Because there was no special edict at this time, Liao Yongzhong was imprisoned in the dark and damp dungeon of the inner official prison.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not worried about the eunuchs, so he deliberately transferred his personal guard Liu Ying to guard Liao Yongzhong every step of the way.

Liu Ying's original name was Liu Da, and his father was Liu Jizu, who gave Zhu Yuanzhang a cemetery and let his parents be buried.

As the leader of Zhu Yuanzhang's guards, Liu Ying's biggest advantage is that he is foolish and loyal, he will never be bought by anyone, and he will never betray Zhu Yuanzhang.

Boss Zhu actually asked him to come to see Shoude Qinghou, which shows the importance of Liao Yongzhong's case.

The next day, Liao Yongzhong woke up, and Liu Ying immediately ordered someone to report to the emperor.

After going down to court, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even bother to change his court clothes, so he rushed over.

This time he came alone, without the crown prince. Maybe he thinks that this kind of thing is still not learned.

The heavy iron hoop wooden door slowly opened, Liu Ying put his hand on the door frame, and Zhu Yuanzhang bent down and walked into the cramped cell.

In his cell, Liao Yongzhong was chained to an iron chair that was fixed to the wall.

"When the emperor arrives, the ministers can't salute." He's regained his composure, but he's still not inferior.

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Yuanzhang took off his robe and sat down on the gold-lacquered chair that Liu Ying moved.

The monarch and the ministers looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't remember the last time someone dared to look at him like this, when it was.

"Xiao Liao, are you guilty?" In the end, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who opened his mouth first.

Liao Yongzhong nodded and said, "The minister has already confessed his guilt." ”

"Do you know what crime you've committed?"

Liao Yongzhong replied in a flat tone: "The world has been calmed, so the minister is guilty." ”

"What are these words?" Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils shrank, and he said coldly: "Do you think that we are going to cross the river and demolish the bridge, and the rabbit and the dog are cooked?" ”

"I think so." Liao Yongzhong is also an upright man.

"You fart!" Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said: "Let's tell you repeatedly, we don't want to learn from Liu Bang, and hide all the birds from the old brothers." We don't want to fall into the notoriety of killing heroes, we want to learn from Han Guangwu and Tang Taizong, and start and end well with the heroes who fight the world! ”

"Especially Ling Xiaoliao, we're already sorry for your brother, so we have to find ways to protect you." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Liao Yongzhong and said:

"In the third year of Hongwu, Yang Xian's case was discovered, whether it is human evidence or physical evidence found from his home, it can prove that you have a very close relationship with him, and you are implicated in many things, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you are a traitor!"

"As a result, we killed Yang Xian, but you were spared with great merit!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Even a blind person can see it, we are shielding you!" ”

"That's the emperor counting on our navy to recover Sichuan and Shu, right?" Liao Yongzhong said how to die, obviously has a deep understanding of Boss Zhu's personality.

Begging for mercy, here in Zhu Yuanzhang, there has always been only reaction.

This rhetorical question made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry, so he said coldly: "Since you are so not afraid of death, do you admit that you are the backstage of the Chaohu Gang trafficking illicit salt in various provinces?" ”

"We don't know, but if the emperor thinks so, then so. Anyway, it's not a hurtful thing, it's far worse than the things that the emperor's Fengyang fellows did! Liao Yongzhong looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and said lightly.

Although they are all in Huaixi, Chaohu Lake is more than 200 miles away from Fengyang. So he never belonged to the core layer of Huaixi Xungui.

"What did they do?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

"The emperor doesn't know?" Liao Yongzhong was also stunned for a moment, as if this matter should have been known to everyone a long time ago.

Boss Zhu shook his head expressionlessly, he hated this feeling of being kept in the dark the most.

"Hahaha!" Liao Yongzhong laughed out loud and laughed presumptuously: "It turns out that they have hidden you so much!" Haha on top, they keep calling you on the top all day long, but I didn't expect you to be on someone's table for a long time! It's so funny, hahaha! ”

"You're laughing fart!" Seeing that the emperor's face was ugly, Liu Ying kicked Liao Yongzhong in the stomach.

His leather boots were nailed with iron palms, Liao Yongzhong snorted and stopped laughing.

"What did they do?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were a little sluggish, as if he had been hit hard.

"Since the emperor set up an iron list, they have restrained a little, and they don't dare to fool around in Beijing, but they are engaged in mergers in Huaixi's hometown!"

"Especially those princely families in Fengyang, who are scrambling to occupy the cultivated land, mountain farms, lakes, tea plantations, and reeds of the common people...... There's nothing they don't want! ”

"Even the military tun of the imperial court and the gold, silver and copper fields of the official camp, they can swallow it! If the common people dare to resist, they will be caught and beaten in the government, and then exiled to the army; The most important thing is to directly kill people and kill their mouths, and even kill their entire families to deter the township! ”

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head resolutely and said: "We have set up a Dengwen drum, and it is strictly forbidden for the government to prevent the people from entering Beijing to file complaints!" If they were so perverse, why didn't we hear a single drum beating? ”

"Three years ago, when the bitter lord beat the drum, and the result led to the emperor's iron list, how could they make the same mistake? The official post stations along the way were all their people, and the people who went to Beijing to file a complaint were all intercepted and killed. Liao Yongzhong continued to burst into surprise.

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yuanzhang glared angrily and said: "Yesterday you also listened to the Fengyang flower drum, our old folks come to us every year to pay New Year's greetings, we specially asked about the situation in Fengyang, how can you say that everything is okay?" ”

"Because the emperor's fellow villagers have long been bought by them, under coercion and temptation, who dares to talk nonsense?" Liao Yongzhong sneered.

"If you know so many things, why didn't you say it before?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a dark face.

"Before, the well water did not interfere with the river water, they took their Yangguan Road, and I crossed my single-plank bridge." Liao Yongzhong said: "Now that they won't even let me go from the bridge, then we don't need to hide it for them!" ”

"We'll find out about it. But whether it's true or not, it has nothing to do with your crime. Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, leaned forward slightly, and waved his right hand backwards.

Liu Ying immediately went out and guarded the door.

In the cramped cell, only the emperor and Liao Yongzhong were left.

"For the sake of your past contributions, but also for your brother's sake," Zhu Yuanzhang said softly: "As long as you tell us something, we can let you go this time." ”

"What's the matter?" Liao Yongzhong asked.

"Who instructed you to do it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a low voice and stared at him tightly.

"We explained to the emperor, it was Yang Xian who told me that the emperor asked us to pick up King Xiao Ming, just hinting that he didn't want to see him appear in Yingtian City." Liao Yongzhong said.

"Yang Xian didn't say, who instructed him?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"He said it was instructed by Liu Bowen." Liao Yongzhong replied in a deep voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang was just about to straighten up with satisfaction, but Liao Yongzhong suddenly laughed and said: "It was also said that it was instigated by Li Shanchang, Xu Da, and Li Wenzhong...... The emperor will go and arrest them all! ”

"It's stubborn!" Zhu Yuanzhang knew that now Liao Yongzhong's words could no longer be believed.

"Let your people go to the Deqing Marquis's Mansion to search and go through all the words carefully!" He commanded Liu Yingdao with a gloomy face.

"Yes." Liu Ying responded in a deep voice.