Father can be an enemy to the country

After reading the confession, the prince asked Zhu Zhen: "How do you feel?"

Zhu Zhen put down the notes and sneered: "Although there is something going on, it is still very complicated."

"Yes, I feel the same way." The prince nodded and said:

"It's not that the evidence is insufficient, on the contrary, the evidence is too sufficient. The witnesses' testimonies corroborate each other, and the causes and consequences are clearly explained. Everything is too perfect. So perfect that people doubt its authenticity. Conspiracy to rebel is such a confidential matter. , can a group of servants really know everything?"

"The people from the Criminal Trial Department must have processed it." Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "I saw their skills during Guo Huan's case, and their writing skills are absolutely superb."

"But to be honest, the South Koreans and Hu Weiyong must have something to do with each other." After a pause, he continued: "And for the crime of treason, if the suspicion cannot be cleared, it will be a dead end."

"How do you think my father will react after seeing this?" The prince asked in a deep voice, "Will Mr. Han and others be imprisoned?"

"The situation will definitely escalate." Zhu Zhen mused: "But Li Shanchang may not be moved immediately. The impact of moving him would be too great, otherwise he would have been finished ten years ago, and the key is, moving him is useless."

"Yes." The prince said with deep understanding: "In the past ten years, Duke Han has always wanted to retreat, but his father did not trust him and insisted on keeping him in front of him. He treated him passively, and did not help his master and did not benefit his subordinates. People, the corpse is just a plain meal. It has long lost its prestige and seems to have disappeared."

"How does the elder brother know that this is not his self-protection strategy?" Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

"Those are useless and cannot deceive the emperor." The prince said calmly: "Whether the emperor kills him or not depends on what the emperor thinks. It has nothing to do with him."

"Yes, he has long been a withered bone in the grave. It just depends on whether the father still wants to keep his Xiao He." Zhu Zhen said softly: "If life is just like the first meeting, why is the autumn wind sad painting fan? It can change easily. But the human heart is old, but the old heart is changeable..."

The prince looked at the sixth brother in surprise, thinking that the sixth brother had now even made up for his shortcomings in literary talent. But he knew that if he asked, Lao Liu would definitely say that he didn't do it, so he just kept it in his heart.

~~

Wuying Palace in the Forbidden City.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also looking at the testimonies filled with imperial cases, his livid face stretched.

Wu Yong asked for instructions at the foot of the stairs: "Your Majesty, now that the evidence is conclusive, can we arrest Li Shanchang and other gangsters who are about to commit the crime?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time, and Fang Youyou said: "Wait a little longer..."

"Ah?" Wu Yong was stunned and didn't hear the emperor's words clearly.

"Let's wait a little longer." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand tiredly and said, "Step back."

"Yes, I will resign." Wu Yong hurriedly walked backwards out of the hall.

Before leaving, he clearly heard the emperor in the palace let out a long and tired sigh.

"well……"

"Alas..." Returning to the Interrogation Department, Wu Yong also let out a long sigh.

"Why did Mr. Wu sigh?" Du Yan, the right judge, asked.

"It's okay." Wu Yong shook his head.

"What did the emperor say?" Du Yan asked again.

"The emperor said...wait a little longer." Wu Yong replied.

"Wait a minute, what are you waiting for?" Du Yan asked.

"How do I know what to wait for?" Wu Yong said angrily: "Just wait, why are there so many problems?"

"Hey, wait, wait, wait." Du Yan felt bored and stepped aside dejectedly.

~~

Korea House.

The Marquis of Ji'an, Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Yan'an, Tang Shengzong, the Marquis of Pingliang, Fei Ju, the Marquis of Nanxiong, Zhao Yong, the Marquis of Xingyang, Zheng Yuchun, the Marquis of Yichun, Huang Bin, the Marquis of Henan, and others gathered in the flower hall of Li Shanchang's house. They all had big dark circles under their eyes and were restless and sighing.

It's so gloomy and worrying.

"Why doesn't Grand Master come out?!" Lu Zhongheng stood up in a hurry and rushed to the backyard: "How long has it been and he still wants to be a coward?"

"Who do you think is the turtle?" Li Shanchang came out from behind the screen with the support of Li Qi.

"Oh, my old teacher, what's the time? Don't find fault." Lu Zhongheng bowed and nodded: "The knife is on our necks, why don't you hurry up and get a charter?!"

"Yes, Old Master, please tell me what to do?" All the princes agreed.

"What should I do?" Li Shanchang smiled bitterly and said, "You shouldn't have come in the first place. How many pairs of eyes are staring at me. What do you think you are doing here? Are you dizzy?!"

"We just want to show those who are staring at us that our hearts are together!" Tang Shengzong said loudly.

"Yes!" Everyone nodded and said, "We share the blessings and suffer the hardships together!"

In fact, there are several princes here, such as Zheng Yuchun and Huang Bin, who were forced to come here. Originally it was nothing to do with them, but they still came out of the deep-rooted Huaixi fellows' idea of ​​advancing and retreating together.

"Take your mother to be a boy!" Li Shanchang was so angry that he swore with his head on the ground: "Originally, the emperor just killed chickens to scare monkeys, but now that we see that you guys have formed a gang, why don't we kill them all? Are you allowed to celebrate the New Year? !”

"Ah?" Many princes were surprised: "Will the emperor really do something to us?"

"Who do you blame for your own death?!" Li Shanchang said with hatred: "I don't think so many people were sent out for this Northern Expedition. Why didn't any of you except Zhao Yong participate? Isn't it because the emperor has long suspected you? Is it the Hu Party that prevents you from leading troops? Now you, well, and my servants have been taken away for interrogation. This is the emperor’s last warning to us!”

"I don't agree with what the Grand Tutor said." Fei Ju said in a muffled voice: "It has been seven years since Hu Weiyong got into trouble. We have behaved well and have not dared to do anything. What else does the emperor have to warn us about?"

"That's right. We have been honest for so long, but the emperor is still holding on to us. I'm afraid he is just taking advantage of the situation and wants to kill us after the rabbit is dead!" Lu Zhongheng said with his neck erect: "If we follow the Grand Tutor's opinion, we can only wash our necks and wait for the emperor to chop us off?"

"This is not the worst choice. At least we can keep our family." Li Shanchang said faintly.

"But we don't want to die either!" The dukes surrounded Li Shanchang and begged: "Grandmaster, please be kind and show us a way out. We, the Huaixi brothers, have fought for so many years, and now there are only a few of us left. We can't survive on the battlefield and be killed by the superiors."

"Alas..." Li Shanchang said with a helpless expression: "There are ways, but they will completely anger the superiors."

"Hurry up and tell us, who can care about so many things now? It's important to stay alive." The dukes urged: "Anyway, we have already angered the superiors, how angry can we be? It makes no difference."

"It makes a big difference." Li Shanchang shook his head, but still told everyone his idea.