Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 135 Breaking into the house and helping him look decent

Lanzhou, Li Mansion.

This place is the residence of the Li family, a prominent family in Lanzhou. Ever since Zhu Jinzhen inherited the title of Prince Su, his reputation has grown, and the Li family has also benefited from it. It has gradually become the largest family in Lanzhou besides the Prince Su's Mansion.

Bang! !

The gate of Li's residence was violently blown open.

Li Zhao's family, who had already fallen asleep, were startled and quickly put on their clothes and ran out.

"What happened?"

Li Zhao asked angrily.

The serving maids looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Yan Yimei, the commander of the personal guards at Prince Su's Palace, is hereby ordered by Prince Su to invite Lord Li and Master Li Shu to the Tiance Palace for questioning."

Yan Yimei, wearing the black armor of Cang Yun, led a hundred Cang Yun soldiers and marched straight to Li Zhao's hall. The guards of Li Mansion who passed by along the way were intimidated by Yan Yimei's momentum and shrank back.

"Boss Shen, aren't we going up?"

One guard plucked up the courage to step forward, but was stopped by several people nearby.

"Are you crazy?"

The Li Mansion guard, known as Boss Shen, pinned the guard down and shouted in a deep voice, "That's Commander Yan of the Cangyun Army. He's a veteran of hundreds of battles, and I don't know what his level of cultivation is. Just one look at him sends chills down my spine."

"Which of the remaining one hundred men isn't an elite soldier of the Cang Yun Army? If we go up there, we'll just be sending ourselves to our deaths."

Yan Yimei and others ignored the discussions of the guards on both sides of the central gate of Li's mansion and walked straight to Li Zhao's family.

"Although I am only a minor official, my nephew is the Prince of Su. You are so reckless and have disrupted the family's affairs. Aren't you afraid that I will report you to Zhen'er?"

Li Zhao frowned, realizing that things were not simple.

Yan Yimei, the female general of Cangyun, is a well-known figure not only in Shaanxi, but also in the Ming Dynasty and the world. It is impossible for her to be so ignorant of etiquette as to break down the door and force her way in without any prior notice.

Thinking of what Yan Yimei had said just now, Li Zhao's heart trembled: "Could it be that Li Shu has caused some big trouble?"

choke! !

"I obey your orders. Please, Lord Li and Li Shu, please don't embarrass me!"

Yan Yimei waved her white hand, and the tip of the reverse-blade knife was pointing directly at Li Zhao, the royal relative of the palace.

Putting a knife on Li Zhao's neck and inviting him is called hostage-taking, while pointing at the tip of his nose and inviting him is called a "high-profile" "invitation"!
"Humph!"

Li Zhao flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly, and stood up. "I've never seen such a way of inviting people before. Today has really broadened my horizons. I might have to discuss this with Zhen'er later."

"please!"

Yan Yimei uttered a word lightly. As for whether His Highness's uncle Li Zhao wanted to complain to His Highness or to the Concubine Dowager, that was none of her business.

She only did what Zhu Jinzhen taught her to do.

"Husband!"

Li Zhao's wife shouted worriedly.

"Madam, please be at ease. I will be back soon."

Li Zhao waved to his wife. He felt that no matter how big a mistake his son made, for the sake of his sister, Zhu Jinzhen's mother, she should not make things too difficult for them.

Having said that, Li Zhao followed Cao Xueyang and his group out of the Li Mansion.

The Li family members behind him couldn't help but worry.

In the hall of the Li family, the little girl saw her mother's anxiousness and immediately said, "Mom, didn't Dad say that he would be fine? I don't think my cousin will make things difficult for Dad and my second brother, right?"

"Well, I hope so!"

Mrs. Li sighed and shook her head, obviously not as optimistic as her daughter.

At this time, an old voice sounded: "Zhen'er has always been kind to others. This time he made such a big fuss, and his soldiers didn't even give him a little face. I'm afraid the matter is not small." "Mother, why did you get up too?" Mrs. Li hurried forward to support him.

Old Madam Li came out on crutches, supported by her maid and Madam Li. She sat in the hall and shook her head, saying, "I'm fine. Send someone to Prince Su's mansion immediately to tell Yuyao to find out why Zhen'er ordered someone to come to her house that night."

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Madam Li quickly called the housekeeper and hurried to Prince Su's Mansion as instructed by the old lady.

……

That night, Tiance Mansion.

In Zhu Jinzhen's study, there were two figures in front of him, one sitting and one kneeling.

Behind them, figures were also kneeling on the ground.

"Uncle, I believe I have treated the Li family well, and my mother has often given me rewards."

"In recent years, as the power of Prince Su's Mansion has expanded, the Li family has also risen with it. A few years ago, my uncle came to my mother and cried, and took away two top-level martial arts that could reach the Celestial Realm from her. I didn't say a word, did I?"

Li Zhao was filled with shame when he heard this.

His nephew was indeed extremely kind to the Li family, to the point of agreeing to almost anything.

Originally, the Li family was just an ordinary merchant family. Li Zhao said he wanted to try being an official, so Zhu Jinzhen directly arranged a position of Yuwenlang for him. His grandmother asked him to give the Li family a different way of life.

Precious martial arts secrets and scriptures that were kept secret by various literati families were also copied and given to the Li family.

Even when his youngest daughter showed signs of dying young, Zhu Jinzhen specially sent a famous doctor and a master of astronomy to take care of his daughter Li Su's body day and night until she recovered as before.

It is definitely a blessing.

But their reward to Zhu Jinzhen was that his rebellious son colluded with foreign barbarians, sold intelligence, and intended to frame the Prince Su's Mansion for treason and provide evidence to the court.

"Zhen'er, Shu'er was confused for a moment..."

"A moment of confusion? I'm afraid he's been scheming all along." Zhu Jinzhen interrupted Li Zhao, his eyes flickering and his face showing his displeasure. But he still asked, "Uncle wants me to let him go?"

"This..." Li Zhao lowered his head in shame. He knew that whether it was colluding with the Mongols or intending to prove Zhu Jinzhen's rebellion to the court, it was a naked betrayal to his nephew.

But, he is his son after all!!
But when Li Zhao met Zhu Jinzhen's eyes that were gradually becoming cold, his heart trembled violently.

"Shu'er is naughty and caught a cold. The doctor said he won't make it through the night." Li Zhao closed his eyes in pain and pleaded tremblingly, "His children are still young. Can you..."

He knew that Li Shu could not be saved.

When his nephew got really angry, no one could save Li Shu, even if he asked his sister Li Yuyao for help. He betrayed the Prince Su's Mansion, intended to kill Zhu Jinzhen, framed him for treason, and provided evidence to the court. Every one of them was a dead end.

Not to mention that Li Shu actually colluded with the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty with the intention of causing chaos in Shaanxi and the Ming Dynasty.

Now, Li Zhao can only hope to leave some bloodline for Li Shu.

"Uncle, please go back."

Zhu Jinzhen waved his hand without saying whether he agreed or disagreed.

Li Zhao's body froze, and he bent down tremblingly: "I'll take my leave."

The moment he turned around, Li Zhao's figure inevitably looked a little desolate.

Until this moment, Li Zhao still didn't understand what his rebellious son was trying to do.
"Someone is coming."

After Li Zhao left, Zhu Jinzhen summoned two secret guards and said in a cold tone, "Keep an eye on him. If Li Shu doesn't want to be respectable, then you can help him be respectable... If Li Shu dies tonight, his children... don't have to stay."

"If you have something, be sure to bring it back."

"Yes!"

The two secret guards took the order and blended into the darkness like ghosts, quickly chasing after Li Zhao.

Zhu Jinzhen looked at the secret guards' reports on the table. Each one listed numerous pieces of evidence. He waved his hand, and the reports flew up and landed in a nearby brazier. "I never thought that after searching for something for so long, I would find it without any effort."

(End of this chapter)