King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 109 Zhu Gaoxu: Let’s see what you guys do
  The next day.

Zhu Gaoxu, who had worked hard all night, rubbed his sore waist and had heavy bags under his eyes, with a look of exhaustion on his face.

He stretched out his hand and gently brushed the back of Yu who was close at hand, looked around the messy room, thinking about the two people's madness last night, licked his slightly dry lips, and couldn't help but reveal a smirk and aftertaste on his face. meaning.

嘤~~
  Sensing the dishonest hands of the person next to him, the sleeping man could not help but murmur softly.

dong dong dong.
  Just at this moment, a rapid knock sounded at the closed door.

It brought Zhu Gaoxu back from his distant thoughts as he was reminiscing about the wonderful night last night and enjoying Xiaotian's fun.

A hint of displeasure flashed across the face of Zhu Gaoxu, who was leaning on the soft couch. He looked at the person who was awakened by the hurried knock on the door, reached out and patted her shoulder gently, and whispered:

"fine."

"They should be looking for me."

"You rested so late last night, please rest a little longer."

crunch
  When he opened the door, he saw an old man in casual clothes standing at the door with his head lowered.

"Eight of them are die-hard supporters of the prince."

After hearing this, the old man bowed, looked around, and said softly:
  "My lord, I'm afraid this is not the place to talk."

"Last night, the Crown Prince and Prince Zhao took advantage of the darkness of night and raided the homes of twelve important ministers with lightning speed."

Immediately, he waved his hand at him with a normal expression and said:

Quiet courtyard, enclosed pavilion.

"Tell me in detail what happened to make you so worried and panicked?"

"No!" The old man nodded heavily, lowered his head and followed Zhu Gaoxu away.

"Early this morning, I received news from the people below."

"What happened."

Although Zhu Gaoxu felt slightly displeased with being disturbed, he was also very clear that if something important hadn't happened, he would never have disturbed the person in front of him so recklessly.

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu half-squinted his eyes, looked at the slaves who walked by from time to time in the corridor not far away, and said in a deep voice:
  "Go to the pavilion."

After saying that, he gave him a look of relief, straightened the slipping soft brocade quilt, simply tidied up his clothes, and strode towards the door railing.

"Tell me about it!"

"Everyone who was confiscated was sentenced to prison, including four officials of the second grade, five officials of the third grade, and three officials of the fourth grade."

The old man who was waiting quietly at the gate, listening to the footsteps ringing in his ears and seeing the familiar figure coming to him, quickly knelt down and bowed and said:
  "This old slave has disturbed the prince's dream, and please forgive me."

Zhu Gaoxu leaned on the soft couch, holding the tea cup and moving the lid from time to time. After taking a few sips of strong tea, he asked:

And considering the identity of the person in front of him, there are few things that can make him act like this.

"Report to the prince."

"Get up!"

The old man simply organized his thoughts and said softly:

"When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. The actions of the Crown Prince and Prince Zhao are too shocking."

"For a moment, all the officials in the court were in panic, and they didn't know what exactly happened."

"After receiving the news, I came to report to you as soon as possible, which disturbed your dreams."

This statement came out.

The pavilion fell into an eerie silence.

Zhu Gaoxu half-squinted his eyes, sipping the hot tea in the cup from time to time, thinking in his mind, and then seemed to think of something, with a meaningful smile on his face.

Based on what was happening right now, he had almost guessed what was going on.

There is no doubt that those heartfelt words he said in front of Zhu Di yesterday had an effect. I'm afraid that old bastard will order Jin Yiwei Jigang to investigate certain people and things strictly after he leaves.

I thought Zhu Di would let this bad guy do it and let him bear the anger of those courtiers.

The result was a big shock to him. The investigation of corruption and arrests actually fell on the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, which really surprised him.

But after thinking about it carefully, you can probably guess the reason.

According to Zhu Di's usual style of doing things, he should have tried it with the prince later, but the boss pretended to be deaf and dumb.

You must have pissed off the old man so much that this matter fell on the crown prince!

Immediately, Zhu Gaoxu seemed to be smiling, gloating about his misfortune, and secretly cursed in his heart:
  "Boss! Boss!"

"I usually like to be clever and pretend to be confused while pretending to understand."

"Are these ready?"

"I feel completely comfortable, are you feeling good?"

"You've shot yourself in the foot. I'm afraid it's going to hurt, so why don't you do it?"

"You just reminded me yesterday that the old man is not that easy to fool. How come it happened to you, but you forgot all about it?"

"Such a desperate beating will probably make the boss very sick."

The old man standing aside saw his master, who had no hint of a smile on his face after hearing this. A trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and he spoke cautiously and tentatively:

"My lord."

"Forgive me for being presumptuous, I wonder if there is any conspiracy behind this matter."

"Such a big move, such an abnormal move."

"My lord, you must be careful!"

"Take precautions in advance, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst!"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu smiled. He was not worried about whether he was coming after them.

Because he knew this matter very well, he was the one who took the initiative to mention it to Zhu Di.

but
  But there was one thing that he had to consider carefully.

The old man is cleaning up the civil servants' problems now, will he clean up the military generals' problems later?
  You must know that the officialdom is a big dyeing vat, although the opposing civil and military factions are different.

One thing is the same, each other has more or less problems in various aspects.

Who can truly be 100% honest?

Then, Zhu Gaoxu seemed to have thought of something, and the original solemn expression on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by a smirk on his face, and he murmured in a low voice:

"Since this matter is a mine that may be detonated at any time."

"Then it's better to take the opportunity and let him stoke the fire a little more."

"Aren't we investigating and rectifying corruption?"

"Let's ask each military general to take the initiative to go to the old man and admit his mistakes."

"Solve the future troubles once and for all, and then give those civil servants some eye drops."

"Look how dumbfounded you bastards are! Are you Muggles?"

"We'll see what you do later!"

After a short silence, Zhu Gaoxu's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, with a faint smile on his face, and he said loudly:
  "go."

"Pass my oral instructions and inform Qiu Fu and other generals to come to my house."

"The king has important matters to discuss with them."

(End of this chapter)