Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-One: The Enemy Meets Extraordinarily Envy
Piaotian Literature Chapter 181: Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet
Zhang Jing licked his mouth and his face became calmer. Now that things have happened, it is useless to beg for mercy. Of course he understands his situation and is facing death on both sides, but he can still be happy if he confesses honestly, but... his own
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Zhang Jing said in a low voice: "My lord, this poor man intended to murder an official of the imperial court, and his crime is unpardonable."
Liu Chengfeng's face darkened and he said: "You just intend to murder the imperial official? What's more, I will give you another chance."
Zhang Jing was silent for a moment and said: "If you feel it's not enough, please give me some advice. I'll just admit it."
This means that Zhang Jing only pleads guilty to this one crime. If you want to force a confession, that's up to you.
Liu Chengfeng sneered, slapped the case and said: "He is indeed a cunning rebel, and he still dares to speak harshly now." He picked up a Buddhist scripture on the desk and threw it down directly, saying: "See for yourself, what is this?"
Zhang Jing read the Buddhist scripture, his face suddenly changed, and his lips began to tremble. Only then did he realize that Liu Chengfeng had already discovered the secret room, and he quickly said: "This is a Buddhist scripture."
Liu Chengfeng shouted and asked: "Where did the Buddhist scriptures come from?"
"Yes...yes..."
Liu Chengfeng sneered and said: "Just do it honestly, otherwise you will inevitably suffer this physical pain. Now that you are certain to die, why do you need to cover up for others? Let me ask you, what is your relationship with this Manichae?"
Zhang Jing's forehead was already dripping with cold sweat, and he said: "I am poor... I am poor..."
Liu Chengfeng continued to sneer: "Let me get straight to the point. What is your relationship with the Mingjiao? What position do you hold in the Mingjiao?"
This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the blue, hitting Zhang Jing on the forehead. He knelt down in the hall, his expression changing.
Liu Chengfeng said slowly and calmly: "Do you still want to cover it up now? To tell you the truth, not only I, but also the palace have already known about the Mingjiao matter. It is precisely because of this that I alerted the snake and let them know about it.
Your accomplices became suspicious, and finally decided to assassinate me. You were ordered to assassinate me, and I had already expected it. Otherwise, how could your plan go wrong if you were so careful? Otherwise, when I arrived at Yunxiao Pavilion,
Hundreds of captains immediately surrounded the place? Everything about you is under my control. I only give you two options. One is to give you a good time. If you dare to talk nonsense again, you will not be able to survive.
You can't die, you know the methods in the guardhouse, you can make your own decision."
At this point, even if he wanted to hide it, he couldn't. Zhang Jing, who was kneeling on the ground, pondered for a moment and said: "Pindao confessed everything. I just want you to be happy. Pindao is indeed a member of Mingjiao. In his early years, he was in Suzhou area
Later, with the support of Protector Zuo, he came to the capital to open an incense hall, and carried out activities in the name of Tianyi Dao. Over the years, he conveyed news to Mingjiao and accumulated money."
"How many incense halls does Mingjiao have?"
"I don't know this."
"Who is your leader?"
"I don't even know."
Liu Chengfeng's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and he said, "What is the relationship between Prince Ning and Mingjiao?"
"Pindao only knows that Mingjiao has set up incense halls in various places. Above the villain are the left and right guardians who are responsible for contacting Pindao. Next are the leader and King Ming. As for the rest, he doesn't know anything about it."
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but was speechless. He originally thought that Zhang Jing was the backbone and had some knowledge of the Ming Cult, so he could use him to reveal the inside story of the Ming Cult, but he didn't expect that he didn't know anything about it.
However, he said that Mingjiao has opened incense halls in various places, which made Liu Chengfeng feel alert and continued to ask: "What are the names of the incense halls opened in various places?"
Zhang Jing said: "There are Taoist sects, Buddhist monasteries, and some chambers of commerce. There are many names. I heard this from Protector Zuo."
"Who is Protector Zuo?"
"That's the monk I met last time, sir."
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help frowning, and then asked: "What else? You know in your heart that what you said is not enough to get you happiness. If you know anything else, tell me. Otherwise, I have many ways.
Take care of you."
Zhang Jing was silent for a moment, and then said: "I remember something."
"you say."
Zhang Jing said: "This time Protector Zuo was ordered to set up a trap to get rid of the master. From his few words, Pindao heard that the leader and King Ming planned to do something big in Beitong Prefecture, but Pindao didn't know what it was specifically.
Two thousand families died in succession in Jinyi Guardhouse, which probably has something to do with this matter."
"Big deal..." Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but close his eyes.
Beitongzhou is the hub connecting the north and the south, the most important grain transportation and trade route in the world. What do these remnants of the Ming Cult want to do?
"What else?"
Zhang Jing said: "There is nothing more."
Liu Chengfeng also became taciturn. Something big was going to happen in Beitong Prefecture. Is it not big enough that two thousand households were killed in Beitong Prefecture? In other words, the reason why these two thousand households were killed was because
It must be related to Mingjiao. Should I report this matter to Mou Bin?
As for Zhang Jing, Liu Chengfeng waved his hand and said: "Take him under custody and let Mr. Wang continue to interrogate him tomorrow."
After Zhang Jing was taken into custody, Liu Chengfeng's face became increasingly ugly. The organization of the Ming Cult was more rigorous and larger than he imagined. As for the death of two thousand households in Beitong Prefecture, Liu Chengfeng just
I have heard about it a little bit, but I don’t pay much attention to it. But now, since this matter involves Mingjiao, I’m afraid it will not be simple.
He pondered for a moment and couldn't figure out his thoughts for a while. At this moment, a captain came in quickly and reported: "My lord, the prince is here."
Liu Chengfeng stood up quickly and went out of the check-in room to greet him. He was met by Zhu Houzhao with a man in his thirties. The man was thin and stared at Liu Chengfeng with a pair of eyes, but Liu Chengfeng remembered
Yes, this person I met at the Queen's birthday banquet is Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling.
When Zhu Houzhao saw Liu Chengfeng, he laughed loudly and said, "Master Liu, did you kill someone again last night?"
The words were spoken like killing someone or chopping vegetables, and the tone was more like saying: Did you eat steamed buns again last night?
Killing someone is as common as eating steamed buns.
Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly and said, "Why do you have so much free time today, Your Highness? Have you copied the copybooks I asked you to copy a few days ago?"
Zhu Houzhao smiled dryly and said: "I will send you my homework in a few days." After that, he introduced Liu Chengfeng: "This is my uncle Jianchang Hou."
Liu Chengfeng bowed to Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, and said, "I have met Lord Marquis."
Zhang Yanling sneered and turned sideways, indicating that Liu Chengfeng would not be polite.
Liu Chengfeng said: "His Royal Highness is here to visit Shouning Marquis?"
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "Master Liu, I know you have official duties, but the flood flooded the Dragon King Temple last night, and those who took away were my own family members. Ahem... I won't let you let them go, at least we should be allowed to go.
Look at him."
It is said that Zhu Houzhao was very polite to Liu Chengfeng, and his demands were not excessive. Liu Chengfeng said naturally: "This is easy to say, Your Highness, come with me."
Liu Chengfeng took the two of them to the cell and asked someone to open Shouning Hou's door. Zhu Houzhao and Jian Changbo stepped in. Liu Chengfeng and Liu Jin were waiting outside.
When Zhang Heling saw his brother and the prince coming to visit him, he suddenly became excited and emboldened. He said loudly: "You don't have to come to see me, just let the man named Liu do it. I am a Shouning Marquis in a Jinyiwei."
The eyes of Baihu are nothing, my sister didn’t come to help, even my brothers came late, and my nephew is the same as Baihu, you don’t have to come, just get out, get out."
Zhang Yanling persuaded his brother: "Brother, what are you talking about? I came here early in the morning, but that hateful Baihu refused to let me in. As a last resort, I went into the palace to see the empress..."
Zhu Houzhao said crisply: "Uncle, Master Liu is also doing it for your own good. If you collude with the rebel party, and such a serious crime is spread to the ears of the father, can you afford it? The queen mother also called me in at noon to say
Now that I have said that, I want you to reflect on yourself and stop being so confused all the time and causing others to look down upon the Zhang family."
"Scared!" Zhang Heling was angry. Originally he was still on tenterhooks, but when he saw the people in the surrounding cells asking to be beaten one by one, some were dying, some never came back, some were bruised and wailing. After all, this was Zhang Heling's first time.
Seeing this kind of thing, they were already scared out of their wits. However, when the prince and his brothers came to visit the prison, they knew that Liu Chengfeng could not do anything to him. Naturally, he became a lot more courageous and cursed: "Prince, you and I have broken the bones."
My dear blood relative, you still prefer to help outsiders? Okay, okay, you all go away and let me die here."
Zhu Houzhao laughed. In fact, his uncles were similar in temperament to him. They were both messy masters. They usually had nothing to hide in their words. Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes and said: "My uncle is in prison, how can I do this?"
Do you want to sit back and ignore me? I will play here with you today to save my uncle from being lonely."
After saying that, he shouted: "Liu Jin, bring this guy."
Liu Jin carried a baggage in. The two uncles didn't know what it was. Even Zhang Heling was a little curious for a moment. When Liu Jin shook the bag off the table, more than a hundred squares were scattered on the table. Zhang Heling couldn't help but say
:"What's this?"
Zhu Houzhao said: "Mahjong, this thing is more interesting than leaf tiles. My uncle will play with me." After that, he added: "It's just that there is one less person. This guy Liu Jin has already lost next year's salary to me."
Of course, we can’t let him accompany us, Master Liu...Master Liu.”
When Liu Chengfeng heard Zhu Houzhao calling him in the cell, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, stepped in and said, "What are the prince's orders?"
Zhu Houzhao had already picked up a stool and sat down, saying: "Come on, we are missing one of the three, and you are the only one missing. You won so much money from me last time, and this time I will win it back with profits."
When Zhang Heling saw Liu Chengfeng coming in, he was furious and stared at him. Zhang Yanling did the same. The two brothers shared the same hatred and wanted to eat Liu Chengfeng.
Liu Chengfeng quickly shook his head and said, "The prince and the two uncles can find someone to play with. I still have some official duties to do, so I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you."
Zhu Houzhao refused, and forced Liu Chengfeng to sit down and said: "Master Liu, I usually study and practice calligraphy in the East Palace according to your instructions. Can't you please accommodate me today? Come on, come on.
, I haven’t played with Master Liu for a long time.”
After that, he said to Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling: "Uncles, don't you dare to play mahjong with Master Liu? If you don't dare, forget it."
After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhang Yanling widened his eyes and said, "Why don't you dare?"
Zhang Heling was still a little hesitant and didn't want to join in the fun. The prince seemed displeased, but he lowered his face and started playing mahjong with Liu, unable to swallow his breath.
Liu Chengfeng simply occupied a corner of the table and said calmly: "Your Majesty, your mahjong master is unparalleled in the world. Since you want me to chip in, don't cry when you lose money later."
On the surface, this sentence was said to Zhu Houzhao, but it was clearly said to Zhang Heling. It meant, boy, if you can't afford it, don't play.
Zhang Heling was angry, gritted his teeth and said: "Come here, come here, it's just this mahjong, how do you play it?"