Early the next morning, while Zhang Ren was still having breakfast, the Man with Thousand Faces hurried over.
Zhang Ren put down his bowl and chopsticks, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"
The Thousand-Faced Man nodded and said, "The Governor and the others are back."
Zhang Ren said: "That's just right, I still have many things to ask him."
Thousand-faced Man said again: "The Governor and the others have escorted the prisoner back. Just this morning, during the court meeting, His Majesty gave an order. The Governor personally went to take the prisoner, and all the masters of the Jinyi Guard also participated."
After hearing the news, Zhang Ren stood up suddenly. Is His Majesty going to raise his butcher knife again?
He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked the Thousand-Faced Man, "Who were arrested by the Governor and others?"
The Thousand-faced Man glanced meaningfully at Zhang Ren, and then said: "The Marquis of Jingchuan Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Heshou Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Shushang Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Dingyuan Wang Bi, the East Guan Bo He Rong and the Minister of Civil Affairs Zhan Hui, Hu Fu Youwen, the Minister of the Ministry, and... Lan Yu, Duke of Liang, and several other officials were executed in court because of their resistance."
Zhang Ren just met Lan Yu yesterday, and Lan Yu was sent to prison this morning. Is this a coincidence? Zhang Ren didn't know.
He took the embroidered spring knife and headed to Jinyiwei.
But after he took a few steps, he stopped there. He slowly turned around and asked the Thousand-Faced Man, "Senior Brother Thousand-Faced Man, I don't understand something, and I hope you can clarify it for me."
Seeing the solemn look on Zhang Ren's face, Qianmianren said, "Just ask."
"You are from Jin Yiwei, and you have always been very close to the governor. I understand that you helped me when I was performing tasks, but now that you have returned to Aurous Hill, why are you still helping me?"
Zhang Ren asked the biggest confusion in his heart. Ever since he met Qian Mianren, he had indeed helped him a lot, but those were basically the tasks that Jinyiwei had to perform. As colleagues, it was also necessary to help each other, but now, Qian Mianren There is really no need for the person in front of you to help yourself.
Even if Jiang Wei and others showed up today, there was no need for the Thousand Faces Man to come and deliver the message.
Moreover, when Zhang Ren came back this time, he wanted to find ways to save those noble disciples. If there were untrustworthy people around him, it would be difficult to complete the subsequent tasks, so Zhang Ren asked this question.
The Thousand-Faced Man did not hide anything, and answered directly: "My life was saved by the Overlord, and this ability also belongs to the Overlord. The Overlord asked me to protect you and follow you, and I will act according to the Overlord's wishes. In addition, , and I don’t want to see so many innocent people lose their lives.”
This makes Zhang Ren feel very strange. Jiang Wei knows what he has done very well, and Jiang Wei will most likely guess how he will act later. In the current situation, Jin Yiwei is the knife in His Majesty's hand, aiming at those Xungui kept slashing with the knife, and what Zhang Ren wanted to do was to save people from this knife.
But why did Jiang Wei send people to help him? This really doesn't make sense.
Could it be that the Thousand-Faced Man is a spy planted next to him? It's not like, if it were, the Thousand-Faced Man wouldn't say these words so frankly.
Zhang Ren was a little confused about what Jiang Wei did.
Anyway, he couldn't see through it, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
Zhang Ren nodded towards the Thousand-Faced Man and headed straight towards the Jin Yiwei.
….
We went all the way to Jinyiwei and then to Jiang Yu's study.
Jiang Ying was leaning on the desk and didn't know what to write, but he looked quite comfortable.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, he didn't even raise his head and just said softly: "Are you here?"
The Thousand-Faced Man bowed his hands towards Jiang Wei and saluted, "Supervisor."
Zhang Ren directly asked: "Does the governor know we will come?"
Jiang Wei still didn't look up, "It's not difficult to guess."
Zhang Ren wanted to ask again, but was interrupted by Jiang Yu's raised hand.
He finally raised his head and ordered to the Thousand-Faced Man: "You go and wait outside first. I, the commander, want to talk to Zhang Ren alone for a while."
The Thousand-Faced Man bowed his hands and retreated, not forgetting to close the door when he went out.
Jiang Wei found a comfortable position and sat down, then faced
He raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, if you have any questions, you can ask them."
Zhang Ren asked: "The Governor asked Senior Brother Qianmianren to tell me the news of Zhou Ji's death, just because he was sure that I would come back?"
Jiang Wei was noncommittal and said, "That's right."
Zhang Ren asked again: "The governor must also know that when I come back, I will definitely find a way to save those noble children. After all, they are my friends."
Jiang Wei nodded, "I naturally guessed it."
Zhang Ren walked a few steps quickly and came to Jiang Wei's case. He slapped his palm on the case and asked Jiang Wei, "Then you want me to come back?"
Jiang Wei didn't hurry and said with a smile: "The governor asked you to come back just to witness all this. You don't have to try to save them, because you... can't save anyone. What you can do, I can only watch them being beheaded."
Zhang Ren was so angry that he slapped Jiang Yu's desk again, but this time his palm contained not only anger, but also his inner energy.
As long as this palm hits the table, it will break into countless pieces.
But his palm failed to hit the table in the end.
Because Jiang Wei took action, he grabbed Zhang Ren's wrist.
Zhang Ren's anger was filled with nowhere to vent, and he couldn't help but increase his strength, but his palm did not move at all.
Jiang Wei looked relaxed and said softly: "It's okay if this desk is smashed into pieces. It's just that I have just written the words. It would be bad if you smashed it."
Jiang Wei said and threw Zhang Ren's palm aside.
As expected, there was a calligraphy piece that Jiang Wei had just written on the table. In fact, this calligraphy only had two words: "righteousness" and "evil".
Looking at Zhang Ren's angry expression, Jiang Yu seemed to find it unsatisfactory, and then said: "Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you. In fact, Lan Yu and the other governors did not intend to move, but Lan Yu After seeing you, I have no choice but to charge him with treason."
"Rebellion is a capital crime, a capital crime that can annihilate a clan!" Zhang Ren shouted sternly at Jiang Yu.
He didn't care whether Lan Yu died or not, because as far as Zhang Ren knew, Lan Yu had done many heinous things, but how many innocent people were in Lan Yu's house? There is no reason for these people to die.
Jiang Wei shrugged and said: "There is no way, your boy's popularity among the nobles is really good. In this special period, as long as you are connected, those nobles may be able to put aside their old grudges and unite. So... whichever noble you meet in Jinling will die. If you don’t believe it, you can give it a try."
….
Zhang Ren clenched his fists. He had always thought that he could control everything with his intelligence. But now, looking at it, his idea was really ridiculous. With absolute power and strength, his so-called Intelligence is not worth mentioning at all.
Zhang Ren turned around and walked away angrily.
But Jiang Wei said behind him: "You don't have to go to Zhenfusi's prison, you can't get in."
Zhang Ren ignored it, instead kicked the door to pieces and walked away.
The Thousand-faced Man standing at the door was really startled. He looked at Zhang Ren who walked away angrily, then entered the study and asked Jiang Wei: "Supervisor, Zhang Ren..."
Jiang Wei waved his hand, but his face did not show the relaxation just now, but instead squeezed out a wry smile.
"Let him be." After saying this, Jiang Yu leaned on the back of the chair again.
The Thousand-Faced Man asked: "Lord Governor, there is something I don't know whether I should ask."
Although Qianmianren has Jiang Yu's trust, his position in Jinyiwei is indeed not high. Logically speaking, he has no right to interfere in many matters.
But he asked anyway.
Jiang Wei closed his eyes and said softly: "You want to ask me why I want Zhang Ren to return to Jinling, right?"
The Thousand-Faced Man said: "Exactly."
Jiang Wei opened his mouth and explained: "Although Jin Yiwei walks in darkness, he does justice. The first commander of Jin Yiwei was Lord Mao Xiangmao. When Jin Yiwei was established, he said that Jin Yiwei should be A government office respected by all people. But
What now? "
Jiang Wei asked in return, and then threw the question to the Thousand-faced Man.
Thousand-faced Man thought for a while and replied: "Now...not only are the corrupt officials afraid of us, but the people are also keeping secrets about our Jin Yiwei. In the eyes of everyone, Jin Yiwei has become synonymous with cold-blooded murder."
Jiang Wei sighed softly and said: "Hey, yes, that's why I want to change all this. Zhang Ren is my choice. He is now working hard to save those innocent people. Regardless of whether he succeeds or not, he can Gaining a huge reputation will also make the remaining noble officials be grateful to him. As long as he becomes the commander of the Jin Yiwei in the future, that will be the beginning of the Jin Yiwei's bright future."
Thousand-faced Man did not expect Jiang Yu to have such an intention. He was puzzled and asked: "How can the governor be sure that Zhang Ren will become the next commander? What if he doesn't want to?"
Jiang Wei replied: "He is unwilling in his heart, so this commander suppresses him everywhere. This governor wants to let him know that if he wants to carry out the justice in his heart, he must exercise sufficient rights, otherwise everything will happen." It's all empty talk, as long as he can truly understand this, he will definitely follow this path."
The Thousand-faced Man bowed his hands towards Jiang Wei, "I really admire the Governor's resourcefulness."
These words are not a compliment, but words from the heart of a man with a thousand faces.
"It's just that the governor wanted the Jin Yiwei to do justice, but now he's killing those innocent people in vain. Is this really okay?" Thousand-faced Man changed the topic and asked again.
Jiang Wei looked at the good and evil on the table, and said softly: "The more blood on my hands will be stained on my hands, the less blood will be stained on his hands in the future. There is nothing we can do about it. The Ming Dynasty is too big. In order to let it Those with ulterior motives are afraid and must be more ruthless. It is better to kill some innocent people now than to cause chaos in the future."
The Thousand-Faced Man also sighed.
He finally asked: "I still don't know something. Why did the Overlord tell me these things?"
Jiang Wei glanced at the Thousand-Faced Man and said softly: "He always needs a few helpers, and you are one of them. You are from the common people and have experienced great pain. I believe that you can definitely help." Good Zhang Ren, but you two are a bit reckless in temperament, and the cautious Liu Erbing is just right. That’s all for today, but you have to remember what this governor said to you, You must never tell Zhang Ren."
Night rivers and lakes.
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