We are only waiting for Xiangye, don't talk nonsense! All eight of them showed their weapons and began to gradually retract and shrink the encirclement.

"Are you really going to plant it?" Chu Liuyan kicked a family member away, thinking sadly.

"Forget it, let's fight!" The sword in Chu Liuyan's hand flashed, and the whole person rushed towards one of them like a fierce tiger. If everyone is close, she is equal to one against eight. While the enemy has not yet retracted, attack one of the rings, and if it succeeds, you can escape by killing the bloody road.

"Delusional!" As soon as the man saw Chu Liuyan coming to him, he knew Chu Liuyan's thoughts, and he ignored the sword flower that Chu Liuyan danced out, and took a step back in a defensive state.

"Ahh But what others didn't expect was that the sword flower was a fraud, but it was just to cooperate with Chu Liuyan's plum blossom dart, and the sword dance was just a cover, and with this blow, a killer fell directly to the ground.

As soon as Chu Liuyan saw the opening, he immediately turned around and went over there, seeing that he was about to get out of the encirclement, but he didn't want to sink under his feet.

Unexpectedly, the man in black who fell to the ground just now was only a dart in the abdomen, but he was not dead. At this time, when he saw Chu Liuyan jumping over his head, he seized the opportunity and grabbed it, and Chu Liuyan couldn't escape.

"Let's go!" Suddenly, a black shadow came like the wind, and the blood was gradually increasing, and one of the killer's arms had detached from his body.

Chu Liuyan felt a lightness under his feet, and suddenly sped up his pace, and disappeared after a few turnovers.

The man in black also turned around and repelled the killers with a sword, and soon disappeared without a trace. In the distance, a figure sneaked into the shadows and disappeared.

The matter reached Hu Weiyong's ears, Hu Weiyong was just angry and scolded: "Bastard, a group of rice buckets!" So many people can't even catch a woman, bastard! ”

On the other hand, just when the incident happened not long ago, Zhu Yuanzhang had already learned about it.

"Well, you're doing a good job, go down."

Just now, Zhu Yuanzhang's Jinyi Wei reported to him that Hu Weiyong committed suicide privately, and Chu Liuyan came to ask for the crime, but he was besieged by Hu Weiyong and almost captured, and finally fled the scene. Zhu Yuanzhang frowned at this time, forces like Ying Tianjun have not been eliminated by themselves, but now there is one more Hu Weiyong. This Xu Dachu is in the bright place, and the soldiers are leading the generals, and they are all things on the bright side. He is the emperor, and he can gradually cut it with just one order. And Hu Weiyong is different, I didn't expect this person to be so arrogant and domineering now, the dignified prince dared to do it directly, if he waited for it to develop like this, would he even have to look at his face one day in the future?

As the saying goes, it is easier to attack a city than to defend a city, and Zhu Yuanzhang has finally experienced this taste now. He is now the emperor, but he is not worried about his throne being coveted all the time, he must be careful of this today, and he must be on guard against that tomorrow. It's really not possible if you're not careful, and at a certain time, everyone who should be countered will stand up one by one, and I'm afraid that there will be nothing to do when the time comes, so it's not troublesome.

Hu Weiyong is a minister, a very popular minister, except for a few princes, like Li Shanchang Xu Da and the like, Hu Weiyong can be said to be under one person. But Hu Weiyong is a minister, managing military aircraft and holding great power, if there is a rebellion, it is not a small wave, that is, the water of the Yellow River is rushing, how can Zhu Yuanzhang not be surprised.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang broke out in a cold sweat and began to think about how to deal with Hu Weiyong.

Chu Liuyan was frightened, Zhu Yuanzhang was very reluctant in his heart, and his disgust for Hu Weiyong couldn't help but increase a little.

"Find someone to summon Hu Weiyong."

Changshun hurriedly went down.

Soon, Hu Weiyong drove the carriage to the palace, got off the carriage and rushed to Zhu Yuanzhang with three or five entourage. The guards on the road ignored it, Hu Weiyong was a minister, and he had nothing to say with a few people, if it was someone else, how could this emperor be so good. If you take a few assassins with you, the emperor will not be in danger.

"Minister Hu Weiyong see the emperor!" Hu Weiyong soon came to Zhu Yuanzhang, everything was as before, and he did the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to stand aside.

"Hu Weiyong, who are these three people around you?"

"Back to the emperor, this is the son of a distant relative, the left hand is Hu Han, the middle is called Hu San, and the right is called Hu Fei, all three of them were born in reading and are proficient in politics. Now that the emperor summoned him, he specially brought these three people to see the emperor, first, to let these three people feel the majesty of the emperor, and secondly, to recommend the three to the emperor as officials. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was already displeased with Hu Weiyong, but when he saw that Hu Weiyong was still so natural as if he was recommending manpower, it can be seen that his arrogance can be seen.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a long time, didn't say much, and asked: "Hu Weiyong, I ask you, I heard that you fought King Pingshuo privately, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes!" Hu Weiyong did not hide it, and his face was excited, and his speech became stiff.

"King Pingshuo is my prince of the Ming Dynasty, although he is a woman, he is different from other kings, why do you dare to face each other with a sword?"

"Back to the emperor, although Chu Liuyan is a prince, he trespasses into the prime minister's mansion, which is no different from a bandit. Today, she can come in and out of my prime minister's mansion at will to arrest me, and he will not be able to come to the emperor here to catch the emperor and go out for tea. ”

"Hu Weiyong!" Zhu Yuanzhang finished calling his name, but he thought for a while before he said this: "Then tell me, what is this King Pingshuo looking for you?" ”

Hu Weiyong knew that he couldn't hide it, so he didn't hide it: "For the death of a few grass people." ”

"So you killed someone?"

"Yes, the minister made an advocacy and killed a group of three people who murdered my own son."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked calm when he saw Hu Weiyong facing him, his answer was fluent, and his words were sharp, and he was even more frightened. Looking at the three descendants of the Hu family again, the kind of eyes of Hu Weiyong completely became a color of worship, and the admiration was beyond words. Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he had become a big fool and became a powerful flaunt for Hu Weiyong to show his power like juniors.

"Back to the emperor, King Pingshuo has arrived." Changshun stood there after speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Bring her in." ”

"Yes."

After a while, Changshun led Chu Liuyan here, Zhu Yuanzhang saw Chu Liuyan coming, hurriedly looked at Chu Liuyan to see if he was injured, and found that there seemed to be no major problem, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"King Pingshuo, I was looking for you, and you came just in time. Tell me why you went to Hufu. ”

Chu Liuyan glanced at Hu Weiyong on the side with cold eyes, and just snorted coldly: "Hu Weiyong killed people, I just went up to ask the emperor for the crime." ”

"Hu Weiyong, I let you defend yourself." After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang sat aside, ready to watch Chu Liuyan and Hu Weiyong arguing.

"Your Majesty, those three people are three people, and it's not too much to kill them."

"Bastard! Those three were all merchants in the city, who were some kind of people. Among them, there are a three-year-old child who you can't bear to harm, and you have to cut the corpse indiscriminately, so it's not cruel! "Chu Liu's fireworks.

"Hmph, how can that kind of Diao people be compared to my son!"

Zhu Yuanzhang interjected: "Oh? Who is your son? What's the pity? ”

Hu Weiyong sneered twice: "Your Majesty, my son is a genius of the world, rare in the world." He wrote poetry at the age of three and recited music at the age of five. When he was ten years old, the encyclopedia of all the sons and the spring and autumn of the historical records were all memorized backwards. Astronomy and geography are known, and everything is known in ancient and modern times. My son has a strong personality and protects his family and country, and he came back this time to prepare to contribute to the country, but he doesn't want to be victimized by traitors, how can I not be angry? ”

"Oh? Are you really so good? Zhu Yuanzhang was curious.

"It's definitely not my one-sided words, the emperor will investigate clearly."

Chu Liuyan couldn't hear it on the side: "Hu Weiyong, I don't care who your son is, your murder has nothing to do with your son, how can you explain it?" ”

"It's okay? They killed my son and said it didn't matter? Chu Liuyan, you give me a birth now, I will throw him in the river, I see if you will have nothing to do with me! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the scene was too violent and spoke again: "Hu Weiyong, although your son died under the wheel, it was said that it was a pure accident. Moreover, according to our law, the sinner should also be submitted to the criminal department first, and then dealt with after a trial. ”

"Your Majesty! The minister was born and died for you for so many years, and the minister's son is dead now, how can you not be bitter for the old minister. ”

"Humph! Your son is so talented, and he has not seen his origins in the court, and now he is dead, and there is no proof of his death, so it is not enough to believe. Chu Liuyan didn't agree with Hu Weiyong's words at all.

"My son is extremely filial to me, and there is nothing more touching than filial piety. Filial piety to his parents today, he will be filial to the emperor every day! ”

Chu Liuyan didn't buy it: "Your son? How did I hear that the guy traveled all year round, spent all day drinking, and rarely went home except for money, is this also called filial piety? ”

"What do you know, my son's articles are talented, all of them are wonderful, and the dance and writing are ink, and that's no longer a problem. In addition, he is extremely smart, Wen Taowu is all-encompassing, ethical outline, and political officialdom, all proficient. I have this son in the Ming Dynasty, it is a great luck, and now the unfortunate death is a great disaster for the country, and the loss is too great. Therefore, the minister felt that the minister should be angry with others, and it was reasonable to cut first and then play. The people who were killed were no more than three members of a small family, and these three people had serious mistakes and responsibilities for the death of my son. The driver alone walked savagely under the heavy snow, and did not know how to drive at all, which startled my son and died tragically. ”

"Really? Then how did I hear that your son ran too fast and drank some wine, accidentally fell and was crushed to death. I also heard that your son fools around with a group of fox friends every day, spending a lot of money, and losing the whole family. The driver was an old man in the city, who had been driving for more than 40 years, and everyone said that he was a stable driver and that he was good. There was a woman and a child in the car, the child had a high fever, and he was going to take the child to seek medical treatment, so where did you say responsibility? If you want to blame it, blame your son for being too arrogant, and he will be unhappy in the end. ”

"You... You... You! Hu Weiyong's face turned white for her, and she went to see Zhu Yuanzhang, but suddenly found that Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen carefully to the two of them at all, but looked at Chu Liuyan carefully, with a trace of retarded light flashing in his eyes.

"It turns out that Zhu Yuanzhang is interested in Chu Liuyan." Hu Weiyong already had the answer in his heart.

As a result, Hu Weiyong suddenly felt that he seemed to be in a bad situation. Zhu Yuanzhang called himself here, but he called Chu Liuyan again, if Zhu Yuanzhang really had the intention of accepting Chu Liuyan, he would definitely obey him in every way, wouldn't it be very bad for him?

Thinking about it like this, Hu Weiyong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister has been in poor health recently and can't sleep at night, this matter is just to kill a few ignorant people, and I hope the emperor will think twice." ”

"Lord Hu is a minister, don't you know that water can carry a boat and also capsize a boat?" Chu Liuyan sneered.

"As a minister, don't I even have the right to dispose of a few grass people?" Hu Weiyong was a little anxious.

"The Son of Heaven broke the law, and he is still guilty of the same crime as the common people, is the minister greater than the Son of Heaven?" Chu Liuyan asked rhetorically.

The two fell silent, and they all focused on Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that both of them were looking at him, so he looked around and said, "Killing pays for life!" ”

Hu Weiyong sat on the ground with his buttocks, but he didn't expect Hu Weiyong to treat himself like this.

The emperor's words were holy decrees, and a group of brocade guards directly appeared and imprisoned Hu Weiyong.

After Hu Weiyong was taken down, he only smoked.

Chu Liuyan said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, I have collected the corpses of three people killed by Hu Weiyong, an old man, a woman and a child, and there is no king's law. ”

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "But this is not enough to make me kill him, after all, he is an old minister, and I can't bear it." And killing Hu Weiyong, can it really solve the problem? ”

"Hu Weiyong's crimes are more than this, I still remember Hu Zhengken's case." Chu Liuyan asked.

"Isn't the case closed, Li Qing can't find anything, and there is no way to do it."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he looked at Chu Liuyan and felt wrong: "Did you make a new discovery?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chu Liuyan quickly brought the matter out: "I feel that what happened last time was too strange. Your Majesty, what kind of official is this Hu Zhengken, if it weren't for Hu Weiyong's recommendation, would the emperor be able to use him? Hu Zhengken is corrupt, it must be that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and many people said that Hu Weiyong was corrupt, but in fact, he was on the idea. ”

"It's a pity you don't have proof." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

"Your Majesty, if I find out the two and a half million taels of silver, will it mean anything?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Well, you can say it." ”

Chu Liuyan smiled: "Your Majesty, Hu Zhengken didn't reveal anything until he died. But after Hu Zhengken bit his tongue, he was met by the old housekeeper of the Hu family. No one knows what the old housekeeper is doing, but the old housekeeper of the Hu family must know something. The reason is very simple, after Hu Zhengken bit his tongue and began to stop talking, it must be that he and Hu Weiyong discussed some agreement. According to my investigation, all four of Hu Zhengken's wives and concubines committed suicide the day before, including one of whom was pregnant. According to the long theory, although it can't be said that there is any inevitable connection, it is difficult to understand that the four wives are favoritism. Moreover, I guessed that the 2.5 million taels of silver were taken by Hu Zhengken, but he couldn't find the place where he went to Hangzhou.

The two cell bosses who accompanied the old housekeeper to see Hu Zhengken died again that day, which is too much of a coincidence, a coincidence is a coincidence, and if there are many coincidences, it must be intentional.

I went to investigate Hu Zhengken's home, and it is true that I can't put so much silver, so I made a hypothesis here, where is the most likely place?

The so-called entering the earth is safe, the dead do not disturb, the combination of the two, I thought of the ancestral tomb of the Hu family.

As I expected, the ancestral grave seemed to have been newly moved, and I ventured to dig it, only to find that there were no bones in it, but a large pit with dirt scattered in it, but at a glance it was a new addition. I went one step late, and the silver was carried away. With the size of the coffinless pit, there was almost a chest that could hold that much silver. So where did all this money go? It is impossible for Hu Zhengken to be in prison, so the suspicions are all on Hu Weiyong.

Hu Weiyong is going to be mentioned here, the emperor still remembers that when the matter was found on his head, Hu Zhengken had just been arrested, and someone defended Hu Weiyong. Hu Weiyong first directly seized five million taels of silver, does the emperor still remember?

Five million taels of silver, he said that he went to Hu Zhengken's mansion to search, which I very doubted.

As soon as the silver was intact, I went to Hu Zhengken's house to observe, Hu Zhengken's family could not hide so much silver, including the grave of the ancestors. There are a lot of money, but his family has never spent it except for silver? He hadn't even opened the seal, so how could he know that it was silver? And the family expenses are so large, with this money, the houses have already been divided. This silver was sown from the treasury by Hu Weiyong on behalf of the emperor, if there is anything in it, who do you say knows best? Naturally, it was Hu Weiyong, and the matter was once again suspected of Hu Weiyong.

Li Shanchang investigated the case, such an investigation must go to Hu Weiyong's head, and the only person who can speak in the court is Liu Bowen and Lord Liu, Lord Liu's death is not strange, what is strange is the time of death. That day, Mr. Liu was half drunk with me before the accident, and if he drank again, it was impossible to be unsure, perhaps because he was unhappy, and he would enter the room after drinking. In any case, Lord Liu's death and Hu Weiyong also have some connections and reverie.

Five million taels of silver, Hu Zhengken's family can't put it down, but Hu Weiyong can put it there. Hu Weiyong hired killers, thousands of thugs, and countless family nurses. Your Majesty, let me ask you, how much did you say Hu Weiyong earned in a month. These people don't eat at all? ”

Hearing Chu Liuyan's analysis, Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded secretly.

"Your Majesty, I guess after Hu Weiyong was fine last time, he dug out the 2.5 million taels of silver again. If the emperor has a heart, Liuyan is willing to guarantee the head of Xiang Shang, and lead the officers and soldiers to copy Hu Weiyong's mansion, there will be a lot of dirty silver. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "I have to wait, I am still waiting for news, you go back first, if this is the case, I will send you to copy Hu Weiyong's house." ”

Chu Liuyan receded.

Another day later, the spies around Zhu Yuanzhang came to report again, and those people were actually Jinyi guards sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to be undercover. These brocade guards are inconspicuous and inconspicuous on weekdays, but they have a lot of information that the emperor cannot know.

Hu Weiyong's prestige over the years is indeed like this, brutalizing the loyal and good, embezzling and withholding, enriching his own pockets, engaging in fraud for personal gain, forming a party and private, colluding with officials and bandits, raising killers, and so on. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hou Yida and felt cold air on his back. Fortunately, it was early to do it yourself, Hu Weiyong's power is now unimaginable, and if you pretend for time, I am afraid that the world will be surnamed Hu.

Wang Song and Wang Guangyang were summoned into the palace and hanged, and Hu Weiyong was not allowed to leak. Send someone to invite Li Cunyi, Yang Wenyu to arrest him, and arrest Ji'an Hou Lu Zhongheng, Pingliang Hou Feiju, and Yan'an Hou Tang Shengzong..."Zhu Yuanzhang displayed a large number of people's names, listed them together, and asked Jinyiwei to arrest people.

Many important ministers will be arrested soon, and the key is to see the time and close the net together.