Cao Zhisheng lay on the ground in a state of embarrassment.
His hair is disheveled and he looks crazy.
But his eyes were agile, and through his loose hair, he quietly looked at the group of people walking in.
The time is just right.
Immediately, Cao Zhisheng lay on the ground with his hands, as if he did not see Zhu Yunxi who led the people into the county government office, and knocked his head on the ground.
"You don't care about me..."
"I will die!"
"You're all pushing me. What can I do if I'm just a big-ass magistrate? I can't beat you, but I have to die today."
"I will come to you after I die."
"Don't even think about running away...Don't even think about running away!"
"I'm having a hard time, so don't even think about it!"
Cao Zhisheng seemed to have no sense of pain, and his forehead banged on the ground. In the blink of an eye, the whole forehead was smashed to pieces. The blood and broken flesh were mixed together, mixed with the fine gauze and gravel on the ground, and his appearance became worse and worse.
He looked so upset that he looked like a dead soul in the underworld.
Cao Zhisheng cursed loudly, and his words were filled with resentment.
Zhu Yunxi, who walked into the Lanyang County government office from outside the city, couldn't help but frown.
The county magistrate anxiously squeezed his way to the side of the emperor's grandson and took a look at Cao Zhisheng, who was lying in the lobby of the county government office like a madman.
No eyesight.
The county magistrate lowered his head and whispered: "Your Majesty... Your Highness, this... is Magistrate Cao of this county."
Eunuch Yu Tian walked up to the Lanyang County Magistrate with a frown, waved his hand and pointed to the lobby: "Isn't this a lunatic?"
The magistrate of Lanyang County blinked, it was really not easy to answer this question.
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, lowered his brows, and looked calmly at Cao Zhisheng, who was talking nonsense in the lobby of the county government.
Zhu Yunxi walked lightly towards the county government lobby.
Yu Tian rushed up immediately, always blocking the eyes of the Emperor Taisun, as if he was afraid that the lunatic in the lobby would collide with His Highness the Emperor Taisun.
Zhu Yunxi finally walked into the lobby of the Lanyang County government office. He wanted to have a good look at what the idiot who could make the decision to blow up the embankment was up to. But the nervous Yutian was always blocking his eyes, and Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but wonder.
Urgent.
He raised his foot and kicked it up.
Yutian immediately jumped to the side holding his butt, with a flattering smile on his face.
With a cold face, Zhu Yunxi finally saw clearly Cao Zhisheng, who was still lying on the ground and talking nonsense: "Are you Cao Zhisheng, the magistrate of Lanyang County?"
Although Cao Zhisheng had long noticed that someone was approaching him, he still trembled slightly when he heard this question.
Cao Zhisheng, who lowered his head, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but his words remained unchanged.
"Don't even think about living...don't even think about living..."
Zhu Yunxi's face became increasingly gloomy, and now he finally understood.
This idiot is not stupid at all. He is just acting, trying to get the price and sell it, so that he can save his life.
The gloom on Zhu Yunxi's face disappeared in an instant, and he leaned forward and said, "Who will you not let live?"
After asking, Zhu Yunxi stood up straight, crossed his arms across his chest, and stared at Cao Zhisheng who suddenly became quiet.
Outside the lobby, the accompanying officers and soldiers, as well as the Jin Yiwei led by Zhang Hui, had been summoned by Yutian who was always worried that the madman would attack the grandson.
….
Zhu Yunxi never looked back, he just took out a hand and blocked it in front of everyone.
Cao Zhisheng suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of unwillingness and resentment.
He stood up with difficulty, swaying, but his face was full of anger.
"Everyone!"
"No one should live anymore!"
After cursing a few words, Cao Zhisheng felt weak and fell to the ground again, as limp as mud.
Zhu Yunxi slowly squatted down with his hands on his knees, put his hand on Cao Zhisheng's shoulders, approached him and asked softly: "How?
Why can’t I live?”
Cao Zhisheng muttered in a low voice from time to time. After hearing the sound, he raised his head blankly, his eyes were cloudy. He blinked and his tone became dementia: "Who are you?"
"Hey! You crazy person!" Yu Tian, who was not far away, suddenly frowned.
Zhu Yunxi didn't react at all. He patted Cao Zhisheng on the shoulder and said, "It's Zhu Yunxi."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Yunxi stared hard into Cao Zhisheng's eyes.
But after Cao Zhisheng heard this, he didn't change at all. Even his eyes didn't change at all. He still asked stupidly: "Who is Zhu Yunxi?"
"Bold! Presumptuous!" Yutian, who had been worried about this, suddenly became angry and stamped his feet fiercely: "Open your dog eyes wide, this is His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson of the Supervisor of our Dynasty!"
Zhu Yunxi raised his head and looked at the noisy Yutian, then frowned.
Even if this guy is trying to maintain his dignity, why does his words sound so wrong?
At this time, Cao Zhisheng muttered in a low voice: "The emperor's grandson? The grandson... His Royal Highness the grandson..."
This was repeated several times.
Cao Zhisheng's eyes widened, and suddenly Yutian's heart that had been hanging around was stirred up, and he tightly grasped Zhu Yunxi's arm with both hands.
"Are you the emperor's grandson?"
"You are Your Highness!"
"I have evidence! I have all of them..."
Snap!
A crisp sound came from Cao Zhisheng's face.
Zhu Yunxi turned his head with murderous eyes and looked at the officials and soldiers staying in the county office at the moment: "Disperse."
Yutian reacted immediately, jumped into the middle of the lobby, and looked at everyone: "Back off! Everyone, back off!"
Shout out with the retreat order.
In the Lanyang County government office, all the accompanying officials and soldiers, as well as the county government officials, bowed and retreated, retreated Zhangyuan, then quietly turned around and hurriedly walked out of the county government office.
When there were no other people around, only Yutian and Zhang Hui were left in the lobby.
Only then did Zhu Yunxi look again at Cao Zhisheng, who had just been slapped by him.
"Originally, I thought you were a fool, stupid enough to make the decision to blow up the embankment."
Zhu Yunxi spoke very slowly, his eyes always staring at Cao Zhisheng, who was still pretending to be crazy. When he saw that the other party did not respond, he patted this guy on the shoulder again: "But I was wrong. I just realized now that you may be the most popular person in the entire Kaifeng Mansion.
Smart people."
Having said this, Cao Zhisheng showed no reaction at all.
"Death..."
"They all die..."
"...Everyone...go to death..."
Cao Zhisheng was still mumbling in a low voice, as if this county magistrate was really crazy.
….
Zhu Yunxi paused for a moment, looked at Cao Zhisheng blankly, and smiled slightly: "Cao Zhisheng, since you are a smart man, you did what you did today just to save your life by removing yourself in front of me. The evidence you mentioned is
Zhang Hui, who was standing aside, crossed his hands together, tightened them slightly, and made a snapping sound with his fingers.
He glanced at Yutian beside him, and then at Cao Zhisheng, who was sitting in front of his grandson. With just one glance, Zhang Hui had already chosen his position. He only needed to use his own methods to ensure that this person would take care of everything.
Reveal it.
Zhu Yunxi was not in a hurry, and still asked softly: "Xiao Junpeng, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture?"
Cao Zhisheng raised his head, his face full of anger.
"Kill!"
"Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all!"
Zhu Yunxi's heart sank, and he continued to ask: "Xiao Junpeng, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, is involved in the scandal, so it is impossible for everyone in Kaifeng Prefecture to be alone."
Cao Zhisheng’s face became increasingly expressionless
Angry, eyes almost ready to spit fire.
"All die!"
"They're all dead..."
At this time, Zhu Yunxi suddenly changed his words: "The Prince of Zhou's Mansion is the Kaifeng vassal state..."
Zhu Yunxi spoke more and more slowly, staring at Cao Zhisheng dimly, observing every change of expression on his face.
I saw that when Zhu Yunxi mentioned the Zhou Palace, his eyelids moved slightly, and then he quickly covered it up.
Do you still have to reach that point on your own after all?
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but feel a little unreasonable in his heart.
Since last year, everything seems to be going smoothly in Ming Dynasty, but only Zhu Yunxi, who is in charge of the political situation, knows that under this smooth flow, there is already an undercurrent.
Zhu Yunxi sighed softly and patted Cao Zhisheng on the shoulder for the last time: "Tell me, where is your so-called evidence? Since you want them all to die, I will do this for you after I get the evidence."
Cao Zhisheng's throat sounded like a quail.
Then, there was a long silence.
"Evidence? Where is the evidence..."
After a while, Cao Zhisheng muttered twice, then chuckled, and lay down on the ground, twitching even more crazily.
[In view of the general environment,
Zhu Yunxi was not in a hurry, clapped his hands, stood up, and waved to Zhang Hui beside him.
Zhang Hui's eyes lit up and he walked behind Taisun, only to find that Taisun had made no next move.
At this time, Cao Zhisheng suddenly sat up from the ground.
"The evidence is behind the government office!"
"In the government office! In the government office! In the yard behind the government office..."
"Hahaha..."
"Behind the government office, behind the government office... hahaha..."
"Hahaha... Go to hell, go to hell... They're all on that beam..."
After a moment of madness, Cao Zhisheng lay on the ground, running around like a mad dog.
While running, Cao Zhisheng began to pull at his clothes.
….
"Just behind the Kaifeng government office?"
Zhu Yunxi repeated it silently, with the corners of his mouth slightly the same.
Perhaps, this Cao Zhisheng is really the smartest person in Kaifeng Mansion.
Just at this time...
Zhu Yunxi walked up to Cao Zhisheng, who was crawling on the ground. He blocked his way forward with his feet, and then stretched out his hand to Zhang Hui.
Cao Zhisheng lay on the ground with his head lowered, neither advancing nor retreating.
Zhang Hui walked over with confusion.
Zhu Yunxi turned his head and glanced, then lowered his head slightly and fixed his eyes on Zhang Hui's waist.
Zeng.
Zhu Yunxi pulled out the Xiuchundao and held it in his hand. He had already squatted down, and the blade of the knife was pressed against Cao Zhisheng's neck.
The cold blade pressed against the back of his neck, causing Cao Zhisheng's heart to cool down almost instantly. His whole body trembled violently, and he was no longer crazy. He lay on the ground, trembling cautiously.
"I'll be punished by death!"
"I know that I have committed a serious sin. I will tell you everything your Highness wants to know. Please forgive me for this madman."
Zhu Yunxi sneered, shook his head silently, and pressed down the Xiuchundao again, so that Cao Zhisheng did not dare to move at all.
In Zhu Yunxi's eyes, there was only indifference: "Originally, your dog's life is not important. Killing or not is the same thing. Since you are pretending to be crazy, I can make you crazy for the rest of your life.
But, even if Gu can let you go, can the hundreds of thousands of people in Lanyang County forgive you? Can the people who suffered the disaster in the six prefectures this time forgive you?
Gu went to the execution site that you bombed, I'm afraid you haven't even seen it. But when I saw the people who were repairing the river embankments, there was only numbness in their eyes. This was all your own doing... No, it was
You guys did it together.
If I don’t kill you, the people will kill me, Ming Dynasty.
Come alone
On the way to Kaifeng Mansion, I received many impeachment memorials. They were not to impeach you. They were to impeach Pei Benzhi, the magistrate of Chenliu County. He personally chopped off a head in Chenliu County to borrow food the day before. The next day
Countless memorials were sent to Gu to impeach him.
Pei Benzhi can borrow a human head to comfort the people of Chenliu County.
I want to borrow your head today to bring peace to the people of Lanyang County."
A cry of sorrow.
The sound of a knife.
A few drops of blood flowed from the Xiuchun knife, dripped on the ground, and slowly fainted.
Like a blooming wintersweet.
There was no confusion in Zhu Yunxi's eyes. The tip of the knife picked up the head on the ground and stretched out his hand towards Zhang Hui.
"It was spread to Lanyang County, and the imperial court announced the canonical punishment, hoping that the people would return to the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Hui's eyes kept flickering, looking at the big human head in front of him, he carefully took the knife back from Zhu Yunxi's hand, and looked at Yu Tian who was standing aside.
Then Zhang Hui held the embroidered spring knife, picked up the head, and walked quickly out of the Lanyang County government office.
A few moments.
There was a commotion outside the county government office.
Zhu Yunxi walked aside and sat down, looked at the corpses on the ground, and then raised his eyebrows at Yutian, who was cowering aside in fear.
Yu Tian hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Highness, this place is bloody. Do you want to change a place to rest first?"
Opening his mouth, Zhu Yunxi sighed again.
Under Yutian's worried gaze, Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "I should have brought the little fat one out this time, but there was no one around to talk to and discuss matters."
….
Yu Tian stood aside, with a hint of resentment carefully showing on his face.
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, then held his forehead with his hand, closed his eyes slightly and rested: "Let the people outside deal with the disaster, and then ask the people from Lanyang County to come in and clean up the corpses."
Not being able to become someone who could talk to His Highness, Yu Tian felt a little resentful in his heart. He nodded and walked outside, avoiding the headless corpse on the ground.
……
About ten miles southwest of Lanyang County.
The ground is covered with yellow mud, and roads are difficult to navigate. In the wilderness, only the people of each village are clearing debris from the fields, replanting the field ridges, and clearing the ditches.
Everything is so desolate and dilapidated, with little vitality and vitality.
It is at this moment that a group of officials wearing official robes and soap clothes are trudging with difficulty.
Among this group of people, the most eye-catching one is the official who is walking in front, wearing shackles, wearing a green robe and a black gauze hat.
In normal times, such a person would be called a criminal.
But before the prisoner puts on the shackles, he will be stripped of his official robe and the black gauze hat on his head will be removed.
Next to the official Dai Yi, there are several officers led by the official of Chenliu County, Kaifeng Prefecture.
The official looked at Lanyang County not far ahead, and then turned to look at Magistrate Pei, who put on the shackles by himself, with unbearable and puzzled expression on his face.
"Pei County, you killed that thief Chen for the sake of our Chenliu County. After killing him, all the wealthy gentry in the city donated food. We, the people of Chenliu County, all speak for you. Why do you...
...Why do you come here in shackles to plead guilty to the grandson? What crime are you guilty of?"
Pei Benzhi shook his head, with no fear on his face and a look of indifference: "The national law cannot be violated. If I can kill people arbitrarily, can others do the same? Then what is the use of the law? What do the people have to rely on? The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law.
I have issued an imperial edict to punish myself. I am no more than a seventh-grade county magistrate, but I kill someone without permission from the court. How can I live in peace?"
There was a trace of anger on the face of the official: "Is Pei County impeached because of those people? I'm afraid the impeachment memorial has already been in the hands of His Highness Taisun, and I haven't seen what His Highness did! If His Highness really cared, he would have sent it long ago.
Jinyiwei has captured Pei County!"
The official felt that his county magistrate was good at everything and could be said to be one of the few good people in the Ming Dynasty.
But he is so stubborn!
A single-minded person deserves to be a prisoner for eight whole years
County!
But no matter how angry he was at the county magistrate's inaction, the official still sighed and looked at the magistrate of Lanyang County with twinkling eyes. He only hoped that the magistrate would not be severely punished when he saw His Highness Taisun. It would be best.
It is to be able to let go gently.
Such a stubborn and stubborn donkey should slowly die of old age even if he is not promoted.
Pei Benzhi did not worry about his future.
He even slowly stopped and turned to look at a pine forest not far away from the road.
On the plain, the entire pine forest clearly presents a highland slope.
This is the construction style of Han tombs.
Pei Benzhi stopped to watch and said with a smile: "This should be the burial ground of Han Liu Hou Zhang Gong Wen Chengliang."
The county magistrate refused to leave, so the pian could only helplessly stop, turning his head and looking at the graves angrily.
He yelled angrily: "There are several graves of Zhang Liang. Everyone says that Zhang Liang is buried. How many Zhang Liangs could there be in the former Han Dynasty? My subordinates think that this is not necessarily Zhang Liang's burial ground." Pei Benzhi had no reaction. He just looked back at the clerk and shook his head: "You, when I saved you from the flood, I asked you to study more, but you didn't study."
The official curled his lips.
"I am not a person who studies..."
Pei Benzhi was noncommittal and smiled: "So you don't understand what I just said."
The county official made the official feel agitated.
I couldn't help shouting: "I don't understand! I don't understand your reasoning! But I know that you may die!"
"Who said I was going to die?"
Pei Benzhi suddenly smiled and asked.
Then, he leisurely adjusted the shackles he was wearing to make himself a little more comfortable.
Finally, Pei Benzhi slowly turned his head and looked towards Lanyang County.
"Maybe my grandson is just waiting for me to chat with him?"
The pian opened his mouth and looked at his county master with dull eyes.
The clerk stamped his feet because he hated the iron, and secretly cursed in a low voice with his flat mouth: "You are just a stubborn donkey! A stubborn donkey! A stubborn donkey!"