Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

As for Zhou Lixuan and Fan Songde.

They had originally considered confessing to a lesser charge and offering a few sweet words to avoid the secret being exposed. But Zhao Feng's few, light-hearted words were like a bolt from the blue, striking them fiercely from head to toe...

Their eyes widened and they both froze in place.

"Tell me... which of the prince's men..."

"This Zhao Feng... he knows! He knew we were spying all along!? That look just now was just waiting for us to panic and reveal something!?"

The two people stood there in a daze, their hearts instantly dead - since the other party spoke so decisively, they must have known something or noticed something, and they... had no way to defend themselves!

There was a pause.

Zhou Lixuan bit his tongue again, the bloody taste spreading in his mouth. At the same time, he pretended to have suffered a great injustice and shouted:

"Zhao... Lord Zhao! It's unfair! It's unfair!"

"This is a huge injustice, Lord Zhao!"

"My two brothers have been doing business in Yingtian Prefecture for many years and have never overstepped the boundaries! We usually conduct business in the capital and Zhili, and have never even left the capital. How...how could we possibly be involved with a prince?"

"If a lowly person like me could get close to a prince of the current dynasty, I would be so lucky as to have accumulated so much wealth in my ancestors' graves!"

"Misunderstanding! Lord Zhao must have misunderstood something!"

Zhou Lixuan knew that even if he had not avoided the important issues before, he certainly could not admit anything at this time.

Otherwise there will be no room for maneuver.

Fan Songde immediately slumped to the ground, his voice filled with tears as he cried, "Unjust! Unjust, Lord Zhao! My brother and I were truly filial just now, and we absolutely had no intention of harming you, my officers! Heaven and earth are witnesses!"

"..."

The two of them sang in unison, some kowtowed, some cried out for justice, and wiped their tears and snot. If you didn't know, you might really think they had suffered a great injustice.

And heard the two people's eloquent explanations.

Zhao Feng couldn't help but feel shaken for a moment, even thinking there was some truth to what they said. He had already thoroughly investigated these two so-called businessmen, and all the evidence showed that they had been doing business in the capital, Zhili, for more than a decade. If these two were truly some prince's secret agents... then that would at least reveal some prince within the Ming Dynasty...

Did you have rebellious thoughts more than ten years ago?

At that time, the late emperor had not shown any signs of decline, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had always been favored by the late emperor since he was a child. He also had the support of civil and military officials in the court, and his position was as solid as a rock. No one was qualified or capable of shaking it.

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not passed away suddenly last year.

No prince in the world today would dare to think about "rebellion and seizing the throne."

More than ten years ago! ? ?

Is this too early, too far in the future?

Seeing Zhao Feng's distracted hesitation, Zhou Lixuan and Fan Songde were delighted and quickly struck while the iron was hot, saying, "Master Zhao! We two brothers have been wronged! We've been settled in Yingtian Prefecture for over a decade! How could someone have dared to plot something like that just over a decade ago? This simply doesn't make sense!"

They naturally guessed the reason for Zhao Feng's hesitation, or rather, it could only be this reason—after all, who could have imagined that a figure like their master existed in this world? Who could have imagined that, with the country stable and the Crown Prince in good health, someone would dare to dream of such an impossible thing? Insane!

This is also the reason why they still have the energy to think about turning the situation around even after Zhao Feng revealed that they were undercover agents.

however.

Zhao Feng hesitated for only a moment.

He immediately put aside his hesitation, his face becoming even colder. "Don't worry about what they say. Just arrest them and pry the information out of their mouths. Don't kill them!"

Naturally, no one in this era could have imagined that there would be such a demon monk and madman like Monk Daoyan in this world, but Zhu Yunhuan had the script in his hand.

Zhao Feng certainly felt that, based on his inherent understanding, it was unreasonable for these two people to have been undercover more than ten years ago.

But he also felt that what his master said would never be wrong.

He had long understood a truth: if you followed His Majesty's instructions, you would never go wrong! There was no need to consider whether His Majesty's words were reasonable or not!

Seeing that Zhao Feng was still unmoved, Zhou Lixuan and Fan Songde felt extremely disappointed.

Even my heart seemed to skip a beat.

at the same time.

There are also some puzzles: they don’t understand why the Jinyiwei, who obviously have no concrete evidence at the moment, are so adamant that they are undercover agents and that they are involved with some prince?

"No! Lord Zhao, this is... this is unreasonable!"

"Even if the Jinyiwei are arresting people, they have to be reasonable! We are honest businessmen..."

"You have been in Yingtian Prefecture for more than ten years, sir!"

"..."

The two men twisted their bodies, their hearts racing, and shouted wildly, trying to shake Zhao Feng again.

Of course, this was of no use. There was no hesitation in Zhao Feng's eyes anymore. He just watched indifferently as the two were taken away by the Jinyiwei.

Zhao Feng looked thoughtfully at the direction where the Jinyiwei were escorting people away.

As if something suddenly occurred to him, he said to the attendant who stayed behind him, "Look up the name 'Daoyan'."