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

Chapter 35 Are you a pig brain?

Jiangling County, the front yard of the Zhang family mansion.

At this time, Zhu Yili was having a private conversation with Qiu Li, Zhang Cheng, and Yu Shenxing.

"Shilang Qiu, do you know what to do?" Zhu Yili put his hand on Qiu Li's shoulder and asked.

"Your Highness." Qiu Li had anger written on his face. He couldn't bear it any longer, so he gritted his teeth and replied:
  "I really don't know how I can find out the whereabouts of the Zhang family's stolen money in one day without using torture on the Zhang family! It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. You want the stolen money but don't want to torture the Zhang family. This is not another case. If you want the horse to run, don’t you want the horse to eat grass?”

Qiu Li's attitude was no longer as respectful as it was at the beginning. He really couldn't bear it anymore. He thought that the young prince would be helpful when he came, but he didn't expect that the young prince actually advocated not using punishment like Yu Shenxing!

It’s a joke. Without punishment, how could the Zhang family recruit him?
  What makes Qiu Li most angry is that the deadline is only one day! All the stolen money from the Zhang family must be found in one day. How is this possible? ?

Qiu Li now only thinks that this young prince is just here to play house, so he just hastily settled the matter of Ren Yangxin's violent death. Now he is so careless and childish about such a big matter as confiscating his house. It is simply unreasonable!
  "So, you mean it can't be done?" Zhu Yili asked.

"It can't be done!" Qiu Li replied firmly, thinking that in the worst case, he would be dismissed. Anyway, this was not the first time he had been dismissed!

Zhang Cheng and Yu Shenxing were silent. Under this situation, all they could do was to try their best to reduce their presence.

"Since you can't do it, I can only teach you what to do." Zhu Yiliu didn't seem angry. Instead, he leisurely took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Qiu Li.

Qiu Li was puzzled and thought it was an edict from the emperor. However, when he opened it and saw the content inside, he was stunned.

He saw a row of names written on the paper, including names he was familiar with and names he was unfamiliar with.

It is worth mentioning that, without exception, these people are all related to Zhang Juzheng!
  "Your Highness, what does this mean?" Qiu Li didn't understand even more.

"Tsk!" Zhu Yili rolled his eyes in disgust and said, "Are you a pig with a brain?"

Qiu Li already had a guess in his mind, but he still pretended to be stupid and asked: "I am ignorant, Your Highness, please make it clear."

Zhu Yirui seemed to be undefended and said directly: "The stolen money that Zhang Juzheng embezzled is hidden in these people's homes. Do you understand?"

"How do you know?" Qiu Li seemed very surprised.

"How do I know?" Zhu Yiliu smiled and said with a look on his face: "Not only do I know that Zhang Juzheng's stolen money is in these people's homes, I also know that you are trying your best to hear it from me. When the time comes, things will happen. If I am stabbed in front of the emperor, the responsibility will be on me, not you, right?"

Qiu Li couldn't help but feel horrified when his little thoughts were revealed. He didn't expect that this sixteen-year-old prince actually knew what he was thinking...

"Shilang Qiu, do you really think that the emperor will blame me?" Zhu Yili looked at Qiu Li, the young man's young face was full of contempt: "Maybe my brother will be angry, but that's just a passing thought. And you Qiu Minister, you have no choice!"

Qiu Li was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zhu Yili didn't need to listen to Qiu Li's answer. He looked at Zhang Cheng and Yu Shenxing in turn, pulled the two people who were pretending to be dead together, and said:
  "The reason why I only leave the three of you to talk is because I like to speak straightforwardly.

To be honest, I hate the intrigues between you old guys. I won’t stop you from fighting, but you have to get the business done first.

Also, don’t try to play tricks with me. Just because I hate fighting doesn’t mean I don’t know how to fight. Of course, I don't even bother to fight with you. "

Zhu Yixuan said it very straightforwardly. He didn't bother to fight with these old guys, let alone get entangled in the twists and turns. In the face of absolute power, strategy is nothing.

"Okay, let me open the skylight and speak frankly." Zhu Yixuan's eyes returned to Qiu Li:
  "Shilang Qiu, the emperor has entrusted you with the search of the Zhang family, but it has been so long, and you have only confiscated more than 100,000 silver, which is still a long way from the million silver you and the emperor promised!
  If you still can't make money, do you know what this means? This means you deceived the emperor! The crime of deceiving the emperor is a capital crime! So I said, you, Mr. Qiu, have no choice! "

As he spoke, Zhu Yixuan walked up to Qiu Li and put his hands on the other person's shoulders, forcing him to look at him.

Looking at each other, Zhu Yili asked again: "Now, I will ask you again, Sir Qiu, do you know what to do next?"

Qiu Li's back was soaked with sweat. In fact, like other scholars, he was not afraid of death.

But the crime of deceiving the emperor is to die well-deserved. Such a death is not honorable at all. He is not willing to die like this.

Therefore, he could only answer: "I know."

"It's good to know!" Zhu Yiliu smiled with satisfaction. He took back his hand and said to the three of them: "Time is urgent. You should take people now to search the homes of these people who hide the stolen money. Remember! Be quick!"

Qiu Li didn't speak, only nodded in despair.

Zhang Cheng and Yu Shenxing on the side were both stunned by Zhu Yili's operation. Zhang Cheng still didn't dare to say anything, but Yu Shenxing couldn't help but said:

"Your Highness Prince Lu, does this seem inappropriate? There is no evidence to prove that these people have hidden Zhang family's dirty money in their homes. How can we directly convict them? Isn't this indiscriminate harm to innocent people?"

Yu Shenxing's question seemed to surprise Zhu Yili. He pointed at Zhang Cheng and said: "There is no evidence? How can there be no evidence? Wouldn't it be enough to let the Jin Yiwei under Zhang Eunuch forge some evidence? Isn't this how you have always done things? ?”

Now, it was Zhang Cheng's turn to sweat profusely.

Yu Shenxing felt as if he had eaten a fly. He didn't know whether to open his mouth or not for a moment. He just felt that it was extremely ridiculous!

"Okay, you all go to work quickly and try to complete the seizure of the stolen money within three days. I am tired from traveling all the way. It's time to rest." After Zhu Yiliu finished speaking, he yawned.

Seeing that the young prince was chasing people away, Yu Shenxing was not willing to give up. He hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this is too ridiculous. This plan will harm innocent people and is definitely not feasible! Please take back your life!"

"What if I don't accept it?" Zhu Yiliu asked jokingly.

Yu Shenxing replied with a righteous look: "Then I will go to Emperor Shu to impeach you!"

"Oh, then go ahead and impeach me." Zhu Yili looked indifferent and even said at the end: "Your official position is too low to make any waves. Remember to bring your comrade Shen Ge Lao to impeach the king."

"Your Highness, you!" Just when Yu Shenxing was speechless, an announcement came from outside the door:

"Oops! Something big happened!"

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