Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 456 Meeting the Prince
Zhu Houzhao saw that Han and Tai were happy, smiled lightly, and then said: "Don't be too happy too early. If you are asked to commit crimes and meritorious deeds, if things are done well, then naturally there is nothing to say; if If things go wrong, your end will only be worse."

This is not Zhu Houzhao scaring Han Tai and Zhou Yi, but Zhu Houzhao is stating a fact.

Zhu Houzhao will really do this to Han Tai.These two are already dead, and in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, they only have value for use.

If they don't even have this value, then they can really die

"His Royal Highness, don't worry, we will do our best." Han Tai said hastily.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hands, and then said: "Then you go."

After the two left, Zhu Hou looked at Zhang Xian on the other side, and said, "Keep an eye on these two people, and don't let them cause any trouble. The most important thing now is to keep Zhejiang and Zhejiang safe." Hangzhou, I don't want any trouble. Do you understand?"

"His Royal Highness, don't worry, I understand." Zhang Xian agreed, "Then I will retire first."

After Zhang Xian left, Zhu Houzhao stood upstairs, looked at the lake outside, and murmured, "Are you still showing your head? Or is my judgment wrong?"

Outside Zhu Houzhao's residence, both Han Tai and Zhou Yi were panting heavily.

Han Tai glanced at Zhou Yi, and said angrily, "Why didn't you tell me you planned to do this before you came?"

Tilting her head and glanced at Han Tai, Zhou Yi said angrily, "If I told you, would you still follow me?"

"Don't rush to deny it, I know what you think, so it's useless for you to deny it. At least in terms of results, it's the best for us now."

"How do you know that His Highness the Crown Prince won't really kill us?" Han Tai was still furious when he heard that.

"I don't know, I'm just taking a gamble." Zhou Yi said with a smile, seemingly relieved, before continuing: "But I bet right. His Royal Highness is going to make a big deal this time, so he doesn't want to mess up like this .In this way, he will not go to war in the officialdom in Zhejiang. This is our chance to survive."

"But there are always contingencies. If His Royal Highness really kills us, what will we do then?" Han Tai was still a little reluctant, but it could be seen that he was so scared that his face was covered with cold sweat.

"Can we live if we don't do this?" Zhou Yi said with a sneer, "It's not like you don't know His Royal Highness's temper. He will spare us? How old was His Royal Highness when he came to Nanjing? That time in Yangzhou How many people died in the case? How many people died in the salt field case? Do you really don’t know or you don’t know?”

"If we carry on to the end, there will only be a dead end, and the whole family will be buried with us."

After hearing Zhou Yi's words, Han Tai didn't refute anymore, but said hesitantly, "Why didn't you say anything about Mr.?"

"Why did you say that?" Zhou Yi asked with a smile.

"Some things can be said, and some things cannot be said. If we really say it, then we will die, but you don't have to worry too much, that gentleman probably won't live long."

"Are you not afraid that he will confess us?" Han Tai asked with a dark face.

"What can he confess to us?" Zhou Yi said with disdain on her face: "What we did was nothing more than embezzling some money and nothing else. Now this matter has passed with His Royal Highness, Other things are nothing. Even if we have doubts, we can’t say it at this time.”

Han Tai nodded, agreeing with Zhou Yi's statement, and said again: "Then what should we do now?"

"Send someone to keep an eye on that gentleman. If there is any movement over there, we will report to His Highness the Crown Prince as soon as possible. It will be too late to talk at that time. I think he can't bear it anymore." Zhou Yi said,
"Then why don't you say it now?" Han Tai asked a little excitedly: "If we say it now, we are also doing crime and meritorious deeds."

"We don't have any evidence, and he doesn't have a deep friendship with us. He just sent us money a few times. What can we say about him? That he sent us money? Are you really stupid or fake?" Zhou Yi said somewhat resentfully.

Without continuing to talk to Han Tai, Zhou Yi said directly: When it comes to money, get the money ready when you go back.Take out as much as you have been corrupted over the years, and take out an extra [-]%, oh no, take out [-]%.Let people send the money to His Royal Highness, this matter must be done as soon as possible. "

"If you don't have enough money, find someone to borrow. If it's too late to sell the land and property, just hand over all the fields we bought." Zhou Yi said seriously.

Hearing Zhou Yi's words, Han Tai's face flashed a bit of pain, but he still said with some hope: "Isn't the matter over now? His Royal Highness will not pursue us anymore, why bother to take out all the money and return us?" Take out so much."

"Is that money? That's a life-threatening brat! Do you really think we're safe?"

"If we don't take out the money, after the matter is over, the money will be sent to the King of Hades. So don't hide it!"

Zhou Yi said angrily: "At this time, you still care about these? His Royal Highness didn't mention it, we have to do it!"

"By the time His Royal Highness mentions it, it will be too late. Let me tell you the truth, if I was not afraid that you would implicate me, I would never have said this to you. If you don't do what I say, then Don't blame me."

Han Tai looked at Zhou Yi with some fear. He also knew that the other party was not joking, so he waved his hand and said, "It's fine, fine, I'll listen to you. I'll get ready as soon as I get back, and we'll come together when the time comes."

Seeing that Han Tai agreed, Zhou Yi nodded, and then said, "Okay, let's go."

After the two left, someone soon sent the news to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao just nodded, without much reaction.

These two people are just insignificant little people. Although they are two big officials in Zhejiang, they are not taken seriously by Zhu Houzhao.

At the same time, in a big house in Hangzhou City, a man was sitting on a chair and fishing leisurely by the pond.

Next to him was a bamboo table with tea and snacks on it, and fishing bait on the other side.

With a fishing rod in his hand, the man stared intently at the water in front of him, waiting to pull the hook anytime and anywhere.

Not far away, an old man came over quietly and said softly, "Sir, the news has arrived."

The man didn't look up either, and continued to stare at the water, as if he had no intention of speaking.

The old man said: "The two of them have already come out from the prince, and no one from the prince followed. My husband's guess is correct, the prince did not kill the two of them, and they did not tell the prince what happened here. "

The man nodded, stretched out his hand to pull up the fishing rod, and then said, "Zhou Erer, tell our people to pack up and go."

Zhou Laoer was a little confused, and asked with a slightly puzzled look: "They didn't tell the prince about us, so we don't have to go?"

"Those two people survived, they must have told the prince everything. At this time, they must be eager to make meritorious service, and I am their best choice. Although the things we have done in the past few years have been concealed, how much They also noticed some more or less.

"It's just that there is no evidence now, and I dare not talk nonsense to the prince, but they will definitely send people to watch us when they come out. So let our people clean up, we can't stay here anymore." After saying this , the man stood up, threw the fishing rod into the pool casually, then sprinkled all the bait in, turned around and walked out.

A group of people quickly walked out from the back door, scattered and disappeared in Hangzhou city.

Although the fishing man brought a lot of people with him, they moved very nimbly, and soon they disappeared into different yards.

Although it was seen by people on the road, those passers-by didn't pay much attention to it.

After arriving at another yard, the man had already changed into a suit of clothes.

If he looked like a gentleman who had read poetry and books at home, he looked like a businessman now, with a mustache on his face, wearing a cotton shirt, and holding a feather duster in his hand.

The location he was in was a cloth store, and the plaque at the door said Shunchang Cloth Store.

The man was lying on the counter, looking bored.

Zhou Laoer walked to his side and said, "Sir, the personnel have been arranged, and everything has been settled, there is no problem."

"Are they still arresting people everywhere?" the man asked

"Yes, sir. They are still arresting people everywhere. Many big families in the city have been arrested, and they are basically involved in the purchase of land. Especially those who participated in the farming have not escaped." Mr. Zhou With lingering fears in his heart, Er said, "This His Royal Highness is too ruthless, if you make such a big commotion, I'm really not afraid of accidents."

"What can happen?" The gentleman said with a smile: "This is Hangzhou, Zhejiang governor Zhang Xian is pressing on it, and those two grasshoppers also ran to confess their crimes, what can happen? The crown prince still came with soldiers.

"No one dares to do anything, so Hangzhou can't be chaotic. It doesn't matter if Hangzhou is chaotic or not. Zhejiang is such a big place, after all, it can't be covered with one hand. You let our people speed up. Let's do it tonight and give our prince a gift."

Zhou Laoer said with some hesitation: "That place is really well chosen, and it is surrounded by heavy guards. It is impossible for our people to approach quietly."

"Even if it is approaching quietly, there is no way to really kill it. It is even a farce. Such a loss of manpower for no reason is really not worth the loss. Our manpower is not for nothing. The loss is here. I'm afraid It’s not easy to explain.”

The gentleman smiled, and then said: "I didn't want to really kill the prince, no one can do it. Last time I failed in the capital, no one can do it. Daoist priests failed, we naturally Nor can it be successful.”

"Then why do you still do this?" Zhou Er Er asked hesitantly.

"Because we let everyone know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was assassinated in Hangzhou. After this news is spread, it will inevitably cause an uproar, and the Crown Prince will also arrest people in the whole city. At that time, people will definitely be panicked."

"Now the whole of Hangzhou is not chaotic enough, let alone the whole of Zhejiang. We want to make this place chaotic. Of course, if we can really kill this prince, then it will be interesting. Today, His Majesty only has this son, this prince. There are no heirs left, if he really dies here, the whole Jiangnan will be turned upside down."

When the gentleman said this, he smiled smugly, and then said: "Our highness is very proud, so we want to give him a meeting gift. Such a proud person, I think he will retaliate fiercely. In the end It will be interesting to kill all those people who are caught, then."

Zhou Laoer nodded, and then said: "Then I will arrange a few more people, let people make trouble in the city, set fires everywhere, try to attract attention, and then send a group of people to attack the front, and finally I will arrange some more People sneaked in from the lake. If you go straight in from behind, you may succeed."

The husband glanced at Zhou Laoer, and then said: "It's a good idea, but you can't go. I know you will die there if you go. You can't die now."

Hearing Mr. Zhou's words, Zhou's second child paused, and said with a blank expression: "Many people were recruited and trained by me. If I don't go, I'm afraid they will shrink back. So I I have to go with it, and I have a better chance of success.”

"You can't succeed even if you go." The gentleman said with a smile: "Our prince is not a prince who is powerless. Even if you kill him in front of him, you can't kill him, so don't go Sent to die."

Zhou Lao Er was a little hesitant, and finally said helplessly: "Let me watch them die?"

"Their death is valuable," the gentleman interrupted him, and said: "If we do this, if the crown prince arrests people and kills people throughout Zhejiang, the whole Zhejiang will be dissatisfied with him, or at least will lose popular support. It's good for us."

"If the prince is merciful, then we can take advantage of the opportunity and even save some other people, which is also beneficial. But I hope he will do the previous thing."

"I hope I'm not mistaken about our prince, too rigid is easy to break. I want to see how rigid our prince is."

Zhou Laoer nodded, turned around and walked out, and then said: "Although I want to listen to you, I still want to say that it is too ruthless to sacrifice so many lives all at once."

Looking at Zhou Er Er's back, Mr. Zhou didn't speak, but just smiled at himself and muttered: "Human life is like worthless, if you can't make your own decisions, then it will always be worthless."

(End of this chapter)