Chapter Nine hundred and fortieth eight I can still be the master
Old Li Tou had been standing outside for a while.
He never would have thought that Hou Junji would actually know Zhao Chen's identity.
However, according to Hou Junji, he did not reveal Zhao Chen's true identity.
This is good news.
Zhao Chen's identity cannot be revealed, at least not at this juncture.
Although it was a helpless move to let Hou Jun gather and leave.
But from Li Shimin's own heart, he didn't want to take action against Hou Junji.
To put it another way, he didn't want his hands to be stained with the blood of heroes.
"Your Majesty!" Wei Zheng frowned and shouted to the emperor.
Xuanling, who was standing next to him, looked at everything in front of him.
I felt a little lucky in my heart that I had chosen to let Fang Yizhi go to the academy.
Fang Xuanling had begun to doubt Zhao Chen's identity very early on.
After all, compared with the attitude of the emperor and empress towards Zhao Chen and towards other people, one can see the big difference at a glance.
Fang Xuanling had never seen a dignified emperor be so tolerant in front of Zhao Chen.
No matter how capable Zhao Chen is, the emperor is still the emperor.
If the two people didn't have a special relationship, how could the emperor behave like that?
"Your Majesty, don't you regret letting me go?" Hou Junji grabbed the key that the emperor had thrown on the ground, looked at Li Shimin, and said in a deep voice.
Hou Junji knew that the emperor was worried that he would expose Zhao Chen's identity, so he was willing to compromise and let him leave.
"I said, you are my hero of the Tang Dynasty, and I don't want my hands to be stained with the blood of my hero of the Tang Dynasty."
"You will definitely die if you stay here." The emperor's eyes were calm and he glanced around Hou Junji's face.
"I thought that Your Majesty was worried that I would reveal Zhao Chen's identity, so..." Hou Junji had a smile on his face.
"Hou Junji, don't take advantage of yourself and act like a good boy. His Majesty wants to kill you. It's just a thought. If you continue..."
Wei Zheng wanted to say something else, but the emperor raised his hand to stop him.
"I know what you are thinking. History will not repeat itself. Let's go and run away alone."
"Otherwise, if Zhao Chen catches you, even if you tell him these things, it will only increase his anger."
"I am the emperor, and I am the master of this world!" Li Shimin waved his hand and asked Hou Junji to leave.
Hou Junji looked at the emperor and quickly took the key to open the chains on his hands and feet.
"Your Majesty!" Hou Junji looked at the emperor, remained silent for a long time, and then said with a heavy hand to the emperor: "Your Majesty, take care!"
The door to the interrogation room opened with a bang.
Hou Junji's figure disappeared into the Dali Temple Tianlao.
"Your Majesty, it is really inappropriate to let Hou Junji go. If he is outside..." Wei Zheng felt that the emperor's decision was really not good.
Hou Junji has reached this point and is inseparable from Zhao Chen.
Now that he has left, he will definitely continue to be in trouble with Zhao Chen.
Maybe, Zhao Chen's identity will be revealed.
At this moment, if Zhao Chen's identity is revealed, Li Tai will definitely regard Zhao Chen as his life and death enemy.
The Xuanwu Gate Incident is very likely to happen again.
Could it be that the emperor really wanted history to reappear?
"He doesn't dare." Old Li Tou waved his hand and said.
"But don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens..."
"Prime Minister, this matter must not be made public today. Zhao Chen's identity must not be publicized to the outside world, remember?" The emperor looked at Fang Xuanling and warned.
Fang Xuanling still hasn't come back to her senses yet.
After hesitating for a moment, he nodded in agreement.
"Your Majesty, how should I explain Zhao Chen? If the prediction is correct, he will come here tomorrow at most."
"If I knew that Hou Junji had escaped, I'm afraid..."
"Knowing that Hou Junji has escaped, what can he do? If he has the ability, he can catch Hou Junji back." The emperor waved his hand and said calmly.
"If Zhao Chen comes here, say that Hou Junji ran away on his own and doesn't know where he is going!" the emperor continued.
The two nodded.
Although they didn't understand what the emperor was thinking, they had no way to deny the emperor's order.
"By the way, why did those officials from the Japanese Ministry of War help Zhao Chen testify against Hou Junji? Have you found out the reason behind it?" The emperor suddenly asked again.
The emperor was also very curious.
If those officials from the Ministry of War hadn't suddenly betrayed him, it would have been Zhao Chen who was being held here for trial today.
"I don't know." Wei Zheng shook his head.
…
In a house in Chang'an City.
Several officials from the Ministry of War who had been dismissed from all their posts stood in the courtyard with dejected faces.
In front of them was still Huang Zhi, who dug the hole for them that day.
"Shopkeeper Huang, we have already testified for Duke Zhao according to your previous instructions."
"Now that Hou Junji has been imprisoned, we have also been stripped of our official uniforms."
"Now, can you return those contracts to us!"
The leader, Liu Yuan, the right minister of the Ministry of War, looked at Huang Zhi with a pleading look on his face.
Those contracts are the sharp knives hanging above their heads.
At any time, they will attack their entire clan.
"Shopkeeper Huang, I originally borrowed 50,000 yuan from your Jiangnan Bank, and now I'm helping you with work, and I even lost my official position."
"If possible, we are willing to return the 50,000 yuan. We only ask that you return those contracts to us."
"Shopkeeper Huang, now that we have no official position and no position, we really can't be of much help. Please show your noble hand and let me wait."
The others also begged Huang Zhi.
They are really scared.
I was afraid that one day the contracts I signed would actually appear on the emperor's imperial records.
"Everyone, our village owner said, thank you very much for your help."
"This is your contract, as well as the hard work fee of 20,000 yuan each, all here."
"The owner of the bank also said that he appreciates your kindness this time. If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can still come here. Jiangnan Bank will spare no effort to help you." Huang Zhi said with a smile.
He took out the contract signed by the people in front of him from his arms.
Beside everyone, there were still a few small wooden boxes placed.
It does look a lot bigger than the last time.
Everyone in the Ministry of War does not want money at the moment, the contract is the most important thing.
After receiving the contract from Huang Zhi, everyone glanced at the last signatures.
Make sure that the contract in your hand was signed that night.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"We are preparing to leave Chang'an and make a living on our own. We will definitely not meet Shopkeeper Huang again in the future." The right minister of the Ministry of War and Huang Zhi said to each other.
They were really scared.
Because of these contracts, they were forced to testify against Hou Junji, and even the official positions they had worked hard for all their lives were lost in one day.
This loss is huge.
Huang Zhi said nothing, but looked at the people in front of him with a smile.
"Shopkeeper Huang, may I ask if the owner of Jiangnan Bank is Duke Zhao?" After a moment of silence, the right minister of the Ministry of War couldn't help but feel curious.
He always felt that in Chang'an City, except Zhao Chen who had such financial strength, who could come up with so much money again and again.
A rough calculation shows that the Jiangnan Bank has spent more than 200,000 yuan on them alone in these few times.
Jiangnan Bank, I have never heard of it before.
Why did Zhao Chen also appear after he appeared???