Five years of garrison on the border, shocked Zhu Yuanzhang who went south to inspect

Chapter 139 There must be something fishy here!

Seeing Zhu Tuo stand up and even lift the table tops on the table, everyone looked confused.

Who is this person and how dare he be so presumptuous?
Do you not know whether to live or die?

All the guests looked at Zhu Tuo and examined him from head to toe, as if they had never heard of this person.

But there were also people with pale faces and trembling calves. They had already recognized Zhu Tuo.

"Su, Su, Prince?"

Zhu Tuo turned around and saw the person in front of him. He had not seen him before, but he recognized him.

"King Su?"

As soon as these words came out, all the guests present were stunned. They were still chatting, and King Su sneaked in like this?
"Prince Su?"

Some of the more daring guests were startled and said repeatedly: "See Prince Su."

Li Kuan was even more stunned. He looked at Zhu Tuo blankly and swallowed subconsciously. What is going on?King Su is here, why don't you announce it?
Put him into a passive position!
Seeing that the scene was noisy, and some officials wanted to leave quietly, Zhu Tuo threw down the jug in his hand and shouted angrily: "Where are you Jinyiwei? Surround the Li Mansion!"

"Yes." Shi Ziliang hurriedly left his mansion and summoned a large number of guards.

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Within a quarter of an hour, hundreds of capable guards, marching in neat steps, surrounded the Li Mansion.

Li Kuan's expression froze again. He forced a smile, quickly packed up his clothes, and bowed to Zhu Tuo, "I, Li Kuan, the governor of Shunping Prefecture, have come to see the crown prince. I heard that King Su is coming, but I can't. The reception was so wrong.”

He noticed Li Kuan's behavior.

Zhu Tuo didn't care, walked towards the high platform with his head held high and sat down.Li Kuan and his mother walked down with frightened expressions on their faces.

"As an official, do you have your people in your heart?"

"The point is, he actually dared to insult me ​​behind my back! If you have the guts, just say it to me!"

"This king has been swearing all his life, no one has ever dared to insult him like this!"

Zhu Tuo glared at the civil and military officials below.

Facing Zhu Tuo's inquiry, Li Kuan took a deep breath, calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "Prince Su, please forgive me. We have no intention of offending, His Highness Prince Su."

"Misunderstanding?" Zhu Tuo snorted coldly and shouted: "I heard it all, how could there be a misunderstanding?"

"In my mind, King Su has always been a wise and courageous man. When he was 14 years old, he dared to come to Lingnan to seek refuge. This courage and wisdom are really admirable."

"Yes, yes, yes, what is it?"

Li Kuan continued: "We are just complaining. In fact, we are all looking forward to King Su, hoping that he will come to Jin as soon as possible to put down the rebellion.

"Yes, I am so fair.

At this moment, Lu Qing suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, he is praising you."

Zhu Tuo suddenly realized, slapped his hand on the table, sneered and cursed: "Okay, even I can give you the drug. Do you think that if you say two nice words in front of me, I will let you go?" ?"

"You think I'm easy to fool?"

Zhu Tuo just walked around the house and found that the house was extremely luxurious and had many slaves.What's more, there are more than 100 tables here. If they are all distributed, at least hundreds of people's lives can be saved.

This Li Kuan is clearly a corrupt official who does not take the lives of ordinary people seriously.

"His Royal Highness, my subordinates have always fulfilled their duties and never coveted money." "My lord, if you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself. "

In front of Zhu Tuo, Li Kuan tried his best to calm down. He spoke in a high-sounding and aboveboard manner, as if he was talking about a grand banquet.

Zhu Tuo was furious, waved his hand and ordered: "Arrest everyone and investigate their origins for me. If anyone dares to embezzle food, I will give them a severe punishment." Not long after, Shizi Liang Then he led a group of people and took everyone away except Li Kuan.

Li Kuan was still defending: "I am the county magistrate. If His Majesty thinks that what I have done is wrong, then I must report it to the Emperor. I will deal with it after the Emperor makes a decision."

Zhu Tuo narrowed his eyes and walked slowly towards Li Kuan, while Li Kuan continued to speak: "Prince Su...

"Are you qualified to call me that?"

Zhu Tuo didn't hold back, rounded his fist, and punched the opponent hard in the face. Even though Li Kuan was only in his forties, he was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

Zhu Tuo snorted and said: "You are a little official, you talk a lot of nonsense. If I ask you to speak, you have to speak. Do you understand?"

Li Kuan lay on the ground, covering his face with his hands, opening his mouth to speak but stopping.

Zhu Tuo waved his hand, put a long knife on his neck, and said calmly: "This is the imperial weapon given by my father. Whoever holds this knife can kill anyone."

"Li Kuan, are you willing to die?"

Hearing this, Li Kuan opened his eyes, immediately knelt down on the ground, and said respectfully: "Prince Su, please speak, and your subordinates will answer truthfully."

"You despicable fellow."

Zhu Tuo frowned and said, "I came to Jin this time to investigate the death case of the third brother Zhu Tong. There are also doubts in the court about the death of the third brother, don't you think so?"

When Li Kuan heard this, he immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty, His Highness died naturally. I have also heard that the Third Prince has been fighting on the battlefield for many years and has been in pain. This time he fell ill."

"You mean there's nothing suspicious about this?"

"no."

Zhu Tuo's hand trembled, and the long knife in his hand was close to his throat. Then he said coldly: "Are you really... okay?"

Li Kuan was startled and felt a chill.

Yes, Su said something was wrong, it was something wrong. "

"Tell me, what's wrong?" Zhu Tuo said nicely and calmly.

Li Kuan was stunned again.

Zhu Tuofei wanted to ask him what was wrong, but he was speechless.

Zhu Tuo looked at this scene and couldn't help but said: "You tell me. My king's temper has always been violent. If you hide it, my sword will be gone."

"Yes, my subordinate understands."

"The king came to Jin to investigate the death of the third brother. However, the disaster in Jin is not serious, and he also gave food relief to the court. How could this be?"

"There are also refugees starting to appear in some areas. Instead of providing relief, various officials of the Jin State are obstructing and capturing the refugees. Why is this?"

Li Kuan replied tremblingly: "It is true that there is such a thing, but I don't know the specific details. The people in Taiyuan issued a death order, saying that they were short of food, and they were afraid that these people would cause chaos everywhere.

"If this matter is reported to the officials in Jin area, they will definitely be severely punished. Therefore, we ordered that all these people be arrested and brought to justice."

"Hey, are you arresting refugees just because you're afraid they're in danger?"

Zhu Tuo's face turned cold, and his heart was filled with anger. He continued: "Where were those captured people taken?"

Li Kuan said repeatedly: "Everything has been transported to Taiyuan, and the Yushi Association will coordinate it. After the disaster, they will be sent back according to their birthplace."

Hearing this, Zhu Tuo shouted coldly: "Do you think I am a fool? Now that the Jin Kingdom is in chaos and the third brother is dead, how can the county magistrate have time to take care of these people?

(End of this chapter)