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

"stop!"

Zhu Xiongying waved his hands, and Scar was dragged in front of Zhu Xiongying by the Jinyiwei, like a dead dog.

"What is your name?"

Zhu Xiongying looked at him expressionlessly.

"Sun Jian!"

"Everyone likes to call me Scar."

"How long have you been doing this?"

"ten years!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Zhu Xiongying's eyes. He wondered how many children had suffered over such a long period of time.

"ten years?"

"Who is covering for you behind the scenes?"

"no!"

"For someone like me, how can I have any background?"

Scar's tone sounded casual, as if he was saying something very real. After all, in general, the more casual something is, the more real it is.

"No?"

"Ha! You've been doing this for ten years, how could you not have it?"

"Isn't this normal?"

"After all, this is strictly prohibited by the imperial court. Who would dare to do this? Are you really that bold?"

"Their lives are not ordinary. Unlike us who have no food to eat, they risk their lives to do this."

"We never stick to one place when doing this. You said it's useless even if we want to curry favor with them!"

"We'll be leaving soon, so there's no need for that, right?"

Zhu Xiongying smiled when he heard this and said, "What you said makes sense."

"But you overlooked one problem!"

"Ok?"

"what is the problem?"

Scar looked at Zhu Xiongying in confusion.

"Road pass!"

"When the Ming Dynasty was founded, the Emperor issued an edict that you need a travel permit if you want to travel far away. No matter what you are going to do, as long as you are going far away, you need a travel permit."

"Without a pass, you can't go anywhere."

Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Scar's eyes.

"People say that the Crown Prince is omnipotent, like a god descended from heaven. But after seeing it today, it seems that he is not as exaggerated as the rumors say."

"But he is also very meticulous. I admire him!"

"But it's just a road pass, it shouldn't be that difficult, right?"

"Just do some work, won't it?"

Zhu Xiongying nodded: "You are right!"

"It's not difficult, money makes the world go round!"

Zhu Xiongying looked at Scar, who was calm and composed without a trace of panic.

Are you really not afraid of death, or are you just being fearless?
Didn’t you know that kidnapping children was a capital crime in the Ming Dynasty?
"You, aren't you afraid of death?"

"People who do this will die sooner or later. It's just a matter of time. Live one day at a time and earn one day at a time."

"I've lived this long, I've earned it!"

Scar's mouth corners were slightly raised, and there was no fear in his eyes.

"Okay! Your Highness wants to see if you are really not afraid of death."

"Whatever you have, just use it!"

"it is good!"

Zhu Xiongying turned to look at Yuan Tiangang, who nodded and turned to make the arrangements.

Soon, the bad guys pushed some things over.

"Let me introduce them to you. This is donkey-hide gelatin made from cowhide, and this is linen."

Scar looked at what was in front of him. There was no sword or anything like that, so he smiled contemptuously.

"Your Highness, you are not going to use these to kill me, are you?"

"Let me eat donkey hide gelatin and eat until I die?"

"Ha ha……"

"Ha ha……"

When Zhu Xiongying saw him laughing, he also started laughing.

"why are you laughing?"

Scar always felt something was wrong when he saw this.

"nothing!"

"It's okay, just smile!"

"Laugh more, I'm afraid you won't be able to laugh later."

"Ah……"

"Your Highness, what kind of big waves can a plate of donkey-hide gelatin cause?"

Scar looked at Zhu Xiongying with disdain.

"Have you ever heard of Da Hong Pao?"

"Big red robe?"

"What red robe?"

Scar looked at Zhu Xiongying in confusion.

"The so-called Da Hong Pao is an upgraded version of peeling, which is even better."

"I will use cowhide to make glue, then brush it on your body, and then cover it with linen leather before it dries."

"After the cowhide glue, skin and hemp skin are completely dry, I pull hard and the hemp skin will tear off the skin on my body."

"Ouch! That feeling...tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

"Use this method to tear off the skin all over the body, and then use a hot iron and gel ointment to stop the bleeding all over the body."

"Its purpose is to prevent you from dying from excessive blood loss. Without skin, life is worse than death. The muscles all over the body are exposed, and at first glance it looks all red, so it is named "Da Hong Pao"."

“It’s not good looking!”

Listening to Zhu Xiongying's vivid description, a trace of fear flashed in Scar's eyes.

"you……"

"How can a great grandson of the Emperor be so cruel? How is he any different from that King Zhou?"

Scar looked at Zhu Xiongying in panic.

"I am cruel?"

"No? How dare you say that?"

"You kidnapped and trafficked children. How many children died or were maimed in your hands? How dare you say this?"

"You've committed such a serious crime, you don't think that a simple stab to your back will put an end to it, right?"

Hearing this, Scar panicked. He was not a fool. Zhu Xiongying was going to torture him and let him die in agony.

Panic!

Completely panicked!

"You...what do you want?"

Snapped……

"Watch your tone!"

Jiang Li, who was standing by, slapped Scar in the face, causing him to see stars.

"Scar!"

"You have committed such a heinous crime. If you want to die quickly, forget it in this life."

"Didn't you say you earn a day's worth of living?"

"I have to say you have a good attitude, but I will make you ask for death."

"I will make sure you can live to be eighty years old."

Zhu Xiongying smiled, but in Scar's eyes it was extremely creepy, even more terrifying than if the King of Hell were smiling at him.

"you……"

"I……"

"I...I...I know I was wrong!"

"Your Highness, I know I was wrong!"

"Please, give me a quick death!"

"Please..."

Scarface kowtowed repeatedly. He could already see that the days ahead would be spent in endless torture.

Decades!

Who the hell can stand this?

It is more painful than death. It is really like being unable to live, and unable to die.

"No no no!"

"You don't know you're wrong, you're just afraid. You're just afraid of the days ahead, the days where your life will be worse than death."

"If you knew it was wrong, would you have done this for ten years?"

"People like you will never know your mistakes, so just enjoy your life!"

"It's rare to be entertained by the Jinyiwei for the rest of your life!"

Scar quickly crawled to Zhu Xiongying's feet, tightly grasped Zhu Xiongying's feet, and cried, "Your Highness, please, I really know I was wrong."

"I...I'll tell you a secret, please forgive me!"

"You are a street thug, what secrets can you have?"

"Even if it's a secret, it's of little use to me. It's useless."

"Jiang Li, take him away!"

Jiang Li responded and immediately ordered his men to lift him up, and then had his men lift him up and drag him away.

Scar was panicked, his face full of fear, and he struggled frantically.

"Everything I do is instructed by someone!"

"and many more!"

The Jinyiwei immediately let go and stopped, and Scar immediately broke free from the Jinyiwei and crawled in front of Zhu Xiongying.

"Is what you just said true?"

"It's absolutely true. If there was no one to protect me, how could I have done it for ten years without being discovered?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiongying stared at Scar with a gloomy expression.

"Tell me! Who is it?"

Hearing this, Scar hesitated, his eyes rolling around.

"I said, can you let me go?"

"You are not qualified to negotiate with me. You can choose not to speak. I will send you to execution right now."

Scar's face turned a little ugly when he heard this, but after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to speak.

"It's Xiang Yuanhua, the magistrate of Wuchuan County."

Zhu Xiongying glanced at him and said, "Do you think I'm a fool?" "A small county magistrate, can you commit crimes across the country?"

"But I heard that he has someone in the court, and the relationship is not simple."

"Ok?"

"Who?"

"I don't know about that. People like me can't find out about that class."

After hearing this, Zhu Xiongying said nothing more. He was indeed right. The connections in the court were not something that a human trafficker like him could gain access to.

"Take it down!"

"Yes!"

Two Jinyiwei took Scar away.

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

Jiang Li looked at Zhu Xiongying and asked softly.

"Jiang Li, Old Zhu won't let me leave the capital, what can I do?"

"Your Highness, can you leave this matter to our Jinyiwei? I promise to give you a satisfactory answer."

Zhu Xiongying glanced at him and shook his head: "No! You are too big a target."

"Who in the entire Ming Dynasty doesn't know the name of the Jinyiwei? If you go there, it will only make them more cautious."

"It will greatly increase the difficulty of investigating the case, so let the bad guys do it!"

"Yes!"

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East Palace!

"Yuan Tiangang!"

"Yunxi!"

"Your Highness!"

"Big brother!"

The two men came up to Zhu Xiongying.

"Bring your people with you and follow me to Wuchuan County."

"Brother, didn't Old Zhu forbid you to leave the capital?"

"Aren't you afraid that he will cause you trouble?"

Zhu Xiongying waved his hands and said, "I'm not afraid of anything. If he dares to cause trouble for me, I will go find Grandma Huang."

"With the Empress Dowager here, who dares to touch me?"

"Yes! Big brother is right!"

"With the Empress Dowager here, we can dominate the entire Ming Dynasty."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense!"

"Hurry up and prepare. We will set off overnight. Don't alarm Old Zhu."

"Yes!"

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That night!

The bright moon is in the sky!

"Your Majesty, Jiang Li sent a message that the Crown Prince..."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at Mao Xiang and said calmly, "Running away again?"

"Uh……"

"Yes!"

"We know it!"

"Forget it! That little bastard has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, you can't keep an eye on him."

"Do you know where he went?"

“Wuchuan County!”

"Ok?"

"What are you going there for?"

"I heard it's an investigation!"

"Investigating the case?"

"What case is it that requires him to come here in person?"

"I heard that the child trafficking case involved officials from the imperial court, and officials from the imperial court were also involved."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly.

After a moment's silence, he said, "This matter must not be made public. Anyone who dares to disclose it will be killed!"

"Yes!"

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after a while!

Wuchuan County!
In front of the county government office!

Zhu Xiongying brought his men to the gate of the county government office!
"Who are you?"

"What are you doing here?"

Seeing this, the gatekeeper quickly asked.

"Let your county magistrate come out to greet him!"

Luo Fei spoke immediately.

"Oh! Who are you?"

"How dare you say such outrageous words and ask our Lord to go out and greet you?"

"Are you worthy?"

Snapped……

Li Chuan immediately slapped the yamen runner in the face, making him dizzy.

"Keep your mouth clean!"

"you……"

"What are you talking about? Hurry up!"

"Who?"

"How dare you act so recklessly in front of the government office? Are you trying to kill yourself?"

A man in an official robe came out, followed by several people.

When the bailiff saw the man, he hurried forward and cried.

"My lord, they...that's them!"

"You hit me without knowing right or wrong. You have to help me!"

The man glanced at the slap mark on the bailiff's face and turned to look at Zhu Xiongying and others.

"You were the ones who beat him?"

"I hit you, what happened?"

Li Chuan looked at the man with disdain.

"very good!"

"You dare to beat up the police in the government office. You are totally disrespectful of the law. Come on! Arrest him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several yamen runners wanted to take action, but were suppressed by Zhu Xiongying's scolding.

"I wonder which of you dares?"

"From my perspective, you should be their leader, right?"

"Who are you?"

Zhu Xiongying looked at him and asked, "Are you the county magistrate here?"

"Exactly!"

"I am the magistrate of Wuchuan County. Who are you?"

Xiang Yuanhua looked at Zhu Xiongying very proudly.

"Who am I, you ask?"

"Yunxun, tell him!"

Zhu Yunhuan immediately took out a token and threw it to Xiang Yuanhua.

When Xiang Yuanhua took it and looked at it, his pupils trembled and he was shocked.

There is a big word "Wu" written on it!

"Wu...Wu...King Wu?"

"Are you His Royal Highness the King of Wu?"

"Exactly!"

"He is my eldest brother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Hearing this, Xiang Yuanhua's legs went weak and he almost lost his balance. If it weren't for the master behind him holding him up, he would have fallen down.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Wu!"

"I was blind and did not recognize the great man. I offended the two Your Highnesses. Please forgive me."

When the others saw Xiang Yuanhua kneeling down, they immediately followed suit and trembled.

"Get up!"

"Thank... Thank you, Your Highness!"

Xiang Yuanhua quickly stood up, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Master Xiang, would you like to invite me in and have a seat?"

“Ah? Ahhhh…”

"Your Highness, please... please come in quickly!"

Zhu Xiongying entered the county government office surrounded by a crowd of people!

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In the county government office!
"Your Highnesses, please have some tea!"

Xiang Yuanhua looked at the Zhu Xiongying brothers with a flattering face.

"it is good!"

"Thank you, Lord Xiang!"

"Hehehe..."

"It should be!"

"Uh……"

"I wonder how the two princes have time to visit our county?"

"Is something wrong?"

"Your Highness, if you have any questions, please let me know. I will do my best to get them done for you two Highnesses."

Xiang Yuanhua's fawning smile was disgusting to look at.

In his eyes, this is a great opportunity to climb up!

do not miss it!

(End of this chapter)