I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 192 The only way to survive
If the fight continues, Guo Wenyu's body will definitely not be able to endure it.

But the credit that he is about to get, is it really going to slip away before his eyes?

At this moment, a small flag came to report.

"The chief governor of Chu has summoned you to come over as soon as possible."

Hearing the words, the head of Chu did not dare to be negligent, so he could only temporarily put down Guo Wenyu, and hurriedly followed the small flag to report.

Not long after, the two came to the cell on the other side.

Although this prison cell is a prison cell, it is cleaned exceptionally clean.

Tables, chairs, benches, tea sets and incense burners are all available, and there are a lot of the four treasures of the study on the table.

Those who don't know, at first glance, wouldn't regard this place as a prison at all. This is exactly what a study looks like.

On both sides of the table, Huang Yan and Lu Zhen were divided into two sides.

He was drinking tea leisurely, looking at Lu Zhen's face full of spring breeze, he didn't look like a prisoner at all.

Chu was stunned for a moment, and thought, "Isn't this Lu Zhen a prisoner? Why does he look like a normal person?"

Huang Yan changed from the previous appearance of bowing his knees in front of Li Tian.

His demeanor is majestic, not like a eunuch at all.

Seeing Chu's head coming, he said lightly, "How about it, did Shi Lang Guo confess?"

Although Lu Zhen pretended to drink tea casually, his ears were pricked up, paying close attention to the news over there.

Chu Baotou hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell Guo Wenyu that he wanted to meet Huang Yan or Li Tian.

He had to.

This matter went straight to heaven, and there was no room for carelessness.

The governor even gave a death order, asking him to ask for something of value before midnight.

With all these things, his small thoughts seemed insignificant before his own life.

"I'm telling the Governor, after the interrogation by the lower officials, Guo Shilang is willing to recruit, but he said that he is only willing to talk to you, the Governor, or His Majesty"

Huang Yan turned his head to look at Lu Zhen, and smiled.

"How about it, Lu Yushi and our family are right, Guo Wenyu will definitely not be able to bear it before midnight!"

Lu Zhen cupped his hands slightly, and said with an apologetic smile, "Governor Huang really has a discerning eye! Lu admires it!"

As the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Lu Zhen's status in the court is on the same level as the chief officials of the various ministries, and he is a dignified second-rank official.

Although Huang Yan is the emperor's confidant, he is far inferior to Lu Zhen and others in terms of rank.

The reason why he was able to sit almost on an equal footing with someone like Lu Zhen was nothing more than the emperor's favor.

To get a compliment from Lu Zhen, Huang Yan's old face is also very bright.

"This governor already knows about this matter, so you step back and tell Guo Shilang.

The governor will go to see him later!As for the fact that he still wants to see His Majesty, hmph, forget about it. "

Chu Baotou didn't dare to say much, he withdrew from the cell, and hurried back.

Huang Yan pinched his bare chin with one hand, and tapped the table lightly with the other.

Intentionally or unintentionally, he said to Lu Zhen on the opposite side,
"What does Yushi Lu think? Tell me, is this Guo Shilang really willing to confess, or is he planning to delay!"

Lu Zhen has been an official for many years, and his ability to judge people is no worse than Huang Yan's.

Seeing him say that, how could he not know that he did everything just now on purpose for himself to see.

As for what he planned to say, he was very clear in his heart.

Money, for an eunuch, only money is their favorite.

He secretly despised Huang Yan's face in his heart.

With a smile on his face, he said to Huang Yan,

"Governor Huang, we smart people don't speak dark words, so please make a price as much as you want!"

Huang Yanxi smiled, his entire face distorted into the shape of a chrysanthemum.

"I heard that Lv Yushi added a new house with five entrances in Renshoufang some time ago."

Lu Zhen's heart twitched. He had indeed bought the house some time ago.

I just packed it up, and I haven't had time to move in yet, but I didn't expect Huang Yan to even know this.

He spent a full 1 taels of silver to buy it, and he spent a few thousand taels more to refurbish and add furniture.

Thinking that such a large sum of money would fall into someone else's pocket made his heart bleed.

But if this is not the case, once Guo Wenyu tells the whole story about his greed for ink, he will really have no way out.

Nowadays, as long as you can save your life, money and other things are just outside your body.

He gritted his teeth secretly, and said to Huang Yan with a smile on his face,

"It's Lu's honor that Governor Huang can see Lu's other house. As long as the governor can help Lu pass this pass, a mere house is nothing!"

It stands to reason that Huang Yan was beaten by Li Tian, ​​so he shouldn't have made a fortune by taking advantage of it.

But Huang Yan knew that although he had been doing things according to Li Tian's wishes recently, seeing that Li Tian was so enthusiastic about money recently, he had other thoughts.

I thought,

"As the ruler of a country, His Majesty is naturally not good at taking money, why don't you act as a black face.

At that time, no matter how much you find, your majesty will take the big head, and you can share some of the profit! "

Moreover, under the influence of his ears and eyes all the year round, he knew that Lu Zhen's matter seemed serious, but it was actually not as scary as it seemed.

There are a lot of people involved in this matter, and Lu Zhen really might not be a big deal.

If he pleaded guilty with a good attitude, at best he would be exonerated from office and ransacked his home, and beheading would not be enough.

Another point is that since Lu Zhen dared to confess to Zhu Rong, it meant that he already had a plan in mind.

Once things got out of hand, he just let go of his mouth and bit others desperately.

Those who have received his favor before, and even collude with him, for the sake of their own wealth and lives, will inevitably jump out to help him excuse.

When the time comes, the number of people will reach a certain level. Even if Li Tian wants to kill people, he must consider the reaction of the Confucian scholars behind Lu Zhen and others.

After all, who doesn't have a few classmates and mentors in the same year.

It is no longer the power in their hands that officials can reach their level, but the contacts they have accumulated over the years.

How many people in the court don't understand the principle that officials and officials protect each other and lead the whole body with one move.

The reason why Huang Yan dared to brazenly ask Lu Zhen for money was precisely this.

If he was already a mortal person, even if Huang Yan was given [-] courage, he would not dare to do this.

It happened that this was the case, when Lu Zhen might not die, he had the courage to take advantage of the troubled waters.

As for how many people Guo Wenyu will reveal, and whether he will threaten Lu Zhen.

He is not afraid, he has been in Dongchang for so long, and he still has a little understanding of the court officials.

When the time comes, it will not be up to him to say who will be deleted from the list and who will be reported.

As long as Lu Zhen can be guaranteed not to die, the money he will receive at that time will definitely not be a small amount.

(End of this chapter)