I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 196

Zheng Zhilong took the order and left.

Li Zicheng was a little dazed, standing in the hall, at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Although he became the "Second Brother Li" with the idiot emperor and became the "Second Brother Li" of the Long Live Lord, but the emperor can say this, how dare he, a small ass, raise his identity?

"Long live lord..."

Li Zicheng clasped his fists together, hesitant to speak.

The honest and honest lips squirmed a few times, and a young big black face looked about 50 or [-] years old. After Zhu Youjian saw it, he liked this "Second Brother Li" even more.

"I don't eat people, why are you nervous?" The idiot emperor chuckled lightly.

"Long Live Lord, it's not nervous, but excited." Li Zicheng said honestly: "Caomin missed a huge opportunity in the early years, and thought that he would never have the opportunity to serve the country and do something for Long Live Lord.

Unexpectedly, today...to be able to meet Long Yan, the Lord of Longevity, is really lucky for three lives! "

These words are all true.

At the beginning, Li Zicheng was worried about not being called to Beijing to go to that Ming school, which was a great regret after all.

Especially when he saw those young people from Daming Academy, each one of them could stand on their own when they came out, he was so envious that he wanted to cry.

Now, he is also a man of Long Live Lord!

"Weichen, let's go to the trial." Li Zicheng suddenly remembered that the Long Live Lord had just sent him an order.

This is incredible.

This is the decree!
"Go ahead, if you have any questions or difficulties, just come to me," Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "Whether it's Wei Zhongxian, Wang Chengen, or those damn eunuchs, whoever finds out will be considered unlucky!

Wang Chengen, please help my second brother Li with this matter.

Some thieves' bones need to be beaten, and you can help to beat them. "

Wang Chengen was already in a cold sweat from fright, so he didn't dare to say more, he just kowtowed with his head on the ground, and said, "Don't worry, Long Live Lord".

"Then go, I'm going to learn a foreign language for a while." After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, with the support of Anna and Catherine, he turned and went to the back hall.

……

After the idiot emperor left, the atmosphere in the hall finally settled down.

Wang Chengen got up from the ground, without even smacking the dust on his knees, he stepped up to Li Zicheng, squeezed his throat and said, "Second Master Li, please."

Li Zicheng walked out of the hall in a daze.

He looked up to the sky, glanced at the shining sun, and felt that the experience just now was like a dream, as if he had experienced a big dream.

He pinched the base of his thigh with his hand.

pain.

It hurts.

It should not be in a dream.

"Wang Gonggong, what should I do next?" Li Zicheng asked honestly.

This kind of trial of eunuchs sounds simple, but in fact, the risk is too great.

If one fails, it is estimated that his whole body will be cut by Long Live Lord...

"Second Master Li, let's arrange a special room for you to be promoted." Wang Chengen didn't dare to trust him, so he took Li Zicheng to a side hall.

"Second Master Li, please take a seat."

"My lord, please take your seat!"

"Second Master Li, don't refuse. We eunuchs, in the eyes of some ministers in the court, are regarded as the emperor's close ministers, and we still have a bit of prestige."

"But, in the eyes of your second master Li, you should be just a display!"

Li Zicheng couldn't refuse, so he took the seat on the left hand, and asked Wang Chengen to sit on the right hand seat. It can be regarded as a joint trial.

"Come on, tell Little Liu to come in!"

After several young eunuchs brought tea, candied fruit, desserts and other things, Wang Chengen began to call for Li Zicheng.

Not long after, 'Eunuch Liu' who had changed into clean clothes stepped in.

"Godfather, let me kowtow to your old man!" As soon as he entered the door, Eunuch Liu fell to his knees with a 'thump', crawled up to Wang Chengen with his knees, and stretched out his hand to beat his godfather's leg.

"Go away!" Wang Chengen kicked Xiao Liuzi's face in disgust, "Dead eunuch, you are a dog slave who is stalking, why don't you take your paw away?

Stain our clothes and skin your dog!

Plead guilty to Second Master Li! "

After all, it was his own fault. Although the idiot emperor was furious and ordered a strict investigation, Wang Chengen finally couldn't kill him, so he came to push the boat along the way and asked Xiao Liuzi to make up for Li Zicheng.

Let's see if I can escape...

……

"Tell me, how many times have you done this kind of bullying and taking what Naka wants?"

Looking at Eunuch Liu who was kneeling in front of him with snot and tears, Li Zicheng took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and gradually entered the state.

Isn't it just trial cases?

He has never eaten pork, and he has always seen a lot of pigs running away.

As a former 'postman', he could be regarded as a civil servant of the Ming Dynasty, and he had seen some of the magistrates in the prefectures and counties' yamen settle cases.

"Reporting to Second Master Li, our family...cough cough, I have indeed done a lot of bullying, I just hope that you, my lord, have a lot of people, so please forgive our family this time!
By the way, I can still commit crimes and meritorious deeds! "

Eunuch Liu can be regarded as a clever person, and he has long seen that the situation is not right.

Especially when he quietly looked up from the side and saw the gloomy old face of his godfather Wang Chengen, he already understood that if he didn't tell the truth, he would definitely suffer a big loss this time.

He just couldn't figure it out, isn't he just a mere village head, why did he marry Jinlan with Lord Long Live...

"What is the method of wearing a crime and making meritorious deeds?" Li Zicheng asked curiously.

"I also know that there are many eunuchs and eunuchs around me who have done such things." Eunuch Liu's fair face was half covered with snot and tears, looking very embarrassed.

However, Li Zicheng turned a blind eye to this.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were better at acting than the other. Talking about people when they see people, talking nonsense when they see people, these are all pediatrics.

"Then make a list, our old Li can't read." Li Zicheng said casually.

"If you're telling the truth, your guilt can be mitigated as appropriate. If you're rambunctious or talking nonsense, then don't blame us for being rude."

After listening to Li Zicheng's words, Wang Chengen signaled to ask an eunuch to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and let that Eunuch Liu lie down on the ground to write a 'confession'.

"Second Master Li, please drink tea." The eunuch Wang Chengen stood up, filled a bowl of tea for Li Zicheng with his own hands, and said with a smile, "Let him write slowly, as long as anyone is involved, we will arrest him for interrogation."

Li Zicheng held the tea bowl and drank it slowly.

His simple and honest black face looked even more honest and honest at the moment, making Wang Chengen, who was watching secretly, nod secretly, and said in his heart: "Sure enough, he is someone trusted by Long Live Lord."

Such a simple and honest person handles the case, clearly wanting to use his upright temper to beat them, the Dongchang eunuchs...'

Eunuch Liu lay on the ground, brushing and writing for nearly a meal, filling seven or eight pages densely before he stopped.

"Second Master Li, this is what I know. It's not bad, and I don't miss a single word..."

An eunuch brought up seven or eight pages of "confessions" and handed them to Li Zicheng with both hands.

But Li Zicheng laughed and said, "Let's see, Wang Gonggong, we are rough people and can't read."

Wang Chengen smiled, took it and slowly flipped through it.

The big eunuch's face was gloomy like water, and he didn't say a word. No one knew what he was thinking in his heart.

The atmosphere in the hall seemed a bit strange and dignified.

After a long time, Wang Chengen handed the seven or eight pages of paper to Li Zicheng, and said angrily, "Sure enough, the evidence is convincing. This matter... oh, it's all my fault for my lax control, which made Erye Li laugh."

Li Zicheng held a few pages of paper in his big palm-like hands, and said with a simple and honest smile: "My lord, we don't know how to do this kind of thing.

Long live Lord said, let you help us try the case.

Prince, look at this..."

Wang Chengen pondered a few times, and said: "Then arrest all the people on the list, and ask Li Erye to interrogate them one by one to understand, and then according to the severity of their crimes, how should they be punished?

Our family knows how to deal with such things.

The laws of the Ming Dynasty and the orders issued by internal officials can be used as a basis..."

Li Zicheng laughed loudly, and said: "Then, according to what Wang Gonggong said, summon them all, and interrogate them to understand."

So, in less than a cup of tea, more than 100 eunuchs were "summoned" in a hurry.

Everyone who came in first kowtowed respectfully to Wang Chengen.

Then, he saluted Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng watched with cold eyes, and he had a solid idea in his heart.

These dead eunuchs were clearly bullying him. Li Zicheng had no foundation and knew nothing about Dongchang eunuchs, so he just fooled a group of people and 'confessed' some insignificant bad things.

Then, Wang Chengen stepped forward to cover up the matter according to the so-called 'Law of the Ming Dynasty'...

Li Zicheng had seen this kind of pediatrics no less than ten times in the lobby of Mizhi County!
He stretched out his big hand and tapped lightly on the table.

His face showed a pensive look.

Li Zicheng was weighing whether to tear his face and do it.

Or, just let it go.

After all, these guys look pitiful, but in fact, they are the emperor's close ministers, and they have been fighting each other in the backyard of the deep palace for many years.

It can be said that every dead eunuch is a dragon and a hob.

"Eunuch Wang, we are illiterate, so you can proceed with the trial according to the list, hahaha, thank you." Li Zicheng suddenly turned his head, looked at Wang Chengen with a grin and said:
"As for how to deal with it, we have no right. We can only ask Long Live Lord for instructions."

Wang Chengen's face darkened, but he smiled again and said, "Then, our family will take care of it."

What followed was an hour-long 'interrogation' process.

As Li Zicheng expected.

These so-called 'crimes', the most, ask for thirty copper coins for favors...

As for who to ask for it, they are all miscellaneous people in the capital, and they have no reputation at all. Even if Li Zicheng went to the capital to investigate and deal with it himself, he would not be able to do it at all.

This is simply a farce.

According to what the eunuchs explained, at most one or two months of "monthly silver" will be fined, or they will be dragged out and marked with a few boards, and they will be reprimanded.

"Look, Second Master Li..." Wang Chengen said with a wry smile after finishing the trial, "Our family has no control, and there are so many moths in our yard, it's really embarrassing!

Li Erye, our family will punish these damned slaves according to relevant laws, what do you think? "

"Well, very good." Li Zicheng nodded and laughed.

He suddenly felt that Lord Long Live, his good third brother, clearly wanted him to shake the mountain.

Lifting it up high and putting it down gently, that's a fart.

"However, Eunuch Wang, after all, this is only the result of the preliminary trial. Otherwise, let them all go back first, and I will try Eunuch Liu again."

Li Zicheng waved his hand to make other 'offender eunuchs' step down.

Right under Wang Chengen's nose, Li Zicheng picked up a stick, walked slowly in front of Eunuch Liu, stepped on his left wrist, and then squatted down.

"What's your name?"

Eunuch Liu: "Liu Yuan..."

A muffled sound.

As soon as Eunuch Liu opened his mouth to speak, he let out a miserable howl.

One of his fingers was smashed down by Li Zicheng's stick, and it was smashed into a small ball of rotten flesh.

"Let me ask you, how many years have you been in the palace?" Li Zicheng asked with a smile.

"Five years... ah!"

Eunuch Liu endured severe pain, and just as he opened his mouth to speak, his other finger was directly smashed into a puddle of mud by Li Zicheng.

This time, not only Eunuch Liu couldn't take it anymore.

Even Wang Chengen, who was sitting on the sidelines watching coldly, seemed unable to stand it anymore.

This is not an interrogation of the case, it is simply nonsense!
What kind of existence was the Dongchang eunuch in the Ming Dynasty? Could it be that this Li Erye didn't know?Or, he simply pretended to be confused while pretending to understand?
Except for Lord Long Live and his subordinate Jin Yiwei, who dared to be so rude to Dongchang in these years?

Simply, it is outrageous!
"I'm asking you, you have to answer honestly, don't look left and right, okay?" Li Zicheng was talking, and hit him with a stick.

Thus, Eunuch Liu's third finger turned into a puddle of rotten flesh again.

The bone stubble that was smashed into powder made Wang Chengen's eyelids twitch.

This Li Zicheng is simply a devil, who will strike at the slightest disagreement?
Even those Dongchang eunuchs under Wei Zhongxian were not so rude when handling cases...

"Second Master Li..." Wang Chengen got up abruptly, just about to speak.

I saw that Li Zicheng went down with a stick, and Eunuch Liu, who was trembling with pain and screaming miserably, had one of his palms pierced.

Inside the hall, there was a sound of howling ghosts and howling wolves.

, Eunuch Liu struggled hard, his white and beardless face was already dripping with cold sweat, he was shivering with pain, like a worm nailed to a wooden board, jumping desperately.

"Second Master Li, spare me, I'll recruit, I'll recruit!"

"Godfather, save me!"

"This man...he is a devil, he is not a human..."

Wang Chengen's two fists were clenched, his face was livid, and he sat back on the chair without saying a word.

He just wanted to see what this Li Zicheng wanted to do!
It's just a pariah with mud legs, who has just won the favor of the Long Live God and married Jinlan with him, so he wants to be so arrogant?
This is clearly the way to take death!

"Godfather, save me, he's not human..."

Eunuch Liu cried for help, but Wang Chengen remained silent, which made Li Zicheng very upset.

Since you want to dig a hole for our old Li to jump in, then just jump in.

Bang.

Another muffled sound.

Eunuch Liu's forearm was directly hit by Li Zicheng heavily, and the crisp sound of bones breaking made Wang Chengen's eyes twitch.

This Li Zicheng is really a ruthless person...

Then you just wait to die!

"Come here!" Wang Chengen finally couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted in a cold voice.

(End of this chapter)