My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 256 A Letter
Zhu Di and the cabinet ministers were naturally responsible for dealing with the court affairs. For Zhu Zhanhe, his task was to interrogate Song Li to find out whether anyone else was involved behind the destruction of the three halls?

In an interrogation room in the deepest part of the Imperial Prison, Zhu Zhanhe opened the door and walked in, only to see Song Li sitting on a chair with a calm expression. After all, he is a Shangshu, and he still deserves the treatment he deserves.

Zhu Zhanhe came to sit down in front of Song Li, looked straight at him and said: "Song Shangshu, I have reported your matter to the emperor, the old man is very angry now, and ordered me to find out the ins and outs of this matter immediately, you You also know the rules of our prison, so let’s be honest!”

"Is there anything to explain? Out of public interest, I want His Majesty to return the capital to Jinling. Don't you already know about these princes?"

Song Li raised his head and glanced at Zhu Zhanhe, his voice was also very flat.

"Okay, even if you do it out of public interest, you won't be the only one involved in this matter from the beginning to the end, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe sneered and asked again.

"Hasn't Cui Wen already been arrested by you?"

Song Li replied casually.

"Except for him, and Cui Wen said that he was threatened by you, so he had to hide the fact that the glazed tiles were replaced by copper tiles, and who replaced those copper tiles, it will never be you Did Shang Shu do it himself?"

Zhu Zhanhe stared at Song Li with burning eyes and asked again.

Facing Zhu Zhanhe's questioning, Song Li looked up at him, then at the murderous Jin Yiwei behind him, and at the blood-stained instruments of torture on the wall.

In the end Song Li sighed and nodded, "Okay, apart from me, Qian Cheng, a member of the Ministry of Industry, also participated in this matter. I ordered him to find a craftsman to make some copper tiles, and asked someone to replace the glazed tiles... "

"Has Qian Cheng been caught?"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately asked Liu Mian behind him.

"I got it, I personally interrogated him, but he was very strict and didn't confess anything before."

Liu Mian replied immediately.

"Bring him here and confront him face to face!"

Zhu Zhanhe ordered.

Liu Mian agreed, and quickly brought a middle-aged official over. He was in his 40s, with a round face and a slightly fat face. He looked shrewd. He should be that Qian Cheng.

But when Qian Cheng saw Song Li in the interrogation room, his expression changed drastically, and his hands and feet trembled involuntarily.

"Qian Yuanwailang, Song Shangshu has already recruited all of them, do you still want to deny it?"

Zhu Zhanhe glanced at Qian Cheng and asked.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Qian Chengcheng fell to his knees with a frightened "plop" and shouted, "Your official is guilty, I will recruit them all!"

Then Qian Chengcheng explained in detail what he had done.

Qian Cheng is Song Li's confidant, and he single-handedly promoted him, and Song Li also promised that as long as this matter is done well, he will be promoted to be a servant in the future, so Qian Cheng took the risk.

According to the transaction, he found someone to build and replace the copper tiles, and he was also responsible for the acceptance of the project. In order to prevent others from seeing the difference between the copper tiles and the glazed tiles, he also personally inspected the glazed tiles on the roof to prevent others After all, although the colors of copper tiles and glazed tiles are similar, you can still see some differences if you look closely.

"So, you did everything for Song Shangshu?"

After hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"Yes, but Shang Shu is the mastermind, and Xiaguan is just an errand runner. All the planning behind it is decided by Shang Shu!"

Qian Cheng defended profusely, pointing at Song Li in the end, for fear that the other party would blame him for the crime.

"Qian Cheng, I have already admitted that I am the mastermind, so you don't need to identify me!"

When Song Li saw Qian Cheng pointing at him, he immediately said quite displeased.

"It's all your fault. If you hadn't used high-ranking officials and rich salary to lure me, how could I have followed you to commit such a serious crime?"

At this moment, Qian Cheng also became angry from embarrassment, pointing at Song Li and yelling.

Of course he didn't dare in the past, but now he has already entered the Imperial Prison, and it is estimated that he will be executed soon, so Qian Cheng also risked it, and he no longer has the slightest respect for Song Li.

"Hmph, it's obvious that you are greedy for profit, but now you turn around and blame the old man?"

Facing Qian Cheng's accusation, Song Li couldn't help but sneer.

"Stop arguing, the two of you. Based on your crimes, is there any difference between the mastermind and the accomplice?"

Zhu Zhanhe interrupted the two and said coldly.

The crime of burning the three halls, whether it is the mastermind or the accomplice, is estimated to be fatal, so the quarrel between Song Li and Qian Cheng is meaningless.

Hearing Zhu Zhanhe's words, Song Li chuckled and didn't say anything else, obviously he was already mentally prepared to die.

In contrast, Qian Cheng was paralyzed into a ball. He was a greedy villain, but now he paid the price with his life for his greed!

Zhu Zhanhe glanced at Qian Cheng, Zhu Zhanhe would not have any sympathy for someone like him.

Then Zhu Zhanhe ordered Qian Cheng to be taken away, and the interrogation continued, maybe he could find some other clues.

"Song Shangshu, besides Qian Cheng, do you have any other accomplices?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at Song Li again and asked.

"No, Qian Cheng is not an accomplice at all, and I'm just using him!"

Song Li raised his head and replied.

"Then what is your purpose for doing this? Is it just to take advantage of the destruction of the three halls and force the emperor to return the capital to Jinling?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"Isn't that reason enough?"

Song Li asked back.

"I just can't figure it out. Although Jinling is good, it is located in the south. The threat from my Ming Dynasty mainly comes from the north. There are changes in the north. It will take half a month at the earliest for the news to reach Jinling. What will the court do then?" strain?"

Zhu Zhanhe frowned at this point, and then questioned.

"Emperor Taizu wanted to move the capital to the north at the beginning. Grandpa moved the capital now, but he inherited the will of Emperor Taizu. Song Li, you have always regarded yourself as a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty. Why do you still object?"

"Emperor Taizu was wise, but he didn't do everything right. For example, he set up prisons several times, and I don't know how many people died in the prisons. The same is true for the relocation of the capital. Jinling is located in the heart of Ming Dynasty, and the water and land transportation is very convenient. , even if there are changes in the north, the imperial court can calmly sit in the rear and command, instead of facing the threat of the enemy directly like Beijing!"

Song Li said plausibly.

Zhu Zhanhe originally wanted to use reason to refute Song Li, but seeing the other party's upright appearance, he suddenly lost interest in arguing with the other party. Song Li's views on certain things have already been deeply ingrained, and he is by no means three. Two sentences can make sense.

But at this moment, a Jin Yiwei suddenly broke in, and he whispered a few words in Liu Mian's ear, and then handed a letter to the other party.

Song Li, who was originally calm, saw the letter in Jin Yiwei's hand, but his face changed drastically, and then he jumped up and rushed towards Liu Mian, as if he wanted to snatch the letter into his hands.

(End of this chapter)