Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

No, that's impossible!

and many more!

"Answer me, who told you what you said outside the palace gate?"

"Tell the truth, or you will suffer further physical pain!"

Zhu Youxiao had asked this question before, but Liu Shaoyuan diverted the question.

Now that Zhen Beiwang mentioned it again, Liu Shaoyuan no longer dared to be careless.

He quickly replied: "Yes, sir, it's Miss Ruhua!"

"It's the flowery girl from Yipinxiang!"

"It's what she told her students last night. She also said that only scholars with strong character can be considered heroes in the world!"

But when he said this, his expression suddenly changed.

"wrong!"

"That bitch Ruhua is deliberately provoking me!"

After hearing the name, Zhen Beiwang immediately sent people to Yipinxiang to arrest the man.

But half an hour later, Yang Peicong, who was sent to arrest people, came back and brought him bad news.

"Your Excellency, Miss Ruhua from Yipinxiang is dead!"

"what?!"

Zhen Beiwang widened his eyes.

"How did he die? When did he die?!"

"To answer your question, she was hanged in the room, no more than two hours ago. The girl was naked when she died, and she left a suicide note saying that she came naked and left naked."

Yang Peicong said as he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over.

Zhen Beiwang took a quick look and found that it was exactly what Bai Hu said, but even a fool would know that something was wrong!

During the New Year's Day, three stupid scholars were instigated to run to the palace to cause trouble.

As soon as they were captured, the person who instigated them hanged himself!

This is a provocation!

He slammed the letter on the table and shouted.

"Check it for me!"

"Anyone who has seen Ruhua within a month will be checked!"

"From the brothel madam to the tea-serving pimp, including all the clients who have been to Yipinxiang within the past month, no one shall be spared!"

"Put up a notice. Anyone who can provide clues will be rewarded handsomely!"

At this order, the Jinyiwei under his command immediately set out.

Yipinxiang’s business is booming.

It stands to reason that during the Chinese New Year, everyone should be at home with their parents, wives and children.

In fact, in previous years, most similar places in Nanjing chose to close during the Chinese New Year.

However, there was an imperial examination in early spring, so many scholars who were preparing for the examination stayed in Nanjing, and would set off for Beijing as soon as the weather got warmer.

It is said that a poor family can bring richness on the road. Since the moment these scholars achieved fame, they have never been short of money.

When you are alone outside with money in your pocket and it is New Year, you can't help but do something.

This led to Yipinxiang, which was supposed to be closed, staying open all year round for the sake of money.

The girls are also dedicated to their work. Although business has been so good these days that they can hardly walk, they are still attentive and smiling at the clients.

And those clients had no idea that there was a dead body hanging in the building!

All this is thanks to the old procuress who was quick-witted and foresighted!

The reason why she dared to do this was because the Jinyiwei who came earlier just took a look at Ruhua's body, took the suicide note and left without even cordoning off the scene!

Seeing that the brothels next door were doing a booming business, the madam simply told the girls not to talk nonsense and continued to open for business.

When the Royal Guards visited Yipinxiang for the second time, the madam vaguely felt that something was not right.

Yang Peicong didn't waste any time talking to him and directly ordered people to block the front and back doors of Yipinxiang.

He himself, with two of his men, went directly to Ruhua's room on the third floor.

"Well, the young lady is so cold......"

"Hahahaha, that's just right. I drank a little too much and I'm feeling irritated right now..."

"Hey, what's going on? You're not moving at all. Are you waiting for me to move?"

"You are really good at playing. This must be a new trick that the madam has taught you, right?"

"Well, this road is so narrow!"

As soon as I reached the door, I heard someone in the house talking drunkenly.

Yang Peicong gave a look, and immediately a small flag came forward and kicked the door open.

"boom!"

The sound of the door opening startled the people inside.

"Who! Who dares to disturb my pleasure?"

A scholar's face, as red as a monkey's butt, popped out from behind the bed curtain. With blurry eyes, he looked at Yang Peicong and the others and yelled at them.

Yang Peicong was stunned.

He took two steps back and looked at the wooden sign hanging on the door again, confirming that this was indeed Ruhua's room.

But...

Isn’t Ruhua dead?

I had touched it before and my body felt cold!

Thinking about the sound he just heard outside, he strode into the room and pulled down the bed curtain.

The scholar was startled and immediately cried out in surprise.

"What, what do you want to do!"

"If you want to see Miss Ruhua, you have to queue up. Do you understand the rules?"

Yang Peicong took a look at the person on the bed, it was Ruhua for sure!

In other words, this drunk guy was just...

He slapped the scholar in the face with his backhand.

"Open your dog eyes wide and let me see clearly!"

"You don't even let the dead go, you're really hot-tempered!"

This slap made the scholar's drunkenness go away a lot, and his eyes, which had been narrowed before, subconsciously widened.

But when he saw the flying fish suits worn by Yang Peicong and others, his eyes widened even more!

Thinking of what Yang Peicong had just said, he suddenly turned his head to look at Ruhua on the bed.

The marks left by hanging are clearly visible!

"Fuck!"

The scholar suddenly jumped off the bed as if he had been struck by lightning, and looked at Ruhua on the bed with horror on his face.

The head that was held high was now completely intimidated, and it swayed left and right like a pendulum with his movements.

Yang Peicong ignored him and walked forward to carefully examine Ruhua's body.

When he saw the bruises on the scholar's chest and the smelly saliva, he turned around and kicked the scholar to the ground.

"Take them all back for interrogation!"

"Take this body with you!"

Following this order, chaos broke out inside Yipinxiang.

The girls' screams, the scholars' curses, and the sounds of the Jinyiwei beating people could be heard one after another.

By the time these people were brought back to the Jinyiwei Yamen, it was already noon.

Everyone was interrogated separately, and the only confession they wanted was from one person.

That is who has had contact with Ruhua during this month.

A month was a long time and it was difficult for these people to recall, but with the help of various torture instruments, their confessions were delivered to Zhu Youxiao's desk at dinner time.

"That is all, Your Majesty."

Sun Kangwang recounted the whole story, and finally mentioned the scholar who had done something shameful with Ruhua's corpse.

"The scholar was a candidate for the imperial examination in Guangxi. He drank a few cups too much and went into Ruhua's room in a state of confusion. He didn't know that the woman under him was already dead. If Captain Yang and his men had gone a little later, he would have died."

The corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth twitched unnaturally.

Damn it!

Can't you tell the difference between the living and the dead?

"He has been stripped of his title and is not allowed to take the imperial examinations for ten years!"

He waved his hand, punished the scholar, and then looked at the list in his hand.

These were selected from the confessions of a group of people, such as the number of clients Hua had received within a month.

There are scholars, businessmen, wanderers, and some officials on the spot!

But one of them made Zhu Youxiao stop looking down.

The housekeeper of Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief Min Hongxue, Min Yiqi, is 63 years old!

Chapter 185 What’s the matter? Are you all here to wish me a happy new year?

Seeing Min Yiqi's age, Zhu Youxiao admitted that he was jealous.

Dog day!

You are already sixty-three years old, can you still go to a brothel?

How is this old thing maintained?

But at this moment, Youtong walked in.

"Your Majesty, Deputy Censor of the Left, Min Hongxue, requests to see you!"

Zhu Youxiao frowned when he heard this and said, "Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here?"

He grabbed two walnuts from the porcelain jar on the table and started playing with them in his hands. Did Min Hongxue deliver the goods to his door himself?

"Let him in!"

Yutong bowed, then faced outside the hall and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Announce, Deputy Censor of the Left, Min Hongxue, is here to see you!"

The Jinyiwei at the door immediately shouted again.

The sound spreads outward, farther and farther.

Soon, Min Hongxue, who was nearly 40 years old, entered the hall under the guidance of a Jinyiwei.

As soon as he entered the hall, he knelt down with a thud.

"Your Majesty, I, Min Hongxue, pay my respects to you!"

"Your Majesty, I am here to wish you a happy new year!"

pay a New Year call?

This was somewhat beyond Zhu Youxiao's expectations.