Rule over Ming Dynasty

Undercurrents surged in the capital, and a conspiracy against Wang Yue quietly unfolded.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is a large prison with the entrance facing west.

Although this newly built prison is not as large as the Ministry of Punishment, it is heavily guarded and has a very complete security and management system.

You can still see a small patch of sky in the outer suspect area, but there are no windows in the death row area inside. It's difficult to distinguish between day and night when staying here.

Although Cheng Si was considered a suspect, Cheng Si was now of great importance, so he crossed over to the cell area where Dongfang Wudao was still locked up and was directly thrown into the dark death row area.

Although there are not many death row inmates or serious prisoners here, every prisoner has experienced success or has an immeasurable future.

"I will never be greedy again, please spare me once!"

"Didn't you say that you can redeem your life? I can lose my life and get rid of my guilt!"

"I am only greedy for 1 taels, why should I behead my head? What an injustice!"

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Involved in the He Qiaoxin corruption case, after the imperial court clearly listed valuable gifts as bribes, many middle- and lower-level officials who accepted bribes to perform services were sent here.

"This meal has meat added. If Ruoyang doesn't eat it, I'm afraid he won't be treated like this in the next few days!" A jailer brought the meal to Cheng Si and left with a meaningful smile.

Cheng Si had already changed into a white prison uniform. He had not eaten for a whole day and was now ravenous.

After the jailer walked away, he looked at the prison meal which was indeed meaty, picked up the rice bowl placed at the door of the cell, and sprinkled some food in the corner with vigilance.

The rat infestation here is particularly serious. The rats that usually hide in the wall holes were so hungry that they ran over immediately and several rats started to grab food.

Cheng Si felt relieved when he saw that the mouse was still alive and kicking after eating. Just as he was about to take the rice into his mouth, a stream of sweat suddenly fell from his forehead.

As soon as I saw it, the rat that was snatching food suddenly became silent. The rat that was jumping alive fell to the ground, but it had already vomited blood and died.

Bang!
The rice bowl in Cheng Si's hand fell to the ground, and then shattered with a crash, and a chill filled his heart.

"Cheng Baihu, why are you acting like a young master? Each prisoner's prison meal has a fixed portion. Today's prison meal is gone. Just wait until you are hungry!" Gou Huowang came after hearing the sound and mistakenly thought that Cheng Si I think the food in the cell here is ruining my job.

Cheng Si's brain was buzzing. Looking at the mouse lying in a pool of blood, he felt a coldness welling up from the soles of his feet, and then he fell to the ground.

His organization had already regarded Wang Yue as a thorn in its side, so he knew that after the organization learned of Wang Yue's promise, it would naturally take advantage of this opportunity.

Rather than keeping his mouth shut, it is far better to shut him up forever. Since he is the only breakthrough in the entire case, this method is naturally more secure.

If you are the leader of the organization, and if you can force Wang Yue to leave the court as agreed with a dose of arsenic, then you will definitely choose this optimal plan.

At this moment, he knew that he had been completely abandoned by the organization and became a victim of Wang Yue's overthrow.

"Eh? Why are there so many dead rats here?" Gou Huowang looked at Cheng Si's frightened eyes and suddenly said to himself in confusion.

Cheng Si found that the prison chief, who was said to be from Zaohu, had a pig's head, and loudly reminded him with a trembling mouth: "It's poisonous, the food is poisonous!"

what?
Gou Huowang opened his mouth in shock and looked at the food scattered on the ground in shock.

A mouse swooped over from nowhere and grabbed food where Cheng Si had just smashed his rice bowl. After just a few bites, the mouse vomited blood and died.

After Gou Huowang reported the incident, Hu Jun brought several sergeants to investigate the poisoning of Cheng Si overnight.

"Injustice! Injustice!"

A jailer who was responsible for delivering meals became the prime suspect, but he was roughly dragged out of the cell by two sergeants for investigation.

"This is your dinner, it's not poisonous!" Gou Huowang brought a new meal to Cheng Si, as if he knew that he was in the wrong, and he seemed to be flattering.

After the encounter just now, Cheng Si even guessed that the bowl of food in front of him was safe, but now he has completely lost his appetite.Although he had guessed that the organization would take the opportunity to force Wang Yue to step down, he did not expect that their method would be to silence him.

In the middle of the night, a man in black sneaked in here quietly.

Uh...

Cheng Si was disgusted with the dead rats dying in the corner, so he chose to move his resting place to the door. As a result, a rope suddenly stretched out of the cell log and strangled his neck tightly.

Faced with this sudden murder, he desperately tried to survive and kept struggling.However, the stretched out rope had already sunk into the flesh of his neck, and his hands were as limp as noodles.

Cheng Si's mind slowly became blank. Although he still didn't give up trying to catch the person behind him, his strength became weaker and weaker, and death was getting closer and closer.

Snapped!
Just when he thought he was about to see the King of Hell, the rope around his neck suddenly broke due to excessive force, and he finally breathed fresh air.

In that moment, he found that he was favored by God.

Cheng Si was not sure whether the other party was carrying a knife, so he rolled forward, no longer caring about the disgusting dead rats on the ground, and after taking a few big breaths of fresh air, he shouted loudly: "Help! There is someone!" Assassin! Help!"

Since it was late at night, the jailer was sleeping deeply.

After Cheng Si yelled for a while, cell leader Gou Huowang took the officers over with a lantern, and seemed to have met with the men in black, but in the end, several of them were knocked down and ran away.

Poisoning, assassination...

At this moment, Cheng Si's psychological defense had collapsed, and now he just wanted to survive, so he suddenly changed his words: "I want to see Mr. Wang Ge!"

The next morning, the spring scenery was bright and beautiful.

More than 1000 civil and military officials stood in the square in front of the huge Fengtian Gate. Facing Emperor Hongzhi who appeared on the Fengtian Gate, they looked well-behaved and shouted long live the mountain.To this day, even the powerful groups in the capital whose interests have been violated face the emperor who holds military power and the six ministries. On the surface, everyone has to be submissive.

There were no wars of words in the morning court, everything was just a matter of process.The officials restated the memorial submitted yesterday, while the eunuch in charge of the ceremony came in and read out the approval drafted yesterday.

There are not many things going on today, but the most important thing is that the Mingyuan treasure ship is about to set sail, and it will follow the route the emperor dreamed of across the ocean to the New World to obtain treasure seeds.

The Ministry of Industry became the biggest winner in this incident. Liu Zhang, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was responsible for co-supervising the construction of the Mingyuan Treasure Ship with the Ministry of Household Affairs, would lead the fleet to the New World as the Governor of the Americas. Zhu Zhongzhi, a doctor in charge of designing the Mingyuan Treasure Ship, was responsible for the design of the Mingyuan Treasure Ship. He was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Although Liu Zhang had already known about this appointment, but now it was announced and appointed here on the spot, he felt as if he had eaten honey.

He was a Jinshi in the second year of Chenghua. He was first awarded the magistrate of Gaomi County, Shandong Province, and is now the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.According to the current promotion process, he can compete for the position of the Six Ministers after returning with treasure seeds.

"I send you off to Your Majesty, my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

The civil and military officials felt that the emperor was more insistent on the treasure than the Luzon gold. Now that the fleet was finally going to sail across the ocean, they knelt down and said goodbye respectfully.

Liu Ji was a very humble man. Since he had learned about Wang Yue's bet with Cheng Minzheng, he seemed concerned and said: "Mr. Wang Ge, are you too impulsive this time?"

"Master Yuan Fu, don't you believe in lower officials?" Wang Yue asked seriously.

Liu Ji had already seen how dark people's hearts were, so he shook his head gently: "How can a young man from an ordinary family have the ability to kill people continuously? It's just that there is no proof of death now, so you shouldn't bet your future on it!"

"Since Lord Yuanfu trusts Xiaguan, Xiaguan will definitely get to the bottom of the matter!" Wang Yue said confidently knowing that Liu Ji was caring about him.

When Liu Ji saw Wang Yue's high fighting spirit and knew that Wang Yue was able to detect the Huaiyan Nest case so quickly, he knew that his worries seemed to be unnecessary.

After Wang Yue walked out of the Meridian Gate Square, he took a sedan chair to the Metropolitan Procuratorate since he already knew that Cheng Si had spoken.

Different from direct fighting on the battlefield, fighting in the court requires more wisdom.The reason why he chose to put his hat on was because he saw that the mysterious organization must want to get rid of him, and the best way to get rid of him now was to silence Cheng He.

From the information he collected, he learned that although Cheng Si chose to inherit the hereditary robes of a hundred families, he was born in a family ranked second in the rankings. He received a good education since he was a child, and he even obtained the title of scholar early on.

If it weren't for Cheng Minzheng's insistence on reinstating the position, and if Cheng Si had been too playful since he was a child.With Cheng Si's intelligence, although it was difficult to obtain the title of Jinshi, it was still easy to become a scholar.

Wang Yue saw through Cheng Si's intelligence, so he deliberately set up this trap to induce Cheng Si to confess the matter when his life was threatened.

"Mr. Wang Ge, Cheng Si claimed in prison last night that he was almost murdered, and now he is clamoring to see you!" Hu Jun came over and reported while suppressing the ecstasy in his heart.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate signed a pledge room.

Wang Yue faced Cheng Si who was brought from the cell and asked calmly: "Why did you clamor to see me in the middle of the night last night?"

"Mr. Wang Ge, they want to silence you, please save me!" Cheng Si seemed to be frightened out of his nerves, and said as if he was in a state of panic.

Wang Yue saw that Cheng Si's psychological defense in front of him had been successfully defeated, and he asked calmly: "Who are they? Why do they want to silence you!"

"They...them!" Cheng Si looked around worriedly and suddenly became hesitant.

Gao Kui, who was standing nearby, first glanced at Wang Yue, and then said, "Cheng Baihu, as long as you can truthfully recruit the mastermind behind the scenes, Wang Ge can ask your Majesty for an order, and I will spare your life!"

"Can you really avoid death?" Cheng Si asked, his eyes slightly brightening, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

Wang Yue knew that the most important thing was to find out the forces behind Cheng Si, so he immediately said, "As long as you recruit the mastermind behind the scenes, I will protect you!"

"They are... they are... mine!" Cheng Si, who only wanted to survive now, seemed to be hesitantly preparing to reveal the person behind the scenes.

Gao Kui swallowed and immediately asked nervously: "What is yours? Your father?"

"I...my most respected Mr. Wangge! Mr. Wangge, do you want to react like this in a humble way so that your plan can succeed?" Cheng Si asked with a joking face, as if he suddenly changed into a different person. road.

what?
Hu Jun, who had been standing nearby, was listening attentively, but suddenly saw Cheng Si's reaction, and finally realized that their plan had been seen through by this person, and now Cheng Si took the opportunity to tease them.

At this moment, the mood of the two people fell from the clouds.

It was thought they staged the murder to exert psychological pressure.In order to survive, Cheng Si confessed the evil deeds he had committed, but Cheng Si had discovered their plan.

Wang Yue did not expect that the opponent in front of him would be so difficult, but he made a clear statement: "If I guessed correctly, there is one of your people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he must have leaked our plan to you!"

Huh?
Hu Jun reacted immediately and realized that someone might have leaked the inside story to Cheng Si.

"You want to hide this from me with this little trick. Are you looking down on me, Cheng Si?" Cheng Si said with great disdain in the face of Wang Yue's sharp gaze.

Wang Yue looked at Cheng Si deeply, shook his head firmly and said: "I have conducted an investigation on you. Although you rely on your ancestors to get the job, you are a very outstanding member of the Jinyi Baihu in Beizhen Fusi. If you really don't have any real talent, To be honest, how could it be possible that Beizhen Fusi had missed you during the several cleanings?"

"My father is the minister of Taichang Temple!" Cheng Si revealed his prominent background.

Wang Yue snorted immediately and shook his head with disdain: "The person who purged Fusi in Beizhen was the Prime Minister, but behind it was the emperor's will. Even the most favored people in the Dingguo Palace were purged. You Who is your father?"

"Yes, I'm very powerful!" Cheng Si simply stopped pretending and immediately raised his chin slightly and said.

Wang Yue took a deep look at Cheng Si, who had a completely different temperament, and asked jokingly: "I know that your psychological defense cannot be broken so easily, so I deliberately shared this plan with a person, and then I asked someone to follow this person. I found something, where did you hide the note someone handed you in the middle of nowhere?"

"I haven't had any contact with anyone. This little trick of yours can't hide it from my eyes!" Cheng Si realized that the officers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were about to be exposed, so he immediately kept silent and denied it.

Wang Yue shook his head gently, as if he had already seen through everything and said: "The light inside the death row is insufficient, and I have already asked Gou Huowang to remove the torches around there, so the note is still on your body, right?"

"Are you... a human or a ghost?" Cheng Si suddenly felt his scalp numb and looked at the king in front of him with a beheaded look in horror.

Wang Yue was naturally a human being, and he cast a death gaze at Cheng Si: "With your shrewdness, how could you not know that you are being followed? Did you lure Wang Yu there on purpose? You should never touch me. My grandson, our game has just begun!" (End of Chapter)