Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 47 Secret Trial of Marquis Deqing

Because there was no special prison at this time, Liao Yongzhong was locked in the dark and damp dungeon of the inner prison.

Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about those eunuchs, so he specially transferred his personal guard Liu Ying to guard Liao Yongzhong every step of the way.

Liu Ying was originally named Liu Da, and his father was Liu Jizu who gave Zhu Yuanzhang a burial place so that his parents could be buried.

As the leader of Zhu Yuanzhang's guard, Liu Ying's biggest advantage is his loyalty. He will never be bribed by anyone, and he will never betray Zhu Yuanzhang.

Boss Zhu actually asked him to guard Deqinghou, which shows how much he attaches importance to Liao Yongzhong's case.

The next day, Liao Yongzhong sobered up, and Liu Ying immediately ordered someone to report to the emperor.

After going to court, Zhu Yuanzhang rushed over without even caring about changing his court clothes.

This time he came alone without the prince.Maybe he thought it was better not to learn this kind of thing.

The heavy wooden door with iron hoops opened slowly, Liu Ying put the door frame with his hands, and Zhu Yuanzhang bent down and walked into the cramped cell.

In the cell, Liao Yongzhong was chained to an iron chair, which was fixed to the wall.

"The emperor is here, excuse me, I can't salute." He had regained his composure, but he was still not rude.

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Yuanzhang lifted his robe and sat down on the golden lacquered chair brought by Liu Ying.

The monarchs and ministers looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't remember the last time someone dared to look at him like this.

"Little Liao, are you convicted?" In the end it was Zhu Yuanzhang who spoke first.

Liao Yongzhong nodded and said, "I have already been convicted."

"Do you know what crime you committed?"

Liao Yongzhong replied in a flat tone: "The world has been calmed down, so I am guilty."

"What are you talking about?" Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils shrank, and he said coldly, "Do you think that if we are going to cross the river and demolish the bridge, we will be cooked like a rabbit?"

"I think it looks like it." Liao Yongzhong was also an upright man.

"You fart!" Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said, "I told you repeatedly, we don't want to imitate Liu Bang, and give the old brother a hard time. We don't want to get a bad name for killing heroes. We want to imitate Han Guangwu and Tang Taizong. Let's start and finish with the heroes who conquered the world!"

"Especially you little Liao, we have already let you down, so we have to find ways to protect you." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to Liao Yongzhong and said:

"In the third year of Hongwu, Yang Xian's case broke out. Whether it is witness evidence or the physical evidence found in his home, it can prove that you have a close relationship with him. You are involved in many things. It is not wrong to say that you are a friend. Too much!"

"In the end, we killed Yang Xian, but you got away with great merit!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily, "Even a blind person can see it. We are protecting you!"

"That's why the emperor expects our navy to recover Sichuan and Shu?" Liao Yongzhong said how to die, obviously he has a deep understanding of Boss Zhu's character.

Begging for mercy, in Zhu Yuanzhang's case, has always had only counterproductive effects.

This rhetorical question made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry, so he said coldly: "Since you are so unafraid of death, do you admit that you are the backstage of the Chaohu gang who trafficked illicit salt in various provinces?"

"We don't know, but if the emperor thinks it is, then let's do it. Anyway, it's not an unreasonable thing, and it's far worse than what the emperor and his Fengyang fellows did!" Liao Yongzhong looked like a dead pig. With a posture of boiling water, he said lightly.

Although they are all in Huaixi, Chaohu Lake is more than 200 miles away from Fengyang.So he never belonged to the core layer of Huaixi Nobility.

"What did they do?" Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback.

"The emperor doesn't know?" Liao Yongzhong was also stunned for a moment, as if this matter should have been known to everyone.

Boss Zhu shook his head expressionlessly, he hated the feeling of being kept in the dark the most.

"Hahaha!" Liao Yongzhong laughed loudly, mocking presumptuously: "So they have kept you a secret! Haha, they keep calling you to be the boss all day long, but they didn't expect you to be no longer on their table! Really! Interesting, hahaha!"

"What a joke!" Seeing the emperor's ugly face, Liu Ying kicked Liao Yongzhong in the stomach.

His leather boots were nailed with iron palms, Liao Yongzhong snorted and stopped laughing.

"What did they do?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were a little loose, as if he had been hit hard.

"Since the emperor set up the iron list, they have restrained themselves a little. They dare not mess around in Beijing, but they are doing a big merger in their hometown in Huaixi!"

"Especially those dukes' families in Fengyang, scrambling to occupy the common people's cultivated land, mountain farms, lakes, tea gardens, reed marshes... there is nothing they don't want!"

"Even the military settlements of the imperial court and the gold, silver and copper farms of the official camps, they can swallow them all! Ordinary people who dare to resist, at least they will be caught in the government and beaten violently, and then exiled; The whole family is here to frighten the village!"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head resolutely and said, "We set up the Dengwen Drum, and strictly forbid the government to prevent the people from entering Beijing to file a complaint! If they act in such a perverse way, why didn't we hear a drum?"

"Three years ago, the sufferer was asked to beat the drum, which led to the emperor's iron list. How could they make the same mistake? The official posts along the way were all their people, and the people who came to Beijing to complain were all intercepted and killed. "Liao Yongzhong continued to explode.

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yuanzhang glared and said, "Yesterday you also listened to Fengyang flower drums. Our old folks come to give us New Year greetings every year. We asked about Fengyang's situation. Why do you say everything is fine?"

"Because the emperor's old folks have been bribed by them a long time ago. Under the coercion and temptation, who dares to talk nonsense?" Liao Yongzhong sneered.

"Since you know so many things, why didn't you tell them before?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a dark face.

"Before the well water did not interfere with the river water, they took their Yangguan road, and I crossed my single-plank bridge." Liao Yongzhong said: "Now they don't even let me go on the bridge, so there is no need for us to hide it for them!"

"We will find out about this matter. But whether it is true or not, it has nothing to do with your crime." Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, leaned forward slightly, and swung his right hand back.

Liu Ying went out immediately and guarded the door.

In the cramped cell, only the emperor and Liao Yongzhong were left.

"For the sake of your past achievements, and especially for the sake of your brother," Zhu Yuanzhang said softly, "As long as you tell us one thing, we can let you go this time."

"What's the matter?" Liao Yongzhong asked.

"The melon step sinks the boat, who ordered you to do it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a low voice, staring at him closely.

"We have explained to the emperor that it was Yang Xian who told me that the emperor told us to pick up King Xiaoming, just to imply that we don't want to see him in Yingtian City." Liao Yongzhong said.

"Yang Xian didn't say, who ordered him?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"He said it was ordered by Liu Bowen." Liao Yongzhong replied in a deep voice.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was about to straighten up in satisfaction, Liao Yongzhong suddenly laughed strangely and said, "He also said that Li Shanchang ordered it, Xu Da ordered it, Li Wenzhong ordered it... Your Majesty, go and arrest them all!"

"It's really stubborn!" Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Liao Yongzhong's words could no longer be believed.

"Let your people go to Deqinghou's mansion to search, and go through all the words carefully!" He ordered Liu Ying with a sullen face.

"Yes." Liu Ying replied in a deep voice.

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