In the dim and cold cell, there was no light except for a few faint candles hanging on the walls.

It's a candle flame, and it's also weak, as if it could be extinguished at any time.

This is the place where everyone in the Ming Dynasty talks about the color change: the edict!

In this place, you can see dried up, dirty blood stains on every corner and wall, and these solidified, dried and mottled reddish-brown soaks every brick and stone, exuding a disgusting smell of blood all the time.

This was the first time Ma Dajun had seen the Imperial Prison, and his mood was particularly heavy, because he entered as a criminal, sitting on a special prison bench, his wrist stuck in the shackles, and when he moved slightly, he was pained by countless uneven iron sheets.

It's just that Ma Dajun is not completely desperate, and he is even a little grateful to Zhu Yunwen for giving him this 'treatment'.

The edict and prison trial showed that in the emperor's heart, he did not completely beat himself to death.

It's still possible.

In his ears, footsteps sounded, and Ma Dajun raised his head, and by the dim candlelight, he saw several figures approaching.

He saw Zhu Di, who was burly and strong at the beginning, and saw a white-faced, handsome eunuch, who was the most popular close attendant Sun Gonggong beside the emperor.

Then, Ma Dajun also saw three second-grade masters wearing red and purple and wearing pearls and jade.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department are still in the book, and the three law divisions have arrived for the sake of his horse army.

"Let people go first."

Seeing Ma Dajun's haggard face, Zhu Di suddenly frowned and said dissatisfied.

"People have come back from Tianzhu thousands of miles away, so they don't plan to escape, do they use shackles and shackles?"

The Jinyi guards standing in the edict did not move, and their system was destined not to buy Zhu Di, the Yan King, at all.

"Let go of the person and change to a comfortable soft stool."

Still Shuangxi opened his mouth, which can be regarded as giving Zhu Di a face.

"King Yan is the chief judge, this little detail is of course based on what King Yan said."

This is not soft or hard, it can be regarded as a wake-up call for Zhu Di.

Zhu Di smiled, and he didn't bother to choke on Shuangxi, so he stretched out his hand after sitting down.

"Grandpa Sun, please."

The five of them sat down, and Ma Dajun finally broke free from the layers of confinement trapped in his body for two or three days, and was able to stretch his neck and shoulders.

The crackling sound of muscles and bones made Ma Dajun regain a bit of his former heroic appearance.

"The sin general Ma Dajun, thank you to His Royal Highness King Yan, and thank you to Gonggong Sun for his kindness."

"Okay, don't say polite words here, it's quite sparkling."

Shuangxi took care of himself and unfolded a few proclamations, licking the ink and lifting the pen.

"What you should really thank is the emperor, who gave you another chance to confess your guilt.

Dingnanhou, our family hopes that you can truthfully answer the next question, whether you are guilty or not guilty, it is not up to our family to have the final say with King Yan. ”

Zhu Di glanced sideways, and saw that a lot of words were densely written on the proclamation, all of which were information collected by some Jinyi Guards, and his heart suddenly sank.

"The Marquis of Dingnan, the commander of Yunnan, and the commander-in-chief of the Seven Nations Alliance, Ma Dajun, was honored to the second rank of the protector and awarded the rank of general of the dragon and tiger.

The military attache is in the further position of the extremely human minister, leading the pillar country, and the rank of special doctor. ”

After a few sighs of praise, Shuangxi's voice suddenly turned cold.

"Ma Dajun, the intelligence we have collected here has a lot of impeachment about you.

Let me ask first, your silver is 2,000 taels a year, plus several meritorious rewards, and in the past few years, it is only an income of tens of thousands of taels.

However, your Hou Mansion in Yunnan occupies a huge area, the interior is luxurious, there are many strange stones, and there are many rare birds.

Jianwen paid homage to his birthday in the eighth year, and you even invited opera troupes from Huguang and Sichuan, and the flowing water banquet was held for three days and three nights.

Let's explain this question first. ”

Zhu Di's eyebrows jumped suddenly.

Before, he was still puzzled and couldn't understand the emperor's motives, but now as soon as Shuangxi opened his mouth, Zhu Di understood everything.

No wonder the emperor wants to appoint the three law divisions to be tried!

Ma Dajun was not interrogated by the emperor just because of a mere donation of poison.

The all-pervasive Jinyi Guard, there are not a few problems found, and the purpose of the emperor's appointment of the three law divisions is to use the matter of Ma Dajun to beat the chief officer of the three law divisions.

There is nothing in the world that the emperor does not know.

The things that the three legal divisions of the three legal divisions in the country can't find out, the officials of the science and Taoism, and the officials stationed in the local areas can't find out, and Ouchi knows everything clearly.

So, is this also a warning to yourself?

Zhu Di's face was ancient, but his heart was already a ripple.

Now he only feels that Zhu Yunwen, the eldest nephew, is becoming more and more unfamiliar.

"After the establishment of the Yunnan Metropolitan Command Embassy, the expansion of the army was replenished, and the full quota was 100,000 people, but the inventory of the military department has not been full in the past two years.

As soon as this question was raised, Zhu Di changed color.

Empty wages, that is the sin of proper head-killing.

His eyes almost wanted to breathe fire, Zhu Di stared at Ma Dajun viciously, and suddenly slapped the table: "Speak!" ”

"Nothing."

Ma Dajun was very calm and did not panic at this question.

"The replenishment of the Yunnan Metropolitan Division has not been full, and the reason is that it is not easy to select the best, and the last general has always adhered to the regulations of recruitment.

Those who are thin and frail and overage will not be recruited, and they have been fighting in the past few years, dying a group and replenishing a group, and the number of people fluctuates, so this situation will occur.

However, the matter of empty salaries has never been done, and the money that has not been used up every year has been sealed in the treasury of Kunming, which can be testified by the political envoy of Yunnan.

Because of the difficulty of transportation due to geographical reasons, the extra silver was not transported back to Nanjing by the same route. ”

This explanation is unacceptable to Zhu Di.

"Then why doesn't the logistics department receive the relevant transcript of the use of this salary every year?"

"The last general is illiterate, and the last general feels that there are only tens of thousands of taels of empty in a year, so there is no need to make a big deal and ask the logistics department to send a commissioner to count it."

Ma Dajun said in a sullen voice: "When the coalition army conquered Zhangpur, they only plundered the palace, and they got millions of gold and silver, and every time the army used its troops, it gained a lot, and the reward silver sent to the hands of the soldiers and sons was not eighty, but also fifty taels.

In the end, he started from the army, and he knew that a soldier Wu Erlang was bleeding and working hard, and his salary for a year was only twenty taels, so every time the reward was issued, he was personally supervised.

This point can be clarified by the three armed forces for the last general.

A lot of reward silver is not bad, how can the last general be greedy for empty money, this silver, so far is definitely still in the Yunnan treasury, one or two is not short! ”

"That's weird."

Shuangxi laughed: "Since the Marquis of Dingnan is not greedy or ink, how did this Hou Mansion be built?" ”

Da Ming Law does not have the crime of unknown origin of property, but if the explanation is not clear, it is regarded as greedy for ink!

As for the greed for ink, Da Ming's law is very clear:

Peel the skin!