Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 216 Chapter 216, Dejie raided the Duke's Mansion, and Cihong suppressed Nanjing City
Follow him to Wei Guogong's mansion.

In the inner hall, the young Xu Dezhi said to the men in front of him: "...things are as they are now, and the method adopted by my nephew is also an expedient measure. I wonder if you guys have any advice?"

Wei Guogong's family has a big business, and of course Xu Wenjue and Xu Dezhi cannot be completely controlled by just two people.

These middle-aged and elderly men in front of them belonged to the direct descendants of the Xu family, most of them were Xu Wenjue's brothers and cousins, and they belonged to the mainstay of Duke Wei's mansion.

Some of them were not in Nanjing City before, and they rushed here after hearing the news.

After listening to Xu Dezhi's words, there was a brief silence in the inner hall, and then a man who seemed to be the oldest said: "The young master has done a good job, even if the old man is in charge of this matter, it is impossible to compare The young master has done better."

The other people present immediately echoed.

Xu Dezhi said worriedly: "The problem now is, I don't know how His Highness the Crown Prince learned about the secret passage in our mansion, and happened to rush into the secret passage to see it... What can you do, uncles?"

When the others heard this, they also looked at each other in blank dismay.

In fact, they really wanted to complain about Xu Wenjue. It's not a big deal to kill a prostitute, but don't you just happen to be hit by His Royal Highness?
All I can say is that if this person is unlucky, his teeth will be clogged even if he drinks cold water.

But Xu Wenjue is the contemporary Wei Guogong, and everyone present is as prosperous as Xu Wenjue, so this tone is naturally more biased.

"Young master, for the current plan, we can only think of a way, that is, the two guards killed the woman without authorization and used it to frame the master."

"Yes, yes, in short, this crime must not fall on the master."

"Our Wei Guogong has to use all the connections we have made over the years. As long as the entire Jiangnan officialdom works hard to protect the master, His Majesty will definitely act cautiously."

"Jiangnan is our Jiangnan after all, and it's not something His Royal Highness can interfere casually!"

Listening to these uncles' words, Xu Dezhi slowly let go of his heart.

As a teenager, Xu Dezhi was actually a sounding board. The real decision-makers were Xu Dezhi's mother and grandmother, the former and current Mrs. Wei Guogong.

The direction of the matter is still in the expectation of the two ladies.

Xu Dezhi smiled, and cupped his hands towards everyone present: "Then please uncles, next..."

A burst of noisy voices interrupted Xu Dezhi's words, which made him very unhappy. He immediately lowered his face and said very angrily, "What's going on? Come here!"

With a bang, a figure flew in from the outside and fell heavily into the lobby, causing an uproar.

A general strode in, and behind him were countless soldiers, instantly surrounding everyone in the hall.

Xu Dezhi's face changed drastically, and he called out, "Who are you?"

The general smiled calmly: "General Gao Dejie, little Duke, you and many people in the Duke of Wei's palace are suspected. His Highness the Crown Prince has approved an arrest warrant for you. Come with us!"

When Xu Dezhi heard this, he was immediately struck by thunder.

The other members of the Xu clan were also in an uproar, screaming.

"It's nonsense, we haven't committed a crime!"

"You have already captured our master, and you still want to kill them all. It's really despicable!"

"Our Wei Guogong lineage has been loyal to Daming for more than 200 years, and no one is qualified to teach us a lesson!"

Obviously, people like Xu's are completely unacceptable to the sudden arrest.

However, when Gao Dejie heard the words, he just sneered: "What are you still doing, take it away!"

Gao Dejie gave an order, and these wolf-like soldiers immediately held down the Xu clan who were still chattering just now, stuffed the rags, tied the rags, and dragged them away like a dead dog .

There was a burst of mourning in the inner hall, and then it became deserted.

Xu Dezhi was one of the few people who was not stuffed with a rag. He struggled and shouted when he passed by Gao Dejie: ​​"Even the prince can't insult our Wei Guogong's lineage like this, you will regret it!"

Gao Dezhi looked at Xu Dezhi expressionlessly, and replied, "Who do you think Your Highness is?"

Later that day, this incident directly caused a sensation in Nanjing.

"His Royal Highness ordered Gao Dejie to lead an army to raid Wei Guogong's mansion, and all the key figures in Wei Guogong's mansion, including Xiao Guogong Xu Dezhi, were arrested!"

"The Minister of Industry and the four ministers were also arrested!"

"Nanjing deputy garrison and hundreds of generals under his command have been captured!"

"The gates of the city have been closed, and the curfew will begin after five o'clock. Everyone, please go home quickly."

Standing on the wall of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, Zhu Cihong watched the dejected prisoners who were being escorted in continuously by the soldiers.

Zhu Cihong was not sure whether the prison in Nanjing City was reliable or not, so he simply regarded several remote and uninhabited palaces in the imperial palace as temporary prisons.

Fang Gongqian stood next to Zhu Cixiang, his whole body in high spirits, and smiled at Zhu Cixiang: "Your Highness, we have arrested thousands of people this time, and we will soon break through [-]!"

Fang Gongqian seems to have quite adapted to the role of Dongchang's admiral and eunuch. From his words, it is not difficult to tell that he is even eager to arrest more people?

Zhu Cihong smiled lightly, and said to Fang Gong: "Old Fang, you have arrested so many people this time, you have to make a solid case for me, understand?"

After all, Zhu Cihong is only a prince, and he still has to consider the feelings of his cheap father Chongzhen when doing anything.

It was an absolute big move here in Nanjing. It is estimated that Chongzhen's father would faint on the spot after hearing the news, so it would be better to make an iron case so that Chongzhen can't find any faults.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong couldn't help expressing emotion: "It's really not easy to do something for Daming these days."

Zhang Shenyan and Lu Daqi on the side couldn't help but look at each other, their expressions were quite complicated.

From the point of view of these two people, Zhu Cihong's wave turned Nanjing upside down. Can this be called "doing something"?This is simply piercing the sky.

But since both of them are beneficiaries, they naturally won't say much.

After Zhu Cihong finished feeling, he looked at Zhang Shenyan and Lu Daqi in front of him, and said with a serious expression: "You two ministers, you should also do your work well. The stability of Nanjing City cannot be lost, understand?"

Zhang Shenyan and the two hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, there will never be any problems in Nanjing!"

An intensive arrest and interrogation kicked off in Nanjing.

(End of this chapter)