Li Shanchang died, and Hu Weiyong was questioned for his crimes, and more than 70 people along with his family were beheaded for public display, at the age of 77. His grandson Li Mao was beheaded together for accepting bribes from Jiumen, and only Li Shanchang's eldest son Li Qi, daughter-in-law Princess Lin'an, and grandsons Li Fang and Li Ying were pardoned and exiled to Jiangpu.

Before the execution, Zhu Yuanzhang saw Li Shanchang alone in the tent for the last time, and the two looked at each other, just like the two met for the first time in Chuzhou decades ago, but there was no original Lingyun ambition and bold words, and the rest was only the wrinkles left on the face by the years. The two old friends chatted for a long time in the tent, and no one knew what they said, and when Li Shanchang walked out of the tent, he generously went to the execution ground.

On that day, the head of the execution ground was rolling, and the blood of that day stained the stone slabs on the ground of the execution ground, and after the execution, it rained heavily, and the heavy rain did not wash away the blood on the ground all night, and the strong smell of blood could still be smelled every time people passed by this place for months afterward.

Li Shanchang's death also made Hu Weiyong's case finally come to an end, and the ruin of the noble and wealthy family has also become the talk of ordinary people after dinner, and most of the people talk about the illegal things Li Shanchang did, but he forgot the exploits he once established for the Ming Dynasty, which can't help but make people sigh.

Although Li Shanchang has been in office for many years, his influence in the court is still far-reaching, over the years, many Li Shanchang's students and old departments have become the court's ***, and there are also some officials who have a good relationship with Li Shanchang, with the collapse of Li Shanchang, these people's political enemies finally began to attack fiercely.

And Yuan Kai was naturally labeled because he openly helped Li Shanchang speak in the court before, and because he and Zhang Zhen were beaten out of the palace by sticks, whether it was Li Shanchang's former political enemies or speculators above the court, they all began to attack Yuan Kai, and even listed Yuan Kai's twelve major crimes, and it was really difficult for Yuan Kai, who was known for his uprightness, to make up so many crimes for Yuan Kai, who was known for his uprightness and toughness.

Of course, there is no shortage of upright people in the court, in order to help Yuan Kai get rid of his crimes, these people directly helped Yuan Kai think of a way, that is, Yuan Kai is crazy.

Someone in the court proposed to show Yuan Kai's head to the public, and some people said that he was crazy and should not be punished, the two groups of people were deadlocked, and in the end it was Zhu Yuanzhang who made the decision, Yuan Kai is not crazy, then find someone to see if it is true or false, as for the candidate, just find Zhang Lu's kid.

Now those who attacked and annihilated Yuan Kai are gone, how do they not know that Yuan Kai was beaten out of the palace with Zhang Lu, if it is said that these two people have no personal relationship, then they can't believe it if they are really killed. Of course, there were people who wanted to impeach Zhang Lu and Yuan Kai before, but think about it, Zhang Lu is really hard-headed, what if he goes crazy and beats people in public? Looking at Zhang Lu's past experience, he can be regarded as invincible above the court, which also dispelled their idea of impeaching Zhang Lu.

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang also made concessions, and specially assigned an inner servant to follow Zhang Lu to see if Yuan Kai was really crazy, at this time, the inner servant was not like the East Factory and West Factory behind, as the emperor's cronies, and now these fathers-in-law are still trustworthy in terms of character.

Zhang Lu, who was originally sitting leisurely on the recliner at home, received a new task.

Zhang Yan listened to this task, somewhat helpless, of course, he was also thinking about how to get Yuan Kai off the hook.

On the way to Yuan Kai's house with the chamberlain, Zhang Lu made a special excuse to secretly buy good sesame paste and frosting.

Yuan Kai's home is on Xiaponqiao Street, close to the inner city wall and adjacent to the Shuixi Gate, although it is considered an inner city, not too far from the imperial palace, but in terms of luxury, it is far less luxurious than several main streets such as the Great Workshop.

Yuan Kai's home is just a courtyard with one entrance, and there are only three rooms in the small courtyard, which is many times worse than those noble mansions.

Because he was beaten out of the palace and suffered some injuries, Yuan Kai asked for leave for fear that he would hinder his view, and after learning that Li Shanchang was beheaded, he was even more discouraged and had no intention of going to the court, so now Yuan Kai didn't know that someone had impeached him, and he didn't know that someone in the court said he was crazy in order to help him get rid of his crimes.

There was a knock on the door in the courtyard, and the only servant in Yuan Kai's family stepped forward to open the door.

He only

opened the door and looked at it, then turned his head and shouted at the top of his voice, "Young Master, someone is visiting!"

Yuan Kai also felt strange, he had neither relatives nor friends in Jinling City, who would come to visit him? He limped out of the room, and was greeted by a smiling face.

"Zhang Lu, what are you still doing? Get out of here, you're not welcome here!" Yuan Kai's face was not good-looking, he wanted to say something heavy to drive Zhang Lu away, but after all, he had read the sage books for many years, and he really couldn't say those foul words in his mouth.

Zhang Yan ignored Yuan Kai, but said to the attendant beside him: "Father-in-law, look at it, I am a friend with him. But if you look at Yuan Kai and drive me out when he sees me now, this look is crazy."

The waiter nodded slightly, but Yuan Kai didn't do it, "Zhang Lu! Who do you say is crazy? I'm not crazy!"

Zhang Yan still ignored him, and still said to the waiter: "Father-in-law, look at it, this crazy person generally doesn't admit that he is crazy, this is a normal thing, as a friend, I feel uncomfortable watching Yuan Kai become like this."

As he spoke, Zhang Lu also made an expression of wanting to cry.

Yuan Kai didn't do it anymore, he didn't think that he could become friends with Zhang Zhen, but this Zhang Zhen is good, not only does he think of himself as a friend, but he also tells others that he is crazy, which is really shameless.

Yuan Kai searched his stomach and thought about scolding for a long time, but he helplessly found that the sage book did not teach people how to scold at all......

The swear words couldn't be spoken, but the anger in his heart was accumulating more and more, Yuan Kai couldn't bear it, so he directly chose the most primitive way to express the anger of animals, that is, to do it.

This was the first time he had done anything with someone, and he really didn't have much experience, so he could only pretend to be fierce and grin at Zhang Yuan, which startled the chamberlain next to him.

Zhang Yan smiled lightly and said, "Don't be afraid, father-in-law, my martial arts are not practiced in vain."

At this time, Yuan Kai had already arrived in front of Zhang Lu, how could he, a scholar, be Zhang Lu's opponent?

I saw Zhang Kai take a wrong half step back, grabbed Yuan Kai's wrist, and just said goodbye lightly, and controlled Yuan Kai.

Zhang Zhen raised his eyebrows at the waiter and said, "Father-in-law, look, I just said that my martial arts are good, right?" But this Yuan Kai's madness is serious enough, and a good reader has learned to do it."

The chamberlain nodded, and said approvingly, "Yes, yes."

At this moment, Yuan Kai was already extremely angry, he wanted to break free, but after trying a few times, there was nothing he could do, so he could only yell at Zhang Zhen again: "Zhang Zhen! You dog thief, let me go! I'm fighting with you today!"

Zhang Zhen didn't have the heart to pay attention to Yuan Kai, and the waiter was still there, so he couldn't explain too much to Yuan Kai, so he could only ask the waiter next to him, "Father-in-law, look, Yuan Kai is like this now, can you be sure that he is crazy?" Shall we go back on an errand?"

The chamberlain is an extremely strict person, Zhu Yuanzhang's explanation that he can't be sloppy, the chamberlain looked at Yuan Kai, who was still chattering, and said, "I also think Yuan Kai is crazy, but in the end, it is His Majesty's order, it is better to observe more."

Zhang Yu nodded, and did not forget to give the waiter a thumbs up. "Father-in-law, what you said is reasonable, you work hard, I think you will definitely be trusted by Your Majesty in the future. If you want to say that this Yuan Kai is not crazy, I still have a good way."

The chamberlain asked, "It is said that Mr. Zhang is full of wisdom, since you have a way, just say it."

But Zhang Zhen shook his head and said, "It won't work if you say it, so let's wait for me at Yuan Kai first, I'll go out to find something, and I'll come back soon to verify."

The chamberlain nodded and said, "That's fine."

The chamberlain didn't forget to look at Yuan Kai as he spoke, and continued: "But please ask Mr. Zhang to hurry up, seeing Yuan Kai like this, I'm a little scared."