Chapter 9: Blackmail
Zhu Yinglong brought Tian Shuying, who was almost raped by Chen and that bastard, back to his palace, called his personal maid Yanhong, handed Tian Shuying to her hands, and took it down to comfort her, but Tian Shuying refused to leave Zhu Yinglong's arms, probably because she was too scared. Zhu Yinglong's hatred for the people in the eunuch party became deeper. He finally coaxed the beauty in his arms to wash away, but he had to report Cui Chengxiu to escort Chen Jiu to his father and son.
Asking for him to see him, Zhu Yinglong was on the fire. Without thinking, he immediately ordered the person to be bombed away. However, Zhou Yingning, who received the news from Yinglong Villa, hurriedly returned. He saw her husband's face turned pale and ordered to bomb the person away. He hurriedly stopped Xu Yingyuan who was going to pass the order, and signaled him to wait for a while, then took off the fur robe on his body and handed it to his maid's hand. He walked towards Zhu Yinglong and said, "Prince, I am also very angry about Shuying's sister, but at this time..."
When Zhu Yinglong saw Zhou Yingning, he knew that she had rushed back from the villa and was very tired, and his face was slightly relaxed. In fact, he knew that he was a little angry just now, so he had to send it out. When he saw Xu Yingyuan standing outside the door, he knew that Zhou Yingning helped him stop him, avoiding him doing something wrong. So he reached out and held her cold little hands, gently put her arms around her arms, hugged her soft body, and said affectionately: "Fortunately, I would have done something wrong."
Zhou Yingning suddenly felt a speechless happiness covering her whole body, and a mist rose from her bright phoenix eyes. Her delicate face leaned against her calm beating heart, and her whole body was soft in Zhu Yinglong's arms. Zhu Yinglong glanced at the beauty who was exhaling like orchid in her arms and had a red face. She said in a deep voice to Xu Yingyuan outside: "Call them to my study, and I will go to see them after I finish the matter!"
Xu Yingyuan got the order and turned around and went to pass the order.
"Sister Lianyi came back after knowing that something happened to Shuying's sister, and she wanted to leave alone in the middle, but was discovered by me and stopped me." Zhou Yingning said in a low voice.
"Fortunately, I feel in time that the thief has never tampered with Shuying."
When it comes to Ye Lianyi, Zhu Yinglong felt a headache. This girl seemed to have not grown up yet and was impulsive and desperate. Fortunately, she wanted to send her to Sun, Xiong and his subordinates studied hard, but they didn't know that she relied on the identity of the princess, and she and Xiong Hu actually became good sisters. In Yinglong Villa, except for a few people who could suppress her, she was simply the eldest sister in a later school, which made Zhu Yinglong feel very troubled. She sighed and said, "This Ripple is getting less and less important. She must have wanted to come back to avenge Shuying. Ning'er, you did a good job this time. If she came back and stir up trouble, I really don't know how to deal with it!"
Zhou Yingning suddenly found that the door was open and someone passed by from time to time. It was hindering that he had such an intimate contact with Zhu Yinglong. He blushed and broke free from Zhu Yinglong's arms. Zhu Yinglong was thinking about what to say when he saw Cui Chengxiu and the bastard father and son later. He was uneasy. Zhou Yingning left Zhu Yinglong's arms with a light force.
"Prince, I want to go and see Sister Shuying." Zhou Yingning said.
"Go, don't talk to me about such a small thing in the future. Tell Shuying well. Don't take what you do today. It's not her fault. Just watch her not let her do stupid things." Zhu Yinglong kissed Zhou Yingning's bright forehead and told him carefully that the chastity of time and space is a matter of life. It is necessary to force Tian Shuying to commit suicide to show his innocence, but Zhu Yinglong cannot do such a thing. So whether it is for Tian Shuying or his own big plan, he can only be depressed when he sees everything he sees in the house, but he must not be cheaper for the Chen family. He will keep his life for the time being and take it later!
Zhou Yingning had long been accustomed to this kind of intimate behavior between the two and left with affectionate feelings.
Shi Kefa's injuries were not minor. Two of his ribs were broken, his body was covered with injuries, and there were bruises on his face. Fortunately, he was rescued in time, otherwise even if his life was not in trouble, he might have some root cause.
Zhu Yinglong did not go to see the three people immediately, but went to visit Shi Kefa, who was seriously injured. When Shi Kefa was injured, he felt like he had half of his arm broken. How could Zhu Yinglong not be angry?
Zhu Yinglong came to see him in person. Shi Kefa, who had already awakened, was naturally very excited. He was not responsible for his own efforts. Not only did the prince not blame him, he also came to visit him in person. Where did such a kind master go to find him? He struggled to get up and salute Zhu Yinglong, so that Zhu Yinglong forced him to hold him down and said, "Brother Xianzhi, you are injured, so you should lie down and recuperate."
Shi Kefa was excited and burst into tears: "Prince, the student is really incompetent and has not been able to protect the princess. Please punish him!"
Zhu Yinglong also felt a little regretful. If Wang Chengen was sent, such an unfortunate thing might not have happened. He comforted with a smile: "It is not about Brother Xian's affairs. I am not considerate. I have caused you so much injury and I almost lost one arm!"
"Prince, student..." Shi Kefa saw that Zhu Yinglong took all the blame on him, and suddenly burst into tears. Such a thing happened. He thought that his life should be gone, and the princess was almost insulted. What a great sin! There is a saying that a scholar died for his confidant. If Zhu Yinglong treats him like this, how could he not be loyal to death?
"Recover well, I am still waiting to fight side by side with you!" Zhu Yinglong patted his shoulder lightly and smiled.
"Prince, I'm sorry for you..."
"Okay, the matter has passed. Now Cui Chengxiu and Chen Jiugong are in my study. Brother Xianzhi, you give me some advice. How should I deal with it?" Zhu Yinglong said his troubles.
"Prince, this matter is probably known to the whole city. Although the prince deliberately covered up the passage of entering the house, Chen Jiugong and his son and those people would not go out to talk nonsense. Since the prince let the three of them enter your study, he naturally does not want to have a quarrel with the eunuch party immediately. However, this matter not only concerns the prince's prestige, but also the royal reputation, and even endangers the prince's chastity and life. If it is not settled, I am afraid that everyone in the world thinks that the prince is timid and afraid of things. If Chen Jiugong and his son are strictly dealing with it, although the people in the eunuch party have no choice but to deal with the prince, they may be resentful. The prince's actions in Kaifeng will be constrained everywhere, and the eunuch party will take advantage of the situation, so Princess Tian will be in danger." Shi Kefa analyzed nervously.
Zhu Yinglong naturally knew this, and he also knew that he had actually had a quarrel with the eunuch party, but on the surface he was still kind, and the other party had not caught any handle on him and could not touch him. This time he took the initiative with the emergencies. I am afraid that the censors and doctors would pull themselves into the water. These so-called literati didn't understand a truth at all. The power came from the gun. How could they fight with the eunuch party? Moreover, their foundation was not stable. At this time, they had a quarrel with the eunuch party in this matter, which was simply pushing himself to the forefront. Zhu Yinglong was unwilling to do such a fool. Although even if Chen Jiugong and his son were killed, it would not be a big deal with the eunuch party, but there was Tian Shuying. How could he watch his wife lose his life in order to maintain a chastity without any substantive meaning?
Shi Kefa and Zhu Yinglong have been together for more than half a year. It can be said that except for Zhu Yinglong's original team, he is the longest person. Naturally, he has been thinking about Zhu Yinglong's thoughts. He endured the severe pain on his body and reminded him: "Prince, Kefa wants to borrow some money from you?"
"It doesn't matter, how much does Brother Xianzhi want?" Zhu Yinglong didn't expect anything else and responded casually.
Shi Kefa stretched out one hand with difficulty, spread his five fingers, and looked at Zhu Yinglong, but he said nothing.
"Fifty taels? No problem, let your family find Ning'er to get it tomorrow!" Even if Shi Kefa doesn't mention borrowing money, he will also give him a sum of silver for healing injuries and nourishing the body.
But he didn't expect Shi Kefa to shake his head. It seemed that he had borrowed more than so much. Zhu Yinglong was a little surprised. It was not that he didn't lend him more money, but what did Shi Kefa want to borrow more than fifty taels of money for?
"Five hundred thousand taels!" Shi Kefa said softly, word by word.
"What do Brother Xianzhi wants so much money?" Zhu Yinglong was frightened, and then his mind flashed, and he laughed, saying, "Brother Xianzhi actually started to have a puzzle with me. Okay, I will lend you it."
Shi Kefa also had a smile on his pale face, but he seemed to be a little cunning. It seemed that Zhu Yinglong's poison in him had reached his bones.
"Eunuch Xu, when will the prince come to see us?" An hour passed, and Chen Jiugong and his son were numb when they knelt on the ground in the study. They couldn't stand it anymore. They signaled Cui Chengxiu, who was standing on the side, to ask Xu Yingyuan, who was also standing on the side with his eyes squinting.
Xu Yingyuan knew in his heart that the prince was not delayed, and clearly did it on purpose, and he didn't even open his eyes. He responded lightly: "The prince is busy with affairs, and when he is done, he will naturally come to see the two adults and Mr. Chen."
At this time, Mr. Chen was tied up and kneeled beside his father Chen Jiuqing like a betrayal of his parents. He did not have the arrogant demeanor of forcing Tian Shuying to rob him on the street!
Zhu Yinglong walked into his study with a blue face. Cui Chengxiu immediately stepped forward to greet him, and said with a respectful expression: "Shi Kui Chengxiu, the governor of Henan, met Prince Xin!"
"No gift!" Zhu Yinglong responded faintly, walked to his master's seat and sat down. He looked at Chen Jiuhui and his son kneeling in front of him. He felt indescribable disgust in his heart. He really had the same father as his son. The father and son were both virtuous.
"The criminal minister, Chen Jiurong, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, came to apologize to the prince!" Chen Jiurong pulled his staggered son and kowtowed to Zhu Yinglong, his voice trembling, and it seemed that he was still a little scared.
Zhu Yinglong snorted coldly, neither speaking nor letting the two stand up. "The prince, the prince of the prefect Chen, doesn't know, and the carriage does not have the logo of the royal palace. In addition, he drank a lot of wine and lost money..." Cui Chengxiu stepped forward and pleaded.
"So, if the robbed woman is not my princess, wouldn't she let her do it?" Zhu Yinglong was furious when he heard this and pointed at Chen He who was kneeling on the ground. He said, "I don't know". What else can I drink too much and lose money after betting? Is this the king's law? No wonder the Ming Dynasty finally destroyed the country. Such words were said from the mouth of the Lord of a Province. It was obvious that he did not take the lives of the people to heart. It would be strange if he used such a person to govern the country.
Cui Chengxiu was anxious and realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly remedy: "Don't calm down, the lower official does not mean this. The lower official means that the young master of the prefect Chen was drunk and a little confused at the time, so he did the wrong thing. Please ask the prince to understand!"
Zhu Yinglong knew that since the other party was here, he would naturally have made an excuse to get rid of Chen He. He didn't want to tear his face apart from the eunuch party in this matter, so he pretended to calm down a lot and said, "Take this matter serious?"
"Your Majesty, it's true. If you don't believe me, you can ask me if you drink with the child..." When Chen Jiulong heard that Zhu Yinglong had a sense of belief, he quickly raised his head and explained anxiously.
Zhu Yinglong thought to himself, I sent everyone to the governor and historian yamen. You have already been entrusted with sacrifices. I will ask if there are any other answers? Besides, if such a crime of robbing the princess can be reduced, so naturally I will not foolishly tell the truth.
"Since that's the case, then may I ask Lord Chen, why did the subordinates of the young master not stop him from doing such evil deeds, but instead rose up, not only injured the chief clerk of the royal palace, but also injured several guards sent by the king. What's the reason? Not everyone is drunk, right?" Zhu Yinglong asked slowly at Chen Jiuxuan.
Chen Jiugong's forehead was filled with cold sweat. When he first came, he thought that a young prince of his age could be smart enough, fool him, and then he would spend money and eliminate disasters. He didn't know that the stupid prince was not stupid. He first made his father and son kneel on the floor tiles that had been nearly an hour, and then he told him in one sentence that he had made up the reason for his crime. If the other party really wanted to punish his father and son, even if he had a big backer, it would be useless. He couldn't help but wink at Cui Chengxiu and ask him for help.
Cui Chengxiu knew some inside story. Although he couldn't figure out whether King Xin was really stupid or pretended to be stupid, his performance today seemed to be not stupid at all. He was very smart. There was no one beside him except Xu Yingyuan. It seemed that there was no expert behind him guiding him, but it was not ruled out that Xu Yingyuan taught him to say this. Chen Jiuxuan was a person of his own group after all, and he could not stand up and said, "Don't calm down, these servants have to listen to their masters. They are also thinking about their own jobs."
"So, if people don't care for themselves, they will be punished by heaven and earth? Isn't it, Lord Cui?" Xu Yingyuan inserted in at Zhu Yinglong's instructions and asked. Zhu Yinglong's actions were also confusing Cui Chengxiu, making him mistakenly think that what he said was taught by Xu Yingyuan, and it was a headache for the eunuchs themselves.
If it were normal, he wouldn't even pay attention to Xu Yingyuan's question, but now it was different. He suspected that the stupid king's cleverness just now was all the tricks of this eunuch Xu Yingyuan after the end. Naturally, he had a lot of weight on Xu Yingyuan in his heart and said hurriedly: "Eunuch Xu's words are bad. If others don't care for themselves, the sentence of heaven and earth is punished is good, but if they hurt others or violate the criminal law, they must not do it!"
"Mr. Cui means that he will severely punish the murderer who robbed the princess this time?" Xu Yingyuan sneered.
"This..." Cui Chengxiu didn't expect that Xu Yingyuan's eloquence was so sharp that she almost surrounded herself.
"Prince, the dog is really drunk and did something wrong. Please give up the dog!" Chen Jiugong only had such a son, so he was trying hard to protect him.
Zhu Yinglong was immediately at a loss. All the calmness and calmness just now disappeared completely. From time to time, he looked at Xu Yingyuan's face, as if asking him for advice.
Cui Chengxiu saw Zhu Yinglong's expression and was still secretly proud in her heart. Last time she got nothing in Liangyuan, she did not take any effort to get it today. The stupid prince was still the stupid prince. How could a young eunuch be fighting with the factory? He completely forgot that his so-called factoryman was also a genuine eunuch. He thought that even if he sacrificed a Chen Jiugong now, he deliberately ignored Chen Jiugong's help signal, but he could not ignore the person behind Chen Jiugong and pretended to say, "Prince, Mr. Chen is indeed drunk and lustful, so he did such a wrong thing. Please forgive me." This sentence was nominally for Zhu Yinglong, but the person who spoke was facing Xu Yingyuan. It can be seen that Cui Chengxiu had already regarded Xu Yingyuan as the one who made the decision.
Xu Yingyuan gave Zhu Yinglong a wink, and Zhu Yinglong immediately understood. This was something they had already agreed on. Zhu Yinglong's face darkened, "Although this is the truth, if I lose my temper, wouldn't I be ridiculed by the people of the world? How can I have the face of this king then?"
Cui Chengxiu is now 99% convinced that the King Xin in front of him is still the fool King Xin in the past, but there is a smart eunuch behind him. He really didn't expect that the little eunuch who was unknown in the palace would be hidden deep. When he went back, he had to write down what he saw and heard in the palace today and report to the factory.
Zhu Yinglong was naturally happy to see Cui Chengxiu’s misunderstanding of him. Even if Wei Zhongxian didn’t believe it, it didn’t matter. At least there were different voices inside them, which was good news for him.
Chen Jiugong observed his expression and heard a strange smell. When he heard Zhu Yinglong say the word "face" again, he knew that things were not without a turnaround. He immediately became scheming in his heart and said, "Your Majesty is kind, Jiugong will definitely repay you with all his might!"
"Your Majesty, in fact, your thoughts are clear. If this matter is made public, it will be of no benefit to the lower official, Lord Chen and the prince. You should think about it carefully." Cui Chengxiu said implicitly, but his eyes were aimed at Xu Yingyuan.
"Well, I am not the kind of person who doesn't matter. Lord Cui, you can do this matter. Although it is related to me, I am not convenient to interfere in the court's criminal law." How could Zhu Yinglong know the meaning of Cui Chengxiu's words? Once everything is revealed, Tian Shuying will definitely commit suicide in shame and anger to show his innocence. He didn't want to say much, so he stood up and ignored Chen Jiugong and Cui Chengxiu's departure.
"Mr. Chen, get up, it's very uncomfortable to kneel on the ground." Xu Yingyuan naturally wanted to complete the following things and said coldly to Chen Jiugong's father and son.
He knelt for more than an hour, and the tension behind him was soaked just now. Now he was cold and had no strength. If Cui Chengxiu hadn't supported him, Chen Jiuyue would have fallen to the ground all at once. Chen He was a little better. He was young and he had no sense at all now, so he might have been scared to death.
"Mr. Cui, I'm afraid that it's a bit inappropriate for Lord Chen to stay in Kaifeng?" Xu Yingyuan asked with a smile, not afraid of Chen Jiuxuan being next to him. After this incident, it's unlikely that Chen Jiuxuan would even want to stay in Kaifeng.
"Thank you, Eunuch Xu, for reminding me, I understand!" Cui Chengxiu determined that Xu Yingyuan was the person next to King Xin.
"Please, Lord Chen, Mr. Chen! I'm also drunk and lost money to bet and did such a fool. It's okay to fool my prince with such a reason. It's not easy to fool our family. No matter if you have a huge reason, forcing the princess to rob the princess in the street is a death sentence. If our family hadn't tried our best to excuse you in front of the prince, I'm afraid the heads of your father and son would have been on the ground long ago. Hum!" Xu Yingyuan said to Chen Jiugong's father and son impolitely.
Chen Jiuxuan also knew that the eunuch in front of him could affect King Xin's idea, and that their father and son could save their lives, thanks to the father-in-law in front of him, he hurriedly said: "Thank you, Eunuch Xu, Jiuxuan will definitely pay more in the future!"
"Also, do you know how to do it?" Xu Yingyuan called Chen Jiurong and his son who were about to leave.
"Jiu Chong understood that the dog offended a caring maid next to the prince..."
"Just understand, our family below doesn't want to hear it anymore!" Xu Yingyuan closed his eyes and turned around and left, obviously feeling deeply disgusted with the turtle and son.
Xu Yingyuan thought to himself, if your so-called heavy reward is reached in my pocket, I am afraid I will almost have to move. I will fight with my prince, and I don’t know how to die. This time, you father and son are lucky. The prince doesn’t want to tear apart, but your wealth is probably almost in my prince’s hands. The prince is worried that there will be no chance to build the Contour Dragon Villa openly. You father and son just bump into it, and you are considered unlucky.
Sure enough, half a month later, Chen Jiugong was transferred from Fengfu by the court, and Nanyang County Magistrate He Tengjiao was transferred to the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture. Chen Jiugong's entire wealth and the land scraped in Kaifeng Prefecture were all in Zhu Yinglong's pocket. Including the filial piety to Xu Yingyuan, it was converted into 550,000 taels of silver, which was exactly the same as the silver that Shi Kefa borrowed from him. The rest of the rich young men who followed Chen and fooled with him also took out a sum of money to redeem the people from the prison of the governor's and Shi Yai. Of course, Xu Yingyuan did the work, and Cui Chengxiu also gained a lot of benefits.
Chapter completed!