The atmosphere in the entire torture room was extremely depressing.

Those clerks, servants, and catchers all knew that the true god on their heads was in a bad mood, so they were so nervous that they almost didn't dare to breathe, and they couldn't wait to give birth to two more legs to complete the errand that Zhu Wenkui had explained.

Check gambling debts, check.

Door-to-door neighborhood, run.

For Zhang Dongsheng's case, the entire torture room rushed up and down.

The high efficiency was very effective, and it only took two days for Zhu Wenkui to get all the circumstantial evidence in this case.

Ma Xiaobao does owe gambling debts, there are more than a dozen taels of silver, and the amount of this money, in terms of Ma Xiaobao's income, will take at least five or six years, so the motive for extortion already exists.

Then, during the door-to-door visits, we found a few diners who had been drinking in the liquor store that day, and the testimonies of these people were similar, either they did not see it, or they heard the sound of disputes in the private room where Zhang Dongsheng was located, and also heard the movement of throwing benches and moving hands.

The only testimony that can be biased in favor of Ma Xiaobao is that when Ma Xiaobao rolled out of the private room after breaking his leg, Zhang Dong rose out of the private room and kicked Ma Xiaobao, and he was hugged with this kick alone.

The person who hugged Zhang Dongsheng also said such a sentence.

"Big young master, if you beat him, he will lie to you at that time."

From this point of view, Ma Xiaobao's extortion is almost a sure thing.

At this point in the case, Zhu Wenkui completely lost his proportion, and Yu Qian, who was one year younger than him, was also full of sorrow.

At present, Ma Xiaobao is involved in too many crimes.

Theft, frame-up, blackmail!

One of these three crimes is heavier than the other, Daming does not have a competition law, these three items are stacked together, and if you don't kill your head, you will also be assigned to the frontier, build the city wall for a lifetime, and labor reform to death.

If we take into account the addition of the crime of framing and anti-sitting, it is bound to be killed.

"At the moment of the law, is it just because of Ma Xiaobao's identity that he will open the net?"

Zhu Wenkui put his hands into his hair in pain, put his forehead on the cold table, and raised his head suddenly in fright.

Hongu suddenly thought of the master who had been driven away, and he told Hongu.

The best way to deal with this kind of case is to drag it out, and it is really happy to drag it out until the end.

He is right, if the palace drags on, Zhang Dongsheng will not sue, Ma Xiaobao will not have to die and can get a compensation, and the palace and you don't have to suffer so much now, it should really be a happy thing, let the palace be a mess and mess! ”

What is the philosophy of being a human being, and what is the wisdom that can be easily navigated in a muddy and dark society?

It's that master!

The master who was scolded by Zhu Wenkui himself as a waste, and he could only get mud if he didn't achieve anything!

At this time, Zhu Wenkui's despair could even be felt by Yu Qian.

Because as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, a great, the eldest son of the Emperor Jianwen through the ages, he came to Yingtianfu on an errand with confidence, and Zhu Wenkui, who thought that he could carry the girder of governing the country, found that he couldn't even compare with the waste in his mouth!

This is a huge blow to Zhu Wenkui's self-esteem.

This was the first time Yu Qian had seen Zhu Wenkui's roar like this, he was almost stunned when he was young, and his calmness when he took the Lakeside Academy exam was all thrown away by him.

"Otherwise, Your Highness, go to Your Majesty, he will definitely be able to handle this matter."

Looking for the Emperor?

"No way!"

Zhu Wenkui categorically refused without even thinking about it, he couldn't forget Zhu Yunwen's indifference when he returned to the palace that night.

If he returns to the palace now and hands over such a mess to Zhu Yunwen, then even if his experience ends in complete failure, he Zhu Wenkui will definitely not want to lose this face!

"Things can still be done, things can still be done."

Zhu Wenkui kept muttering in his mouth, but even he didn't know what to do about it.

He didn't even know what he wanted.

"Otherwise, let's talk to that Zhang Mazi and ask him to pay some money to Ma Xiaobao, this matter is considered to be pulled down?"

When Zhu Wenkui said this, he saw Yu Qian looking at him stupidly.

"No! Categorically not, Your Highness! ”

Yu Qian grabbed Zhu Wenkui's trembling forearm and begged bitterly.

"You are the eldest son of the emperor, you must not think about reuniting the broken mirror when things have reached such a point.

If you are so weak and unassertive, how can you say it from the mouth of your eldest son, the first candidate of the East Palace!

Even if it is a wrongful and unjust case, this step must not be allowed! ”

Zhu Wenkui sat down in the Taishi chair in a dejected manner, leaned his neck back, pressed against the back of the chair, and his eyes were sluggish.

Emotionally speaking, of course, he is biased towards Ma Xiaobao, he believes that Ma Xiaobao is the victim and a weak person who is bullied by the powerful, but from the perspective of strict law, Ma Xiaobao's only fate is the Ming canonical punishment!

Wronged, wronged!

And myself, is it difficult to be the creator of this unjust case with my own hands now?

Seeing that Zhu Wenkui couldn't make up his mind for a long time, Yu Qian was also helpless, and sighed melancholy: "If Your Highness is ruthless, then go to the palace and find Your Majesty, although the face is damaged, at least, you may be able to save Ma Xiaobao's life." ”

The path of choice was placed in front of Zhu Wenkui at this moment.

On the one hand, it is to find out the real truth to appease one's conscience.

If Zhu Yunwen intervenes, this matter will definitely come to light, even if the final result is indeed Ma Xiaobao's crime, killing him, Zhu Wenkui's conscience will naturally not be painful.

If you don't find out, you will kill, Zhu Wenkui's conscience may worry about this life for many years.

In case he coincidentally knows that he has misjudged the case in the future, Zhu Wenkui feels that he may be uncomfortable for a long time.

So, is dignity more important, or is conscience more important?

Zhu Wenkui was still struggling here, and a servant came in outside the door, which once again blocked Zhu Wenkui.

"My lord, that Zhang Dongsheng is here again to ask how the case is going."

"Let him go!"

Zhu Wenkui suddenly shouted angrily, so frightened that the official couldn't stand still, and sat on the ground with a pop, and then fell out to reply to the letter.

Seeing Zhu Wenkui's appearance, Yu Qian sighed in his heart, and looked sideways at the window, the bright sunshine, how could he melt away the haze that covered the facts and let the truth surface.

"Your Highness is so melancholy and entangled, indecisive, and not for the posture of a monarch, but it can be seen that His Highness's every move is under His Majesty's holy inspection, and it is better to make a decision early."

Yu Qian persuaded again, and saw Zhu Wenkui suddenly looking sideways at him.

"You say that this palace is indecisive and melancholy and entangled?"

The words were like reprimands, but the tone was uncontrollable excitement.

"Indecisive, melancholy and tangled."

Zhu Wenkui jumped up and muttered these two words in his mouth.

"Do you know who Hongu thinks of in these two words?"

Yu Qian was stunned at first, and then his eyes lit up: "Yuan Shao Yuan Benchu!" ”

Zhu Wenkui was suddenly ecstatic: "That day, my father said that Cao Cao was appointed as the lieutenant of the northern part of Luoyang, and he mentioned Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, he didn't mean to allude to who Bengong and Wenqi were like, but to imply who Bengong wanted to be!"

The palace is now like Yuan Shao, indecisive before the choice, Yuan Benchu's indecision eventually led to the fiasco of Guandu, and lost the hope of fighting for the world, and now, the palace is the prince, and Wenqi is also the prince.

If this palace is indecisive and follows Yuan Shao, it will definitely lose the hope of fighting for the world!

Therefore, this palace must not learn from Yuan Shao, and we can't learn from it in character, but we must learn from Emperor Wei Wu in terms of courage and dare to act. ”

Yu Qian was also excited at this time, because at this moment, the two of them had already read through Zhu Yunwen's words.

The emperor never said a word of nonsense!

"What is Cao Cao most famous for? Rather teach me to bear the world, and stop teaching the world to bear me! ”

Zhu Wenkui slammed the table: "It shows that Cao Cao's behavior never looks forward and backward, and he never regrets it afterwards, this is the capital that he can dominate the world." ”

Yu Qian suddenly frowned again.