Lu Ning's brigade had just approached Pingyang, and suddenly saw a woman running desperately on the official road, crying out for help while running.

Behind her there were several wicked men with knives, who chased after her in a few steps, grabbed her by the hair, and slashed her head with the knife.

Zhao Dawu had already received Lu Ning's signal, jumped over, and kicked the knife away.

Then with three punches and two kicks, he broke the legs of the murderers and put them to the ground.

Several pro-soldiers behind Zhao Dawu didn't give these guys a chance to resist, and immediately put a long hook on their pipa bones and dragged them to Lu Ning's side.

"Who are you, why are you chasing this woman?"

One of them was very cunning, he quibbled.

"This is a servant girl in my family's foreign house, because of fornication with his servants, I was afraid of my master's punishment, so she escaped privately, and we are also to protect my master's reputation!"

The woman was rescued, and drank a piece of water hyacinth water brought by the soldiers, and then argued.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, my lord was originally Zhao Shi, the wife of Ma Hongrui of Hongdong County, and her husband was the prefect of Pingyang, after being forced to death by the Marquis of Pingyang, I was robbed to the house by the Marquis of Pingyang and ruined. If it weren't for the adults who saved their lives, they would have been wronged by the knife a long time ago. ”

Lu Ning frowned and asked.

"Why did Pingyang Hou Jinjing kill your husband and Pingyang Prefect?"

This Zhao family is not afraid of offending Pingyang Hou until now, so he simply said everything.

That Ma Hongrui discussed with his wife when he did bad things, and this Zhao family was not a good person originally, so he knew all their deeds.

After hearing what Zhao finished speaking, Lu Ning sneered.

"Is this Pingyang Hou tired of living? How dare you accept bribes and influence the relocation plan? ”

Zhao lowered his head and said.

"Originally, my lord and the prefect of Pingyang didn't have the courage, but the Marquis Jin said that his sister was a concubine in the harem of the dynasty, and His Majesty was quite favored.

Lu Ning confronted these killers, and seeing that the matter was revealed, these killers were also very decisive, so they told the truth.

It turned out that Jin Jing's sister Jin Yingying was Zhu Yuanzhang's harem Kang Concubine, and this Kang Concubine relied on her beauty and was favored by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Of course, this uncle Pingyang Hou. is also in Pingyang Mansion as a prestige, selling officials, bullying men and women, and doing all kinds of evil.

Many Kedao imperial historians wanted to impeach him, but he was killed openly and secretly.

Recently, he bribed the magistrates of various counties in Binh Duong Province and took bribes on the pretext of the relocation of the people from the imperial court.

Although there is a clear order from the imperial court, if there is an official who is corrupt and perverts the law, the common people have the right to take him to Beijing to sue the emperor, and the officials along the way are not allowed to stop him.

But he underestimated the means of this marquis, and when the common people escorted the corrupt officials to the foot of Taihang Mountain, they encountered robbers, and the people who sued died unexpectedly.

The corrupt official paid part of the money to buy the road and was released back, and continued to act as a prestige.

If it weren't for a speech official in Pingyang Mansion, because Ding Wei needed to go back to Jinling City to guard filial piety, these things in Pingyang Mansion would not have reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears.

Hearing that this Pingyang Marquis actually did something to kill people, Lu Ning and the accompanying general Wang Jun were all indignant.

"My lord, what are we going to do?"

Lu Ning replied indifferently.

"The evil slave of the Pingyang Hou Mansion dared to attack Qincha, this is a big crime of rebellion, what should I do about the thief, I don't need Ben Qincha to explain, right?"

Lu Ning was also anxious this time, he wanted to directly destroy the Pingyang Hou Mansion by thunderous means.

It is true that after such a kill, the Pingyang Hou family will cry, but compared with making the people of the entire Pingyang Mansion cry bitterly, it is the wisest choice to ask the Pingyang Hou Mansion to cry bitterly.

I believe that Your Majesty is wise and martial, and will also know my intentions.

He wrote a memo and called a soldier to send him to Jinling at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

Then with an order, the three armies went straight to Pingyang Mansion as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

When the officers and soldiers guarding the city saw Lu Ning and them coming, they asked what was going on, and Lu Ning didn't talk nonsense, and directly invited the king's order.

"I'm a messenger who was ordered to come to Pingyang Mansion on business, you hurry up and open the door, otherwise don't blame the official for taking necessary measures!"

At this time, the defenders of the city shouted below.

"I'm sorry, the Marquis of Pingyang got a special order from the imperial court, get on the horse to manage the army, get off the horse to manage the people, and now the defense of the entire city is calculated by the Hou Ye."

Lu Ning sneered.

"Your Majesty has a holy decree, tell Jin Jing to come over and receive the decree quickly!"

Who knew that the commander of the city did not give a damn at all.

"I'm sorry, Master Hou is out hunting, you need to get his permission to enter the city, before that, you have to be stationed outside the city, whoever dares to get close to the city for half a step, we will shoot the bow and release the arrows!"

Wang Jun frowned and asked.

"My lord, what can I do about this?"

Lu Ning's eyes widened and he replied helplessly.

"Pingyang Mansion resists the orders of the imperial court and regards it as an accomplice, what should I do, to convince people!"

Wang Jun was waiting for this sentence, he waved his hand, and called the Zhongjun to pass the order.

"Pull out our Ming truth and tell the defenders of the city to listen!"

Who knows, the commander in the city smiled contemptuously.

"What truth and hypothesis do you care? Hou Ye's words are an order, if we don't retreat, we will release arrows! ”

At this time, the Ming Truth Cannon had already been pushed up, and Zhao Dawu got the order, holding a torch and lighting the fuse in the cannon.