Chapter 518: It's a showdown
After a stick of incense, the entire Li ancestral hall became a ruin.
Out of the door, he looked around at the frightened eyes hiding behind various covers, and said lightly: "After repairing, remember to send someone to say to Ben Hou, and Ben Hou will smash it again." ”
After leaving an extremely arrogant sentence, Chen Kan took his subordinates and left.
Just halfway through, he was stopped by a Huang Menlang with a few brocade guards.
"Long live the lord's decree, summon Jinghai Marquis Chen Kan to enter the palace immediately, without delay."
Hearing Zhu Di's dictation conveyed by Huang Menlang, Chen Kan's face was very calm.
But Fang Zhongyue, who was following him, was not so good-looking.
He said with some concern: "Yuansheng ......"
"The second brother just goes back to the house to guard the spirit of the master, and I will go back when I go."
Chen Kan interrupted Fang Zhongyue's words that he was about to blurt out and gave him a reassuring look.
Fang Zhong wanted to speak again and again, but now the situation was beyond his expectations, and he could only sigh secretly and close his mouth.
Chen Kan divided the guards into two groups, one group escorted Fang Zhongyue back to Fang's mansion, and he took Xie Zhong to the palace to meet Zhu Di, who was pulling the shelf.
He wanted to see how thick Zhu Di's face was, and how did he have this face?
"There is a little father-in-law Lao leading the way."
Seeing Fang Zhong go farther and farther, Chen Kan arched his hand towards the little eunuch who passed the decree.
The little eunuch's face was a little hesitant, he pointed to the filial piety clothes on Chen Kan's body, and asked Ai Ai Ai: "Is the Hou Ye going to wear this to see the Long Live Lord?" ”
Chen Kan replied lightly: "Why not?" ”
Hearing Chen Kan's firm rhetorical question, the little eunuch didn't want to continue to say anything, but secretly scolded those companions in his heart, why did he have to hand over the drudgery of this edict to him?
Chen Kan is not in the mood to care about what a eunuch thinks now, he just wants to enter the palace as soon as possible and ask what Zhu Di means.
If you think that Fang Xiaoru is old, you can allow him to return to his hometown, why humiliate him repeatedly?
The little eunuch led the way in front, and Chen Kan followed behind with his personal guards and horses.
All the way to the Hongwu Gate, Chen Kan instructed Xie Zhong and others to wait outside, turned over and dismounted and went straight into the imperial city.
Before the Toyota Palace, Song Xin was already waiting here, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw Chen Kan entering the palace in filial piety clothes.
"Master Hou, who are you?"
"Why, haven't you seen a filial son?"
As soon as Chen Kan opened his mouth, it was as if he had eaten gunpowder, Song Xin blinked his eyes, and suddenly shouted: "Master Hou, our family didn't offend you." ”
Chen Kan rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Song Xin didn't offend him, but his master's various behaviors made Chen Kan very unhappy.
Can't scold the master, can't you scold the dog?
Seeing Chen Kan's disappreciative look, Song Xin didn't want to continue to talk about himself, and said seriously: "Master Hou, Long Live Lord is waiting for you in the main hall, come in, don't let Long Live Lord wait." ”
Chen Kan entered the hall along the road.
Not to mention, the hall is quite lively.
Zhu Di sat on the main seat, Daoyan monk, Zhu Gaochi knelt on both sides of Zhu Di like two protectors, and Li Jinglong, who knelt on the ground with an angry face.
Four people can just make a table of mahjong.
Wait, the four of them got together on a table of mahjong, what about Chen Kan?
Chen Kan's thoughts were emanated, until Zhu Di's angry voice came.
"Chen Kan, kneel!"
Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, then tilted his head and asked, "Your Majesty, dare to ask what mistake Weichen made?" ”
Seeing that Chen Kan didn't kneel, Zhu Di was also stunned, and after a while, he couldn't help frowning and said, "What mistake did you make, don't you know it yourself?" ”
Chen Kan shook his head and responded, "I don't know." ”
"Bold!"
Zhu Di was furious, slapped the case in front of him, and said angrily: "Since you were ordered to inspect Yunnan, what is the reason why you returned to Beijing without permission before Yunnan arrived?" ”
Hearing Zhu Di's questioning, Chen Kan replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister returned to Beijing without authorization, but because of the death of the master in Beijing, he returned to Beijing to mourn. ”
Zhu Di was stunned again, and a look of surprise couldn't help but appear on his face.
He didn't expect that Chen Kan would be so rigid today.
This... It doesn't seem to be Chen Kan's style.
If it were in the past, under his repeated questioning, according to Chen Kan's fox temperament, he would have pushed two five or six a long time ago.
Today, it seems a little out of control.
Zhu Di was slandered in his heart, but his face was still angry, and he continued to ask: "I also heard that you discounted one of Dingguogong's arms today, what kind of grudge do you have with Dingguogong, why do you have such a heavy hand?" ”
Hearing Zhu Di's, Chen Kan's face instantly appeared angry.
He raised his head suddenly and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what enmity Weichen has against Dingguo Gong?" ”
Seeing the angry look on Chen Kan's face, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a thrill in his heart.
He suddenly found that today's Chen Kan didn't seem to be as easy to handle as in the past.
But the words have already been asked, and as an emperor, it is naturally impossible for him to slap himself in the face, so he can only follow the original train of thought and say: "I don't know, if you can't say a way today, don't blame me for not being emotional." ”
Zhu Di's words fell, and Li Jinglong, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but have a flash of joy in his eyes.
He had just received the news that Chen Kan had brought someone to the door of the mansion, and was about to take someone back to be tough with Chen Kan, when Zhu Di called him into the palace and scolded him.
He still doesn't know how much damage the house has suffered.
Today, Chen Kan's head would become so iron, even he didn't expect it.
But now he has only one thought in his heart, that is, Chen Kan must be hard with His Majesty all the time, it is best to provoke His Majesty, if His Majesty can directly kill Chen Kan, then everyone will be happy.
Although he also knew in his heart that Zhu Di would not be able to kill Chen Kan, who didn't have a dream in his heart, what if?
On the other hand, Chen Kan, after hearing Zhu Di say that he didn't know what Xu Jingchang had done, his face couldn't help but become even more angry.
Zhu Di is treating him like a fool.
He didn't know what Xu Jingchang had done, but he knew that he had broken one of Xu Jingchang's arms, didn't he treat him like a fool?
Chen Kan was furious, at this moment, he was even angrier than when he learned that Xu Jingchang had lifted the case of Shi Niangxiang.
"Your Majesty, the minister has heard the way of the Three Principles and the Five Constants, and the sage said: The monarch is the minister, the country is the people, and the father is the son."
As soon as Chen Kan spoke, Zhu Di suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
hurriedly spoke out to stop him: "Chen Kan, shut up!" ”
The corners of Chen Kan's mouth pulled out a hint of mockery, and he continued to speak: "But the minister even heard the sage taste and said: The king is the minister, the king is not right, and the minister votes for another country." The country is the people's program, and if the country is not right, the people will attack it. The father is the son, the father is unkind, and the son runs for him. ”
"Shut up!"
Zhu Di was in a hurry, and stood up from the main seat.
Chen Kan not only did not keep his mouth shut, but continued: "Now that Dingguo Gong lifted the incense case before the coffin of the minister's mother, Your Majesty did not hear about it, and the minister discounted the arm of Dingguo Gong, but Your Majesty did not forget to be accountable. ”
After speaking, Chen Kan knelt down, moved to Zhu Di, took out two tiger talismans from his arms and respectfully placed them on the steps below the dragon chair.
Zhu Di's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.
"Chen Kan, what do you want?"
"The minister's ability is insufficient, the prestige is not high, and the morality is not heavy, from today, I voluntarily resigned from the post of the commander of the Tongzhiwei left in Beijing, the chief soldier of the three guards of the water division, and the Zhan Shi of the East Palace Zhan Shifu."
"You threaten me with resignation?"
Zhu Di was a little crazy in his heart.
He didn't expect Chen Kan to be so hard and rigid today.
In his expectation, today's matter can be solved with just a few beatings, a stick and a sweet date, how can it develop to this point?
Things turned out completely unexpectedly.
He didn't like the feeling of being out of control.
Chen Kan resigned suddenly, not to mention that Zhu Di was shocked, and Zhu Gaochi on the side was also full of disbelief.
Only Monk Daoyan, who had been expressionless from the beginning, had no emotion, as if he had expected this scene a long time ago.
Li Jinglong was ecstatic.
Where is Chen Kan resigning, this is clearly looking for death.
The total number of the two armies in Chen Kan's hands is more than 20,000 people, and they are all the elite of the elite.
Relying on these two armies, Chen Kan can pull up an army of more than 200,000 in an instant as long as he is willing.
Today he was in a daze and wanted to return all the military power to the imperial court.
Without military power, can Chen Kan still be so vigorous?
Without military power, will there still be so many people who are afraid of Chen Kan?
Sure enough, some people are looking for death by themselves, and no one can stop them.
Li Jinglong couldn't mention how excited he was, and he couldn't wait to immediately open his mouth to agree to Chen Kan's request to resign for Zhu Di, and then take the military power into his own hands.
Just kidding, don't look at him in the Yongle Dynasty, but Zhu Di never let him touch such a thing as military power, to prevent him from being like a thief.
Now that Chen Kan has returned the military power, if he doesn't seek it, he will be sorry for the grievances he suffered today.
On the other hand, Zhu Di's face suddenly became gloomy.
"Chen Kan, are you threatening me?"
Facing Zhu Di's-like face, Chen Kan smiled and replied: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister has already made it clear, the minister has no prestige, no ability, and no morality, so he really doesn't dare to arrogate his heavy weapon, and please ask Your Majesty to allow the minister." ”
"Chen Kan, don't talk about it."
Zhu Gaochi opened his mouth to stop with an anxious face, and Chen Kan threw a smile at him.
Then he bowed his hand to Zhu Di again and said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to allow the ministers to pay tribute." ”
Zhu Di's face was pale, looking at Chen Kan's indifferent expression, he waved his sleeves angrily and said, "Not allowed!" ”
Hearing Zhu Di's refusal, Zhu Gaochi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
On the contrary, Li Jinglong's face couldn't help but sink.
Only Dao Yan still had no expression.
Chen Kan was not surprised, he just looked at Zhu Di with a mocking gaze, and continued to speak: "Please also ask Your Majesty to allow the ministers." ”