Zhu Yuanzhang followed the sound and saw Ni Yuanlu walking quickly with Shi Min in his arms.
After Ni Yuanlu saluted respectfully, she said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, I just went to investigate the price of grain, but I was entangled by Shi Min from the Military Department."
"I feel that his behavior is strange. I found out through indirect inspection that in order to seek huge profits and fear of being punished after the incident, they actually colluded with Xiang Yu to forge the prince's handwriting. Here is Shi Min's confession, please be careful!"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Ni Yuanlu who was kneeling on the ground, and then glanced at Shi Min who had been trembling, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Because judging from the previous situation, the other party's plan was very thorough. How could Ni Yuanlu find the evidence so easily?
If Ni Yuanlu wasn't a group of them, then Ni Yuanlu fell into the opponent's scheme.
But no matter what the situation is, this should be a trap set by the other party for him.
If he follows the other person's path, things may become more passive.
But if you don't accept the move, how can you prove the prince's innocence and convince the people?
He can't really kill the prince and make the people angry!
Thinking of this, he glanced at everyone present again.
It was found that the others had no abnormal expressions, only Shi Min and Xiang Yu had abnormal expressions.
Especially Xiang Yu, although his face looked panicked, there was a hint of cunning hidden in his eyes.
At this time, he was basically sure that this was a conspiracy against him, but how should he resolve it?
While he was thinking, he accidentally saw Zhou Kui with blood on his face, and he immediately had an idea in his mind.
"Snapped!"
Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward and kicked Shi Min's chin out of joint, and then kicked him several times.
Xiang Yu was startled at first, but then seemed to understand. Just as he was about to speak, Zhu Yuanzhang kicked his jaw out of joint.
Then he was kicked hard by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he fainted directly.
Seeing that both of them were unable to speak, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Ni Yuanlu: "Ni Qing, give those dirty confessions to Li Qing, and let Li Qing handle the rest!"
After saying that, he winked at Li Ruolian again.
Upon seeing this, Li Ruolian immediately asked several Jinyi guards to set up Shi and Xiang and prepare to take them away from the scene.
"Your Majesty, my master was wronged!"
Suddenly, a middle-aged woman with a beautiful face and slender figure rushed out, hugging Shi Min and crying loudly.
Li Ruolian was stunned for a moment, then shouted sharply: "Where did you come from, a wild woman, and how dare you pretend to be Mr. Shi's wife here?"
After saying that, he asked someone to take the woman away.
The woman seemed weak, but she was very strong. Even the two guards in imperial robes were unable to capture her.
I saw her struggling and shouting: "It's unfair. The slave's family is an outhouse. They live in Liren Lane not far from here. If you don't believe it, send someone to check and find out!"
Just when Li Ruolian was about to send more men to capture the woman, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice: "Let her go, we want to hear her excuses!"
After the Jin Yiwei let go, the woman straightened her clothes, pointed at Ni Yuanlu and said: "That's him. Just now, he and Li Jing went to my master to persuade him, saying that the prince is the foundation of the country and cannot allow any mistakes. Let my master Confess the crime and save the prince!"
Ni Yuanlu was shocked when he heard this and said angrily: "That's nonsense. When did I persuade Shi Min to plead guilty! Yes..."
"The slave's family has the evidence of the confession that the master wrote at that time. Please take a closer look at it!"
The woman didn't wait for Ni Yuanlu to finish, she interrupted him loudly, unfolded a crumpled piece of paper, and offered it with both hands.
When Ni Yuanlu heard this, she looked at the other party in surprise.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he knew that the other party was taking advantage of Ni Yuanlu's eagerness to solve the case and deliberately designed to frame him.
But the opponent's move was very vicious. Not only did he want to frame the prince and make his previous efforts in vain, he also wanted to suppress those who worked for him by attacking Ni Yuanlu and Li Jing.
If the other party succeeded in this move, he would be alone again.
When faced with the siege of the rebels, he would have to surrender or die with his country. There was no other way out.
Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously pressed the jade belt, but it was empty.
So he snorted coldly, looked at Ni Yuanlu, and shouted: "Ni Qing, is what this woman said true?"
When Ni Yuanlu heard this, her body trembled, and she kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have never been to Liren Lane at all, and I have never seen this woman..."
"Your Majesty, when Master Ni came to the slave's yard just now, several neighbors saw it. If you don't believe it, just send someone to ask."
The woman didn't wait for Ni Yuanlu to finish what she said, so she hurriedly interrupted and glared at Ni Yuanlu angrily.
Although Ni Yuanlu knew that he was caught in the trap at this moment, he had no way to break it. He just stared at the opponent with an angry face.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Ni Yuanlu was no match for this woman, and thought that even if the woman could bribe her neighbors, she could not bribe everyone.
So he said to Li Ruolian: "Li Qing, go there yourself and bring us all the people in Liren Lane. Today we want to see who is lying."
Li Ruolian was stunned when he heard this, but when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he immediately stepped forward and knelt down to accept the order.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to help him up and said quietly and quickly: "Guard the granary!"
Li Ruolian nodded without leaving a trace and quickly led the people away.
When the woman saw Li Ruolian and others leaving, a look of surprise flashed across her face, and then she looked at the crowd again.
At this moment, there were already people gathered in front of Chengtian Gate, all discussing the matter in low voices.
Zhu Cixiang's face turned pale when he heard everyone's discussion.
He was originally just silent because of his filial piety and fear that Zhou Kui would be punished if he revealed that the oracle was false, which would make Queen Zhou sad.
At this moment, he had seen the truth of the matter clearly and regretted it in his heart.
So he knelt down and walked to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and said with determination: "Father, it's all my son's fault. Just kill my son!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Cihong, whose face was covered with blood, and said, "You are wrong. The men of our old Zhu family have always shed blood without shedding tears. You are crying over this matter. How will you be able to bear the burden of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the future!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Cixiang immediately wiped away his tears and said resolutely: "My father taught me that even if my son dies, he will never shed another tear!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his young face, as if seeing Zhu Yunwen again, and said a little guiltily: "Okay, you must always remember that you are the prince of the Ming Dynasty, your future majesty, and the emperor who can protect all people in the world. "
"You can kill thousands of miles away with your anger, and you can save thousands of people with one act of kindness, so no matter what the circumstances, you cannot admit defeat, let alone fall. Do you understand?"
After saying that, his eyes slowly scanned the people present.
When Zhu Cihong heard this, he felt his ambition soaring to the sky.
He was a little timid before and didn't dare to face the public's attention.
At this moment, after Zhu Yuanzhang's enlightenment, he understood that the position of prince was not only glory, but also heavy responsibility.
Therefore, he swept away his previous weakness and looked at the crowd like Zhu Yuanzhang.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the change in Zhu Cixiang, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, as the son of our old Zhu family, we should have such pride!"
When Zhu Cixiang heard Zhu Yuanzhang's approval, he became more confident and said respectfully: "Thank you very much, Father, for your advice. I understand. I will send someone to arrest Wu Renyi now!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him strangely and said, "What does this matter have to do with your Dianxi eunuch?"
