golden scales

In a secret room in Cheng Guogong's mansion, no windows were opened on three sides, and the only door was tightly closed, so that no light could penetrate.

Zhu Chunchen didn't know how long he was locked up, so he could only guess from the consumption of the oil lamp.However, this is probably very unreliable, because a Gaoliang kid like him who has lived well since childhood has never cared about such a simple and trivial matter as how long a bowl of oil can burn.

——Isn’t the prince going to let me go?Why do you keep me here?

Zhu Chunchen curled up in the corner, his fingers trembling uncontrollably, feeling uneasy.

Bang!

The door of the secret room finally opened, and a burly figure turned his back to the firelight outside, unable to see his face clearly for a while.

"Cheng Guogong." The strong man shouted, and walked through the door. It was Wu Changchun who had taken a nap.

"Does His Royal Highness have an order!" Zhu Chunchen rolled over and hugged Wu Changchun's thigh, his voice full of expectations.

Wu Changchun kicked him away, let the soldiers behind him bring in the instruments of torture, put them one by one in front of Zhu Chunchen, and explained: "This is cannon fire. Once it is stamped on the father-in-law, it will be withered and scorched. You can't survive. I can't ask for death. This is a bamboo stick, and I will insert it between the father-in-law's nails later..."

"Strong man! Military Lord!" Zhu Chunchen's lips trembled in fright: "Prince, Your Highness, he can't treat me like this! I have already donated all my family property! Your Highness!" Zhu Chunchen roared hysterically, as if Zhu Cihong could really hear it .

Wu Changchun waited for him to howl until his voice became hoarse, before he said: "Your Highness is merciful and soft-hearted. He originally wanted to let you go, but you concealed your property and did not report it. Sigh, you should know that His Highness the Crown Prince is wise and hates being fooled by others the most." His, isn't it his own fault?"

"I, I know I was wrong!" When Zhu Chunchen knew that he had hope of surviving, of course he had to prepare for a comeback in the future, how could he be willing to hand over all his wealth?Who would have thought that the crown prince would find out that most of the servants betrayed themselves in order to survive.

"It's still too late to know what's wrong." Wu Changchun said coldly, "You still have family members, sons, and grandsons. One head is 1 taels, how many are you willing to buy? The more you give, the more blood you have. If so If you still dare to lie to His Highness, not only will your family die, but even the title 'Cheng Guogong' will no longer exist in the world."

Zhu Chunchen was not originally a direct descendant of Duke Cheng.His cousin Zhu Dingchen had no heirs, so his father inherited the title, and then passed it on to him.Only after he had really tasted the life of the Duke of the State, did he know how different the partial house is from the direct line, and it is absolutely impossible for relatives from other houses to occupy this "Duke Cheng".

Not to mention letting the removal of the state title happen to him.

Zhu Chunchen even thought that if the crown prince wanted to remove the duke's title, what unbearable sewage would be poured on him.

"I'll buy it!" Zhu Chunchen shouted, "I still have silver in my outer house, and there's plenty of silver!"

Wu Changchun turned his back, fiddled with the soldering iron with one hand, struck the charcoal to make a crackling sound, and couldn't help pursing his lips and giggling: It's so easy to cheat, it's really relaxed and comfortable.

Afraid of missing this last chance, Zhu Chunchen reported all the gold, silver and jewels buried in the outer house and the Zhuangzi.Afraid that it wasn't enough, he even told the location of his life cave, where nearly ten thousand taels of jewels were thrown into the tomb.

Wu Changchun ordered people to record them one by one, and reported them to His Highness the Crown Prince, and said to Zhu Chunchen, "You will definitely not be able to survive this door today, so that future generations can have a good status, let's recruit them all honestly, where else can we hide them?" silver?"

"It's really gone this time!" Zhu Chunchen cried.

Only then did Wu Changchun nod his head: "Okay, since that's the case, brother, I won't embarrass the father-in-law. How does the father-in-law want to go?"

"I beg you, Mr. Jun, to have a good time." Zhu Chunchen knew that he was going to die, so he fell to the ground and cried loudly.

Wu Changchun gave him a sympathetic look, stepped out, and said to the two soldiers at the door: "The time has come."

The two entered the room after hearing the words, and after a while, they came out holding a lime box, and opened the lid for Wu Changchun to have a look.

Inside is Zhu Chunchen's head.

Wu Changchun nodded, and ordered: "Take it well." He went straight to report to His Highness the Crown Prince.

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Dingguo's mansion was also brightly lit, making it difficult to sleep all night.Ding Jianfu, a householder in the mansion, is all dressed in corsets and holding sticks, as if they are facing a formidable enemy.Those who didn't know thought they were protecting against the plague, but those who knew understood that they were protecting the guards of the Eastern Palace.

"This East Palace is too vicious! If you slaughter ministers like this, you are not afraid of things happening!" Dingguo Gong Xu Yunzhen walked in the small study with heavy steps, and when he was about to hit the bookshelf, he turned around, followed by another burst. Steps that crush the floor tiles.

Dingguo Duke Zhongshan King Xu Da's descendants.

As a Ming Dynasty person, if anyone doesn't know Xu Da, he is either a mountain villager who has not lived in Shen'ao for decades, or a young child fool.

Xu Da, who is like a military god of the Ming Dynasty, was named King of Zhongshan himself. His eldest son Xu Huizu succeeded the Duke of Wei, and his youngest son Xu Zengshou was named Duke of Dingguo.Wei Guogong stayed in Nanjing and defended Nanjing for several generations.Ding Guogong's family followed Cheng Zu to move the capital to Yanjing and took root in Yanjing.

Xu Da's blood runs through Xu Yunzhen's body, and he is well aware of the serious disadvantages of the Beijing camp, so of course he feels sympathy for the changes that Cheng Guogong's family encountered.He is a person who doesn't believe in destiny, so he naturally doesn't believe in legends like the plague god coming to the door, and immediately pointed to the source, revealing the truth about the fact that the East Palace took advantage of the plague to slaughter.

Being able to see the truth does not mean that the person is extremely talented, what is more important is being able to use the truth to seek good fortune and avoid evil.

Xu Yunzhen summoned the staff of the mansion, many of them were talented, knowledgeable and capable people whom he had placed high hopes on, but faced with this thunderous blow from the Eastern Palace, they all kept silent, completely unable to think of an idea to contain it.

"What to do!" Xu Yunzhen almost yelled, "What if our Dingguo Mansion is besieged tonight!"

The crowd remained silent.

Finally, someone stood up and said: "My lord, there is a way to treat the symptoms and the root of this matter. The way to treat the symptoms is to guard the mansion first and prevent the guards from the Eastern Palace from entering. As long as there are no dead people in the mansion after guarding for three to five days, then the theory of plague is natural." Get rid of it, His Majesty will definitely not let the East Palace mess around."

When Xu Yunzhen heard the words, he opened his mouth immediately, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Sir, what you said is very true! Cheng Guogong was ruined by attracting wolves into the house, and there was plague even if there was no plague. What else can you teach me, sir, hurry up!" Come on!"

The man looked embarrassed, and said: "Students are stupid, they can only think of this method to cure the symptoms. As for the method to cure the root cause, the father-in-law should consult the talents."

Xu Yunzhen stepped forward to hold the man's arm, and said excitedly: "The high fairness in the house has always been discussed, but now only the gentleman can make a decision. Why is the gentleman so humble? Please teach me!"

"This..." The man finally raised his head and said, "My lord, if you say that you have a high talent, isn't there someone in your house? Why give up the pearl for Yumu?"

"Oh? I'm ashamed, I didn't know that there was such a talented person living in a humble house, and I asked my husband for advice." Xu Yunzhen said respectfully.

"Speaking of which, that person is still a relative of the father-in-law, it is Xu Dun and Xu Jingxing!"

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