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Chapter 221: Helpless

When Chen Zisheng heard what the Zhang family said, he came to the prefect's office the next day to question the crime.

Chen Zisheng and Zhang Youdao are different. Not to mention that Chen Zisheng himself has the reputation of a scholar, his father gave birth to two Jinshi, his uncle Chen Xishao and father Chen Xichang were both Jinshi, and his brother Chen Zizhuang is now the Minister of Works of Nanjing. Such a big family has always been the target of fear by local officials.

Feng Ziyong also visited the Chen family when he first came, so he recognized Chen Zisheng. When he saw Chen Zisheng coming to ask for guilt, of course he didn't dare to go out and quickly led him into the study.

Of course, Feng Ziyong knew why Chen Zisheng came for, so he didn't hide it from Chen Zisheng. He told Chen Zisheng a lot about how Zhu Hongsan liked his niece Chen and how he sent someone to snatch it.

Chen Zi was so angry that he scolded Zhu Hongsan for being unethical and being chaste. Feng Ziyong was very relieved when he heard it, and he wanted to scold him, because Zhu Hongsan was such a bastard.

But Feng Ziyong is now Zhu Hongsan's minister, so he has to plan for Zhu Hongsan.

Feng Ziyong waited until Chen Zisheng finished scolding, and said, "Brother Qiao Sheng, the matter has already happened, there is nothing we can do about it. Let's think about what to do."

Chen Zisheng sighed. The current laws of the Ming Dynasty have no use for the vassal kings. In addition, I heard that the King of Chu and the current Emperor Hongguang have a good relationship. It seems that this mute person will suffer a loss.

Feng Ziyong saw that Chen Zisheng didn't say anything, and knew that he had no idea, so he said from the side: "Qiao Sheng, I don't think so. The King of Chu is here with me. You go and see what the King of Chu said. If the King of Chu likes to marry the King of Chu, it's better to have a son and a half daughter in the future than to be a widow in the Zhang family."

After the Zhang family's juren died, the Chen family wanted to break off the engagement. It was her niece, Chen, who had to marry her by herself, but she didn't expect that such a thing happened now.

Chen Zisheng had no choice but to bow and said, "That's annoyed Lord Tai of Lao Mansion."

The two came back to meet Zhu Hongsan. Zhu Hongsan was able to get up today. The madness a few days ago really cost his life, so Zhu Hongsan got up and scolded Li Fugui, insisting on getting such a powerful aphrodisiac, which almost made Zhu Hongsan die before he could achieve his career.

When Zhu Hongsan heard that Chen Zisheng was coming, he came over to meet him quickly.

Chen Zisheng hated Zhu Hongsan at first sight. As soon as Zhu Hongsan recovered, his face was naturally gray and his eyes were deeply engulfed. This looked like he was addicted to wine and color in Chen Zisheng's eyes.

Feng Ziyong spoke first, introduced Chen Zisheng first, and asked Zhu Hongsan if he was willing to take Chen as his concubine. These were all discussed with Feng Ziyong, and Zhu Hongsan of course agreed. At the same time, Zhu Hongsan also expressed his willingness to take out 10,000 acres of land in the new urban area as dowry.

At this time, Chen Zisheng's expression was a little better. He was different from his brother Chen Zizhuang. Chen Zizhuang was away all year round and never cared about trivial matters at home. Chen Zisheng took care of these matters again.

Chen Zisheng knew that the King of Chu in front of him was rich. Not to mention that he had taken advantage of the 200,000 acres of land in Dongguan, he would have taken advantage of every inch of land even outside the west gate of Guangzhou.

The Chen family had asked Feng Ziyong to buy a stake in Xincheng before, but Feng Ziyong had not decided what to do with Xincheng at that time, so this matter was dragged on. Now, when the King of Chu spoke, he gave 10,000 mu of acres at one time, Chen Zisheng couldn't help but feel happy. If the new city develops like Dongguan, he can buy 100 taels of silver per mu of land, and this 10,000 mu is one million. This is a huge sum of money, and this has not yet been counted as the value of appreciation. It is a sky-high price to be able to sell a widow in the Chen family.

Chen Zisheng sighed, knowing that the conditions offered by the King of Chu could not be rejected, and that he would not agree to the family's uncles would force him to agree. Thinking of this, Chen Zisheng said, "Since the King of Chu has such sincerity, I will agree on my elder brother. But I want to see my niece first."

When Zhu Hongsan heard Chen Zisheng's agreement, he hurriedly asked someone to call the Twelve Lady.

After a while, Chen came in and saw his own uncle coming, he couldn't help crying: "The second uncle is here, and his niece is embarrassing the Chen family."

Chen Zisheng was very angry, but when he saw his niece's appearance, he couldn't help feeling distressed. This niece was strong when she was a child. Although she was a concubine, she was good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She originally found a young scholar for him, hoping that she would live a happy life in the future. Unexpectedly, the scholar died on the road after going to Beijing to take the exam, and his niece had to marry her, and even disfigured her face.

Chen Zisheng had also been an official before and served as a county magistrate in Fujian. He knew that the wise and savage girl looked glorious on the surface, but only he knew the difficulties. This time, this time it was not good or bad.

Chen Zisheng looked at his niece and said, "Child, since this is your choice, you must respect the King of Chu and the Princess, and be virtuous in everything, do you know?"

When Chen heard his uncle say this, he was filled with tears and said, "I remember it."

Chen Zisheng said again: "When you arrive at the Chu Palace, you will give birth to a son and a half of your daughter as soon as possible to continue the incense of the Chu King, do you know?"

Chen nodded with a blushing face.

The next step is simple. Zhu Hongsan not only made raw rice into mature rice, but was almost made into porridge. Chen Zisheng could only admit the fait accompli.

After the Chen family did not come forward, the small family of the Zhang family certainly did not dare to make any noise. After receiving Zhu Hongsan's 1,000 taels of silver, Zhang Youdao accepted it and wrote a divorce letter as the head of the Zhang family and sent it over. Only then did the Chen family completely change the identity of a young widow.

That night, Chen was carried in from the small gate by Zhu Hongsan and officially became Zhu Hongsan's twelfth wife.

Zhu Hongsan stayed in Guangzhou for a few more days, went to Xincheng with Feng Ziyong to take a look, put forward a few guiding suggestions, and prepared to go back to Dongguan on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. After all, the New Year will be celebrated in a few more days.

On the day when Zhu Hongsan was about to leave, another person came to the prefect's yamen, the unlucky eunuch, Cao Fang, the handsome guy among the eunuchs. This guy has had a hard time these days. After Zhu Hongsan forced him to kill Zhang Tiju's whole family, the entire Maritime Mansion Office began to disobey. Yesterday he also received news that Nanjing was about to change him and asked him to go to Nanjing to guard the Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Cao Fang was shocked when he heard the news. Going to guard the tomb means death. Cao Fang was so anxious this time that he was like an ant on a hot pan. Suddenly he thought that there was another King of Chu in Guangzhou. The King of Chu heard that his personal relationship with Wansui was good, so he might as well go and ask the King of Chu.

Zhu Hongsan really forgot about this guy. He originally wanted to deal with Cao Fang and take over the Maritime Service, and then build a modern customs system with the Maritime Service. But a few days ago, there was a Chen incident and forgot about it.

When Cao Fang entered the house and saw Zhu Hongsan, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, shouting: "Master, save the slave, the slave is going to die."

Zhu Hongsan said slowly: "You want me to save you? What are you worth saving? I will not support idle people."

"My servants will serve their masters, and My servants are the eunuchs in the Zhidianjian in Beijing."

Zhu Hongsan cursed: "Damn, I am missing a toilet. Is this the king missing a toilet?"

Cao Fang's eyes were circling, thinking of what kind of expertise he had, and suddenly thought of something, and quickly said, "Prince, I have been in charge of the Maritime Bureau and can find a way for my master to make money."

"It's finally useful. Get up and go back to Dongguan with me. I will explain to Long Live in Nanjing."

When Cao Fang was stunned when he heard Zhu Hongsan ask him to follow him to Dongguan. His original intention was to let Zhu Hongsan speak and help keep the position of the Maritime Service.

Cao Fang lowered his head and said, "Prince, I left the Maritime Bureau and there is no one in charge."

When Zhu Hongsan heard that Cao Fang didn't want to leave, he said, "Since Eunuch Cao doesn't want to leave, Zhu Hongyi sent Eunuch Cao on the road. Afterwards, he reported to Nanjing that Cao Huachun, who was interested in joining Li Chuang, was killed in anger. Perhaps this news reached Li Chuang. Eunuch Cao's younger brother and adopted son in Nanzhili could have high positions and high salaries."

Cao Fang was almost scared to death. Unexpectedly, the King of Chu knew about his younger brother and his adoptive son. The King of Chu was really cruel. Cao Fang quickly shouted: "Prince! Prince! I am willing to go to Dongguan with the Prince."

Zhu Hongsan cursed: "It's really uncomfortable if you don't fight. Don't worry, I have sent someone to pick you up with your brother and son. If you don't obey, I'll let someone cut off their little brother and drink for you, and be a eunuch to serve me with you. What do you think?"
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