Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

"Just what? Do you still want to make excuses?" Chu Ze snorted coldly and glanced at everyone, his eyes like lightning.

"Come here, bring me the torture tools! I wonder if I won't torture these pigs and dogs today!"

"No!" Several responses came from outside the door, and then there was a sound of the collision of torture instruments in the cell, and a deep cold air suddenly filled the entire space.

Seeing this situation, all the Taoist priests finally panicked and knelt down to beg for mercy.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please spare my life! I'll take this from the truth, don't dare to hide anything anymore!"

Chu Ze then put away his sharp gaze and said leisurely: "You'd better show some sincerity. If you dare to evade your words again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Young...Young ones were ordered by Jiang Mansion's housekeeper to... dare to go to the construction site to cause trouble." The leader, a middle-aged Taoist priest, said in a trembling voice.

"Yes, this is what the temple owner told us. Master Jiang promised to reward us with a thousand taels of silver to help us revive the reputation of Xuandu Temple." Another Taoist priest also confessed tremblingly.

When Chu Ze heard this, he became furious and slapped his palm on the wall, making a muffled sound.

"Okay, is the Jiang family planning to rebel? Does he dare to resist the imperial edict issued by the imperial court?"

When the other Taoist priests saw this, they hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Mr. Jiang only asked us to obstruct the project, but he never mentioned that there was an imperial edict."

"Yes, if we had known this, how could we dare to act rashly and bring about our own destruction?"

Chu Ze sneered again and again, looking around with sinister eyes.

"The Jiang family is so brave. They dare to make trouble behind his back and instigate you to commit the death penalty of resisting the imperial decree! Has he ever thought that when the incident is revealed, you guys will be his scapegoats?"

"What?!" The Taoist priests were so shocked that they could not speak. Their faces were ashen and cold sweat broke out on their backs.

Chu Ze snorted coldly, stood with his hands behind his back, and said word by word:

"I will spare your lives today, but you must wait aside as witnesses. After the case is found out, you may be exempted from the death penalty,"

Then, Chu Ze came to the depths of Fengyang City Prison, in a dark and damp cell, where the Taoist priest who called himself "Xuandu Temple Master" had been imprisoned for a day and a night.

Outside the cell, guard Zhao Si was standing by. He saluted Chu Ze respectfully and said, "Prince Qi, the prisoner is inside. I have been questioning him for a day. This guy is very stubborn and refuses to confess."

Chu Ze sneered and strode into the cell.

The dim candlelight shone on his stern face, making him even more imposing.

"Let me ask you, what is your name?" Chu Ze got straight to the point.

The prisoner huddled in the corner, with a messy beard and a haggard face. When he saw Chu Ze coming in, he couldn't help but shuddered and stammered: "Back to... to the prince, the villain's name is... his name is Chen Hairong..."

"Chen Hairong?" Chu Ze narrowed his eyes and sneered: "I have found out clearly that there is no such person as you in Xuandu Temple? Are you a fake?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Chen Hairong had no choice but to defend himself: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the villain is indeed a member of Xuandu Temple. The previous temple master of Xuandu Temple personally said that he would pass the position of temple master to me, but when the villain saw Xuandu After seeing the end of my life, I decided to go to other places for development, and recently returned to Fengyang.”

"Your Majesty, the villain really didn't intentionally go to the construction site to cause trouble," Chen Hairong said in fear. "Fart! You dare to quibble?" Chu Ze was furious and kicked the cell door, making a loud "clang" sound.

"All your subordinates have been recruited, claiming that they were ordered by you to deliberately come to the primary school construction site to cause trouble. The evidence is conclusive, how dare you make excuses?"

"To tell you the truth, your confession is no longer important. Based on the confessions of your subordinates, I can send you to report to the Palace of Hell now." Chu Ze said in a cold tone.

Chen Hairong was so frightened that he knelt down and knelt down on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! I know my mistake. I should not listen to other people's instigation, let alone bring people to the construction site to cause trouble. I beg you, Your Majesty, to have mercy on me." It’s a dog’s life!”

Chu Ze looked at him coldly, sneered again and again: "Oh, it's good to know your mistake. I hate you the most for bullies and bullies. Those of you who know the truth, please tell me honestly, who in the end ordered you to cause trouble?"

Chen Hairong complained endlessly, with tears streaming down his face, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I have no choice but to do this. A few days ago, a man who claimed to be the steward of Jiang Guogong's house came to see the villain, and promised to reward him with a thousand taels of silver if he fulfilled his promise. , and even recommended the villain to become the abbot of the Taoist temple in the capital. The villain was confused for a moment, so he agreed and did such a stupid thing..."

"Dong Jiang Guo?" Chu Ze frowned and said with lightning eyes: "Do you know the name of the butler? Do you still remember his appearance?"

Chen Hairong tremblingly replied: "I only know that his surname is Jiang, and his last name is the character for tiger. I don't know much about the rest. He has a beard, is thin, has a pair of triangular eyes, and is very wretched... "

After hearing this, Chu Ze sneered and said, "Jiang Hu? I understand."

After that, in front of Chen Hairong, he ordered Zhao Sidao: "Go and check for me. There is a housekeeper named Jiang Hu in Jiang Guogong's house. You must find his whereabouts for me within three days, otherwise, hum..."

"No!" Zhao Si took the order and led the people away quickly.

"As for you," Chu Ze turned around, pointed at the trembling Chen Hairong, and said coldly: "Keep me under good watch, and there will be no mistakes!"

After saying that, he walked away, leaving behind Chen Hairong who was as limp as mud in the cell, full of regret.

"That's all. From now on, I, Chen Hairong, will never dare to think about fame and fortune, let alone provoke noble people. I just ask the prince to spare my life."

Chen Hairong sighed secretly in his heart and regretted it endlessly.

If he hadn't coveted that mere thousand taels of silver, how could he have ended up like this?

He couldn't help but recall what happened that day when Butler Qian of the Jiang Mansion came to see him.

"I have admired you for a long time, Taoist Chen. I'm here today, and I hope you'll bear with me." A middle-aged man in rich clothes came to Chen Hairong with a smile on his face.

He claimed to be Jiang Hu, the general manager of Jiang Guogong's house, and his words showed an air of arrogance.

At that time, Chen Hairong was anxious because his preaching was going smoothly and there were not many believers.

Hearing that Jiang Mansion was going to help him, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Mr. Jiang is too polite. You and I are in Fengyang, so how can we let outsiders worry about the Taoist temple? Please make it clear to Mr. Jiang that Chen will do his best to help!"

Jiang Hu smiled sinisterly and said: "To be honest with Mr. Chen, the prince is carrying out a large-scale construction project. He is going to build some kind of primary school at the old site of Xuanduguan. As far as I know, Xuanduguan was the former home of Mr. Chen, and that piece of land is Xuanduguan." It should be yours, what right does Chu Ze have to use it to build a primary school?" (End of Chapter)