But in Han Du's view, Togu Si Timur should understand his own identity better now. He is now just a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty and no longer the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. If he continues to be entangled in the matter of Lan Yu, it will not only be one concubine, but his remaining concubines will also be in danger, and even his own life will be in danger.
Yes, Lan Yu was indeed sorry for him and insulted him. But so what? There is never any truth or fairness in this world.
If he were still the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, he could send his troops south in anger and fight the Ming Dynasty to the death. It's a pity that he now has nothing but the title of Emperor of Beiyuan.
Life and death were in someone's hands, and he was not allowed to resist.
Togu Si Timur closed his eyes in pain, and the veins clenched in the fingers of his hands swelled. Suddenly, his eyes widened, he looked at Han Du angrily and said, "Okay, rather than living in such a miserable state, it would be better for me to die. Come on, go and ask Zhu Yuanzhang to kill me."
Seeing that the matter had collapsed, Han Du immediately stopped and continued to threaten Togu Si Timur. I am here to persuade him, not to force him to death.
Since he refuses to submit, let him be cool first.
Han Du decided to take a step back for the time being. He stood up and said calmly: "It's just a concubine. In addition to this concubine, you have so many concubines. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your son. ? I promise you that as long as this does not happen to you, I will keep you safe for the rest of your life."
"Get out!" Togu Si Timur's eyes widened.
Han Du saw that Togu Si Timur was about to lose his mind and could not say anything to him who was in a rage, so he had to leave.
After Han Du left, Togu Si Timur, who had been furious just now, quickly calmed down. After just a few breaths, there was no longer any angry look on his face.
It seemed that all the humiliation and anger just now were done for Han Du to see.
...
In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Han Dushi came here unexpectedly. Under Liu Laotou's warm greetings, he followed him to the door of Lan Yu's cell.
Liu Laotou skillfully opened the chain, smiled and said to Han Du: "Master Hou, I will go and guard outside now. No one will disturb the two masters."
"Thank you." Han Du smiled and nodded, thanking Liu Laotou.
When Lan Yu heard the movement, she quickly turned over expectantly and saw that it was Han Du who came, not the person he wanted to see. His movements immediately slowed down, and he asked perfunctorily: "Why are you here?"
"Let's see if you have lived enough and want to die." Han Du blocked Lan Yu angrily and sat down on the stool with some displeasure.
Lan Yu sat up from the hay on the ground, walked to sit opposite Han Du, "Why are we looking for death?"
"If you didn't want to die, how could you do such a thing? To tarnish Concubine Yuan and to use an army to break the barrier, you really don't know what kind of crime this is?" Han Du saw that Lan Yu still hasn't repented at all. Meaning, thinking that I almost lost my life running for him, I suddenly felt angry. "Just because you defiled Concubine Yuan, I'll cut you ten times."
"We..." Lan Yu wanted to retort, but suddenly she didn't know how to speak, and her expression was a bit aggrieved.
Han Du met
, almost laughed out loud, and sneered: "What? Is it rare that you have any last resort difficulties?"
Unexpectedly, facing Han Du's sarcastic words, Lan Yu not only showed no shame at all, but also nodded in agreement with Han Du's statement.
"What? Isn't it rare that you really have troubles?" Han Du was surprised when he saw Lan Yu like this. He didn't know whether to say that Lan Yu was unrepentant or that he was hopeless.
Lan Yu sighed and said: "We also know that our contribution this time is too great, so we thought of imitating the ancients and degrading ourselves. Who knew it would be self-defeating?"
Han Du was shocked when he heard what Lan Yu said. He didn't expect Lan Yu to have this idea at all.
After a while, Han Du asked blankly: "Do you know what self-defilement is?"
Lan Yu lowered his head in shame. If he had known, things would not have turned out like this.
Han Du cursed with a bit of resentment: "If you want to taint yourself, then after you return to Beijing, drag out your painting boat, find a bunch of orioles and swallows, sleep with flowers and drunken willows every day, and even Simply marrying seven or eight concubines back home is called self-destruction.
For someone like you who defiled Imperial Concubine Yuan and then used your troops to break through the barrier, this is not called self-defilement, this is called seeking death!
do you know! "
Lan Yu was blasted by Han Du like a barrage, and couldn't reply a word for a long time. She was so embarrassed and angry that she wanted to bury her head under the table.
Han Du saw Lan Yu's predicament and couldn't say anything more to him. He had no choice but to change the subject and said: "Originally, the emperor was planning to make you Duke Liang, but now I'm afraid your Duke Liang will become Duke Liang."
As he spoke, Han Du let out a long sigh and shook his head, his expression full of helplessness.
Lan Yu was stunned for a moment, suddenly not understanding what Han Du meant.
Seeing this, Han Du had no choice but to explain: "Dong Guo of Liang, Liang of Daliang. Duke of Liang, icy cold."
With this explanation, Lan Yu immediately understood the difference.
Han Du shook his head and sighed: "The emperor originally wanted to make you the Duke of Liang, which means that he really values you and regards you as a pillar of the Ming Dynasty. But if he makes you the Duke of Liang, it means that my brother You have lost favor in the Emperor's heart, and you must be careful in your words and deeds and keep a low profile in the future."
"This star really wants to retire"
"Brother, you can wake up." Lan Yu had no choice but to reply to Han Du calmly.
Han Du glanced at him. He had already said everything he needed to say. He could only hope that Lan Yu really understood. If you can just put your tail between your legs and be a human being from now on, it will be considered safe and sound.
After thinking for a moment, Han Du added, "However, the emperor has not finally conferred the title of brother on him. Whether he should be granted the title of Duke of Liang or Duke of Liang still has to wait for the emperor's final decision. I will try my best to help my brother during this period. If If my brother can finally be named Liang Guogong, it means that the emperor really forgives you this time."
Lan Yu listened and nodded solemnly. He also understood that there was a huge difference between the emperor's choice to forgive him and not to forgive him.
After talking to Lan Yu, Han Du stood up and left.
...
Fengtian Palace, early morning.
The old eunuch stood up at Lao Zhu's signal. Just after he said, "If anything happens, report early, but if nothing happens, leave the court." Someone stood up impatiently.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Han Du calmly glanced at the person who stood up. It was Zhan Wei, the censor of Zuodu.
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When Lao Zhu first established the Inspectorate, it was just a seventh-rank yamen with a low status. However, just a few years later, it was promoted to the second-rank yamen, which was on the same level as the six-level yamen. The censors on the left and right and the six ministers were also called Qiqing.
Zhan Wei is the censor of Zuodu, a second-rank official, and has the same status as the six ministers.
With such a big boss personally appearing shirtless, coupled with the functions of the Inspectorate, the faces of all the officials in the court suddenly tightened, and it felt like a storm was about to come.
"Tell me." Lao Zhu spoke calmly and casually targeted Zhan Wei, as if he was telling him that the weather was good today.
Zhan Wei suddenly raised his head, looked at the emperor solemnly, and said sternly: "I impeached Yongchang Hou Lanyu for being arrogant and daring. I beg the emperor to punish Lan Yu severely to set an example.
Your Majesty, please take a closer look. "
After saying that, Zhan Wei immediately knelt down to Lao Zhu.
Seeing this, Han Du knew that he could not stand indifferent. He immediately got out of the queue and bowed to Lao Zhu: "Your Majesty, Marquis Yongchang led his army across the desert, destroyed the Imperial Court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the fishing sea, and captured all the Imperial Court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Such a miraculous achievement has never been seen in history. If not, If you reward me, I might not be able to convince the public."
Lao Zhu sat calmly on the dragon chair without saying anything, because he knew that since Han Du had stood up, Zhan Wei would definitely not deal with Han Du.
Sure enough, after hearing Han Du's words, Zhan Wei stood up immediately and looked at Han Du with wide eyes. "Marquis Zhenhai, I know that you and Lan Yu are sworn brothers, so I don't blame you if you speak for him. But if you confuse right and wrong, I will never agree."
"Why did I confuse right and wrong? Isn't it true that I am telling the truth? Isn't it true that Lan Yu destroyed the imperial court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and captured more than 3,000 officials of the Northern Yuan Dynasty?" Seeing Zhan Wei's complaint, Han Du Without hesitation, she sprayed him in the face.
Han Du understands the essence of verbal warfare, even if it is unreasonable.
Zhan Wei also showed no weakness and did not choose to get entangled with Han Du. His purpose was not to deal with Han Du, but to deal with Lan Yu. If he continued to entangle with Han Du, Han Du would only find an opportunity to mess things up.
At that time, he was led astray by Han Du and refused to give up.
So, Zhan Wei turned around and said to Lao Zhu: "Your Majesty, I have verified that Lan Yu had an affair with the concubine of the Yuan Lord, which caused the concubine of the Yuan Dynasty to commit suicide in shame and anger. If such a treasonous and unreasonable act is not punished severely, how can the Ming Dynasty show its face to the world? people?"
Here we go, see you soon!
After hearing Zhan Wei's words, Han Du knew that today's scene was for Lan Yu.
Han Du immediately responded calmly, looked at Zhan Wei with his eyes, and said: "Master Zhan, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. It's just spreading rumors. How can you talk about things that are not true in the court?"
Zhan Wei was young, less than forty, but he had quite a temper. Han Du's words immediately made him furious, and he shouted loudly: "I have evidence."
"The relationship is good, and I have evidence." Han Du said before Zhan Wei could show his evidence.
Han Du didn't know whether Zhan Wei had any evidence or what kind of evidence he had. But he knew that no matter what evidence Zhan Wei presented, it would make the whole matter slide into an uncontrollable abyss.
In this case, let's just take a preemptive strike and be one step ahead of Zhan Wei and come up with his own evidence.
