The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 152 Arresting people
For a while, the sound of angry shouting and cursing could be heard everywhere.

Pairs of eyes glared angrily at Zhang Fengfu and the Jinyiwei behind him.

How could the Jinyiwei, whose morale is extremely high and who are all gearing up for battle, be afraid?
They drew their swords one by one and glared back ferociously.

The sound of the sword being drawn was icy cold.

Many people were startled and couldn't help but take a step back.

"Don't be afraid, we are the saint's disciples, and it is only natural for us to protect Duke Yansheng.

Moreover, the Holy Lord will never allow such hawks and dogs to kill innocent people indiscriminately."

"Yes, yes, don't be afraid. We haven't broken any law. Your Majesty loves the people like his own children. They dare not kill us."

"Yes, protect Duke Yansheng!"

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As the scholars talked to each other, their courage came back.

Zhang Fengfu couldn't help but secretly shook his head. Did these scholars realize that they were disobeying the emperor's order?

In the entire Ming Dynasty, only Your Majesty can order the Jinyiwei to command the Tongzhi to arrest Duke Yansheng.

He knew that there was no time to delay and he had to cut the Gordian knot and take the person away as soon as possible.

Ignoring these young scholars and officials, he looked directly at Kong Hongxu and his son behind the crowd.

He said in a deep voice: "Duke Yansheng, please come with us."

Kong Hongxu felt more and more uneasy. He knew very well that only the emperor could make the Jinyiwei command the Tongzhi to arrest him.

But he had just arrived in Beijing, so how had he offended the emperor?

He just ignored the impact and ordered the Jinyiwei to arrest him.

Could it be that the factory guards found out something at home?
Kong Hongxu was shocked and doubtful, but he didn't dare to follow the Jinyiwei just like that. He looked at the officials and scholars around him and felt more at ease.

He knew very well that in this capital city, his greatest support and protector was not a few guards at the innate level, even a grandmaster or even a grandmaster at the extreme level would not be enough.

Officials and scholars are the ones.

He calmly said, "Excuse me, Master Zhang, what crime have I committed? You want to arrest me."

It seemed that the Duke of Yansheng did not dare to go with them.

Zhang Fengfu immediately understood his intention and decided not to continue to argue. He made a prompt decision and said loudly, "According to the order of His Majesty, arrest the father and son of Duke Yansheng. Who dares to stop us? It will be regarded as disobeying the order."

Your Majesty's order!

The excited and passionate scholars suddenly felt as if they were poured with cold water and looked at each other in bewilderment.

Several officials instinctively shrank their heads in shock and fear.

But if we think about it calmly, who else but Your Majesty could have ordered the commander-in-chief Zhang Fengfu to capture Duke Yansheng?
He couldn't help but take a step back with his eyes flickering.

"Duke Yansheng, let's go." Seeing that the officials and scholars were intimidated, Zhang Fengfu immediately shouted in a stern voice.

Kong Hongxu cursed in his heart, "You are a bunch of rubbish. You were scared by a verbal decree."

He gave a look to his son standing beside him.

"Excuse me, Lord Zhang, where is the imperial edict?" Kong Wenshao understood and asked politely.

"Yes, where is the imperial edict?" a scholar asked.

"His Majesty has given an oral order. Are you and your son, Duke Yansheng, going to disobey the order?" Zhang Fengfu said sternly.

"You come to arrest my father and son without an imperial edict! What a joke, what exactly do you Jinyiwei want to do?" Kong Wenshao was overjoyed, but immediately shouted in anger and humiliation, almost saying the word "frame-up".

The emotions of many scholars were aroused again.

"Yes, they want to arrest Duke Yansheng without an imperial decree! Are the Jinyiwei planning a rebellion?"

"The Royal Guards must have forged the imperial edict!"

"Yes, we must not let them take away Duke Yansheng, lest they confess under torture."

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Angry voices rose and fell again, only a few scholars remained silent and quietly took two steps back.

“How dare you.” Zhang Fengfu shouted angrily, suppressing all other voices and said coldly: “Who dares to falsely transmit the order of His Majesty?
Come, arrest the father and son of Duke Yansheng, and kill anyone who dares to stop us."

The murderous voice stunned everyone.

The Jinyiwei rushed forward immediately like a tiger out of a cage. The scholars fearfully made way for them, and the officials had already run aside.

If it was during the previous emperor's time, and the Jinyiwei dared to be so rampant, they would definitely fight them.

But this was the reign of Emperor Shengwu, and no one would doubt that the Jinyiwei's knives could kill people.

Not only that, the late emperor and Emperor Shengwu are different after all.

The word "prestige" can calm down those scholars who are easily hot-blooded and not afraid of death.

Two figures dressed as gangsters appeared in front of Kong Hongxu like lightning, looking at the Jinyiwei without fear.

Zhang Fengfu immediately stared at him with eyes as fast as lightning.

"Back off." Kong Hongxu gritted his teeth and waved his hand.

This Zhang Fengfu is so arrogant that he is not afraid of the revenge of the civil officials and the curses of the scholars. What can two innate masters do?

If you dare to take action, then there will be big problems.

"Catch them together." Zhang Fengfu ordered.

The two innate masters were somewhat reluctant to surrender, but under Kong Hongxu's gaze, they still did not resist.

"Hahaha." Suddenly, Kong Hongxu laughed twice, and said calmly and fearlessly, with a righteous spirit: "Okay, I will go with you Jinyiwei to see what crime I have committed."

He clasped his hands together and said sincerely to the officials and scholars around him: "Thank you all for your support today. I am very grateful.

But don't worry, everyone. The Holy Lord will not let the hawks and dogs run wild. I am innocent and I am not afraid of such scoundrels."

Before he could say more, Zhang Fengfu had already sent a message, and two Jinyiwei grabbed Kong Hongxu's arms and took him out.

They don’t care about the Duke of Yansheng. Your Majesty’s will is supreme.

Zhang Fengfu took Kong Hongxu and his son, the two people in the innate realm and left quickly.

They had not taken a few steps when the scholars started making a commotion again.

"Duke Yansheng is so wise and righteous, there must be a villain who has deceived Your Majesty and ordered people to arrest Duke Yansheng."

"Yes, that must be the case. There must be some villain and treacherous ministers behind this. We should immediately notify all the scholars and seek justice for Duke Yansheng."

"That's exactly what we should do. When we go to see His Majesty, we must not let Duke Yansheng suffer an unjust injustice."

"Let's go, inform all the scholars to go and see His Majesty together."

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Dozens of scholars immediately dispersed and ran to inform others.

The officials looked solemn and somewhat angry.

"There must be a corrupt eunuch who deceived Your Majesty, otherwise how could Your Majesty arrest Duke Yansheng? Let's go and inform our colleagues and defend Duke Yansheng." One person said quickly.

"Yes, yes, yes, let's go right away." The others agreed and quickly dispersed.

The news that Duke Yansheng and his son were captured by the Embroidered Uniform Guards spread in the capital at the fastest speed.

The civil officials, tens of thousands of candidates, even more students, including some military officers, and the common people were all shocked.

"What's going on? Why did your majesty order the Royal Guards to arrest Duke Yansheng and his son?"

The cabinet received the news first. Liu Jian widened his eyes, stood up and looked at a minor official in front of him.

Not only him, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian couldn't sit still either.

Li Dongyang, in particular, was unusually flustered.

It was real panic.

Why did Your Majesty ask the Embroidered Uniform Guard to arrest the father and son of the Kong family?

The three of them could definitely guess the answer in their hearts. It must be that His Majesty knew about the affairs of the Kong family.

“I don’t know either, but Jinyiwei Zhang Fengfu arrested Duke Yansheng and his son in public, which is a real fact.

The officials and scholars present dispersed to contact other people, saying that they wanted to see His Majesty and seek justice for Duke Yansheng. "The official could not bear the gazes of the three elders and lowered his head and said quickly.

"Asshole, are you trying to make things worse?
Do you think that by making a big fuss, you can force His Majesty to make concessions?"

Liu Jian became even angrier. What a stupid thing! This was not the time of the previous emperor.

He took a deep breath and said quickly and decisively: "You should immediately notify all the officials and tell them that this is our intention. Ask them to behave themselves and not act recklessly.

We will immediately go to see His Majesty, give justice to Duke Yansheng, and have all officials do their best to appease the scholars."

"Yes, I'll go right away." The official ran out immediately.

"There is no time to lose, let's go see His Majesty immediately." Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang and the other man, and stayed on Li Dongyang for a while, but didn't say much.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian nodded.

The three of them hurried to the Qianqing Palace to ask for an audience.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao had received a report from the Embroidered Uniform Guard that Kong Hongxu and his son had been arrested, and asked what to do.

He ordered the interrogation of the Kong father and son and found out about the dirty things the Kong family had done.

He had already made up his mind. Tomorrow morning, he would announce that Kong Hongxu would be executed first to correct the mistakes made by his father and grandfather.

At the same time, tell everyone again that no matter who it is in the Ming Dynasty, if they dare to break the law, they must be punished, and no one is an exception.

As for the report from the Embroidered Uniform Guard that officials and scholars were colluding to seek justice for Duke Yansheng, he did not take it to heart.

I also want to see how many officials and scholars are blind enough to plead for the Kong father and son?

When Zhu Houzhao heard that three people from the cabinet wanted to see him, he frowned. Was it for the father and son of the Kong family?

But let them in anyway.

After the ceremony, Liu Jian and the other two could not help but glance at Liu Jin and the other two who were facing the wall, and immediately asked, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, why did you let the Jinyiwei arrest the father and son of Duke Yansheng?"

"Do you know that Kong Hongxu killed innocent people when he was young?
Do you know that the Kong family has done a lot of harm to the people? "Zhu Houzhao asked directly with his eyes wide open.

Liu Jian and the other two were stunned and speechless.

"You know it, yet you still dare to ask me why?" Zhu Houzhao's eyes turned cold, he stood up suddenly and shouted angrily.

Liu Jian and the other two turned pale and were about to argue.

Zhu Houzhao looked outside and suddenly smiled, "Okay, there are so many people coming, very good, let them all come in.

I want to see how many people plead for this damn thing today?"

Liu Jian and the other two suddenly felt a sense of horror in their hearts.

The five ministers, the left and right censors of the Censorate, the chief minister of the Dali Temple and others who had just arrived outside the Qianqing Palace had not yet asked for a meeting when they received the order to enter.

More than ten people walked into the hall, and when they saw them, Liu Jian and the other two felt dizzy.

Nonsense!

Don't you know that Your Majesty is not threatened?

Why are so many people coming?

Didn't I tell you to wait?
(Chapter 1.)
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