Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Wu Xing talked as if these were all trivial matters, which made Li Wei even more angry.

"As of now, don't you regret it at all?" Li Wei suppressed his anger and asked coldly.

He really doesn't understand, don't these people have any moral bottom line?

"Regret? Of course I regret it! I regret not drawing a clear line with that bastard Zhang Cheng earlier, and I regret even more that I shouldn't have offended your consort!"

Wu Xing said with a sad and angry face, if he had not offended Li Wei, the powerful prince-in-law, he would never have ended up where he is today, and Zhang Cheng, he did not expect that this person would be so ruthless, in order to protect himself Actually want to kill him and silence him!

Li Wei was greatly disappointed when he heard what he said. This person is still thinking about his own interests and has no regrets for what he has done. He does not take the interests of the people into consideration. This kind of person is just like a beast. No different, you deserve to die!

"Humph, just wait to die!"

Li Wei said coldly, then turned to Wu Yong and ordered: "Let him sign the confession he just made!"

"Yes!" Wu Yonggong claimed.

Li Wei left Wu Xing to their disposal and left the cell alone.

In the lobby of the government office, Li Wei was furious, and Tian Qing carefully accompanied him.

Li Wei glanced at him and suddenly asked in a cold voice: "Mr. Tian, ​​you are not as corrupt as they are, are you?"

Tian Qing was shocked and said hurriedly: "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, the officials are honest, there is no such thing as their corruption!"

"Hmph, that's good." Li Wei snorted coldly.

Seeing that he didn't ask any more questions, Tian Qing secretly wiped his hands in cold sweat.

He is indeed not greedy, but it's not that he is not greedy, it's because he hasn't had the chance yet. If he has the chance, there's no telling whether he will become like Zhang Cheng, Wu Xing and the others.

Wu Xing readily confessed, and the jailer who survived the torture probably wouldn't last long. Once this matter was reported to the court, with Zhu Yuanzhang's style, he would probably have to pick up the butcher's knife to chop melons and vegetables again.

Originally, he came to Yangzhou this time to build a city, so he shouldn't waste time on these things, but now that he encountered it, he had to take care of it!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh helplessly. He really wanted to engage in technology and economy with peace of mind, and do some practical things down-to-earth. However, in this world, there would always be things like this that would distract him.

After this matter was over, he had to quickly return to building the city.

At Zhang Cheng's house.

Zhang Cheng looked panicked after receiving the news, and hurriedly found Zhang Jingju.

"Mr. Jingju, the people I sent failed to assassinate him and were captured by them. What should we do?"

Zhang Cheng panicked and said in a trembling voice.

Zhang Jingju still looked calm and calm, and asked with a smile: "Oh, what's going on? Sir, please tell me in detail."

"That's it. Everything was going well last night, but for some reason Li Wei's guards suddenly rushed into the prison, rescued Wu Xing, and captured a jailer. If he confessed to me, it would be over. !”

For him, the failure of the assassination was not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing was that one of the people he sent did not commit suicide by taking poison. Although he held the families of these two people as a threat, there was no guarantee that he could withstand it. Refusal to admit torture.

After Zhang Jingju listened to his words, he pondered for a long time and then said softly: "I'm afraid there is only one way for now."

"any solution?"

Zhang Cheng was very pleasantly surprised. This Zhang Jingju was indeed a great talent. He could still come up with a solution when things had reached this point.

"For now, the only way is to let this prince-in-law stay in Yangzhou forever!" Zhang Jingju said calmly.

"What did you say?" Zhang Cheng was stunned, thinking he heard wrongly.

"Just him..." Zhang Jingju said, gesturing on his neck.

Zhang Cheng's breath was stagnant, and he was horrified inside!

"What are you talking about? Are you crazy? He is the prince-in-law of the court!" Zhang Cheng roared in a low voice.

Zhang Jingju smiled slightly and comforted softly: "Sir, please be patient and listen to me."

"I won't listen! This is absolutely forbidden!"

Zhang Cheng suddenly stood up, waved his hand fiercely, and sternly refused.

"Haha, sir, do you have any other choice? Not to mention your previous collusion with powerful people in corruption and bribery, this assassination of a court official is enough to put your life at risk, sir!" Zhang Jingju said sarcastically.

"you!"

Zhang Cheng looked at Zhang Jingju whose attitude changed drastically, with disbelief on his face. Only then did he realize that he seemed to have been trapped!

Thinking about it carefully, the plan Zhang Jingju gave him when he came to his house was relatively thorough before. However, after Li Wei got angry and arrested Wu Xing, the plan Zhang Jingju gave him began to go wrong. It was different from the previous one. Being cautious and conservative is completely the opposite. First, they induced him to take the risk of killing Wu Xing to silence him, and now he went too far, actually asking him to kill the prince-in-law of the dynasty!

"You didn't come here for this Li Wei in the first place, right?"

Zhang Cheng stared at him with bright eyes.

Zhang Jingju smiled and said nothing, but this attitude was obviously acquiescence.

"You are so presumptuous! You dare to take advantage of me. Do you think I will be threatened by you?"

Zhang Cheng roared angrily, pointed at him, cursed, and even threatened to order someone to take him down immediately.

However, Zhang Jingju didn't take it seriously. She sipped her tea contentedly and watched him quietly and furiously. After venting his anger, Zhang Chengyu was still angry, panting heavily and said in a cold voice:

"If something happens to me, you won't be able to run away!"

"Haha, don't worry, sir, I have already planned this for you!"

Seeing that he finally calmed down, Zhang Jingju said leisurely.

The corners of Zhang Cheng's mouth twitched. What kind of plan was this? It was clearly a plot. He was plotting against him!

"Say!" Zhang Cheng was unwilling, but had to face reality.

Zhang Jingju then revealed his plan: "I heard that your Excellency has a good relationship with Commander Zhou Bin. In fact, Your Excellency does not need to be directly involved. I only need to find a way to hold Zhou Bin down. I will make other arrangements myself."

"What are your plans?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"My lord, you don't need to know. Anyway, we only need to get rid of this prince-in-law. With your lord's foundation in Yangzhou, we will be able to easily control the situation. Then all the evidence will be sealed and destroyed, and your lord will be safe and sound."

"Huh, do you think I'm stupid? When the emperor's consort dies in Yangzhou City, His Majesty will definitely not let it go. When the investigation is complete, nothing will be hidden!"

"Sir, there is no need to worry. He will not die in the city, but will be killed by Japanese pirates who smuggled in outside the city."

Hearing the name of Japanese pirates, Zhang Cheng was immediately shocked: "Japanese pirates, you are actually colluding with Japanese pirates?"

Zhang Jingju smiled and did not answer him.

Zhang Cheng stared at him for a moment and finally gave up questioning.

Perhaps the less he knows about these things, the better!

Zhang Cheng's face changed, and he was hesitant in his heart. This matter was too risky. If it was exposed, it would be the sin of annihilating the nine races.

However, if he didn't agree, his current crime of embezzling money and killing an official would be enough to make him die several times.

For a moment, he was in a dilemma and remained silent for a long time.

"Do you really just need me to hold Zhou Bin back?"

"Not bad!" Zhang Jingju nodded affirmatively.

"it is good!"

Zhang Cheng gritted his teeth and finally agreed. Zhang Jingju, who had always been calm and calm, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

In his plan, asking Zhang Cheng to hold Zhou Bin back was a very important part. If Zhou Bin responded in time and led troops to rescue him, that alone would not be enough to see the Japanese pirates, and he and the guardsmen would have to be stopped in the city. , and then intercepted and killed Li Wei while he was out.

"Who are you?" After making up his mind, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but ask.

At this time, he also realized that Zhang Jingju was not alone. Such a big thing would definitely not be possible without a strong organization.

"Haha, it's better that you don't know, sir." Zhang Jingju said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng did not ask any further questions.

The two discussed the specific details again, made a plan, and were ready to take action just waiting for the opportunity for Li Wei to leave the city.

They didn't wait too long. Li Wei wanted to build the new city as soon as possible, so he took Jiang Quan and others to investigate outside the next day.

Anyway, now Zhang Cheng's main evidence of crime has been obtained. He has sent people to the capital to request an edict. As soon as the edict is issued, Zhang Cheng can be arrested and all his accomplices can be arrested!

But what he didn't expect was that Zhang Cheng was still fighting, ready to fight to the death! After getting the news that he was out, he immediately informed Zhang Jingju, then brought some food and wine to go have a drink with Zhou Bin.

Li Wei had a bad relationship with the nobles. As a military general, Zhou Bin, the commander of Yangzhou's guards, would naturally not take the initiative to curry favor with him. Even though he had been in Yangzhou for so long, he didn't take the initiative to visit him, as if he didn't know anything about it.

Zhou Bin didn't think much about Zhang Cheng's visit. They had lived together in Yangzhou for many years and had a good relationship. It was common for them to drink together occasionally.

At the same time, Zhang Jujing also sent a secret letter to Fan Guangyang, the commander of the Guards.

As the military commander second only to Zhou Bin in Yangzhou City, Fan Guangyang also controlled part of the military power. After receiving the secret letter, he hurried to the city gate with a group of cronies.

In the east of Yangzhou City, Li Wei took Jiang Quan and others along the canal to explore the terrain. The new city was built along the river, and the canal became a ready-made moat. At this time, Jiang Quan was introducing the results of their exploration to him.

"Sir, the city wall is built along the river and connects to the old city in the west. In this way, we only need to build three walls, with a total length of about 1,500 feet. We have estimated that the total cost will be about 50,000 guan. "

Jiang Quan reported softly.

When Li Wei heard this number, he couldn't help but be surprised: "How come there are so few?"

It was only 50,000 yuan, which was far from what he expected. It's just a fraction.

"Uh." Jiang Quan was stunned for a moment, cursing secretly in his heart. Fifty thousand guan was not a small sum of money, but the prince-in-law in front of him actually thought it was too little. It was really speechless.

"Sir, it's quite a lot. The cost of construction materials for a three-foot-high city wall is only 30 guan. Adding in the facilities such as the city tower, enemy tower and other expenses, 50,000 guan is enough."

After hearing this, Li Wei suddenly understood: "What about the labor wages? Why is it not included?"

"Workers can be assigned corvee labor and only need to provide food and wages without spending too much." Jiang Quan explained. (End of chapter)