General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 113
The Tao family's running servants rushed to Wucheng Bingmasi.

The soldiers and horses of the five cities did not dare to delay, so they led their troops for the Tao family's mansion.

It's just that when Zhao Yingrong walked into Tao's house with his soldiers, all he saw was a puddle of meat mud on the ground and Ning Jue who had already tidied up his clothes.

"Ning Bingxian...you."

Ning Jue didn't lift his eyelids.

"I did."

"Would you like to go to Bingmasi, or Shuntian Mansion, or Dali Temple, Ministry of Punishment, or Prison?"

Zhao Yingrong gasped with a solemn expression.

"You, what are you doing!"

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Dali Temple lobby.

Xu Jie and Tu Qiao sat in the hall, while Fu Jiong, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, stood beside him.

"Tao Qizhi, is he really dead?"

When he first heard the news, Xu Jie couldn't believe his ears.

After receiving my reply from Aries, Xu Jie knew that the Tao family was over.

But Xu Jie never expected that Tao Shixian died directly in Ning Jue's hands.

"Xu Butang, it's absolutely true, the Ministry of Punishment is already in chaos."

"Zisheng, this is your disciple. This is too strong. Why?"

Xu Jie frowned all the time, as if he had smelled something unusual.

"I don't know about the other things. I only know that the imperial court's reform is already imminent."

"Then Li Tong's case..." Before Tu Qiao finished speaking, Xu Jie interrupted directly.

Xu Jie took a deep breath, and said leisurely: "Wanli serves the king's affairs, and has nothing to ask for in his life. Anqing, you and I eat the king's salary, and we must do our duty faithfully, so that we can report to the king's father and go down to An Lishu."

Even Fu Jiong's expression on the side gradually turned ugly.

Are you trying to run away?

Only Tu Qiao said impatiently, "No, Zisheng, it's all over..."

"Anqing, I have done everything I can do. When we discussed this matter, we wanted to capture Li Tong alive. Now that he has returned to Beijing, you also know that the crown prince has made a peace agreement. I am admonishing him. After passing this discussion, and leading the errands of the Ministry of Rites, I am in trouble..."

Jiechang Xu sighed, and then neither got up nor spoke.

Seeing this, Tu Qiao had no choice but to bow his hands to Xu Jie and said, "Since Zisheng has a lot of general affairs, I will take care of the affairs of Dali Temple with Chao Jin."

After Tu Qiao said this, Xu Jie got up.

"Then Xu will take his leave first."

Xu Jie could see it all too clearly. In this matter right now, one more of himself is not too much, and one less of himself is quite a lot.

If the matter is accomplished, he will definitely follow the same fortune, and if the matter fails, he is not the only one who is unlucky.

Most importantly, Xu Jie knew that he could avoid it, because no matter what, Xu Jie relied on himself to sit in a high position after all, and the old disciples of the imperial court were all old disciples of Xu Jie himself. It's nothing more than spitting out some points and doing it again.

Tu Qiao is different. Tu Qiao’s great-uncle, Tu Yu, has worked for Xiaozong and Wu Zong for 12 years as a civil official. The key to Tu Qiao’s success in the court is his uncle’s card, which has been buried in the soil for 30 years. old face.

But in recent years, most of Tu Yu's former disciples had died, and those who hadn't died were left with a sigh of relief. The Metropolitan Procuratorate was the end of Tu Qiao's official career.

Tu Qiao needed far more than Xu Jie to gain a clear name among the people of the world.

"President Tu, this...?"

Tu Qiao held his breath and took a deep breath.

"Take me to see Li Tong."

"Here." Fu Jiong led Tu Qiao straight to the cell behind Dali Temple.

Not long after, Tu Qiao saw Li Tong.

Thanks to the injury on his body, Li Tong didn't suffer any serious punishment.

Tu Qiao looked at Li Tong not far away, and Li Tong also looked at Tu Qiao.

"Li Tong, what was the truth about the big prison case back then?"

"Are you the one who speaks volumes?"

Fu Jiong's face was shocked, and he said: "Bold Li Ni, this is Tu Zongxian, Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!"

Li Tong's eyes gradually narrowed.

"The general constitution...is quite enough."

Tu Qiao stared at Li Tong and said softly, "Why, don't you plan to talk?"

Li Tong didn't make a sound, but looked at Fu Jiong who was aside.

Tu Qiao made a look, and Fu Jiong left the cell. Li Tong didn't speak until there was no one around.

"I want to live, but I don't want to be an official."

Tu Qiao snorted suspiciously, "I'm still sober."

"Yes, I would like you all to send me back to the grassland, but can you agree?"

"I just want to survive, it's not difficult." Tu Qiao didn't talk nonsense with Li Tong, but spoke directly.

"I still have to go to the sea. I don't want to go to the grasslands. Is it possible for me to go abroad? If I continue to stay in Daming, will I be able to survive?" Li Tong looked at Tu Qiao provocatively.

"Then you are not afraid of dying at sea?" Before Tu Qiao finished speaking, Li Tong interrupted Tu Qiao directly.

"Mr. Tao, you probably don't have the time to pester me anymore. I'm afraid that little brother surnamed Ning won't let him go so easily?"

Tu Qiao was startled when he heard the words, obviously Tu Qiao didn't expect that Li Tong had detected Tao Shixian's identity, and then he raised his head suddenly.

"You told Ning Jue?"

Li Tong said with a smile: "Otherwise? I have no way to go north, nowhere to go abroad, so why should I talk to you?"

Tu Qiao suppressed the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and stared at Li Tongdao: "Okay, I will save your life! Afterwards, I will find a way to replace you with other death row prisoners. After you leave Beijing, you will go directly to Shandong by boat." , don’t go back to the Central Plains in this life.”

Li Tong nodded slightly.

"My lord, thank you President Tu."

Then Li Tong shouted towards the outside of the prison cell: "Fu Shaoqing, come on, I want to confess, draw a charge, Zhang Yin is the ancestor of the family!"

Finally, Li Tong didn't forget to take a look at Tu Qiao.

"President Tu, can I trust you?"

"If you don't believe me, you don't have to draw a bet!"

As long as it is confirmed that Li Tong still wants to live, then the rest of the matter will be easy to handle, and Tu Qiao will become more hardened.

After saying that, Tu Qiao walked away, and as soon as he walked out of the cell, he saw Fu Jiong walking towards him with a pen and ink.

"President Tu, this..."

Tu Qiao waved his hands wearily.

"It's just to make a deposit, I still have something to do."

"No, President, that ship..."

Tu Qiao's eyes widened, and he said in a low voice:
"The boat is even the boat, do you really believe it? He is in a panic now, so let him put a bet on him first, and when the things to be done are done, he will be sentenced to death!"

"Here, here, the next officer will do it now."

Right now, the only thing that worries Tu Qiao the most is Jiajing in Tongzhou.

The Xuan Mansion's battle has already been fought.

Jiajing still refused to come back in Tongzhou, Tu Qiao didn't even need to think about it, because Jin Yiwei had already reported Li Tong's matter to Jiajing.

The longer Li Tongguan stayed in Dali Temple, the greater the variables. I'm afraid that not only Jin Yiwei and the people from Dongchang wanted to kill Li Tong.

I'm afraid the Yan family is also trying to make Li Tong shut up forever.

"Chao Jin."

Fu Jiong, who was just going to the cell, couldn't help but startled.

"This case of the Tao family will definitely not bypass your thorny office. If we meet Zhan Ru and invite them later..." Tu Qiao's expression froze.

"Please make it clear in the constitution."

"At this juncture, it is better to do something than to sit and wait for death. Since the emperor will not return to Luan, then before the emperor returns to Luan, give him Ning Ke and finally finish the iron case first!"

"Here!"

Thinking of this, Tu Qiao picked up a pen and wrote another memorial to invite the emperor to return to Luan.

Tu Qiao was not the first to persuade Jiajing to return to Luan. Jiajing obviously did not return to Luan on purpose and hid in Tongzhou to wait for changes in the court.

Until Zhu Zaiyu personally led Zhou Shangwen's family soldiers to the outside of Shuici warehouse in Tongzhou.

"My son Zhu Zaiyu would like to play."

"All the captives have calmed down. I respectfully invite my father to return to Luan to watch the court."

Zhu Zaiyu knelt heavily on the ground, but there was a long silence behind the gate of Shuicicang, and Zhang Zuo quietly appeared after a long time.

"Your Highness, the Emperor has called you in."

Zhu Zaishun raised his head in doubt, and then followed Zhang Zuo into the water warehouse.

In the warehouse, Zhu Zaishun saw Yan Shifan squatting in the corner with "Wuyun" and "Chiyu".

Huang Jin gave Yan Shifan a look.

Only then did Yan Shifan take the two lion cats out of the water warehouse as if fleeing. Not long after Yan Shifan went out, Jiajing's angry scolding sounded in the water warehouse.

"Your Majesty!"

"My son... is kneeling."

Jiajing turned around abruptly, pointed at Zhu Zaiyu's nose and said angrily, "I shot arrows, chased the enemy for four hundred miles, and went to the city to help the battle without authorization. Who do you think you are? Are you Wei Qing?!"

"Zhang Juzheng, as the servant of the East Palace, let you out of the palace, and Zhou Shangwen, as the general who suppressed the captives, let you go to danger alone, a bunch of bastards!"

The curses continued, and Jiajing's eyes were also looking around Zhu Zaishun's body.

"My son, I respectfully invite my father to come back to Luan."

"Hui Luan, Hui Luan, is Luan ready?"

Only then did Huang Jin speak.

"My lord, I'm ready, it's just outside the warehouse."

"Let the prince kneel in Luanjia, kneel all the way from Tongzhou to the Forbidden City, and return to Luan!"

Zhu Zaiyu raised his head in shock.

"What's the crime, son?"

"You don't accept it? If you don't accept it, go back to the palace, then go to the Taimiao and kneel until you realize your mistake!"

Huang Jin hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhu Zaiyu, and said in a low voice: "Prince, the emperor is in a fit of anger, you should get on the Luanjia first."

Without waiting to speak, Zhu Zaiyu was "escorted" by Zhang Zuo all the way to the Luanjia, while Jiajing was still standing in the cabin.

"My lord, Governor Lu and Zhang Zuo are back."

Knowing that Li Tong was captured, Lu Bing was naturally scolded.

It's just that the battlefield is turbulent, and whoever strikes first can snatch this person, let alone Li Tong who is seriously injured.

Jiajing didn't punish Lu Bing too much.

Whether he can survive to the capital is still a matter of debate, so he has to send Zhang Zuo and Lu Bing to have a final try and wait for the result.

It's just that Jiajing didn't move forward.

Huang Jin winked, and the Ti Weis behind him withdrew one after another, and then Huang Jin whispered: "My lord, the servants have just looked at it, the prince just has some calluses on his hands, and there are a few small spots. Injury, nothing serious."

When Jiajing heard the words, he snorted coldly, and strode towards Luanjia outside the Shuici warehouse.

Just after Jiajing walked out of the water storehouse, Zhang Zuo and Lu Bing approached almost at the same time, and said in a low voice, "I will die."

Jiajing's expression was uncertain, obviously he guessed that the two failed to kill Li Tong.

Even Zhu Zaiyu has arrived in Tongzhou, and Jiajing already knows that he can no longer hide.

If you continue to stay in Tongzhou, it will be unreasonable.

"Tell Yan Song to come out of the city to meet him."

"Here!"

Jiajing was certainly angry, but this time, Jiajing always felt that it was different from any previous time.

Especially after learning that Zhu Zaiyu didn't wear armor and went out to meet me in person.

Jiajing never expected that when he reached middle age, his last confidence would be given by his son.

There are successors, so what can you scholar-officials win for a while?
In the future, when the prince succeeds to the throne, he will continue to fight with you.

An emperor with real military exploits, have you really fought?
(End of this chapter)