My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 320 The Great Oolong

It was not the first time for Zhu Zhanhe to arrest a serious criminal suspected of treason. He had participated in the arrest of Xu Yingxu back then.

This time arresting Li Maofang, Zhu Zhanhe thought that he would encounter tenacious resistance like the arresting of Xu Yingxu. After all, these nobles who dared to rebel would each raise a lot of dead soldiers.

However, to the surprise of Zhu Zhanhe and the others, Dongchang and Jin Yiwei rushed into the Li family manor without any resistance at all, and instead frightened the servants in the village to their knees and begged for mercy.

"You guys are so brave, who let you break into Lord Ben's manor?"

When Li Maofang saw these people rushing in, he immediately became furious. Even if he saw Jin Yiwei among them, he didn't care because he was the emperor's grandson, and Jin Yiwei didn't dare to offend him easily.

"Fuyanghou, you are so courageous!"

At this moment, the crowd divided, and Zhu Zhanhe walked in from the outside.

"Zhu Zhanhe! Why did you bring someone into my place?"

Li Maofang was taken aback when he saw Zhu Zhanhe, and then asked angrily.

Others are afraid of Zhu Zhanhe's identity, but Li Maofang is not. His mother is Princess Yongping, and he is Zhu Zhanhe's cousin after all. If he is pushed, he can go and sue Zhu Zhanhe to Zhu Di.

"Why do I appear here, don't you know?"

But Zhu Zhanhe asked a little strangely, normally Li Maofang had already made ordnance privately and was about to conspire against him, shouldn't he be very flustered when he saw that he led people to kill him?Why did he still have the guts to question himself?
"How do I know why you came to me?"

However, Li Maofang asked with a natural face, obviously he didn't think he had committed any serious crime.

"You are here to build ordnance privately, intending to rebel, don't tell me you don't know anything about it?"

Zhu Zhanhe felt even more strange, so he asked again.

"Who conspired against you? Zhu Zhanhe, don't spout blood. My mother is your aunt. Believe it or not, I will let my mother go to His Majesty to sue you!"

Li Maofang was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately pointed at Zhu Zhanhe and said angrily.

"You still don't admit it? If you don't intend to rebel, why build so many weapons?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked angrily.

"I...what's wrong with me making weapons, and the imperial court didn't prohibit civilians from making weapons."

Facing Zhu Zhanhe's questioning, Li Maofang argued again.

"The imperial court did not prohibit civilians from making weapons, but you make so many weapons, don't tell me you want to use them yourself!"

Zhu Zhanhe sneered and asked back.

"Can't I sell it? Besides, I don't sell it in Daming, but sell it overseas. You also have to take care of it?"

Li Maofang asked angrily.

"Huh? Sell it overseas?"

Zhu Zhanhe was also stunned when he heard this, why is this different from what he thought?
"Wait, I remember that your family is not among the nobles who went to sea, how could it be possible to go to sea and sell these weapons?"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly thought of another key point, and immediately asked again.

"Can't I work with other people?"

Li Maofang asked angrily again.

At the beginning when the Han Palace selected honorable persons, Zhu Zhanhe was still his cousin after all, but he didn't give him a place in the Fuyang Marquis Mansion. He always kept this matter in mind.

"Who do you work with?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"Dingguo Gong Xu Jingchang, if you don't believe me, ask him yourself!"

Li Maofang replied angrily.

Hearing Xu Jingchang's name, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly remembered that just now Yang Fu said that a steward once came to Li Maofang, and this steward belonged to Xu Jingchang. At that time, Zhu Zhanhe suspected that Xu Jingchang was the person behind Li Maofang.

But now it seems that the whole thing is likely to be a big oolong.

Li Maofang cooperated with Xu Jingchang, one was building weapons, and the other was preparing to sell the weapons overseas. After all, Daming's technology was advanced, and the ironware it forged was much better than overseas, so all kinds of ironware were in short supply, especially weapons.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Fuyang should not have rebelled. How should we explain to His Majesty now?"

At this time Cao Lei came over and asked Zhu Zhanhe in a low voice.

"This one……"

At this moment, Zhu Zhanhe didn't know what to say. He thought he had caught a big case of treason, but he didn't expect that he was just out to make money, and Daming had very loose control over weapons. As long as it wasn't firearms, other swords could be traded at will, so Li Maofang's behavior was not strictly speaking illegal.

"My lord, if we do some tricks, the fake can become real!"

At this time Liu Mian also came over and said in a low voice.

They Jinyiwei did a lot of dirty work like planting and framing, not to mention Fuyang Hou is not a good person at all, it is easier to plant him, and any accusation can make him unable to stand up.

"No, this is just a trivial matter, but if you do it like this, it might become a heinous crime!"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately rejected Liu Mian's proposal.

If he made an oolong by himself, at worst he would be scolded by Zhu Di, but if he was found out by framing Marquis Fuyang, the crime would be too great.

"Zhu Zhanhe, you brought someone into my manor for no reason, there is absolutely no way this matter will be left alone, I must report to His Majesty!"

Seeing that Zhu Zhanhe was silent, Li Maofang immediately pointed at him and shouted triumphantly.

He had always been at odds with Zhu Zhanhe, especially when he had clashed with Zhu Yong many times before. Zhu Zhanhe, as his cousin, not only did not help him, but stood by Zhu Yong's side, so Li Maofang also hated Zhu Zhanhe even more. This time he caught the opponent's hand, of course he could not let him go.

"Sue me?"

Zhu Zhanhe sneered, and then ordered: "Come here, arrest Marquis Fuyang for me!"

Following Zhu Zhanhe's order, a fan from Dongchang immediately stepped forward and grabbed Li Maofang.

"Zhu Zhanhe, why are you crazy, you dare to arrest me after doing something wrong, aren't you afraid of His Majesty's blame?"

Li Maofang was held down by the two gangsters, and immediately shouted anxiously, he has never been wronged like this since he grew up.

"Hmph, even if you didn't rebel, but you can build a large number of weapons privately, I can still arrest you and bring you to justice. If you have anything to say, you'd better go to the capital to talk about it!"

After Zhu Zhanhe finished speaking, he waved his hand, and immediately ordered Li Maofang to be taken away. In addition, the stewards and craftsmen of the manor, as well as those forged weapons, were also temporarily sealed, so that they could be used as evidence in the future.

Daming's control over weapons was indeed very loose, but making so many weapons was also a taboo.

Before Zhu Di's rebellion, he quietly asked people to build weapons in the palace. That's why Zhu Di was so angry when he knew that Li Maofang was making weapons. Therefore, even if Li Maofang didn't plan to rebel, the crime of privately building weapons would still make him drink a pot.

(End of this chapter)