Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Backbite (I)
In front of Zhu Yuanzhang's mourning hall, Zhu Ren tilted his head, with a hideous look unique to a gentleman, and shouted loudly: "Yun Wen, you have to calculate this account for us." The silver of our Yanwang Mansion is not just a lump of soil dug out of the ground. My three brothers easily scraped together 100,000 taels of silver and bought a piece of 'Hanzhen Iron', saying that the southern realm is prosperous, and there must be master craftsmen here, specially preparing to build a treasure knife for our father's birthday. Now it's a good thing, the blacksmith didn't say anything about scrapping our iron, and he also found his backstage backer, threatening my brother and me, what do you say? ”
Zhu Yunwen, who was full of sluggishness, was a little dazed, he couldn't figure out why Zhu Ren, a cousin who was looking for fun on the Qinhuai River all day long, suddenly found him, and said something that probably only the people in the market would say. This is clearly those businessmen who are making claims, where should the children of the royal family say?
Zhu Xi stood behind Zhu Ren and blinked his eyelids fakely, deliberately letting everyone notice his deep, panda-like eyes. Zhu Xun moved a few steps with a gloomy face, and when he arrived in front of Zhu Yunwen, he looked at Zhu Yunwen helplessly, and sighed: "Yunwen, you don't have to listen to him about this matter." In short, although the number of 100,000 taels of silver is a little larger, at least the three of us can afford to accompany it, which is also ...... Alas!" After speaking, Zhu Xi was very 'annoyed' and glanced at Zhu Ren.
Zhu Yunwen was surprised, he saw Zhu Xi's appearance, and his curiosity was aroused, and he couldn't help asking: "We are all brothers, what can't we say?" Say, what is the matter?...... In Yingtianfu, there are still people who dare to threaten the prince of the royal mansion, there is simply no royal law. Although Zhu Yunwen knew that Zhu Yunwen and their father were one of his biggest threats, in his heart, he still had this thought, that is, their Zhu family's bloodline was the most noble in the world, even if it was to fight or kill, that was what he Zhu Yunwen could do, and no one else could offend his clan.
Zhu Xuan was full of hesitation, Zhu Xuan snorted softly, and walked to the side with a face full of 'anger' and 'humiliation', holding the jade railing beside him tightly, Zhu Xu's teeth grinded like a landslide. The people next to him thought he was angry, who knew that Zhu Xuan was really smiling in his stomach and was about to break through his belly, so he could only grit his teeth and forcibly press his smile. When Li Feng said his plan in the middle of the night, Zhu Xuan was already laughing violently. For Li Feng's vicious methods, Zhu Xuan can only admire: "No poison, no husband." Hehe, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru are our opponents, so naturally we should deal with them as viciously as we can. ”
Here Zhu Xi was still hesitating, and Zhu Ren, who was with a belly of straw, had already pulled Zhu Xi away with one hand, and shouted at Zhu Yunwen: "Ah, you want to help us get angry? That's okay, the one who bullied us was Huang Renshan, the waiter of the Criminal Department, who sent out to catch fast, and injured all the guards in my eldest brother's mansion." If you want to say who is behind Huang Renshan, you should know, right? It is the current Auxiliary Minister Huang Zicheng...... By the way, there is also that Fang Xiaoru, without his support, how dare Huang Renshan beat our people? He also paid 100,000 taels of silver to our palace...... Well, even with the profits, this is already 105,000 taels. ”
The ministers next to them were taken aback, you people from the Yan Wangfu have only been coming to Yingtianfu for a few days? 100,000 taels of silver have an interest of 5,000 taels, this is too outrageous, right? Those old ministers couldn't help but secretly look at Zhu Xi and them, thinking in their hearts: "I have long heard that various palaces are putting money in prints, and this is a search for people's fat and people's ointment, but it is very ruthless." Hehe, when I see it today, it really deserves its name. ”
And those ministers who had taken the silver from the hands of the Yan Wangfu were all colorless.
Zhu Yunwen was taken aback: "What nonsense are you talking about? Teacher, his son, how could he do this? Especially the teacher, he is a great Confucian in the world, how could he do such a thing to corrupt Sven?" Especially Huang Renshan, Zhu Yunwen has also seen him, he was born in a scholarly family, but he doesn't like to read, and he can be an official of the Criminal Department.
With a haggard face and a gray-white face, Li Feng took a step forward, looked at Zhu Yunwen pitifully, and said weakly: "If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can check the injuries on Your Majesty's body." The minister's thighs are now bruised everywhere, if it weren't for the subordinates of the subordinates who arrived in time, I am afraid that the people of Huang Renshan would have killed the subordinates directly. After speaking, Li Feng showed a martial arts style, and directly tore open the pants on his thighs, revealing a large piece of blue and purple.
The surrounding ministers let out an exclamation, looking at the appearance of the faint bloodshot skin on Li Feng's thighs, even those supervising the imperial history forgot to punish Li Feng for a big disrespectful crime. An old minister of the Criminal Department couldn't help but ask a little surprised: "This lord, why do you have a wound on your thigh? No one is specifically aiming at your thigh, right?"
Murong Tian's hand flipped over, and he had already snatched the sword from a guard beside him. The forbidden troops of the surrounding palace were shocked, and they were about to take action to protect Zhu Yunwen and those ministers, Murong Tian's wrist flicked, and more than a dozen points of sword light had already stabbed Li Feng's body with a sound. With the sound of 'dangdang', the saber was bounced back by a powerful force, and then broke into three pieces. Murong Tian dropped the hilt of the sword in his hand, looked up to the sky and sighed: "If it weren't for the nephrite armor given by the prince on Commander Li's body, I'm afraid ...... He has already been murdered. Let's look at the injury on his thigh, if it hits the upper body of a person, is it still lifeal?"
Several officials of the Criminal Department glanced at each other and secretly took a few steps back. If this is an injury, I'm afraid I'll have to find these old officials to play. But this is definitely an offending thing, if Li Feng's injury is light, then it offends Yan Wangfu, if the injury is very serious, then it is ...... Huang Zicheng: Why haven't they come to the palace today?
Zhu Yunwen was already a little angry, he waved his hand and scolded the guards who were forcing Murong Tian, walked in front of Li Feng, regardless of the dissuasion of the ministers around him, and personally touched Li Feng's thigh with his hand, and sure enough, he found that it was a bruise that was beaten with fists and feet, and the injury was hot, obviously the internal muscles were injured. Zhu Yunwen gritted her teeth tightly, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the wound on Li Feng's thigh fiercely, and the handkerchief was immediately stained with a trace of blood.
Zhu Yunwen took a few steps back, his face was full of iron, he didn't say a word, he was blinking his eyes quickly and thinking about something. Zhu Xi had already arrived at Li Feng's side, grabbed Li Feng's hand and scolded: "Director Li, didn't you tell you not to make a sound? Are you causing trouble to the imperial grandson or what are you doing? The imperial grandfather has just passed away, and I don't know how many important things are waiting for the imperial grandson to handle...... I told you ten times earlier, don't make Yunwen upset him, why are you still like this?...... And you, third brother, how are you ...... Alas. ”
Suddenly, Zhu Yunwen's heart was hot, and the words that the old eunuch An had nagged in his ear in the past two days came out again: "After all, you are all members of the Zhu family, and your brother's family is always more affectionate than outsiders, right? Those princes are indeed not very peaceful, but when it comes to rebellion, it is not so serious? They just do their princes well, and they enjoy endless glory and wealth...... The people of the Zhu family always help their own family, right?" Zhu Yunwen nodded silently, and his heart suddenly leaned towards Zhu Yun's side.
At this juncture, the old eunuch ran over panting and dragging his fat body, and when he saw Zhu Yunwen and a group of them crowded at the door of the mourning hall, he couldn't help shouting: "Get out of the way, let my father-in-law get out of the way." Your Highness, this is a big deal, this, this, the old slave really can't think of it, how can it be such a thing. ”
The secret report handed over to Zhu Yunwen by the old eunuch An was obtained by him two hours ago, and then he grabbed it in his hand and thought carefully for a long, long time, and finally the sweat in the palm of his hand wet the paper. Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but feel shocked when she saw the old eunuch An's form, and hurriedly grabbed the secret report and looked at it carefully. Suddenly, Zhu Yunwen's body swayed, took a few steps backwards, and almost fell to the ground.
Several ministers hurriedly supported Zhu Yunwen, and the old eunuch An whispered: "Your Highness, look at this matter, how should you deal with it?"
Zhu Yunwen trembled for a long time, and finally squeezed out a few words from his lips: "Shame...... I, I, I, I absolutely don't believe it...... This matter is not allowed to leak out the slightest rumor. Warn all the Jinyi guards, whoever dares to leak the slightest bit of news, all of them will click on me. Check it for me, find out what the hell is going on...... Also, check this matter for me by the way. Zhu Yunwen told Zhu Xi about the dispute between them and Huang Renshan, and then turned around and walked into the mourning hall stiffly.
Suddenly, Zhu Yunwen stood still, he turned around and showed a strong smile at Zhu Xi: "This matter, don't worry." You can't let the fourth uncle suffer a loss, that is, after finding out the matter, you must let Huang Renshan compensate for the loss. After speaking, Zhu Yunwen clenched his fists heavily, and the secret report was tightly crumpled into a ball. He expressed his goodwill to Zhu Xi for the first time, but he still didn't believe how Huang Zicheng could get involved in these messy things, so he only said that Huang Renshan would compensate for the loss, but did not contact Huang Zicheng.
Zhu Xi bowed with gratitude on his face: "Yun Wen's handling is extremely appropriate, and there is no one who is unconvinced as a brother." Come on, send Commander Li back to rest, he couldn't support it yesterday, and he insisted on coming over, go back to rest, and recuperate well. After speaking, he pulled Zhu Ren, who was full of dull faces, and Zhu Ren, who tilted his head and shook his upper body, staring at a palace maid with lamp oil, and the three of them walked into the mourning hall. Then, the chili juice was rubbed into his mouth, and a little ginger juice was slightly smeared on his eyes, and Zhu Xi began to cry again.
The old eunuch An followed closely by Zhu Yunwen's side and whispered: "Your Highness, don't you think this is? The most intimate thing, after all, it is still from your Zhu family." ”
Zhu Yunwen was a little impatient and threw the secret report in his hand into the brazier that burned paper money for Zhu Yuanzhang, and waved his hand upsetly: "I understand, father-in-law, you go, you go and investigate this matter in person." I absolutely don't believe that Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, two teachers, would do such a thing at home...... Check, check it out for me, even if you turn Ying Tianfu upside down, you have to check it out for me. Also, tell those who handle the case that it's just some silver tickets, the Fang family and the Huang family's decades of accumulation, do you have to put forward this bit of silver specially?"
A strange smile hung on the corner of Old Eunuch An's mouth, and he whispered: "Yes, Your Highness, the old slave will do it." However, the silver ticket was a small matter, but with it was a few wonderful pieces of jewelry, and it happened to be ......"
Zhu Yunwen frowned, and asked in a low voice, "What is it?"
Old Eunuch An lowered his head and replied respectfully, "Those happen to be the most valuable pieces of jewelry that have been stolen from several large families in Yingtian City in the past few days. The other jewelry, the old slave thought, should have something to do with it. ”
Zhu Yunwen was furious, he stomped his feet fiercely, and shouted loudly: "The matter has not been clarified yet, why do you just make a judgment like this?" He gasped a few times, and the wheezing sound was particularly harsh in the cry of Zhu Xi and the three of them. Zhu Yunwen unconsciously waved his right hand a few times, closed his eyes suddenly, and said unreasonably: "I don't care so much, in short, I definitely don't believe in this thing." Check it out for me, check it out thoroughly. Does Father-in-law think that the two teachers are capable of doing such a thing?"
The old eunuch An took out a small fold very secretly, and whispered: "This, the old slave is not clear." However, Huang Zicheng is the son of Lord Huang, and he has made some high-rollers on the rivers and lakes, which is true. The sect called 'White Emperor Gate' is a well-known martial arts strong in Sichuan. and the Cangfeng Castle supported by our imperial court, the power is not on par. Hehe, the old slave also knows that several important people in the White Emperor Gate are now bringing a large number of masters to haunt Yingtianfu, and their intentions are very suspicious. ”
Zhu Yunwen only felt that her hands and feet were cold, and there was a 'buzzing' sound in her head. After a long while, he smiled bitterly, and reluctantly arched his hand towards the old eunuch: "Father-in-law, all this will trouble you...... The people in Yingtianfu sent people to arrest and cut them down. The Ministry of Soldiers ordered that the guards on the Sichuan side dispatched a large army to destroy the White Emperor Gate for me...... I don't want anyone else to know about the affairs of the two teachers' families, father-in-law, it's all up to you. ”
The old eunuch An bent down in fear, and whispered: "Your Highness said as promised, the old slave dares to disobey the death force?" He slowly retreated out of the gate of the mourning hall, and then turned around and walked out quickly. As soon as he turned around, his face was already full of smiles. He smiled in a low gloating voice: "Wonderful, this little doll is really powerful, hehe, he didn't even make a draft for framing people." Wonderful, hehe, last morning, my people only saw him beating up the arrest of the Criminal Department, but they didn't see Huang Renshan's people beating him. ”
"However, this is a good thing, hehe, people in the world will not believe that there will be such an outrageous thing, Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng's daughter have hooked up? Nonsense, how is it possible? Where is Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng may not be there? Unless Huang Zicheng's old guy has a leg with his daughter first. Hehe......" The old eunuch An laughed a few times obscenely, gently touched his fat belly, and laughed strangely: "It's okay, put on a bit of prestige in front of the two of you first, and then talk to you well." ”
"Either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. Hehe, after a while, you Huang Zicheng, you Fang Xiaoru, what do you dare to fight with your father-in-law and me? Hmph. He beckoned to call a Jinyi guard's pacification envoy, and the old eunuch An took out a piece of paper vividly, and said in a low voice: "This thing, I want to know about it tonight, basically all the court officials." Hehe, everyone has been tired lately, and it's not bad to add some after-dinner jokes to the ministers. ”
Seeing the appreciative expression on the face of the pacification envoy, the old eunuch An couldn't help but have a happy face, and he walked towards the gate of the palace in a hurry, and shouted in a man-like voice: "Boys, come with my father-in-law." That Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru have made a fortune recently, and they all went to their house with their father-in-law and me to eat and drink, and whatever they wanted to eat and drink, they all told my father-in-law and me, hey, I'm afraid they won't prepare, right? Father-in-law, I went to clear their sins today on the order of the emperor's grandson. Hey. ”
A group of high-ranking officials of the Jinyi Guard, with a strange smile on their faces, surrounded the old eunuch An and went happily. These Jinyi guards are all very well-informed, who doesn't know that this Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru were put together? However, anyway, if their master is happy, it is better than anything else. As for whether they Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru will be able to get away with their crimes and whether they will be able to clear their names, what does this matter to them? The greater the power of the old eunuch, the more oil and water will be easy for Jinyiwei to make money. Everyone is a clear-eyed person, needless to say, it is too clear.
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