, so that he could go along with the situation and pull out Zhang Jing who was behind the scenes.

Unexpectedly, Yu Shenxing actually wanted to settle the matter? This is not in line with his style of muddying the waters!
  Seeing that things are going to end like this, some people can't sit still!
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