My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 69 The person who wronged you knows how innocent you are better than you do!

What no one noticed was.

Not far away, Tian Youlin, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, had become weak in the legs, his face was as pale as paper, and he was sweating profusely.

Because his butler Lin Zhong was also taken away by the Jinyiwei.

Without thinking, he knew that his arson had been exposed!

But he couldn't understand why his plan, which was so perfect, suddenly caused such a big mess?

Moreover, he had no intention of actually burning down the Daming Newspaper Office. He just wanted to set a fire to vent his anger.

I didn’t expect the fire to be so fierce!
He just felt like the sky was falling!
Because the Daming Newspaper was also an agency of the imperial court, and the emperor was behind it.

To put it mildly, this matter is arson and murder to silence witnesses. To put it seriously, it is an attempt to rebel and despise the imperial power!
No matter what, he's dead!

Thinking of this, an extreme feeling of fear suddenly surged into his heart, making his heart beat faster and faster.

Until he couldn't catch his breath, his eyes rolled back and he fell straight to the ground.

Seeing this, the people nearby shouted:
"Oops, someone fainted!"

"Isn't this Lord Tian, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue? Lord Tian, what's wrong with you?"

"Master Tian, wake up!"

The movement here instantly attracted everyone's attention and everyone ran over.

Someone noticed that Tian Youlin's face looked off, reached out and felt his breath, then said in a trembling voice:
"He...he's dead!"

what?
Everyone was surprised to hear the news.

How could he die out of nowhere? Wasn't he fine just now?

This is too sudden!

"Don't look at it, he was scared to death."

At this moment, a cold voice came from the crowd.

Everyone looked back and saw Xue Guoguan standing there with an indifferent expression.

"Master Xue, what do you mean?"

Zhou Yanru ignored Tian Youlin who had just died and scolded:
"We all served in the same court, and now he's dead. It's fine if you're not sad or concerned, but how can you still speak like that?"

Unlike everyone else present, after Zhu Cilang figured out what happened, he asked the Embroidered Uniform Guard to tell Xue Guoguan about the matter so that Xue Guoguan could prepare for it during the morning court session.

So Xue Guoguan knew that Tian Youlin had hired someone to commit arson.

Facing the blaming eyes of the crowd, Xue Guoguan still said coldly:
"My Lords, you should have seen the flames rising into the sky when you came here this morning, right? To tell you the truth, that's exactly where the Daming Newspaper Office is."

"The Imperial Guards have confirmed that someone set fire to the Daming Newspaper Office tonight, burning several houses and killing five Imperial Guards."

"His Majesty was furious upon hearing the news and immediately dispatched the Imperial Guard, the East Factory, and the West Factory to investigate the matter."

"Just now, the investigation results have come out. Someone paid a murderous and robbing bandit to set fire to the Daming Newspaper. One of the masterminds was this Lord Tian."

"This guy must have known that he couldn't escape the blame, so he was scared to death."

Upon hearing this, everyone present widened their eyes in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.

He hired someone to set fire to a government office and burned five Jinyiwei to death. What the hell is the difference between this and rebellion?
The next second, everyone hurried away from Tian Youlin's body, and no one dared to get close to it, for fear of having anything to do with him.

But suddenly at this moment, someone else reacted.

Wait, what did Xue Guoguan mean by "one of the masterminds"? Besides Tian Youlin, is there another mastermind?
Just when everyone was puzzled, Xue Guoguan's cold eyes swept across everyone and continued:

"The Jinyiwei have obtained concrete evidence proving that Tian Youlin was not the only one who did this."

"There is someone behind him!"

"As for who they are, I think you should all know clearly in your hearts. When you see His Majesty later, you should think about how to explain it!"

After Xue Guoguan said this, he turned away.

However, these words scared the others present half to death.

These people were all ministers who had been visited by the Jinyiwei in the morning. Although most of them knew that they were not involved in this matter, the Jinyiwei was not a place where reason could be reasoned with.

If the Jinyiwei insists that you were involved, how will you explain it?

For a moment, everyone felt like the sky was falling.

Even Zhang Sizhi broke out in cold sweat because he was afraid that such a thing would happen to him!
At this moment, two guards came out of the palace. After confirming that Tian Youlin was really dead, the two of them immediately went into the palace to report.

Zhou Yanru frowned, then called a few people to a deserted place and asked in a low voice:
"Hurry up and tell the truth. Did you participate in this incident?"

Everyone quickly shook their heads in denial:

"Lord Zhou, we are not fools. How could we possibly do such a thing?"

"Only that brainless guy would do such a thing. He didn't even think about the fact that the Ming Newspaper is backed by the emperor and the imperial court. Even if he has objections, he can't do this!"

"This bastard is really going to kill us!"

Zhou Yanru frowned even deeper, because he always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this matter.

But he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Just then, the bell for court rang.

Everyone could only suppress their inner fear and then lined up one by one to enter the palace.

At the same time, Zhu Cilang, who was preparing to go to court, also received the news that Tian Youlin was dead.

To be honest, Zhu Cilang was stunned at the time, and even found it a little unbelievable. Because he didn't expect Tian Youlin to be so timid?
I haven't done anything yet, but he was scared to death?
How on earth could he have the guts to do such a thing?
But it doesn't matter if this guy dies. As long as he dies, the list in my hand will be more convincing!

After all, this guy committed suicide out of fear of punishment, so he has the final say on who is his accomplice. After all, a dead person can't make excuses.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Zhu Cilang's lips.

Afterwards, Zhu Cilang walked out of the side hall and sat down next to the dragon throne.

The ministers bowed and said:

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a thousand years old!"

"Your Majesty, please excuse me."

Zhu Cilang nodded slightly.

Immediately afterwards, before the ministers could stand still, Xue Guoguan jumped out:

"Your Highness, I have something to report!"

Because Zhu Cilang had already discussed this with Xue Guoguan, he naturally knew what Xue Guoguan was going to say and nodded immediately.

"Master Xue, please speak!"

Xue Guoguan said loudly:

"At the hour of Chou today, the Daming Newspaper Office was maliciously set on fire. The fire spread rapidly, burning down several rooms and resulting in the tragic deaths of five Jinyiwei."

"The Daming Newspaper represents the reputation of the imperial court and the royal family. We absolutely will not allow anyone to offend us in this way!"

"This old minister implores His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to severely punish the murderer and show absolutely no leniency."

Everyone present was shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect Xue Guoguan to talk about this right away. It was obvious that he wanted to make things bigger!

At this moment, Zhu Cilang nodded slightly and said:
"I have just learned of this matter, but I don't know the details yet. Please inform Jinyiwei Commander Luo Yangxing."

Then, Luo Yangxing, who had been waiting outside, walked in and bowed respectfully, saying:

"Your Highness, I have thoroughly investigated this matter."

"It all started because some ministers in the court were dissatisfied with the Daming Newspaper, so they bribed a bandit named Wang Er."

"This man had committed several murders in the Huguang area and fled to the capital to escape capture."

"These ministers found him, gave him a sum of money, and asked him to set fire to the Daming Newspaper Office."

"Now Wang Er has fully disclosed the list of ministers involved in this matter."

Having said that, Luo Yangxing took out a list from his arms and began to read it.

"Zhang Sizhi, Ding Qirui, Fang Kezhuang, Tian Youlin, Zhang Fengxiang, Chen Yan, Guang Shiheng"

Every time Luo Yangxing read out a name, one of the officials would quickly stand up, then kneel on the ground and shout:
"Your Highness, I feel wronged! I really don't know what's going on!"

"I am wronged! I hope Your Highness the Crown Prince will understand!"

"I have no knowledge of this matter. Luo Yangxing is wrongly accusing me!"

Before long, all the officials were kneeling on the ground, including Cabinet Minister Zhang Sizhi and Minister of War Ding Qirui.

At this moment, they were not only scared, but also confused because they really didn't know the answer to this question.

Um.
Of course they didn’t know, because all of this was led by Zhu Cilang!
What is there to say?

The person who wronged you knows how wronged you are better than you do!

This is the scene in front of us!
Faced with everyone's cries of injustice, Zhu Cilang naturally had to put on a show, otherwise it would not be in line with his status as the crown prince.

The next second, Zhu Cilang pretended to be angry and looked at Luo Yangxing and said:

"Luo Yangxing, do you know what you're talking about? The people you just mentioned are all the most loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. How could they possibly do something like that?"

"Do you know what happens when you wrongly accuse them?"

To outsiders, it seemed that Zhu Cilang was now clearly on the side of the civil officials, but only Luo Yangxing and a few others knew that the prince was acting.

Of course, they have to cooperate when the prince is acting!
Thinking of this, Luo Yangxing quickly said seriously:

"Your Highness, I dare not wrongly accuse anyone. These were all instructed by Wang Lin, the steward of Tian Youlin, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He was responsible for contacting these people's servants and slaves to convey the news."

"He was the one who contacted Wang Er personally. I have the confessions of Wang Er and Wang Lin, as well as the banknote Wang Lin gave to Wang Er."

As Luo Yangxing spoke, he took out a document from his sleeve, which contained a silver note.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen, who was standing by, hurried down to take the memorial and handed it to Zhu Cilang.

Zhu Cilang pretended to flip through it, then looked at the audience with a complicated expression:

"Everyone, the court and the emperor have treated you well, why are you doing this?"

"The reason why my father established the Daming Newspaper was simply to let the people of the world know about the court's policies and measures."

"If you have any dissatisfaction, you can just speak out. Why do you have to hire someone to set the fire?"

"I am truly disappointed in you!"

Hearing this, the people kneeling in the audience were almost scared to death.

They didn't know what evidence Luo Yangxing had produced, but looking at Zhu Cilang's expression, it was obvious that they had been convicted.

Isn’t this fatal?
(End of this chapter)