Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 49

Zhu Youjian went back and sat down, clapping his hands involuntarily:
"Okay, very good, they are all high-ranking officials' children."

Hou Fangyu's father, Hou Xun, used to be Minister of the Ministry of War, admiral of military affairs in Shandong, Henan, and Huguang.

Zuo Liangyu was promoted by Hou Xun.

And this Wu Weiye came from a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River. Wu Sheng, who was promoted by Zhu Youjian as a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion before, was related to him.

Not to mention Dong Zuyuan's father, Dong Qichang, was a famous Confucianist in the world during his lifetime. He was excellent in both calligraphy and painting.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Youjian said that they are the children of high officials, which is not an exaggeration at all.

"Tell me, who is Mr. Qian, and the cause and effect of murdering me!"

As Zhu Youjian spoke, he slapped the table suddenly and yelled suddenly.

Behind him, Concubine Yuan Gui and Chen Yuanyuan were so frightened that their faces paled.

In fact, Zhu Youjian was already furious, but he just suppressed it.

Hou Fangyu still stared at Li Xiangjun, but said nothing.

But Wu Weiye lowered his head, muttering, not knowing what he was talking about.

Only Dong Zuyuan knelt down with a plop: "Your Majesty, spare me! Yes, no, I can't say."

Zhu Youjian laughed back angrily, and gestured to He Xin.

Although He Xin, the imperial horse supervisor, was not a member of the Dongchang and Jinyiwei systems, he has also learned a lot from Wu Mengming and Li Ruolian these days.

Therefore, as soon as he got the holy will, He Xin threw his whip and beat the three of them directly.

The thumb-thick cowhide whip made the three scream.

Dong Zuyuan cried even more.

And Hou Fangyu grinned in pain.

Wu Weiye trembled even more.

After about thirty or forty lashes, the three of them still didn't say a word.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help feeling a little surprised, and hurriedly called to stop He Xin from whipping the three of them:
"He has a lot of backbone, how much benefit did that person give you, how dare you make you defy me!"

As he said that, Zhu Youjian asked Empress Zhou, Concubine Yuan Gui, Chen Yuanyuan, and Li Xiangjun to avoid them first.

Then, Zhu Youjian personally blew out the three candle lamps, leaving only a small lamp on the faces of Hou Fangyu and others:
"It's too late to say now."

What Wu Weiye was afraid of was trembling all over his body, and he said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, we really can't say, he, they can't afford to provoke them, and you can't touch them, Your Majesty."

"Really, whether I can move or not is not up to you."

As soon as Zhu Youjian said that, he got up and took a Xiuchun knife from a soldier, and cut Hou Fangyu's wrist.

Then, Zhu Youjian quietly turned the rice wine in his hand upside down, letting the rice wine drop by drop drop by drop on the ground.

"I have already cut off your blood. If I told you sooner, I could save your life. If you persist in your obsession, you will bleed slowly and die."

Death is indeed not terrible.

But the process of facing death and not dying for a long time is the most terrifying.

Zhu Youjian wanted to use this to scare the three of them, break through the psychological defense of the three, and make them feel even greater fear.

Hou Fangyu's heartbeat began to speed up at this time, and the whole air was terribly quiet, except for Wu Weiye's trembling, he couldn't hear or see anything.

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Hou Fangyu heard his "blood" drop drop by drop on the ground, coupled with the pain in his wrist, he also shivered.

But what Zhu Youjian didn't expect was that.

Hou Fangyu was so frightened that he fainted in an instant.

Dong Zuyuan heard the sound of Hou Fangyu's "blood" dripping, and when he saw Hou Fangyu passed out, he thought that he really died of bleeding, so he was so frightened that he quickly kowtowed:
"Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, I said, I said yes, it is Mr. Muzhai, Mr. Qian Muzhai, he said that he was an old minister of the Eastern Palace, but he was not allowed by His Majesty, and Your Majesty, you don't like the Donglin Party now."

Before Dong Zuyuan finished speaking, Wu Weiye yelled: "Stop talking! Dong Zuyuan, don't you want to think about offending Qian Gong?"

"Bastard!" Zhu Youjian cut off Wu Weiye's left arm with a single knife: "Did I let you speak, He Xin, drag him down!"

"Your Majesty, it's not that I can't say it, but I really don't dare. Your Majesty, please think twice, think twice!"

Wu Weiye was still crying here.

But He Xin had already ordered the two of them to drag Wu Weiye down.

Here, Zhu Youjian patted Dong Zuyuan: "Qian Muzhai is Qian Qianyi, the former right servant of the Ministry of Rites. Very good, it really is the leader of Donglin. Let's continue, why do they not like Donglin Party because I don't like it?" And still harming me, who else is involved in this matter? Otherwise, it is impossible for you to know about my itinerary."

Dong Zuyuan didn't say a word at this time, maybe he heard Wu Weiye's reminder, but just kowtowed desperately: "Your Majesty, I can't say it, I really can't say it!"

Zhu Youjian kicked Dong Zuyuan directly angrily: "He Qian Qianyi can scare you so much that you dare not tell me the truth, aren't you afraid that I will kill you and kill your nine clans!"

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid, but", Dong Zuyuan became emotional for a while, and then fainted, and couldn't help foaming at the mouth.

He Xin hurriedly helped Dong Zuyuan up at this time, and felt Dong Zuyuan's pulse: "Your Majesty, he has gone mad with epilepsy."

Zhu Youjian waved his hand quite depressingly, and ordered: "Drag it on, take good care of him and Wu Weiye, don't let them die, take them back to Nanjing for execution."

Zhu Youjian walked up to Hou Fangyu at this time, and stabbed Hou Fangyu's thigh with a knife.

Hou Fangyu immediately woke up from the pain: "It hurts, it hurts!"

"Mr. Hou, don't get excited, the more excited you are, the faster the blood will flow," Zhu Youjian said with a smile.

Only then did Hou Fangyu realize that he was not dead yet, but listening to the ticking sound of his own blood, at this moment he also suddenly kowtowed to Zhu Youjian:

"I said, I said, it was Qian Qianyi. He said that your majesty collects commercial taxes and does not use the Donglin Party. Now that the crown prince is young, it is better to get rid of you and help the crown prince ascend the throne. As a close friend of the crown prince, he will naturally be able to join the cabinet. "

Hou Fangyu replied tremblingly.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help but glanced at He Xin: "It's true."

Empress Zhou, who was hiding behind the screen, snorted first: "How courageous!"

"I didn't expect Mr. Qian to be such a person." Li Xiangjun sighed, which made Hou Fangyu feel even more depressed, but suddenly he became angry: "All of this is Li Xiangjun's bridge. Xiaosheng cheated His Majesty, Xiaosheng was obsessed with ghosts for a while, and I hope His Majesty will forgive Xiaosheng, woo woo!"

Zhu Youjian didn't expect that Hou Fangyu would be able to beat him up when he was about to come, so he pulled Li Xiangjun into it out of his wits.

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