Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 392 Give us a plate of prawns, hand-peeled prawns!

Lao Zhu beat the sapphire again, then put the matter of sapphire aside and didn't care about it anymore.

It's not that he is too generous, it's just that he knows that Lan Yu must have a violent temper, but she doesn't have the courage to rebel.

As long as I can live another ten years, I can boil him to death, so why bother to be a bad person?

Now, Lao Zhu is preoccupied with the autumn military exercises. Let's see if the military training results of the feudal lords from various places in recent years have the ability to become the barrier of the Ming Dynasty.Secondly, it also declared its force to overseas vassal states, so that they would not dare to underestimate Daming.

As for the third point, it doesn't really get on the table, it's to let my rebellious grandson and the feudal lords compare with each other to achieve a delicate balance.

There was just one thing that made him very upset, and that was his rebellious grandson, who seemed to have grown up in Suzhou and Songjiang, and had no intention of coming back to participate in the military exercise at all.

This made him very distressed, and he wished he could write three letters a day to urge him to come back.

However, I felt ashamed and didn't want to use this pen.

Just at this time, Sapphire gave him a booklet, saying that he would invite him, the emperor, to visit his home, see his newly built garden, have a meal, drink some wine and so on.

Lao Zhu also took advantage of the situation and agreed, thinking of talking to Lan Yu during the meal, asking Lan Yu to write a letter to Ni Sun, asking him to come back quickly.

Generally speaking, courtiers rarely take the initiative to invite the emperor to dinner.

Because the cause and effect here are too great, no one wants to cause this trouble.

This was the trick given to him by his counselors, saying that Wang Jian used to deal with King Qin like this, asking for money to repair gardens and build houses all day long.

As long as you let the emperor know that you are greedy for money to build a garden, the emperor will not be suspicious of you.

Lan Yu really believed it, and invited experts in Beijing to design a garden for him, and spent a lot of money to hire someone to build it.

As soon as the garden was completed, Lan Yu wrote to Lao Zhu, asking His Majesty to come and visit her garden.

Sapphire originally wanted to be polite, but she didn't expect the emperor to show face in such a way that she really wanted to come to him.

Therefore, in order to entertain His Majesty the Emperor, Lan Yu wrote another letter saying that he would prepare for a few days.

Lao Zhu thought that he had just beaten Sapphire some time ago, and Sapphire would definitely take the opportunity to show his loyalty to him, so he extended him a few days and gave him a chance to show his loyalty.

However, when the agreed date was approaching and Lao Zhu was going to visit Lanyu's mansion in a carriage, the carriage stopped suddenly before it entered the alley of Lanyu's house. He kept scratching his hooves and refused to walk into the alley.

When Lao Zhu saw this scene, he panicked on the spot. He has experienced this or similar experiences several times in his life, and he even wrote these experiences into "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" for future generations to learn from.

All actions and movements are temporary changes, which must be carefully reviewed by oneself, and warlocks are unpredictable.

And if it is about to go out, the horse suddenly becomes ill, or the diet, clothes, flags, and armor have changed at that time, or the spoon is lost, the cup and plate are tilted, or the use is against the will, or the strong wind or thunder is coming against the front, or the birds are flying. , Beasts come here in a strange way, this is the reward of the gods, and the blessing of the country.

If you have already gone out, check the left and right carefully, and return with caution; stop before you go out.However, celestial phenomena and people can't do it, and the rest are things that people can do. Those who fear rape take advantage of this false behavior, take nothing as existence, and take existence as nothing, obstructing access, and should be carefully examined.

If you don't believe it and go there, you are going against the sky and seeking disaster.

I am in danger, and there are as many murderers as possible.All the previous warnings have been verified, so we should act accordingly.It is necessary to carefully examine personnel affairs, examine and use, look up at the way of heaven, and look down at geography, and use them without any variation, so it is safe.

(Excerpt from Emperor Ming Zu Xun)

Because of these bizarre experiences, Lao Zhu immediately ordered people to retreat when he saw something abnormal about the horse.

When Lao Zhu returned to the palace, he immediately ordered the two tigers to take Jin Yiwei to go straight to Lan Yu's mansion, and found 200 pairs of armor that had not been transported away in Lan Yu's mansion, and more than [-] soldiers.

Although Erhu has a good relationship with Lan Yu, but in the face of such ironclad evidence, he has no way to cover it up for Lan Yu, so he can only secretly release water, and let Lan Yu's youngest son, Lan Chun, find the emperor's grandson.

As for whether Lan Yu's family can be saved, it depends on whether Lan Yu's family has such good fortune.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard the news, and directly ordered Lan Yu's family to be imprisoned in Jinyiwei Prison, and arrested generals who had relations with Lan Yu.

Dozens of generals who followed Sapphire on the expedition were implicated, and the whole family was imprisoned.

The civil servants mobilized collectively, and wrote letters to impeach Lan Yu's party for its illegal activities, impeaching the generals of Ming Dynasty almost all over the place.

Even Tang He, who was treating and recuperating in the capital, was impeached on several charges by these civil servants.

Lao Zhu was always admonishing, no matter who was impeached, he would send Jin Yiwei to "ask".

What can Jin Yiwei ask?
Naturally, we should arrest the person first, so as not to find him after running away.

All of a sudden, the whole capital city was in panic, and people panicked.

After the two tigers checked for a few days, they reported to His Majesty the Emperor.

"My lord, I have already investigated the matter clearly. This incident is purely a misunderstanding."

"According to the confession of the soldiers in the Lanyu Mansion, they are just households selected by Lanyu from various villas to perform military dramas for the emperor."

"Most of the other generals also complained, saying that they hadn't contacted Lan Yu for a long time, and they didn't know about Lan Yu's rebellion!"

Lao Zhu was very dissatisfied with the result, and pointed at Erhu's nose and cursed.

"Did you take their money and come here to speak for them?"

How could Erhu bear this charge? Hearing this, he hurriedly "bang bang" kowtowed, and his forehead was bleeding after a few blows.

But Lao Zhu still jumped up and scolded indignantly.

"You heartless bastard, we treat you well, and you come to fool us just like those treacherous ministers!"

"Now they want to kill us!"

"But you told us that that dog Lan Yu set up an ambush with more than 200 soldiers, is he trying to show us something?"

"You motherfucker is playing with us!"

Erhu was startled and terrified when he heard this, but he was more wronged.

He has always treated Lao Zhu with respect like his father, how could he have such a rebellious heart?
Lao Zhu's slanderous words are really more uncomfortable than cutting him with a knife.

"Forgive me, my lord, I would never dare to have such a lowly position!"

"To put it bluntly, the humble brothers have lost their father since they were young, and we have always treated you like a father in our hearts. How can we partner with outsiders to harm you..."

"It's just that the things tortured by the humble office are really like this..."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he picked up the inkstone angrily, and threw it at Erhu.

"How dare you say it!"

"Sapphire's murderous intentions can even be seen by the horses pulling the cart, and you dare to speak for him!"

"Come here, drag this bastard out for us, and interrogate us severely, did he take Lan Yu's utterly unconscionable money!"

"promise!"

"Pass the decree to Jiang Yu!"

Not long after, Jiang Yu came to Qianqing Palace.

When Lao Zhu saw Jiang Yu, a smile appeared on his face immediately.

"Jiang Yu, you won't let us down, will you?"

As soon as Jiang Yu heard this, and then thought of what happened to Erhu being dragged out just now, he knew it in his heart.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty must find out all the corrupt officials and thieves!"

"Ning kill by mistake, don't let go!"

Lao Zhu was really happy when he heard this.

"Good good!"

"As expected of the person we value, I will leave this matter to you, and you must check it out for us!"

"promise!"

After Jiang Yu took over the case of Lan Yu's one party, the progress can be described as rapid. In less than two days, hundreds of criminal evidences were collected.

The letters that Sapphire has exchanged with the generals over the years, and the prohibited items that Sapphire has secretly embezzled ink over the years.

These things are nothing in normal times, and Lao Zhu also knows that Lan Yu likes to secretly hide some loot, so he turns a blind eye to this matter.

However, as the Sapphire rebellion case surfaced, these things have become evidence of Sapphire's rebellion.

Afterwards, Jiang Yuyou interrogated several confessions accusing Lanyu of treason, as well as rebellious remarks during the meeting.

Originally, Lan Yu's best friend didn't want to confess, but Jiang Yu was too strong to stand up.

For example, when Jiang Yu interrogated Lanyu's best friend Dingyuanhou Wang Bi, Wang Bi gritted his teeth and endured the torture without revealing a word.

However, when Jiang Yu told what year and month he and Lan Yu met, where they drank, and what everyone said during the dinner, his psychological defense completely collapsed.

Finished!

This is His Majesty's plan to rectify Lan Yu and get rid of Lan Yu's relatives for the emperor's grandson!

Once the case turned into a political incident, Wang Bi had nothing to hide, and he explained everything in detail.

It doesn't count as framing, Lan Yu is indeed quite capable of complaining after drinking, and it's normal to say something disrespectful.

Jiang Yu showed Lao Zhu the completed confession. After reading it, Lao Zhu cursed Lan Yu again, scolding Lan Yu for being a heartless bastard, and then ordered Jiang Yu to continue to investigate and make sure to wipe out the Blue Party!
Jiang Yu got His Majesty's order, the progress of the interrogation was faster, and the intensity of the arrest was also greater.

All lieutenant generals and schools were involved, and even a few thousand households in Jinyiwei were arrested by him on the grounds of tipping off the rebellious party.

In the beginning, many people were able to get a single cell, but as more and more people were arrested, except Lan Yu, a serious offender, was able to get a separate cell, and people like Er Hu could only live with others.

On this day, Erhu was leaning against the wall to take a nap when he suddenly heard a knock on the cell door, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Jiang Si and Han Wu.

"Why were you both arrested?"

Jiang Si and Han Wu drooped their heads and said depressedly.

"Jiang Yu found out about releasing Lan Chun privately..."

Erhu heaved a long sigh when he heard this.

"Ugh!"

"You two have been implicated by me!"

The two of them didn't hold any grudges, they sat next to Erhu happily, and asked him how his time was going.

The two tigers said indifferently.

"What else can I do, eat and sleep all day, eat and sleep."

"Although that guy Jiang Yu wished for my early death, he still didn't dare to torture me. He was just afraid that the emperor would chop me up with his own hands when he heard the kid's slander and started killing me!"

The two quickly comforted each other.

"will not!"

"Master Hu is in the emperor's heart. Your eldest brother has made great contributions to the emperor. The emperor will not kill you!"

"It's just that Duke Liang is suspended this time, maybe the whole family will be asked to kill..."

When Erhu heard this, the expression on his face was neither sad nor happy.

From the heart, it is not an exaggeration to behead him for what Lan Yu did.

But to say that he rebelled, it seems almost meaningless.

"Do you two still have contacts in the cell?"

"I want to go see Duke Liang!"

Jiang Si rolled his eyes, and when he saw a jailer passing by, he waved at him.

"Old Liu, come here and help us open the cell door!"

Hearing the voice, the jailer saw that it was Jiang Si who called him, so he hurried over and beat him a thousand times.

"Oh, isn't this Jiang Siye, why were you arrested too?"

"Stop talking nonsense, Mr. Tiger is going outside for a stroll, quickly open the prison door for me!"

The jailer shook his head when he heard the words.

"no!"

"The commander is keeping an eye on the adults. If you dare to open a cell for you, you can lock the little one in later!"

After saying this, the jailer turned his head and left, as if he was afraid that Jiang Si would make any excessive demands.

However, the moment he turned around, there was a crisp "ding" sound on the ground, as if something had fallen to the ground.

Seeing the jailer walking away, Jiang Si hurriedly climbed to the edge of the cell door, reached out and grabbed a piece of iron from the outside, then broke it in his hand, made it into the approximate shape of a key, and clicked a few times to open the prison cell. The door lock was opened.

"Master Tiger, please!"

Erhu looked at Jiang Si's technique, smiled and punched him.

"Good boy, you understand that the cell is played by you!"

Han Wu said with a smile on the side.

"Master Hu, you don't know that the locks in Fusi's cell in Beizhen have been controlled by Jiang Si in the past few years. He can feel the structure inside these locks with his eyes closed!"

Hearing this, Erhu was secretly moved. He vaguely guessed why the two of them entered the cell. Maybe it was not just Jiang Yu's retaliation, but also the two of them were afraid that he would suffer, so they ran in to accompany him.

Otherwise, with their abilities, it would be very difficult for Jiang Yu to catch them.

"Thank you!"

"If my two tigers can go out this time, please come to my house for a drink."

"That's good, I haven't tasted my sister-in-law's cooking for a long time, I have to ask my sister-in-law to cook more dishes for us!"

"Two foodies!"

After Erhu scolded with a smile, his face instantly became solemn.

"You two don't follow, you better stay in the cell and wait for me!"

The two were not polite when they heard the words, and they really sat down against the wall of the cell.

Now Sapphire is a catastrophe, she can hide as far as she can, there is no need to go up.

The two tigers came to the cell where Lan Yu was held with ease, and although some jailers saw him along the way, they were so blinded by the tacit understanding that they didn't see anything.

The two tigers came out of Lan Yu's cell as if no one else was there, looking at Lan Yu who had been beaten to pieces and tortured to the point where he had no human form.

"Duke Liang..."

Sapphire opened her eyes in pain, looking at Erhu outside the door, a glint of hope flashed in her eyes.

"Brother Erhu, you know us, it is impossible for us to do such outrageous things..."

"Go and tell the superior for us, the superior must..."

Erhu interrupted Sapphire's words, and said solemnly.

"The humble job has been imprisoned by the emperor, and now he is also a prisoner..."

"what?"

When Lan Yu heard this, the look of hope in her eyes gradually faded, and a faint smile gradually appeared on her face.

"We understand!"

"The superior is tired of me and wants me to die before him, hahaha..."

Erhu also wanted to understand this these days. It is impossible for the emperor not to see Lan Yu's personality, and it is impossible for him not to notice anything unusual.

However, the emperor still insisted on Lanyu's rebellion, and still ordered a strict investigation, probably because of other considerations.

"Did the superior seal the Chang family?"

Erhu nodded.

"It is said that Chang Sheng's son Chang Jizu was named the founding son of the country!"

"Sir?"

Sapphire laughed loudly when she heard this.

"it is good!"

"Where's Chang Sheng?"

"Has the emperor restored Chang Sheng's title?"

Erhu shook his head upon hearing this.

"no!"

When Sapphire heard this, she laughed even more presumptuously.

"The son matches the grandson, the superior made another good move, hahaha!"

"It seems that the superior has already selected a team for our nephew and grandson, and my uncle is useless, hahaha..."

Sapphire's smile was full of bitterness and helplessness, which made Erhu sigh.

"Master Lan, if you have anything to say, you should hurry up and say it now."

Erhu saw that there were pens, ink, paper and inkstones in Lanyu's room, and added another sentence.

"If you don't want to say it, you can write it!"

Lan Yu looked at the pens, ink, papers and inkstones in her cell, finally couldn't hold back her face, and knelt on the ground with her head in her arms and cried bitterly.

This pen, ink, paper and inkstone was what allowed him to confess his crimes, but now it has become a tool for him to confess his last words.

Sapphire knelt on the ground and cried for a long time, and finally raised her head to the sky and yelled.

"The old man was wronged!"

The sound echoed through the cell, echoed in the corridors, and ended with sobs.

Dingyuan Hou Wangbi shouted from the other side of the cell.

"Brother Lan, I'm sorry for you!"

When the other people heard Wang Bi's shout, they also kowtowed in the direction of Lan Yu, apologizing while kowtowing.

"Master Lan, I'm sorry for your old age, I really can't bear it anymore, woo woo woo..."

The crying soon spread outside the cell, attracting Jiang Yu, the commander of Jin Yiwei.

Jiang Yu led people to beat them from cell to cell, and ordered them all to shut up, and no one was allowed to complain about injustice.

However, when he came outside Lanyu's cell and saw the two tigers kneeling outside Lanyu's cell, Jiang Yu jumped over the cell as if he hadn't seen it.

The two tigers are in the emperor's heart, and without the emperor's will, he would not dare to target the two tigers.

Seeing Jiang Yu going to the next door to show off his prestige, Erhu couldn't help but snorted coldly at Jiang Yu's back.

"A villain who bullies the weak and fears the hard!"

Jiang Yu acted as if he didn't hear it, but the prisoner in the next cell was beaten more forcefully.

Erhu frowned unhappily when he heard the howling of ghosts and wolves coming from the next door, but now that the mud bodhisattva is crossing the river, he can't protect himself, and it's hard to care about the lives of others.

"Master Lan, hurry up and write, you can't wait for a humble job..."

When Lan Yu heard this, she hurriedly wiped away her tears, climbed to the front of the table, picked up a pen, and wrote the word "injustice" with her first hand, and then stopped writing in a daze.

Seeing this, Erhu didn't dare to rush, but could only wait anxiously.After waiting for a long time, Lan Yu continued to write with a pen.

"His Royal Highness, grandson, well..."

"My uncle is not wronged. Don't think about my uncle. Tell Lan Chun on behalf of my uncle. His father deserved his death and he deserved it. Let him work for Daming and don't learn from his father..."

After Lan Yu finished writing her suicide note, she handed it to Er Hu who was waiting outside the door, and then she lay down on the ground as if appointed.

Erhu took the suicide note and just put it in his arms when he heard the big iron door of the cell creak.

He turned around and looked towards the end of the corridor, only to see a guy holding a whisk walking in with an imperial decree in his hand.

Seeing this scene, Erhu's brain buzzed.

"Is the person coming here Eunuch Qin?"

Qin Deshun responded when he heard the words.

"It's our house!"

"Are the two tiger brothers safe and sound?"

"All right!"

"Dare to ask Eunuch Qin, but has the emperor's will come?"

After Erhu asked this sentence, there was a long silence at the end of the corridor.

"Ugh……"

"There is a decree, everyone kneels to accept it!"

The cell where the ghosts and wolves were howling just now fell silent when they heard the sound, and everyone lay expectantly at the door of the cell, quietly looking at Qin Deshun who was holding the imperial decree.

"Emperor's Handbook!"

"Sapphire, you bastard who has been paid a thousand dollars, we have devoted our heart and soul to you for so many years, and you actually want to rebel against us?"

"We are really not relieved to execute you Ling Chi!"

"Let's just think that you have some credit, so let's give you a good time."

"At noon tomorrow, Lan Yu's family will be escorted outside the Meridian Gate and beheaded for public display!"

"Other conspirators!"

"cut!"

"Those who know and do not report!"

"cut!"

The three words "cut" directly hit the temperature of the entire cell to freezing point, and everyone screamed hoarsely for injustice.

Even the two tigers were full of question marks, because the imperial decree came too fast.

It's only been a few days since Lan Yu's treason case, how could the trial be concluded so quickly?

"Eunuch Qin, can you persuade the emperor to delay for two days..."

When Qin Deshun heard this, he was so frightened that he took two steps back.

"Master Tiger, are you trying to kill our family or what?"

"You don't know what the emperor's temper is?"

"The reason why the emperor is in such a hurry to deal with it is because he is afraid that the emperor's grandson will rush back to intercede!"

"Who in the world doesn't know that the emperor's grandson misses the old days, if the emperor's grandson knows about this, he will fight to offend the emperor, and he will..."

"Ugh……"

Qin Deshun wisely shut up when he said this, because if he continued to speak, it would involve the issue of whether he was wronged or not.

Now that the emperor's case is closed, even if Lan Yu has a big wrong, he has to bear it, and he, a eunuch, has no need to call for wrong on his behalf.

After Jiang Yu took over the imperial decree from Qin Deshun, his demeanor changed completely.

He triumphantly walked towards Lan Yu's cell, and said to Er Hu who was kneeling by the door.

"Master Tiger, how long do you plan to stay?"

Erhu glared at Jiang Yu when he heard this, and went back to the cell angrily.

Although he wasn't afraid of Jiang Yu, he didn't want to cause trouble either.

Seeing the two tigers leaving, Jiang Yu smiled and looked at Lan Yudao who was lying on the ground.

"Mr. Liang, haven't you always boasted of your great achievements, but didn't you still fall on our dog in the end?"

"Hahaha!"

Sapphire snorted coldly upon hearing this.

"A dog is a dog!"

"This old man is a hero even if he dies. Thousands of years later, there are still descendants who will remember my deeds and my kindness!"

"However, you dog, after thousands of years, no one will know that there is such a thing as you!"

Jiang Yu didn't think it was disobedient, but just looked at Lan Yu jokingly.

"Duke Liang, is there anything you want to eat tonight?"

"Although you look down on me and call me a dog, but I don't care about you, I will still prepare a hearty meal for you!"

When Sapphire heard this, her body finally reacted a bit.

He went through all kinds of delicacies from all over the world in his mind, but found that he was not interested in all the delicacies, only interested in the prawns that Zhu Yunxi peeled for himself before the expedition.

It wasn't the prawns that Lan Yu was interested in, but the expression on the old vermilion vinegar jar knocked over.

Thinking of this, Lan Yu lay down on the ground and laughed until she burst into tears.

This is the only time he has won against Zhu Tuhu and let Zhu Tuhu eat the jealousy of his courtier.

"Give us a plate of prawns, hand-peeled prawns!"

(End of this chapter)