"Don't be polite, you are our brother!"
Zhou Yi is very friendly to him, as if he really regards Zhou Xiong as an elder brother.
In fact, parents, brothers, and relatives are nothing in the eyes of Zhou Yi. My godson has killed a few of them with his own hands. He has already become a person who would rather teach me to disgrace the world.
Nowadays, when you are close to your tribe, you can also use it.
After all, His Majesty would not dare to reuse a lonely person without parents or children. Such ministers who have no weaknesses are also the most unscrupulous and difficult to control.
So you can not care about Lineage, but you have to pretend to care!
"That's very good."
Zhou Xiong nodded repeatedly, feeling relieved a lot from his nervousness.
After taking charge of Heavenly Prison for only one year, Surveillance Bureau sent in dozens of officials, some from the capital and some from other places. The same thing was that they were all tortured and all of them were unrecognizable.
Hearing the prisoners talk about the cruelty of Governor Eastern Depot, even though he was his brother, Zhou Xiong was still frightened.
"My lord, I have something to report."
Zhou Yi circulates his inner energy and penetrates into Ji Yue's body, leaving a hidden hand on his chest that will explode tomorrow and kill him with all his internal organs shattered.
You must not be lenient when dealing with your enemies, and kill them when necessary, lest they make a desperate comeback.
"Say it."
"A few days ago, many refugees came to the capital. Our family opened a porridge shed to provide relief. My father saw that one of the children was smart and clever, so he went to the Yamen to register his household registration and changed his surname to Zhou."
Zhou Xiong raised his eyes and glanced at Zhou Yi. Seeing that he was smiling, he continued.
"Father, I will name this child as my son, and he will carry on the incense in the future. If you agree, please give me a name."
"Name..."
Zhou Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Just call it peace. I don't ask for glory and wealth, I just want peace and safety."
Zhou Xiong's eyes flashed with surprise and he quickly bowed.
"I'm going to enter the family tree for my nephew right now."
"Go ahead, let's take a walk around this Heavenly Prison."
Zhou Yi waved his hand and ordered Zhou Xiong to step back and walked alone in Heavenly Prison. As a result, he no longer felt the inexplicable sense of familiarity. On the contrary, he learned a few fresh torture methods while communicating with the jailer.
"Try the effect on the dungeon prisoners later!"
Four years of orthodoxy.
September.
The first confrontation between the two factories ended with Eastern Depot winning a resounding victory.
The commander ordered Ji Yue to confiscate his family and exterminate his family, affecting thousands or hundreds of local households and dozens of people. It was the first large-scale punishment of Pacification Office officials since the founding of Daqing.
Lu Wei, who was a colleague at the time, reported meritoriously and was promoted to commander.
The new official took office with three fires, and Lu Wei's first fire was Eastern Depot, and he arrested six eunuchs in succession.
Eastern Depot Governor's anger surged, and he cursed Lu Wei as a treacherous villain. He led hundreds of black-clothed gangsters and attacked Pacification Office aggressively.
Pass by the palace gate.
Eunuch Yuan had been waiting for a long time and said with a smile, "The Governor will stay, and His Majesty will give the order."
"Long live my emperor..."
Zhou Yi quickly knelt down and shouted long live.
Eunuch Yuan said, "Your Majesty heard that many refugees came from the north. The local officials did not report the disaster. Pacification Office At this time of emptiness, the matter was handed over to the Governor for investigation."
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, our family will investigate thoroughly."
Zhou Yi kowtowed and accepted the order, took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeves and stuffed them into Eunuch Yuan's hands. "How is your Majesty's mood these days?"
"Very good."
Eunuch Yuan said, "Yesterday, His Majesty also praised Commander Lu for his loyalty and reliable performance!"
Zhou Yi cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Eunuch Yuan."
Pacification Office suffered heavy losses, and Lu Wei was ordered to do so in a critical situation. It was difficult to compete with Eastern Depot in a short period of time, so His Majesty took action to save Zhou Yi and give Western Depot time to recover.
Of course, it is also important to investigate the refugees coming from the north.
Eunuch Yuan glanced around and whispered, "There are some things that the Superintendent should understand. If both factories are present, they will both be here, and if they die, they will both die!"
"Eunuch Yuan Goodbye!"
Zhou Yi, with his bandit in black, turned to the Surveillance Bureau and summoned Eunuch Lin, the person in charge of the interrogation.
"What disaster happened in the north that there are so many refugees?"
"Reporting to your lord, the father-in-law in charge of the three northern Xinjiang prefectures, the carrier pigeon sent back at the beginning of the month stated that there was nothing serious."
Eunuch Lin bowed and said, "Our family has doubts. We sent a police officer to investigate a few days ago. It has been more than ten days and no news has come back."
"Jiejiejie..."
Zhou Yi was not angry when he heard this, but instead let out a series of weird laughs. "Okay, okay, Surveillance Bureau has only been established for one year, and the local father-in-law let others bribe him. It's really amazing!"
The officers waiting on the left and right, and the officials taking orders next to them, fell to their knees with a bang.
Zhou Yi turned to look at a gangster. "Let me ask you, who in the north has such great ability to bribe a servant who has no roots and no descendants?"
The godfather said in fear, "My godfather, my son doesn't know."
"Is it because I don't know, or because I don't dare?"
Zhou Yi waved his hand over Qian'er, grabbed his neck, and said coldly, "Last night, a man with a northern accent went to your house in Beijing. Our family checked eight generations of Qin's ancestors and found that there are no relatives who went to the north to seek a living."
Gan'er didn't dare to hide anything and screamed.
"Godfather, please forgive me. My son was confused for a moment and accepted King Who Pacifies the North money..."
"The cash register is nothing, our family collects more, but you have to know that some people's money cannot be touched!"
As Zhou Yi spoke, the force on his hands gradually increased, and as the last words fell, his neck bones shattered with a crack.
His head lost its support and fell limply to his chest.
He waved his hand and threw the gan'er into the corner, and had his own man responsible for collecting the body. Zhou Yi glanced at all the gan'er and officials with cold eyes, and lectured. "Whoever dares to collect money from the north in the future will not die so easily!"
Everyone kowtowed, not daring to have any opinions.
Gan'er, who had just died, was usually very pleased with Zhou Yi, and he had never thought of killing him without mercy. What was even more terrifying was that he could not hide whoever he saw at home from the governor.
"Collect all the troops and head north in three days."
Zhou Yi said with a gloomy face, "We want to see what method we use to catch all the Surveillance Bureau in the north!"
Zhou Yi didn't care about refugees, natural disasters, etc. He almost starved to death that year and no one helped him.
"As commanded."
Surveillance Bureau Everyone agreed in unison, and then dispersed to mobilize their elite troops.
Daqing Kyoto.
East City.
Chongrenfang.
The people who live there are all dignitaries of the country, and every inch of land is worth a lot of money. If you drop a brick, you will at least be an uncle.
Zhou Mansion is located in the southeast of Chongrenfang, covering more than ten acres of land. It is full of pavilions, rockeries and lakes. It can be said that every step is as beautiful as a picture scroll.
This house was originally the residence of the Duke of Xingguo. During the previous dynasty, he was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and his family was exiled to mining in northern Xinjiang.
Emperor Zhengtong thought of Zhou Yi's merits and gave the Xingguo Duke's Palace to the Zhou family to show his favor.
Nowadays, a plaque of "Zhou Mansion" can be hung at the door. Surveillance Bureau's official position is recognized by the court, and he is a foreign minister, not an internal eunuch.
Late afternoon.
A succession of fans came to the Zhou Mansion and took over the responsibility of guarding the courtyard, guarding the entrance and corridors.
Eight bearers carried the official sedan to the door, Xiao Yinzi bowed and opened the curtain.
"Godfather, we're home."
Zhou Yi closed the "Records of the Imperial Dynasty". Since I took over the investigation of the case in the north, I borrowed the history books about northern Xinjiang from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and started looking at them from the previous dynasty.
Before Daqing, there was the Zhou Dynasty, which fell for more than three hundred years.
The two dynasties fought repeatedly with the foreign tribes in northern Xinjiang. At the beginning of the founding of the country, there were more victories than defeats. Later, there were victories and defeats for each other. After that, they were allowed to be invaded by foreign tribes and could only serve as defense.
"The late emperor may have been obsessed with cultivating Venerable Immortal students, but by destroying the Wolf King's Golden Account, he can be called the Lord of ZTE!"
Zhou Yi got off the sedan and saw his parents and brothers waiting at the door. He took a few steps forward and bowed to salute.
"I've met my father and my mother!"
"Duke, please come in."
Father Zhou felt a little pity for Zhou Yi when he saw his old appearance.
After the Zhou family became prosperous, in order to be elegant, Zhou's father hired many gentlemen to teach him how to read and write. He was no longer just a man digging in the dirt.
I know that the prosperity of the Zhou family today is completely based on the sacrifice of Zhou Yi. He faced the conspiracies and machinations of the court alone and endured huge pressure, which led to premature aging.
"Erwazi, my mother has made a banquet for you with her own hands."
Zhou's mother has become more obese and her voice is as loud and rough as before, as if she is afraid that others don't know that Zhou Yi is her biological son.
Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Mother took the trouble."
When Zhou's mother heard the compliment, she glanced at a dozen young women proudly.
You are usually proud and use your beauty to seduce the master, but now when you meet the head of the Zhou family, each one of you is not even qualified to speak, and you are obediently waiting beside him.
Zhou Yi saw the changes in everyone's expressions.
Zhou's father is lustful, Zhou's mother is delicious, and his brother has become a fan of officials...
The rest of the Zhou family's relatives within the fifth rank were at least assigned a position as subordinate officials in the yamen, and suddenly they were able to eat the royal grain, and no longer had to work hard in farming.
According to the Surveillance Bureau's investigation, these relatives have their own hobbies and none of them are popular.
When the poor suddenly become rich, very few people can stick to their true intentions!
Zhou Yi originally had the idea of pulling the clan members, but seeing this situation, he just raised them like pigs to show His Majesty that he would not miss it at all when he really confiscated the family and exterminated the clan.
As he was talking, he came to the main hall, and there were about twenty children kneeling at the door, all kowtowing.
All the children of suitable age in Zhou Lineage let Zhou Yi take a look. If any of them catch their eyes, their parents will also be prosperous.
Zhou Yi scanned them one by one, and his eyes fell on a six or seven-year-old child.
The other children were frightened, but this one had calm eyes and an orderly manner, unlike someone who could be raised by a small family.
"Which company does this belong to?"
"Duke, this is your child."
Father Zhou's face was bright. There were more than 20 children among the group, but he only picked this one, which showed that he had a bright vision. "He is Zhou Ping'an. He is just waiting for you to come back and kowtow to recognize his father."
"Interesting, interesting!"
Zhou Yi said, "Come here and let us have a look."
Zhou Ping'an heard the sound and came over, bowed and saluted. "Meet the Governor."
Zhou Yi pressed Zhou Ping'an's shoulders and used his zhenqi to explore the muscles and meridians in his body. It turned out that he was tougher than ordinary people. There was still a weak but pure zhenqi in Dantian.
"Root Bone like this must have been cultivated from the mother's womb. Only the Aristocratic Clan sect has this secret method. Where does your kid come from?"
"Report to the Governor."
Zhou Ping'an said, "I am the heir of the Xuanfu Tang Family. My original name is Tang Yun. Now the Tang family was destroyed by foreigners. I luckily escaped with my life and wandered to the capital."
Zhou Yi asked again, "Why did you come to Zhou Mansion?"
Father Zhou next to him said in confusion, "Master Governor, it's not him who wants to come, it's me who took the initiative to take him in."
Zhou Ping'an bowed and said, "Please forgive me, Mr. Zhou. I heard about the reputation of the Governor and deliberately showed my intelligence in front of you. I wanted to be a servant and take care of my life.
"I never thought that I would fall into the eyes of the master and adopt the name of the governor."
"You kid..."
Father Zhou's eyes widened. An old man who was nearly fifty years old actually let a seven-year-old kid plot against him. If word spread, it would become a big joke.
"When our family was as big as yours, we could only live in the mud!"
Zhou Yi sighed in admiration, Aristocratic Clan The heirs of the rich family have been trained since childhood, physically practicing the muscles and meridians, and spiritually reading and teaching scriptures, how can ordinary people compete with them.
Probably only when the world changes, can a few people from poor backgrounds reach the top from among the numerous skeletons!
"Come in with me and talk."
"Thank you, Governor."
There was joy on Zhou Ping'an's face. The fifty-year revenge originally planned may be realized as soon as possible if he can get help from the powerful Governor Eastern Depot.
Main hall.
The table has been prepared, and the main seat was reserved for Zhou Yi.
"The country governs the world with filial piety, and His Majesty practices it personally, chanting sutras and praying for the late Emperor every day."
Zhou Yi helped Zhou's father to the throne and said, "Our family follows your majesty's example, father, please take a seat!"
No matter how much I don't care about Lineage in my heart, on the surface Zhou Yi does everything right. When he returns home, he puts away his majesty as the governor of Eastern Depot and becomes a seemingly obedient and filial son.
Pacification Office's spies are everywhere, perhaps the servants in the mansion, or the policemen standing guard at the door, but nothing they say or do can be hidden from His Majesty's ears and eyes.
Besides, if the Zhou family is always prosperous and Zhou Yi has been fulfilling his filial piety for decades, who can say it is fake?
"Peace, you sit next to us."
Zhou Yi asked, "Our family entered the palace at the age of ten, and it has been twelve years since then. We are still lacking a descendant to pass on the incense. Are you willing to join our family and accompany us to the grave in the future?"
"Baby, meet your father."
Zhou Ping'an knelt down without hesitation, kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, took the tea brought by the servant, and handed it to Zhou Yi respectfully.
"Jie Jie Jie!"
Zhou Yi drank the tea in one gulp and asked, "My child is from a noble family, but our family is just a mud-legged person. Do you feel aggrieved?"
Zhou Ping'an thought for a moment and said, "When the Tang family was exterminated, the child still had pride, but the thousands of miles from Xuanfu to the capital, the wind, frost, rain, snow, hunger and cold, have worn away his temper!"
"Well said."
Zhou Yi seemed to mean something and said, "Whether the rich suddenly become poor or the poor suddenly become rich, they have to temper their temper, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve success."
Father Zhou understood it, but he had no intention of changing it and would take a concubine into his room in a few days.
I've already given the gift money, can I still get it back?
Mother Zhou's laughter has not stopped since she saw Zhou Yi. She lives a simple life and can't hear her voice. Anyway, she is devoted to Erwazi!
Only Zhou Xiong is restless. Ever since he took over as the chief of the Surveillance Bureau, he has been walking unsteadily.
He dared to take the money he didn't dare to take, and he dared to settle the cases he didn't dare to settle. He was wearing the official robe of the Surveillance Bureau. When he saw the official of the third level, the six ministers had to give in three points.
Zhou Yi gave him a few words of instruction and stopped paying attention.
Among the Zhou family and many relatives, Zhou Xiong, who has the highest official position, is only in the sixth rank. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot make a difference.
"Ping An, our family will go to the north the day after tomorrow. Can you tell us how the Tang family was exterminated?"
Xuanfu Tang Family is extraordinary and can be traced back to the founding years of the previous dynasty. It is said that its ancestor was the minister of Great Zhou Taizu humerus, and it has been passed down for thousands of years.
The millennium Aristocratic Clan was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the news was not even sent back to the capital. It is really shocking!