Chapter Ninety-Six
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"Say! You were instructed by King Lu to do this! ”
Nanjing, in the prison of the Criminal Department.
Accompanied by the angry shouts of Feng Kezong of the brocade cloth.
The sound of maniacal laughter echoed through the empty cell.
I saw a bald man sitting on a stool made of two benches tied together.
I couldn't stop laughing.
This person is the Great Compassion!
That is, the "prince" of the Ming Dynasty who provoked Zhu Yousong's anger and made a storm in the city.
As for why Dabei is still smiling so happily in the prison, it is because there is a little white sheep constantly licking and eating the soles of his feet at this moment.
It made him itch.
Uncontrollable laughter.
Because now the news of the Great Compassion is all over the city, and the people are very concerned about the follow-up of this matter.
For the sake of the people's support, Zhu Yousong ordered Zhu Guobi and others not to be punished.
lest the people think that this man has been beaten into a trick.
Although the emperor ordered not to let the execution, it was for Feng Kezong, who was in charge of the Jinyi Guard.
He had a way to make Great Compassion speak obediently, and he didn't have to show the wound on his body.
So they resorted to "laughter".
It is to coat the soles of a person's feet with honey, sugar juice or salt, and then bring a goat.
Because goats like sweet food, goats will always lick the soles of their feet with a sweet taste.
Moreover, the tongue of the goat also has barbs, and if you lick it directly, it will make the heart of the foot itch very much, so that the great compassion will not stop laughing.
In the edict of Jinyiwei, few people can resist this move.
Because those who resisted would have died of a lack of oxygen by laughing wildly.
But today, as long as they control their strength, they will come to this monk from the truth.
Feng Kezong thought secretly.
While thinking, I repeated what I had just said to Great Compassion.
"Are you instructed by King Lu to subvert my Daming!! Don't you want to recruit from the real thing!! ”
"My lord!!"
"The little one is really not under the orders of King Lu! Hahaha...... Isn't it already hahaha just now...... Did I tell you, I just want to take advantage of the chaos to deceive others and make a court for the vassal king...... Hahahaha...... The feudal king's fortune!! Hahaha......"
"Hahaha...... The little one really doesn't want to subvert the imperial court!! ”
While laughing uncontrollably, he was still waiting to reply to Feng Kezong's words.
Great compassion is really dying of pain!
He felt that if he continued to laugh like this, he would die laughing.
Although he thought so in his heart, Dabei was still laughing wildly on the surface.
Tears flowed down both sides.
Seeing this situation, Cai Zhong, another eunuch of the "Three Halls Trial", hurriedly spoke.
"Lord Feng~, don't take this goat away quickly, he can't stand it anymore~"
Hearing Cai Zhong say this, Feng Kezong also hurriedly took a closer look at the state of Great Compassion.
As soon as these words were spoken, the people in the audience suddenly became silent.
Even Ma Shiying, who had been eavesdropping on the carriage, was shocked.
Boy! This rumor spread from the west of the city to the south of the city, and it has actually become Chongzhen in Yingtianfu!
This is too TM to imagine!!
At this time, the atmosphere present was extremely quiet for a while.
Everyone seemed to be stunned by these remarks.
"Since you said that the first emperor is still in Yingtianfu, then you must know who the first emperor is, right? Say it and let's see! ”
While everyone was quiet, one of the two vendors stood up and asked.
"All the people of the entire Ming Dynasty who don't know that the first emperor has died in Shuntian, how could they run to Yingtian."
"You are clearly insulting the emperor, if you can't come up with evidence today, we ...... We're going to arrest you and bring you to justice!" ”
When he heard that the merchant was going to arrest him, he went to the court.
The cloth-clothed man's face visibly became terrified, but then he gritted his teeth.
It was as if I had made up my mind.
He yelled at the vendor, "Good! Do you want proof? ”
"I'll give you proof!"
In the eyes of the surrounding people.
The man in cloth said loudly: "This is the court has just interrogated from the mouth of the "monk prince", since you want it, then I will tell you!" ”
"The evidence is that the first emperor is in Ningguo Mansion! And at this time, he had already led the army into Ning Guofu! ”
And it won't be long before the emperor will crusade against the pseudo-"imperial court" in Nanjing! ”
"As for who the emperor is, I'm sure you've all guessed it!!"
As soon as these words came out, it was like throwing a torpedo into a calm pool in an instant.
Directly let everyone explode the pot!
"Do you know why the emperor wanted to crusade against the puppet dynasty? ”。
"It's because the emperor sitting on the dragon chair is not the real Fu King at all!"
"The first emperor crusaded against him in order to allow the real Zhu Ming royal family to ascend the throne!"
"And that person is King Lu!!"
"King Lu is kind to the people, everyone obeys it, and he should be the !!! of the Son of Heaven"
Before everyone could digest the previous message, another day of exciting news came from the mouth of the man in cloth.
At this moment, everyone couldn't sit still, and the exclamations of exhaustion in an instant rang out one after another.
"Oh my God!! The first emperor was actually in Ningguofu?!!! ”
"A few days ago, the imperial court said that the traitor who attacked Ning Guofu would not be ......!!!"
"It's scary to think about it, it's scary to think about it!!"
"Isn't it really ...... today?"
"Be careful! Be careful!! ”
“……”
"Quick! Go and get someone to catch the man in the cloth!!! ”
"Fast !!"
The carriage next to him instantly sounded with a slightly trembling voice of horror.
Ma Shiying was really frightened at this time.
It was not these rebellious remarks that frightened him, but the words that were written in his hands!!
What does this mean??
It shows that this matter is simply controlled by people in the court from beginning to end!!
What the resurrection of the first emperor, what Prince Daming, all fake!
It's true that you want to cause partisanship!!
And I'm afraid the real target is him!!!
This person actually said that the first emperor was attacking King Yongming in Nanjing, and the purpose was to let King Lu ascend the throne.
This remark instantly reminded him of the group of people in the Donglin Party!
Or rather, the resumption of the Society!
Previously, after the Nanjing Imperial Court was just established, the group of people in the Fushe Society and Shi Kefa always wanted to establish King Lu as the emperor.
He wants to make King Fu the emperor.
Although in the end, the four towns of Huaixi under his command took it by surprise and launched a mutiny, forcibly supporting King Fu as the emperor.
But Fushe, Shi Kefa and others have been trying to find out Hongguang's faults and want to re-establish King Lu as emperor.
Therefore, it is very likely that this Great Compassion Monk was done by the group of people from the Restoration Society!
They have both the motivation and the ability to do it.
Now it may be that Shi Kefa was beaten down by him, and they felt that if they didn't fight back, they would be completely suppressed by themselves, so they came up with this Great Compassion Monk.
Delusional to let King Lu be the emperor again!
Ma Shiying, who got this conclusion, immediately became anxious.
He wants to go to the palace immediately and report to Zhu Yousong!
At this time, the subordinate who had just been sent to arrest the man in cloth also hurried over.
"My lord, the man has already run away, and the little ones have not found him."
Hearing this, Ma Shiying was even more sure of his guess.
This man can disappear so quickly, maybe it was planned a long time ago!
Immediately ignored the man in cloth, and hurriedly said anxiously to the coachman.
"Immediately! Right away! Go to the palace now!! ”
"Fast !!"
Seeing Ma Shiying roaring angrily, the coachman did not dare to slack off.
Immediately waved the whip in his hand, and the carriage drove quickly towards the palace in an instant.
Leaving a group of stunned subordinates standing behind him.
And just after the carriage left, in the corner on the left, a man in cloth suddenly appeared!
It's the man who wasn't caught!
The man in the cloth stood in the corner and looked at the dust kicked up by the carriage in the distance.
Until the tail of the carriage could no longer be seen.
The man in the cloth then turned and left.
After turning around and turning around, when he came to the door of a house, he knocked lightly on the door three times.
The door was opened from the inside.
"Shousuke has already gone to the palace."
As soon as he entered the door, the man in cloth said to the old man who was sitting in a chair.
"Are you sure it's Shousuke-sama?"
"Sure, the little one saw Shousuke-sama show up with his own eyes, and he definitely can't go wrong."
"Okay, you can go to the backyard and get the reward."
"Thank you, sir!"
Hearing this, the man in cloth immediately happily went to the backyard to receive the reward.
After he left, the old man, who had been sitting upright in his chair, gestured to the guard next to him with his hand to his neck.
Seeing this, the guard nodded.
Walked to the backyard and conveyed the meaning of the adult to the brother who was hiding in the shadow.
About a pillar of incense after the time.
The guards changed their clothes and walked back again.
Seeing the guards returning, the old man did not ask him how he was.
After all, the fact that the guards were able to return safely already explained the answer.
Gently taking a sip of the tea on the table, Ruan Dacheng sighed and said.
"Shousuke-sama, don't blame the lower officials, after all, this is also the most beneficial result for you."
That's right, this old man is Ruan Dacheng, who has just been promoted to the secretary of the Ming Army!
At the same time, he is also the minister of Conglong who supported Zhu Yousong as the emperor with Ma Shiying!
It can be said that he and Ma Shiying belong to the same camp.
So Ma Shiying guessed that the Donglin Party was dealing with him, and he was simply falling for Ruan Dacheng's strategy!
And Ruan Dacheng's purpose in doing this is to make Ma Shiying mistakenly think that Qian Qianyi and others are preparing to deal with him, so that Ma Shiying can defeat the Donglin Party-Fushe!
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He was found to be short of breath, flushed, and out of breath.
So he hurriedly asked the brocade guard standing aside to pull the goat away.
As soon as the goat pulled away, Dabei still subconsciously laughed.
But then he breathed heavily through his mouth.
But he still had this smiling smile on his face.
Obviously, if the goat continues to lick it, he may really suffocate to death!
Don't wait for the great compassion to take a break.
Feng Kezong went up directly and grabbed his collar and said with a gloomy face.
"Say it or not?! If you don't say anything, I'll let the goat keep licking! Until it licks you to death!! ”
"And there are a thousand ways to deal with you here!! Without opening your mouth, the official will really let you taste other punishments!! ”
The great sorrow that had just been relieved a few times, as soon as he heard this, his body trembled with fright in an instant.
With fear in his eyes, he kept a strange smile on his face, and said in fear.
"My lord!! The little one really did all the tricks!! ”
"I'm really not a person from King Lu!! Ha...... Ha, I'm just a liar who has become a monk!! ”
"I really just want to cheat some money from the imperial court!!!"
"I'm really wronged!!!"
As he spoke, tears of great compassion instantly filled his cheeks.
He's really wronged!! He just heard that the imperial court would give the vassal kings from the north good food and drink.
That's why he wants to come over and cheat and cheat!
How could I have thought that now I am actually regarded as a traitor who wants to subvert the Ming Dynasty, and I have to bear this inhuman sin.
It's really wronged!!
Seeing that Great Compassion was still the answer, Feng Kezong's face was suddenly full of impatience.
Several times in a row, I still couldn't ask what he wanted.
Could it be that this person is really just here to cheat and cheat?
"Great compassion~, the miscellaneous family asked you, since you came here to cheat and cheat, then why do you say that Your Majesty should be located in King Lu?"
"Do you know that this is a !! that will be beheaded?"
Cai Zhong on the side asked at this time.
"Father-in-law, the little one just said this because His Majesty was not popular among the people when he ascended the throne."
"I just want to gain the support of the people, so that the identity of the little prince is more real!!"
"The little one really doesn't want to subvert His Majesty!!"
Great compassion wanted to cry without tears.
After crying for so long, his tears were gone.
He had known that he would suffer this crime if he was deceived and killed, and he would not have come!!
It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in this world.
Let's not talk about whether Dabei was really instructed by King Lu, even if it was only based on his crime of pretending to be the king of the Ming Dynasty, this is also an exile at the very least!
Not to mention that he has already provoked Zhu Yousong's anger, this life is estimated to be certain death!
"Feng Zhangtang, Cai Gonggong, we have been interrogating him all night."
"That's what he confesses every time."
"I'm afraid he's really not King Lu's person, just a liar who doesn't know the height of the sky!"
Zhu Guobi, the other chief official of the three halls of trial, couldn't stand it anymore and opened his mouth to dissuade him.
"According to the general, there is no need to continue the trial, just treat him as a crime of defrauding the king, and hand him over to the Criminal Department to close the case."
"General Zhu is right~, Lord Feng."
Cai Zhong also spoke.
"Isn't this matter tried so far, hasn't the result already been made, so let's close the case?"
"Anyway, he died alone, if you continue to trial, I really don't know if there will be someone added here at that time~"
If Cai Zhong was referring to this, Feng Kezong knew very well what he was referring to.
This is to tell him that he will continue to investigate, if it really involves King Lu.
The Donglin Party members in the court will be implicated, and that group of people may be damaged in this incident.
But it will definitely not be wiped out, and by that time, the Donglin Party will not be able to provoke Shoufu and His Majesty.
It's definitely going to take a shot at yourself.
And His Majesty will definitely throw himself out for the sake of the overall situation.
Thinking about it this way, if he continues, he will really find a way to die.
"Okay, since General Zhu and Gonggong Cai have said so, then this matter will be closed."