Chapter 224.

Kizuna looked incredulous.

He couldn’t understand it.

And then, he looked up at Zhu Di.

Zhu still looked at him coldly.

Zhang Anshi laughed on the side and said, “Ji Dudu, do you …… still want to see the rest of your family?”

Ji Gang’s face was ugly, in fact, when he saw Ji Wenlong, he already knew that everything was over.

He raised his head and gazed at Zhang Anshi, “Why, why is this?”

He was unwilling, still resentful, especially in that pair of eyes, which were tinged with resentment.

He clenched his own teeth and took a deep breath before adding, “Why …… did you get to this situation.”

“This should ask you, not me.” Zhang Anshi said, “You should know that today is my wedding night, right, this wedding night, I do not accompany his wife, but with you in the same room, is not also thanks to you Ji Gang?”

Ji Gang’s face, with incomparable pain, he shook his head, still incredulous at this time, froze, “But …… but …… things shouldn’t be to this point today.”

Zhang Anshi said, “It’s only because you’re smart.”

Ji Gang first stared wide-eyed, and then closed his eyes, and let out a long sigh under his breath, as he seemed to slowly begin to accept the reality in front of him, and his mood seemed to have calmed down a little.

Only then did he look seriously at Zhang Anshi and said, “How did you notice …… that?”

Zhang Anshi said faintly, “It’s because of Governor Ji yourself.”

Kizuna raised his eyes and frowned, “Myself?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Why has Governor Ji fallen to this state today?”

Zhu sat quietly on the sidelines, listening coldly.

At this time Zhu Di, there are also many questions in his heart, only he did not open his mouth to ask, because he is clear that the truth is about to be revealed.

It was only then that Kizuna found another hint of agitated response and raised his voice, “Are you trying to say I’m delusional?”

Zhang Anshi faintly shook his head, “No, every man has ambition, in this world, even I, Zhang Anshi, why wouldn’t I want more silver and more power?”

Zhu raised an eyebrow.

The guy admitted it to himself without a fight.

Only to see Zhang Anshi then went on to say, “This is human nature, Ji Dudu s ambition is a little bigger than others, in fact, …… there is no excuse. I still see the farmer in the field, in the fantasy of entering the palace to be the emperor, let the mother give him the old big cake. Not to mention Ji Dudu you? Ji Dudu is not a position of supremacy, but it is the hand of the brocade guards, the power of the sky.”

Ji Gang gritted his teeth and said, “Then why …… why did you say that I would fall to this point.”

Zhang Anshi gazed at Ji Gang and said, “Because in this world, Governor Ji you have never trusted anyone, and the only person you can trust is always yourself. This is your biggest break, and it is precisely because of this break that you have given me the opportunity.”

Ji Gang listened, but his eyes were bewildered.

Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, calmly continued, “We live in the world, we all have selfish desires, but …… people live in the world, there is still true love, just like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince raised me, treating me as a flesh and blood relative, so in my heart I only think of being good to my own brother-in-law. Another example is His Majesty, who has the favor of knowing me, and I thought that I would show my skills more in front of him.”

“And a couple of my sworn brothers, they’re not good in the head, and I’m always giving them ideas so they don’t fall for someone else’s tricks.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Therefore, people have their own selfishness, but people live in the world, but always inevitably there will be a close relative, there will be a close friend, there will be a person who is worth trusting, and there is also a person who is worth trusting himself.”

Kizuna laughed contemptuously at this.

Zhang Anshi said, “This is the reason why you have fallen to this state today. You have never trusted anyone, and you believe that everything you had in the beginning was earned by yourself. Thus, after you became the Commander of the Brocade Guards, instead of being satisfied, you had a huge sense of crisis, he thought that His Majesty was not worth trusting, and that sooner or later, one day, a cunning rabbit would die and a dog would cook, so that’s why you were preparing everywhere with all your heart and soul.”

“In the Jin Yi Wei internal, you buy people, external, you and a large number of enlisted those outlaws, you destroy the door to break the family, convergence of countless wealth, for the …… is one day, wait until his majesty to you to be disgusted when you have the power to counterattack. In fact …… precisely because of this, these things of yours, sooner or later, will also be exposed, and after things are exposed, it will force His Majesty to have to do something to you.”

“From this, we can see that the fruit of today is actually due to the cause planted in the past, and the more you have a sense of crisis, the more this crisis will follow.”

Ji Gang snorted coldly and glanced at Zhu Di, who was still seated with no expression on his face.

Ji Gang took a deep breath and said, “Even if that’s the case, so what, what does that have to do with me today?”

“A person with a sense of crisis will definitely try to leave himself a way out! That’s why, after you were released from prison, you realized that your family, long ago, had long escaped with your wealth.”

Zhang Anshi smiled, then said, “Remember that bookkeeper? That scribe, in fact, wasn’t your retreat at all, was it?”

Ji Gang looked at Zhang Anshi with indignation, “And you noticed this?”

“Right.” Zhang Anshi said, “Because this back road of yours simply doesn’t make any sense. You let the clerk to contact the Woodland Harbor Department is true, and after colluding with the Woodland Harbor Department, then go to contact the Tartar Department is also true. It is a pity …… that although this is true, but that clerk, in fact, is just your abandoned son. Smoke bomb, heard of it? There is a kind of gunpowder, can release smoke, used to confuse the enemy. This bookkeeper, in reality, is the role of the smoke bomb.”

Ji Zhan’s body trembled slightly, he gritted his teeth, and there was still unwillingness in the bottom of his eyes.

Zhu Di at this time could not help but say, “Why do you think this is …… a smoke bomb?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Very simple, here there is a big crack, that is …… a person who has never refused to believe in others, and only believe in the evil of human nature, and even the emperor for whom he is loyal to do not believe in the person, how dare to send his own life, all sent to the Ministry of Wu Liangha? ”

When Zhu heard this, he instantly understood.

No wonder Zhang Anshi kept reciting the greatest weakness of this person Ji Gang.

Yeah.

In Ji Gang’s so-called plan, it was to contact the Uliangha tribe and move all his wealth and clansmen to the south of the desert.

The plan, on the surface, worked, and the Tartars and the Woodlanders could make mutual use of each other with Keegan’s kinsmen.

But carefully to ponder, but found that it is not right, because …… what makes Ji Gang think that the people of Wu Liangha will not turn against each other? And what makes you think …… those wealth, will not let those escort his family outlaws, will not produce covetous people?

This is just a literal perfect plan, as if every person, will go along with Ji Gang s scheming, but in fact …… there are many loopholes.

Of course, if it is an average person, they may have to take a gamble when they are in a desperate situation.

But what kind of person is Ji Gang? From the very beginning, Ji Gang probably didn’t even trust the old brothers who had been with him for many years, and even when he was in a desperate situation, he couldn’t possibly do something that would put a sheep in a tiger’s mouth.

Zhang Anshi hooked his lips and smiled, and then looked at Zhu Di and said: ”The most pitiful is that clerk. This clerk is indeed Ji Gang’s close confidant, he thought he was doing things for Ji Gang, going far away to the desert, being mediated by the Wu Liang Ha people as well as the Tartars, in fact,…… soon the Tartars and the Wu Liang Ha people will find out that the things that this clerk promised on behalf of Ji Gang are not even a shadow at all. Your Majesty …… guess what will happen to that poor scribe next?”

Zhu could not help but feel a chill in his heart, at this time even he, could not help but feel vicious.

The person who can give Ji Gang to take this risk to do the work, can never be just greedy for a little reward and wealth so simple, this must be Ji Gang’s beloved, and this clerk must be Ji Gang’s incomparable trust.

But I am afraid that this person, in any case, did not expect, from the beginning, he is Ji Gang’s abandonment.

When he went to the desert, it was actually a dead end.

Then the infuriated Tartars and Woodlanders will surely use the most cruel means against those who have deceived them.

Zhu Di said angrily, “Even for a person like you, there are still people in the world who are devoted to you.”

Zhu said this to Ji Gang.

Ji Gang, however, was unimpressed and said, “Those who accomplish great things are not bound by small things.”

Zhu Di looked at him with mockery in his eyes and laughed coldly, “Have you become a great thing then?”

Keegan: “……”

Zhang Anshi said at this time, “Since that scribe is a smoke bomb, then he must have a purpose. Because of this, I have been racking my brain to think about what his true purpose really is.”

“Finally …… I’ve figured it out.”

“This kind of person who never refuses to trust others, all he can rely on is himself. In fact, from the very beginning, he knew that the operation of absconding to the desert would not work at all. And time was already very short. So at this point in time, Ji Gang had to take a gamble.”

Zhu couldn’t help but say with interest, “What’s the bet?”

“By transferring his kinsmen away first, and remaining in the capital himself, he knew that he would surely go to prison. Also know, as long as his wealth is still there, his majesty will definitely leave his life. Therefore, the first thing he calculated was that His Majesty …… could not part with that wealth.”

Zhu Di froze, then said, “I am not stingy, just these, after all, is the people’s fat and wealth.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty’s love for the people is known to all. I admire it.”

Zhu glared at him and said, “Get to the point.”

Zhang Anshi was busy nodding his head and said: ”For him, as long as he doesn’t die, then there is still a chance. What he is betting on is that Nei Qianshou can seize that line of the clerks and convince my Ming that the Tartar and Wu Liangha ministries will, before long, collaborate with his cohorts in the Guan, and enter the Guan to attack my Ming. He knows well that your Majesty has long had a mind to fight the Tartars, and that your Majesty will never let go of this opportunity.”

Zhu Di could not help but say, “This person …… does understand me.”

Zhang Anshi said: “He is also convinced that once His Majesty’s personal expedition, then within the capital, the five army battalion, three thousand battalion, Shenji battalion, and even model battalion, I am the elite of the Ming Dynasty, after all,…… this war is about the fate of the country, it is not trivial, His Majesty is necessary to take the troops of the country to the north, it must be all out. ”

Zhu nodded and said, “In that case, the capital will be empty.”

Zhang Anshi said, ”Yes, these days, aren’t the Five Army Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion, and the Divine Opportunity Battalion being mobilized on a large scale? He even knew that it was highly likely that I would have to accompany the army at that time as well. He understands His Highness the Crown Prince, and knows that His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely have to let me consummate my marriage before I accompany the army. And this wedding, is bound to attract the attention of the entire capital, this Jin Yi Wei up and down the military ministers, only to obediently go to the Zhang family to scramble to celebrate.”

“So, by then, the capital will be empty, and so will Surakumo.”

Zhu Di smiled, “Well …… it makes sense.”

Zhang Anshi then said, “At this time, his family, and then contact those outlaws action, your majesty …… is not much smoother? He only needs to buy a few people from the Imperial Prison as insiders, and then he can immediately escape from life.”

Ji Gang’s face grew more and more somber, what Zhang Anshi had said was almost exactly what he had conceived.

He only felt the pain to the extreme at this time, and the plate was …… full of losses.

Zhang Anshi, however, said at this time, “Just …… one more question.”

Zhu raised his eyes and said, “What’s the problem?”

Zhang Anshi said, “That is, people are rescued, but how to retreat in one piece? Also, since Ji Gang’s relatives didn’t go to the desert, where should they hide in order to be the safest?”

Immediately, Zhang Anshi then said with a smile, “It is the Warat ministry, this Warat ministry, the smallest in the desert in terms of strength, and non-golden family lineage, although it fights with the Tartar ministry, but in reality, it has always been suppressed. For the Tartar Department, Ji Gang took his wealth to the Tartar Department, which is called the icing on the cake, but went to the Warat, it became the snow in the charcoal. Moreover, his plan to create a Ming conquest of the Tartar Ministry would have been favorable to the Walar Ministry, and would have allowed them to sit back and watch the two tigers fight.”

“Of course, the most important thing is that, because of its weakness, His Majesty intends to borrow the Warat ministry to check and balance the Tartar ministry, and every time the envoys of the Warat ministry are treated with courtesy, and the rewards given to them, are most generous.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi then said, “The envoys of this Warad ministry are huge, mixed with some Ji family members to go in, Honglu Temple side, categorically will not cause concern, this Honglu Temple …… up and down …… is only responsible for taking good care of the Envoys, other things, they will not pay attention to, will not care.”

“And as long as the rescue of Ji Gang, this Ji Gang mixed into the envoys of the Warat Department, out of the desert, is also easy as a slap in the face of things, along the way of the officials and soldiers, certainly will not be checked. I’m afraid that the whole world, also can’t think, I Ming around the sea arrest of the criminal, in the envoys of the Warat.”

Zhu Di heard this, but was taken aback, “How did you know?”

“This is the key to the problem.” Zhang Anshi heatedly smiled and said, “Since I know that …… Jigang won’t trust anyone, and that colluding with the Tartar Ministry is just an eyewash, and I also expect that someone will come to rob the prison, the thing to do is very simple, that is, to pay attention to the situation on this side of the Imperial Prison, because the other side wants to rob the prison, they will definitely try to do everything they can to bribe the the inner thousand lieutenants guarding the imperial prison.”

Zhu subconsciously nodded.

Zhang Anshi added, “It is said that a fly does not bite a seamless egg, but Your Majesty, where in this world is there an egg without a seam? Even if there is no seam, there will be people who will try to knock out the seam. Your Majesty is aware of my minister, and I know that I also have many human weaknesses, so in this regard, I have always taken precautions.”

“As early as the establishment of the Inner Thousand Households, I have specifically sought out a few loyal people, to arrange everything for them, but also take care of their families, so that they do not do anything serious in the Inner Thousand Households, and only do one thing …… and that is to take silver, eat, drink, whore and gamble. This is also a precautionary measure! This inner thousand household office has a great relationship, there will definitely be thugs hitting the inner thousand household office lieutenants, rather than letting them go through all the trouble of pulling those loyal and honest people down, it would be better to …… minister prepare a few of the inner thousand household office’s ‘black sheep’ for them. ”

“There are two advantages to this; one is to spare the other lieutenants from being corrupted by these outlaws. The second is that if there really are thugs, they will inevitably find these few ‘black sheep’, then what is going to happen next can also be within my grasp. Sure enough …… this arrangement has worked wonders.”

“This goes back to the original problem, Ji Gang’s party to rob the prison, there must be an insider, they will select a few targets, these people must be within the thousand households in the unattractive, and stained with vices, when they go along with the trend to buy these people, the minister’s side, immediately detected, and then, immediately ordered to begin to secretly follow the clues along the lines of the people who are buying the melon, and eventually …… then touched the head of the envoy of Wala.”

Chu: “……”

Zhu sometimes do not know what Zhang Anshi is thinking, this guy, it is simply the skill of defense to the extreme.

You have to wear two pairs of armor when you leave the house.

Inside this large prison, it was also designed like a maze, and the height of the walls was more than double that of the Imperial Prison.

Wherever this guy walks, he is also followed by three layers of guards inside and outside.

Even this Inner Chitose is dug with countless traps!

Who would have thought that this Thousand Household Office has always eaten, drunk and whored, and no evil people …… are also fucking traps?

Is it possible that a person who is afraid of death to the extreme can be invincible to the world?

Zhang Anshi looked at the way Zhu Di was looking at him, and seemed to read the meaning in those eyes, and couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed, he coughed very unnaturally before he added: “This is still mainly for the purpose of catching the rebels, your majesty, the rebels are pervasive, insidious and cunning, and every one of them is like Ji Gang, and they are vicious to the core ah. I struggle with them, it is really painstaking, exhausting ……”

Zhu Di pressed his hand and said, “Alright, no need to explain, I know you work hard.”

And then, the eyes of the two monarchs and ministers fell back on Ji Gang.

It was fine for Ji Gang not to hear this, but when he heard this at this time, he didn’t expect that the bureau he had laid out so skillfully would be broken by such a simple method.

And today ……

He had clearly realized his end, and at that moment, with a bitter face, he looked towards the prostrate and shivering Ji Wenlong.

“Child ……”

“Father ……” howled Ji Wenlong, who was trembling with fear.

Gee asked softly, “Can anyone get away?”

Ji Wenlong shook his head and cried, “Not a single one, they came too fast, it was too late to leave.”

“Hey ……”

Ji Gang sighed, momentarily burst into tears, and said quietly, “Never would I have imagined that I have been smart for a lifetime, but confused for this moment, and after calculating the hearts of people all my life, I am now being calculated.”

Ji Wenlong a pair of eyes covered with fear, looked straight at Ji Gang and said, “Father …… quickly think of a way to save me ah!”

Ji Gang laughed, laughing so hard that tears spilled out, and then said, “Save you? Now even if the Great Luo Golden Immortals come, they can not be saved. You go on the road at ease, don t worry …… Dad will let you all die well.”

Ji Wenlong’s entire body became agitated and shouted, “I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die.”

He let out a miserable wail.

Instead, Kizuna closed his eyes and seemed to have made up his mind.

“Your Majesty …… pleads with your Majesty for old time’s sake.”

Zhu Di, however, looked at Ji Gang eerily, “If you were me, what would you do?”

This reply did not seem to surprise Kizuna.

How could a person like him, who originally viewed human nature as extremely evil, believe that Zhu Di, at this time, would agree to his pleas?

“Then, I would like to ask Your Majesty, to make a deal.” Ji Gang gazed at Zhu Di seriously.

Zhu Di said faintly, “I can listen.”

Ji Gang said: “Your Majesty …… these years, I have usurped countless large households, not only this, I also official trafficking in private salt is actually not millions of pounds, but thousands of pounds. In addition to this …… I have also destroyed countless families in the name of catching the imperial criminals, and even more so, I have appropriated countless wealth from them. Of course …… this is far more than that, many people in order to buy peace, scrambling to send gifts to the minister, as well as the minister harbored those wangyang big robbers, also have filial piety every year ……”

He said as if he was talking about his family, as if he was talking about his family, and his voice was very calm: “Your Majesty may not even know, the showgirls escorted by the Korean nation. All is the minister first over the eyes once, if there is born beautiful, the minister will bring back to the home, the rest, only then will be sent to the palace …….”

Hearing this, Zhang Anshi subconsciously began to take a step back, hiding far away from between Ji Gang and Zhu Di.

Zhu Di’s face was really dark and his eyes were gloomy, but his reaction was unusually calm.

Ji Gang, as if he could not feel Zhu Di’s anger, continued, “In the court, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. But in the eyes of the ordinary people and merchants, I am their son of heaven……. I have enjoyed enough blessings over the years, and I am afraid that that amount of wealth is much more than Your Majesty imagined.”

Zhu only stared at his face closely, and at that moment said, “Where?”

Ji Gang is a person who does not want to believe, only even now, these things, are still in his head, other people who know, afraid that he has long been silenced.

Ji Gang said: “I have reached the end of my rope today, and I dare not hope that I can still live; what hope is there for a dying man? Your Majesty, don’t expect that if these people torture me, I will be obedient. These torturers are all my disciples and grandchildren, and it is impossible for them to teach me to talk with their three-footed kung fu.”

Zhu Di’s face became increasingly angry and said in a deep voice, “My patience is limited, I’ll ask you one last time, where is it?”

Ji Gang, however, gazed at Zhu Di and said, “I am willing to say it, but …… have a condition, as long as your majesty can do it, I will definitely open my mouth.”

Zhu only pursed his lips in silence.

By now, Zhu didn’t want to bargain anymore, he just wanted to teach this man to die without a burial place.

Ji Gang knelt down in front of Zhu Di and said, “Just please, Your Majesty, within half an hour, kill my wife, children, old and young, twenty-nine people, and send their heads, all of them, to my minister, and when I see their heads, I will report everything truthfully.”

He was in tears by the time he finished the sentence.

When Ji Wenlong heard this, his entire body shook and he almost fainted.

He glared at Ji Gang with red eyes and exclaimed under his breath, “Father …… father …… why did you ask people to kill me? Father …… I am your son ah, I don t want to die, I don t want to die ……”

Ji Gang, however, did not respond, his eyes only looking at Zhu Di, not even looking at Ji Wenlong.

He stared straight at Zhu Di with both eyes, carefully observing Zhu Di’s complexion.

It was only then that Zhang Anshi moved closer to Zhu Di s side and whispered, “Your Majesty, the Han thieves are incompatible with each other, you can t be with such thieves …… because of the district s wealth and goods.”

Zhu Di pressed his hand, signaling Zhang Anshi to keep quiet, while he looked at Ji Gang with a cold face and said; “What if you go back on your word?”

Ji Gang said, “I would have wished for an easier death, and I know for myself that it is in my favor to speak out at this point in time. Your Majesty …… is running out of time, only one hour as a limit.”

Zhu Di stared at him for a long time, and after half a second, he angrily said, “Come on.”

Zhang Anshi said, “In.”

Zhu spat out three words, “Kill them all.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Obey the decree.”

The reason why the party persuaded, in fact, Zhang Anshi is not stupid, this is just to show that he and the chaos of the enemy is incompatible.

Is it still true that you don’t even want silver?

Stupid or not.

The money, of course, but the house of cards can’t be lost.

Zhang Anshi didn’t nag much at this point, turned around, and hurried out of this cell.

Half an hour later.

Chen Li personally brought a burlap sack and kicked the full sack over to the ground, more than twenty bloody heads rolled out, shocking to the eyes.

That Ji Wenlong was still here and had fainted in fear.

Ji Gang saw the situation, eyes red, mouth constantly trembling, at this time his emotions, has been sad to the extreme, his mouth muttered: “Second child …… third child …… my moon e… …”

Pfft ……

A mouthful of blood spurted from his mouth.

He coughed desperately, his shackled hands trying to reach out and grab the nearest head.

At this point, Ji Gang didn’t even have the energy to cry.

Zhu Di only coldly looked at him, said, “I also left you a son, is that you and so on say, say it, after saying, I quickly send him on his way, is also considered to be all you and I gentleman and minister a.”

Ji Gang was speechless and fell into tears, spitting out a few more mouthfuls of blood before he looked up at Zhu Di and said, “Much …… thanks to your majesty, your majesty …… grand beneficence is vast, I …… ”

He kowtowed violently toward Zhu Di, and this time, as if from the bottom of his heart, he finally said, “I am grateful.”

Saying this, he raised his head up, and this lifeless face, at last, began to wriggle his lips, and said, word by word: “These riches, in Zhongshan, a hill nearest to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, where …… there is a field …… “