The old man obviously made up his mind.

As long as you don't admit this, both sides will have a way out.

But if you admit it and this layer of window paper is completely broken, then there will be no room for each other to turn around.

Emperor Tianqi was not angry anymore, and just looked at the old man with a smile, but said, "So, who did this?"

The old man said, "I don't know who it is, but... a few days ago, there was a general with the surname Zhou and Fu. He led his troops out of Jinzhou overnight. His whereabouts were unknown. I heard that he led his people to kill thousands of horse thieves. If... he really counted it, he should be him."

The old man answered very straightforwardly and responded very appropriately.

As long as Emperor Tianqi takes a little care of the law and does not blame the public, or thinks that if he continues to investigate, the water may be too deep and leads to unpredictable consequences, he may recognize such a result.

At this time, Emperor Tianqi walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, and then suddenly stopped. He seemed to have an idea, so he stared at the old man and said, "A mere general who dares to do such a thing can dispatch so many people?"

"This... I don't know." The old man said calmly: "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can continue to investigate it thoroughly. It's better... let the old minister be responsible for this matter, and you will definitely give Your Majesty a satisfactory result at that time."

As he said that, the old man looked up at Emperor Apocalypse.

Now...it depends on Emperor Apocalypse.

The others also looked at Emperor Aoki nervously, as if they knew that the most critical moment had come.

Emperor Tianqi immediately laughed and said, "So where is Zhou Fu?"

"Zhou Fu is dead." The old man said, "Just just now, he heard that His descendant had come, but for some reason, he rushed over and took his servants to rush to the Donglin Army. Now... he has no bones left."

"Hahaha..." Emperor Tianqi laughed again, couldn't help but stroking his palm, and said, "I am worthy of being your family. Your family has been favored by the country and has been in charge of Liaodong for many years. It is indeed very capable. In this way, I have to blame this person?"

"It depends on what Your Majesty means." The old man looked up at Emperor Apocalypse.

He was waiting for the attitude of Emperor Apocalypse.

Although the emperor's heart is unpredictable, it seems that he is a little confused about whether Emperor Tianqi is willing to compromise.

The two of them were all in Zhang Jingyi's eyes.

When Zhang Jing heard the old man's words, he immediately thought of the most famous horse assassination case in history.

This was during the Qing Dynasty. In order to control Jiangnan, Empress Dowager Cixi sent her confidant to serve as the governor of Liangjiang.

As a result, the new Governor of Liangjiang was assassinated not long after he took office.

Local officials simply claimed that the assassination man had a personal grudge with the Governor of Liangjiang, so they killed the Governor of Liangjiang to conclude.

So Empress Dowager Cixi was furious and ordered the Minister of Justice to investigate thoroughly, and the Minister of Justice finally upheld the original verdict.

There are many different opinions on this strange case, but it is obvious that the Governor of Liangjiang has just taken office, so how could he have a personal grudge with others?

It was clearly the governor sent by the Empress Dowager, who violated the interests of the Hunan Army at that time, so everyone knew that the biggest beneficiary of the assassination of the governor was Zeng Guofan.

Although everyone knows it, everyone is pretending to be confused, from top to bottom, they all bite to death. This is a personal grudge.

In the end, Empress Dowager Cixi woke up and immediately realized that the case could not be investigated in depth, so she gave up.

And today... isn't it another sting case?

But will Emperor Tianqi be as willing to pretend to be confused as Empress Dowager Cixi?

Zhang Jingyi didn't expect that Emperor Tianqi's eyes fell on him at this time and said, "Do you believe what he said in Zhang Qing's family?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "Faith."

Emperor Tianqi said: "In this way, just a mere general is trying to assassinate him?"

Zhang Jing nodded and said, "The Liaodong civil and military officials all over the city are very confident. I think... it may be true."

"So that's how it is." Emperor Aoki nodded and said, "It seems... I have to believe it."

As soon as these words were spoken, the old man and the civil and military ministers behind him all breathed a sigh of relief.

Emperor Aoki immediately said, "Then... give an order."

"Give order... what order..." Someone breathed a sigh of relief just now, and when he heard this, he couldn't help asking subconsciously. But soon, he felt that he had lost his words, so he quickly fell silent.

Zhang Jingyi nodded and said, "I obey the order."

After a moment...

Outside this governor's yamen.

Hundreds of people were still waiting anxiously.

Everyone didn't know what was going on inside, but everyone was cheering themselves up. I thought that no matter how his Majesty was, he would not dare to make rash things easily when he saw so many people.

Just think about it like this.

Suddenly, the two machine guns set up at the gate of the governor's yamen began to take action.

But I saw several students tinkering with something focused.

Everyone didn't know what this thing was, and they looked at it strangely.

Someone whispered: "Is this a cannon?"

Some people also said: "The cannon is not that small, this thing looks like a musket."

The one who speaks is Zu Zerun.

Zu Zerun is the old man's eldest son, and his father is the famous Zu Dashou.

Zu Zerun is the deputy general of Jinzhou. He was less than forty years old at this time, but he was already a second-rank general!

Everyone in Liaodong knows that being born in the ancestral family is a waste. Even if you are a scammer, you will have at least a second-rank deputy general in the future.

After all, there are already seven or eight close relatives of the Zu family who have become generals and deputy generals, and there are also a few younger generations, but they are actually not far from such a high position.

Thinking back to the time when Jiannu had not yet risen, the entire Liaodong was just a general and a deputy general.

But when Jiannu rose, although Jiannu continued to invade cities and plunder land, in Liaodong, the defense line of the Ming Dynasty continued to shrink, and more than 70 cities were lost, this did not prevent countless creditors from being reported to the court.

As a result, countless military officers took advantage of this and soared. Now, there are four or five generals, and there are more than a dozen deputy generals.

It can be said that although the rise of the Jiannu people was established on the blood and tears of the Liao people, in fact, it also allowed many Liao people to take this opportunity to grow.

This is probably true for both the Li family and the Zu family.

Zu Zerun said that this thing looks like a musket, but in fact, some people secretly complained that it doesn’t look like a musket.

However, because he was Zu Zerun, everyone really nodded: "Yes, it's so great. The more students look at it, the more they look like muskets, it's really..."

Just as he was talking...

The students on the side have begun to quietly withdraw.

At this time, Zu Zerun felt something was wrong.

He looked around and was about to say something.

Suddenly, the two machine guns squirted out flames.

Dada dada dada...

A familiar voice again.

Someone was shot to the ground.

Zu Zerun was far away. When he saw this scene, he was already scared and paralyzed. He looked pale and couldn't help but roar: "Bold, do you know who we are!"

Before the word "Who" was left behind, he saw the gang generals, guerrilla generals, and even some thousand households around him, who had fallen down in response.

Many civil servants even screamed.

There was a group of people trying to escape, but there were already a group of students on both sides, holding muskets and starting to shoot.

Being attacked on three sides.

puff……

A bullet hit Zu Zerun's cheek. Zu Zerun let out a shrill scream. The man had already kneeled down, covering his mouth, and blood was dripping from his fingers.

He opened his mouth and said vaguely, as if he was shouting something, as if he was saying: "Crazy, crazy..."

Those who are lucky enough to be alive are even more uncomfortable than those who die.

Because what they see at this moment is hell on earth.

Someone shouted bold words just now.

But in a blink of an eye, many people had already knelt down and said sadly: "Give me your life, let me go..."

It's a pity... the bullet has no emotions.

Dada dada dada...

These countless bullets were still sweeping around in the crowd.

Finally, one person after another fell into a pool of blood.

In a moment, hundreds of people were no longer standing.

With a whistle, the machine gun finally stopped.

The other students got bayonets and began to obey orders layer by layer, slowly forward.
To be continued...