Zhu Bai thought about it for a long time and discussed with Zhu Biao that instead of sending it to various almshouses in the city, he would regard it as a way to accumulate virtue and do charity for the exploited businessmen.
Zhu Biao strongly agreed to ask Lao Zhu for instructions.
Lao Zhu also felt very good: anyway, these people were exploited from businessmen. Just think of killing the rich and giving to the poor.
Zhu Biao took these things and personally went to various almshouses to deliver them.
The people in the city naturally praised and thanked Zhu Biao again.
Zhu Biao's reputation rose to unprecedented heights.
He suddenly felt that it was good that Liu Bowen was not here.
Everyone is paying attention to him.
However, after all, things are shipped out of the Guanya Bureau. There are still many people who can understand who is the one who truly cares about the people.
In the morning, Li Cunyi impeached the guards at Yingtian City Gate for embezzling goods from passing merchants to enrich themselves.
Zhu Bai snorted coldly: "Tsk, tsk, tsk." This group of people couldn't hurt anyone with hidden arrows, so they couldn't wait to use open guns instead.
It seems that they are also stepping up their efforts.
Lao Zhu replied unhurriedly: "This matter must be investigated strictly, but does Mr. Li have any evidence or clues?"
Li Cunyi pretended to be happy and wiped away tears: "Wei Chen's distant relatives sent ten carts of silver charcoal to Wei Chen, but two carts were detained by Zhengyangmen guards. The relatives said they went to argue with them for ten days and never came back. I was afraid that something bad might happen to my relatives. , I can only come to the emperor to make decisions for my ministers."
He dared not say that the man was going to complain to Zhu Bai.
Zhu Bai is so powerful, I might give him a big mouth later with a backhand.
Good guy, it turned out to be a trap set by you.
Lao Zhu cursed in his heart and said coolly: "Master Li, your relative has been missing for ten days. You still suspect that something happened to him. Why don't you report the case to Yingtian Mansion? Yingtian Mansion will not dare to neglect you no matter how lazy it is. Now I have no witnesses and no physical evidence, so you come here to complain. It's not easy for us to deal with him."
The officials also noticed something was wrong.
It stands to reason. Lao Zhu hated corruption the most. If he had heard of officers and soldiers oppressing the people in the past, he would have jumped up and asked the censor and the Ministry of Justice to investigate.
At this moment, he was still talking to Li Cunyi so calmly. It was obvious that he had known the inside story for a long time.
Li Wenzhong and the others were extremely angry: Damn it, it turns out it was you guys who stabbed us in the back. Just wait, don’t leave until the end of the day! !
Li Cunyi knelt down and cried: "Please, Your Majesty, have mercy on me. I have pity on my relative who came all the way to Yingtian. He is not familiar with the place. Now I don't know whether he is dead or alive."
Lao Zhu waved his hand to Yin Xing, the Minister of Punishment, and said, "Okay, write this down and tell Mr. Li if you find it."
Yin Xing was directly transferred from the Governor's Office by Lao Zhu to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment after Zhu Biao began to judge government affairs.
If Yin Xing is asked to investigate, wouldn't it be a thief catching a thief?
Li Cunyi was about to object.
Lao Zhu frowned and raised his voice: "Okay, this is the court. Important matters of the Ming Dynasty will be discussed here. Don't waste time on your family matters."
Li Cunyi shivered with fright, immediately kowtowed and stood up.
Hu Weiyong left the court to find Yin Xing and supervise the matter in the name of Zhongshu Sheng.
Yin Xing did not hesitate to ask the Minister of Punishment to handle it.
This Minister of Justice was promoted by Hu Weiyong.
Yin Xing's meaning is obvious: Just play by yourself, don't involve me.
The Minister of Punishment dug up the man buried in the mass grave with three strokes, five divided by two, and said the case was solved.
An autopsy revealed that the man was killed by a knife that penetrated his left chest. According to the shape of the wound, the murder weapon was most likely a waist knife issued by the army.
Then Li Cunyi was "full of righteous indignation" and "extremely sad" and asked the Ministry of Punishment to catch the murderer and not to condone him just because he was from Jingwei.
Yin Xing said: "It's just that he is a sword in the army. Why did you insist that it was Jingwei? There is no evidence for the theft of goods. Is there something inside that you have not told me?"
Li Cunyi: "Ah, no. Most of Yingtian's guards are Jingwei. Besides, the ones guarding the city gate must be Jingwei. Anyway, regardless of whether they are Jingwei or not, Lord Yin must severely punish the murderer and give our Ming Dynasty a bright future." .”
Yin Xing: "Okay, okay. Ah, by the way. This person, Mr. Li, have you confirmed that he is the relative you are looking for?"
Li Cunyi: "Yes. OK."
Yin Xing: "I advise you to look more clearly before talking. This person was caught on the spot for spying on military intelligence and executed on the spot. The commander of the left guard who stayed behind reported the report in person, and the King of Xiang testified. According to the Ming Dynasty Law, this prisoner will be punished by the three tribes. Because he didn’t bring any documents to prove his identity, and the Ministry of Justice didn’t have the opportunity to interrogate him, so it hasn’t been able to find out where his family is. Since he is a relative of your Excellency, it’s easy to handle.”
Li Cunyi was so frightened that his lips went numb, and he quickly said, "Ah, I made a mistake. I don't know him."
Yin Xing nodded: "Sir, are you sure?"
Li Cunyi: "Sure. I don't know him."
Yin Xing breathed a sigh of relief: "So, I have said it a long time ago. Master Li, it is better not to identify relatives randomly. Otherwise, you will not even know how you died in the end."
This sentence is a double entendre. Remind Li Cunyi not to act as a villain anymore and to help Hu Weiyong.
It's a pity that Li Cunyi didn't hear it.
At this point, Hu Weiyong had to accept the fact that this time the strategy failed again.
They had gathered so many people in the court, but they were unable to touch the Governor's Mansion at all.
It took a lot of effort to win over Lu Zhongheng and Fei Ju, but in the end, both of them were transferred out by Lao Zhu to fight against bandits.
He didn't have many soldiers in his hand, but he was as tired as a dog.
After much deliberation, it was not a good idea to start from the Governor's Mansion. After all, Li Wenzhong was Lao Zhu's nephew, so they wanted to start from the guard house.
They dare not touch the pro-military guards. Firstly, they are the people under Lao Zhu's nose. Secondly, the two tigers are loyal to Lao Zhu.
So we started with Jingwei. It was originally a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone, but it was resolved easily by Lao Zhu.
Now I have really lost my wife and lost my troops.
Originally, the commanders of Jingwei hated Zhu Bai for causing them to have their pants taken off and spanked in broad daylight, but this time it hurt, mainly because it hurt their self-esteem too much.
Finally, after listening to Cai Da's explanation of the cause and effect, and then seeing the actions of the Ministry of Punishment and Zhongshu Province, I realized that it was Zhu Bai who saved them.
Everyone was sweating coldly, and they secretly burned incense to Zhu Bai: "Little King of Hell, you saved us this time, we will not forget it."
Lao Zhu asked Zhu Bai: "This time you suffered a lot for the sake of the overall situation and were wronged."
Zhu Bai sighed: "That's not true."
Lao Zhu sneered: "Even if we find out that you want to get something from us, just tell us so that we don't have to worry all the time."
Zhu Bai said: "My son wants to go to Peking to visit my fourth brother."
Lao Zhu shook his head: "No need to talk, it's too far."
Zhu Bai pursed his lips.
Lao Zhu said: "Wait until you are older. Besides, we still haven't figured out which generals that bastard Hu Weiyong has won over."
It's a long journey from here to Beiping Mountain, passing numerous checkpoints and guard posts on the way.
Any one of the generals who buckled Zhu Bai and cooperated with Hu Weiyong would make him very angry.
