Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 20 20, the hidden warehouse was discovered, and Cao Huachun was thrown into limbo
Zhu Cihong smiled.

"Eunuch Cao, are you really sure about what you just said?"

Cao Huachun bent down respectfully, and said: "The crown prince has already gone to the old slave's mansion, can't all this not clear up the prince's misunderstanding of the old slave? It seems that the old slave can only ask His Majesty to let the old slave return to his hometown, so as not to It's an eyesore in front of the prince."

Cao Huachun said this on purpose, and he knew very well that the more he said that, the more Chongzhen would feel that Zhu Cihong was suppressing Cao Huachun unreasonably, and the more disgusted he would be with Zhu Cihong.

Sure enough, Chongzhen frowned, and said coldly: "Lang'er, stop messing around, I've seen enough, go back to the palace!"

With that said, Chongzhen turned around and left.

Looking at this scene, Cao Huachun couldn't help but smile. He felt that he should win this time.

The British Duke couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, wait a moment! Listen to what the prince has to say, and then make a decision before it's too late."

Of course the British public still prefers Zhu Cihong.

Chongzhen stopped when he heard what Yingying said, and looked at Zhu Cihong rather displeasedly: "I'll see how you explain it."

Zhu Cihong looked at Chongzhen, feeling a little speechless in his heart.

No, I just saved Daming's life and your country, and this body is still your own son. Is your trust in me so low?
You said that you look like this, no wonder the country was destroyed by Daming.

The Little Ice Age was a natural disaster, but Chongzhen is a man-made disaster!
With deep complaints in his heart, Zhu Cihong walked into the warehouse calmly.

In this barn, apart from the pillars and dust, there is only a stone Buddha statue, and Zhu Cihong stood still in front of the Buddha statue.

For some reason, after seeing this scene, Cao Huachun's expression suddenly became tense.

Zhu Cixiang turned around and said calmly: "Eunuch Cao, can I ask you why this Buddha statue appears here?"

Cao Huachun hurriedly said: "Back to the prince, this is because I have always had the habit of worshiping Buddha, so I put a Buddha statue here, hoping that the Buddha statue can protect my wealth."

Zhu Cihong nodded, and said with a light smile: "That's true, such things as worshiping Buddha and Taoism are quite popular among officials and officials in Ming Dynasty, no matter who sees Buddha statues or Taoism images in any official household None of this will come as a surprise.

It is precisely because of this that many people use these things as a cover to hide things that they don't want others to see, such as..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Cihong walked behind the Buddha statue, and pressed hard on a spot under the Buddha statue's buttocks.

The next moment, with a soft sound, the stone slab in front of the Buddha statue suddenly moved away, and a dark entrance appeared in front of everyone.

This scene surprised everyone.

Zhu Cihong came out from behind the Buddha statue and looked at Cao Huachun with a smile: "Eunuch Cao, do you have anything to say now?"

Cao Huachun's face changed drastically and his body was shaky.

British Duke Zhang Shize was also dumbfounded watching this scene, but he quickly came back to his senses: "Quick, come a few people, let's go in and have a look!"

Soon several palace guards entered it, and a moment later a guard hurried up to report: "Your Majesty, there is a secret room below, and there are many boxes, and each box is full of cash!"

Soon, several heavy boxes were brought up and opened on the spot.

Silver ingots shining with silver light appeared in front of everyone, reflecting the faces of everyone with different expressions.

Zhu Cihong looked at Chongzhen and said with a smile: "Now, father should believe what my son said?"

Chongzhen finally came to his senses at this moment, and then Boran was furious, and slapped Cao Huachun to the ground with a slap.

"You bastard, thank you for trusting you so much, what else do you have to say now!"

Chongzhen was really angry.

You know, Chongzhen has always believed in Cao Huachun, even a few minutes ago.

But now, the facts prove everything.

This guy Cao Huachun has money, a lot of money, but he just doesn't want to give it to Chongzhen. He swears and swears that he has no money, but he just doesn't want to use it to save Daming's life!
The more Chongzhen thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help kicking Cao Huachun a few more times.

Cao Huachun's expression was ashen, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "This old slave knows his mistake, this old slave knows his mistake! Your Majesty, please see that this old slave has served His Majesty for many years, please spare this old slave's life!"

Cao Huachun really panicked now, the money is actually nothing, the most important thing is - this is a crime of deceiving the emperor.

The crime of bullying the king is to be beheaded!

On the other side, Zhu Cihong had already walked down the steps of the entrance step by step, and arrived at the bottom secret room.

This secret room is actually not too big, only twenty or thirty square meters, but it is full of large boxes, so there is quite a lot of space for people to stand.

Zhu Cihong took a casual look, and found that the box was either full of silver ingots, or some delicate gold and silver treasures.

It seems that Cao Huachun has indeed made a lot of money in recent years, but this is also normal. It was like this in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Some people say that in the late Ming Dynasty, the country was poor and the people were rich, that is farting.It is obvious that the country is poor and the people are poor, and the officials and businessmen are rich!

At this moment, the voice of the system sounded: "Congratulations to the host for completing the sign-in. The sign-in task starts: the host is requested to collect as much salary as possible according to the new map within 48 hours. 500 million is qualified, and if it exceeds 1000 million taels, there will be special rewards." , I suggest the host work harder!"

After speaking, some more maps appeared in Zhu Cixiang's mind. After a cursory look, Zhu Cixiang found that there were at least hundreds of them, all of which were the treasure troves of the Ming Dynasty in the residences of powerful ministers in Beijing.

And this is really the first time I heard about the special reward from the system, so it sounds like I'm looking forward to it.

Zhu Cixiang walked back to the ground in a happy mood, just in time to hear Chongzhen's verdict against Cao Huachun.

Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun with extremely cold eyes.

For Chongzhen, he can tolerate all kinds of shortcomings of his courtiers, incompetence, stinginess, cowardice, etc. are not a problem, but deception-absolutely not!
At this moment, Wang Chengen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, after all, Cao Huachun is the foster father of this slave. Please, for the sake of this slave, please spare his life."

Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen, his expression suddenly moved.

Seeing this, Cao Huachun begged for mercy loudly, bleeding from his forehead.

Chongzhen hesitated for a moment, snorted heavily, and said in a cold voice: "Cao Huachun deceived the emperor, thinking that you have been loyal to me for many years, so let's resign from all your positions, confiscate all property and houses, and go to the palace where the palace is abolished." Sweep the floor!"

When Cao Huachun heard the words, it was as if he had received an amnesty, and he thanked him again and again.

For Cao Huachun, being able to survive after committing such a serious crime of deceiving the emperor was already a blessing among misfortunes.

Zhu Cihong narrowed his eyes and smiled.

Cao Huachun, an old man, has finally been dismissed from his official position. There is no need to worry about this old guy opening the city gate to surrender Li Zicheng.

Zhu Cihong looked at Cao Huachun, Cao Huachun seemed to be aware of it, but lying on the ground, he didn't even have the courage to look at Zhu Cihong.

Cao Huachun was really afraid of Zhu Cihong, even if he could find such a deep secret room, what else could Zhu Cihong not do?
Even the Duke of England and Li Guozhen looked at Zhu Cihong with surprise and admiration.

They never expected that this kind of secret room could be discovered by Zhu Cihong.

Could this prince be a genius?Or is there someone behind the scenes secretly tipping off Zhu Cihong?

No matter what kind of possibility it is, it makes Zhu Cihong's figure appear more mysterious and majestic in the eyes of the Duke of England and others.

There are even signs of catching up with Emperor Chongzhen!

After thinking for a while, Zhu Cihong suddenly smiled and said, "Father, since Cao Huachun has been dismissed from office, the post of governor of the East Factory will be vacant. There is a candidate named Fang Gongqian on Erchen's side, who can take over this position. .”

Dongchang was a frightening place in the past, but during the Chongzhen Dynasty, Dongchang actually had no sense of existence.

Zhu Cihong felt that this was very bad. Things like Dongchang and Jinyiwei were the emperor's minions. If the emperor's minions had no deterrent power at all, then who would take the emperor seriously?
Now, it's time for Zhu Cihong to correct this mistake!
(End of this chapter)