Chapter 166: One Hundred and Sixty-Six: Certain Death

Cui Yihong mouthed repeatedly.

Zhang Anshi looked directly dumbfounded.

He had long heard of the Jinyiwei’s methods.

But today was the day I really saw it.

This up-close-and-personal experience is extremely rare.

After all, Zhang Anshi had never seen, in his two lives, that a person could be like Cui Yihong.

It was just that the mood of Kizuna at this time was completely different.

Originally everything was very well planned.

The human and physical evidence is very solid.

Even this Cui Yihong, although it appears to be a little out of sorts, but can also be inferred that this is because this person fear of crime, after all, he has personally admitted that such a big crime, a person out of sorts, in fact, can also be understood.

For the so-called chaotic party, Ji Gang actually does not care, chaotic party slowly catch is, still can not run away?

Besides, if we really want to wipe out these rebels, what else do we need the Jinyiwei for?

When Emperor Taizu was around, didn’t he also use Jin Yi Wei to set off many big cases?

But so what? When all of Emperor Taizu’s targets were eradicated, didn’t he backhandedly remove the Brocade Guards?

For Ji Gang, the Jinyiwei was everything to him, and that was something that could never be lost.

He understood Zhu’s nature too well.

At this moment, he buried his head and knelt on the ground in fear, with a miserable look on his face.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, looked at Ji Gang with a deadpan, but did not hurry to say, “In this way, Cui Yihong …… is wronged?”

Ji Gang busily said, “Your Majesty …… minister …… I am thinking that Cui Yihong this person …… is quite strange.”

Zhu said, “What’s so fishy?”

“Among the confessions are a number …… of things that he babbled to people.”

Zhu Di’s eyes narrowed into a slit; “So, he became a rebel?”

“I …… minister the crime of ten thousand deaths.” Ji Gang’s body was like sieve chaff, his body trembled even more, and continued, “I heard that there is a chaotic party, and His Majesty …… will …… definitely pay extra attention to it, and I was eager to make a success… . so the case was handled in an overly hasty manner ……”

Zhu said quietly, “Is it just too much of a rush?”

Ji Gang kowtowed, again and again to take his head bumped against the floor tiles on the ground, suddenly …… head broken blood, he is like not feel half a bit of pain in general, trembling voice: “Only …… just manipulation is too hasty, the minister has ten thousand deaths of sin, I implore your majesty …… to surrender his sins.”

Zhu Di faintly said, “Such a big thing …… can not be left alone.”

He looked weary, then said: “This is the crime of deceiving the king, either you Ji Gang guilty, or you under the people deceiving the top and bottom, you are the Commanding Officer of the Brocade Guards, even this kind of small things are not good, I want you what use?”

Ji Gang heard, shivered, he seemed to hear the strings, and hastened to say, “I …… want to investigate this matter, must be thoroughly investigated to the end.”

Zhu Di waved his hand, even cared not to pay attention to Ji Gang again, but turned his head to look at Cui Yihong, and the bitchy look, hated to bend his head under his pants, and lowered his head to look at Cui Yihong’s Zhu Yong several people.

Zhu Di said: “Zhang Anshi to catch the rebels have merit, but is to have to labor Zhang Qing, Chen Wenjun this person, first detained Qixia, handing over to you a few fire interrogation, this case is important, must be water fall out of the stone.”

Zhang Anshi said, “I …… comply with the decree.”

Zhu actually didn’t say anything more, waved his hand to the crowd, turned around and left.

This Liu Yongcheng then hurriedly chased after him.

In the temple.

Ji Gang had a dejected look on his face as he scrambled to his feet, ignoring no one and saying nothing as he hurried away.

Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, took Zhu Yong a few, and went towards Jin Zhong, saluting with a smile on his face, saying, “Thank you, Minister Jin.”

Jin Zhong smiled, but glanced at Xie Jin’s several people not far away.

Xie Jin’s face was a bit ugly, as if he wanted to look like he wasn’t in that much of a mess, so he deliberately talked and laughed with people.

Jin Zhong said, “What are you thanking for? There’s nothing to be thankful for, we’re all serving His Majesty.”

Zhang Anshi and Jin Zhong went out of the hall together, but he looked around and lowered his voice, “I’d like to ask, does Ministry Jin still measure characters and tell fortunes now?”

“This ……,” Jin Zhong said, looking at him uncertainly, “is occasional.”

Zhang Anshi said, “I’ve had bad luck lately, why don’t you ask Minister Jin to do some math for me.”

Jin Zhong said, “This is good to say …… in a few days ……”

Before Jin Zhong could finish, Zhang Anshi immediately said, “How much?”

Jin Zhong shook his head, “Since he is the Marquis of Annam, of course he doesn’t want money.”

Zhang Anshi also shook his head and said, “It can’t be like this, if I don’t collect the silver, I feel uneasy in my heart, you can at least make a price, one hundred taels, or ten taels?”

Jin Zhong looked a bit helpless and finally said, “Ten taels then.”

Zhang Anshi was surprised and said, “Ten taels a time, it’s too cheap, so count me a thousand times. Go back and I’ll write you a thousand words, you count them one by one, there’s no rush.”

“This ……” Jin Zhong said, “can’t, can’t ah …… An Nan Hou, gentleman’s friendship is as light as water, how can we talk about profit? ”

Zhang Anshi said seriously, “It’s just a fortune-telling test, it’s a sale.”

“Jin doesn’t do business.” Jin Zhong smiled.

Zhang Anshi snapped and smiled, then resentfully brought Zhu Yong several escorted that Chen Wenjun out of the palace.

Once outside the palace, they saw hundreds of model battalions waiting in full armor, Zhang Anshi in the security, or very important, at the same time, let model battalions form a circular formation, with himself and Chen Wenjun as the center of the circle.

Only along the way, Zhang Anshi cursed, “Lack of virtue, too much virtue, this thing that wants money without a face.”

Zhu Yong was very puzzled and said, “Big brother, who are you scolding?”

Zhang Anshi exasperatedly said, “I scolded that bald ass. This guy ate my kickbacks, if not personally went to deal with the Ministry of Jin and know that he is not a lover of wealth and goods, I still don’t know that that bald ass ate my difference.”

Zhu Yong scratched his head and seemed to feel that this matter was a bit complicated, was this kind of thing that had something to do with complexity something that he should think about?

…………

At this time, Zhu Di swung to the small hall.

After seated, casually pick up the tea on the imperial table, bet on the mouth of tea, this time Zhu Di, face actually does not have the slightest anger.

Instead, he calmly said to Liu Yongcheng, who came with him, “Is Yiluoha’s illness well?”

Liu Yongcheng respectfully said, “Your Majesty, the slave girl will go and ask.”

After a short time, Yiluoha came and bowed down, “Your Majesty ……”

Zhu Di gave a meaningful look at Yiluoha, “You have already been informed of today’s events, right?”

Yilungha said, “The slave girl does not dare to hide it from Your Majesty, the slave girl has already been informed.”

Zhu calmly said, “What do you think?”

Yiluoha did not hesitate to say, “Anan Hou great talent, this chaotic party case, when the Anan Hou to dispose of, he and his majesty, solidarity, should do their best.”

Zhu hmmm’d.

Also lost Ha then said: “As for the Ji commanders make …… brocade guards is out of some mistakes, but the slave girl thought, Ji commanders make in the time of the Jing difficult to set up a lot of credit, people are not sages who can not have faults …… slave girl thought ……”

“I understand what you mean.” Zhu Di smiled faintly and said, “I have asked Ji Gang to thoroughly investigate this case of injustice, how can I just let it go when someone in the palace was wrongly accused by their Jinyiwei?”

Yiluoha gratefully said, “Your Majesty cares for these people of the slave girl, the slave girl people, really appreciate it.”

“Get well and go.” Zhu Di faintly said: “As for this pile of Chin case, non-trivial, that Chen Wenjun said things, shocking, I Ming expelled the Tartars, Emperor Tai Zu Gao a cloth and take the world, this is China has not been the work, but I can not imagine, some people think of the former dynasty is just, even dare to privately build weapons to rebel.”

“To whom are their weapons built ……? And how many people, covering for that Chen Wenjun? Who is the person behind Chen Wenjun? Such and such, really makes it difficult to sleep and eat.”

Said ……

Zhu Di stood up with a scornful look on his face, “Pass on my middle decree, let Zhang Anshi intensify the strict prosecution.”

Also lost Ha excused out, that Liu Yongcheng nature anxious, also borrowed an empty out of the temple.

Hurriedly chased up, he was furious, “Grand Eunuch ah Grand Eunuch, what time is it, my godson has now become that way, how to this time, you still speak for Ji Gang? Hey …… this Ji Gang bully to our head ……”

Yiluoha very calmly showed a smile, patted Liu Yongcheng’s shoulder and said, “Ji Gang will die.”

“What?” Liu Yongcheng looked at Yiluoha in surprise.

Yiluoha unhurriedly said, “His Majesty only loves the military, so the political affairs gradually thrown to the cabinet, but also to the crown prince. As for this Jinyiwei …… was thrown to Ji Gang ……”

After a pause, he went on to say: “At the time, the jinyiwei had just been prepared to build, this jinyiwei is only a henchman, his majesty only took them to use as a tool to spy on the news, but ji zhang still has the ability, he borrowed one case after another, step by step to install his own cronies, he not only built up the jinyiwei, and this jinyiwei’s popularity has become more and more prevalent. ”

Liu Yongcheng said with a perplexed expression, “What does it have to do with all this?”

Yiluoha said with a good sense of humor, “In fact, His Majesty has already come around, he increasingly felt that the brocade guards are very important, that’s why we have penetrated His Majesty’s mind, and hoped that His Majesty can also set up a Yamen in the palace, specializing in the supervision of this brocade guards. His Majesty also has such considerations, of course, no one would have thought that at this time Ji Gang would actually dare to fight back.”

Liu Yongcheng said, “Since this is the case, then why doesn’t Your Majesty take this opportunity to thoroughly put Ji Gang …… on the spot.”

Also lost ha said: “His Majesty to do small things, like quick and easy. But his majesty to do big things, but is very thorough, jinyiwei hides too many secrets, involved in too many things, not to mention the other, alone this jinyiwei up and down the personnel, now there are 20,000 people, his majesty wants to be ji zhang’s life, but the same, but also need jinyiwei still for his majesty’s service.”

Liu Yongcheng frowned and said, “We still don’t understand something.”

“But Ji Gang created the Brocade Guards, and planted so many people, this North and South Zhenfu Si, inside and outside, which is not his Ji Gang’s people ……”

Yizhuoha meaningfully looked at Liu Yongcheng, then said: “So ah, we are most worried about …… His Majesty to punish Ji Gang today, because with his merits of the pacification, at most …… just leather his official position. But once His Majesty still keeps this person …… then Ji Gang will definitely die. Because what His Majesty wants to do now is to remove Ji Gang’s wings.”

Liu Yongcheng said bitterly, “We still don’t understand.”

Yizhuoha glared at Liu Yongcheng, “Ever eaten chicken?”

Liu Yongcheng nodded.

Yilungha said, “If you eat chicken, you have to kill it, what do you do before you kill it?”

After thinking about it, Liu Yongcheng said, “Raise chickens.”

Yiluoha was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, “You have to pluck the feathers before you kill the chicken.”

“Plucking hair?” Liu Yongcheng read out these two words, and then his eyes slammed open, and then he said, “Got it, got it! You said it earlier.”

Also Lost Ha: “……”

But today also lost ha mood good, soon laughed again, said: “Anyway, this time, but thanks to that Zhang Anshi, without that Zhang Anshi …… we have to eat a boring loss, haha …… this kid, more and more Interesting, really worthy of being raised by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ah.”

Liu Yongcheng also nodded his head and said, “This guy is really, he actually managed to catch the chaotic party.”

Also lost Ha Road: “But …… this is only the first step it, in the end can not these chaotic party a net, or unknown, hey …… we a little do not understand, these chaotic party is how to think. ”

Said, shook his head, after a long sigh: “That Cui Yihong, sent to the Xiaoling, find a colorful serve him, he is considered finished, pity.”

Liu Yongcheng immediately came to the gas, gritted his teeth and said: “We into his Ji Gang’s ancestors eighteen generations.”

Yiluoha did not follow along with the gnashing of teeth and cursing, as a eunuch, he knows better than anyone else, like him, born into slavery, is not qualified to curse at the mouth.

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On the other end of the spectrum, Ji Gang returned to the Northern Zhenfu Si, still in shock, at this point he desperately thought about His Majesty’s reaction in front of the Royal Court today.

Ji Gang didn’t care a bit about anyone else, the only thing he cared about was His Majesty’s mind.

He knew better than anyone that the slightest mistake would be the end of everything.

After pondering for a moment, he let out a long sigh, then said to the people around him, “Summon Liu Yong, the co-counselor, to come and see him.”

“Here.”

Jinyiwei Commanding Envoy Liu Yong came in, it seems that he also learned the news, this Liu Yong and Ji Gang early in the brotherhood, but also in the Ji Gang again and again under the arrangement, now become this Jinyiwei under one person, ten thousand people on top of the person.

“Brotherhood ……”

Ji Gang looked up at Liu Yong, and actually did not speak to him with a stern face like before, but said cordially, “Sit down, your mother’s illness, is it better now?”

Liu Yong said, “With the medicine, it got better.”

“I heard that her body is not good, but also anxious, have always wanted to go to visit, but these days the situation in the Wei Li, you are aware of, really can not take time out.”

Liu Yong said, “It can’t be helped that elder brother has a lot of work to do day in and day out, and my mother also reads about elder brother.”

Ji Gang smiled, lowered his head and sipped his tea, then side added: “And your son, I think about it, he is now in the guards, also practiced almost, should add him a hundred households.”

Liu Yong’s face became grave, “Brother …… what is wrong with you ……”

Ji Gang raised his head and looked straight at Liu Yong, “The matter, you already know about it, don’t you?”

“Slightly.”

Ji Gang sighed: “Hey …… now his majesty wants to pursue this matter, such a big case, the Jin Yiwei up and down …… who can afford such a big stem ah, Cui Yihong and the palace people, do not give his majesty an explanation, we These brothers …… in the future, not to mention still like before, call the wind and rain, I’m afraid that in the future life is difficult to protect.”

Liu Yong said, “That Zhao Qiandu, always and we do not deal with ……”

Ji Gang shook his head: ”Can a mere thousand householders afford it? If you report it like this, will His Majesty believe it? His Majesty’s nature, you know, once it gets serious ……”

Liu Yong’s face became incomparably tangled up, “Elder brother …… when we were together under His Majesty’s account as a personal soldier during the time of the Jingan, I lived and died with you, we …… we… …”

“I know all of this.” Ji Gang said warmly, “I still remember, I was suffering from a knife wound on my arm, and I saw that wound festering, and I couldn’t live. It was you who carried me all the way on your back, following the army to move, the army traveled forty miles a day, ah, this is all by your two legs to carry over.”

Liu Yong shed tears, “Is it possible to think of other ways?”

Kijang said, “Your mother is my mother, and your son is my son.”

Liu Yong sat paralyzed in his chair, he wanted to sneer, looking at this elder brother in front of him who had always taken care of himself, but he couldn’t laugh.

I only felt chills all over my body, but the Ji Gang in front of me was surprisingly calm: “Consider it as helping me for the last time.”

Liu Yong’s lips trembled, “What do you want me to do?”

Ji Gang said slowly, “You can kill yourself in fear of the crime, and then all the blame will be put on your head.”

Liu Yong said with a white face, “Can things be solved if I die ……?”

“You’re the Commander Tongzhi of the Brocade Guards, a figure ranked in the top three of the Brocade Guards, and when this matter comes to you, His Majesty should be satisfied that the man is dead and the debt is settled.”

Liu Yong smiled bitterly, “I ……”

Just before he could go on, Ji Gang had already stood up, his face was ice cold, and he faintly said, “Come on people, send Tongzhi Liu on his way.”

This statement came out, but a few lieutenants had already rushed out from the ear room on the side.

With that, someone took the rope and appeared behind Liu Yong.

Liu Yong wanted to struggle, but he had been restrained and could not move in the slightest.

In the next moment, the rope was put around his neck, Liu Yong’s body was constantly twitching, his eyes were round, his mouth desperately opened wide, and he let out, “Uh uh …… uh uh ……”.

Until his head lolled and his pupils began to lax.

But the lieutenant who was strangling him in the back was still dead on.

Ji Gang glanced at Liu Yong’s corpse on the ground and said without sorrow or joy, “Hang it in his public room.”

“Yes.”

Several people dragged Liu Yong’s corpse and left.

Not long after, a clerk came in and whispered, “It’s been taken care of.”

“Uh-huh.” Kizuna answered with his hands behind his back.

The clerk said, “The students will prepare a good confession, everything is Liu Yong authorized, Liu Yong beloved a few lieutenants and a thousand households, a hundred households …… have been sent to catch.”

“Uh-huh.” Ji Gang nodded, then said, “Don’t leave out one person, and the person responsible for torturing and interrogating that Cui Yihong …… including the bookkeeper responsible for recording.”

“Yes, over there …… have done it.”

“Go on.”

“Then the student will go.” This scribe trembled, and after responding in a trembling voice, he carefully excused himself and went out.

Just before he could walk out, he heard Ji Gang suddenly say, “Come back.”

The clerk hastily stopped, turned around and bowed down, “What else does the Governor command?”

Ji Gang faintly said, “Liu Yong’s son, Liu Yingwu, is in the western part of the city’s thousand-doctor office to do official work?”

“Yes.”

“Take him too.”

The clerk looked up in dismay, “But …… but this is the only son of Liu Tongzhi.”

Ji Gang said with a cold and sullen expression, “Keep him, what if he thinks his father died in a strange way and goes around spouting nonsense? He probably knows many things about me and his father, he can’t be kept.”

The clerk pursed his lips and finally nodded, “The student …… student knows.”

Ji Gang said calmly like water, “Things need to be a little crisper.”

“Yes.”

Ji Gang once again took his seat and watched the scribe go away, then he lowered his head, picked up a copy of the secret message that had been sent to him on the case, and looked down at it in detail.

There was little expression on his face, for him, the immediate priority was to make sure to give His Majesty a satisfactory explanation.

For that, it’s all worth it.

A secret message was read before he said, as he always did, “Summon the brothers to council.”

Soon, this Jin Yi Wei internal, another Tong Zhi, and two commanders to make the commander, in addition to the north and south Zhenfu Si Zhenfu, as well as the important several thousand households, collectively come to see.

All of them saluted towards Ji Gang, these people, none of them were promoted by Ji Gang, and they were all called each other as brothers on weekdays.

Ji Gang said gently, “Things are known, right, Liu Er Di killed himself.”

He looked up, deadpan, and watched the brothers’ reactions.

These people …… are all expressionless, only Ji Gang seems to be able to detect that the bodies hidden under their official robes are trembling.

Ji Gang said, “All sit down, talk about continue to catch the chaotic party, this time …… we must be more than the Qixia side, faster to hold the chaotic party, if not, the palace and then blame down, can not afford to eat.”

Everyone sat down with fear and trembling, one face slightly pale, the process of the meeting, bizarre and terrible, as if this is the general temple of Hades.

After roughly explaining, Ji Gang then stood up and said with a smile, “No matter what, Liu Er Di is also our old brother, after some time, all go to pay homage to it, we are all brothers, right now at this time, we have to be in the same boat to help each other.”

“Yes.”

Several Tongzhi, Commander, Zhenfu, and Qiandu, lost their souls and retreated out, no one dared to speak.

Only then, there was a shy rider coming hurriedly on the face.

This young rider looked strange, but the Qianhu of the Qianhu office on the west side of the city recognized him, and said to him, “What’s the matter, and why did you come here?”

This绶归獞 is precisely subordinate to the western city of the thousand households, see their own thousand households, busy salute, whispered: “Back to the thousand households, the western city of the general flag officer Liu Yingwu, just accidentally fell into the water and died, I came here to report.”

This hall was suddenly, terribly quiet, a needle could be heard.

…………

A sonata, fire to the hands of Zhu Di.

Zhu Di only skimmed a glance, and casually threw it to the service of his own Yiluoha.

After reading it, Yiluoha laughed dryly and said, “Your Majesty, it turns out that the one who framed Cui Yihong was this Liu Yong, who had such a big guts. Unfortunately, he had the guts to do this, but did not have the guts to take it on, and died by himself, which is really a pity.”

Zhu Di like already know will be this result generally, said: “According to my view, will not only a Jin Yiwei commanding envoy co-conspirator. You let people go to tell Ji Gang, ask him …… who is the party of this co-cognizant, which some people involved in the framing, such a big thing, how can you rely on a co-cognizant to close the case? Simply absurd.”

Yiluoha nodded and said, “The slave girl will have someone send a message to Commander Ji later.”

Zhu Di said: “I see him these days is very hard, to give him some nourishing things it, last time in the temple I see him, will be very emaciated, he is the merit of the Jingdan well, not to mention …… still my own soldiers, now and the chaotic party, and the jinyiwei in the head of some people framed the loyal, he this commanding officer to make …… not easy.”

Yiluoha was busy saying again, “The slave girl will make proper arrangements.”

Zhu nodded, “That’s good.”

Zhu Di’s mood these days are very gloomy, heard in the large, that the king of the good end of the Zhu Di were seized to beat a meal.

Yi Wang is the youngest son of Emperor Tai Zu Gao, Zhu Di raised in the palace for several years of his younger brother, usually to Yi Wang has always been kind, but now also suffered a disaster.

That’s why also Lostha seemed extra careful.

At this time, however, I heard Zhu Di say, “Set up the carriage.”

Yiluoha cautiously said, “Where is Your Majesty going?”

Zhu Di said, “I have been dreaming for the past few days, dreaming of seeing that Chen Wenjun, denouncing the Taizu Gao Emperor and me ……”

Speaking of this, Zhu’s eyes reddened slightly.

This time, it hurt him so much that it can be said that it directly made Zhu break his defense.

“I am thinking …… Taizu Gao Emperor …… such a top of the sky and earth, set up such great achievements, but why …… “He shook his head, then said:” I will never be and not on the high emperor of Taizu, can learn a little bit of his fur, has been rare, is it …… the high emperor of Taizu and my achievements, in the eyes of these people in Chen Wenjun, it is so bad. ”

Yiluoha hurriedly relieved, “This is a remnant of the rebellious party, why should Your Majesty take it to heart.”

Zhu Di said in a loud voice: “How can you not put it in your heart, do not say, set up the car, go with me to see how Zhang Anshi s side of the trial, and then look at this Chen Wenjun …… in the end what to say.”

After saying that, Zhu Di gritted his teeth, revealing a color of incomparable hatred.

One and a half hours later.

Zhu then came to Qixia.

Here …… Zhu Di but found that Zhang Anshi has created a mansion, this mansion is clearly carried out a special repair, the fence is very high, there are many sentries, because leaning against the model battalion, if this side of the slightest movement, the model battalion will be able to immediately rush to help.

At the entrance to this mansion, a large sign was hung in particular, which read, “Fireworks are strictly prohibited.”

Apparently the sign …… looks like a special warning for someone.

Zhang Anshi, who had received the news early, personally came out to welcome Zhu Di in.

Accompanying Zhu Di’s side, the side of interest, “Your Majesty …… Look at the arrangement here, this is all spent money ah, all the walls, are using bricks, the cell over there, I let people pour iron plate.”

Zhu Di at this time but just said, “How is the trial?”

Zhang Anshi then said, “There’s already a brow, and it’s mostly the work of the brothers.”

Zhu Di immediately came to the interest, he is on this case, extraordinarily important, but so far, in addition to a Chen Wenjun, he has no knowledge of these chaotic party.