Zhu Yuanzhang's decree reached all the Cointreau, even if he was not promoted, Zhu Yuanzhang's order still made many officers frightened, after all, the emperor ordered, even if it is not a holy decree, there is the majesty of a holy decree, Zhu Yuanzhang's words made many officers tremble, most of them did not dare to take this responsibility, for fear that there would be such an assassin in their army.

The most nervous person is General Lan Yu, can he not be nervous? He understood that Hu Weiyong had borrowed a sharpshooter from his army, and according to the description, the sharpshooter in his army was now missing, and Hu Weiyong did not ask him to find out the purpose of the borrower.

"Report to the general, there is a lack of archers in the army, and the subordinates can't find the whereabouts of the archers in the entire army, could it be that the assassins will be the archers in our army?" A subordinate knelt down on one knee in front of Lan Yu to report to Lan Yu, Lan Yu's face turned pale, he understood that if this was found out, it would be a black cauldron falling from the sky for him.

At present, the great enemy, Lan Yu is eager for military exploits, if because of one of his archers who becomes an assassin who assassinates His Majesty's important person, then his career will be affected, the assassin's Lan Yu hates Hu Weiyong a little, who is not good to provoke, but provokes His Majesty will issue a holy decree.

"Sold Prime Minister Hu Cheng! When the pigeons were sent to the palace, they said that the archers were borrowed by Hu Weiyong, and they didn't know anything else. Lan Yu thought for a moment and said, he wanted to help Hu Weiyong hide it, but he understood that as long as His Majesty insisted on investigating this matter thoroughly, he would definitely find out his head, then he would not be so easy to fool the past, now that he was assigned, the war was imminent, this was a good time to make military merits, and he didn't want his career to be affected because of Hu Weiyong.

Lan Yu's subordinates listened to the order, stuffed an urgent letter on the lap of the flying pigeon, the flying pigeon messenger is their fastest way to get in touch, Lan Yu is about to go on an expedition, but I don't want to just poke a moth out, although Lan Yu has a great relationship with Hu Weiyong, but Hu Weiyong is the prime minister, he is just an unfamous general, if you help Hu Weiyong hide it, it is obvious which Zhu Yuanzhang will abandon.

The flying pigeon flew quickly towards the palace, Ma Sanbao couldn't sleep at night, and now he wanted to understand the identity of the assassin, and he couldn't sleep because he couldn't understand who did it.

"Young Master Ma, Your Majesty has summoned you, urgent!" Outside Zhu Di's mansion, the prince rode his horse in a hurry, this eunuch is the eunuch Ma Sanbao has seen the most during this time, and many urgent things are told by this eunuch, when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang urgently summoning himself, Ma Sanbao understood that the previous assassination incident should have progressed.

"It's coming!" Ma Sanbao was extremely excited, he didn't care about waking up the sleeping Zhu Di, and hurriedly got on the fast horse of the prince and galloped all the way to the palace.

In the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the main hall, a carrier pigeon sat on his shoulder, if the pigeon was replaced with a parrot, Zhu Yuanzhang had a bit of pirate taste, the emperor stared angrily at Hu Pengju and Hu Weiyong father and son who knelt down in the hall, after he watched the flying pigeon pass the message, he became more and more confused why the prime minister father and son in front of him would target Ma Sanbao, who was important to him, but Ma Sanbao, who was a nine-rank official, could use the prime minister's father and son to send assassins to assassinate him?

"Your Majesty, Marven and here!" The prince took Ma Sanbao into the hall, just entered the hall, Ma Sanbao saw the prime minister Hu Weiyong and his son kneeling in the center, the father and son did not dare to speak, among them, Hu Pengju was even more trembling, he hated Lan Yu even more after learning that His Majesty Lan Yu had sold their father and son.

The moment Ma Sanbao stepped into the hall, Hu Pengju turned around and knelt down in front of Ma Sanbao, "Wenhe, this matter doesn't matter about my father, it's all my problem, and I, Hu Pengju, am willing to take responsibility for this assassination alone." ”

Hu Pengju pulled Ma Sanbao's trouser leg, tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, this young master did not have the appearance of being arrogant and arrogant, and the appearance of groveling made Ma Sanbao a little difficult to adapt, but as soon as he heard that Hu Pengju was the mastermind of the assassination, Ma Sanbao's heart ignited with anger, he thought that he didn't know Hu Pengju for the first time he assassinated, and the other party actually invited an assassin to assassinate him, what kind of grudge is this?

"Your Majesty, the minister wonders, I didn't know Hu Pengju and Prime Minister Hu Weiyong when I was assassinated for the first time, why did the assassins assassinate me one after another? What exactly did I do? Ma Sanbao was puzzled, he didn't care about Hu Pengju who was holding his thigh, but asked Zhu Yuanzhang for advice.

"In this matter, you have to ask their father and son in person, their father and son are the masterminds, and I don't know." Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said, he didn't give Hu Weiyong and Hu Peng a good face, since the assassination happened, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely disappointed in Hu Weiyong, and he also knew that Hu Weiyong had framed many political enemies who were unfavorable to him before, but he Zhu Yuanzhang's important and ungrown Jiupin official position was framed by the prime minister, which should have been a relationship that could not be beaten by eight poles.

"Because I'm jealous! I'm jealous that you can be valued by the Fourth Highness Zhu Di! He blows you to the gods, and my career will be affected in the future! So I want to get rid of you, all this because I was blinded by jealousy, and don't blame my father, he doesn't know anything about it. Hu Pengju looked at Ma Sanbao nervously, he hoped that Ma Sanbao would intercede for his father Zhu Yuanzhang, however, Ma Sanbao looked at the father and son coldly, since the banquet, Hu Pengju has made things difficult for himself everywhere, and even ridiculed himself in the Qinglou, he thought that it was just because of the conflict between him and His Royal Highness Zhu Di, but he didn't expect that Hu Pengju was targeted by Hu Pengju when he was recommended by Zhu Di for the first time.

"You pleaded with your father, but did you ever think that your father wanted to use the official position of prime minister to suppress me in the government? I don't believe you when you say that this matter is not your father's involvement, I heard the prince say that the archers who were assassinated this time were borrowed by your father Hu Weiyong from General Lanyu, if it weren't for my life, I would have died four times! Ma Sanbao said in a deep voice, for the first time since he came to this world, he was angry, he broke free of Hu Pengju, who was holding his thigh, "If I hadn't invented the telescope, I would have been shot by that assassin a long time ago, who will pay my life?" ”

"This matter really has nothing to do with my father, my father just borrowed the archers for me to find General Lan Yu, and I don't know anything else!" Hu Pengju's words were crying, he reached out and wanted to hug Ma Sanbao's thigh, Ma Sanbao shook him off early, ran to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and bowed down.

The main hall was extraordinarily quiet, except for Hu Pengju who looked desperate and Hu Weiyong who was expressionless, Zhu Yuanzhang leaned on the dragon chair with great interest, waiting for the resentful Ma Sanbao to deal with the father and son in front of him.

Ma Sanbao pondered for a moment, and then he spoke, "Please Your Majesty, be sure to severely punish Hu Pengju, Hu Weiyong and his son!" ”

"Good! Good! Good! I'm just waiting for you to say that you will be punished! I've also been assassinated, and I naturally have zero tolerance for assassins! Assassination, for me, you did this very fairly, I hate assassination the most, if today I am the most important thing is Ma Wenhe, you kill, tomorrow there will be Li Wenhe, Zheng Wenhe, Wang Wenhe will appear? Can't you kill them all? Then I'm Ming, isn't there no talent here? Just a group of you people, doing small actions down there every day, really I don't know anything? Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, and his eloquent narration was worthy of the identity of a generation of emperors, "If I provoke you, won't you move to my head?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare!" Hu Weiyong said nervously, this assassination, he is also a helper, without him to take the line, Hu Pengju is impossible to transfer troops from Lan Yu, he doesn't want his son to be a scapegoat, but Hu Pengju is too positive, he has not known how to say, "The minister is willing to tell the truth, this matter has nothing to do with Pengju, Your Majesty, please punish the minister, don't implicate Pengju, whether it is deprivation of official position or imprisonment, I Hu Weiyong has nothing to say." ”

"You will intercede for your son, I don't understand a little, which one of your father and son is doing, of course, I have no right to promise you, I handed over the judgment to Wen He, Wen He said that he would severely punish you and others, then he would be severely punished!"

"From today on, Hu Weiyong will be demoted to a higher rank, return home to reflect, Hu Pengju will be put in prison, and he will be beheaded on a certain day!" Zhu Yuanzhang said lazily, waved his hand, and motioned to the surrounding officials to take the father and son away.

"Your Majesty, Hu Weiyong's sentence is light." Ma Sanbao said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "I suspect that Hu Weiyong is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason, disrespecting the law of the country and disrespecting His Majesty. ”

The reason why Hu Weiyong was not let go was not that Ma Sanbao didn't want to let go, but that history did not allow it, Hu Weiyong would die in another year, and at the time of this assassination, Hu Weiyong did not ask about the beheading, but was demoted and put back in the house, how to convict Hu Weiyong in the future? In his heart, Hu Weiyong is a person who will die, and it is actually the same to die this year and next year, but this treatment of being demoted to a higher level is contrary to the capital crime.

"I don't want to lose people's hearts, he is my minister, accompany me to the world, my throne, he has merit, if he is executed for the assassination, then it will not be a tongue, although it is said that the grass is cut and the roots are removed, but Wenhe, have you ever heard of boiling frogs in warm water? Deal with the prime minister, don't be in a hurry, first take off his official position, and deal with it slowly in the future, he is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason, I also have some suspicions, but the evidence is insufficient. Zhu Yuanzhang said to Ma Sanbao, everything is actually under Zhu Yuanzhang's control, Ma Sanbao sincerely admires Zhu Yuanzhang, worthy of a generation of kings, Ma Sanbao never thought that Zhu Yuanzhang had murderous intentions towards Hu Weiyong.

According to the course of history, Hu Weiyong should have been reported to death by other officials, and now, history seems to have deceived Ma Sanbao, and he was played with by the history he is most familiar with, so that he has to face up to the generation of emperors in front of him again.