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

"Shao Jinpeng, you are shameless!"

Song Yuquan is a military general, so he is naturally no match for Shao Jinpeng when it comes to talking nonsense.

"Lin Decheng, so you are wrongly accusing someone?"

Lin Decheng on the side was stunned.

Damn it?

Why is it always me who gets hurt?
"Your Highness, I don't have any!"

"This was really all instigated by Shao Jinpeng. He said that since we were going to die anyway, there might be a glimmer of hope if we rebelled."

"And if we can capture you, His Majesty will definitely be cautious, and we have a great chance of winning."

"He also said...he also said..."

"What else can you say?"

"He also said that His Majesty was born a beggar, and he could succeed, so why can't I?"

Hearing this, Shao Jinpeng felt very disappointed.

"Lin Decheng, you are slandering me."

"When did I ever say anything like that?"

"Lin Decheng, you are slandering me."

"When did I ever say anything like that?"

"Your Highness, he is slandering me. Take him out and execute him by slow slicing."

"Shao Jinpeng!"

"I don't know how many people present heard what you said at the beginning."

"Your Highness, they can all testify for me."

Zhu Xiongying looked at him with interest.

"Really?"

"Did you really hear everything?"

"This this……"

"heard it!"

"Your Highness, we all heard it."

"That's exactly what Shao Jinpeng said."

"It was he who instigated us to do this, and it was he who made us pay for the food."

"..."

Those people pointed the finger at Shao Jinpeng one after another, and Shao Jinpeng felt disheartened at this time.

Finished!

Completely finished!

The main culprit!

The nine clans are definitely not safe!

"Your Highness, I've told you everything I know. Can you please let my family go?"

"I am willing to donate half of my property, and only ask Your Highness to spare my family."

Lin Decheng knew that he would definitely not survive, and now he only hoped that his family could survive.

"No no no no……"

"You haven't finished yet!"

"You haven't said anything else."

"besides?"

Lin Decheng was slightly stunned, then reacted.

"Your Highness, as for the new policy, we did conceal our land."

"It was Shao Jinpeng who provided us with cover. He received five thousand taels of silver from each of us."

"Your Highness, I will have someone pay the tax immediately, and I guarantee that not a penny will be lost."

"Your Highness, please forgive my family."

Lin Decheng now only wants to protect his family and get his half of the property.

In this way, their Lin family would at least still exist and would not be destroyed.

"what about you?"

Zhu Xiongying looked at the others.

"Your Highness, we are willing to pay the tax and guarantee that not a cent will be less."

"I am also willing to donate half of my property, just ask Your Highness to let my family go."

"I am willing to do so, Your Highness, please let my family go."

"I do too!"

"..."

The heads of the noble families expressed their fear that all their family members would be killed.

In that case, no matter how much money you have, it will be useless.

"very good!"

Zhu Xiongying nodded with satisfaction.

"Shao Jinpeng, you still don't want to recruit now?"

"I……"

"Your Highness, I admit it!"

Before Shao Jinpeng could finish his words, Zhao Yushan interrupted him.

Zhu Xiongying looked at him in surprise: "Oh? Do you have something to say?"

"Correct!"

"Okay! Tell me!"

"Your Highness, ever since the court implemented the new policy, Shao Jinpeng has been thinking of ways to fight against the court."

"Not only did he accept bribes and help those noble families conceal their land, he also set up various taxes."

"It also virtually increased other taxes, and nearly 80% of the extra money went into his pocket."

"We are the only ones who can get the remaining two floors. This shows how greedy this person is."

"Your Highness, please punish him severely."

"Zhao Yushan! You..."

Shao Jinpeng was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wished he could bite Zhao Yushan to death on the spot.

"what?"

"You dare not admit it?"

"you……"

"Ha ha……"

"Your Highness, I have told you everything I know. Can you also release my family?"

Zhao Yushan looked at Zhu Xiongying with a flattering expression.

He also knew that he was doomed and only hoped to protect his family.

Zhu Xiongying shook his head: "This is not enough. I already know all these things about you."

Zhao Yushan was stunned.

Already knew that?
This……

"Tell me something I don't know, or it might be enough to be a revelation."

"Enough material?"

"This……"

Zhu Xiongying looked at him and thought it seemed that he was gone.

"No?"

"Then there's nothing we can do!"

"Your Highness..."

"What? Just tell me if you have one!"

"I……"

Zhao Yushan hesitated and Zhu Xiongying became impatient.

"okay!"

"Shao Jinpeng, tell me, who is behind you?"

Hearing this, Shao Jinpeng was stunned.

There was a glimmer of something strange in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

"The person behind this?"

"Who's behind what?"

"I am the one behind me, just kill me!"

Shao Jinpeng looked at Zhu Xiongying with a serious face, as if he was ready to die.

"You're so brave?"

"it is good!"

"I admire people like you who have backbone."

"Don't worry, I will let you see what this grandson is capable of."

"Humph!"

"Just use whatever means you have!"

Shao Jinpeng said coldly.

"very good!"

"Somebody come!"

"exist!"

"Bring a sheep here!"

"Bring me another pot of sugar water."

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Shao Jinpeng smiled disdainfully.

"Ah!"

"Zhu Xiongying, you don't think you can make me surrender by using a sheep, do you?"

"Although I, Shao Jinpeng, am not a hero, what can a sheep do to me?"

Zhu Xiongying smiled.

"laugh?"

"I'll make you laugh even more happily later."

"whispering sound!"

Shao Jinpeng's face was full of disdain.

Not long!
The bad guy brought a sheep and drank a pot of sugar water.

"Tie Shao Jinpeng to the stool and take off his shoes."

"Then brush sugar water on the soles of his feet and let the sheep lick it."

The bad guys did as they were told.

The moment the sheep licked him, Shao Jinpeng only felt itchy.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Shao Jinpeng couldn't help laughing.

After the sheep finished licking, the bad guy continued to brush it with sugar water.

“Hahahaha…” Shao Jinpeng kept laughing.

When everyone saw this, they wondered what kind of punishment this was.
If I had known this would happen, I would not have confessed.

"Hahaha……"

"Haha... Zhu Xiongying... haha... is this considered... haha... torture?"

"If you have the guts...haha...come on...for real...haha."

Shao Jinpeng is stubborn.

However, Zhu Xiongying did not show any emotional fluctuations.

"Where are we going now?"

"Take it easy!"

"I have plenty of time."

"continue!"

Shao Jinpeng laughed out loud when he was licked by the sheep.

At first, everyone did not realize the seriousness of the problem and thought that Zhu Xiongying had no good means.

As time passes little by little.

Shao Jinpeng felt like he was laughing so hard that he almost couldn't breathe.

His body was getting more and more uncomfortable, and he panicked.

If I keep laughing, I'm really going to die of laughter.

“Hahaha…Your Highness!”

“Hahaha…I was wrong…hahaha!”

"I said...haha...I said..."

After hearing this, Zhu Xiongying asked someone to take the sheep aside.

Only then did Shao Jinpeng get a chance to catch his breath.

Keep breathing heavily!

His expression was a little pale!

"Say it!"

"I said, can you let my family go?"

"Shao Jinpeng, you are not qualified to bargain with me, understand?"

Shao Jinpeng pondered for a moment.

"Bring me a pen and paper, and I'll write it down on paper."

Zhu Xiongying waved his hand, and the bad guy handed the paper and pen to Shao Jinpeng.

Then keep sketching on paper!
After Shao Jinpeng finished writing, the Bad Man handed the paper to Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the words on the paper with an extremely gloomy expression.

Immediately crumple the paper into a ball.

"Shao Jinpeng, you are guilty of a heinous crime. Tell me!"

"How do you want to die?"

Shao Jinpeng lowered his head and said nothing.

"Since you don't speak, I will let you continue to be tortured!"

Talking!

A big wave of your hand!
The sheep punishment continues!

Soon, Shao Jinpeng's laughter was heard again, and he kept laughing.

I wanted to curse Zhu Xiongying, but I couldn't say anything. I couldn't help laughing because of the licking.

As time goes by little by little.

Shao Jinpeng's face became paler and paler, and finally his head tilted.

died!

I can't laugh anymore!
The officials and noble families present were all stunned.

This is……?
"Your Highness, he is dead!"

(O)
Those officials and heads of noble families were all shocked.

This this……

died?

Really dying of laughter?
Can a punishment that doesn't seem to be a punishment really kill people?
They looked at Zhu Xiongying with eyes full of fear.

The man in front of me really kills people without shedding blood!
Too bad!
Looking at Shao Jinpeng's face, it was very scary!
Obviously he was in great pain!

This is more terrifying than killing someone with a knife!

The person in front of me is so terrifying.

At this moment, they were kneeling on the ground, shivering, with cold sweat on their foreheads.

Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang, he is more terrifying.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a bad temper and would kill people at will, but at least he would kill them quickly.

The person in front of you will make you suffer a lot before dying.

They felt their souls tremble.

"Tian Guxing!"

"exist!"

"Take someone to their house and clean it up!"

"Leave no chickens or dogs behind!"

"Yes!"

"Heavenly Sin Star!"

"exist!"

"Put them all in jail and execute them tomorrow."

"Yes!"

Hear this!

Those people were panicking!

"Your Highness, won't you promise to let our family go?"

"Yup!"

"How can you go back on your word?"

"How can you go back on your word as the grandson of the emperor?"

"..."

Facing everyone's questioning, Zhu Xiongying smiled.

"I don't think I ever said anything like I would let your family go, did I?"

"Did I say that?"

"Zhu Xiongying!"

"You have to die!"

"You go back on your word, I curse you to be cut into pieces."

"..."

One after another they started cursing.

They thought they could save their families, but unexpectedly they still failed to do so.

"So much nonsense!"

"Take it down!"

"Tian Guxing, what are you still standing there for?"

"Yes!"

Tian Guxing immediately brought people to visit the major families and the homes of those officials.

It’s a dark and windy night!

Killing night!

Many people are destined to die tonight!
Not long!
There were screams everywhere in the city!

The night was as dark as ink, the wind was cold and the whole city seemed to be shrouded in an invisible dark cloud.

Following Tian Guxing's order, the bad guys dispersed silently like ghosts, and rushed towards the designated officials and the mansions of the aristocratic families.

In front of a magnificently decorated mansion, the bad guys quickly gathered. With cold eyes and swift movements, they climbed over the wall silently.

Although there were servants in the mansion, no one noticed the impending disaster.

The bad guys held sharp knives and moved silently between the corridors and courtyards. Every time they passed a place, blood splattered and wailing was heard.

"Protect the Madam and the Master!"

With a cry of surprise, several guards hurried over, but their weapons seemed so powerless against the Bad People's superb skills and tacit cooperation.

The bad guys were like ghosts, moving swiftly and swiftly, and every attack they made was precise and deadly.

Soon, the mansion was in chaos, with wailing and cries for help intertwined together, but no one could escape the shadow of death.

At the same time, another aristocratic family mansion suffered the same fate.

The bad people were like locusts, leaving no one alive wherever they went. They not only killed adult men, but also the elderly, weak, women and children in the mansion.

The flames shot up into the sky, lighting up the night sky. That was the signal that the mansion was on fire, foreshadowing the demise of yet another family.

Such scenes continued to be played out throughout the city.

The Bad People are like messengers of death, shuttling around every corner, bringing fear and death to those once arrogant officials and aristocratic families.

Their actions were swift and efficient, as if they had made careful plans in advance.

However, during this bloody night, some people chose to resist.

They were either family guards or loyal servants of the family. They took up arms and tried to fight against the bad guys.

But their power seemed so small in front of the Bad People that they eventually became victims of the massacre.

As the first rays of dawn gradually appeared in the sky, the bloody massacre finally came to an end.

The whole city was filled with a strong smell of blood and burning, and was dead silent.

Those once prominent officials and noble families are now left with only ruins and endless wailing.

Almost all the noble families in the city were slaughtered, and their money and property were transported out in carts.

The homes of the Chief Secretary and other officials were also slaughtered, not to mention the chickens and dogs.

Even the ant nests under the trees were poured with hot water, and the earthworms were split upright.

The money was also transported to the Governor's Office!
Overnight, the city's upper class was almost wiped out by the bad guys.

next day!

People on the street were talking about it.

"Did you hear anything last night?"

"Nonsense! I'm sure you heard it!"

"That sound was horrible, what happened?"

“Although the streets have been cleaned, you can still smell the blood.”

"Hearing what you said, I smelled a strong smell of blood when I passed by the Lin family this morning."

"The Lin family will not be..."

"Hey! Hearing you say that, I seem to remember that I also smelled blood when I passed by Fang's house."

"Could it be..."

At this point, everyone's faces turned a little surprised.

"Can't you?"

(End of this chapter)