Reborn Emperor's House

The shopkeeper looked at Ren Zishan, "This... this is the end."

Ren Zishan hurriedly said, "I have been sending people to investigate, don't worry, the crown prince's work is over, it will be a matter of time to find out, don't worry about it."

Then he observed the shopkeeper's expression, and found that the shopkeeper didn't react too excitedly, as if he accepted his statement, Ren Zishan quickly diverted the topic elsewhere.

About a month later, the emperor was seriously ill all the time, and the prince took care of all affairs in the court.

When the emperor was about to die, the prince made a decree that Jiang Lan, the minister of the Ministry of officials, colluded with the prince to rebel, embezzled and accepted bribes, committed treason, and beheaded.Nian Jiang's family has made outstanding contributions and does not implicate the family members. All the family members of officials are demoted to one level to see the effect.

In addition, the prince decreed to clear up a large number of members of the Jiang family. With the help of the shopkeeper and them, it is very easy to find criminal evidence of these officials.

The Jiang family's power has been insufficient since then.

On this day, a businessman came to Jiang Lan's prison.

"Master Jiang is well." The shopkeeper said to Jiang Lan through the fence of the cell.

Jiang Lan raised her head suddenly, "It's you? How did you get in? This is a heavenly prison! You..."

Jiang Lan pointed at the shopkeeper, suddenly got stuck, paused for a while, and yelled, "So it's you! You're the one who has been helping the prince, right! I should have gotten rid of you long ago!"

"Master Jiang really should get rid of me, but unfortunately, there is no chance." The shopkeeper said calmly.

"Hmph, I know what you want to do! You and that kid surnamed Xu are messed up! You have been busy for so long, just to avenge your concubine!"

"Master Jiang, you should be clear, it's not the reason not to report that the time has not come."

"Ha, ha, you think you can avenge yourself! Back then, there were so many things involved, and it was useless for you to kill me alone. Now that I think about it, I'm not at a loss if I have a friend like you, a top scholar, to be buried with me!"

Jiang Lan rushed to the fence, pointed at the shopkeeper, "Do you want to know what happened to your friend? Let me tell you! He is dishonest and always wants to escape, so we picked his hamstring, but he Too stubborn, this way we wounded a guard, and we crippled his hand..."

The shopkeeper lowered his head slightly, his body trembling a little.

Jiang Lan went on to say, "Later, his mouth was dirty and he was always swearing, so we scalded his mouth and throat with hot pepper water. The law of the meal gave him a sentence, but I didn't expect..."

"Enough." The shopkeeper stopped him from continuing.

"Why... can't bear to listen? Speaking of which, didn't you see his body? You don't need me to tell you how he was treated, right?" Jiang Lan's tone was smug.

"Do you think that you didn't die fast enough?" The shopkeeper's voice was extremely cold.

"Hmph, death? So what? I, Jiang Lan, have honored the Jiang family all my life, so why not be afraid of death!" Jiang Lan's eyes were full of fear of death, but her mouth was still stubborn.

"Glory? Just for your Jiang family, you tortured my beloved in every possible way to force me to submit. I have already compromised, so why don't you let him go!"

"Beloved? Hahahaha, two men! Still love you! So what if you don't let me go! It wasn't my Jiang family's decision on this matter, let alone if they were arrested, why should you let me go! Who told you when the Jiang family showed their favor to you? Disdainful, I told you at the time, you will regret it!"

Jiang Lan looked at the pained look of the shopkeeper, and she felt very comfortable, "If I didn't know who fed the poison to that kid and let him die happily, I still have a lot of methods that I haven't tried!"

The shopkeeper knew what he wanted to know, and didn't want to waste any more time with him, "I've come to tell you that the emperor's life is not long, and the crown prince is in power, and he has ordered that all members of the Jiang family be imprisoned by you. Office investigation, your lackeys, those who should be dismissed from office and killed, will be dealt with after you die. From now on, there will be no such power as the Jiang family. All of this is because of you. "

"No...impossible! My Jiang family's power is intricate and solid, and the emperor needs my Jiang family to check and balance..." Jiang Lan stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking. That's right, who else does the Jiang family need to check and balance now?It's useless...

"No, it's not because of me! I dedicated myself to the Jiang family, I...not me..." Jiang Lan was a little at a loss.

The shopkeeper said no more, turned and left.

After leaving the dungeon, Ren Zishan waited at the door, saw the shopkeeper come out, walked quickly to meet him, wanted to ask about the situation, but didn't know how to ask, afraid of offending the shopkeeper.

It was the shopkeeper who spoke first, "It wasn't them who gave him sex, there should be someone else."

Ren Zishan responded vaguely, took care of the shopkeeper and got into the carriage.

After another half month, the emperor died.

In fact, in the last period of time, the emperor was unconscious at all, no different from death.

The queen was ordered to guard the imperial mausoleum and never leave it for life.

The crown prince officially succeeded to the throne. On the day of the succession ceremony, Tang Mu appeared.

It is said that the second son of the prince, Tang Mu, was a meritorious guard at the border. He was assassinated by the arrested people and survived the catastrophe. Before that, he had been recovering from his injuries in secret.

The King of Ming Dynasty was named Supervisor of the State, Tang Mu was made Prime Minister, Tang Yan was made General, and Jiang Lou was appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Officials. At the same time, the imperial examination was promoted to select officials, and current officials were also assessed and screened.

On this day, the Taifu was invited into the palace. In the imperial study, beside the new emperor, besides the Prime Minister Tang Mu, there were two commoners.

The Taifu came in to salute, and Tang Jingyu resigned.

"A few days ago, the Taifu submitted the paper for resigning from office and returning to his hometown. I have already approved it today. However, before the Taifu resigned, there are some old things. Please answer the Taifu." Tang Jingyu said.

"Please speak, Your Majesty."

"Does the Taifu know that there was a number one scholar who resigned from the first emperor during the palace examination?"

"I know, it's this one." The Taifu raised his hand, indicating that it was the shopkeeper sitting beside him.

"Does the Grand Tutor know the reason?"

Taifu was silent for a while, then said, "I know, I was threatened."

The shopkeeper froze for a moment, and clenched his hands unconsciously. Ren Zishan looked at him, and without knowing how to comfort him, he could only pat the shopkeeper's shoulder lightly.

"Then, can the Taifu tell the story of that year?"

"Minister Zunzhi, back then, the No. [-] scholar with the surname Hua had outstanding literary talents, and in the capital..."

"How did he die?" The shopkeeper suddenly said, interrupting the Taifu's words.

"This..." Taifu looked up at Tang Jingyu, and found that he had nothing to say, so he directly answered the shopkeeper's question, "Take poison and commit suicide."

"Where did he come from!" the shopkeeper asked.

"Hey..." Taifu sighed, and said slowly, "Don't worry, young lady, stay here and finish."

Tang Mu knew that the scars of this tragic story were about to be uncovered again, and he couldn't bear it. He turned to look at Tang Jingyu, who also turned his head and smiled warmly at him.

"Back then, in the imperial examination, Young Master Hua made rude remarks. In fact, the late Emperor also had doubts afterwards, so he sent people to investigate and learned... that Young Master Hua's best friend was captured by the Jiang family, the Hu family, the Li family, and the Ding family."

"The emperor knows?!" The shopkeeper couldn't believe it.

"Yes...but the late emperor did not intervene..."