Zhu Youxiao was still recuperating in Cining Palace. Even if Wan Guifei was greedy, she would not dare to leave Yuhuatian to do anything. So after taking over the drowning case, Yuhuatian directly left Cining Palace and returned to Xichang .
At this time, several key figures from Xichang were waiting in the Yamen.
Yan Shisan and the top stall owner Ma Jinliang stood at the main seats with cold and arrogant expressions. The laziness on Ding Xiu's face also disappeared. At this time, his face was also gloomy, and he was obviously in a bad mood.
Behind him is Ji Xueyong, the third gear leader, wearing a sky blue python robe, with a shiny bald head, and a scar running through the top and bottom of his left eye. He looks quite ferocious, but at this time he is as docile as a kitten, in front of several elder brothers , I don’t dare to be presumptuous at all.
Next to Ji Xueyong is Zhao Tong, the Xichang killer, with a green face showing disgust and a chilling look in his eyes.
Behind him is a young man wearing ordinary fan clothes. He has a handsome appearance and is a little reserved, but his cheekbones are protruding and his hands are covered with calluses. It is obvious that his martial arts is not weak. This person is Zheng Yuan, the boss who transferred from Dongchang before. , the weapon is a meteor hammer.
Even Tan Luzi came after receiving the news of Yuhuatian's return. Although he was promoted to deputy governor and ranked third rank, he only dared to stand behind Ma Jinliang at this time and did not dare to go beyond him.
Tan Luzi was very self-aware. He knew that the reason why he was promoted was because the governor saw him as a loyal man, so he allowed him to be the deputy governor in charge of the internal affairs of the West Factory. But if he dared to use the donkey on the slope to climb up to his former eldest brother I'm afraid his life will not be easy either. Therefore, in front of Ma Jinliang, he always kept a very low profile and did not dare to act like a deputy governor at all.
At this time, the atmosphere was silent, and everyone stood in the mansion, waiting quietly.
"Tap-ta-"
Not long after, crisp footsteps sounded outside the house, followed by Yuhuatian's aloof and indifferent figure appearing at the door.
Everyone looked solemn and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed:
"See the Overlord!"
Yu Huatian glanced at everyone, then walked straight to the governor's seat and sat down, waving his hands and saying: "Get up."
Everyone stood up.
Yuhuatian did not hesitate, and simply explained the situation of entering the palace to meet the saint, and then said: "There is something fishy about the emperor falling into the water. The emperor has asked me to be responsible for investigating the matter. Do you have any suggestions? Tell me."
Hearing this, everyone seemed to have reached an agreement and turned their heads to look at Ding Xiu, who had a gloomy look on his face.
Yu Huatian's eyes flashed and he also looked at Ding Xiu and asked, "Do you know about this?"
Ding Xiu took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions in his heart, then took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Master Governor, just now my subordinate followed Lu Wenzhao to Prince Xin's Mansion, and accidentally discovered that the emperor fell into the water, and someone did it deliberately. The person who did this is none other than King Xin Zhu Youjian. But... my master Ding Baiying and two junior brothers and sisters were all involved in this matter..."
A trace of surprise flashed in Yu Huatian's eyes, but he was not surprised. He nodded slightly and said, "Then what do you think?"
Ding Xiu was silent for a moment and said: "Ding Baiying is, after all, my subordinate's mentor, and her goals are actually the same as those of my subordinates. The reason why she chose to join King Xin may be because she felt that assassinating the emperor and supporting King Xin If you rise to the top, you can change the world today.”
"My subordinate has already met with her, but I don't know if she can change her mind. If she can return from her lost ways and stay away from King Xin, I beg the governor to see that he can be with her master and apprentice. Out of love, let her live, if not..."
Ding Xiu took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Then please allow the governor to allow my subordinates not to interfere in this case. As for whether they live or die, it has nothing to do with my subordinates!"
Hearing this, Yuhuatian nodded slightly, with a trace of satisfaction in his eyes.
The reason why he values Ding Xiu is because he has clear grievances and attaches great importance to love and righteousness. If he really breaks off his relationship with Ding Baiying because of the case of falling into the water, and directly chooses to kill his family regardless of the relationship between master and disciple, Yuhuatian will Instead, consider whether you can continue to use him in the future.
But now, Yuhuatian is satisfied with his answer.
"Don't worry, since she is Master Qin, I will give her a chance to choose, including Lu Wenzhao."
Yu Huatian said calmly: "But you have been with me for so long, you should also know what my ambition is in my heart. The world is already chaotic enough, and it cannot be changed by changing the emperor, let alone Zhu Youjian He’s not a wise master, he doesn’t have the ability to change the status quo.”
"My power at this moment comes from the emperor, so it is most beneficial to me as long as the emperor is alive. Anyone else who dares to murder the emperor is an enemy of me!"
"This time they were deceived by King Xin. For your sake, I don't have to worry about them. But if they are still stubborn, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
Ding Xiu felt relieved and held his hands in a deep voice: "Ding Xiu understands, thank you Lord Governor!"
Yu Huatian nodded, then looked at Yan Shisan, Ma Jinliang and others, and said: "Leave this matter to you. This King Xin is a prince after all. If there is no definite evidence, we can't touch him." , so we must get enough evidence before arresting him."
"You can start with the people who tampered with the treasure ship. The person who supervised the construction of the treasure ship was Guo Zhen, the eunuch who was the official supervisor of the East Factory. This person and Lu Wenzhao were former military colleagues. The two participated in the war together for eight years. During the previous Battle of Sarhu, Guo Zhen was also a believer in King Xin, but since King Xin knows that the matter has been exposed, he will probably kill him to silence him, so you can control him in advance."
"In addition, the process of supervising the construction of treasure ships will definitely leave records. The minutes of supervision of the construction of treasure ships should be managed uniformly in the archives of Jinyiwei. Go get the records back."
"Prince Xin's Mansion will also send people to keep an eye on him. We will wait until all the evidence is obtained and I report it to the Emperor before we arrest him."
"yes!"
Everyone bowed solemnly, then turned and left.
Soon, a large number of Xichang masters came out of the Yamen and began to act separately.
All the details of this matter have been given to Yu Huatian. With the strength of Yan Shisan and the others, as long as they act according to the plan, there will be basically no accidents. Therefore, Yu Huatian is not worried and has no intention of taking action personally.
If you have to do everything yourself, what should your subordinates do?
After sending them away, Yuhuatian pondered for a while, then got up alone and walked towards the prison.
He wanted to see a person to see if he could be subdued and complete the plan to break through the Grand Master as soon as possible...
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The criminal law of the Ming Dynasty was very strict. Not only were Hulong Villa, Dongxi No. 2 Factory and Jinyiwei responsible for supervising and investigating cases, but also the Ministry of Punishment was responsible for punishment.
Therefore, there were two places where prisoners were held in the Ming Dynasty: one was the imperial prison of Jinyiwei, and the other was the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
The other private prisons, whether they were secretly set up by Hulong Villa or Dongxi No. 2 Factory, were not recognized by the court and could not be brought to light.
The prison of the Ministry of Punishment, also known as the Tianlao in the conventional sense, is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment.
As the official of the West Factory, Yu Huatian is a personal guard of the Emperor. He is in charge of the power of life and death for all officials, both civil and military. All the ministers are as fearful as tigers. In addition, now that he has the imperial gold medal in hand, there is no place for Yu Huatian in the capital. No place to go.
Among them, naturally includes the Prison Prison.
Seeing Yu Huatian coming, the official on duty didn't even dare to let out a fart, let alone ask any more questions, and just let him go.
Yu Huatian's destination was very clear. After crossing the dark and damp tunnel, he came directly to the bottom of the Tianlao.
This place is extremely deep underground and is generally used to detain those more dangerous prisoners. Moreover, as long as you are locked up here, you will basically have no chance to get out again in this life, so the guards here are also extremely tight.
A team of dozens of jailers, all wearing armor and carrying swords, even carrying crossbows on their waists, stood at the door patrolling with serious expressions.
Seeing Yu Huatian's arrival, the warden headed by him hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I'm sorry to see you, sir!"
Yu Huatian said calmly: "Is there a person named Gu Santong imprisoned on this floor? He is the one who was imprisoned by God Marquis Tidan himself."
"Ancient three links?"
There was a trace of doubt in the eyes of the warden, and then he asked: "Is this the weird man you are talking about who has been imprisoned for twenty years? I don't know if this person is the one who was imprisoned by Lord Shenhou, but in that cell, it is true that There is a stone tablet with the title of Lord Shenhou engraved on it, and no one has dared to touch it for twenty years."
"it's him."
Yu Huatian nodded. Zhu Wuwu placed the stone tablet in the cell specially.
This was because Zhu Wuyi used trickery to defeat Gu Santong, but did not kill him. Instead, he made him swear an oath that Gu Santong would not take a single step wherever there was a Tietan Shenhou in the future.
And it was because of this oath that Gu Santong was willing to be trapped in the Tianlao with a stone tablet by Zhu Wuwu without taking a step for twenty years. Otherwise, how could he be imprisoned with this Tianlao?
"Where is it? Take me there." Yuhuatian said without any doubt.
The warden did not dare to refuse and said quickly: "Sir, please come with me."
After a while, Yu Huatian followed the warden to the last cell in the sky prison.
The cell was entirely made of stone, except for an iron door in the middle. Through the small window of the iron door, no light could be seen. The small window was even covered with cobwebs. It was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.
"Sir, this is it."
The warden carefully looked at Yu Huatian's face. Seeing Yu Huatian looking at the spider webs on the small window, he was worried that Yu Huatian would misunderstand that they were abusing the prisoners, so he hurriedly explained:
"The prisoners in this cell are quite special. Master Shenhou has specifically instructed that no one is allowed to come near this cell, and no one is allowed to bring food to the prisoners in the cell, so..."
Yuhuatian waved his hand and said directly without any nonsense: "Open it."
"yes!"
The warden hurriedly turned over the key. Perhaps no one had been here for a long time, so it took him a long time to find the key. He opened the cell door with him, then stepped back and stood respectfully beside him.
"Let's go. I'll go in alone. Don't let anyone come in and disturb me."
Yuhuatian waved his hand, then ignored the warden and stepped straight into the cell door.
As soon as I entered, what I saw was a stone tablet as tall as a person, with the four characters "Tiedan Shenhou" engraved on it in strong and powerful fonts.
Yuhuatian walked around the stone monument and immediately saw a figure with disheveled hair and ragged clothes on the innermost rock wall of the stone room, with his limbs chained with iron chains.
This figure lowered his head, not knowing whether he was alive or dead. There was still a stench all over his body, and he had not taken a bath for an unknown period of time.
Yuhuatian frowned slightly at the smell and immediately held his breath, but he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Because he sensed the anger in this figure. Although he was a little weak, he was indeed still alive...
After a slight silence, Yuhuatian spoke directly: "Ancient three links."
When he heard someone calling his name, the figure swayed slightly, then raised his head tremblingly, revealing an old and dim face, and his eyes were full of deathly silence:
"Who are you?"
Xu hadn't spoken for a long time, and Gu Santong's voice was a little hoarse and low.
"I am the owner of the West Factory, and I will transform the fields into rain."
Seeing his desolate look, Yu Huatian frowned even more tightly. Moreover, he couldn't feel any true energy in Gu Santong, so he couldn't help but ask:
"Has your martial arts been ruined?"
Gu Santong did not answer. After hearing Yu Huatian announce his identity, he lost any interest. He lowered his head again and said coldly: "What does it have to do with you? The court's eagle dogs, don't bother me, get out!"
Yu Huatian's eyes were slightly cold: "You'd better think carefully before talking to me."
Gu Santong's tone was a bit sarcastic: "I have been imprisoned for twenty years, and I am not even afraid of death. What else can you do to me? Old Zhujiang asked you to come, right? Why didn't he come in person this year?"
Yuhuatian said coldly: "I know you are not afraid of death, but you don't want to see Su Xin, you and her son again?"
"Shua la la——"
Gu Santong raised his head in an instant, and the iron chain made a clanging noise when he broke it, and even strangled his flesh deeply, but he didn't care at all, he just stared at Yuhuatian with excitement on his face:
"What are you talking about? Su Xin is not dead yet? I have a son with her?! You are lying to me!"
Yu Huatian said coldly: "There is no need for me to lie to you. If you don't believe it, you can go out and see for yourself. Su Xin was not dead back then, but just in a coma. In these years, Zhu Wuli has been looking for Tianxiang Cardamom everywhere, just to save her. "
"Su Xin is not dead...really not dead! I still have a son? That's great! That's great!"
"Old Zhu Gang, you lost to me in the end. Su Xin is always mine, and she even gave birth to a child for me!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Gu Santong was trembling with excitement and had no more doubts.
Because he also felt that there was really no need for Yuhuatian to lie to him. He was a useless person, so what could he do to lie to him?
But soon, he calmed down again, a hint of darkness flashed in his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "So what if Su Xin is not dead? I am a useless person now, and my time is running out. Even if I have a chance to save her, I will I don’t have the face to see her again…”
"Moreover, I, Gu San Tong, keep my word. I have sworn that as long as there is an old pig, I, Gu San Tong, will stay away and never take the initiative to take a step..."
As he said that, he looked at Yuhuatian, his expression softened a lot: "Tell me, what do you want to do with me?"
"For the sake of telling me this news, I can tell you whatever you want to know, but what you want me to do for you is already impossible. I can't live for a few more days."
Yu Huatian frowned: "After all, you were the undefeated urchin who dominated back then. Even if you were imprisoned for twenty years, with your strength, you wouldn't have run out of money so quickly. What on earth did you do?"
Gu Santong said calmly: "A kid fell from above a few days ago. I saw that he was very talented, so I passed on all my martial arts skills to him, including my lifelong skills."
Yu Huatian's expression changed: "Have you already encountered right and wrong?!"
Gu Santong nodded, with a calm expression and no regrets.
In his opinion, if he could find a successor before he died, and know that Su Xin was not dead and had a son with him, he would have no regrets even if he died!
Yu Huatian looked at his expression, took a deep breath, and had no intention of telling him that Cheng Shifei was his and Su Xin's son.
Now that he has passed on his skills to Cheng Shifei, there is no value in conquering and using them, but it does not hinder his other purpose:
"Do you know how to break through the Grand Master?"
Gu Santong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then looked at Yuhuatian carefully.
After a moment, a strange look flashed in his eyes: "Your talent is not much weaker than that of the kid who fell a few days ago. You have already reached such a level at such a young age. No wonder you came to Tianlao to find a useless person like me. "
"But you have found the wrong person, because I did not break through to the Grand Master back then. It is not so easy to break through at this level."
Hearing this, Yu Huatian frowned tightly: "You don't know how to break through the Grand Master?"
Gu Santong shook his head: "Any great master in the world needs to go through decades of accumulation. When I was imprisoned by Zhu Wuwu, although I was already a first-class master in the world, I had not yet reached the level of a great master. Grandmaster realm.”
"However, Zhu Wuli's strength was similar to mine back then, and he was different from me. After the blow I suffered that year, I had no intention of pursuing martial arts, so I have been stuck at the peak of the master for so many years and could not break through. But Zhu Wuli was ambitious and would not give up. In martial arts, after so many years, he must have surpassed the great master."
"You can go to him and ask. You and he are both members of the imperial court. If you go to him, he should tell you."
If I could find him, would I still come and ask you?
Yu Huatian's face turned cold: "So, since you have lost your martial arts skills and don't know how to break through the Grand Master? Then what's the point of me coming to you?"
Gu Santong narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean?"
What's the meaning?
Yu Huatian's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he no longer had any patience. His mind moved slightly, and a sword energy burst out of his body in an instant.
"laugh--"
Gu Santong's pupils shrank, and before he could react, his eyebrows were pierced by the sword energy. His eyes widened and he stared at Yu Huatian in disbelief, and then his body fell backwards.
[The luck from the ancient three links is +6894. 】
Listening to the system prompts in his mind, Yu Huatian's expression was indifferent, without any change.
"This is your last value!"
Glancing coldly at Gu Santong's body, Yu Huatian was in an extremely bad mood, turned around and walked out with a gloomy expression.
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