Father can be an enemy to the country

That night, more than a dozen marquisates in the capital played out scenes similar to the Marquisate of Ji'an.

The only difference was the Korean Mansion of Li Taishi...

The first half of the process was similar. The Jinyiwei rushed into the backyard of the Korean Mansion and was stopped by Li Shanchang's nephews.

However, the son-in-law was not there, so it was Li Shanchang's second son Li Zuo who stepped forward. He looked coldly at Mao Xiang, who led the team in person, and said:

"My father is the Grand Tutor of the Ming Dynasty, the first Duke, and the head of the nobles and elders. I'm afraid that the Sixth Prince's handwritten order alone is not enough. Commander Mao, please ask for the imperial edict first."

"Who said we are here to arrest your father?" Mao Xiang, backed by the Sixth Prince, was particularly bold and sneered at Li Zuo:

"We are here to arrest the male members of his family. You are not the Grand Tutor and the Duke of the State, right? You can always catch the Prince's handwritten order, right?"

"This..." Li Zuo and others changed their faces. They didn't expect that they were coming for them.

"Take him away!" Mao Xiang waved his hand. The Jinyiwei raised their chains and went forward to arrest the man.

The men of the Li family were not made of paper. How could the nephews of the dignified Duke of Korea be willing to surrender? They waved their weapons to prevent the Jinyiwei from approaching.

At this time, Li Shanchang also appeared with a dragon-headed crutch and said in a hoarse voice: "Stop it."

Even if his prestige has been worn down to one tenth of what it has been over the years, it is enough to intimidate the young people in front of him.

The nephews and Jinyiwei of the Li family all stopped their actions.

"Dad," Li Zuo said angrily, "They want to come to our house to arrest people without an order."

"Alas, don't resist." Li Shanchang said with a sad face: "The Sixth Prince's meaning is the emperor's meaning, there is no need to humiliate yourself."

"Dad..." Li Zuo called out in panic again.

"Go ahead, Dad will find a way." Li Shanchang sighed and said, "I will go to see the emperor at dawn."

"Take them away!" Mao Xiang waved his hand, and the men of the Li family were chained and strung together to be taken to the prison car outside.

The women of the Korean Mansion naturally didn't want to leave their children and husbands, but they didn't dare to step forward to stop them. They just surrounded Li Shanchang and cried.

"Oh, what should I do, Master?"

"Wow, if anything happens to my son, I will die..."

"Is there any justice? This is the Korean Mansion!"

Li Shanchang kept letting the women cry with a blank expression. Until his sons and nephews were taken away and the Jinyiwei withdrew, he turned and went into the house and slammed the door.

~~

Before dawn, all arrests were completed, and the Criminal Court and Jinyiwei withdrew.

Zhu Zhen knew that this case was of great importance and extremely sensitive, and must be dealt with quickly. So at dawn, the interrogation began.

This time he personally went into battle.

The first person to be brought in was Lu Zhongheng.

Without an imperial decree, naturally no one dared to torture Marquis Ji'an, but he had already lost his prestige and looked haggard, as if he had aged a lot overnight.

After entering, Marquis Ji'an knelt down and kowtowed, paying a great respect to the sixth brother.

"Stand up, you are still the marquis, no need to kowtow." Zhu Zhen said and ordered: "Bring a chair for Marquis Ji'an."

The guards put an official hat chair behind Marquis Ji'an, and Lu Zhongheng thanked him and sat upright.

"I heard that my brother-in-law and his men almost had a fight with the Jinyiwei last night." Zhu Zhen opened the conversation like chatting.

Lu Xian was also a son-in-law, and he married Zhu Zhen's fifth sister, Princess Runing. But the couple had a bad relationship, and Runing did not ask the sixth brother for help like the eldest sister did.

"Yes." Lu Zhongheng nodded and said, "They are all descendants of generals and brave men. Seeing that others are trying to arrest their fathers, how can they not resist?"

"Well, that makes sense." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "Fortunately you stopped it, otherwise it would have caused a tragedy, and no one wants to see it."

"I heard that the case was in the hands of the prince, so I was willing to come with them." Lu Zhongheng looked at Lao Liu and said, "Otherwise, I would have planned to end my life in the house, and would rather die than be humiliated."

"Oh?" Zhu Zhen couldn't help laughing and said, "Why would I be willing to come in my place?"

"Because I know that there is hope now." Lu Zhongheng replied.

Zhu Zhen frowned and said, "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. It makes me seem like I'm protecting you. It seems that we don't have a good relationship, right?"

"Yes, we don't have a good relationship." Lu Zhongheng nodded and said, "But I've heard that the prince is fair. What I need most now is justice."

"How do you know that this prince is fair? Did I arrest you before?" Zhu Zhen asked puzzled.

"Yes, I was arrested. But the prince not only arrested me, but also his own brothers, so it is the most fair!" Lu Zhongheng said as if it was a matter of course.

"Fuck..." Zhu Zhen couldn't help but burst out a swear word, and was speechless in his heart. What kind of logic is this?

He thought that these military leaders really don't know anything except fighting. They can survive in the court today, all thanks to the strong reputation of the founding nobles.

So after the warm-up, Zhu Zhen was too lazy to beat around the bush with him. Straight to the point:

"I have read the confessions of the people in your mansion."

"Your Highness, don't believe it. They were tortured and forced to talk nonsense!" Lu Zhongheng hurriedly said: "A group of crude soldiers, they can do whatever they want?"

"I know." Zhu Zhen nodded, pushed the files of the Criminal Court to the side and said: "Let's not talk about these things."

"Your Highness is wise." Lu Zhongheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Zhen changed the subject and said, "But when I was in the Imperial Guard, I monitored you. You even reported to me about the Land Rover you killed."

Lu Zhongheng's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Then the prince should know that I was unjustly accused, and I have never done anything!"

"Did you not do it? You didn't have time to do it!" Zhu Zhen said coldly: "If you find it interesting, just continue to quibble with me!"

"This..." Lu Zhongheng glanced at the scribe who was taking notes.

Zhu Zhen said calmly: "Don't worry, he was just showing off and didn't write a word."

The scribe then raised his pen, and sure enough, he didn't even dip it in ink.

Lu Zhongheng was relieved and sighed: "There is nothing to argue with the prince. At that time, we were all jealous and suppressed by the superiors. Especially after being deprived of military power, it was inevitable that people would be panicked and would get together to discuss countermeasures." . Hu Xiang is Taishi Li’s designated successor, so we often gather at his place.”

He then said plausibly: "When you are at a party, you drink; when you are depressed, you drink too much; when you drink too much, you will inevitably complain, and it is possible to even say a few rebellious words, but those are all drunken words, and you cannot take them seriously, Your Majesty! "

"You said you didn't quibble with me!" Zhu Zhen slammed the table and said sternly: "On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the twelfth year of Hongwu, what you drank was Laba porridge, not a bar?!"