Liang Jiugong was determined to investigate his godson thoroughly, so there was no element of pretense at all.
The young eunuch just followed orders, and no one knew Liang Jiugong's plan.
Seeing this, Liang Jinzhong thought that his little actions had really been discovered by Liang Jiugong, but he was not very afraid and instead calmed down.
He just forgot to clean up Liang Jiugong's residence in the palace because of his "anxiety", but he had already sent people to clean it outside the palace.
As for the rest, as long as he doesn't admit it, what can Liang Jiugong do to him without evidence?
With his face covered, Liang Jinzhong pretended to be confused and frightened, staring blankly at Liang Jiugong with an extremely innocent look.
Liang Jiugong ignored him and led his men towards the Ministry of Punishment.
The emperor knew that he had been working day and night these days, so he specially granted him two days of vacation. He had plenty of time to deal with Liang Jinzhong.
Liang Jinzhong didn't take it seriously at first, until he saw with his own eyes that the road was getting further and further off track, he felt that something was wrong.
This is heading towards the Ministry of Punishment.
This old man is so cruel!
They had been saying before that he would be the successor and that all his connections and power would be transferred to him. That was all bullshit!
Liang Jinzhong's eyes were filled with gloom, but fortunately his face was covered with a handkerchief so no one could see clearly.
Although the Ministry of Punishment was remote, the space inside was very large. The two eunuchs guarding the door saw Liang Jiugong and smiled.
"How come you have time to come to such a filthy place today, sir?"
Liang Jiugong is a favorite of the emperor. How could he be the one to personally take care of all the dirty work?
Did the sun rise from the west today?
The eunuch couldn't help but look up at the sky.
Tsk, not really.
Liang Jiugong never made things difficult for these low-level people, so he smiled politely.
"It's not a big deal, just clean up the mess."
There was no fluctuation in his tone, but Liang Jinzhong's body stiffened instantly.
What does this old dog mean?
Upon hearing this, the young eunuch suddenly stretched his head to look behind Liang Jiugong, and saw the familiar face of Liang Jinzhong.
They were both shocked for a moment. Isn't this Eunuch Liang?
Liang Jinzhong had a lot of interactions with the Ministry of Punishment. After all, in order to train him, Liang Jiugong had him deal with many shady matters.
Besides, Liang Jiugong is a living signboard, and his adopted son is one of the people in the Forbidden City who must not be provoked.
So even though they didn't have much friendship with Liang Jinzhong, they were very familiar with his face.
Eunuch Liang just said... he wants to clean up the house?
The two colleagues looked at each other and quickly made way for Liang Jiugong.
After the group entered the Ministry of Punishment, the two began to murmur,
"Did I hear correctly? Manager Liang said he wants to clean up the mess."
"I heard it too. It seems Liang Jinzhong is in great danger this time."
The eunuch who spoke later had a tone full of gloating, mixed with a hint of hidden excitement.
Even though Liang Jinzhong was only Liang Jiugong's adopted son and had no high rank, he was still someone they couldn't afford to offend.
For these low-level eunuchs who guard the gate, there is nothing more interesting than seeing with their own eyes the people who are usually high and mighty fall from the altar.
"Don't say that carelessly. Even if Chief Steward Liang doesn't have the heart to do it, Liang Jinzhong is still the high and mighty Chief Steward's godson!"
"Then let's make a bet, okay? If I lose, I'll give you two taels of silver!"
"What if I lose?"
"Give me two taels too..."
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"Godfather, I really didn't do anything, Godfather! Why on earth did you arrest your son?"
Liang Jiugong brought his men to a cell he was most familiar with and watched Liang Jinzhong being put on the rack. He saw the panic and pleading in Liang Jinzhong's eyes, but his heart was not moved at all.
He had been in the palace for nearly forty years and had seen all kinds of monsters and demons. Even though Liang Jinzhong was his godson whom he had raised for several years, it was not enough to make him soften his heart.
Compared with your own life, what is a godson?
The young eunuch tied Liang Jinzhong's arms with chains and then retreated about ten feet away.
Liang Jiugong hunched over, took a whip from the shelf next to him, and swung it twice before speaking.
"We asked you to go find Xiao Dezi to destroy those items. Why did you forget about the ones in the palace?"
"Godfather, the situation was urgent at the time. I thought your belongings were all outside the palace, so I went outside with Xiao Dezi. You probably don't know that when you were searching outside, the palace was also under martial law. By the time Xiao Dezi and I were done, there was no chance for us to return to the palace..."
There was no exaggeration in his words, but in fact, if he had not stayed outside the palace for too long, he would not have encountered martial law in the palace.
In fact, Liang Jinzhong originally planned to ignore Liang Jiugong's order, but after hearing that the emperor had mobilized the troops out of the palace, he changed his mind.
Mobilizing the army means that the emperor is serious about taking action against the Imperial Household Department. The Imperial Household Department has so many things to deal with that even if only half of them are mobilized, it will take a long time. If Liang Jiugong reacts during this period, he will be in trouble.
So Liang Jinzhong used some tricks. After asking Xiao Dezi to leave the palace, he frantically delayed time in Liang Jiugong's house.
Liang Jiugong turned around when he heard this.
"Then why don't you come and take a look at our residence after you return to the palace?"
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