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As far as the superior leaders are concerned, both the left and right ministers are Zhang Cheng's superiors.

Meng Xiang had already been listed as the first suspect before, and now his motive for committing the crime was added, which may involve huge corruption issues, and has even formed a huge network. He is likely to be the highest protection umbrella.

In this way, the possibility is even greater.

What if the mastermind behind the treason is really Mengxiang?Can the court move him?

Chen Ning thought about Qin and Chu thousands of years ago.

They were both great powers at the time, both adopted great political changes, and both encountered great resistance from the nobles and the people, but one succeeded and the other failed.

Everything follows the law of cause and effect.

There is neither love without reason nor hatred without reason.

Is Meng Xiang the ultimate mastermind behind it?Are there other interest groups stirring things up?
Is it possible that the chess player behind the scenes deliberately pointed all the clues at the separation between the emperor and the left and right prime ministers?Borrowing a knife to kill someone?
After all, corruption and rebellion are not at the same level.Maybe the left and right prime ministers are the umbrellas of some forces based on party disputes, and there are various problems such as corruption, which cannot stand the investigation, and may even find out the big thunder...

How will it end then?

All ransacked and liquidated?
The temptation to ransack the treasury is great.After all, more than 200 million silver was found out by a household minister.

Will this force more bureaucrats to rebel in order to save their lives?

Did the policy implementation touch too much partisan interests this time, and was it too hasty?

Chen Ning returned to the original thinking.

He decided to apply to the Sixth Prince to arrange a room, two maidservants, and a table of good wine and food, and he wanted to have a trial of the illegitimate son Zhang Xiao alone.

What illegitimate children lack most is love and dignity.

Chen Ning just gave him these.Treat him like a normal teenager, or even an independent adult.

Each with a beautiful woman in his arms, teaching the flustered young man how to pick up girls, pushing a cup with him, and treating him with courtesy.Then he told a bunch of fabricated memories of working with his father, and used wine instead of wine land to pay homage to the former Hubu Shangshu on the spot.

Then he asked his mother, his childhood, and asked him if there was a last resort to take the risk.

Because as far as his psychological quality itself is concerned, he can't be a killer at all.It must have been used.

Zhang Cheng did not respond and remained silent.

Chen Ning spread the word out and said: "It's true that your father Zhang Cheng was beheaded and ransacked his home, but you are an illegitimate child, if you don't recognize your relatives, you won't be implicated at all.

Even if you recognize your relatives, you will only be exiled to do hard labor. This is no different from your previous impoverished life, so you have no motivation to do so.

It must be someone they care about you, such as your mother, your younger siblings.You must have a last resort. "

Zhang Cheng was stunned for a long time, and finally fell on the table and cried loudly, saying that he could not speak, and someone would die if he did.

Like the old slave last night, the weakness that people can't let go of most is family affection.I am not afraid of death, but when threatened with the death of my beloved, few people can remain indifferent with a hard heart.

Chen Ning talked a lot about the truth, and Xiaozhi moved him with emotion and told him that the assassination failed and the emperor was looking for the real culprit.As long as he confessed everything truthfully, he would find a way to rescue his relatives and take them with him to take good care of them.

It turned out that the mother of this miserable child was a young and beautiful prostitute back then, who was redeemed and raised outside by his father, Minister of the Household Department, Zhang Cheng.

Over the years, three children were born, one of whom died.He was 14 and a [-]-year-old sister.

In recent years, my mother has been in poor health and has been disliked by Zhang Cheng. Not only did she come less often, she also gave money from time to time, and her life was very poor.

My mother did some washing and washing work to subsidize the family. Because of overwork, she got sick.

Zhang Xiao went to his father, Zhang Cheng, to pay for his mother's treatment, but was humiliated by Dafang and drove him away.

After Zhang Cheng heard about it, he secretly gave him the money, but his mother died of illness last month, and his father paid for the funeral of his mother. He wanted to take the child back to recognize his ancestors, but was resisted by the big house. very fierce.

Zhang Xiao was afraid that his father would be embarrassed, so he took his younger sister and left in a very sensible way.I rely on coolies, and my sister and I depend on each other for life.

A few days ago, the big house sent someone to inform him that his father had passed away, and asked him to pay homage to him, and let him recognize his ancestor and return to his clan.He was very happy and had no idea it was a trap.

After recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan, Dafang told him that there is a price for recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan.Because of his father's crime, the man will be exiled to the northwest frontier to do hard labor, and the woman will be sent to Jiaofangsi to be a prostitute.

After he found out that he had been deceived, of course he desperately resisted.But the younger sister has been arrested and locked up by them.

Then he was given the task of buying a murderer and waiting for an opportunity to kill him, telling him that if the emperor died, the whole family would not have to serve, and the younger sister would not have to be a prostitute.

Dafang also promised to give them a house with a yard and 1000 taels of silver.He threatened that if he didn't obey, he would rape his sister now and send her to the Jiaofang Division.

Zhang Xiao has been dependent on his mother and younger sister since he was a child, and his mother's order before she died was to take good care of her younger sister, so Zhang Xiao finally chose to take the risk, doing this wrong thing just to protect her younger sister.

The matter of buying a murderer and killing someone was taught by the mistress step by step, how to go to Tianxiang Tower to find the shopkeeper, how to speak secret words, and if the time and place were agreed.The bank notes for the transaction were also given by the mistress, and he didn't know the source.

After hearing what Zhang Xiao had said, Chen Ning couldn't help but sigh.

Chen Ning is also a concubine, although he does not have such a humble background as the illegitimate child of a prostitute, but he understands Zhang Xiao's desire for family affection and identity recognition, and the responsibility to protect his sister.

Zhang Xiao was crying loudly there.Chen Ning just sat down and drank.

When Zhang Xiao finished crying, Chen Ning told him with a sigh that he was cheated from beginning to end.

Even if he succeeds in the assassination, he and his sister will not have a good life.According to Da Fang's temperament, there will be no room for two brothers and sisters.

When his father Zhang Cheng was around, he couldn't take them back. Now that he's dead, how could Dafang let his illegitimate son rob his property?
Later, the younger sister would still be sold to a brothel or be a child bride-in-law, while Zhang Xiao would be executed silently.

People who are too low-level will not be able to cause any waves after death.

What's more, the punishment given by the emperor is that the woman will go to Yeting as a palace maid to do hard labor, which is different from going to Jiaofang Secretary.

Dafang basically seized Zhang Xiao's weakness of "filial piety" and let him do desperate things by secretly changing the concept.

Young people are still too naive.

Chen Ning sighed.

Zhang Xiao knelt down and begged Chen Ning to treat his sister well as long as Chen Ning could save his sister. He knew he had committed a capital crime, so he was willing to do anything.

The price of buying a murderer to kill someone is very high, and buying a murderer to kill someone in the capital is even higher. Buying a murderer to kill the emperor is a sky-high price.

Chen Ning didn't think that a minister of the household department had such financial resources. He had ransacked his house at that time, and where did he hide such a huge sum of money.

If such a large amount of money was really hidden, how much money did the Minister of the Household Department and the people in the first line covet?

But at last there was a breakthrough.

Chen Ning promised Zhang Xiao to take care of his younger sister for him.

Seeing that the maid in Zhang Xiao's arms seemed to like Zhang Xiao very much, Chen Ning left the two of them alone in the room.

Before closing the door, tell Zhang Xiao that this is the last chance for him, I hope he will cherish it.If he tried to escape again, not only would his chance be gone, but his sister would definitely die.

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