Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 102 The guilty minister is in trouble again! The cannibalistic and blood-sucking Zhu family Longzi!

Zhu Changxun's solemn words made his emperor father feel happy for a while.

However, he was relieved that Zhu Yijun did not immediately agree to let his precious son teach Zhang Chonghui a lesson for him.

"Uncle Guo." Zhu Yijun first looked at his uncle Zheng Guotai who was kneeling on the ground, and asked coldly:
  "There are some things, if you don't tell the truth, I can't help you. So, what did you do about the demon book?"

For Zheng Guotai, Zhu Yijun's question was like a thunderbolt hitting his head! This uncle-in-law who thought he was 'foolproof' was heartbroken!
  Yes, this uncle-in-law was indeed 'participated' in the demon book case!
  And Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun not only guessed it, but also found it!
  Although Zheng Guotai was not involved in the 'printing' of the demon book, he was indeed suspected of being involved in the 'dissemination' of the demon book.

Because Liu Erwu, the fool who first spread the demon book, was found to be the distant cousin of a concubine of Zheng Guotai...

In this way, Zheng Guotai, the uncle of the country, can be said to be muddy, not just shit. Even if he is 'really' innocent, few people will believe it.

Not to mention, there are also the ministers of the DPRK and China behind this "fueling the flames". Even if it is true or false, they can still make it true for you!
  At this moment, Zheng Guotai was sweating profusely, and with his forehead pressed to the ground, he seemed to be frozen. It looks like a sculpture and is motionless, but inside it is already beating like thunder!

Zheng Guotai knows very well that right and wrong are not important! What matters is whether the emperor's brother-in-law believes in him! Or do you want to believe him?

But now the noble concubine Zheng Mengjing, who can help Zheng Guotai to speak and plead for mercy, is not here. This has troubled Uncle Guo, who has always had no independent opinions.

At the same time, Zhu Changxun, who had been 'ignored' on the side, looked confused. He was only six years old and had no idea what the emperor's father was 'specifically' saying to his uncle.

Zhu Changxun only knew that this uncle, who often gave him many novelties and treated him well, seemed to be encountering problems related to the 'demon book' just like his biological mother Zheng Guifei.

Children may not have any sense of right and wrong in their minds, but they can clearly know who is good to them.

At this moment, Zhu Changxun only knew that his uncle, who was so good to him, was affected by the nasty 'demon book' just like his mother.

Thinking again that he had not seen his biological mother for several days, the missing baby suddenly opened his mouth and began to cry.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

Zhu Changxun started to cry, and he sat down on the ground while crying, beating the ground and making noises.

"Ugh, Father, what kind of demon-breaking book case are you talking about! Not only did it cause my mother and concubine to be locked up in the Imperial Grandmother's Palace and unable to get out! Now it has caused my uncle to do this! Will it be done next? Has your son been harmed too? Uuuuuuuu..."

Zhu Changxun cried harshly. Zhu Yijun felt sorry for his son, but he was also irritable.

Because Zheng Guotai is not innocent, and has also implicated his beloved woman and his most precious son!
  Just when Zhu Yijun was distressed and irritable, and even wanted to kill his relatives for justice and directly deal with Zheng Guotai, Zheng Guotai found a glimmer of 'new' hope!
  "Your Majesty!" Zheng Guotai knelt and walked to Zhu Yijun's leg, hugged his brother-in-law's good leg, and began to "apologize" sincerely:
  "Your Majesty! All the mistakes I made are all my fault! It's all my fault that I have implicated my sister! It's all my fault that I have implicated His Highness! It's all my fault! I will not hesitate to die! I will deserve my death!"
  You can punish me however you want! Even if the generals were cut into pieces! Shattered bones and ashes! I am so happy with it! But Your Majesty, please believe me, your concubine is really innocent!
  It will be the ninth day of September in a few days. Your Majesty, for the sake of Zhi'er and for the concubine who has served you for many years and has given birth to "three sons" for you, please be kind to me. Don't vent your anger on Chen's sister! "

Zheng Guotai's plea was so moved that he even cried.

The "Zhi'er" in Zheng Guotai's dialect is the third son, Zhu Changzhi, born to his sister Zheng Guifei and Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Changzhi was born on the ninth day of September in the fifteenth year of Wanli. This prince was no better off than his second brother Zhu Changqi, who died at birth. Zhu Changzhi also died before he was even one year old.

Between the lines of Zheng Guotai's words, not a single word sounded like he was speaking for himself, but in fact, every word was speaking for himself.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor never said from the beginning to the end that he wanted to 'take out his anger' on the noble concubine Zheng Mengjing.

Zheng Guotai's "active begging for mercy" clearly means that he wants to use his "dead nephew's power" to drag the imperial concubine's sister into trouble! Then use their 'power' to pull themselves out of the 'quagmire'!
  Zhu Changxun, who was sitting on the ground and crying, seemed to be aroused by his old uncle. He also started crying to his younger brother Zhu Changzhi, who had no impression of him anymore.

Zhu Yijun, who was originally upset and angry, was stunned at this moment. In addition to recalling his and Zheng Mengjing's third son, Zhu Changzhi, he also thought of his and Zheng Mengjing's first son, Zhu Changxu.

Zhu Yijun will never forget that it was his first son who was full of expectations.

Suddenly, there were cries in the hall, including Zhu Changxun's cries and Zheng Guotai's cries for mercy.

The uncle and nephew cried and hugged each other, as if they were suffering from the same problem.

Zhu Yijun was stunned and sad, his head was buzzing. He just wanted to force Zheng Guotai to tell the 'truth', but being disturbed by his son not only made him more confused, but also more annoying.

"Okay!" Zhu Yijun shouted, stopping the noisy scene, and ordered Zheng Guotai:

"Uncle, get up!"

Hearing this, Zheng Guotai knew that the emperor's brother-in-law was not prepared to hold him accountable. While breathing a sigh of relief, he hurriedly released the hand holding his nephew Zhu Changxun. As soon as he stood up, he hurriedly bent down and asked flatteringly:
  "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

Zhu Yijun seemed to be forced to have no choice but to say helplessly and helplessly: "If you dare to do evil in the future and show no repentance, I will never forgive you lightly. Do you understand?"

"I understand! I understand!" Zheng Guotai nodded hurriedly, and even raised his hands seriously and swore:
  "I swear! I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's expectations from now on! I will definitely be honest! Live your duties as a human being!"

"Okay, okay..." Zhu Yijun rubbed his temples with a headache and waved his hands indifferently:
  "Don't go out as much these days. Besides, you have a lot of warblers and swallows in your house. Get rid of all the ones you can!"
  I don’t want the ministers in the DPRK and the Central Government to tell me all day long that you have hundreds of concubines at home! "

"Yes, yes! I sold them out when I got back!" Zheng Guotai answered obediently, but in his heart he thought rather harshly:
  "Only a hundred, how much more? Are you allowed to have 3,000 beauties in your emperor's harem, but not 300 beauties in our uncle's harem?"

Next, Zhu Yijun 'admonished' Zheng Guotai a few more words, and Zheng Guotai agreed to them all, and patted his chest and said that he would definitely 'change his past' in the future!
  At the same time, Zhu Changxun was watching this scene silently, watching his uncle 'admit his mistake' to his emperor father with a humble look on his face.

Zhu Changxun, who was only six years old, actually couldn't understand this scene at all. In his eyes, his father was a noble emperor, and his uncle was an extremely noble uncle.

Zhu Changxun didn't understand, so what if he was wrong?
  Is there anything wrong with your majestic uncle making a mistake? They are not ordinary people who are like ants and would not regret their death!

Zhu Changxun didn't understand. It was precisely because he didn't understand that he thought again of the 'ant' who had embarrassed his uncle and lost his royal dignity.

"Father!" Zhu Changxun got up from the ground, wiped the snot and tears on his face and said, "You haven't promised me yet, and asked me to teach you a lesson for that unruly man who doesn't know how to live or die!"

"Ah? Ah, what are you talking about..." Zhu Yijun seemed to have just remembered that there was such a person as Zhang Chonghui, and said indifferently:

"That boy has a cheap life and is not worthy of Xun'er. Go teach him a lesson yourself."

Zhu Yijun said very calmly, as if Zhang Chonghui's life was as good as "crushing him to death" if he wanted to.

This is indeed the case. In a dynasty where imperial power is supreme, only the lives of the powerful are important.

The common people who worked hard to cultivate the land and pay taxes to support the entire Ming Dynasty were like ants, let alone Zhang Chonghui after he became a criminal.

Zhu Yijun didn't seem to want to know how Zhang Chonghui deceived Shen Shixing and Yu Shenxing, or in other words, he didn't want to get the answer by 'meeting' Zhang Chonghui.

Zhu Yijun also thought about using torture directly on Zhang Chonghui to force him to give him an answer.

But when I thought about it, this approach was a bit too low-priced, and it was too embarrassing for him as the emperor.

"It's just a pretense made by a child with a dirty mouth. Why should you care so much about it?"

Zhu Yijun's voice was not loud, as if he was explaining to his son, or just talking to himself.

If Zheng Mengjing, Queen Mother Li, or Shen Shixing were by the side, these three people would all know the 'real' thoughts of Zhu Yijun.

Their 'indecisive' Emperor just couldn't face the promise he made before 'Mr. Zhang' died.

"Sir's merits should be with the country. There is no other way but to look after his descendants."

Perhaps even Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun himself had forgotten this sentence. But if he really forgot, how could he refuse to even meet the descendants of the Zhang family?

"But Father, I want to vent my anger on your behalf! I want to avenge my uncle!" Zhu Changxun still persisted and even jumped up excitedly.

In response, Zhu Yijun just smiled and said: "Xun'er, he won't live long anyway, there is no need to waste this time."

Yes, Zhu Yijun's meaning is very obvious. Regardless of whether Zhang Chonghui is Zhang Juzheng or not, as soon as the demon book case is over, Zhang Chonghui will definitely die!

After all, if the case is so big, someone has to take the blame.

As for the most suitable candidate to "take the blame", apart from Zhang Chonghui, who was a criminal and was deeply involved in the "Demon Book Case", I am afraid there will never be a "more suitable" candidate. Zhu Yijun has made all the plans, and now he just waits for Wang Xijue to take over the 'Demon Book Case' before going through the 'face' process.

As for the final result, the only option is to convict Zhang Chonghui and severely punish him!
  In this way, not only can the Zhang family, which had "sparedly survive" in the "house raiding case", be brought back into a place of "endless disaster"! Even this 'demon book case' can be over!
  By then, Zhang Juzheng and his descendants will completely become sinners through the ages!
  By then, if the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty still want to use the "demon book" to force the appointment of the crown prince, then Zhu Yijun will pull Wang Xijue, the newly appointed chief minister of the cabinet, out of the way to block the gun!
  Anyway, it’s just a cabinet minister. Even if this one is gone, there will still be another one!
  There were so many Hanlins in the Ming Dynasty who wanted to be the chief minister! The emperor Zhu Yijun has no worries about having no one in his cabinet! Not to mention that no one will be his shield!
  The more Zhu Yijun thought about it, the more excited he became. He was happy when he thought that the "unwillingness" left in the "home raid case" a few years ago could finally be completely "released" this time!
  "Zhang Chonghui, Zhang Chonghui, I have to thank you!"

Zhu Yijun was overjoyed. The emperor's smile was so ruthless. He seemed to have long forgotten what he said to Zhang Juzheng back then...

……

"Sir's merits should be with the country. There is no other way but to look after his descendants."

Zhang Chonghui looked at the fat six-year-old child in front of him and said this to him.

"What are you talking about? I want you to kneel down and admit your mistake! Can't you hear me?"

Zhu Changxun put his hands on his hips and ordered Zhang Chonghui arrogantly.

Although the emperor's father rejected his 'kindness', Zhu Changxun still volunteered and 'secretly' ran to stop Zhang Chonghui who was about to leave the palace.

He wants to vent his anger on his emperor father, and avenge his uncle and uncle!
  However, the 'ant' in front of me not only disobeyed and knelt down obediently, but even kept saying some incomprehensible words.

Zhu Changxun said that he didn't understand what all this nonsense was about. He just wanted to see the person in front of him kneel down and beg for mercy!
  "Your Highness, do you want the common people to kneel down for you?" Zhang Chonghui asked quietly.

Zhu Changxun nodded seriously: "Of course!"

"Okay." Zhang Chonghui also nodded, but he added: "Caomin once had his fortune told when he was young. The fortune teller was known as the divine fortune teller of Jiangling. He once said that I am the destiny of the evil god, and anyone who kneels before me will You will definitely be in bad luck within three hours! You will be seriously ill within three days! You will definitely die within thirty years!"

"Nonsense!" Cui Wensheng, the chamberlain, directly accused Zhang Chonghui on behalf of His Highness, Third Prince, and scolded:

"Zhang Chonghui! This is the Forbidden City! Your monstrous words and deceitful words will not be tolerated! You are simply seeking death! Kneel down!"

"Oh, I'm just kindly reminding His Highness the Third Highness." Zhang Chonghui casually lifted up the hem of his shirt as he spoke. Shi Shiran bent his knees and continued to say:
  "After all, none of the people I knelt before lived past the age of thirty. If His Highness is in bad luck by then, don't blame me for not warning you."

"Eh, eh? Wait a minute!" Cui Wensheng hurriedly tried to stop Zhang Chonghui, who was kneeling, but the opponent was too fast, and by the time he finished speaking, his knees had already touched the ground!
  For a moment, everyone was stunned...

Even Zhu Changxun, who was only six years old and still didn't know the 'specific situation', was stunned...

Everyone looked at the young man who was kneeling on the ground, but his posture was calm, neither humble nor arrogant, and his back was straight, and they couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts!

Isn't it? Can you still kneel like this?
  At the same time, Zhu Changxun, who was only six years old, finally took into his mind what Zhang Chonghui had just said.

"Can't live to be thirty?" Zhu Changxun couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, and asked with some anxiety: "What a... bad luck? How... how bad is it?"

Zhang Chonghui did not answer this question, but smiled softly and said meaningfully: "Bless yourself, Your Highness."

"How dare you scare me!" Although the naughty boy Zhu Changxun is still young, he is not stupid. He immediately realized that Zhang Chonghui was trying to scare him!

Suddenly, Zhu Changxun became furious!

Considering that he had been domineering for many years, even his eldest brother Zhu Changluo, who was the emperor's eldest son, did not dare to scare him like this. Now that he was being scared like this by a dying ant, how could he give up?

"You criminal, you are so brave! You dare to scare me! Go to hell!"

Zhu Changxun was so angry that he resorted to the "old" methods he used to deal with palace people in the past. He bared his teeth and rushed towards Zhang Chonghui, as if he wanted to "bite him to death"!

Facts have proved that Zhu Changxun really wanted to 'bite' Zhang Chonghui to death.

The third prince's teeth can be said to be completely different from his father Zhu Yijun's 'rotten teeth'.

Because Zhu Yijun had learned from the past, both Zheng Guifei and Zhu Yijun were worried that their baby son's teeth would be bad in the future.

Therefore, the prince, who was raised as a 'treasure', had his teeth taken care of since he was born.

Zhu Yijun returned his life and prepared all kinds of 'teeth sticks' for Zhu Changxun, just so that his son could have good teeth.

And when the couple usually praises their son, two or three out of ten sentences are inseparable from the compliment "Our son has really good teeth."

No one likes to be praised, especially children, especially those who are still in the early stages of unclear cognition. When they hear their parents praising themselves for doing this, they will be very happy and committed to doing more of it. In this way, you can get more attention and praise from your parents and other adults.

This is the case for Zhu Changxun. His parents praised him for his good teeth. He was very happy and devoted himself to "showing" to everyone how good his teeth were.

As for Zhu Changxun's way of expressing his "good teeth", he was no longer satisfied with the most primitive molar stick, but instead sought out a "human-shaped" molar stick.

Yes, Zhu Changxun likes to bite people, especially living people!

Zhu Changxun just pounced on Zhang Chonghui with all his teeth and claws, opened his mouth and bit Zhang Chonghui's wrist that was raised to block and exposed his skin!

The palace attendants on the side had goose bumps when they saw this scene, and no one dared to step forward to stop him!

After all, the palace attendants who served Zhu Changxun closely were more or less bitten by this little highness. Even Cui Wensheng could not escape Zhu Changxun's 'good teeth'...

Everyone knows how desperate this little highness is when he bites people. To put it mildly, he looks like a 'mad dog'!
  For a moment, the atmosphere was calm. There was only the sound of Zhu Changxun gnashing his teeth and biting meat in the air. Everyone held their breath and watched quietly as Zhu Changxun's teeth gradually turned red.

This is the hardest bite Zhu Changxun has ever had. In the past, most of his bites only left some teeth marks, and in the worst cases, he only bit off a layer of skin.

But this time if you listen carefully, you can actually hear the sound of "sizzling" teeth entering flesh!

This is no longer just 'biting', but 'eating' people alive!
  Some timid palace maids had already closed their eyes, unwilling to watch the handsome young man being 'eaten'.

Zhu Changxun actually didn't want to bite him so hard, but Zhang Chonghui's eyes really angered him!
  He has bitten so many people. When others were bitten by him, they would either close their eyes and dare not look at them, or beg for mercy in fear!

This was the first time he encountered someone like Zhang Chonghui, staring directly at him with a condescending look!

That feeling was like saying to him: "Bite! I want to see how capable you are! If you have the ability, bite me to death!"

Zhu Changxun was really angry, and he really wanted to bite Zhang Chonghui to death!

He was so angry that he used all his strength! The entire layer of skin on Zhang Chonghui's wrist must be removed! A whole piece of meat! With a whole tendon attached! Bite them all off!
  Anger is often accompanied by loss of reason, and loss of reason often leads to accidents.

Accidents always come so suddenly. I only heard two "pop" and "pop" sounds in succession!
  It seems like something is broken!

It’s Zhu Changxun’s tooth!

　I have been busy killing New Year pigs these past few days, killing eight pigs in a few days from morning till night!

　　I didn’t want to work so hard, but the young girl in the village kept saying that I looked very nervous when I was killing pigs (this tension is not that of my elementary school classmates, but real tension)
  　　So just...

　　It's like a man silently crying a woman's tears. As a twenty-year-old young man, my hands are shaking when I kill pigs. When I come back, I have to poke the screen with my frostbitten hands that are shaking like Parkinson's to code words. Then I think about it. I think the Chinese New Year will be tomorrow, and I don’t have anyone to warm my bed.

　　Unknowingly, tears burst out...

　　So does any rich woman see through my vulnerability?
  　　It doesn’t matter if you don’t have it, Brother Rich actually also…ahem! !

　　Ps: I finished posting the chapter yesterday, and on a whim I opened the comment section that I hadn’t opened for a few days. When I saw it, I was shocked!

　　Damn it! Why do you think the protagonist can meet Wanli so easily? He is the queen of sinners!

　　Moreover, even the ministers could not see Wanli, a fat man with bad legs and feet...

　　
  　
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