Night, Forbidden City, Yangxin Hall.
Zhu Qi, who was previously sent to Zhejiang to investigate the damage to the dam, was now kneeling on the ground with fear, telling Jiajing the whole story.
"Your Majesty, this is roughly what happened."
"Okay, you've done a good job on this. Go down and rest."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Qi then bowed and left.
After Zhu Qi left, Jiajing looked at the letter on the table that recorded the inside story of destroying embankments and flooding fields, and couldn't help but sneered: "What a man who destroyed embankments and flooded fields, and what a master who followed the plan! Yan Song, Xu Jie, you are really mine." Lord of the humerus."
Jiajing then calmed down a little and called softly: "Lu Fang, go and have someone pass on my oral instructions. After getting the confession, Hu Zongxian will return to Beijing to report on his work immediately without delay! He will know what to do."
"Yes, I will take care of it right now." Lu Fang responded calmly.
…
Today is the day when Hu Zongxian will hear the case of dam destruction. However, the strange thing is that the trial location is in the Zhejiang Governor's Mansion, and no one is allowed to approach except Hu Zongxian and the subordinate staff who recorded the confession.
"Is that all? Li Xuan, do you have anything else to explain?"
"Hello...Mr. Governor, this is all I know."
Li Xuan responded feebly. At this time, there was no good piece of meat on his body. Since the dam was destroyed, he had been taken into prison. In order to make him speak, the jailers used all the punishment on him.
After the torture by the jailers, followed by the torture by the Jin Yiwei, it can be called a miracle that Li Xuan can endure until now.
"Well, take him down, and bring Yang Jinshui up to me." Hu Zongxian took the confession from the subordinate staff on the side, and after confirming that it was correct, he ordered.
"Yes, Lord Governor!" After the officer heard this, he quickly imprisoned Li Xuan back to the cell. The only thing waiting for him was death, and this was what he had been looking forward to these days.
"Your Majesty the Governor, bring the prisoner Yang Jinshui!"
"You guys go down." Hu Zongxian nodded and said.
After the jailer went down, Hu Zongxian looked up and down at the eunuch in charge of the Weaving Bureau, and said nothing for a long time.
Yang Jinshui's treatment was much higher than that of Li Xuan, perhaps because his godfather was Lu Fang. Yang Jinshui was not tortured very severely, but was slightly haggard because he had been detained for too long.
"Do you have anything to tell me, Lord Governor?" Yang Jinshui asked softly when he saw that Hu Zongxian had not spoken for a long time.
"This trial was authorized by His Majesty. For this reason, he also gave me the power to kill first and then report later." Hu Zongxian said, picking up the teacup beside him, taking a sip, and said no more.
"Well, I understand. Thank you, Lord Governor, for your advice." A dim light flashed in Yang Jinshui's eyes, and after a long silence, he spoke.
With Yang Jinshui's intelligence, he naturally received the message from Hu Zongxian, and that was the end of the matter! In other words, if this case is investigated by you, you can no longer investigate it. If you continue to investigate it, countless high-ranking officials will be implicated, even those cabinet elders!
"Yang Jinshui, do you have anything to explain?" Hu Zongxian put down the tea cup in his hand and asked.
"Hmph, who are you? You dare to ask me. I am the son-in-law of the Jade Emperor. Let me tell you, let me go quickly! Otherwise, I will ask the Jade Emperor to send a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals to overthrow your yamen. Did you hear that? You old thing!" When Yang Jinshui raised his head again, his face was full of madness, he was talking nonsense, and he was still rolling on the ground.
"I'll kill you, I'll kill you, ahhh!"
Yang Jinshui said, ignoring the shackles on his body, and rushed towards Hu Zongxian's position.
But soon, he was pushed to the ground by the government officials on the side. The government officials couldn't help but pick up the killing stick and beat him severely. Soon, Yang Jinshui was beaten until he was dying, and blood oozed from the wound.
"Let me go, I will kill you! I am the son-in-law of the Jade Emperor..."
Even though he was pushed to the ground, Yang Jinshui kept struggling. While tears were streaming down his face, a stench came from him.
"Ah, he's incontinent!"
"Keep recording, the prisoner Yang Jinshui can't stand the questioning and has gone crazy!" Hu Zongxian stood up from his chair and said to the clerk in charge of recording.
"Yes, sir." Upon hearing this, the clerk quickly recorded what Hu Zongxian said on paper.
"Take him out and show him to the people. This is his fate." Hu Zongxian turned his back and ordered in a deep voice.
"Hahaha, you little brats, look at me sending the Ten Palaces of Yama and Black and White Wuchang to collect you. When the time comes, I will put you on a cannon, put you in a frying pan, cut off all your hands and feet, and give you no peace forever! Hahaha……"
After Hu Zongxian ordered him to go down, some government servants took action and escorted Yang Jinshui out of the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion to show the public.
"Hahaha, none of you can escape, you will all die, wuwuwu..."
In this way, the crazy Yang Jinshui was watched by many people while being escorted back to prison. At this time, the news gradually spread throughout Hangzhou.
"Hey, have you heard? I heard that the Governor was investigating the case and scared the culprit of the dam damage crazy!"
"I heard that the eunuch seems to be the chief eunuch of the Weaving Bureau. Let me tell you, tsk tsk..."
"Okay, I have long disliked these eunuchs..."
…
In Shen Yishi's mansion, Zheng Michang, He Maocai and others gathered together to discuss the next countermeasures.
"Yang Jinshui is crazy! What should we do? Has he explained everything?"
"It's impossible. I think he's pretending to be crazy."
"Humph, what's impossible? Governor Hu didn't allow us to enter when he was trying the case. I think he probably found some key evidence!"
"Will this implicate us?"
"It's better to write a letter to Mr. Ge and the others first, and then think about how to deal with it after informing them of the situation."
"Yes, yes, that's a good idea. Write a letter to Mr. Ge and the others first!"
…
At the same time, people in Qingliu also learned about Yang Jinshui's madness from various channels. At the same time, they were afraid that Hu Zongxian would really ask something from him, so they hurriedly wrote letters to inform them of the situation here.
Zhejiang Governor's Mansion, in the study.
After Hu Zongxian finished sorting out the confessions for this trial, the voice of his aide Xu Wei came from outside: "Sir, the father-in-law from the palace is waiting outside, saying that he has brought His Majesty's oral instructions."
"Well, I'll go right away." After Hu Zongxian said that, he put the confession into an envelope and took it with him.
I saw a white-faced and beardless father-in-law standing outside the door of the Zhejiang Governor's Palace, and this man was the one who was responsible for bringing the letter to Hu Zongxian.
"His Majesty's oral instructions are to Hu Zongxian, the Governor of Zhejiang Province and the Governor of Zhejiang Province. After receiving the exact confession, he will return to Beijing to report on his duties immediately. There must be no mistakes. I admire this!"
"Your Majesty, Hu Zongxian, thanks you. Long live my emperor!"
"Governor Hu, please accept the order."
"yes."
"Father, can you grant me some more time? Before that, I have to explain all the affairs of the Governor's Mansion clearly."
After receiving the order, Hu Zongxian bowed his hands to his father-in-law and asked softly.
"As soon as possible, this is His Majesty's oral order, no delay!" After hearing Hu Zongxian's request, the father-in-law frowned displeased and said.
"Please rest assured, father-in-law, it won't take much time."
"That's good."
If everyone was still dubious before, now the emperor personally sent someone to deliver the oral statement and asked Hu Zongxian to return to Beijing with the oral statement to report on his work. This shattered the last illusion in their hearts. Hu Zongxian really found out something!
