My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 276 Revealed

  Zhu Di just felt uncomfortable at this moment.

  Seeing that Zhu Di was furious, Zhang Anshi hurriedly said: "Come quickly, bring him here."

   This sentence just taught Zhu Di to calm down a little.

   Sure enough, a group of people escorted dozens of prison cars.

   This is the first one, it is the Buddha father.

  Father Buddha seemed terrified. It seemed that at this moment, he was trying to live in vain. He said to the people holding the prison cart: "I have a lot of silver, I know..."

  Unfortunately, these words no longer make sense.

  Chen Daowen galloped forward first, dismounted and saluted Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, I have seen Duke Wei."

  Zhu Di kept his hands behind his back and said nothing. His face was very ugly, which is actually understandable.

   Zhang Anshi, this kid, dared to bully the king, this guy's wings have grown hard.

  He said lightly: "Has anyone caught it?"

   "Your Majesty, you lowly people have raided Putai County in Shandong all night. After more than a month of hard work, they have finally fulfilled their mission. These two thieves and dozens of thieves have all been taken down."

   "What?" Zhu Di looked surprised, and turned to look at Zhang Anshi: "Didn't you say that you are deceiving the king?"

  Zhang An Shidao: "Yes, it is to deceive the emperor, what I mean is...the minister is deceiving the emperor by Zhu Yong and others, but the thief should be taken, or the thief should be taken."

  Zhu Di felt more and more confused the more he listened.

   But Zhu Di was overjoyed when he got the leader of the thief, but he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, very good, come here, bring these two here, I want to interrogate myself."

  After he finished speaking, he seemed to have more meaning: "Open the Fusi Yamen in Nanzhen, and allow the soldiers and civilians to listen in."

  This matter is very important. People in the capital are fluctuating now, and people must see it for the truth. If not, there will be more rumors and rumors.

  A Hanlin stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I think it is wrong. Now that the traitor's identity has not yet been identified, he hastily interrogated himself. The common people will come to watch. If he makes a mistake..."

  Zhu Di glanced at this person and said, "A mistake?"

   "I'm a little worried." Hanlin said, "If..."

  Zhu Di said: "If Jin Yiwei deceives the superior and the inferior, and kills the good and pretends to be meritorious, is it?"

  Hanlin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Feichen thinks so, but...just that everyone in the world thinks so."

  Zhu Di said with a cold face: "What you said is not wrong. There are too many things like Jin Yiwei. I heard that Yu Shi has impeached a lot, but even if I can't trust Jin Yiwei, I still trust Zhang Anshi."

   After all, let's drive Nanzhen Fusi.

   At this time, many accompanying ministers had already started talking, and the Hanlin who had been persuading him before was also whispering to others.

   Hearing that the chief thief of the White Lotus Sect was captured, it was absolutely earth-shattering news.

  These days, the capital has a murderous atmosphere. In order to catch the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, the Wucheng Bingmasi and Yingtianfu's officers went around arresting people, and everyone was terrified.

  However, the common people generally prefer to believe in the existence of gods and Buddhas rather than in non-existence, so they can't tell whether the White Lotus Sect is good or bad.

  It's just that the imperial court arrested them like this, but it made many soldiers and civilians worry, fearing that they would be implicated in it.

   Now that they heard that the Buddha father and mother were arrested, many people were in an uproar, and some of them had...potential members of the White Lotus Sect.

  They don’t believe that the Buddha’s father and Buddha’s mother were captured, but they are all looking forward to seeing a thing or two.

  Suddenly, a lot of people poured into this Nanzhen Fusi.

  Zhang Anshi also asked people to open all the eight doors in the lobby.

  Zhu Di didn't have to sit at the head of the hall, but sat in the side room beside him, drinking tea and listening to the trial.

   Zhang Anshi presided over the trial as a fellow judge.

  There were two other people, one was Wu Zhong, the servant of the criminal department who was accompanying him, and the other was Chen Jin, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They accompanied Zhang Anshi on both sides. Although they were deputy judges, they were just going through the motions.

  Zhang Anshi did not expect His Majesty to be so impatient.

  However, he can understand some of Zhu Di's mood. The current situation... is indeed that people's hearts are fluctuating, and ordinary people's expressions change when they talk about the White Lotus Sect.

  The number of followers of the White Lotus Sect is in the millions, even in the capital, there may not be many.

  If it is not publicly known who the leader of the White Lotus Sect is, there will still be people who use it to bluff and deceive.

  Zhang Anshi asked someone to pour a cup of tea for himself first, then he settled down and said: "Bring all the thieves here."

  A moment later, the Buddha's father and Buddha's mother were brought up under the watchful eyes of everyone.

  Zhang Anshi glanced at them. These people looked like mourners, as if their mothers had died.

  It was completely different from the so-called thief leader he imagined.

  Zhang Anshi was still calm, he deliberately did not speak, and looked at these people.

   This is actually a kind of psychological offensive to create a tense atmosphere.

   At this time, the Buddha father had kowtowed like garlic: "Forgive me, forgive me..."

  He was wailing, looking hysterical.

The Buddha's father raised his head, and the Buddha's mother, like an ordinary woman in the country, began to wail. While crying, tears fell like rain. She seemed to be singing: "God is so pitiful, my life is miserable... I... "

  Seeing this guy, he actually started singing, as if singing a folk song, Zhang Anshi was furious, and shouted: "Slap her mouth."

  A school lieutenant was not polite, he went up and slapped her, her voice suddenly stopped.

  Zhang Anshi sneered, and said, "Is this where you rant? From now on, whatever I ask, you will answer. Whoever I ask will answer."

  Father Buddha said: "Master Qingtian, please make the decision for me, the little one... definitely answer...answer..."

  The people who came to see him were disappointed when they heard what the Buddha said, and they became more and more suspicious.

   Sitting at Zhang Anshi's lower seat, Wu Zhong, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, was carrying tea to drink, but when he heard this, he pounced, and the tea in his mouth spurted out.

  Zhang Anshi glared at him.

   Wu Zhong was speechless, so he smiled apologetically.

  The censor of the right capital, Chen Jin, sat with his hands folded, his eyes half closed, as if he was dozing off.

  Zhang Anshi said: "What's your name?"

  The direction Zhang Anshi pointed at was exactly that Buddha father.

  Father Buddha said: "Little Zhang Erhe."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Where are you from?"

   "People from Qingzhou, Shandong Province."

  Zhang Anshidao: "People from Qingzhou? Why are you pretending to be a ghost?"

   "Young one, I didn't pretend to be a ghost..." Zhang Erhe howled, "The young one is a good citizen, and he has never done anything illegal..."

  This picture of Erhe has obviously come all the way, and it has been drafted for a long time.

  He knows very well what his bargaining chip is, as long as he refuses to admit that he is a Buddhist father, it will be a big trouble for the court.

  As for Jin Yiwei who arrested him, as long as people believe that Jin Yiwei took the wrong person, maybe he really has the possibility of getting away.

   After all, he was in court, and he also made friends with some people.

  Zhang Anshi seemed to have expected that he would say this, but he was not surprised at all, so he said: "Really? It seems...you don't want to admit that you are the Buddha father of the so-called White Lotus Sect?"

  Zhang Erhe sobbed: "Who is the little one? How dare he be a god? The little one..."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Stop pretending."

"The small one has no pretense, the small one...really..." Zhang Erhe seemed to be terrified by Zhang Anshi's aura, and hurriedly said: "The small one should die, the small one should die, but the small one is really not a Buddhist father. If it is Master Qingtian, when I really want to teach me to admit it, as long as you don't hit me, I will admit it, admit it..."

  As soon as this remark came out, Hanlin, who was standing aside, couldn't help but chuckle.

  Wu Zhong, the minister of punishment, kept shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

  Youdu Yushi still had his eyes half-opened and half-closed, as if unmoved.

  The people outside have already started whispering and discussing.

   Zhang Anshi said at this time: "Come here, bring their things."

  Chen Daowen was already furious. At that moment, he carried all kinds of evidence collected from the cave and put them directly in the hall.

  Zhang Anshi said: "Are these yours?"

  Zhang Erhe timidly said: "If Master Qingtian thinks it's a small one, it's considered a small one."

  Zhang Anshi beat the case: "What does it mean..."

   "Don't... don't hit me." Zhang Erhe kowtowed like pounding garlic again, looking terrified.

  A person like him has been acting for a lifetime. The scene in front of him is nothing more than a child's play. He said with emotion and emotion: "Small... small... what a pity."

  Someone outside started booing: "Why do you have to embarrass such an honest person..."

   "Hey... such a person is actually a deity of the White Lotus Sect?"

  The words were only half-spoken, which seemed a bit outrageous.

  In this hall, there was a cheerful and lively atmosphere.

  Some accompanying ministers couldn't take it anymore.

   exchanged glances one after another.

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Yes, you really have superb acting skills, you deserve to be able to fool people around."

  After Zhang Anshi finished speaking, he said again: "Your name is not Zhang Erhe..."

  As soon as this remark came out.

  Everyone frowned and looked at Zhang Anshi strangely.

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Your name is Li Xizhou."

  Everyone showed surprise.

  Looked at Zhang Anshi one by one, seemingly puzzled.

  In the ear room on the side, Zhu Di drank tea slowly. The farce just now made him even more upset.

   Now there seems to be some eyebrows, his eyebrows are slightly raised, showing a thoughtful look.

  Zhang Erhe said: "The little one, he has always been called Zhang Erhe. If you don't believe me, you can check it out. The little one... has always been a law-abiding person...yes...yes..."

  His voice trembled.

  Zhang Anshi continued to smile and said: "Li Xizhou, you must not have thought that I have already found out your details! Are you still showing off your tricks?"

  Zhang Erhe said: "I... I don't know what you are talking about at all?"

  Zhang An Shidao: "Not only do I know that your name is Li Xizhou, I also know that the person who followed you and claimed to be the so-called Buddha's mother is Li Xiying. You two are brothers and sisters..."

  This Buddhist mother is very quiet, she looks like a dull peasant woman, even if Zhang Anshi said her name, she still looks dull.

  Zhang Anshi said again: "I don't know what I'm talking about? Actually, I do know that you want to know why I said that more than anyone else."

  Zhang Erhe was silent.

Zhang Anshi continued: "You must be thinking, how could you be caught by Jin Yiwei because you are so good at hiding? You think you have been smart all your life, and everyone in the world is played by you while applauding. Once, it will stumble, won't it?"

  Zhang Erhe still put on a timid look and said: "I...I'm scared, don't hit me."

  At this time, Zhang Anshi picked up the teacup and drank it slowly.

  He likes to watch Zhang Erhe act. To be honest, if this person is in the entertainment industry, he is at least at the level of Teacher Fan Weifan.

   Gently put down the teacup, Zhang Anshi said again: "Actually, I probably guessed it from the beginning, so... those little tricks you think you are clever are actually just jokes."

  Suddenly, the banter on Zhang Anshi's face disappeared, replaced by coldness: "Do you really think that no one knows about the good things you did? Li Xizhou!"

Zhang Erhe said: "If the master insists on framing me as Li Xizhou, then I will be Li Xizhou. Please, master, if you let the little one suffer for others, then let my mother-in-law go... I... I will behead myself All right."

  He still performed sincerely, as if he had already made up his mind, as long as he refused to admit it, there was still a chance of life.

  When he spoke, his voice was hoarse, and his body trembled, as if he was in extreme fear.

  Many people saw him and felt that this person must have been wronged, and they couldn't help feeling sympathetic towards him.

  Even the ministers who accompanied him felt that he couldn't see it. Fortunately, at this time, they also knew that the interrogation should not be interrupted.

  Wu Zhong, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, sighed. He only felt that the court discipline was so corrupt that he could point to a deer as a horse under the eyes of everyone.

  In the ear room beside him, Zhu Di began to look a little anxious and impatient. He could no longer sit and drink tea quietly, but stood up, and in the ear room, he held his breath while listening quietly while pacing anxiously.

  Zhang Anshidao: "Li Xizhou, do you know why I caught you?"

   "The little one doesn't know anything."

"It's actually very simple..." Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "In other words, it can't be too simple. I know more or less about your methods. People like you who claim to be immortals have always been hiding in the background. , but manipulates many people to work for you. Your White Lotus Sect has a very dense organization. Who will be responsible for conveying the message, who will be the backbone of each state capital, how to connect with your own people on weekdays, how to collect money, and even how to pass on the scriptures. There are many articles."

   "After the incident, I was ordered to arrest you, but in fact I only did two things."

   Zhang Anshi stared at Zhang Erhe, and continued with a smile: "The first thing is to find your lair."

  Zhang Erhekou said: "Wrong, wrong..."

  Although he shouted like this, there seemed to be some longing in his heart.

  He was looking forward to it, Zhang Anshi told the cause and effect.

  Smart people are like this. Smart people have always been conceited. A conceited person often cannot admit failure. He at least hopes to get an answer.

Zhang Anshi continued to speak eloquently: "But where is your lair? I was also thinking about it at the time, but...it is actually very easy to find. Since it is a lair, there must be a lot of demand. After all, it is impossible to just you and the Buddha mother." For the two of you, the first thing you should investigate is the major towns and big cities. This is actually easy to understand. In a densely populated place, it is really difficult to hide yourself. Besides, so many confidants need to travel, and a lot of goods need to be exchanged. It is constantly transported, so it is best to be in a place you are familiar with, and... to be remote, and the power of the government is relatively weak."

"After having this idea, I can continue to narrow the scope of the investigation. I compared some songs and so-called scriptures of the White Lotus Sect from decades to the past few years. You know, this is easy to get. I It soon became apparent that the scriptures and ballads had undergone some changes over the past few decades, especially the spoken language, which clearly shifted to the north, or...Shandong and Hebei."

  As soon as this remark was made, many people who were joking began to listen carefully.

  Because no one could have imagined that Zhang Anshi was so meticulous.

  Zhang Erhe lowered his head, hiding the complex look that flashed in his eyes. He obviously began to realize that Zhang Anshi was terrible.

  Although the White Lotus Sect has existed since ancient times, under normal circumstances, a leader like him will definitely convey various so-called wills according to different situations.

  And these wills are then conveyed to the backbones in various places through the confidants, and the backbones then spread them to the believers.

  In this era, the accent is very serious. This is the reason why the so-called local accent is hard to change.

  If it is to convey a certain thing in general, for example, you donkey ball.

  The person who conveys it can change the combination of words, and in different places, it may evolve into "you bastard", "you bastard" and so on.

  Because everyone knows that this is just a curse, and it will not change the meaning.

  But the White Lotus Sect has exactly one attribute, that is...religion.

It's as if the Buddhist scriptures were written in Sanskrit, and after they spread to the Central Plains, no one will completely translate the Buddhist scriptures. Most monks, although they don't understand Sanskrit, are chanting all kinds of mami I never get tired of reading scriptures like mihoo.

  Is it because the monks know what it means?

   No, because for the target audience, it doesn’t matter what the words mean. What’s important is that the more accurate you can pronounce, the more authentic it will be.

The same is true for the White Lotus Sect. When the new leader wants to announce his will, those who convey it often use the original words, but those who receive the message don't really care if the leader conveyed the so-called heaven is dead, Huang Tian Li and the like, but what the other party's original words are, they will follow the scriptures.

   The closer the accent is to the leader's, the better. This is authentic and authentic.

   But who will eat enough to collect their missionary songs and various new teachings? And after this research, it was found that there was a certain special accent here, and then repeated comparisons were made to finally determine the location of the Buddha father and Buddha mother.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Look, you speak with the accent of chanting scriptures, do you know why? Because there are some things that he can't change. A person like you knows that what he is doing is a beheading business. Wherever you are originally from, you will definitely try your best to set up your lair in a nearby location. As I said just now, on the one hand, it is because you are most familiar with the geography of the place where you were born and grew up. Only familiar places can teach people peace of mind.”

"On the other hand, although the White Lotus Sect has a large number of people, it can spread these, and after all, it is progressive. You may have never seen other believers. The ones you know and think are reliable must be the people around you. , especially those who you know the bottom line. These people will be your true confidantes, and you can rest assured. Then... only the place where you are from, where you first bought your cronies, the people there... are worthy of your trust You set up your lair there, and then use your cronies to go all over the world to attract the backbone, and use the backbone to attract the ignorant people."

   "So, after I checked again and again, according to your accent, according to your hiding area...finally...determined several counties in Shandong."

   After Zhang Anshi finished speaking, he stared straight at Zhang Erhe with a smile on his face, but this smile was a bit mocking.

   Then, he said again: "I didn't expect it, the one who betrayed you was actually yourself."

  Zhang Erhe said: "I...I...I can't understand a word."

  He looked pitiful.

   But now, almost everyone is silent.

   Not because they started to believe anything.

   Instead, I feel... at least Jin Yiwei doesn't seem to be trying to beat him up.

  Zhang Anshi calmly said: "Don't worry...listen to me first."

  Zhang Anshi took another sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Then he said: "But after confirming the approximate location, what should I do? In fact...it's very simple, that is, let people join you. I arranged some people to go to those counties in the name of businessmen, Doing business in those counties, at the same time pretending to be interested in your gods and ghosts, and donating a lot of money."

  Zhang Erhe: "..."

Zhang Anshi said: "You White Lotus Sect...in order to make money, you have always loved to cooperate with gentry and merchants. Seeing Fat Yu coming, and seeing them spend a lot of money, you may be more cautious, but the people below you may not have you. Such caution. They were already overjoyed, so they tried their best to win over the school captains, and promoted them to become Taoist Bailian without hesitation."

  Zhang Erhe: "..."

   Some of the key followers who were arrested together with the Buddha's father and Buddha's mother, one of them raised his head in astonishment, and then quickly buried his head down.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Of course, Taoist Bailian is nothing. In this world, you collect people's money and give you a so-called Taoist Bailian. There are too many people in every state capital. Ten or hundreds of people? At this time, how to force you to show your feet is the most important thing."

  Zhang Anshi looked slow, with a smile that was not a smile.

  He seems to be a cat teasing a mouse.

  Everyone was silent, holding their breath, for fear of missing something.

Zhang Anshi continued: "However, this step is actually very simple, that is...pretending to have captured you, the entire Jinyiwei began to seize people, not only that, even His Majesty didn't know it, and thought he really caught you People. In order to catch you, I, Zhang Anshi, took the responsibility of deceiving the emperor, but...otherwise, how can I convince the world that Jin Yiwei has really caught the bandit leader."

Zhang Anshi deliberately raised his voice, as if he wanted to teach Zhu Di next door to listen more clearly: "There is no way, your majesty is fiery and sincere, if you let him know, this is just a trap, and you can't do it." If you show an urgent look, you may even be seen as a flaw."

   "There is nothing I can do. For the sake of the country and the country, and to catch you thieves, I, Zhang Anshi, am a mountain of swords and fire, but I plan to do my best. Even if it is because of this, I will not frown."

  He spoke very loudly.

   Zhu Di felt his ears pricked when he heard it.

  He pondered, and then smiled.

   Zhang Anshi, this kid, has always been as timid as a mouse. It is rare for him to be so bold, but... there is an excuse, this is the real minister of the heart of the humerus.

Zhang Anshidao: "When I made these actions, I was actually convinced that at this time, you have already arranged eyes and ears in the capital, and some of these eyes and ears are even in the palace, and some are high-ranking officials... They will quickly put their own accurate message to you."

  Zhang Erhe: "..."

  Zhang Erhe showed a bit of frustration. Although he tried his best to look innocent, but at this moment, he couldn't hide his disappointment.

  "I did this to force you to do one thing, that is, to show up and let more people know that you are still alive, and you are not as rumored outside. You have been arrested."

"Do you still remember that I arranged for people to be priests of Bailian in the nearby counties? They spent a total of 170,000 taels of silver on me, and they were waiting for the day when you showed up. Logically, in normal times, even It is Taoist Bailian, what he knows is not much different from ordinary ignorant believers, but once you plan to show up, you must hope that more and more people will know the best, so that they can spread the word quickly , Therefore, your plan is, since you have appeared, you should call all the Bailian priests in the nearby counties to watch the ceremony. After this, you will go to your next hiding place again. In this way, since you have appeared, You can run away again, even if the officers and soldiers find out afterwards, you have long since disappeared.”

   "But you must never have imagined that in that kind of place, I have already laid out a net to wait for you, just to...wait for this moment."

  Zhang Erhe sighed inwardly.

  He finally knew... how he fell into such a field.

But…

  Zhang Erhe cheered up again, and said pitifully: "I...I don't know what you are doing, if you want to harm me, you will kill me..."

   "Don't worry." Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "You little fool, don't even think about it. Since I know your identity and I even caught you, don't you... still be afraid of your... denial?"

   "Come on... get that thing."

  Zhang Erhe was taken aback.

  Everyone became suspicious.

   Subconsciously, they looked at the hall entrance.

  In the direction of the entrance of the hall, the people consciously divided the way, but saw someone... came with a spiritual tablet and a porcelain vase.

   With a bang, the huge porcelain bottle fell directly.

  The porcelain bottle was shattered all over the place, and at the same time, the broken bones were also scattered all over the place.

  Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Do you know what this is? Come and guess, whose ancestor is this?"

  In an instant, Zhang Erhe's eyes were red.

  ...

  Chapter 2 was delivered a bit late. I had finished writing it long ago, but I was afraid that the chapter would not be enjoyable for everyone, so I wrote a little more.

  (end of this chapter)