My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 91 The authorities are obsessed with it
Chang'an City.

Near the East Market, a carriage stopped on the noisy street. An old man got off the carriage and walked slowly into an alley.

The alley was very deep, and the noise became quieter the further you walked. By the time you reached the end of the alley, you could no longer hear any noise.

"Bang, bang."

There was a knock on the door, and after a while, someone inside asked in a low voice, "Who?"

"I."

Zhu Maichen's old voice is very recognizable.

With a creak, the wooden door opened from the inside, and a sturdy man dressed as a servant said solemnly: "My master is waiting for you, please come in."

Zhu Maichen leaned on his crutches, stepped over the threshold, and entered the yard, only to find that this should be an abandoned house. The ground was covered with dead leaves and the water tank in the corner was covered with dust.

There are three rooms.

At this moment, the door of the main house in the middle was open. The strong man was leading the way, and Zhu Maichen followed behind him. Before he went in, he heard a muffled groan coming from inside.

"scold!"

"I told you to curse!"

Several sturdy slaves were punching and kicking a man on the ground, while Bian Tong and Wang Chao stood aside with their arms folded.

Seeing Zhu Maichen coming in, Bian Tong glanced at him and said gloomily, "This fellow is too stubborn. We have to wait a while."

"Can't wait."

Zhu Maichen shook his head and held down his cane. "The Prime Minister has lost his patience. He only needs an excuse to stir up trouble. The great revenge is about to be taken. I cannot wait even a moment."

"Stop it."

Hear the words.

Bian Tong and Wang Chao looked at each other, Bian Tong frowned, and waved his hand to stop his servant.

"puff!"

Without any more punches and kicks, the man with his hands and feet trapped on the ground spat out a mouthful of blood, leaned against the wall, and struggled to sit up.

"Ha, ha ha ha, a bunch of bastards!"

The man's face was covered in blood, with several hideous scars extending from his eyes to his jaw, and blood was flowing.

The ten fingers of both hands were shaking constantly, and the fingertips where the nails used to be were now bare red flesh.

"puff!"

The man was spitting blood, still grinning, but his face was shaking with pain, "Come on, come on!"

"You are a bunch of bastards. You are trying to force a confession out of me by beating me. You can castrate me today and see if I am afraid or not!"

"Hehehe, hahahaha!"

As the man was talking, he started laughing like a madman, causing blood to flow from his face. It seemed as if he had anticipated that he would die soon, and he wanted to say and curse everything he had said in his life at this moment.

"After I die, you will all be buried with me!"

"The Imperial Censor will not let you go. You all must die! Hahahaha!"

Seeing him so rampant, the strong men around him showed ruthless looks on their faces and were about to step forward to teach him a lesson.

"Wait a minute."

Zhu Maichen stopped their actions.

He picked up a piece of paper from the side, waited for the man to stop cursing crazily, then slowly handed him the confession with one hand while holding his crutch with the other.

"Tian Xin, Zhang Tang leaked the emperor's edict to you in advance, ordering you to privately hoard goods and take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit, and the money and goods you obtained were divided equally. Is this true?"

Tian Xin, a businessman, was a retainer of Zhang Tang.

At this moment, the merchant looked at Zhu Maichen, then at the confession in his hand.

"puff!"

He spat a mouthful of blood foam onto the paper.

Tian Xin opened his mouth silently, as if laughing and crying, pointed his index finger without a nail at Zhu Maichen, and laughed hoarsely as if he was pinching his throat.

"Ho-ho-ho!"

"Old man, ho-ho ...

"Woo!"

Tian Xin was halfway laughing when Bian Tong couldn't bear it anymore. He waved his hand and the strong men around him pounced on him again, and their fists as big as sandbags immediately greeted Tian Xin.

"Zhu Changshi!"

Wang Chao looked at Zhu Maichen with an unhappy expression. He had disliked this old guy from the beginning and thought that he could be very capable, but in the end, this was it?
waste time!

Zhu Maichen shook his head, not taking Wang Chao's dissatisfaction to heart, nor getting angry at Tian Xin's insults.

He stood up quietly and threw away the bloodstained confession.

"Please ask Mr. Wang to write another one."

talking.

Zhu Maichen looked at Bian Tong again and said calmly, "Changshi Bian has someone available at home, so please bring Tian Xin's wife and children here."

"If you have parents or friends, it would be best to bring them along."

"Ugh!"

As he spoke, the old man hunched over and sighed, "Tian Xin is missing. It won't be long before Zhang Tang becomes alert."

"We don't have much time left. Mr. Bian, please arrange for someone to go there as soon as possible."

That’s all I have to say.

Bian Tong and Wang Chao were both stunned, and their eyes changed when they looked at Zhu Maichen, especially Wang Chao, who unconsciously lowered his arms that were crossed over his chest.

He was about to say something...

At this time, Tian Xin, who had been passively beaten in the corner, suddenly struggled violently, staring at Zhu Maichen, his eyes bloodshot and filled with hatred.

"brute!"

"you dare!?"

……

……

Prince's Palace, Bing Palace.

There were two people, one big and one small, dressed in tight clothes and holding wooden swords fighting each other.

"Your Highness!"

Jin Midi, who had rarely appeared in public since he was assigned the job of spy, hurried into the palace and said in a hurry, "I have something to report!"

Hear the words.

The two men who were fighting stopped. Su Wu calmed down, took the wooden sword from the prince, and quietly retreated outside the hall.

Liu Ju was panting, so he took a towel and wiped the sweat off his face.

"explain."

Jin Midi stood beside him and whispered, "My spies just reported that the Prime Minister is going to enter the palace with the three Prime Minister's secretaries."

Hear this.

Liu Ju stopped and turned around. Jin Midi continued, "According to my investigation, two of the three chief officials have grudges against the Imperial Censor!"

"And they entered the palace in a hurry this time."

"I am afraid……"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Ju's face changed several times, "Prepare the carriage." He started to walk out, but halfway through, he changed his mind, "No, prepare the horses!"

The Crown Prince's Palace is very close to the Prime Minister's Residence, and the Prime Minister's Residence is very close to the Weiyang Palace. But the speed of a horse is faster than that of a carriage.

So the prince rode on horseback and caught up with the prime minister who was about to enter the Weiyang Palace in a carriage...

"Xu~"

"Stop!"

Su Wu rode his horse and arrived first, blocking the prime minister's carriage on the north side of Sima Gate. Zhuang Qingzhai lifted the curtain of the carriage, his face originally as cold as frost.

But when he saw that it was Su Wu, he relaxed a little, "Su Sheren, why are you blocking the road?"

Su Wu clasped his fists and saluted. Before he could speak, Liu Ju's voice arrived amid the sound of horse hooves, "Stop!"

Prince?

When Zhuang Qingzhai turned around, the three prime ministers' chief secretaries around the carriage turned their heads at the same time. For some reason, they felt something was wrong.

It's not the bad kind of situation where 'the prince blocks the way and the chessboard is held high', but the bad kind of situation where someone is going to ruin the whole thing...

"I have met His Highness."

"Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Zhu Maichen and the other two bowed in greeting.

Liu Ju jumped off his horse, turned his head and looked them up and down, "Everyone disperse, I want to talk to the Prime Minister alone."

Upon hearing the noise, the guards of the Crown Prince's palace half invited and half drove away the Prime Minister's officials from the carriage.

In the carriage.

Zhuang Qingzhai looked at the prince deeply, "You shouldn't have come!"

Liu Ju didn't play the 'I'm here after all' dialogue, and directly asked: "Master, are you going to the palace to impeach Zhang Tang?"

Hear the words.

Zhuang Qingzhai's expression faltered slightly. "You shouldn't ask this question."

"Is there anything else I shouldn't come to or ask?" Liu Ju said helplessly, "Master, I'm already here and I've already asked!"

In fact.

Seeing the subtle changes on Zhuang Qingzhai's face just now, Liu Ju already knew that his guess was almost right.

He was so lucky that he arrived in time, and immediately said something shocking: "Master, Zhang Tang must not be impeached!"

"If you impeach him, he will die, but you, Master, won't live either!"

After spending a long time together, Zhuang Qingzhai realized that his student often said shocking things, but cursing him to death... still left Zhuang Qingzhai dumbfounded.

"you--"

"Master!" Liu Ju showed no remorse for his disrespectful words and interrupted Zhuang Qingzhai in a harsh voice.

now.

The prince knelt upright in front of the prime minister, just like when the two first met. Liu Ju bowed with both hands and said seriously:
"Master, when we first met in Shiqu Pavilion that day, you taught me about the sword and said that people are always confused when they are involved, but clear when they are on the sidelines."

"At this moment, you have been blinded!"

Zhuang Qingzhai's face suddenly changed.

Suddenly he frowned, suddenly he was angry, and suddenly he looked thoughtful.

"Master, take a look at the court now." Liu Ju pointed to the west, which was the direction of Weiyang Palace. "Take a look!"

"I have been holding back from looking for you again, Master, because I want you to see clearly that my father is letting you and Zhang Tang fight, and even deliberately inciting hatred."

"He wants to use you to get rid of his...dirty knife!"

Liu Ju's words exploded in Zhuang Qingzhai's ears.

My head is buzzing.

Knife?

Knife.

I have become His Majesty's sword!

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Zhuang Qingzhai suddenly felt a chill on his spine, his hair stood on end, and waves of horror shot straight to his heart.

He was not a stupid man, but as Liu Ju said, he was just blinded.

Blinded by self-esteem and hatred!

Since he became the prime minister, some people in the court have been ostracizing him, and even openly sidelining him. Some subordinates in the government offices have avoided his gaze, and the whole city of Chang'an seems to be whispering.

Talk about Zhuang Qingzhai’s weakness and incompetence!

sometimes.

A sidelong glance from an irrelevant person can make Zhuang Qingzhai fly into a rage!
What's more, there are many blatant sarcasms in the court, which can't make people calm down at all...

Your Majesty promoted Zhang Tang's followers. Zhuang Qingzhai was wary at first, but as the oppression in the court became more and more severe, he no longer had the mind to think about those things.

I just thought: I am the prime minister, how can this be possible! ?

The anger came up.

They will ignore it and be pushed away by anger...

"call!"

Being scolded by the prince, Zhuang Qingzhai let out a breath and his whole body was soaked with cold sweat, but his heart was extremely light at this moment.

"Yes."

"Your Majesty has transferred Wang Wenshu and others back to the capital, and also helped the Imperial Censor to take over the job. This is forcing me..."

"I am obsessed with hatred. What about Zhang Tang? He..."

"He was blinded by profit!" Liu Ju was relieved to see Zhuang Qingzhai finally come to his senses, and continued, "Zhang Tang wants to be made a marquis!"

"Let's take a step back. Even if he sees through my father's plan, I don't think he will let it go. He will still fight for it!"

"The world is in turmoil, all for the sake of profit."

"Young Master was born with a title, but he forgot that the title of marquis is something that many people desire all their lives but cannot obtain."

This statement came out.

Zhuang Qingzhai was suddenly enlightened and then silent.

Liu Ju was still whispering, "I don't know why my father wants to give up Zhang Tang. It could be because of Zhang He's incident, or it could be for other reasons."

"But in any case, giving up is a fact."

Call ~
Zhuang Qingzhai exhaled again, his eyes flickering, "Yes, otherwise he would have been promoted to Prime Minister long ago!"

"Your Majesty wants to take him down. If I impeach him, whether it is true or false, Your Majesty will accept it. Once Zhang Tang is executed, the "friendship between the monarch and his subjects" of more than ten years will probably backfire on me."

"Just like Zhidu back then..."

Speaking of which.

He suddenly remembered something, took out a confession from his sleeve, and whispered, "Could it be that those officials are plotting against me under the order of His Majesty?"

After realizing His Majesty's intentions, Zhuang Qingzhai couldn't help but suspect those historians who were around him every day and inciting hatred.

but.

This time he was wrong.

Not only did they think the emperor was too powerful, but they also thought the prime minister and the chief secretary were too simple... at least, one of the chief secretaries was too simple!
"Your Highness."

At this time, Su Wu's voice was heard outside the carriage. Although the prince said he wanted to talk alone, he hesitated for a while and still approached to report:
"Your Highness, Prime Minister, just now a Prime Minister's clerk named Zhu Maichen left the team and entered the Sima Gate."

Upon hearing this.

Liu Ju and Zhuang Qingzhai in the carriage were both shocked and thought to themselves:

not good!

(End of this chapter)