The next day, Yuan Xing came to the door to ask to see him, but Ma Xiuying did not see him in private, but led him to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then asked, "Is there anything strange about Zhang Shicheng's corpse?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked confused, "What's wrong?"

Seeing this situation, Yuan Xing knew that Ma Xiuying wanted him to say it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, so he said in a deep voice: "As my sister expected, Zhang Shicheng did not hang himself. ”

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, angry and angry.

"When I buried Zhang Shicheng, I found that there were marks of a heavy blow on the back of his head, and there were blood marks on the front and back of his neck, and there was more than one strangulation mark......"

"Who dared to kill Zhang Shicheng behind my back? Check, you must find out for me! If you find out, you will all be executed!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and he did not claim to be lonely in front of outsiders. He never imagined that anyone would dare to act recklessly and disobey his orders, which would be a naked challenge to his power.

"The prince is angry, don't be angry, wait until the truth is found out. Ma Xiuying hurriedly persuaded that she didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to act impulsively in anger.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed angrily, "I said that I wanted to spare Zhang Shicheng's life, and the perpetrator dared to disobey the yin and the yang, and it was clear that he didn't take me in his eyes." Okay, okay, when I find out who this person is, I'll ask him to go down to accompany Zhang Shicheng. ”

When the news came out that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to thoroughly investigate the cause of Zhang Shicheng's death, the civil and military officials were all rumors and suspicious of each other.

Li Shanchang called Hu Weiyong into the mansion, and without waiting for him to give a salute, a teacup smashed over, "The prince wants to thoroughly investigate the cause of Zhang Shicheng's death, how can this be good?

Hu Weiyong didn't care about the soup on his body, and knelt on the ground with a servile face, "The teacher is angry, the students are indeed arranged, and even the people and students who do it have been dealt with, and I don't know why the news leaked." His eyes flashed, and he whispered: "I heard that this time it was Princess Ma who asked Yuan Xing to bury Zhang Shicheng, and I found out that Zhang Shicheng did not hang himself." Princess Ma used to have some magical powers of cults, but she secretly knew ghosts and gods......"

Li Shanchang shouted without hesitation: "This woman has any magical powers, they are all tricks of pretending to be gods. I am dedicated to the king, but she wants to oppose me. first recruited Liu Ji, and now he instigated the prince to thoroughly investigate the cause of Zhang Shicheng's death. This woman is such a blushing woman!" he said, gritting his teeth, his eyes full of anger. If Ma Xiuying was not Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, I'm afraid he would have found a way to kill him as soon as possible.

Hu Weiyong rarely saw him so angry, and hurriedly persuaded: "The teacher is angry, and the teacher is cautious." ”

Li Shanchang took a deep breath, slowly calmed the anger in his heart, and asked, "How to deal with this matter now? I'm afraid that sooner or later it will find out to you and me." ”

"The teacher can rest assured that the students have made proper arrangements before they come, and it is estimated that someone should have committed suicide in fear of crime at this moment. A hint of treachery flashed in Hu Weiyong's flattering eyes.

"Uh, tell me about it?"

It turned out that Hu Weiyong knew that something was wrong as soon as he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to thoroughly investigate the cause of Zhang Shicheng's death, if it was found out that the culprits were himself and Li Shanchang, maybe Zhu Yuanzhang would take care of the old feelings and spare Li Shanchang, but it is difficult to say whether he can forgive himself. He simply didn't do anything, arranged for someone to hang the guard, poisoned the prison guard, and forged a suicide note from the prison guard who wanted to get rid of the trouble for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Li Shanchang took a long breath after hearing this, and praised: "It's difficult for you to properly handle this matter at a critical moment." ”

"It's all the teacher's careful teaching on weekdays, and the student originally planned to take on this matter alone, but considering that the student still had to saddle up for the teacher, he had no choice but to let the prison prison take the blame. ”

"You have a heart, get up. Li Shanchang's expression became more and more relaxed, and his tone became softened. Suddenly, he remembered something, his face changed suddenly, and he said, "You go back first, I will go to the prince to ask for sin." ”

"Teacher?" Hu Weiyong looked puzzled. Isn't everything arranged, why is this old man still looking for trouble?

"What do you know? That woman dares to ask the prince to investigate the case, there must be a follow-up, how can I stop her mouth if I don't go to ask for the guilt in person. ”

"The teacher is wise, and the students are less than one ten-thousandth of the teacher. ”

Li Shanchang couldn't listen to Hu Weiyong's flattery, and hurried to the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was taking the school Zhu Biao's education, and Ma Xiuying listened to the father and son with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Hearing that Li Shanchang asked to see him, Ma Xiuying's eyes darkened, although she was not fully sure that Zhang Shicheng's death was committed by Li Shanchang, but through the investigation of the guards, this matter is inseparable from Li Shanchang. It's a pity that this person did his best for Zhu Yuanzhang in the past, but now he dares to kill Zhang Shicheng for his own personal anger. Zhu Yuanzhang also knew these things in her heart, but she didn't say in front of Zhu Yuanzhang that Li Shanchang was not, but smiled slightly and said: "Li Xiangguo has worked hard and made great achievements, and he can't take care of rest at this time, it's really hard." Hurry up and deal with political affairs, I will urge Biao'er to study. “

After Zhu Yuanzhang left, Xun Ying looked at Zhu Biao, who was studying hard, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know if the prince will deal with Li Xiangguo like this, why do you still want to help him say good things?"

Ma Xiuying closed the book, "After all, Li Shanchang has followed the prince for many years, and there is no merit and hard work." Compared with Zhang Shicheng, Li Shanchang is the person close to the prince. The prince did not mention this matter with great fanfare, obviously he did not intend to kill Li Shanchang to pay for Zhang Shicheng's life. If I bring it up, the prince will not be able to hold his face, and I don't want to see the prince and the courtiers have a bad relationship, which can be regarded as giving Li Shanchang a chance. Don't mention it again in the future,"

Li Shanchang didn't know that his behavior had already been exposed, and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he knelt down and wept bitterly to ask for guilt, "The prince forgives the sin, Zhang Shicheng's death is the fault of the minister, and the minister should not criticize it in front of others, saying that Zhang Shicheng will leave a future trouble if he does not die, so that the prison prison will kill Zhang Shicheng privately after hearing it." The minister is ashamed of the prince, and the minister is willing to resign from the official, only asking the prince to remember the love that the minister has followed for many years, and spare the minister's life. ”

Hearing Li Shanchang mention the past, the resolute lines on Zhu Yuanzhang's face softened, helped Li Shanchang up, and sighed with a complicated expression: "Li Xiangguo doesn't have to blame himself, you have made a lot of contributions to following isolation over the years." You are single-mindedly lonely, and lonely, you understand. It's all to blame for the prison prisoner's self-righteousness, and now that this person has been punished, this matter will end here. However, Lee Sang-kook must not discuss political affairs in front of others in the future, lest trouble come out of his mouth. ”

"Thank you for the grace of the prince, the minister will keep it in mind, and he will not dare to repeat the mistakes of the past in the future. Li Shanchang stood up tremblingly and bowed out the door. As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave the house, he saw Ma Xiuying coming over, and hurriedly waited on the side to give a salute, "See the princess." ”

Ma Xiuying was silent, looking Li Shanchang up and down, until Li Shanchang's face twitched, and then he said coldly: "If people don't know, unless they don't do it." There are gods three feet above his head, and Li Xiangguo will do it for himself in the future. “

"Thank you for the teaching, Weichen is grateful. Li Shanchang replied nounly, and after leaving the palace and getting into the carriage, he respectfully ground and immediately became gloomy. This woman must have known something, but fortunately, the old man came to ask for the guilt first, so that the prince would not pursue it further. But with this woman here, it is a big trouble after all.