Chongwen Menli Street, Tongfu Inn.

"Arrest this liar to Hongu."

After Zhu Houzhao, who came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, brought the guards of the East Palace and Li Zhaotong here, he made a big commotion.

He first asked the guards of the East Palace to surround the Tongfu Inn, and then, with the frightened expressions of the shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and the customers of the Tongfu Inn, he rushed into the second floor of the inn with the guards and took control of the room where the merchant Ahmad Azam and his entourage lived.

Then, Ahmad Azamu and his entourage were all captured by the guards of the East Palace.

Ahmad Azam and his entourage were willing to resist, but under this encirclement, he could not escape.

He and his retinue were all firmly bound.

"Let's go!"

Zhu Houzhao came and went quickly, and after arresting Ahmad Azamu and his entourage, he was ready to take the people back to the East Palace for interrogation.

"Your Highness, I am a state of etiquette, it is inappropriate for you to treat Hu Shang like this!"

Zhu Houzhao and Li Zhaotong were about to leave, when suddenly, a voice came from behind them.

"Where did you come from, dare to interfere with the palace's case?"

"In the subordinate office, Mu Yangquan is signed."

"Clerk's Office?"

Zhu Houzhao was not very familiar with the official institutions of the Ming Dynasty, so he looked at the jack-of-all-trades Li Zhaotong:

"Li Er, what is this guest office for?"

"It should be an institution under the Honglu Temple, and I don't know the specific ministers."

"Your Highness, the slave knows."

Zhang Yong took over the conversation,

"The Sibin Office is the official office under the Honglu Temple, mainly responsible for teaching the envoys of the vassal state the etiquette when they come to the court, and this Sibin Office is the highest official position of the Sibin Office, which is the ninth product."

When it came to Zheng Jiupin, Zhang Yong deliberately glanced at this Mu Yangquan meaningfully.

And Zhu Houzhao was immediately angry when he heard Zhang Yong say that the Si Guest Agency only had the level of Zheng Jiupin:

"Dog, you are a small sesame official of the first and ninth grades, and you dare to interfere with the handling of the case in this palace, you are tired of being crooked, right?"

"Your Highness, you can kill, not be humiliated!"

Mu Yangquan straightened his body, and the whole person became righteous and awe-inspiring, he wished that Zhu Houzhao would kill him, so that he could go down in history with the body of a mere nine grades.

Later generations will definitely comment on him like this: Mu Yangquan, the director of the Sibin Agency, is not afraid of power and is straightforward.

"Okay! It's easy for you to die, take him with you, and this palace wants him to die clearly! ”

Zhu Houzhao is a talented person, how can he not guess Mu Yangquan's plan, in his eyes, this Mu Yangquan is a typical speculator, and he, Zhu Houzhao, hates this kind of speculator the most.

Therefore, he definitely let this Mu Yangquan die clearly.

……

Forbidden City, Canopy Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was criticizing some pieces in Zhu, when Xiao Jing hurriedly came in:

"Your Majesty, the factory guard has sent news that His Royal Highness and Li Zhao have arrested a Hu merchant in an inn on Chongwenmenli Street, and in addition, they have also arrested the Si Bin's Agency.

This matter has spread all over the capital, and it is said that the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, the Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy, and even the officials of the Honglu Temple are all preparing to impeach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at tomorrow's court meeting. ”

"Why is this rebel doing nonsense again? Why did you bring Li Zhaotong with you? ”

Emperor Hongzhi is much angry, and he is used to it, and now Zhu Houzhao has made such an outrageous behavior, so that Emperor Hongzhi will not let Emperor Hongzhi scold the bastard angrily with the imperial case, his mentality, after being ravaged by Zhu Houzhao countless times, has become much calmer.

"Your Majesty, it is said that it was Hu Shang who deceived His Highness, and His Royal Highness took people to the inn where Hu Shang settled and took the person, and it just so happened that the Si Guest Office happened to dine in this inn, he may feel that His Royal Highness's behavior of treating Hu Shang so roughly is inappropriate, or he may want to gain a reputation for being a direct admonition, so he stood up and contradicted His Highness."

Xiao Jing didn't add any oil and vinegar, he just reported truthfully after a little analysis according to the information he got, and even favored Zhu Houzhao, saying that Mu Yangquan wanted to gain a reputation for being a direct admonition.

After all, he had to think about his future.

In the last seafood banquet, Xiao Jing knew that he had offended the prince miserably, and Emperor Hongzhi only had a son like Zhu Houzhao, so he was also trying to make up for it.

"Let's go, follow me to the East Palace to have a look."

Xiao Jing's analysis, Emperor Hongzhi will not listen to everything, he has to have his own thinking, otherwise, he will be led by the nose by the eunuchs, which is unacceptable to him.

……

East Palace.

Zhu Houzhao had a good time, he asked the people of the East Palace to set up a private public hall here according to the layout of the yamen, and let the guards of the East Palace play the role of catching fast, holding the killing stick, standing on both sides.

And he sat in the position of chief judge with Li Zhao.

"Bang!"

Zhu Houzhao knocked on the shocked wood, looked at Ahmad Azamu, and asked fiercely:

"Dog thing, say, why are you lying to Hongu?"

"Venerable Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, Ahmet did not deceive you, I am really from the distant land of Persia."

Ahmad Azamu was able to travel thousands of miles to Daming, in addition to his luck and courage, he also has the shrewdness and cunning unique to a businessman, so his acting skills are good, and from his expression, it is not at all obvious that he is lying.

"Fuck your shit!"

"Bang!"

Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he was shocked again,

"Abu Saeed Mirza has been dead for almost twenty years, and you lied to the palace that you wanted to buy a glass mirror to dedicate to Abu Saeed Mirza, the emperor of your Timurid Empire, and you know nothing about the outside world?

You liar, don't you tell me where you came from, your real identity information, and how you came to my Daming, and truthfully recruit you! ”

"I didn't expect that in this closed Ming Dynasty, there were people who knew that Abu Saeed Mirza, the emperor of Timur, had been dead for almost twenty years."

After the lie was exposed, Ahmad Azam became calm,

"Alright! I don't pretend, I'm not from the country of Timur, but from the great Ottoman Empire! That is, what you Ming Dynasty people called Lu Miguo. ”

"Ahmed, how can you lie to me?!"

Hearing Ahmad Azamu admit that he really deceived Zhu Houzhao, Mu Yangquan's mentality collapsed, now, he can't leave his name in history, nine times out of ten, he was cut down by the prince, and no one will collect the body.

Because, no one likes speculators, especially this speculator, who is still deceived by people.

"Mu Yangquan, my brother, Ahmad has not completely deceived you, at least, my name Ahmad Azamu is true."

This Ahmad Azam did not feel any guilt towards Mu Yangquan in his heart, because, including this Mu Yangquan, many officials in Daming accepted bribes from him.

In his opinion, these Ming officials accepted bribes from him, and his relationship with these Ming officials was a purely transactional relationship, and there was no emotion.