Zhu Biao said, "Don't be afraid, Mr. Li. Get up and speak slowly. If you can prove your innocence, maybe I can absolve you of your guilt."
You can't absolve someone of his guilt!
You know as well as Lao Zhu the importance of "cutting the grass and rooting out the roots".
Zhu Bai sneered secretly.
But Li You believed it, and then he entered the mode of pouring beans, and began to confess with tears and runny nose: he said that he didn't know what Hu Weiyong and the others wanted to do, and Li Cunyi also gave in half.
Li Cunyi even went to Li Shanchang's house to persuade him. Li Shanchang also acquiesced to their actions.
Hu Weiyong said that it was useless to have six ministries and a few local officials. He must have military power, so he tried his best to unite Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng.
Zhu Bai wanted to cover his mouth when he heard the last part: Damn it, you weakling, can you stop talking nonsense.
It was fine. Now everyone in the Ming Dynasty, from the capital officials to the local officials, is involved in you.
Zhu Biao also had a complicated look on his face, and understood what Lao Zhu meant: Even if they did not submit to Hu Weiyong, most people would still be outsiders.
To put it bluntly, if Hu Weiyong really succeeds, the number of people who can firmly stand by the Zhu family can be counted on one hand.
On the contrary, those who were fighting outside and had no time to stay in Yingtian were all stabilized this time.
Such as sapphire.
This is probably the reason why Lao Zhu transferred military general Yin Xing from the Governor's Palace to take charge of the Criminal Department.
Zhu Bai couldn't help but admire the wisdom of the generals: These people are indeed people who have experienced great storms and countless conspiracies.
They may look rude, but in fact they are all human beings.
Zhu Biao's personal eunuch was responsible for recording, which would make his hands sore and dizzy.
Li You ran out of words. Seeing that Zhu Biao was silent, he started talking nonsense, saying that Song Shen also visited Hu Weiyong's house as a guest.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Bai interrupted Li You's ramblings almost at the same time: "Okay, you go back first."
If he continues talking, Master Song will be involved.
Li You wiped his tears, kowtowed, stood up and bowed his head before retreating.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Bai exchanged frightened looks: Fortunately, the trial was in the East Palace and there were no outsiders.
If you were in the Ministry of Punishment, you wouldn't be able to cover it up even if you wanted to.
Zhu Biao decided to interrogate Ding Bin and Ding Fu in the East Palace.
After Ding Bin was called in, he couldn't speak clearly, and then stood silently, waiting for Zhu Biao to interrogate him.
Zhu Biao didn't want to take action here, so he had no choice but to let him out.
As soon as Ding Fu came in, he knelt down and threw a bomb: "Hu Weiyong once secretly contacted Xu Da in an attempt to rebel."
Zhu Biao frowned: "Do you have evidence? If not, don't talk nonsense."
Xu Da is related to Zhu Di and Xu Huizu.
If the knife is cut down, both he and Zhu Bai will be injured.
Ding Fu said: "That's right. Hu Weiyong was on good terms with Xu Da. He sent people to give gifts to Xu Da many times, and Xu Da accepted them all. Xu Da's concierge Xu Shou can testify."
Zhu Biao stood up immediately: "Shut up. Come here! Take him down. No one is allowed to see him without the permission of this palace."
Ding Fu also shouted stupidly: "Your Highness, you must believe what the villain says. Xu Da is definitely not a kind person."
Zhu Biaoping withdrew everyone, leaving only Zhu Bai, who said anxiously: "Twelfth brother, what should we do?"
Zhu Bai thought for a while and said: "You can't hide something. The more you conceal it, the more your father will suspect something is wrong. Now it's best to arrest Xu Da's concierge and interrogate him to see what the situation is before making a decision."
The key point is that Xu Da has a lot of troops. According to Lao Zhu's current urine, he will be suspicious of nothing, let alone someone reporting it.
Zhu Biao said: "I am afraid that if I arrest Xu Shou unjustly, I will make Master Xu feel uncomfortable instead."
Zhu Bai: "Fourth brother recently asked the Guanya Bureau to transport a batch of ginseng. I quickly sent someone to send a letter to fourth brother and asked Xu Shou to escort it."
The Guanya Bureau in Peiping is actually run by Zhu Di and Xu Fu.
Xu Shou had escorted goods to Yingtian several times before.
So if Zhu Bai calls Xu Shou to come now, it will not make Xu Da suspicious.
The ginseng was small, light, and very delicate, so it was packed in a wooden box and sent back on horseback without a car.
It is more than 2,000 miles from Yingtian to Peiping. If you travel at least 500 miles per day, you can get there in four days.
So it takes up to ten days plus the time it takes to send letters.
Zhu Biao thought for a while: "Okay, that's very good. If nothing happens, there is no need to tell Mr. Xu and the fourth brother."
Eight hundred miles of urgent letters were delivered to Zhu Di.
This was the first time Zhu Bai sent an urgent letter to Zhu Di after he went to Peking.
Zhu Di knew there must be a secret, but Zhu Bai didn't tell him, and he couldn't ask. He just asked the Xu Mansion to send Xu Shou to set off with the person who sent the ginseng.
A few days later, Xu Shou arrived in Yingtian.
As soon as he showed up at the Guanya Bureau, he was taken to Zhu Bai's study on the second floor of the backyard.
Xu Shou has been to the Guanya General Administration Bureau several times, but he has never been to this mysterious room.
He was secretly surprised and became even more frightened when he saw the heavy guards downstairs.
After following Xu Da for so long, I still know the steps of government affairs very well.
Isn't this the arrangement to interrogate prisoners, and to prevent them from jumping over the wall to escape or hurting others?
And not only Zhu Bai was there, but also the prince.
The higher the rank of the person responsible for interrogation, the bigger the problem.
Before Zhu Biao could ask questions, Xu Shou's feet gave out and he knelt down.
Zhu Biao said: "I heard that you reported Mr. Xu for colluding with Hu Weiyong. Is this possible?"
Xu Shou hurriedly knelt down and said, "My lord has been wronged. When I came to the Guanya Bureau several times to escort the goods, Lord Hu said that he had important military matters to tell my lord and asked me to bring a letter. The villain didn't know why. I didn't dare to open the letter privately, so I could only hand it to the adults as it was. As a result, after my adults received the letter, they scolded me, saying that it was Hu Weiyong's letter to win over and make friends with him. How could he associate with a villain like Hu Weiyong? . He rejected Hu Weiyong with an official document, saying that he had no private matters to discuss with Hu Weiyong, so any matters in the future would be communicated through official documents. He also told me not to send letters privately to Hu Weiyong anymore. My lord immediately wrote a letter to report this to the emperor. thing."
Zhu Biao was stunned: It turns out that Lao Zhu already knew about this. Fortunately, we didn't blindly cover it up.
Zhu Bai asked: "Has the emperor replied to Master Xu?"
Xu Shou replied in a low voice: "I don't know. I have a low status, and Master Xu will not tell me these things."
Zhu Bai and Zhu Biao exchanged glances: Is there a possibility that the letter was blocked by Hu Weiyong.
After all, all official documents were saved from Zhongshu.
So Lao Zhu did not receive Xu Da’s letter.
Now it's still a bit troublesome to prove Xu Da's innocence.
Zhu Biao asked someone to take Xu Shou down: "Twelfth brother, it's up to you what to do."
Thanks to Xu Da's assistance to Zhu Di, Yan Di was so stable and peaceful.
So Xu Da cannot fail.
At least it can't fail now.
