The group of people then only came to an open space. After they were some distance away from the group of villagers, Zhao Yanzhen stopped. He only said coldly to Ye Huaizhi, "You set fire to the port."
Hearing this, Ye Huaizhi naturally shouted, "My lord, I am wronged. I have just arrived at the port. When the fire broke out, I was still near my old house at home. You said that I set the fire. How could I have the time? Moreover, there were still people near the port." My goods, even if I set fire to them, I can’t burn my own things.”
Zhao Yanzhen was too lazy to talk to him. He just asked his soldiers to push the workers and foreman who had just been caught while putting out the fire into the open space.
Upon seeing these people, Ye Huaizhi naturally understood that his plan had been discovered, and the handsome young man opposite him who looked very noble was probably no ordinary official.
The foreman met Ye Huaizhi's eyes, and naturally he only winked at Ye Huaizhi, indicating that he didn't do anything.
Seeing his hint, Ye Huaizhi also had some hope. He just looked at the foreman and asked in a surprised tone, "Why are you here?"
The foreman loudly said, "What else can we do? Naturally, we will burn all the goods of your Ye family. Why is it that your Ye family is so popular and drinks spicy food, but we can only eat and drink the leftovers of your family after we work so hard!" Before coming to Beijing, you told us that we would eat and drink with your Ye family, but we are still so poor after coming to Beijing. Since your Ye family is so stingy, don't blame us brothers for being rude."
Hearing what the foreman said, Ye Huaizhi got into an argument with the foreman over whether the Ye family was benevolent or not.
If anyone who doesn't know what's going on sees the quarrel here, they will definitely think that the foreman is someone who repays kindness with enmity.
However, Zhao Yanzhen, who had been eyeing the Ye family early on, obviously didn't care about this.
And Ye Huaizhi naturally knew that Zhao Yanzhen was not easy to fool, but he thought that now that the firearms were all burned out, they could not find out what was in the cabin. Even if they found something now, he could definitely say it was a fireworks explosion. Anyway, this matter is dead without evidence.
As for those who participated in the arson, Ye Huaizhi believed that he still had some tricks to play with people's hearts.
The foreman is his number one supporter, and as long as he insists on this, the noble prince can't do anything to him.
After the fake quarrel, Ye Huaizhi immediately said to Zhao Yanzhen, "Sir, you have seen it now. These people are clearly jealous of my Ye family's wealth! Please make the decision for my Ye family."
Zhao Yanzhen ignored Ye Huaizhi, but walked directly to the foreman and asked coldly, "Did you really start the fire today?"
Naturally, the foreman nodded repeatedly. When Zhao Yanzhen saw him nodding, he suddenly sneered. At this time, the clearly handsome young man just threatened like a ghost, "In this case, all of you who participated in arson today will be beheaded. Not only that, you All the immediate family members will die together with you! The male members of the collateral family members will be exiled, and the female family members will have no official positions."
Zhao Yanzhen's eyes were not very cruel, and his tone of voice was not high, but the cruelty in his words came to his face.
Some workers who didn't understand Dayong's laws were already frightened.
"Sir, I was not involved! Please let my family go!"
The foreman still didn't speak. After all, he was a bachelor. His parents died early, and he had not yet married a wife. Naturally, he had no children. As for the collateral relatives, these people only valued money and had not treated him well since he was a child. He didn't mind at all that these people were going to suffer along with him.
Therefore, not only was he not afraid, but he only said loudly, "Everyone is responsible for what they do. I admit this crime! As for the rest of them, they were just coerced by me to do this. If you want to kill or chop them, come at me."
Hearing his words, Ye Huaizhi was naturally very satisfied.
Zhao Yanzhen didn't say anything, and directly asked people to take the foreman into custody and take him away.
Then they targeted several other people for interrogation. Although these people were very scared, they didn't know whether it was because they were too loyal or because Ye Huaizhi was there. They all just agreed on the same tone and pushed the blame on the foreman, but they didn't do anything about it. He refused to tell any information about Ye Huaizhi.
Seeing that he was afraid that nothing could be asked at the moment, Zhao Yanzhen could only ask someone to escort a few other people down.
Ye Huaizhi was naturally proud at this time and asked Zhao Yanzhen if he could
Let him go, but after Zhao Yanzhen sent these people away, he just asked Ye Huaizhi, who was still detained by the soldiers, "Do you know who I am?"
Ye Huaizhi looked at Zhao Yanzhen blankly.
Zhao Yanzhen sneered. He squatted next to Ye Huaizhi and whispered, "You don't think I don't know about the collusion between the Ye family and the Qiangmo people, do you? I still have information about the correspondence between the Qiangmo people and you." I originally wanted to give you Ye family a way out, but I didn’t expect that you would have to hit the muzzle of the gun.”
Hearing this, Ye Huaizhi still didn't understand. Although there were many royal princes, most of them had not yet been crowned kings. The only one who could call himself a prince was Zhao Yanzhen and Zhao Nianze.
Now, if Liang Wang Zhao Nianze knew about the Ye family's affairs, he would definitely send troops to hunt down the Ye family.
Only King Jin's attitude was ambiguous.
Ye Huaizhi immediately asked in surprise, "Is your Highness the King of Jin?"
Zhao Yanzhen only glanced at Ye Huaizhi noncommittally. The moment their eyes met, Ye Huaizhi still didn't understand something.
Although he has contact with the Qiangmo people, he has never even met the head of the Chen family. But after all, he also devoted himself to the Chen family.
And I heard that the power behind His Highness the King of Jin is amazing. Isn't it like hiding it in front of him just like doing the same thing?
Therefore, Ye Huaizhi only looked at Zhao Yanzhen with some expectations.
"Your Highness, our Ye family's affairs today were originally done because we wanted to serve you. Please help me, sir."
Zhao Yanzhen only looked coldly at Ye Huaizhi who was pleading with him. Fortunately, he was traveling with private soldiers this time. Therefore, he did not have to worry that his conversation with Ye Huaizhi today would reach the ears of interested people.
He only said coldly: "Serving me? When I was in charge of the country, your Ye family caused such a big scandal, and you are considered serving me? What's more, what do the people you sacrifice have to do with me! Everyone in the Qiangmo rebels can get it." Kill him."
When Ye Huaizhi heard this, he was stunned on the spot. He did not expect that he would be waiting for such an answer from Zhao Yanzhen.
However, the situation between North Korea and China is beyond his reach.
"I beg Your Highness to spare the Ye family. My father and brothers don't know about this. I am the one responsible for the private contact with the Qiangmo rebels. If Your Highness can spare the others, our Ye family is willing to spend all our wealth."
Speaking of this, Ye Huaizhi gritted his teeth again and whispered, "Our Ye family is willing to hand over even the secret recipe of the firearm."
He knew very well that the Ye family's wealth was not that attractive to a prince who was still vying for the throne. The reason why the Jin prince was hesitant to make a move was probably because of the formula for the firearm.
Sure enough, after hearing the recipe for the firearm, Zhao Yanzhen seemed to be caught in some kind of calculation.
Ye Huaizhi couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the Ye family could be preserved, there was no need to worry about making a comeback.
However, after Zhao Yanzhen weighed it for a moment, he said in a cold voice, "The crimes committed by the Ye family are enough to confiscate and exterminate the family. Although I am the prisoner of the country now, I have the right to interfere with your Ye family's affairs. However, your matter has caused such a sensation this time. I If the king protects your Ye family today, who will protect me when His Majesty reviews the matter and finds flaws in it tomorrow?"
"What's more, something happened to my princess on your ship. How do you want me to help you?" Zhao Yanzhen said coldly.
Hearing this, Ye Huaizhi couldn't help but feel a little confused. "Your Highness, when has the princess been on our ship? We are all men here."
Zhao Yanzhen did not say a word. At this time, after some rescue efforts by the soldiers, the fires in the water and on the shore had been extinguished. @
A noncommissioned officer trotted over and reported the current situation to Zhao Yanzhen.
Zhao Yanzhen only gave the man a brief explanation, and then ordered the soldiers to continue looking for news about Jiang Nianjiao.
Although he also felt that Jiang Nianjiao was more likely to be in trouble, but at this moment, it was obviously difficult for him to accept such a possibility.
And precisely because of the interruption from the sergeant, Zhao Yanzhen stopped talking to Ye Huaizhi. He only asked people to escort Ye Huaizhi down first.
Ye Huaizhi must die anyway, so although he is angry with Ye Huaizhi because of Jiang Nianjiao, he is not in a hurry to directly convict him. Anyway, no matter how he will die in the future, and what crime the Ye family will be convicted of, it can actually be completely It's up to him to decide.
As for the Ye family's recipe for making firearms, he also wants it. After all, if he has this thing
, the combat effectiveness of many soldiers can also be increased to the upper limit.
He was able to get out of the quagmire of the ban and conquer the world, and the help of firearms was actually indispensable.
It was also because of this that even though the Ye family was helping his uncle, which was equivalent to pushing him into that kind of quagmire, he still let the Ye family go.
After a night of tossing.
At this time, there were faint signs of whitening on the horizon. Although the Umrah meeting has been postponed now, it still takes a long time to travel back to the palace from the west of the city.
On weekdays, these court officials had to get up before dawn in order to attend court early, so Zhao Yanzhen naturally had no reason to delay any longer.
Therefore, after the fire at the port was resolved and the remaining situation was still unknown, Zhao Yanzhen had no choice but to return to the court.
On the way back, the villagers who had been evacuated by Jiang Nianjiao also moved back one after another.
Therefore, it is not unusual for the two sides to meet on the same road.
Jiang Nianjiao was naturally among this group of people. At this time, both parties were burning torches or holding small lanterns.
Under the light of the fire, Jiang Nianjiao also wanted to see who Zhao Yanzhen had sent.
Unexpectedly, when she looked towards the leader, she discovered that the person leading the team today was actually Zhao Yanzhen himself.
It could be seen that Zhao Yanzhen looked a little embarrassed at the moment, his eyes were blue and black, and his face seemed to have some scratches.
Jiang Nianjiao was shocked and couldn't help but call out, "Your Highness."
