On the February of the lunar calendar, middle-aged people have already taken the brazier down. In the bright room of the Beijing mansion, the copper brazier is still exerting heat.

"Even Huo Chong knows... the poisoning."

"Oh... the folk saying...just be fair and free."

"Huo Chong's master and his family have been escorted to the capital and sent to the heavenly prison. I have sent someone to ask him, this is his confession."

The paper sounded and quieted down again. After a while, there was a sound of turning the paper pages. After reading the confession of Mr. Huo Chong and Uncle Liu and others, the room was silent for a moment.

"This person doesn't need to stay."

"Apart from it?"

"Give this person apart."

"Affect the order."

Uncle Liu didn't know that he was lucky enough to live in the single room where General Nian Gengyao lived. At this time, he regretted it, but also regretted it.

He was arrested by the leader of the Duizi Sect before, and Huo Chong helped him escape. Uncle Liu chose to escape again instead of bowing his head to his apprentice Huo Chong and asking for intake. Huo Chong rebelled, and the entire Shandong was alarmed. The Tai'an government suddenly came out and arrested Uncle Liu's family.

If you don’t leave, you can at least be under Huo Chong’s protection.

I felt regretful and empty. Since I was arrested, I had never had a full meal and didn't give Uncle Liu anything along the way. Uncle Liu just felt so weak that he was so cold that he was dying. He hurried on the grass bed, and Uncle Liu lost his strength to tremble.

"It's time to eat!" the jailer shouted at the door of the prison.

Uncle Liu struggled to get up, and saw the prison guard put down several large bowls of rice. Uncle Liu rushed over to pick up the rice, but remembered his sons. He put down the bowl and asked carefully: "This official, does my son have food to eat? Is it enough? If it is not enough, give me some of me."

The prison guard shouted, "What are you talking about? You are the criminals. The emperor calls you to be tried. Eat quickly! You are so full that you can be tried."

Uncle Liu knew that being tried was not a good thing. But at this time he was too hungry, so he picked up the bowl and ate it. He felt that he would be a slap in a desperate situation even if he died!

After eating, Uncle Liu felt comfortable. When he was old, he could eat a few bowls of rice. But after being hungry for so long, he couldn't control it.

Lying on the grass pavement, Uncle Liu soon fell asleep. In the dream, his hands and feet suddenly couldn't be used, and he woke up after struggling for a few times. Looking at himself, he was actually facing up and his hands and feet were tied. Under the dim light, the ropes that tied his hands and feet extended to the fence.

Several people with faces covered had already carried a marijuana bag over and placed it steadily on Uncle Liu's chest and abdomen. I don't know if it was sand or something else in the marijuana bag, but it was heavy, so it was so heavy that Uncle Liu could not move any longer.

I wanted to ask, but my chest was not breathing smoothly under heavy pressure, and I couldn't even say a word.

The few people walked out of the cell quietly and made some noises only when they were brought to the prison door. After that, the prison fell into a quiet state again.

The next day, when Tianzhu submitted the document to the Ministry of Justice, Huo Chong's master was old and weak, and was greatly damaged along the way. He died in Tianzhu last night.

The Ministry of Justice attached great importance to it and specially photographed people bringing coroners to inspect. Only found that Uncle Liu's limbs were stiff, unharmed, and he was dead.

Of course, it is not completely unharmed. For example, there are still some wounds on the positions of hands and feet. However, when escorting, Uncle Liu was shackled and shackled, so it is normal to have some skin injuries.

The next day, Yongzheng remembered this incident and asked the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice reported that Uncle Liu was dead. However, Uncle Liu's sons were quite happy and were being interrogated.

Yongzheng only felt that Uncle Liu died too badly, but he didn't think much about it. After reading the confession sent by the Ministry of Justice, the content inside made Yongzheng frown.

Originally, Yongzheng thought Huo Chong was an apprentice taught by Uncle Liu, but he did not expect that Huo Chong became a monk at Uncle Liu. According to the confession of Uncle Liu's sons, when Liu Shu found Huo Chong who fainted, he rescued Huo Chong back.

At this time, Uncle Liu wanted to buy fame for his son and wanted to follow the path of Xu County Magistrate at that time. He was recommended to someone else by Xu County Magistrate. Uncle Liu borrowed some money from Xu Youlin, the nephew of Xu County Magistrate, but was deceived by that person.

Uncle Liu's eldest disciple Li Xiunian went to reason with Xu Youlin, and both sides fought. Xu Youlin injured Li Xiunian, and Li Xiunian died halfway through the way.

He lost a lot of money and lost his reliable disciple. Uncle Liu felt sorry for his second disciple and was unwilling to let his second disciple take the blame. He promoted Huo Chong to his eldest disciple, deliberately favoring Huo Chong when the second disciple caused a conflict with Huo Chong, and drove away the second disciple. He passed his position to Huo Chong, pretending to be sick and abscond. A big gap of 300 taels of silver was thrown to Huo Chong, and the crisis of Xu Youlin coming to revenge was all given to Huo Chong.

After experiencing this incident, the confessions of Uncle Liu's sons were quite detailed. The descriptions later became much simpler. They went to Tai'an to hide. Later, they heard that Huo Chong did not fall, but instead started his home by chance and became a wealthy family.

Uncle Liu's sons wanted to go back to Zhangdian, but Uncle Liu said that the time had not come...

When Yongzheng took off his glasses, he felt a little surprised when he drank tea to calm down. Huo Chong was a traitor and a big liar in Yongzheng's mind. However, apart from the rebellion, Yongzheng really never heard of Huo Chong's bad deeds. Just as Yongzheng sent his guard Zhang Wei to Liujia Village in Zhangdian, the news he brought back also proved that Huo Chong was telling the truth.

Soon, Prince Yi came, "Emperor, Li Shude returns to Beijing. I have confirmed that Li Shude has paid back all the owed silver."

"Well. Let Li Shude come to see me."

"Your Majesty, I have asked Li Shude, and he also admitted to secretly sending someone to meet Nian Gengyao..."

"No need to say more. Let Li Shude come to see me."

The next day, the morning court was over, and the former Shandong Governor Li Shude was taken to Yongzheng. Li Shude immediately knelt down on the ground, "Master, I know my guilt."

"Oh? What's your fault?" Yongzheng even made a little joking in his tone. Hearing Li Shude called his master fluently, it triggered Yongzheng's memory of Nian Gengyao. Nian Gengyao always called himself a "subject" from beginning to end, and never called himself a slave.

Li Shude was the Huangqi, the emperor's flag slave. He kowtowed again, "Master, when I was in Shandong, I never thought that Huo Chong was the traitor, who was in Shandong, would have the intention to rebel. I let him go several times. When I learned that Huo Chong rebelled, I knew I was sorry to my master. Thinking that if the master left his life for the slave, I would be willing to serve in front of the army. I decided to chop off Huo Chong's dog head for the master. But I was not very useful in fighting, so I could only ask Nian Gengyao. See what he thinks of Huo Chong. Master, I really don't want to collude with Nian Gengyao."

Yongzheng fully understood Li Shude's explanation and believed Li Shude's explanation. Since Li Shude obediently paid back the owed silver, Yongzheng did not want to continue to pursue it. Among those corrupt officials, there were many people who were more hateful than Li Shude, and Li Shude could not even put in the list of the first few pages.

"Since you almost dealt with Huo Chong several times, you don't need to say bad things about this person. Just answer the truth and tell me what Huo Chong has done when you know you have done."

Li Shude no longer dared to resist Yongzheng's orders, so he told Yongzheng what he had experienced. After hearing this, Yongzheng sighed and said, "It seems that we haven't seen that Huo Chong has wanted to rebel for a long time. Li Shude, do you know the news about Huo Chong's previous visit to Zhangdian?"

"This..." Li Shude wanted to say that if it weren't for the recommendation of the Fourteenth, he would have wanted to check it out. But the Fourteenth was in the limelight at that time, and Huo Chong paid out of his own pocket, so Li Shude didn't want to cause trouble.

In the end, Li Shude didn't dare to say bad things about Lao Sisi, so he could only answer: "I don't know."

Yongzheng did not pursue the matter, but instead said through Li Shude's previous words: "You were going to be the general of Fuzhou. Although your successor Xie Cilu was a new leader, you could not be unaware of such a big loss. Li Yuanlong was your family, and I have severely punished it. Xie Cilu was the general of Dengzhou. If you want to make a contribution, you will go to Shandong to wipe out Huo Chong."

Li Shude was overjoyed after hearing this. In fact, deep down he was not expecting Nian Gengyao to be able to make meritorious contributions. As long as Huo Chong is wiped out, Li Shude will be afraid that he will be able to get rid of trouble through Nian Gengyao's relationship. By the way, he can deepen the friendship with Nian Gengyao.

Nian Gengyao was still killed by Yongzheng, which made Li Shude completely die. But Yongzheng gave Li Shude the opportunity to personally wipe out Huo Chong, and Li Shude's heart was once again ignited. He quickly kowtowed and said, "Please rest assured, my master, I will fight for my life and be proud of my master."

When Li Shude went down first, Yongzheng couldn't help but sigh. Li Shude's description of Huo Chong did not say anything about Huo Chong's real evil deeds. At most, Huo Chong said something bold and arbitrary behavior.

But these actions can also be called chivalrous. In other words, Huo Chong began to test the court's tolerance a long time ago, and then desperately expanded his influence within this tolerance range and accumulated reputation.

Yongzheng had already seen Huo Chongfa's manifesto. Of course, the court ministers also rebuked the manifesto for being nonsense and Huo Chong was very ruthless. But Yongzheng felt that this manifesto had a strangeness like Huo Chong.

If this manifesto is not issued, Huo Chong's rebellion would be called a traitor and a bandit. Only with a manifesto is an uprising. Therefore, issuing a manifesto is very important.

Those who decided to challenge the court were either panicked or carried away in their hearts, which can be seen from the manifestos of all generations.

Although Huo Chong's manifesto did not have the literary talent of Luo Binwang, it felt like he was dissatisfied and lazy to deal with it.

Even a manifesto could write such a feeling. Yongzheng felt that he really couldn't understand who Huo Chong was.

But Huo Chong was just a small problem, so Yongzheng turned back to his current work. It was too difficult to check the owed silver. The initial three-year inventory that was originally planned did not meet the expected goal. Yongzheng did not want to give up, so he simply became the "Chengkongfu" independent review agency directly belonging to the emperor.

At the same time, all the provincial officials who have investigated the deficits and replaced them with capable officials who are known for their "wind power". In this process, most of the provinces that have been more effective in clearing the deficits are strictly involved in chasing and filling the deficits, and almost all deficits have taken measures to divide the compensation and pursue the property to make up for the property.
Chapter completed!