Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cizhuo were both stunned.
Then, both of them looked at Zhu Youxiao at the same time.
Zhu Cizhuo couldn't help but ask: "Father, is everything you said true?"
Zhu Ciwei raised his head and glanced at Zhu Cizhuo.
Zhu Youxiao nodded solemnly.
Zhu Cizhuo glanced at Zhu Ciwei with a somewhat uneasy expression.
At the same time, Zhu Cizhuo couldn't help but squeeze out a smile: "It seems that my father has already fallen in love with eldest brother!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Ciwei.
Zhu Ciwei was staring at Zhu Cizhuo now.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
I don’t know how long it took.
Zhu Ciwei suddenly stood up and walked to Zhu Youxiao, lifted his robe, knelt down, and kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao:
"Father, don't worry. My son is almost 60 years old. He has already put life and death aside. They can't scare him!"
"Furthermore, my son believes that one does not have to be an emperor to realize one's life ambitions. After all, although the Ming Dynasty still has kings, it is no longer an era of one family and one world!"
Zhu Cizhuo breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: "He is the eldest brother after all."
Zhu Youxiao also nodded, stood up and walked to Zhu Ciwei. His old hand patted his shoulder: "Very good! How is King Xin's injury?"
Zhu Ciwei stood up and replied: "Uncle Wang is fine. The medical officer looked at it and found that it was almost close to the heart. He has been given the latest penicillin after the operation. I don't think it's a serious problem."
"The medical conditions in Manila are not as good as those in the capital. If he wishes, he can come to the capital to recuperate for a period of time. I will also take a look at him."
Zhu Youxiao said.
"yes!"
Then, Zhu Youxiao added: "Having ideals is a good thing, but not everyone in this world has ideals. The key is that some people have no ideals themselves and do not allow others to have ideals. Some people force others to have ideals. But I don’t want to have ideals; so, remember, don’t do everything yourself, learn to guide others to do it, make many friends and few enemies, until some people really can only Even when you are an enemy, you cannot show any mercy!"
"When I first came to the throne, although I had the courage to fight with the entire world, I did not push everyone to the opposite side. Fang Congzhe, an old fox, was forcibly pulled to my side. Even Han Xu, I have been working hard to reform. Him, guide him.”
"Father said so, please remember it carefully."
Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cizhuo replied.
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Let's all go back."
After Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cizhuo left, Zhu Youxiao suddenly looked behind the screen with cold eyes and said, "Come out."
At this time, Li Ruolian, the left commander of the Jinyi Guards, came out.
"Has Cheng Dalu come out of interrogation?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, he has now confessed. He said that he was originally a Japanese, but he changed his identity to a Han through some means, and was ordered by the shogunate elder to lurk in Prince Xin's palace. There are many people like him, either. Lurking in the Ming Dynasty, either in various vassals or in various identities, he does not know the identities of others, and his task is to wait in Xinguo for the emperor's eldest son to appear one day and assassinate him!
If the eldest son of the emperor never appears in Nobunoku, he will continue to live there as a member of the palace guard Qianhu, and his descendants will not know his true identity. His purpose is only to restore Yamato. As for his family, what about his family? He didn't care. In his opinion, his family members were all mixed-blood hybrids born to Han women, and they should all be executed. "
"He is quite cold-hearted."
"You go down first and continue to secretly investigate who are the lurking people. Share the information obtained with Dongchang. In addition, let each vassal country also investigate themselves and announce to the outside world that the mainland has surrendered some people, so that Those who lurk reveal themselves!"
Zhu Youxiao ordered.
Li Ruolian retreated.
"You come in too."
And then, Zhu Youxiao suddenly shouted again.
Li Ruolian, who had just walked out of the hall, heard this voice and was quite surprised. He thought to himself: "There is someone hiding in this hall?"
Immediately afterwards, Li Ruolian heard a high-pitched voice: "Please give me your instructions."
The sound made Li Ruolian's scalp tingle.
Li Ruolian, who had been doing investigative work in Jinyiwei for so many years and had seen all kinds of monsters and monsters, never expected that he would be a little scared when he heard this voice.
But the more scared he became, the more curious he became.
Therefore, Li Ruolian couldn't help but glance back.
And when he glanced at it, he saw the eunuch, whose face was as white as snow and as sick as a ghost, was also glancing at him.
Li Ruolian suddenly felt like an electric shock and stayed where he was.
"Have you heard the results of Jin Yiwei's investigation?"
Li Ruolian heard Zhu Youxiao suddenly ask the eunuch.
Then, Li Ruolian heard the man reply: "I heard it."
Then, Li Ruolian heard Zhu Youxiao ask: "Then do you believe it?"
"Do not believe!"
"I don't believe it either!"
When Li Ruolian heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself: "Your Majesty, you don't believe it?!"
Next, Li Ruolian didn't dare to listen any more and left here.
"They used all these horrific methods on my sons, which shows that they really have no limits to their deeds!"
"I have always believed in giving blood for blood and tooth for tooth. I also know that you can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no way to guard against a thief for a thousand days. Since they dare not follow the rules, I will not follow the rules and use this kind of terror. We will see who suffers the consequences when the time comes!"
"I want them to understand that rules can sometimes protect the weak. Otherwise, if the people with the greatest violence are allowed to act haphazardly, the weak will still suffer!"
"That's why I asked you to tame a group of orphans from various races twenty years ago and appoint them as deadly brocades. Just for today, assassination versus assassination, conspiracy versus conspiracy!"
As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyes and glanced at Li Ruolian's leaving figure, and said: "Anyone who wants to harm my emperor's heir, or who wants to overturn the status quo of the Han family's supremacy, ranges from the emperor's nobles to the commoners. , all take their lives!"
"yes!"
…
"ah!"
Xu Qianxue and Yu Guozhu are now undergoing the Lingchi punishment that the empire abandoned more than ten years ago.
Because Emperor Zhu Youxiao said that traitors will not be eliminated and torture will continue, it was difficult for the Three Law Divisions and the Council to object, and they had to agree that all those who betrayed the nation should be punished.
Nowadays, the crime of traitor is still the most serious crime, even more serious than rebellion.
The law is the expression of the will of the ruler.
Nowadays, the criminal laws of the Ming Dynasty can be regarded as reflecting the true will of the Ming Emperor and his ministers.
"Your Majesty! The student is wrong! The student is really wrong! The student should not underestimate the power you show after awakening a nation. The student underestimates the power of China after it regains the power of the Qin and Han Dynasties!"
"In today's Ming Dynasty, one Han is equal to the five barbarians. It is not just a lie. How can the students not be good Han people and become Western nobles? The students are willing to be humble. The students are willing to start a new life. Please spare the students." Come on, woo woo!”
Xu Qianxue shouted with blood in his mouth.
Yu Guozhu also shouted: "Your Majesty, the student has regretted it for a long time. The student should not have no feelings for his compatriots and a heart of loyalty. The student has read the sage's book in vain! But the student hopes that your majesty can give him a chance to start over. If there is an opportunity, the student will no longer only think about himself, but will think of the country and the nation and have good thoughts towards him, Your Majesty, woo woo!"
But just as the two of them were shouting, suddenly, a heavy downpour came down, covering up their shouts.
Hiding behind the curtain of rain, Lu Rujie, a fellow eunuch in the attic, looked at all this with pity and said, "Xu Qianxue and Yu Guozhu are also scholars after all."
"Yes, but it is nothing new for scholars to be treated like this, Mr. Lu!"
Chen Wei, who was in the same place, sighed and replied.
Lu Rujie also sighed: "An era has finally passed. The change of masters is a heavier crime than direct rebellion. Do you think this is reasonable?"
"unreasonable!"
Chen Wei replied directly.
"I also think it's unreasonable, but that tyrant likes to do this. A widow can escape death by having an affair, but why can't a scholar change his master?"
Lu Rujie replied.
"Have you heard about the emperor's eldest son?"
Then, Lu Rujie asked about something else.
Chen Wei nodded: "It is said that the Japanese did it."
"Do you believe it?"
Lu Rujie said with a sneer.
Chen Wei also laughed: "How could the Japanese have such ability? Besides, it would be useless if the Japanese killed the emperor's eldest son."
"So, Jin Yiwei and his gang are just a bunch of losers, and they would believe such a confession."
Lu Rujie replied.
"So that you will understand clearly that we are called Death-killing Jinyi! Anyone who speaks ill of His Majesty behind his back or shows that he is not in line with the Han family's concept of putting interests first will have to die!"
As soon as these words appeared, Lu Rujie's head rolled to the ground with a thud and rolled in front of Chen Wei.
Chen Wei followed the sound and saw Hu Nu, who was in charge of playing the pipa in the attic, carrying the broken pipa downstairs.
Then, he felt a sharp pain in his neck. He couldn't help but look down and found a steel needle inserted into the aorta of his neck.
For a moment, Chen Wei felt short of breath, and then fell to the ground.
"Death-killing brocade clothes?"
Zhu Cikai asked Zhu Cican shudderingly.
Zhu Cican nodded: "Yes, the Marquis of Yichun was killed by Jin Yi, as well as Duke Wu Guo, King Xibo, King Linchuan, and Huguang Confucians Tao Miao, Lu Rujie, and Chen Wei who passed away suddenly recently."
"Chen Wei? My former retainer!"
Zhu Cikai stood up in shock.
"So you should be afraid."
Zhu Cican asked.
Zhu Cikai nodded and asked, "Where did this deadly brocade dress come from?"
"Don't ask, it's just the evil sect of the Jianghu Demon Sect!"
Zhu Cican asked very seriously.
Zhu Cikai couldn't help but stood up: "We can't allow such quacks to do whatever they want! This is obviously an evil sect that makes people panic. Especially, these people seem to only hunt people who are more compatible with us in terms of ideas. , I even suspected it was the eldest brother."
"What do you suspect? Who made you doubt it?!"
"You can't control who these people are commanded by. All you need to know is who they like to hunt and kill. From now on, you will remember the words of your imperial brother and me. Like Lao Wu, lead your troops to fight with peace of mind. Do not Don’t get involved in government affairs, and don’t say too many inappropriate words. Keep your filial piety in your heart, and say the words your parents love to hear most. Not only do you say this, you also have to do this.”
Zhu Cican said to Zhu Cikai in a somewhat stern tone.
Zhu Cikai seemed to understand a little better and replied: "I remember it, stupid brother! But I really can't bear it, when I think that the deadly brocade clothes will suddenly appear, and they will kill me just because I said something wrong, even if I am No matter who you are or where you are, I’m so scared that I can’t sleep every day! Second brother!”
"You can't even sleep, and someone else will be even more intolerable."
Zhu Cican smiled bitterly.
…
"Your Majesty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate reported that a Confucian scholar named Li Guangdi came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to surrender. He also expressed the hope that through his surrender, the imperial court could resolve to quell the panic caused by the appearance of the deadly brocade as soon as possible. So that people in the world can regain peace."
On this day, as soon as Zhu Youxiao arrived at the Political Affairs Hall, Wen Tiren hurriedly handed over a question book from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
After Zhu Youxiao heard this, he was very satisfied and thought to himself: "I have already said that it is better not to use despicable means. If I do, I am not sure who is more afraid."
"The Jin Yiwei have found out the truth about this matter. It was done by the remnants of the Imperial Protector Society of Japan. Li Guangdi has nothing to do when he is full. Why did he come to the Procuratorate to surrender? This is to tell me that all my Jin Yiwei are doing nothing. Of?!”
Zhu Youxiao pretended not to know the reason, and asked in a stern tone.
Wen Tiren naturally knew that His Majesty the Emperor knew the inside story, but he could only pretend not to know, and said: "I don't know why Li Guangdi did this, but Your Majesty, after the appearance of this deadly brocade garment, it has indeed caused a lot of stir." There was a huge panic, and many of the royal family and nobles were killed by it. This is really unbelievable. In today's world, anyone who mentions this deadly brocade clothes will panic. If such evil sects are allowed to exist, the emperor's laws and national laws will be ignored. If there is nothing, where can we put the majesty of the imperial court?"
"Really? I see that the people all over the world are living quite peacefully. The night market in the Qipan Street area of Damingmen is still very lively. No one is so scared that they stay home at night."
"As for the deaths of those royal relatives and nobles you mentioned, it doesn't matter. If their identities are put aside, it's just an ordinary human life lawsuit. There are several cases of tragic death in the world every day. Who can let it happen? We have a large number of people in Ming Dynasty, which is normal. We have our own department to detect important criminals in detail, so there is no need for the imperial court to treat this as an important matter when facing a powerful enemy."
Zhu Youxiao said very calmly.
After hearing this, Wen Tiren didn't know what to say, and thought to himself: "If an ordinary Han was killed by the Fanyi, Your Majesty would be furious and order the navy fleet nearest to the local area to drive a big ship to show off his power. They refused to give up unless they forced the country to extradite criminals to the Ming Dynasty and even had to pay a sum of benefits. Now, the royal family and nobles are being assassinated by Jianghu evil sects, but they behave so calmly."
