Shocking! This was Li Jie's first reaction after learning what Zhu Fan had done in Xi'an.

As a prince, Zhu Fan not only has a heavy army, but can even control the local officials, it can be said that he is the emperor of Xi'an, he can do whatever he wants, and the local officials not only dare not stop him, but also try his best to cooperate, for example, when Zhu Fan first arrived in Xi'an, he requisitioned thousands of people to build the Qin Palace.

Even this incident alarmed Lao Zhu, so Lao Zhu personally wrote a letter to scold him, and clearly told Zhu Fan in the letter that he should dismiss the people and stop the construction of the palace.

But Zhu Fan didn't think so, and still ordered people to build a large number of buildings, not only built the palace, but also built several other courtyards, causing countless people to die of exhaustion, and even forcibly seized the people's land and houses, etc., and recruited the people's women into the house as slaves, etc., which can be said to be extremely domineering.

Now Li Jie finally knows why the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty in history are so hated, and even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng even chopped King Fu as a snack, because even if the vassal kings of later generations have no military power, they can still fish the people, not to mention Zhu Zhang, a vassal king with military power, he is simply a trumpet tyrant in Xi'an!

Zhu Biao's face has been very gloomy in the past few days, and even because of Zhu Zhang's matter, he can't care about investigating other aspects of Xi'an Mansion, but Li Jie can also see that Zhu Biao is actually very entangled, and he doesn't know how to deal with Zhu Zhang's matter.

In the afternoon of this day, Li Jie accompanied Zhu Biao to Chang'an County under the rule of Xi'an Mansion to inspect, when the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an reached its peak, the entire Chang'an City was divided into two with Zhuque Street as the boundary, of which the east of the city is Wannian County, and the west of the city is Chang'an County, but Wannian County has changed several times, and now even the name has changed, and Chang'an County has always been the same.

Originally, according to the plan, Zhu Biao wanted to inspect the commerce, taxation, and public security of Chang'an County, and the Chang'an County Commander also personally accompanied him, but Zhu Biao was not in the mood, and came to the county government after a few turns, and then planned to take some paperwork and take it back to read it slowly.

However, at this moment, the Chang'an County Commander who accompanied Zhu Biao suddenly knelt on the ground, and saluted Zhu Biao with a solemn face: "The minister has something to report to His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"What's the matter?" Zhu Biao was also stunned when he saw the actions of this county order, this county order's surname is Li, and Li Jie is the same clan, only in his forties, his hair and beard are half white, he was also quite shrewd and capable just now, and Chang'an County was also governed by him in an orderly manner, which is a rare talent.

"Please let His Highness step back from the left and right, otherwise the minister will not dare to speak!" I saw that Li Xianling looked at the left and right, this is the county government, and the people from the county government dare not approach, but there are still many people brought by Zhu Biao on the left and right.

Zhu Biao also frowned when he heard this, a county order actually asked him to let the people on the left and right step down, this request was a bit too much, but Zhu Biao was a benevolent person after all, and he saw that Li County's expression was solemn, and it seemed that there was really something extremely important to report, which made him finally wave away everyone, leaving only Li Jie and a few personal guards.

Li Xianling knew Li Jie's identity, and of course he didn't expect Zhu Biao to really see him alone, so after the others retreated, he saw him take out a thick document from his arms and present it to Zhu Biaodao: "The minister wants to denounce the ten sins of King Qin, and ask His Royal Highness the Prince to uphold justice for the people of Xi'an!" ”

Hearing that Li County's order was actually to sue Zhu Zhang, Zhu Biao also showed a tangled look again, looking at the accusation in the other party's hand, he didn't know whether to accept it or not for a while?

Li Xianling saw that Zhu Biao did not accept the crime in his hand, and immediately showed an anxious look, and then spoke again: "The minister wants to sue the king of Qin for the ten major crimes, one of the crimes: deceiving the king, His Majesty King Qin stopped building the palace and other projects, but the king of Qin did not listen at all, but instead built a large number of buildings. According to the minister's investigation, in the past ten years, there have been 376 people who have died directly in the Qin Wangfu, and the lives indirectly killed by the Qin Wangfu are incalculable......"

Li Xianling recited all of Zhu Zhang's crimes, and it can be seen that he personally verified and wrote down these charges, in fact, Zhu Biao also knew that these things should be true, because this is basically the same as what they found recently.

In fact, Zhu Zhang's crimes are far more than that, he even did not let go of the local officials, the local officials in Xi'an were almost afraid of Zhu Zhang, dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, Li County ordered a seven-grade petty official, even dared to sue Zhu Fan in front of Zhu Biao, this courage is indeed very rare.

However, Zhu Biao is not Zhu Yuanzhang after all, everyone praises him for his benevolence, but this kind of benevolence is both an advantage and a disadvantage, for example, he has too much affection for Zhu Zhang's younger brothers, and Zhu Biao has made mistakes many times, but Zhu Biao can't bear to see them punished and plead for them, although this is a qualified brother, but he has not been able to be a qualified prince.

It is precisely because of this that when Zhu Biao heard Li County's order to count Zhu Zhang's crimes, the expression on his face became more and more entangled, if he took this crime, then Zhu Fan would be punished, but he couldn't be ruthless, if he didn't take it, it would disappoint the people of the world, as the prince, he couldn't make decisions for the people, which also violated his conscience all along.

It can be said that Zhu Biao is now in a dilemma, on the one hand, the feelings between brothers, on the other hand, the laws of the Ming Dynasty and his conscience, which makes him unable to make a choice for a while.

But in the end, feelings still prevailed over conscience, I saw Zhu Biao silently turned around, turned his back to Li Xianling, and said nothing, and had no intention of receiving the charge, obviously he really couldn't bear to punish Zhu Zhang, maybe in the eyes of others, Zhu Biao seemed too selfish, but no one is perfect, Zhu Biao is not a saint, he can't be a real selfless.

Li Xianling also showed a desperate look when he saw Zhu Biao's performance, and today he took the risk to sue Zhu Zhang, in fact, he was fighting to the death, because if this news spread, I am afraid that he will face Zhu Zhang's cruel revenge, and then not only him, but even his family will be unable to escape death!

However, at this moment, Li Jie, who had been silent next to him, suddenly stepped forward, and then stretched out his hand to Li Xianling and said, "Give me the charge!" ”

As soon as Li Jie's words came out, not only Li Xianling was stunned, but even Zhu Biao, who had his back to them, was stunned, and then turned around suddenly, looking at Li Jie with an incredulous expression, he didn't know why Li Jie took over this Zhu Zhang's guilt?

"Li Ban reads your ......" Li Xianling quickly came to his senses, and looked at Li Jie with a look of disbelief at this time, although Li Jie's identity is not ordinary, but he is not the prince after all, even if he accepts the crime, I am afraid that he has no right to punish Zhu Zhang, the prince.

"Li County ordered you not to ask more, you just need to hand over the charges to me, and you don't have to worry about the rest of the matter!" Li Jie reached out and took the charge in his hand, and then carefully put it in his arms.

"This ......"

Li Xianling still had some doubts in his heart when he saw Li Jie take the charges away, but Li Jie smiled slightly at this time: "Li Xianling rest assured, this matter is only known to me, His Highness, and a few guards around him, and it will definitely not be spread out, please go back!" ”

Li Jie said and made a gesture of please, which made Li Xianling have to retreat, but when he left, he also turned his head again and again, with a worried look on his face, after all, his current net worth and life are all in the hands of Li Jie.

When Li Xianling just retreated, Zhu Biao finally couldn't help but ask, "Li Jie, what are you doing?" ”

"As an official of the Zhan Mansion, the minister is exercising his duties!" Li Jie smiled calmly.

"What duty?" Zhu Biao said with some annoyance, after all, he didn't want to accept Zhu Zhang's accusation, but Li Jie followed, which was simply a slap in his face.

"As an official of the Zhan Mansion, it is my responsibility to correct the mistakes committed by the crown prince!" Li Jie looked at Zhu Biaodao calmly, but unceremoniously pointed out Zhu Biao's mistake in his words.

"You ......" Zhu Biao was also angry when he heard this, he wanted to get angry but was a little weak-hearted, after all, he was indeed at fault in this matter, thinking of this, his face once again showed a tangled look.

Seeing Zhu Biao's appearance, Li Jie couldn't help but sigh, and then stepped forward again and saluted: "Your Highness is a person who values feelings, and I will not force Your Highness to really punish King Qin, but this crime may as well be accepted by the ministers first, and Your Highness should give yourself a chance to regret it!" ”

Hearing Li Jie say this, Zhu Biao hesitated again and again and finally nodded, which was regarded as acquiescing to Li Jie's words, and then he ordered the guards that today's affairs must not be allowed to be spread outside, so he left Chang'an County with Li Jie.

There is an old saying called "Blessing is unparalleled, and disaster is not a single line", after the matter of Li County's complaint, Zhu Biao no longer had the heart to go out to inspect, so he took people back to the Qin Palace, ready to calm down alone.

However, just when Zhu Biao returned to his residence, Li Jie was also about to say goodbye, but someone suddenly reported that it was the royal doctor Wang who asked to see him, and this Wang imperial doctor was the imperial doctor who came with Zhu Biao from the capital.

Zhu Biao thought that the royal physician wanted to report Zhu Zhang's condition, so he immediately summoned him in, and soon saw the royal physician with white hair walking in quickly, but his face was a little strange at this time, as if he was a little apprehensive and hesitant.

"The minister would rather meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" After the imperial doctor Wang came in, he also immediately saluted Zhu Biao.

"No need to be polite, Imperial Doctor Wang, you came to see me, did you find out anything about the second brother's illness?" Zhu Biao asked eagerly, although he knew that Zhu Fan had done a lot of wrong things, Zhu Biao still couldn't let go of this flesh and blood affection.

I saw that the imperial doctor showed a hesitant expression again, and then finally gritted his teeth and said: "Prince Qiqi, the ministers are not here for the illness of King Qin, but for the illness of Princess Qin!" ”