The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 532 Bestowing Death【4000 words two in one chapter】

Zhang Yanling almost fainted after hearing that the housekeeper Zhang Guishan proposed to lead the servants of the mansion to Xichang to be important.Isn't this adding to the chaos for these guys who have done more than fail?
Although the situation was not good, it was far from irreparable. If Zhang Gui made such a fuss, the emperor might hate the two of them to the bone.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yanling felt that she should submit a letter to make an apology for her elder brother and herself.

This can make the emperor more or less comfortable, so that he will not really take the big brother.

Write as you say, Zhang Yanling picked up a pen and wrote quickly, and soon wrote an apology.

He scanned the content of the memorial, and couldn't help but smile wryly.

He never thought that he would fall into such an embarrassing situation one day, it was all thanks to Xie Shen, this person is extraordinary.

"Come here, I want to enter the palace to face the saint."

When things get to this point, there is no need to change them while watching quietly. The sooner you admit your mistakes in front of the emperor, the more you can get the emperor's forgiveness.

Zhang Yanling arrived outside Xihua Gate in a sedan chair, and was stopped by the eunuch on duty just as he was about to enter the leopard room.

"Marquis Jianchang, His Majesty said he doesn't want to see you, so please go back."

Zhang Yanling's face froze, and he was silent for a long time and forced a smile: "Eunuch, can you tell me why your Majesty doesn't want to see Zhang."

"This servant doesn't know."

Zhang Yanling was almost desperate at this moment.The emperor's reluctance to see him shows that the emperor also has a great opinion of him.

In fact, this is also easy to understand. In the eyes of the emperor, this kind of thing must have been instigated by someone, how could it be done by a district housekeeper.

This Zhang Yanling is really wronged, he really didn't mean to ask someone to go to Xichang to ask for someone.

But these are not important, the important thing is that the emperor does not believe him and thinks he is the murderer who colluded with Zhang Heling and murdered Xie Shen.

In this way, I am afraid that his end will not be too good.

As long as the eldest brother is convicted, he is probably not far from going to jail.

Zhang Yanling staggered out of the leopard room, and after a long time, he realized that there was still a queen mother to ask for, so he turned and went to the palace.

When he came to the Empress Dowager's bedroom, Zhang Yanling told the Empress Dowager the sad situation of his brothers.

Empress Dowager Zhang listened for a long time, then frowned and said: "How many times has Aijia told your brothers on weekdays, don't act recklessly. Now that such a big incident happened, I think of Aijia."

She lives in the palace and doesn't know much about the outside world.

If Zhang Yanling hadn't come to cry and tell her that she really didn't know that Zhang Heling had already been imprisoned.

"You said the emperor didn't want to see you, are you sure that you ordered the slaves to go to Xichang to rob people?"

Empress Dowager Zhang raised her eyebrows and asked displeasedly.

"Old sister, how do I know what His Majesty thinks? I'm just guessing."

Zhang Yanling is now at a loss, if not for the Empress Dowager Zhang's Dinghaishen Needle, she might really faint from fright.

"Hmph, why didn't your eldest brother come to look for Aijia when he was just taken away?"

"I"

Zhang Yanling said in a depressed mood: "This kind of thing is not a last resort, so I dare not disturb my sister."

"Forget it, the face of Aijia has already been lost by the two of you brothers, and you don't mind losing it again."

Empress Dowager Zhang just felt exhausted, waved her hands and said, "But the Ai family can't guarantee that your brother will be fine. If the emperor is really ruthless, you'd better take the initiative to ask the title to be removed to save your life. The incense of the Zhang family cannot be cut off just like that." gone."

After finishing speaking, Empress Dowager Zhang got up and walked tremblingly towards the outside of the hall.

The Zhang family is going to be unlucky. This is a hotly discussed matter in the ruling and opposition parties.

All the officials who suffered from the Zhang family's dark losses in the past were overjoyed.

It really echoes the old saying that there is reincarnation in the way of heaven, so it's not that the time has not come.

Although Empress Dowager Zhang had tried her best, Emperor Zhengde was very determined this time, and could not listen to Empress Dowager Zhang's persuasion at all.

Empress Dowager Zhang was dry mouthed and disheartened, so she left lonely.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor gave a cup of poisoned wine, and Minggu Dayong brought it to Shouninghou who was detained in Xichang.

After all, this person is the emperor's own uncle, and it would be too shameful for Ming Zhengdian to execute him in Xishi, so let him leave his whole body.

Gu Dayong was overjoyed when he heard that the emperor wanted to bestow death on Hou Ninghou.

He was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he quickly took the poisoned wine and went to the West Factory.

When they arrived at the prison where Marquis Shouning was imprisoned, Gu Dayong led four eunuchs and cleared his throat: "Marquis Shouning, His Majesty has decreed that you should be punished with death. For the sake of being a member of the royal family, I will give you A jug of poisoned wine is up to you."

Shou Ninghou looked at Gu Dayong with blank eyes, and it took him a long time to realize that this guy was here to take his life, so he couldn't help but cursed: "You traitor is bewitching His Majesty, you must die!"

"I don't know if our family will die, but Master Hou must die today. Come, help Master Hou on his way."

After speaking, the four little eunuchs stepped forward and held Shou Ninghou down.

Gu Dayong poured a glass of poisoned wine, walked up to Shou Ninghou with a smile.At this moment, Zhang Heling's mouth had been opened, and he looked at Gu Dayong walking towards him in horror.

"Let's toast the Hou Ye for the last glass of wine. After drinking this glass of wine, the Hou Ye will go on the road. Think about how to behave in front of the Naihe Bridge on Huangquan Road."

After speaking, he poured the poisoned wine into Zhang Heling's mouth.

Zhang Heling was choked with a violent cough, Gu Dayong sneered and said: "Master Hou, don't struggle any more, the poisonous wine will break your stomach in less than a cup of tea, the faster you struggle, the faster you will die. "

Marquis Shou Ning knew that he was bound to die, and there were two fierce lights in his eyes that only beasts could have.

He somehow got the strength to break free from the restraint of the four young eunuchs, and rushed towards Gu Dayong.

How did Gu Dayong know that Shou Ninghou still had the strength to break free, and he couldn't dodge in time to be thrown down by Zhang Heling.

The two wrestled and fought for a while, Zhang Heling bit towards Guda fiercely with his right ear, and he used all his strength in this bite.

"what!"

Gu Dayong let out a scream, and looked at his right ear, which had already been bitten off by Zhang Heling.

Blood flowed out from the wound on Gu Dayong's right ear, and he quickly covered the wound in pain and cursed: "Little brats!

What are you still looking at and don't pull him away for our family. "

It was only then that the four young eunuchs realized that the factory owner had been attacked, and rushed forward to pull Zhang Heling away.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Zhang Heling laughed wantonly, the blood from the corner of his mouth stained his white shirt red.This bite is worth it!

The effect of this poison was indeed very good. After a while, Shou Ninghou stopped laughing, his expression became painful, and finally he twisted and rolled over while clutching his stomach.

"You bastard, you are going to do evil before you die!"

Gu Dayong gasped in pain, and kicked hard at Shouninghou.

After kicking more than ten times, a young eunuch said: "Mr. Chang, don't kick any more, Marquis Shouning is dead."

Gu Dayong then stopped and covered his ears while cursing: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you invite the doctor."

The little eunuch realized that Zhang Heling had bitten off the factory owner's ear, and the blood was dripping terribly at the moment, so he hurriedly went to invite the doctor.

When the Langzhong arrived in a hurry with a medicine box, Gu Dayong was so painful that he almost fainted.Although the bandage had been done in advance, a lot of blood still flowed out.At this moment, Gu Dayong's face had lost all color, it was as pale as paper.

The doctor examined Gu Dayong's pulse and pondered for a while before writing out a prescription. What he grasped was nothing more than ordinary herbs for nourishing blood and qi, but it was impossible to connect the ear back.

Poor Na Gu Dayong lost another treasure after being purged since he was a child.Although this treasure is not more important than that one, it is also indispensable.Now two ears become one, not to mention how ugly it is.

"Get out of the way, our family is going to report to His Majesty!"

Although Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, had already been granted death, Gu Dayong still couldn't swallow the bad breath.Therefore, he had to rush to the emperor's side immediately, and let the emperor take a good look at how arrogant and domineering the Zhang brothers are. Zhang Heling never forgot to do evil when he was dying.
For Gu Dayong, since he has already quarreled with the Zhang brothers for this reason, he must not soften his heart. He must do his best to get rid of the evil, and if Zhang Yanling is kept, it will be a serious problem.

When Gu Dayong rushed to the Leopard Room, Zhu Houzhao was reviewing the memorial.Seeing Gu Dayong's right ear was wrapped with a strip of cloth, and the white silk cloth was dyed red with blood, Zhu Houzhao was shocked.

"what happened to you?"

"My lord, it's really not easy for my servant to come back alive to see my lord. The Marquis of Shou Ning who was bestowed to death by the lord cast all his anger on this servant. This servant really suffers."

Emperor Zhengde felt guilty about this.After all, he was the one who ordered Gu Dayong to be imprisoned. As a result, Gu Dayong was bitten off by the Marquis of Shouning.
"I'm not afraid of the emperor's jokes. What I'm most worried about now is my life. The Marquis of Jianchang will definitely blame my brother's death on my servant. If the Marquis of Jianchang buys a murderer, what should my servant do?"

This is to imply to the emperor that Jianchanghou should also be killed.

Zhu Houzhao is not stupid, how could he fail to understand Gu Dayong's implication.But he was a little hesitant. If Marquis Shouning was indeed involved in the assassination of Xie Shen, it was doubtful whether Marquis Jianchang was involved.

As for the siege of Xichang by the servants of the Zhang family, it cannot be said that it was instigated by Marquis Jianchang.

Killing the Marquis of Jianchang like this is afraid that the queen mother will not be able to explain it to her, and he can't bear it either.

Seeing that the emperor was hesitant, Gu Dayong became a little anxious.

If he can't take advantage of the situation to get rid of Marquis Jianchang now, then he will take revenge on himself when he recovers.

"If the emperor is in trouble, the servants are fine, but what about the elder Xiaoge? Jianchanghou also hates the elder Xiaoge."

Gu Dayong had no choice but to move Xie Shen out, the emperor may not value him much, but he must not be without the assistance of Xiaoge Lao.Faced with the situation of choosing between the two, the emperor will definitely choose Xiaogelao instead of Jianchanghou.

However, to Gu Dayong's surprise, the emperor waved his hand and said, "Let's discuss this matter later. You should go back and rest first. I will allow you five days off to recover from your injuries."

"The slaves obey the order."

Gu Dayong was extremely disappointed, but he didn't dare to argue any more, he saluted respectfully and withdrew.

The news that Marquis Shouning was bestowed to die in Xichang reached the Marquis of Jianchang, and Zhang Yanling was terrified.

The Son of Heaven was so cruel that he gave his own uncle to death, so would it be his turn next?
The more Zhang Yanling thought about it, the more frightened she became, and finally fell seriously ill.

The emperor sent an imperial doctor to come to see a doctor, but Zhang Yanling thought that the emperor was testing him, and hanged himself in his room in grief and anger after the imperial doctor left.

Zhu Houzhao obviously did not expect this.He was quite sad for a while, after all, Zhang Yanling still had some feelings for his uncle.

Within three days, Marquis Shouning and Marquis Jianchang died one after another, and all the officials shouted long live.

The Zhang brothers are evil capital masters, and almost all of them have suffered from this pair of brothers' secret losses.This time the Zhang brothers died, for them, revenge is considered revenge.Although it wasn't a personal revenge, the result is the same.

The Empress Dowager Zhang fell into great grief.

Both Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were her beloved younger brothers, but they died successively because of the emperor's attitude, which made it difficult for her to accept.

She rejected the emperor's morning and evening peace, and rejected the emperor's plea.

She couldn't forgive the emperor's betrayal of the Zhang family. If there was another chance, she even thought that she would not have this child in the first place.

Zhu Houzhao was at a loss for his mother's decision.But people cannot be resurrected after death, and it is impossible for him to bring the two uncles back to life.

Since then, Zhu Houzhao didn't dare to go to the Forbidden City, and the half-monthly court meeting was also cancelled, as if he could feel the anger of his mother as soon as he entered the Forbidden City and sat in the hall.

But the government has not been affected too much.This is due to the Ming cabinet system, even if the emperor does not go to court for a long time, government affairs will not be delayed.

Everything is done by the cabinet ministers, and the emperor only needs to express his position on key issues.

But the depression of the emperor's mind still worried Xie Shen.Originally, the Son of Heaven had already intended to develop in the direction of the Mingjun, after such a mess, wouldn't he return to his original shape?

His New Deal reforms are inseparable from the support of the emperor.

Any reform would be unsustainable without the support of the emperor. Is Wang Anshi's reform so powerful?It's not because of Shenzong's repeated attitude that he died prematurely.

Xie Shen believes that Zhu Houzhao trusts him, but this trust may fade because of the death of the Zhang brothers.

"Siming, what are you thinking?"

Xie Qian coughed and said in a deep voice.

"Grand Mu Zhai, Xie is thinking about how to get His Majesty to focus on state affairs again."

"Well, I'm afraid Siming will have to worry more about such things in the future. The old man has already sent a memorial to the emperor to beg for the bones."

Xie Shen's expression darkened, he knew that Xie Qian wasn't just playing around this time.

In the past year, Xie Qian's health has not been as good as before, and he and Li Dongyang are basically handling government affairs.

Continuing to keep Xie Qian in the cabinet is a torture to both him and Xie Qian.

It seems that it is time for newcomers to enter the cabinet and participate in politics.After all, the pressure on the two of them to deal with Quan Daming's memorial was really too great.

So who should we call into the cabinet?Although the final decision was made by the Son of Heaven, the candidates must still be their suggestions.

Xie Shen is going to ask Xie Qian to give full play to his remaining heat and recommend several successors.

"Who does Mr. Mu Zhai think is suitable to be called into the cabinet?"

Xie Qian pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "Among the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, only Shizhai has enough qualifications."

(End of this chapter)