A few moments ago, I thought I had done a perfect job, but a few moments later, the wolf-like Jinyi Tiqi raided the Lu family.
Lu Ben forgot that Lao Zhu was not a good man or woman. evidence? No evidence is needed. It involves Zhu Xiongying. Just doubts are enough.
Under Jiang Wei's unsympathetic gaze, Lu Ben, who was crying out for injustice, was knocked unconscious by the Jin Yiwei with the handle of his knife and taken to the imperial prison.
Lu Ben's imprisonment caused a turmoil in the officialdom.
As a well-rounded veteran, Lu Ben had worked hard during the founding of the country, and he had always been kind to others and conscientious. Therefore, there were a group of officials who were friendly with him. They believed that Lu Ben had been wronged and suffered injustice. They jointly wrote a letter to impeach Zhou Wang Zhu Su and Jin Yiwei for their reckless behavior.
However, the momentum of these people is very small. The aftermath of Kong Xi's case has not yet passed, and most officials are still keeping silent and do not want to cause more trouble.
On the other hand, those who were admitted to the new examination were more concerned about Lu Ben's case. Most of them are still enthusiastic and believe that Zhu Su, the leader of the new school, will not deliberately frame the minister, so they are still waiting to see this case.
"Dad, Lu Ben and his daughter have both recruited."
However, in just a few days, Zhu Su got Lu Ben to confess obediently. Lao Zhu took the confession, frowned, glanced at it, and handed it back to Zhu Su directly: "You bastard, look at his confession." , don’t dirty our eyes. Lao Wu, just talk to us directly.”
"After reading it, tell us what kind of plan the dirty thief had."
"Okay." Zhu Su nodded and told all the details from the interrogation.
"This thief has already started to think about it since he learned that a member of the tribe married the Chang family as a concubine. At first, because the Chang family was close to my Zhu family, he wanted to teach this girl to be an informant to find out what was going on in the palace. Therefore, I deliberately became friendly in order to get information from this female letter."
"Later I learned that Xiongying was often escorted out of the city by Chang Sheng, and because the concubine of the Chang Mansion complained in a letter that Chang Sheng often asked her where it was suitable to travel with his grandson, she was just a boudoir, and she was not around Yingtian. I have already talked about places suitable for visiting many times, and I can’t think of any other place to go. So Lu Ben started to think about it.”
"Lu Ben and his daughter secretly followed the Confucius' motorcade in person. After finding out that the Kong family was temporarily staying in Qingshui Village due to illness, they asked his daughter to deliver a letter to Chang Sheng's mansion, asking the concubine to encourage Chang Sheng and Xiongying to go to Qingshui Village. And he went to Qingshui Village again. He turned back the way he came, pretending that his father and daughter were still far away from Beijing and that the letter had been sent early from Shandong."
"In this way, even if we find out that Lu instigated Chang Sheng to go to Qingshui Village, we will still think that he was far away in Shandong when he wrote the letter, so he has nothing to do with the epidemic in Qingshui Village..."
"Pa!" Over there, Zhu Biao, who rarely got angry at all, was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead. He waved his sleeves and smashed a paperweight on the imperial desk, his face full of anger: "What a good thief, he thinks carefully."
"The method is so sinister!"
The beloved son was plotted against him, and he almost fell in love with his loving mother. The good family was almost torn apart. Even though Zhu Biao has always been kind, how could he not be angry at this time?
"Humph. This thief is thinking too deeply." Lao Zhu also had anger in his eyes, like the rolling thunder hidden in the black clouds. "Such a vicious heart has been hidden in our court for so many years... even we were almost deceived by his honest appearance!"
"The death of a heroic child in history must have been the result of the father and daughter's plan!" he asserted.
"It's very possible." Zhu Su nodded. This pair of father and daughter are like snakes and scorpions. Historically, those who entered the Zhu family would not be satisfied with being just a concubine.
At that time, Mrs. Lu was in Zhu Biao's mansion, so it was even easier to kill Zhu Xiongying and Mr. Chang. With a mother like this, it’s no wonder she can teach someone like Zhu Yunwen, who has one thing on the outside but another behind the scenes.
"Lu Ben also committed many other crimes." Zhu Su looked at the confession in his hand. "For example, when I was seven years old, I secretly watched my aunt at home take a bath. When I was seventeen years old, I committed adultery with the widow of the clan. When I was twenty-seven years old, I also... Do I have to say these things?"
"...No need. He's just a thief." Zhu Biao couldn't listen to these messy things, so he glared at Zhu Su who was deliberately making jokes. However, the anger was indeed reduced a lot after being distracted like this. But in the end, he couldn't help but curse: "You old thief, full of male thieves and female prostitutes..."
To be able to make the gentle and elegant Crown Prince curse such curse words shows how much Zhu Biao hates Lu Ben now.
"Lao Wu, how did you get that old thief to confess honestly?" Lao Zhu asked Zhu Su curiously. "That old thief has some reputation in the court, and now many people are watching you for doing this."
"If they see that you tortured that old thief until he was reduced to human form, they will definitely accuse you of being beaten into submission. By then, your reputation as a new master will be greatly reduced."
Although Lao Zhu didn't care about his reputation, he still didn't give up on shaping Zhu Su into a saint of the Zhu family. Seeing that he was close to succeeding, if Lu Ben, an old thief, failed, the gain would outweigh the loss.
"Don't worry, I guarantee there won't be a single scratch on Lu Ben's body." Zhu Su said with a smile.
It was just a matter of being locked up in a small dark room for a few days without being allowed to sleep, and then fetching a few buckets of cockroaches, mice and the like and putting them in the cell to scare them. The father and daughter were all beaten like beans from a bamboo tube. Where are the torture scars?
Zhu Su even prepared a few death row prisoners for them and planned to have Jiang Yu execute them in front of them to scare them, but it was of no use...
For those who are pampered and only think about speculation, even if they have sinister thoughts, how hard can their bones be?
…
The Lu family undoubtedly received the nine-ethnic set meal from Lao Zhu, and Zhu Su also felt relaxed after uncovering the black hand hidden under the Ming Dynasty. After staying in the palace for dinner, he was about to leave the palace gate, when he saw several officials outside the palace arguing with the imperial guards, as if they wanted to meet the emperor.
Zhu Su didn't want to pay attention and wanted to go around. Unexpectedly, an official with sharp eyes saw him and hurriedly called to his colleagues: "Look, it's King Zhou! His Highness King Zhou is out!"
A group of people immediately surrounded Zhu Su, asking Zhu Su for an explanation. After listening for a long time, Zhu Su realized that these people came in a hurry because they heard about the execution of Lu Ben clan. .
"Your Highness is aware that Mr. Lu has always been loyal to the imperial court, conscientious in his work, and has never done anything rebellious."
"I also ask Your Highness and His Majesty Chen not to practice tyranny again. We have already killed people in rivers of blood, and now we are going to kill nine people. How can we be wrong?"
"Your Highness framed Zhongliang and beat him into submission. Don't you worry about your conscience being blamed?"
A group of officials were talking to each other, and Zhu Su admired that Lao Zhu had indeed understood the urinal nature of these ignorant officials. He did not make any excuse. Tomorrow, when Lu Ben was taken to the Meridian Gate and beheaded, everyone in the world would naturally be able to see it. Did Lu Ben have any injuries on his body?
It will be clear at a glance whether or not you have surrendered.
He suddenly felt a little tired. Instead of worrying about these dark and pedantic people in the capital, it would be better to set sail and join the real good men to shed blood and sweat for China to become stronger again.
I wonder if Tie Xuan’s fleet can find America?
(End of chapter)
