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

Chapter 98 Luo Sigong’s betrayal! A desperate counterattack! Counterattack an army!
  In Fusi, Beizhen.

"Rumo, you..."

"Don't call me that!"

"Okay, Shen Yuanfu, okay?"

"No! I don't want to say another word to you! I have been admitted to the imperial examination twice! I am the number one scholar! I am a disciple of the emperor! I didn't expect that I would be upright and upright all my life, but now I am put in prison by this little boy! You are so stupid! Wait! I'm out! I will teach you a lesson for your grandfather!"

"But it's been two or three days. Why don't you eat something? You said you are quite old. Can you really survive until the day you are released from prison without eating or drinking? Don't let me do it then. Come and collect the body for you."

"you!!"

"Okay, old man, stop making trouble and eat something quickly."

"..."

Zhang Chonghui was munching on a chicken leg through the wooden fence, while he was "persuading rice" to the "inmate" Shen Shixing in the next room.

At the same time, in the execution room diagonally opposite not far away, a prisoner was suffering a brutal punishment, and the miserable cries of "Ahhhhh" could be heard endlessly.

In addition to the ear-piercing cries, bursts of blood mixed with the stench of decay can be heard in the air from time to time.

This feeling and scene are truly indescribable.

Shen Shixing, a scholar who was educated by sages and sages, had returned to such a bad environment for the first time in his entire life.

But in this situation that made his scalp numb and made him feel nauseous, Zhang Chonghui in the next room was still trying to persuade him to eat!

Looking at Zhang Chonghui again, I saw that he seemed to have lost his sense of smell and hearing. In such a terrible environment, I can still enjoy delicious food!

"What are you looking at me for? Eat!" As he spoke, Zhang Chonghui pointed at the basket of food placed in front of Shen Shixing and said seriously: "It took me a lot of effort to force Luo Sigong to give us extra food. Here’s the meat meal.”

"Ahhh!! I really don't know anything!!"

The tortured person diagonally opposite was still screaming loudly, and the smell in the air suddenly became stronger.

When Shen Shixing felt like he was going to feel sick, he couldn't help but say to Zhang Chonghui:
  "You are really hungry!"

This time, Zhang Chonghui stopped trying to persuade him, but his eyes became heavy and he sighed: "If you have experienced the house raid seven years ago, you will know that people will starve to death if they are hungry."

As soon as these words came out, Shen Shixing fell silent...

Shen Shixing knew about the house raid seven years ago, in the twelfth year of Wanli, when more than a dozen members of the Zhang family starved to death.

Precisely because of knowing this, Shen Shixing couldn't help but feel guilty. The original anger turned into shame at this moment. He turned away and whispered, "Sorry."

"Ah?" Zhang Chonghui seemed not to hear clearly and asked again: "What did you just say?"

"I didn't say anything. You heard me wrong." Shen Shixing opened his face further. Seeing that Zhang Chonghui wanted to ask him again, he simply grabbed the topic and asked:

"Speaking of the house raid seven years ago, and the burning of the ancestral hall, was it really your own idea?"

"Huh?" Zhang Chonghui looked strange and asked, "Shen Yuanfu, didn't you instruct me to do it?"

"You son of a bitch!? Stop talking nonsense! What happened now! How dare you still talk nonsense!"

Shen Shixing also didn't expect that at this time, Zhang Chonghui was still throwing dirty water on him!

This is because he wants to take him 'downstairs' to see Zhang Juzheng before he is willing to give up!

The most important thing is that they are currently in a prison full of 'eyes'!

In other words, every word they said and every action they made would be reported to His Majesty the Emperor!
  Shen Shixing couldn't help but warned Zhang Chonghui in a low voice: "Even if you want to seek death, you don't seek death like this!"

Zhang Chonghui was completely indifferent and said with a smile: "Who said I want to die?"

"Then you..." Shen Shixing was about to ask something.

But just then, someone came!

I saw several Jinyi guards opening the door of Zhang Chonghui's cell, as if they were going to take Zhang Chonghui for torture and interrogation!

When Shen Shixing saw this, he immediately became nervous and said hurriedly: "What are you going to do? He is only thirteen years old! Do you torture him because you want the emperor to be criticized by the world!?"

No one paid any attention to Shen Shixing, not even Zhang Chonghui who was taken away said a word.

Because Zhang Chonghui knew that this was not to be tortured, but to 'negotiate'.

……

Under the guidance of Jin Yiwei, Zhang Chonghui was taken to a very quiet secret room.

Just when he was wondering why it was so 'quiet' here, Luo Sigong came.

Luo Sigong looked like he was afraid of being discovered, and closed the door to the secret room.

After a brief exchange between the two...

"The emperor doesn't care so much about the feng shui of the mausoleum?" Zhang Chonghui seemed a little surprised by the news he just heard, and asked again:
  "Is he really not afraid that his grave will be restless after his death?"

Seeing that Zhang Chonghui seemed to have miscalculated, Luo Sigong couldn't help but feel happy, and began to use every opportunity to sneer:
  "The Emperor is the Emperor. Do you really think that a few crooked words can sway the Emperor? Or do you think that if you pretend to be Zhang Juzheng, the Emperor will believe you?"
  who do you think You Are? After you are a guilty minister, you still want to use the absurd theory of gods and ghosts as an excuse to meet the Holy One and see the dragon's face? What you think is so simple! "

Facing Luo Sigong's crazy ridicule, Zhang Chonghui didn't take it at all. He turned to ask: "To what extent has the demon book issue reached now?"

Seeing that the other party did not argue as usual, Luo Sigong was inevitably a little disappointed when his plan failed.

It's just that this 'new question' from Zhang Chonghui 'once again' aroused Luo Sigong's 'desire for an answer', and he replied slightly excitedly:
  "Uncle Zheng Guo only published books on women's virtues such as "Illustrated Notes on Lady Models" for Concubine Zheng, and wanted to spread some virtuous reputation for Concubine Zheng.

As a result, someone actually claimed that Zheng Guojiu's publication of "Illustrated Notes on Girlfriends" was fake, but in fact the real purpose was to publish a demon book just for the sake of others.

The ministers of the DPRK and China not only found the so-called witnesses and evidence, they also impeached Zheng Guojiu for selling his official position and occupying land in private.

Even Liu Erwu, the fool who spread the demon book in the first place, was 'confirmed' to be related to Zheng Guojiu. "

"That's it." Zhang Chonghui didn't seem to be surprised by this 'ridiculous' result, and just responded lightly.

At the same time, Zhang Chonghui was reviewing Luo Sigong's answer in his heart, and he couldn't help but want to laugh:

"My butt is so crooked, it really belongs to you!"

Seeing that Zhang Chonghui's reaction was so calm, Luo Sigong's eyes moved slightly for a moment, and then he asked calmly as if chatting casually:
  "By the way, where do you think those ministers got the evidence that linked the 'Demon Book' to Uncle Zheng Guo?
  Or... you were actually prepared early in the morning to implicate Uncle Zheng Guo about the demon book? "

As soon as the question was uttered, Luo Sigong was actually holding his breath slightly under his seemingly calm expression.

Yes, he is nervous!
  Luo Sigong was even prepared for Zhang Chonghui to pretend to be stupid and answer "I don't know" or "No".

However, Zhang Chonghui's next actions and answers were beyond Luo Sigong's expectations!
  Zhang Chonghui turned to look at Luo Sigong, raised his lips and smiled, and asked with a strange look on his face:

"Commander Luo, the reason why I made up the unknown about the Emperor's mausoleum is just because I wanted to see the Emperor and ask him for something. You have always known about this matter.

As for the reason why Uncle Zheng Guo was involved with the demon book, it was not only because you neglected your duties, but also because you were afraid that the emperor would blame you, so you deliberately made the matter worse..." "Zhang Chonghui! ! Luo Sigong suddenly became excited and hurriedly interrupted Zhang Chonghui: "I'm warning you not to talk nonsense!" "

Luo Sigong was so excited that Zhang Chonghui suddenly seemed to have discovered something. Not only did he refuse to shut up, but he also deliberately raised his voice and spoke very fast:

"I'm not the commander of the Jin Yiwei, and I'm not the one who's lying on the corpse! It's obviously your own business to have an affair with Uncle Zheng Guo! Why are you asking me?
  In order to gain a foothold in Beijing, and in order not to suffer the punishment like my father, I had no choice but to accept your instructions to slander Shen Shixing. Why are you now..."

"Zhang Chonghui, you are such a bloody mouthful!" Luo Sigong rushed forward like crazy and tried to cover Zhang Chonghui's mouth. However, the other party's hands and feet were not shackled, so his rush was in vain!

Luo Sigong Xu was so excited that he hit the wall behind Zhang Chonghui hard after making a miss!
  "Oh!"

With an "unusual" weird muffled sound, Luo Sigong's head was smashed, which shows how excited he was when he rushed forward!
  "Zhang Chonghui! How dare you slander me?" Luo Sigong angrily covered his bruised forehead. In addition to anger and pain, his face was filled with fear and confusion!
  Obviously, the thing that caused Luo Sigong to 'lose control' was not that simple!
  At the same time, the faces of the "people" behind the "wall" became increasingly ugly!

After Zhang Chonghui stood still, he first glanced at the "wall" that looked ordinary but was quite strange.

Then he looked at Luo Sigong, whose forehead was bleeding, angry but at a loss.

As if his suspicion had been verified, Zhang Chonghui sneered, and at the same time he opened his mouth and began to make silent mouth gestures to Luo Sigong.

Even though there was no sound, Luo Sigong saw very carefully what Zhang Chonghui was 'saying' to him!
  It was only three short words - "Go to hell!"

"Zhang! Heavy! Hui!" Luo Sigong's eyes were scarlet! While gritting his teeth and walking towards Zhang Chonghui, he also pressed his hand to the saber on his waist!

At this moment, murderous intent is burning!
  That's right, Luo Sigong at this moment really wants to kill Zhang Chonghui!

Luo Sigong thought that he had 'hidden' well. After all, he gave Zhang Chonghui high-level services such as 'good food', 'good drink', 'good housing', and 'freedom of hands and feet' that no other prisoner in the prison had. treatment!

Luo Sigong even thought that even if he couldn't get the 'truth' out of Zhang Chonghui's mouth, he could at least make the other party reveal some 'flaws'!
  That's right, Luo Sigong had sold Zhang Chonghui a long time ago. He even declared to the outside world that he had "said half and kept half" and that the "cooperation" between him and Zhang Chonghui was just a "means" and the purpose was just to blow up the company. It's just Zhang Chonghui's 'mastermind' behind the scenes!
  In fact, Luo Sigong had already prepared for the worst. All he needed was for Zhang Chonghui to say something to 'expose the flaw', even just a little bit!

When the time comes, as long as he reacts quickly enough! Enough experience! Under the quick guide! You can 'finalize the decision' directly!
  At that time, he can directly put a 'death hat' on Zhang Chonghui! By then, he will be able to change from 'forced cooperation' to 'active blackmail'!
  The reason why Luo Sigong is so 'confident and daring to fight', apart from a small part of his 'hothead', is mostly because he has 'confidence' in himself!
  After all, at this moment, behind the "special wall" of this secret room, the Director of Ceremonies, the Department of Three Laws, the Cabinet, and the Sixth Department are all listening!
  Luo Sigong was also willing to go all out. Since he dared to 'cooperate' with Zhang Chonghui, he naturally also dared to 'cooperate' with the officials!
  At the same time, Luo Sigong was also gambling! He is gambling on his sentence of more than ten years! There's no way he can't even play with Zhang Chonghui!
  Facts have proven that the gambler’s mentality is not advisable.

No, something beyond Luo Sigong's expectation happened.

Not only did Zhang Chonghui not show any flaws, he even turned around and bit Luo Sigong hard!
  Luo Sigong was so angry that he was about to lose his mind again, and the sharp Xiuchun knife from his waist was about to be pulled out!
  However, even after pulling out the knife, Luo Sigong could not directly kill Zhang Chonghui.

After all, the ministers who were listening to the show behind the wall had already arrived quickly!

……

"Commander Luo, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to destroy the body and eliminate all traces of it!?"

Yu Shenxing, as the first person to arrive, was also the first person to ask questions.

However, when Luo Sigong looked back at Yu Shenxing, the anger and gritted teeth on his face had disappeared, and only a look of confusion remained.

At the same time, the Xiuchun knife on Luo Sigong's waist was still firmly in the scabbard. After all, he had never pulled it out.

"Yu Shangshu, what are you talking about?" Luo Sigong put his trembling hands behind his back, slightly stiffly raised his bleeding head, and asked preemptively:
  "Did you believe the nonsense Zhang Chonghui said just now and think I was the one who instigated him?"

Yu Shenxing knew very well that Luo Sigong was trying to be tough. He sneered and said, "That's right, I believe it!"

Luo Sigong raised the corners of his mouth, and while his smile was stiff, he still said two words: "Stupid!"

At this time, other people also arrived, and everyone saw that their faces were ashen.

Especially Zhang Cheng, who is now the Superintendent of Ceremonies, Eunuch Bingbi and Supervisor of the East Factory, glared at Luo Sigong as soon as he came up, as if he wanted to tear him apart with his eyes!
  Zhang Cheng was also drunk. He regretted that he had listened to Luo Sigong's promise 'again'!

I thought Luo Sigong could give him a big one! Unexpectedly, Luo Sigong actually 'pull' a big lump for him!
  The faces of the ministers who were hearing the 'Demon Book Case' were also very dark. They thought they would see a 'good show' in this stinking prison!
  Unexpectedly, in the end, not only did the play fail, but they were ridiculed in vain. It seemed that they, the civil servants, were the clowns in the play!
  For a time, Luo Sigong could be said to have offended everyone.

Only Zhang Chonghui knew that the reason why this psychopathic and cruel official dared to make such a big fuss was that in addition to making a 'big gamble', he was also leaving a real 'back-up' for himself!
  This second move is called - the golden cicada escapes from its shell!
  ……

Qianqing Palace.

"What the hell is going on? How come Luo Sigong, the commander of the Imperial Guard, is involved with that boy named Zhang Chonghui?"

After Zhu Yijun listened to the latest news reported by Zhang Cheng, his already haggard and vain eyes even began to become confused at this moment.

It is obvious that His Majesty the Emperor suffers from kidney deficiency.

However, Zhu Yijun's kidney deficiency is really not due to his recent obsession with women. The main reason is that he has not had the time recently, let alone the energy.

Recently, this young emperor, who is less than thirty years old, has been smashed into a pulp by the overwhelming impeachment memorials.

Although he neither goes to court nor responds to those "bird chirping" impeachments, he will still read the memorials.

After all, Zhu Yijun was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although he, the emperor, did not 'really' call the shots in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, his surname was still 'Zhu'.

"Reply to your Majesty." Zhang Cheng lowered his head and replied:

"That boy named Zhang Chonghui dares to challenge anyone. This shows that this boy has a despicable nature and is really hateful!

According to Nunu, this demon book case might have been planned by Zhang Chonghui himself! "

"Forget it." Zhu Yijun waved his hand with a headache, and said casually: "Just a thirteen-year-old child, how can he have such ability."

Zhu Yijun didn't believe that a thirteen-year-old child could have such great abilities. After all, when he was thirteen years old, he was still reading the children's illustration "The Legend of Emperor Jian Tu Shuo" compiled for him by Zhang Juzheng.

Just when Zhu Yijun turned his doubts back to Shen Shixing, Zhang Cheng on the side said quietly:

"Your Majesty, it seems that thirteen is not too young anymore. Let's not talk about distant places, let's talk about Zhang Chonghui's grandfather...

That is, the guilty minister Zhang Juzheng... When he was twelve years old, he was already a scholar..."

As soon as the words came out, there was another long silence.

If it had been before, Zhang Cheng would have been frightened to death. After all, divine grace is unpredictable, and the less His Majesty the Emperor speaks, the more dangerous he is.

But now, Zhang Cheng doesn't think so. In other words, he has gotten used to it.

As time passed year after year, Zhang Cheng discovered that in addition to getting older and fatter, His Majesty the Emperor also became more and more taciturn.

Just like the yellow pear cat raised in Concubine Zheng's palace, the more she raised it, the fatter and lazier she became.

The once lively and active cat has now not only gained weight but also gained gills. He spent the whole day either eating or sleeping.

A lazy cat that doesn't even bother to 'catch' a 'mouse' may, over time, even the 'owner' doesn't want to 'talk to' about it.

An emperor and a king who is too lazy to care about the administration of court officials may, over time, even be too lazy to care about the lives and deaths of his people in the world.

The heaven and the earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs; the saints are unkind and regard the common people as stupid dogs.

The saint's words sometimes make sense. At least when it comes to being unkind, everyone seems to be equal under the sky.

"Zhang Cheng, do you believe in reincarnation?"

'Cat', who had been sleeping for a long time, suddenly opened his eyes.

(End of this chapter)