Just when Wu Kang's face was full of anxiety and he was so anxious that he didn't know what to do.

A young man suddenly walked into the house from outside the door.

"Father, there's no need to rush."

This young man has a delicate face and fair skin, and he looks like he is in his early twenties.

A pair of eyes are full of cunning essence, like a scheming fox, which makes people feel a chill when they talk to it.

He is Wu Kang's only seedling son, named Wu Mingda.

At the same time, he is also the master of the nine products of Songjiang Mansion.

When Wu Kang encounters various things, he almost only discusses them with his son.

"Mingda, you don't know!"

Wu Kang said eagerly, "The emperor has caught the news this time, and he has already executed Guo Cai, the political secretary of Jiangbei. ”

"Now that I have crossed the three mansions and come straight to my Songjiang Mansion, it is definitely not a good person!"

"So what?"

Wu Mingda shook the folding fan lightly and said with a confident smile, "Of course, the emperor deliberately made things difficult for his father, and even came here to take his father's life. ”

"Then can't we take the initiative?"

"Sortie?"

Wu Kang was slightly stunned, and his face was full of bitterness in an instant, "Mingda, you are so nonsense." ”

"The emperor did not come alone, but with a large number of forbidden troops and guards."

"There are also Yuan Zhen and Zhanhong, both of whom are strong people who can become a hundred."

"The officers and soldiers of our Songjiang Mansion are as weak as sheep, how can they be the opponents of these masters?"

"Guo Cai is in Yangzhou Mansion, and it is precisely because of his intention to assassinate the emperor that he ended up with his head on the ground!"

Wu Mingda is still calm, in stark contrast to the fiery Wu Kang.

"Father, you misunderstood."

"Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five, and if you make a move against the emperor, it is true that there is no good fruit to eat."

"However, it may not be so difficult to move the people around the emperor."

"Oh?"

Wu Kang's eyes lit up, "Mingda, what do you mean?" ”

"According to the information inquired by Er, the emperor's southern tour of the two rivers this time was all because Lu Yuan, the son of the Han Dynasty, picked it up."

"The reason why Guo Cai was caught in Yangzhou Mansion was also done by this Lu Yuan."

"Father, why don't you fight with him?"

"How to fight with the prince?"

Wu Kang was still a little depressed, and said with a bitter face, "That's also difficult." ”

"I have long heard that this prince is very resourceful at a young age, and he is deeply appreciated by His Majesty."

"If we move him, Your Majesty will not spare us."

"Father, you misunderstood, the child didn't mean to harm his Lu Yuan's life."

Wu Mingda smiled mysteriously, "Since he is resourceful and resourceful, let's fight with him." ”

"But you'll need to get that guy to help......"

……

Songjiang Mansion is 800 miles away from Yangzhou Mansion and spans the land of three prefectures.

Conventionally, it takes three or four days to reach.

But at this moment, Emperor Yongle was full of anger in his heart, and he had no intention of playing in the mountains and rivers at all.

Directly led Lu Yuan and others to hurry day and night, and arrived at Songjiang Mansion the next evening.

When I arrived at Songjiang Mansion, more than two miles away from the city gate, I heard a terrible cry.

"What's going on?"

Emperor Yongle frowned and said in a deep voice, "Yuan Zhen, go to the front and investigate." ”

"Yes." Yuan Zhen pulled the reins and jumped forward.

After about three or five minutes, he turned back and turned back, his expression becoming a little strange.

"Your Majesty, a large group of Songjiang officials are kneeling outside the city gate."

"There is a coffin at the door, it should be that the prefect Wu Kang is dead."

"Wu Kang is dead?"

Emperor Yongle was slightly stunned, and looked at Lu Yuan beside him suspiciously.

Lu Yuan also looked puzzled, squinting his eyes and falling into deep thought.

His first reaction was that Li Guan and the others were worried that Wu Kang would leak more rumors, so they secretly sent someone to kill Wu Kang.

But after thinking about it, if it was really Li Guan who killed people and killed people, he would definitely do it without leaving a trace, so how could he allow the officials to cry and mourn with great fanfare?

So...... Did Wu Kang know that he was guilty and committed suicide in fear of sin?

It's also unlikely.

People like Wu Kang are extremely selfish, and in order to survive, even their parents can be betrayed.

To put it mildly, he didn't have the courage to commit suicide.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yuan smelled the smell of conspiracy.

This Wu Kang must be playing tricks.

"Emperor, we might as well go and have a look."

Lu Yuan said with a light smile, "Anyway, Wu Kang is also the five-rank prefect of the imperial court. ”

"If it's really dead, the grandson should also go to the pillar incense."

"Okay."

Emperor Yongle nodded, and said loudly, "Go!" ”

The group set off again and went straight to Songjiang Mansion.

Outside the city gate, sure enough, hundreds of officials were dressed in plain clothes, crying and grabbing the ground.

"Lord Wu, you died unjustly!"

The air was filled with the smell of incense and candles, and the ground was sprinkled with white and yellow petals.

In the middle of the city gate, there is a sturdy Nanmu coffin.

In front of the coffin, a young man dressed in linen and filial piety, with a white flag in his hand.

It is Wu Kang's son, Wu Mingda.

Seeing Emperor Yongle coming, all the officials turned to kneel down to him.

"Wait and greet Your Majesty!"

"No courtesy."

Emperor Yongle rode forward and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

"Wu Kang, the prefect of Songjiang, something happened?"

"Yes......"

Wu Mingda came to Emperor Yongle and wept, "When I learned that Your Majesty was coming, my father ordered his subordinates to prepare carefully, but he himself died. ”

"Before dying, my father told me that I must entertain Your Majesty well."

Emperor Yongle frowned slightly, "A few days ago, Wu Kang also played a game to the imperial court to impeach a prefect of Huizhou Mansion. ”

"Why did you die in just a few days?"

"Your father, how did he die?"

"This ......"

Wu Mingda paused slightly, and glanced at Lu Yuan behind Emperor Yongle with a timid gaze.

"The minister didn't dare to say it."

The corners of Lu Yuan's mouth hooked up a smile, this is coming at me.

"You have something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Emperor Yongle was even more puzzled in his heart, and said coldly, "If there is a grievance in it, I will definitely make the decision for you." ”

"Obey."

Wu Mingda knelt on the ground with a thud, and said with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, my father is ......."

"It was the person who was beaten to death by the prince of the world!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, Gu Shiqing, Yuan Zhen and others were stunned.

Then they looked at Lu Yuan one by one, and their eyes became a little weird.

"Wu Gongzi, don't talk nonsense."

Emperor Yongle's expression was cold, and his tone was a little cold, "The prince has been by my side every day for the past few days. ”

"How can I send someone to Songjiang Mansion and kill your father?"

"Your Majesty, what the minister said is true!"

Wu Mingda hurriedly explained, "The evening before yesterday, a group of people came to the land of Luxi, claiming to be inspecting Songjiang under the command of the prince of the world. ”

"My father has admired the prince for a long time, so he naturally led the officials to greet him."

"After that group of people entered Songjiang, they were like bandits crossing the border, molesting girls from good families on the street, smashing restaurants and wine stores, and abusing and pushing the common people constantly."

"My father couldn't stand it, so he spoke out to dissuade them and reprimand them for being a loser."

"The group became angry, and put my father in a sack, and threw him into the sky again and again, and fell to the ground, and threw him to death!"

"All the officials of Songjiang Prefecture can testify for my father."

"Please let the emperor call the shots and administer justice for my father!"

When Wu Mingda talked about his sorrow, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

The rest of the Songjiang officials also wailed and cried, and some almost fainted from crying.

Emperor Yongle had a complicated expression, and turned to look at Lu Yuan on the side.

Lu Yuan was silent for a moment, and looked at the kraken.

"See what I'm doing?"

The Kraken shrugged innocently, "It's nothing to do with me." ”

"Really?"

Lu Yuan asked in a deep voice, "This matter is not trivial, and there is no room for pranks." ”

"Are you sure you didn't cause me this trouble?"

"The surname is Lu, how can you falsely accuse people of innocence out of thin air!"

The Kraken instantly turned red and said angrily, "I have always been upright and upright, and I dare to act. ”

"It's what I did, even if it's to kill my head, I will never admit it!"

"But if I don't do anything and want to wronged me, I'm not done with him!"

Seeing that the Kraken was so angry, Lu Yuan knew in his heart that she was not lying.

At the same time, he suddenly had a bottom in his heart.

As long as this matter is not done by the Kraken.

The Lingju, the Lingling, and the Willow Condensation would never have done such a thing.

Yu Ling said to Lu Yuan with the technique of sound transmission, "Could this be Wu Kang's trick to cheat death?" ”

"He prepared an empty coffin, pretended to be dead, and sent the emperor and the prince away."

"In fact, he has fled from Songjiang and gone incognito, so that the golden cicada can get out of his shell?"

"It must be so!"

Lu Yuan nodded firmly, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This Wu Kang is really cunning enough.

Almost, he was really fooled.

Lu Yuan stepped forward unhurriedly, and said expressionlessly, "Wu Gongzi, you get up first." ”

"Since you said that it was my people who killed Wu Kang."

"Then how are you going to get justice for your father?"

"Could it be that you want this son to pay for Wu Kang's life?"

Facing the imposing Lu Yuan, Wu Mingda did not have the slightest stage fright.

Still full of sadness, he said bitterly, "Even if the lower officials have ten thousand courages, they will not dare to cure the sins of the prince." ”

"I just hope that the prince can hand over those few house slaves who committed murder and evil."

"Let the emperor judge and condemn them, behead them for public display, and comfort my father's soul in heaven!"

"Reasonable."

Lu Yuan nodded with an interesting smile, and turned to look at Emperor Yongle.

"Emperor, the country has national laws, and the family has family rules."

"If it is really the grandson's domestic slave who commits murder, the grandson will never take shelter."

"But—"

Lu Yuan's words changed sharply, and he looked at the coffin in front of him meaningfully.

"What if Wu Kang hadn't been killed?"

"Easy to do!"

Emperor Yongle also understood the meaning of Lu Yuan's words, and sneered, "Yuan Zhen, how should the crime of bullying the monarch be punished?" ”

Yuan Zhenlang said: "Kill and decide!" ”

As soon as these three words came out, Wu Mingda's face still did not change.

But the other officials were obviously trembling, and their expressions became a little unnatural.

After capturing these details, Lu Yuan felt more confident in his heart.

"Wu Gongzi, did you hear the words of the emperor?"

"Please open the coffin and let the emperor verify it with his own eyes."

"How does this work?"

Wu Mingda's face showed grief and indignation, "The dead are the greatest, doesn't the prince even understand this truth?" ”

"My father worked hard to govern Songjiang during his lifetime, but he was beaten to death on the street by a group of evil slaves, and he was already angry."

"How can the prince of the world bear to open the coffin and disturb his father's sleep?"

Lu Yuan sneered secretly, pretending to be really like that.

This Wu Mingda is the same age as himself, but his scheming is also quite extraordinary.

"Wu Gongzi, you said that my house slave killed Wu Kang, but I said no."

Lu Yuan said lightly: "There is no other way except to open the coffin for autopsy, right?" ”

Wu Mingda was silent for a moment and gritted his teeth: "Okay!" ”

"Lord Shizi, you can open the coffin."

"What happens after the coffin is opened?"

"Easy to do."

Lu Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said confidently, "If the coffin is really Wu Kang's corpse, there is no need to go to those house slaves, this son will pay for his life." ”

"If it is not Wu Kang's body in the coffin, what should Wu Gongzi do?"

Wu Mingda did not hesitate and said in a deep voice, "For the crime of bullying the king, cut off the heads of the ministers!" ”

Seeing that this kid's attitude was even more confident than himself, Lu Yuan was a little suspicious in his heart.

Could it be that I made a mistake in my own analysis?

Just as he was hesitating, the voice of Liu Ninglu came from his ears.

"Lord Shizi, I have already checked it out of my body."

"There is indeed a body in this coffin."

The corners of Lu Yuan's mouth twitched slightly, and a trace of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

It's broken, it's too full of words.

Could it be that this Wu Kang is really so backbone, and when he learned that he and the emperor were coming, he directly broke it off on his own?

The current situation is a little embarrassing.

Although the emperor is reluctant, he must be reluctant to really put himself to death.

But to get fat in front of everyone's noodles is also in vain to damage the majesty of his own dignified son.

"That, Wu Gongzi."

Lu Yuan coughed and said lightly, "You were right just now, death is great." ”

"Since Ling Zun is dead, I don't think there is any need to open the coffin and disturb it."

The corners of Wu Mingda's mouth hooked up a faint smile.

Finally reacted?

It seems that the legendary extremely smart prince is nothing more than that.

Just now you were aggressive, and I pretended to back down.

Now you notice that something is wrong and want to get out of the way, but it's not that easy!

"No, this coffin must be opened!"

Wu Mingda had tears in his eyes and said sadly, "I believe that my father would rather be disturbed to sleep peacefully, and he must hope to repay his innocence!" ”

"Please let the emperor call the shots, and immediately open the coffin for an autopsy!"

"If it is indeed the body of my father in the coffin, please ask the emperor to administer justice for my father!"

Wu Mingda did not give up, and it was clear that he was fighting with Lu Yuan.

The words have come to this point, which is equivalent to putting Emperor Yongle there.

In desperation, he had no choice but to nod, "Yuan Zhen, open the coffin." ”

"No!"

Yuan Zhen stepped forward expressionlessly, pulled out the knife and inserted it into the gap in the coffin.

Immediately picked it up, and the coffin lid flew out.

Bang!

The lid of the coffin slammed to the ground with a heavy muffled thud.

Everyone stepped forward to take a closer look, and they were all slightly stunned for an instant.

Lying in the coffin is Wu Kang! (End of chapter)