Wei Zaode walked in and said to the others: "Mr. Guang is not a big deal. He has sent someone to send him home first."

Then he turned to Zhou Xian and said, "Mr. Zhou, you shouldn't take action even if you get angry anymore. No matter what, Guang Shiheng is also an official of my Ming Dynasty, and he is still ordered by the emperor to interrogate you."

Zhou Xian smiled slightly, "I'm sorry, I can't help it. But this pickled man is so arrogant. A question asked over and over again, it was just to pour dirty water on me. I really thought I, Zhou Xian, was easy to bully? It was because of the sake of his being sent by the emperor that I didn't kill him, otherwise he wouldn't have been bleeding."

Wei Zaode's face changed slightly and he did not respond.

At this moment, Zhou Xian suddenly noticed that the door of the house was opened, and he could directly see several soldiers standing at the door from inside. Once something happened in the house, they could come in at any time. It seemed that this had scared Wei Zaode, and Zhou Xian thought to himself.

Wang Chengen said slowly: "Forget it, but you have to explain this matter, otherwise we will not explain it to the emperor."

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "I can call nearly 50,000 soldiers in Shandong, but there are only about 20,000 elite soldiers. This time I can defeat He Jin and Li Dingguo, which is a great luck. But even with such a victory, the losses of our soldiers are not small. After I occupy western Shandong and Xuzhou, I need to send enough soldiers to prevent the enemy from counterattacking. In Dingtao, I have left a large number of soldiers. In Huaiyin, Liu Konghe led a large army to block the main force of the Longwu Army and Liu Wenxiu. Apart from these soldiers, I can not mobilize many troops to support the capital. Although the rebel army was defeated in western Shandong, there were still tens of thousands of troops in Henan. If they attack western Shandong again, I must have enough troops to defend, and how can there be enough troops to rescue the capital?"

Meng Zhaoxiang said: "The commander-in-chief means you are doing that to stop the thieves from attacking Luxi?"

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "So, don't they want to surrender me? I released the dozens of captive generals to show them that I really have the intention to surrender to the rebel army, but I was worried. In this way, at least for a long time, they should not take the initiative to attack our army in Shandong. In this way, I can take the opportunity to mobilize troops north to rescue the capital. Isn't this the situation now?"

Wang Chengen asked, "Wang Zi, can anyone prove what you said?"

Zhou Xian shook his head and said, "This is all my personal thoughts. Who can prove it to me except myself?"

Wang Chengen sighed slightly, "This is troublesome. You should inform the emperor in advance if you act before."

Zhou Xian smiled bitterly and said, "From Shandong to the capital, and from the capital to Shandong, the road passed for more than ten days. And even if I report to the emperor in advance, who can guarantee that this is not another kind of concealment and deception? If the emperor believes in me, he will not doubt my loyalty no matter what I do. If he does not believe in me, he will be suspicious of whatever I do."

Then they asked a lot of questions, all kinds of different. But their attitude was much gentler than before. Zhou Xian also tried his best to answer, and everything was still peaceful.

By the end, the sky was completely bright.

Zhou Xian stood up, bowed to the five people, took out two letters from his arms and handed them to Wang Chengen and said, "Prince, I am locked up here now. Once it is sent back to the army, unnecessary trouble will inevitably arise. These two letters are one for Duan Yunqing, the leader who supports Baoding, and the other for Li Kai who stayed in Jinan. The letter only explains to them that I have another appointment in the capital and let them act according to the original plan. Please pass them over to Lu Ming and ask him to send someone to send them out."

Wang Chengen frowned slightly and did not agree immediately. "I'm afraid this one will..."

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "Your Majesty, don't be embarrassed. You can check the contents in it first. If you can, leave it to him. If it doesn't work, then forget it."

Meng Zhaoxiang picked up the recorded copy from the clerk and turned to Wei Zaodedao: "Weigemen, what should we do now? Should we send this to the emperor first?"

Wei Zaode walked up, took the copy from Meng Zhaoxiang, looked at it slightly and said, "Prince, I think we will go to see the emperor together! It's getting late. Minister Meng, Censor Shi, Commander Wang, you can go home and clean up first, and prepare to go to the morning court!"

Wang Chengen nodded and said to Meng Zhaoxiang: "Men, Zhou Xian has not been convicted yet. He is now locked up in the Ministry of Justice. You have to send people to take care of him and not to torture him. His requests should be met as much as possible. This is also the emperor's will."

Wei Zaode raised his eyebrows, with a look of loss on his face as if there was nothing.

Meng Zhaoxiang said: "Don't worry, prince, I know what to do."

Even though the sun has set, the weather is still hot.

Zhou Xian was lying on a bamboo recliner, with two yamen runners from the Ministry of Justice standing next to him. One of them kept fanning Zhou Xian with a bamboo fan, while the other sat next to him and talked about the various things that had happened in the capital recently.

Most of them are trivial matters about Chen Guzi rotting sesame seeds, but some can directly give Zhou Xian important information.

For example, the yamen runners of the Five Cities Warriors began to dispatch and transport the dead out of the city for burial. The gates of the capital began to investigate strictly to prevent hungry people from entering the city. Li Guozhen served as the admiral of the Nine Gate and governed all the people in the capital. Emperor Chongzhen pointed out the nine nobles and guarded the nine outer gates of the capital, etc.

As he was speaking, another yamen runner came over from outside, carrying wine and meat in his hand. "Sir, I bought it."

Another yamen runner looked at it, "Zhao San, why are you getting less and less? You won't be greedy for the money given by the adults!"

Zhao San pointed to the sky with his right hand: "Wang Liu, don't swear. Now all the food in the city is rising in price. The price of a piece of sesame cake is different in the morning and evening. It's already great to buy these. Otherwise, next time you go, can you see if you can buy a little more than I do?"

"If I go, I will go, I won't believe this evil."

Zhou Xian felt a headache when he heard this, "You two, shut up."

Seeing Zhou Xian angry, Wang Liu stopped talking quickly. Zhao San came forward and whispered: "Sir, when I first came in, someone gave me two taels of silver and asked about your situation."

Zhou Xian opened his eyes and looked at him and said, "Who is it?"

Zhao San said: "He said his name was Zhou Gan. In addition to his two taels of silver, he also handed me a package. I looked at it and there were also two sets of clothes for changing clothes in it."
Chapter completed!