Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 243 The grass people just want to live well

Zhu Biao directly reprimanded: "Old Fourth, as a dignified Prince of Ming Dynasty, how can you be so tyrannical?"

Zhu Di said coldly, "Brother, as the King of Yan, I, Zhu Di, have never been so humiliated since I was a child!

If I don't punish these old thieves properly, how can I maintain the dignity of my royal family? "

"Then there is no need to be so anxious!"

Zhu Biao comforted Zhu Di, then looked down at Guo An, Zhu Fu and others.

"Zhu Changshi, Guo Changshi, you are in charge of the affairs of Prince Yan's Mansion, can you find evidence that what these old men say is false?"

Zhu Fu and Guo An got up quickly, and saluted Zhu Biao respectfully.

Afterwards, Guo An said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, the Yanwang Mansion's expropriation of the Zhangjiawan Wharf fields, or all the business affairs of the Zhangjiawan Wharf, are recorded in the mansion, and you can find out when you check."

"However, I have a doubt, these old men are all old.

At such an age, they should have no other needs, except to enjoy their old age peacefully, and to see their children and grandchildren have a good life.

However, their actions today are so abnormal, regardless of their own life and death, they even risked their entire family to frame His Highness King Yan and do deceitful things.

Wei Chen ventured to guess that these old men should have been threatened by thieves.

Even, their family members may have been arrested long ago, and they are not even in Beiping Mansion anymore! "

"what?"

The expressions of Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and the others suddenly changed!
Around, the faces of all the officials of Beiping Mansion also changed slightly, and they also wanted to understand.

As for the group of old men below, their eyes also brightened.

However, after thinking of something, their faces were full of misery, they must die.

A cold light flashed in Zhu Biao's eyes, and he asked the elders below: "Everyone, is what Guo Changshi said true?"

However, the group of old people not only did not explain, but stared at Guo An who was on the side full of hatred, and then cried to Zhu Biao anxiously: "His Royal Highness, what this thief Guo An said is all lying to you.

In Beiping Mansion, the entire Yan Wang Mansion, and even His Royal Highness Yan Wang oppressed and exploited us and the people, the biggest culprit among them was Guo An, the thief. "

"Exactly, His Royal Highness, the grass people are willing to use death as an admonition!"

Saying that, an old man got up, staring at the red eyes, and bumped into a pillar that was as thick as two people.

"Absolutely not!"

Zhu Biao shouted hastily.

Zhu Di shouted at Tang Yun and other generals of the Yanshan Guard below: "Stop him quickly!"

Fortunately, these old men were too old to run fast, and they were actually stopped by the nearest Yanshan Wei Qianhu.

However, the old man was obviously very unwilling and still struggling desperately.

"You villain, let go of this old man. Today, this old man will use his own life to expose the evil deeds you have covered up!"

At the same time, the Yanshan guards like Tan Yun who came out did not return, but stared closely at the group of old men who were also ready to move.

Seeing this, Zhu Di and all the officials of Beiping Mansion couldn't help being dumbfounded.

They didn't expect that these old men who usually seemed very honest and easy to bully were so staunch.

Immediately, he was full of anger again.

These old thieves are so shameless, things have already been exposed, and they still want to use their lives to slander King Yan and them, the officials of Beiping Prefecture.

"Wait arrogant!"

"A group of old thieves, can they tarnish this king's reputation just by relying on these flawed words?"

"You can die if you want, tell me honestly, you can die however you want..."

An old man scolded directly: "Zhu Di's traitor, even now, you still want to lie, how long do you think you can lie?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then angrily said: "Old thief, could it be that I think that the king really dare not make you cut into pieces, and even sent someone to arrest your family members, and cut into pieces together, so that you can't survive or die!"

Guo An hurriedly saluted Zhu Di, "Your Highness, please calm down. These old men have come here this time with the intention of dying, and they will even use their lives to anger His Highness and tarnish His Highness's reputation!"

"This king knows it!"

Zhu Di's eyes were red, "We don't care about their purpose, if they dare to anger me like this, I will definitely cut them into pieces and tear them apart!
Make them regret..."

Guo An hurriedly said: "Your Highness, in fact, the person behind them is the most hateful thing. Your Highness, I will not only not be able to kill these old men, but also keep these old men, and use them to find out the thieves behind the scenes...

In this way, His Highness will be able to slap the thief behind the scenes to death, and then he will be able to vent his anger! "

Hearing this, Zhu Di's expression softened a little.

After taking a long breath, he asked, "Guo Qing, can you find it?"

Guo An looked confident, "Your Highness, the thief will definitely still be in Beiping Mansion. And in Beiping Mansion, my Yan Wang Mansion is still quite powerful. As long as these old men confess honestly, they will definitely be found!"

Zhu Di said viciously: "I will leave this matter to you!"

On the side, Zhu Biao did not object.

Zhu Biao had never encountered this kind of slander like a tough rascal when it came up.

Even, seeing that the matter was about to be exposed, these old thieves directly wanted to slander with their lives.For this kind of desperate old man, he really has no good solution for a while.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An bowed respectfully, then looked at those old men.

"Everyone, especially Mr. Zhong, we have all met.

You are the most clear about your son Zhong Dalang.Usually, they don't do their business, but do some sneaky things, and even dare to smash the windows of those shops in Zhangjiawan Wharf...

Mr. Zhong, with conscience, if you don’t lock your son in the mine and punish him... Do you think that after all these years, he will directly break his hands and feet, or even kill Shen Jiang, just because he provoked some wealthy businessmen...

Can you still have such a son who makes money for your family?Moreover, you can still have such a grandson now..."

"Now that you are so recklessly slandering His Highness King Yan and deceiving His Highness the Crown Prince, your whole family is deceitful and will be beheaded.

You, and all the elders, think about it carefully, I, Guo An, have never deceived you all these years in Beiping Mansion.

The thief captured your family and forced you to use your life to slander His Highness King Yan!
What do you think is the crime of bullying the king?
Do you think that after you die, those thieves can continue to live in order to prevent their crimes of deceiving the emperor from leaking out? "

"Actually, from the moment you risked your life to slander His Highness King Yan, you are already a capital offense.

Even your family members are on the verge of dying.

Elders, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, and His Royal Highness King Yan is also here.All the officials and guards of my Prince Yan's Mansion, plus His Royal Highness, can order the Jinyi Guards of Beiping Mansion!
In this way, as long as you tell the truth, even tell the face of the thief behind the scenes, within half a day, you will be able to find the thief.

Even if those thieves have already left Beiping Mansion, they can still be detained and rescue your family members and descendants.

Moreover, if you will tell the truth, then you are not deceiving the emperor. Even if His Royal Highness King Yan is magnanimous and asks His Majesty to exile you, you will be spared the death penalty.

Your family members and grandchildren can also live well..."

"Think about it carefully, everyone. The earlier and more detailed the situation you tell, the greater the possibility of catching the thief and saving your family members..."

After Guo An finished all these nonsense words, some old people were already a little bit moved.

They also understand these principles.

However, when they think of the threat and power of those thieves, they can only have some illusions in their hearts.

"Why are you still so demented? In today's Daming, who else is more powerful than His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"But, our Dalang is already dead!"

Suddenly, the old man Zhong looked resentful.

"Ok?"

Guo An was taken aback, "When did your big man die?"

Elder Zhong said: "I've been dead for half a month!"

Guo An frowned slightly, and bowed his hands to Zhu Di and Zhu Biao above.

"His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Yan, I request that the clerks who manage the mine be summoned by the Minister of History!"

"allow!"

Zhu Biao said.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!" Guo An thanked.

Outside the hall, a guard of King Yan's Mansion had already run towards Chang Shisi.

Guo An said to the old man Zhong: "Old man Zhong, I can tell you clearly that in the past two months, no miners have died in any of the mines under King Yan's mansion!"

"This is impossible!"

Elder Zhong's eyes widened instantly, his face full of disbelief, "Since my Dalang is not dead, why didn't he come home after the autumn harvest, and didn't even have a message?"

Guo An said: "When the clerk in charge of the mine arrives, just ask and you will know!"

Elder Zhong didn't continue to speak, but his eyes were full of grief.

He already had a premonition in his heart that although his Dalang often sneaked around outside, he was not a serious person.

However, every autumn harvest, no matter how hard or tired they are, they will come back to help them harvest rice.

"The villain Shu Jiyuan sees His Highness the Crown Prince, sees His Highness King Yan!"

In less than a moment, a clerk who was in charge of the mine in Changshi Division walked into the hall cautiously.

"Get up!"

Zhu Di waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After Shu Jiyuan got up, he quickly looked at Guo An.

Guo An asked: "You are in charge of all the miners in the mine. I ask you, is Zhong Dalang from Zhongjia Village in Tongzhou still in the mine at this time?"

Hearing this, Shu Jiyuan couldn't help but glanced at the old men on the ground, and after trying to understand something, his face suddenly became angry.

"Report to Guo Changshi, that Zhong Dalang had already asked for leave from the mine ten days ago, and wanted to go back to help his family harvest grain.

Could it be that Zhong Dalang didn't dare to die, so he ran away secretly? "

Guo An looked at Elder Zhong, "So, Zhong Dalang should be dead!"

"What? Why didn't my Yan Palace receive any news?" Shu Jiyuan's expression changed again.

Elder Zhong's eyes were blank for a moment, then he sat down on the ground, crying loudly.

"Dalang, dog, I am sorry for you, I have harmed you!..."

Seeing this, Shu Jiyuan couldn't help but stare blankly.

How is this going?

However, before he could ask a question, the old man Zhong's expression changed, he knelt up and kowtowed to Zhu Di who was above him.

"His Royal Highness, the grass people are wolf-hearted, grass people are not human beings. However, they killed my Dalang and tricked Caomin's big family. It was His Highness's mine that killed Dalang and tricked Caomin's daughter-in-law and grandson away, and then locked them up.

He insisted on persecuting the grassroots, and wanted to frame His Royal Highness King Yan.

No matter how His Highness and others press him, Cao Min and others must bite him to death. His Highness brutally oppresses the people...

Otherwise, they would know, and immediately kill Caomin's grandson and daughter-in-law, feed the dog..."

"His Royal Highness King Yan, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, those thieves are vicious, Cao Min and others saw that the old cripple was unwilling to frame His Highness, so they chopped off the old cripple's grandson alive and fed them to the dogs!
He even humiliated the old cripple's son and daughter-in-law in every possible way, and finally chopped them up and fed them to the dogs..."

"Your Highness, Caomin and others just want to live well and watch their grandson grow up, but Caomin and others have to do such heartless things for the sake of their children and grandchildren..."

Above, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and the others were furious.

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(End of this chapter)