Ming Dynasty: A hundred-year-old immortal cultivator, Zhu Yuanzhang’s biological father

By now, Yang Jing seemed to know what Zhu Xiongying was doing.

In an instant, a strong sense of respect arises spontaneously!
Investigating a case is a technical job, especially in this era when investigating major cases. It is too easy to kill innocent people, and it is also too easy to frame innocent officials.

Not to mention far away.

The Wen Yuzhang case has affected two or three innocent people in Jingyi.

Now that Yang Jing knew Zhu Xiongying's intention, he looked at Zhu Xiongying silently, his eyes filled with gratitude.

For the local officials of Ming Dynasty!
There are too many people affected by the imperial power. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's personality, once the list comes out, the old man may not check too much, and will directly execute the people on the list!
Zhu Xiongying tried his best to reduce the number of local officials who died unjustly in the Ming Dynasty!
This is not what makes Zhu Xiongying great.

Zhu Xiongying's greatness lies in using his own compromise to protect more officials!
Imperial power and compromise have never been related.

No one in a higher position will compromise with a prisoner!
But Zhu Xiongying did it.

This way.

How could Yang Jing not admire and be solemn?
After a while,

Qian Zhique finished writing the list, signed and sealed it, and handed it to Yang Jing.

"Your Highness."

Qian Zhique called Zhu Xiongying and said, "I hope you can fulfill your promise."

Zhu Xiongying nodded.

Then he put his hands behind his back and walked out of the Ministry of Justice prison.

Not long after.

Yang Jing followed closely behind.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Yang Jing and asked, "Have you compared the lists?"

Yang Jing nodded.

Zhu Xiongying asked: "Is there any problem?"

Yang Jing said, "Wang Shihong confessed to several people, but Qian Zhique did not. Qian Zhique confessed to more businessmen, and of course, there were also people from the public."

Zhu Xiongying said, "Write out the names of the officials who are on the same list. For the officials who are not on the same list, let the Censorate investigate them again. How to tell the Emperor about these things? Lord Yang, make the decision yourself."

Late at night.

Zhu Xiongying rubbed his swollen temple.

Yang Jing hurriedly said, "Your Highness, thank you for your hard work."

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said, "It's okay."

Yang Jing asked Zhu Xiongying again, "Your Highness, which descendant should Qian Zhique leave behind?"

Zhu Xiongying was stunned. "What? What descendants?"

Yang Jing took a deep breath.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Yang Jing indifferently: "There are more than a hundred people in Haiyan, how many children are crying for food, how many families are broken, who will leave them with descendants?"

Yang Jing's cheeks twitched, and when he looked at Zhu Huai, he felt a surge of fear.
At first, he thought Zhu Xiongying would be kind-hearted and that he really agreed to Qian Zhique's request!
It turns out that everything is just a lie.

The key point is that Zhu Xiongying was so serious and serious just now that even Yang Jing believed it!
He is still so young!
Who would dare to believe the momentum and understatement he just expressed? What he said was nonsense!
Yang Jing was in a daze.

Yang Jing was stunned for a moment, then he suppressed his fear and said hurriedly, "Minister, go get it right away!"

"Well, I should go back too. Sir Yang, you should go back early as well. You have worked hard tonight."

"Your Highness is the one who is really working hard."

Zhu Xiongying forced a smile and walked in the rainy night with an umbrella. Yang Jing looked at Zhu Xiongying's back, as if he had seen a new Ming emperor. Rising!
It was late at night, and investigating the case was an extremely brain-consuming task.

Zhu Xiongying held an umbrella and walked tiredly along the corridor leading to the East Palace.

After arriving at the East Palace, Menzi saluted Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying didn't care much and walked towards Duanjing Hall with an umbrella.

As soon as he arrived at the Duanjing Hall, Zhu Xiongying was walking up the stairs.

Suddenly I felt that there seemed to be someone squatting next to the stone lion.

Look intently.

Seeing Zhu Yunhuan nestled in the corner, the heavy rain had soaked him all over, and he looked as pitiful as a drowned chick.

Zhu Xiongying called out softly.

Zhu Yunhuan moved his fingers and seemed to hear someone calling him. He raised his head with great effort and saw the towering figure like a mountain in front of him. He suddenly seemed like a different person.

"Brother, save me! Save Aquarius!"

"Brother, please!!"

Bang bang bang!
After Zhu Yunhuan finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed loudly.

It made a series of crisp sounds with great force, as if it was torturing itself.

Zhu Xiongying frowned.

Holding an umbrella, he gradually moved away from Zhu Yunhuan, stepped onto the steps in front of the door, and said to the guards on both sides, "Bring him in."

Without much nonsense, Zhu Xiongying walked straight to the main hall of Duanjing Hall.

Zhu Xiongying held the strong tea and sipped it slowly to relieve the fatigue from investigating the case.

Not long after,
The guard took Zhu Yunhuan to the Duanjing Hall.

But Zhu Yunxun,

But he suddenly struggled free from the guard's hand, knelt in the heavy rain, and kowtowed to Zhu Xiongying.

The air was somewhat quiet, and Zhu Yunhuan's voice was clearly audible.

Zhu Xiongying said indifferently, "Like a man."

"Do you know why I ignored you just now? You are my biological brother, and you are my father's biological son."

"But what were you doing just now? Wagging your tail and begging for mercy? You can't get anyone's sympathy, get in here!"

Zhu Yunhuan was stunned.

"Stand up! Walk in with dignity, don't act like a sissy!"

"You're writing, I'm going to bed."

Zhu Yunhuan gritted his teeth.

He got up in panic and ran quickly towards the Duanjing Palace.

Zhu Xiongying held the tea and looked at him: "Tell me, what happened? Why do you want to treat yourself so badly?"

Zhu Xiongying was so tired that he drank several sips of strong tea and forced himself to stay awake.

He had done too many things today, which exhausted his brain energy, and he really wanted to have a good sleep.

Zhu Yunxun cried and said, "Baoping...Baoping was taken to the Etiquette Bureau by grandpa."

"Brother, please, you must rescue her."

Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Yunhuan and asked, "Who is Baoping?"

Zhu Yunxun said: "My personal maid, big brother, she is my personal maid. She has been with me during the days you were away."

"She and I have feelings for each other, and I really like her. I can't live without Aquarius, brother, I beg you.

Zhu Xiongying frowned and said, "Go and call the Liao brothers."

Zhu Yunhuan was still chattering on, narrating his past with Baoping.

This was not the answer Zhu Xiongying wanted to hear.

Not long after.

The Liao brothers are here.

Zhu Xiongying said concisely: "Tell me, what happened."

The Liao brothers hurriedly replied: "Your Highness, during the time you were away..."

Liao Yong was stunned and said hurriedly: "The Third Master and the maid Bao Ping were caught having an affair by the Emperor."

"At that time, the Third Master said that he would make Baoping the legitimate heir after he was enfeoffed, and he also said that Your Highness needed you to change Baoping's household registration. In this way, the old master would not know Baoping's identity."

"The old man got angry and took Baoping to the Etiquette Bureau. The emperor must have been very angry, so he asked the second master to send him back to the palace."

After hearing this, Zhu Xiongying frowned even deeper.

He glanced at Zhu Yunwen, who was lying on the ground, and murmured in a low voice: "Zhu Yunwen."

His expression changed.

He said to Zhu Yunxun: "Go change into clean clothes."

Zhu Yunhuan came back to his senses, "No, big brother, please save the treasure bottle first, please, only you can make the emperor change his mind! Third brother can't live without the treasure bottle."

"I will help." Zhu Xiongying said seriously.

Zhu Yunhuan was stunned for a moment, his face lit up with joy, and he left in a hurry. He came back after a while and had changed into clean clothes.

Zhu Xiongying said to Zhu Yunhuan, "Let's go." Zhu Yunhuan nodded quickly, then ran out in a hurry to hold an umbrella for Zhu Xiongying.

At this time, the Liao brothers came over cautiously and whispered, "Your Highness, no."

Zhu Xiongying paused.

The Liao brothers said: "It was the Third Master who made the mistake first. The old man's anger has not subsided yet. If you go to save people now, the old man will look down on you."

Zhu Xiongying glanced at the two brothers and sighed, "He is my brother. If something happens, I should protect him."

After saying that.

Zhu Xiongying ignored the Liao brothers and strode out of the Duanjing Hall.

The Liao brothers were a little dazed, looking at Zhu Xiongying's receding back with complicated expressions.

does it worth?
After all, you and him haven't had any feelings for each other for too long.

The Liao brothers didn't understand and didn't know why Zhu Xiongying did this.

But Zhu Xiongying himself knows it clearly.

This kid has been waiting for me for a long time and has been bullied in the palace for a long time. When he was confused and helpless, the care and concern given to him by anyone was like sunshine in his darkness.

He could understand the feelings between Zhu Yunhuan and Baoping.

It was just like the relationship he had with his master Zhu Changye.

In the darkest moments of your life, everyone who accompanies you out of the darkness is worth your best efforts to protect.

Zhu Yunhuan gave up his dignity as a man for a slave.

A man's dignity is valuable and it is never a cheap thing.

But Zhu Yunhuan still gave up.

Zhu Xiongying cannot ignore him. If he ignores him today, Zhu Yunhuan will be ruined in the future.

Late at night, Zhu Yunhuan held an umbrella for Zhu Xiongying, and the two of them hurried towards the palace.

Soon, Zhu Xiongying took Zhu Yunhuan straight to the Harem Etiquette Bureau!
If we talk about the harem,
There is someone who dares to be so arrogant and shuttle through without being blocked, I am afraid that only Zhu Xiongying is there!
The old man's favor towards Zhu Xiongying has almost reached the sky.

Outside the etiquette bureau.

Several eunuchs blocked Zhu Xiongying's way.

"Your Highness, this is the Etiquette Bureau."

Zhu Xiongying nodded: "I know."

"You can't come." the man said.

Zhu Xiongying was stunned for a moment, then he stretched out his foot and kicked the eunuch who was blocking the way, knocking him to the ground.

He put his hands behind his back and walked into the Etiquette Bureau.

Zhu Yunhuan was standing aside, his blood boiling.

"Your Highness, you cannot go in."

The chief eunuch of the Etiquette Bureau stopped Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying looked at him indifferently and asked, "Where is the person?"

The chief eunuch hesitated and looked a little embarrassed, "Your Highness, please don't embarrass me."

Zhu Xiongying took a deep breath and said, "Say it again, where is the person?"

The murderous aura suddenly rose up, frightening the chief eunuch. He made up his mind and said, "I will take His Highness away!"

A few moments.

The chief eunuch of the Etiquette Bureau carried Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunhuan to a dark room.

Baoping curled up in a corner, his body covered with scars, all from being whipped with a whip dipped in salt water.

Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but shed tears again.

He pounced on it.

"Third Master."

Aquarius opened his eyes weakly, his look a little evasive.

Seeing this, Zhu Yunhuan was furious: "I will kill you!!"

Zhu Xiongying stopped the mad Zhu Yunhuan.

Then he turned around, looked at the eunuch from the etiquette department, and said, "Don't touch her tonight, find some golden medicine to apply to her wound."

"Your Highness, this..."

Zhu Xiongying said: "Do as I say, and I will keep you safe."

The eunuch took a deep breath and said, "I understand."

After the eunuch left, Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Yunhuan and Bao Ping who were trapped in the corner and sighed softly.

Evil fate!
Since this guy likes her so much, he shouldn't touch her, and he shouldn't be so stupid as to touch her so early!
Everything has a turnaround.

As long as you wait for your vassalage, everything will go smoothly.

But Zhu Xiongying couldn't blame Zhu Yunhuan.

Zhu Xiongying's eyes gradually narrowed.

He thought Zhu Yunwen and his mother would stop, but they didn't.

It seems that this mother and son have not given up yet.

Zhu Xiongying said to Zhu Yunxun gently, "You have seen the person, nothing will happen to the maid tonight, go back."

Zhu Yunxun hurriedly said: "Brother, I want to stay."

Zhu Xiongying said coldly: "If you want her to die, stay!"

Zhu Xiongying had no choice but to explain the reason to him.

If you stay now, the better you treat this maid, the more you will hurt Zhu Yuanzhang's self-esteem.

His authority cannot be shaken!
You came here tonight to make trouble, which has already made the old man angry. If you continue to stay here, even gods can't save this girl!
"Big bro will take care of it, go back to sleep!"

Everything must be done in moderation, and we must know when to stop.

The deeper he went into the palace, the more cautious Zhu Xiongying became.

Zhu Xiongying took Zhu Yunhuan back to the Eastern Palace.

Now Zhu Xiongying was too lazy to comfort Zhu Yunhuan and directly sent him back to Qingxi Palace to rest.

In the study was the document from Jiaozhi that Tie Xuan had sent. Zhu Xiongying was so sleepy that he didn't even want to wash up. He just fell asleep on the bed.

No sleep for one night.

Early the next morning,
The heavy rain that lasted for several days finally stopped.

The long-lost sun gradually rises from the east.

The Hongwu Gate and the Zetian Gate each sounded the dawn-announcement bells.

The bustling Yingtian Street stretches for several miles, and the streets are beginning to open for business.

Peddlers and hawkers swarmed into the prosperous Yingtian City like a swarm of fish.

The six ministries in the imperial palace had already started their duties.

Yang Jing, the Minister of Justice, entered the palace from the imperial city early in the morning and paid homage to the emperor in the Jinshen Hall.

"Your Majesty."

"This is what His Royal Highness found out during the interrogation last night."

Zhu Yuanzhang paused for a moment while holding the tea, looked up at Yang Jing, and asked in confusion: "Did you find out something else?"

Yang Jing nodded and said, "The magistrate of Haiyan County has also handed over some big merchants along the coast."

"Also, this list is the confession of the Jiaxing County Magistrate and the Haiyan County Magistrate, and the parts that don't overlap."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned again. He looked at Yang Jing and seemed to understand something.

How could the old man not understand what Zhu Xiongying meant.

Zhu Yuanzhang had been killing people all his life, so he naturally knew what Zhu Xiongying was doing.

This is to do everything possible to avoid killing a single official.

The old man smiled with some relief.

"Put down the list. We will notify the Censorate to investigate it thoroughly."

"Those who have been convicted should not be touched for now. Hand the matter over to Zhan Hui, and let him arrange candidates to gradually eliminate these officials in the officialdom of eastern Zhejiang."

"We'll slowly settle these accounts later."

(End of this chapter)