Father can be an enemy to the country

Returning to the palace the next day, Zhu Zhen changed his clothes and went to find his eldest brother. Zhu Biao said to him: "You came just in time. I also want to find my father. Let's go there together."

"Okay." Lao Liu nodded.

The prince saw that he had dark circles under his eyes and looked a little depressed, so he asked, "What? Didn't you sleep all night last night?"

"Yes, I kept vigil for my senior brother all night." Lao Liu nodded.

"You are quite affectionate." The prince said with some distress: "Don't do such stupid things in the future."

"Hey." Lao Liu responded vaguely.

~~

In Wuying Hall, Boss Zhu had a long face and shouted to Hu Weiyong at the foot of the stairs: "This is a provocation, a naked provocation! They know that Liu Lian is the imperial envoy sent by us, and they want to attack him. That's not right." Not against him, but against us, against our yellow book!"

"Your Majesty, calm down," Hu Weiyong said in a deep voice: "The cause of Liu Shenzheng's death has not yet been determined. We have to wait until the investigation is clear. If there is someone who is really lawless and dares to risk the world, he must be severely punished to serve as a warning to others. !”

After a pause, he whispered again: "But I secretly believe that no one would be stupid enough to attack a third-rank official in the Chief Secretary's Yamen of a province, and he is also the eldest son of Uncle Cheng. This is too unreasonable. !”

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, and then he looked a little brighter and said: "Check, of course we have to check, who should we ask?"

"Liu Lian is involved in politics in the province, and he is the eldest son of Uncle Cheng. He also has an imperial mandate, so his status is very different." Hu Weiyong said sternly: "Of course, we must send the highest-level imperial envoy down. I think this imperial envoy to handle the case is very important." Shen Liben, the Minister of Punishment, is the perfect one."

"Shen Liben? Wasn't he in the Ministry of Husbandry before? He just transferred to the Ministry of Punishments a few days ago. Is that okay?" Zhu Yuanzhang pondered.

"The investigation of the case will be handled by the people below. Sending him to show the attitude of the court - the emperor is very angry and the consequences will be serious!" Hu Weiyong said loudly.

"Well, yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Let him go. Let him come tomorrow and we will give him instructions face to face."

"According to the order." Hu Weiyong responded respectfully.

~~

When Hu Weiyong came out of Wuying Hall, he met the prince and Lao Liu going in.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Chu." Hu Weiyong bowed.

"Hu Xiang." The prince smiled and nodded, but the sixth child didn't look down on him. In His Highness the King of Chu's world, hypocrisy and subterfuge do not exist.

The two brothers entered the Wuying Hall, and the prince presented a report: "Father, the Jiangxi Prosecution Bureau urgently reports that Liu Lian, the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi Province who participated in the political affairs, died for some reason."

"We already know." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a dark face: "This is what Hu Weiyong was talking about just now."

"How did he know that reports from various provinces no longer concern Bai Zhongshu?" the prince said solemnly.

"He said he heard that there was a funeral in Uncle Chengyi's house and sent someone to pay tribute." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

"He wished that my master's whole family was dead, so he wanted to offer sacrifices? It would be nice if he didn't say congratulations." Lao Liu said angrily:

"I'm afraid that if I let the eldest brother speak first, I'll lose the initiative!"

"We know that you have a quarrel with him, but you can't just bite him when you catch him." Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "No matter how awesome Hu Weiyong is, he did not do all the bad things in the world alone, and the things in Jiangxi may not be related to him."

"The fact that he rushed to report it means that he has something evil in his mind!" Lao Liu insisted: "Because my senior brother was killed by someone, and he didn't fall into the water by mistake at all!"

"How did you know?" Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly became terrifyingly gloomy. This was also his initial suspicion, but was dispelled by Hu Weiyong's remarks.

Lao Liu told the old thief what he and Liu Bowen had speculated, and finally said in a deep voice: "The two guards arranged by Erchen did not follow my senior brother for only this day a year, and something happened to him on this day." It’s a coincidence, but it’s also an insult to people’s intelligence.”

"..." Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he shook his head and said: "You are just speculating. It is not enough to prove that Liu Lian was killed, let alone prove that this incident is true." Related to Hu Weiyong."

"It's simple. I'll go to Nanchang and find out the truth!" Zhu Zhen was full of confidence because he had accumulated successful experience in Suzhou.

"How did you go to check?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Catch them all, and then torture them. If they don't arrest them, they will continue to torture. Then they will confirm each other's confessions. If anyone dares to lie, they will be tortured again. I'm sure they will be able to find out anything." Zhu Zhen clenched his fist fiercely and said fiercely. road.

"Go away, you motherfuckers. That time it was because there was a civil uprising, and you were not attacked when you arrested talents." Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Now you just suspect the death of a political participant, and you arrest all the high-ranking officials in the province. You Just wait to be attacked by a group."

"My son, don't be afraid. I, the majestic King of Chu and the King of Hai, can withstand it!" Lao Liu said in disgust.

"It's not a question of whether you are afraid or not, but it's that you probably won't be able to find out the real mastermind." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "It doesn't matter if we kill all the officials in Jiangxi Province, but who is against our yellow list? , we must find out!”

"Then dad, tell me how to check." Lao Liu said in a dull voice.

"We can agree that you go to Jiangxi," Zhu Yuanzhang walked up to him and looked at his son who was as tall as himself.

"But what?" Lao Liu understands the old thief.

"But you can't go there in a big way. You have to go to Nanchang incognito and go to Nanchang quietly without disturbing anyone. Only in this way will they perform unscrupulously. You can see their faces for us - especially the imperial envoy Mr. Shen. If he Just handle the case impartially. If you help them cover up the murderer, it means that this case is really related to Hu Weiyong. Bring the man named Shen and the other criminals back to the capital."

"Private interviews in private are no problem," Lao Liu was excited by the proposal. He had watched "Kang Mazi's Secret Hunting in Private" when he was a child. I still look forward to this kind of thing.

"However, my son is among the people, so it is not a problem to collect some public opinions, but how can he get in touch with senior officials at the provincial level?" But he was not stupid, knowing that this would not be able to fulfill his father's instructions.

"Don't worry, Jiangxi Inspector Zeng Tai belongs to the prince and will not get involved with them." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

"Oh? Really?" Lao Liu looked at his elder brother.

"That's right." The prince nodded: "After the Kongyin case, there was a serious shortage of officials in the world, so my father asked me to recommend a group of virtuous people. Zeng Tai was once an official of the East Palace. I knew him fairly well, so I will He was directly promoted from the seventh rank to the third rank as an inspector."

"Damn..." Lao Liuxin said, it seems that personal efforts are really incomparable to the process of history. But if Zeng Tai can be selected by the prince and rise to prominence, he should position himself as a die-hard princeling.

"I will write him a letter and explain the situation to him. If you give me a way to contact him, I will tell him." The prince added.

"Understood." Lao Liu nodded.