little emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 102 Secret
Wang Zhicai was stunned by the case in the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, looking at Zhou Heng and Li Yanhua who were kneeling on the ground. The nightmarish experience three days ago still made him feel sore and numb in the lower half. He couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking. The imperial decree actually named him to continue the trial of Prince Rui's case.

The case is no longer that case, but the people are still those people.

It's just that the defendant has become the plaintiff, and the plaintiff has become a prisoner.

Turn the world upside down, turn the clouds upside down.

Thinking of the little prince who had a smile on his face, but his eyes seemed to have been frozen for thousands of years, these eight words were enough to make Wang Zhicai shudder involuntarily. If possible, he would never see her again in this life This man.

Zhou Heng, whose legs had been crippled, looked ashamed. Ever since he saw Su Degong's secret performance in blood in the Golden Palace, he seemed to be dumb. No matter how he asked, he didn't open his mouth.

But in Wanli's view, it doesn't matter if you don't speak.

There is a place where there are thousands of ways to get the silent to speak.

Wang Zhicai is good at torture, and with a glance of his eyes, he can tell that Li Yanhua is soft and Zhou Heng is hard.The persimmons naturally picked the soft ones first, so they attacked Li Yanhua first.

At this moment, Li Yanhua was completely flustered, he had already lost all hope of Shen Yitong, but facing the aggressive question of Wang Zhicai, who was like the king of hell, there was a bang in his head, and he suddenly jumped up, screaming: "Mr. Su De is not me!" He killed it, he killed it, he killed it!" After speaking, he ran out the door like crazy.

Wang Zhicai's face was gloomy, "Come here, invite Master Li!"

Four soap-robed criminals at the side each held a water and fire stick with one red end and one black end. With a light stretch, Li Yanhua rolled to the ground.

The corners of Wang Zhicai's eyes were slightly raised, and he sneered: "If you enter this territory, if you don't serve Mr. Li well, let our punishment department put the face there! Little ones, it seems that Mr. Li is not sober, please bring out our treasure , let’s refresh Master Li first.”

A criminal officer nearby responded, and pushed out a stake from behind. The body of the stake was as high as a person's body.

The executioner moved nimbly, and stretched out his hand to put Li Yanhua's head on the ring. The rope at the back was pulled violently, and Li Yanhua couldn't help lifting himself up. When he stood upright, he felt his head swell, and he let out a scream.

Wang Zhicai nodded, "I want Master Li to know that this baby has a name called Jixiang, Jiaguan Jinjue, and an ugly name called Ape Daiguan, but it doesn't matter which name it is, the taste is the same. Dissatisfied, I still have a lot of tricks to wait for."

Li Yanhua's eyes were darkened by the pain, wishing to die immediately, but he didn't dare to struggle, because the set was a looper, and it was tightened more and more, his face was as yellow as wax in a moment, his mouth was hoo hoo, and he was panting like a cow. .

"It's better to be alive than to be killed! The two listen to the advice of the officer. If you cooperate, it will be easy for each other, won't you?"

This sentence was directed at Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng pursed his lips tightly, his face turned slightly pale, but he remained silent.

Wang Zhicai sneered for a while, already thinking about what method to use to concoct this old thing.

While resting his chin on one hand, looking at the sky and calculating, suddenly a yamen servant outside came to report... His Royal Highness Prince Rui has come down!
Seeing this young prince with a calm and deep face, Wang Zhicai felt chills in his heart and bitter in his mouth, almost jogging all the way down the hall, and bowed deeply to Zhu Changluo from a distance, "Your Highness, come from afar, the officer is not here!" If you can welcome me far away, please forgive me.”

Seeing this guy's arrogance and condescension, and thinking of his experience in the torture room, Zhu Changluo's eyes rolled violently, and he suppressed the urge to kick him a few times, "My lord is being polite to me again, if I dare to blame my lord, unless it is This king wants to go to the fairy bed."

Wang Zhicai, who was ridiculed with a single sentence, broke out in cold sweat, and Tianling Gai opened the three souls and seven and ran halfway in an instant. He was unable to speak, and said with a wry smile: "Don't dare, the lord is just joking. Kedan."

Zhu Changluo didn't bother to care about this cruel official, so he stretched out his hand and handed Su Degong's blood book to him, and said solemnly: "How much is the deficit of the Jinan family, and the dozens of murder cases of the Su family are all up to the adults. The emperor has another commandment and asked me to express it to you: In troubled times, heavy codes must be used, and it is better to lose strictness than to be lenient!"

Wang Zhicai's face was solemn, he straightened his clothes quickly, and knelt down to receive the oracle.

"The minister obeys the order and must conduct a fair trial, and dare not favoritism."

Zhu Changluo took a deep look at him, and the sunlight in Jiuxue's square eyes fell on him, and his whole body seemed to be wrapped in golden light, which was as dazzling and dazzling. Look at each other.

Looking at Zhu Changluo who turned and left, Wang Zhicai who bowed to see him off showed awe and mixed emotions. After passing through the criminal room, the depth of this little prince's mind was far beyond what he could guess and understand. In the past year, he was used to seeing people's hearts and ghosts, so he was not afraid of this, but for some reason, he was afraid of Zhu Changluo to the bone.

I have made up my mind, I will break off relations with Luo Dayu when I go back!I was really confused, in order to avenge his son, I almost folded myself in, this matter is really stupid!
When passing by Zhou and Li, there was a slight pause. Li Yanhua was wearing a ring on his head, standing upright, and he couldn't even turn a corner.Looking at Zhou Heng again, he looked like a fool, his eyes were staring straight ahead, his face was pale and sallow, and his whole body was filled with death.

Zhu Changluo sighed, remembering the time when Li Xia Ting Chu met these two people, they were well dressed and talking and laughing, I still vividly remember them, but in a blink of an eye, the two have become death row prisoners.

Seeing that Zhu Changluo was about to leave, Zhou Heng suddenly yelled, "My lord stay here..."

Zhu Changluo stopped, but didn't look back. Zhou Heng's legs were crippled, and he crawled on the ground with his hands. With difficulty, he climbed forward and hugged Zhu Changluo's legs, panting heavily, but his eyes shone with hope.

"Zhou Heng has deserved his punishment for today's end. I can't blame anyone. I only have one son and one daughter in my life. If they are hurt because of me, I will not be at peace even if I go to hell. The prince has a lofty heart and will not tolerate anything. Please spare them."

Zhu Changluo still didn't look back, he gently pulled his legs away from Zhou Heng's arms, and then walked out in big strides.

But Zhou Heng took a few steps forward, hugged his legs in his arms again, hesitated for a moment, with an indescribable light in his eyes, and said in a very low voice that only the two of them could hear: "I have been in Jiajing for 30 years. Since I was an official in Beijing, I have lived for a long time, and I have seen a lot, Your Highness...do you know why the Emperor despises you so much?"

Feeling that person's body stiffen in an instant, Zhou Heng suddenly laughed lowly, and let go of Zhu Changluo's leg, because he knew that if he let this person go at this time, he wouldn't be able to leave.

Until now, Zhou Heng's sluggish eyes had a few hints of life.

Zhu Changluo bent down slowly, his eyes turned cold, "You know what, if you tell me, I might be able to fulfill your wish."

Zhou Heng stared at him blankly for a while, then sighed suddenly, "Your Highness and that person seem to be..."

Who did you seem to be born with?This sentence seems familiar... Zhu Changluo's heart skipped a beat. Just three days ago, Wanli stroked the top of his head for the first time in his life in the execution room. When he was almost talking to himself, he also said that he and himself seemed to be in the same life!

His breathing was already heavy, his whole body became stiff, and the coldness in his eyes had been replaced by a mixture of tension, resentment, and anticipation, but his face was like a blank sheet of paper.

"As long as His Highness promises to spare me a pair of children, I will tell His Highness everything I know! I believe His Highness will never be disappointed."

Zhu Changluo stared at him fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll trust you once!"

Looking at the back of Zhu Changluo going away, Zhou Heng fell to the ground slumped as if his bones had been pulled out, two lines of muddy old tears streaming down his face, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, desperate and crazy.

Looking at Zhou Heng who was collapsed on the ground, Wang Zhicai felt a kind of sadness in his heart for some reason.

Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise.

Thinking of the hardships he had suffered under this young prince, his sneering heart suddenly shortened by half, "Come on Mr. Zhou, let's not worry about the child, let's think about ourselves first, forgive me for the emperor's life, Su Degong once case, what do you say?"

Zhou Heng closed his eyes sadly, but his heart was full of smiles, "I'll tell you what Master Wang wants to ask!"

Wang Zhicai: "...Huh?!"

Zhou Heng really didn't have any reservations. He used himself as the governor of Shandong to do all kinds of things. He kept everything in mind and said casually. He has never tried such an astonishing case with such a smart prisoner. The number of people involved and the seriousness of the case are the most serious in the Wanli Dynasty!

A shocking case was solved.

When the thick stack of confessions was sent to Qianqing Palace, Wanli's face was livid and happy when he saw the familiar names one after another.

"Very good, I usually look at all the clear water mirrors, the pious guys, who open their mouths of benevolence and morality, and shut their mouths about saintly etiquette, but in front of the beauty of Yin Zi, they have become beasts among men. I can't wait to see their current appearance What's your face like?"

"Send Zhou Heng's confession to the cabinet, and list all the names of these people," Wanli slapped the book case with a thud, "Propagate my will: In the case of Shandong, collusion from top to bottom, invading money and depriving people, earning thousands of dollars, for It has never been a strange and strange incident! All the criminals involved in the case belong to the law and cannot be borrowed. Immediately, Jin Yiwei entered Shandong and brought all the officials involved in the case to justice. Don't make one person lightly, the one who should be killed will be killed, and the one who should be cut will be cut!"

When Huang Jin delivered the decree to the cabinet without touching his feet, the gate of Qianqing Palace suddenly opened a small crack, and a dark guard in black sneaked in quietly, and whispered a few words in Wanli's ear, Then he respectfully stood aside.

Wanli's calm face is getting darker and darker, his eyes are fierce and murderous, "He is a man who must die, go and deal with him for me! Remember, don't let him die quickly!"

The hidden guard nodded and accepted the order, and went away without a sound.

Wanli reached for the teacup on the table, as if he wanted to drink tea, but for some reason, the tea was not finished, and the tea was splashed all over his body. He immediately became furious, and ordered the two young eunuchs who were serving in the palace to be dragged out of their sticks and killed.

After returning from the cabinet, Huang Jin, who learned that the emperor was furious, rushed to the Qianqing Palace after hearing the news, only to see the aloof nine-five-year-old supreme being paralyzed on the dragon chair like a deflated ball, and he really lived up to the name of the widow , both lonely and alone.

Huang Jin looked at Wanli worriedly. As the emperor's close minister, he already knew the cause of the death of those two hapless little eunuchs. Come on, it's getting stronger and stronger.

Inside the Yonghe Palace, Zhu Changluo looked up at the sky in a daze, and suddenly felt a slight chill on his face, but it turned out that it had snowed in the sky at some time, and the snow fell on his face and turned into water, but the coolness seemed to melt into his heart. resolve.

What is Zhou Heng's unspeakable secret?

Seeing Ye He walking quickly from a distance, Zhu Changluo's eyes suddenly lit up eagerly, and a kind of joy that the secret was about to be revealed filled his heart.

　Thanks to the hero Jiang Zhong and the book friend Qingmei Zhujiu for their firm support ~ Thank you book friends Dang Yu, Xiao Yuzi, Dugu Di, and Wu Nuo for their recommendation and support. I received a notice from the editor yesterday that this book will be published in December Wireless, thank you very much, thank the editor-in-chief Z, and the editor-in-chief of ink and wash for your favor.

　　


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