The drum tower not far away beat the forbidden drum, the three-way drum curfew is about to begin, the military officials of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division ordered the onlookers to return to the house, Zhang Yuan asked Qin Minping and Ma Xianglin to hurry back to the hall, he wanted to stay concerned about the case, when the situation in Liaodong is becoming more and more dangerous, the importance of North Korea to the Ming Dynasty can not be ignored, this case must be investigated, if it is really the North Korean envoy who hurts people's lives, then of course it must be punished according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, if the North Korean envoy is framed, then the mastermind behind the scenes can never be these restaurant guys, The shopkeeper in the green robe is so simple, there must be something strange in it, and there must be a big secret hidden behind it-

The current king of North Korea, Li Hui, is the fifteenth monarch of the Joseon Dynasty, Li Hui is the second son of the former king Xuanzu Li Hao, born in the third year of Wanli, his succession experience is very tortuous, Wanli 20 years, Renchen rebellion broke out, the Japanese Konishi Yukin, Kuroda Nagamasa led the army to capture Wangjing Hancheng, Li Hui's eldest brother Linhai Jun Li Jue and younger brother Shunhejun Li Kun were captured, Xuanzu Li Hao rushed to Pyongyang, ordered the seventeen-year-old Li Hui to temporarily take charge of state affairs, Li Hui was young and old, not chaotic, with the assistance of the minister Li Erzhan and others, collected the defeated soldiers and the rebel army, called on the king of Tongguo Qin, so that the fallen Korean people saw hope, and then the Ming army aided the DPRK, and the Japanese army fought fiercely several times, the Japanese army withdrew from Wangjing in April of the following year, retreated to Busan, began to negotiate peace, and the two captured Korean princes were immediately returned-

After the rebellion subsided, Xuanzu Li Hao intended to set up Li Hui as the son, because Queen Renmu had no heirs, so it was okay to set up a concubine, according to the ancient precept of the eldest son of the eldest son of Linhai Jun Li Jue as the son, but Linhai Jun Li Jue had been a prisoner of the Japanese ranks, cowardly and incompetent, and lost his prestige, and Guanghai Jun Li Hui was supported by the powerful ministers during the regent state affairs, so Xuanzu Li Hao went to the Ming court in the twenty-third year of Wanli and asked for the canonization of Li Hui as the son, and it was the most fierce time when the battle for the Ming Dynasty was the most intense. The Wanli Emperor intended to appoint the emperor's second son, the later Fuwang Zhu Changxun, as the crown prince, but most of the ministers in the court supported the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo. However, on the cusp of this storm, North Korea asked for the canonization of Li Hui, the second son of Shu, as the son, and the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty refused to canonize it on the grounds of "inheriting the righteousness of the unification, the elders and the young are divided, and it is not appropriate to make mistakes"-

From the twenty-third year of Wanli to the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, the death of Li Hao, the king of Xuanzu, in the fourteenth year of North Korea, the fourth time on the table to request the canonization of Guanghai Jun Li Hui as the son, but the Ming court just refused to canonize, Guanghai Jun Li Hui was extremely resentful of the Ming Dynasty, and in the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the Ming Emperor, was finally established as the crown prince after 16 years of national capital dispute. Queen Renmu gave birth to a son-in-law in the 34th year of Wanli. According to the etiquette system, this baby should be set up as the son, Li Hui's anxiety and resentment can be imagined, after the death of his father Li Hao in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli. Li Hui ascended the throne as the prince without the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, and the above table of the Ming Dynasty claimed to be "the right to act as a state affair" and requested canonization. Emperor Wanli hated his monopoly and ignored it at first, but later considered that Korea was friendly with the Ming Dynasty, and Nurhachi was already getting stronger and stronger, and he needed North Korea to contain Jianzhou to protect the northeast, so he didn't have to canonize Li Hui as the king of Korea on the grounds that foreign countries and distant countries did not need to ask for Chinese etiquette -

Li Hui can also be regarded as a victim of the Ming Dynasty dispute, fourteen years of the son of the wrong position, caused psychological distortion, soon after the throne to his greatest threat to the throne of the brother Linhai Jun, the brother of the same mother, killed him. It was also announced that Queen Renmu was the abolished concubine, and in the forty-second year of Wanli, the younger brother Yongchang Dajun who was born to Queen Renmu was not yet ten years old, so that he felt that his throne was stable, and Li Hui ascended the throne after the tribute to the Ming Dynasty was the same as his father, and the envoys traveled several times a year, including the winter solstice envoy (He Winter Solstice), the Zheng Dynasty envoy (He New Year's Day), the Holy Festival envoy (the emperor's birthday), the Qianqiu envoy (the birthday of the crown prince), the year coin envoy (into the New Year's coin), if the Ming Emperor ascended the throne or the crown prince canonized. North Korea will also send envoys, in addition to thanksgiving envoys, envoys, etc., and the Ming Dynasty is extremely close, but this is only in the Ming Dynasty's strong situation, Guanghai Jun Li Hui has grievances and dissatisfaction with the Ming court and has to be patient. And once Daming encounters a crisis, Li Hui will never be unconditionally loyal to Daming. Others can't see this clearly, but Zhang Yuan is clear, the battle of Salhu, the Ming court asked the North Korean army to send troops to help suppress, Guanghaijun repeatedly prevaricated, Chen Bing Yizhou border refused to move forward, it was the commander of the aid to the DPRK who was now Yang Hao, who was now the commander of Liaodong Jingluo, severely reprimanded, Guanghaijun ordered Jiang Hongli to lead 13,000 soldiers to help the war, Jiang Hongli sent troops to Li Hui's secret order, Li Hui asked Jiang Hongli to lead the army to change the back and act with the camera, so the more than 10,000 Korean troops did not fight to the death with the Eight Banners Army like the three-way Ming army led by Juniper, Ma Lin, and Liu Wei. Soon surrendered, of course, these Korean troops are the end of the death battle and the annihilation of the whole army, and it cannot change the situation of the battle in Salhu, the key is also the Ming Dynasty's four-way army horses-

It is already the end of the forty-fourth year of Wanli, only more than two years have passed since the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin National Fortune, Zhang Yuan feels a heavy pressure, he wants to use all favorable factors to adjust them to the best, but unfortunately, his right to speak in the imperial court is still very limited, he can not let many things go with his wishes, but as long as there is a chance, he has to work very hard to do it, and now this North Korean envoy is involved in a murder case, and he must find out clearly, punish the guilty, redress the wrongs, and must not fall into the trap of others......

"Hey, you three don't leave quickly, it's curfew!"

Two soldiers and horses came over to drive away Zhang Yuan's master and servant, and the Jinyi Wei Baihu surnamed Zhen who was on duty at Daming Gate had already arrived, and was questioning a few Koreans, and was preparing to go to the scene of Weitai Restaurant to understand the situation at that time-

Zhang Yuan saw that this Zhen Baihu was familiar, and he often saw each other when he entered and exited the Thousand Steps Corridor, and he didn't know his surname Zhen before, so he walked over and arched his hand: "Zhen Baihu-"

This Zhen Baihu has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his body is strong, he looked at Zhang Yuan fixedly, and his originally solemn expression suddenly smiled, and he also said politely: "Zhang Xiu, why are you here?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I sent my friends to pass by here, and when I saw these North Korean envoys being chased and beaten, I asked a few words - I want to follow Zhen Baihu to the restaurant to have a look, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Zhen Baihu said: "Very good, please ask Zhang Xiushu to accompany these three North Korean envoys, and a civil official is also easy to speak." ”

Zhang Yuan arched his hand to the red-robed man and said, "Envoy Liu, Zhang Yuan, the official of the Lower Hanlin Academy." ”

The red-robed man was in his forties, with a long narrow face, hanging eyes, and a short beard, and he looked extremely unhappy because he was involved in the murder, and said with a reluctant smile: "In Xialiu Dongming, I have heard of Zhang Zhuangyuan's name for a long time, and I am fortunate to meet it." ”

This Liu Dongming's Nanjing official dialect is far less fluent than the clerical official Jin Zhongqing, Zhang Yuan said: "I will accompany Liu Envoy to the restaurant to have a look, if there is any hidden situation, please ask Liu Envoy to speak clearly." ”

Liu Dongming was obviously still angry at what someone in the crowd said, "Guanghaijun is not in the right position, and his ministers are all well-dressed beasts", and said loudly: "There is no hidden secret below, it is these restaurant men who want to frame us and others." ”

At this time, the onlookers had dispersed, and the three guys from Weitai Restaurant stood next to the dead body on the door panel, and one of the men argued: "How dare the villains frame people, this person's life is at stake, and the villains dare not talk nonsense." ”

Deputy envoy Xu Yun and scrivener Jin Zhongqing hurriedly comforted Liu Dongming, nothing more than believing that the Ming Law would return their innocence, then Jin Zhongqing asked Zhang Yuan to uphold justice, so as not to damage the dignity of their Uncle Liu-

Zhang Yuan saw the blue-robed shopkeeper standing by the door of the restaurant, so he asked the brocade guard to call the shopkeeper over, and the shopkeeper said repeatedly: "The villain doesn't know and doesn't dare to talk nonsense." ”

Zhang Yuan said lightly: "You don't know, why did you come over and insult the North Korean envoy just now?" ”

The shopkeeper in the green robe was taken aback, and then said: "The villain was angry when he saw that the guy in the store died, so he scolded a few words, but he didn't know the truth. ”

Zhang Yuan asked, "How did you scold?" ”

The shopkeeper in the green robe bowed his head and said: "It is to scold the Korean barbarians for killing my Ming people, and they must be severely punished and cannot be let go." ”

Zhang Yuan asked: "Did you only scold these two sentences?" ”

The shopkeeper in the green robe said: "Yes, please be aware of it." ”

Zhang Yuan didn't say much to him, and Zhen Baihu and a few North Koreans went up to the second floor, the second floor was empty, and the four small rooms facing the street were also empty of drinkers, and it was cold and silent, and the clerk Jin Zhongqing told Zhang Yuan and Zhen Baihu in detail about the scene at that time, the young bartender suddenly rushed up and spit on them for no reason, and came to tear Liu Dongming again, Liu Dongming's companion twisted the little bartender's hand and pushed out the door, and called the shopkeeper to speak, but the shopkeeper was silent, and only turned his back and said that the person was dead-

A few Jinyi Guards carefully inspected the room, and found a cedar tray at the bottom of the table, which was used by the restaurant guys to serve food, and the corner of the wooden plate was cracked, and there were blood stains-

A lieutenant showed the wooden tray to Zhen Baihu, and said in a low voice: "It should be this wooden tray that killed the little bartender, I just did a rough autopsy, and the back of the head was sunken, which is a fatal injury." ”

Jin Zhongqing heard the words of the captain, and hurriedly argued: "Heaven can learn from it, none of the five of us used this wooden plate to beat anyone, this is a frame-up, someone wants to frame us!" ”

Zhen Baihu frowned and asked, "What enemies do you have in my Daming, why do you want to frame you?" ”

Jin Zhongqing couldn't answer, and they couldn't think of any enemies.

Zhen Baihu asked again: "Did this restaurant guy steal money from you?" ”

Jin Zhongqing said: "That's not true. ”

Zhen Baihu spread his hands: "This is strange, how should a few envoys explain?" I thought: "This is obviously because you Korean barbarians have drunk too much, and the little bartender may have a bad temperament, and he quarreled with you because of something, and I don't know which of you picked up the wooden plate and split it, but unexpectedly someone died!" ”

The shopkeeper and the three men in charge followed him to the second floor, and stood by the door, and then they did not speak—

Zhang Yuan said to the shopkeeper: "The people who work in your restaurant have not left, well, let them all gather in the foyer downstairs, I have something to ask them with Zhen Baihu." ”

Zhen Zidan, the name of Zhen Baihu, was able to handle the case with the champion Gong, Zhen Zidan was very honored, and he didn't think that Zhang Yuan, a Qing noble Hanlin official, did not have the authority to try the case.

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