The companions at the surrounding tables suddenly glared at the tea guests behind them who were still holding teacups in their hands.
"Why are you so rude and pouring tea on us for no reason?"
"Bah, what did you fart just now?"
"What does my idle chat have to do with you?"
"It's just chatting, why are you slandering His Highness King Yan? In the past two years, what His Highness King Yan has done in Beiping Mansion is so wise? What common people in Beiping Mansion didn't know clearly about the incident at Zhangjiawan Wharf?
You guys want to pour dirty water on His Royal Highness, Prince Yan, just by talking nonsense?
We've just poured a cup of tea on your head. If there wasn't any excrement, I really want to pour a bucket of excrement on your head! "
"If King Yan had never done that, why did those old men risk their lives to avenge His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"That's right, if you are so anxious, could it be that you are the lackeys of King Yan?"
"Okay, the prince has not yet been convicted, but you have already started to spread the word about His Highness Prince Yan's sins. It seems that this matter was fabricated by you and other thieves out of thin air to slander the Prince of Yan..."
"Let's go, if you have the ability, follow us outside Prince Yan's Palace and confront all the officials of the Beiping Mansion in front of His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Who are you? Why should we listen to what you say?"
"Humph, you don't dare? You have to go if you want to, or if you don't go, you have to go!"
"I'll leave and ignore these Yan King lackeys..."
"Want to leave?"
Seeing that these thieves wanted to leave, the tea patrons became even more furious and rushed towards them.
"Today, if we don't discuss it clearly, no one will be able to leave!"
The thieves who spread the rumors looked panicked and became furious, "In today's Ming Dynasty, when officials govern the Qingming Dynasty, you and other meddlesome people still want to convict us according to their words?
Get out of the way, I have other important things to do, so I won’t make a fuss with you, a naughty fellow! "
As he said that, the rumor mongers pushed away the tea guests and walked out quickly.
"You, the thief, please stop leaving!"
However, what they didn't expect was that the tea guests were more difficult to deal with than they thought, and they chased after them directly.
This situation happened in many teahouses in Beiping City.
And this meeting, in the Palace of Prince Yan.
After a frightened half-day, the officials of the Beiping Prefecture finally received the order to leave.
However, both Zhu Di and Zhu Biao strictly ordered the officials that no official should say a word until the matter was investigated and the truth came to light.
If you discover any situation, you must report it to the Yan Palace immediately.
Experienced that wonderful and touching drama.
All the officials nodded repeatedly, and after leaving the palace gate, they followed their colleagues in their respective government offices and hurried to their respective government offices.
Along the way.
Seeing the Yamen and Jinyi guards patrolling everywhere in Beiping Mansion, these officials were filled with pain.
What kind of bastard who deserves to be cut into pieces would slander King Yan like this?
After such a search, King Yan said nothing, and some of the problems of many of them may be exposed!
When they saw that many scholars, businessmen, and even ordinary people were gathered around, arguing and even fighting together, each of these officials looked even more bitter.
The thief who controlled all this should not only be cut to pieces with a thousand cuts, but also have his muscles and bones pulled out!
You dare to manipulate scholars and common people. Are you really not afraid of arousing the wrath of the capital master?
"Alas, troubled times!"
Nie Zishi took a group of chief envoys and officials to watch for a while, sighed with pain on his face, and then gave instructions to the officials behind him with a solemn face.
"It's best for you all to rot in your stomachs and forget about today's events!"
"Don't worry, Fantai, the official and others know the importance!"
“So best!”
Nie Zizhi nodded slightly and said: "After I go back, no matter how many people I was close to in the past come to inquire about today's events, don't pay any attention to me!"
"Yes, Fantai!"
All the officials responded one after another.
Nie Zizhi then led a group of officials back.
Similarly, officials from the Command Department, the Inspectorate Department, and the Beiping Government Office on several other streets also responded one after another.
Naturally, they could all sense the stormy atmosphere.
Moreover, the heads of those officials who were beheaded three years ago were hung on the gate of their government office, which gave them fear that had not dissipated.
At this time, they naturally did not dare to have any thoughts of getting involved.
However, what Nie Zishi, Lu Xiang and others didn't know was that some of their very obedient subordinate officials had visitors coming to their homes just after returning home from duty.
"What, those old immortals have all been recruited?"
"Something big happened, something big happened..."
Within a moment, those visitors left again with panic on their faces.
Behind those visitors, there were several unprepossessing men following quietly.
at the same time.
In the palace of King Yan.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Di, as well as Guo An and others, all looked at the merchants, scholars, and common people standing with His Highness with curiosity. All of them had bruises on their noses and faces, and were in a very embarrassed state.
However, one side is proud and proud, while the other side is low-brow and timid.
Zhu Di grinned and sneered: "The officials in this palace haven't left yet, and the news hasn't spread yet, but you guys have already learned about it in advance?
A bunch of scheming people, tell me honestly, who instigated you to spread rumors like this and openly slander me? "
"Back to His Highness Prince Yan, the villain and others only heard about it, and there was absolutely no one who ordered it!" A chubby man said with a look of fear on his face.
"No one ordered?"
Zhu Di asked coldly: "Then tell me, who told you this?"
The man's face turned pale and he opened his mouth without saying anything.
Zhu Di said directly: "Come here, pull these thieves down and give me a thousand cuts!"
"yes!"
Several guards walked in aggressively.
The man suddenly knelt on the ground in fear, his face pale.
"Your Highness, spare your life, I said, I'll say it now!... Someone found the villain, handed him a piece of paper and twenty taels of silver, and asked him to go to the teahouse at noon to say these words !..."
Zhu Di had a cold look on his face, "You are given money to slander me, but you dare to slander me? Do you think I am so easy to bully?"
On the side, Zhu Biao also had a strange face.
Why did he suddenly have the feeling that King Yan Zhu Di, who used to cause trouble everywhere in the palace and made the eunuchs in the palace and even the imperial guards change their minds after hearing about it, turned out to be a weak King of Yan who could be bullied by everyone when he arrived in Peiping?
"Your Highness Mingjian, how dare the villain and others slander His Highness King Yan?"
"Exactly, Your Highness Mingjian, we are just talking about those old men crying out for injustice in the morning, and we have absolutely no intention of slandering Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, we just want to talk a few random words and make some money. We definitely have no intention of slandering Your Highness..."
"snort!"
Zhu Di glared coldly and said: "Since I was a child, even if I accidentally burned my father's book collection, I would admit it even if I was whipped twenty times.
Now, when it comes to your mouth, I am actually being slandered by you? "
"Come here, I will drag these evil thieves out and kill them with sticks!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of guards walked in from outside the palace again!
"Your Highness, have mercy on me, Your Highness, please have mercy on me!"
"Your Highness has always been wise, and you cannot punish sins with words!"
"Your Highness, please help me..."
All the people's faces turned pale, and they knelt on the ground limply, begging for mercy again and again.
Zhu Biao has a kind heart and doesn't like killing people.
Seeing that Zhu Di was really murderous, he immediately stopped him.
"Fourth Brother, these people have made a big mistake, but their crime will not lead to death!"
Zhu Di looked reluctant, "Brother, do you want me to forgive these thieves who slandered me?"
Zhu Biao said: "If you dare to slander King Yan of the Ming Dynasty at will, you can be exempted from death penalty, but you will not be spared from living crime!"
"Listen to big brother!"
Zhu Di glared at the group of people kneeling on the ground angrily, "The prince is kind-hearted and will not let me kill you with my stick.
But you need to be happy.
I can never stand being slandered, so each of you must be punished ten times with the cane. "
"Thank you so much for your life-saving grace, His Royal Highness, and thank you for your magnanimity, His Highness King Yan!"
Everyone thanked him profusely.
Zhu Di said coldly again: "Don't be too happy. You have committed such a crime. How can I convince the public with just ten simple punishments?"
The group of people who escaped quickly said: "Please give me your instructions, Your Highness!"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An aside, "What good punishment can Guo Qing have?"
Guo An said: "Your Highness, these people dare to frame Your Highness for twenty taels of silver, then the twenty taels of silver they got will be confiscated!"
"The villain accepts his punishment!"
"In addition, those who belong to farmers will be fined an additional ten taels of silver each; those who are scholars will be fined an additional forty taels of silver each; merchants will be fined an additional two hundred taels of silver each...
The fined silver coins will be given to the people who helped His Highness catch these evil thieves, as compensation for medical expenses! "
Everyone was shocked and looked at Zhu Di: "Your Highness, villain..."
Zhu Di's face darkened, "I'll do it according to Guo Qing's method. If you don't pay, I'll use your heads in exchange!"
"The villain pays, the villain pays..."
A group of thieves said quickly.
The group of people standing on the side were overjoyed, "Thank you, Your Highness, King Yan, and thank you, Guo Changshi!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Go and register your names in the charity book, and each of you will be rewarded fifty taels of silver!"
"Thank you, His Highness King Yan!"
Everyone was suddenly filled with excitement.
When a group of people were led down by several scribes from Prince Yan's Mansion, Zhu Biao asked slowly: "Fourth, these people go to such great lengths just to have their names written down by your scribes from Prince Yan's Mansion?"
"well!"
Zhu Di sighed heavily.
"Brother, ever since we built the Zhangjiawan Pier, many people have disliked me!"
As he said that, Zhu Di looked fierce again.
"And now that we can trade with Goryeo, everyone wants to bully me!"
"However, fortunately, there are still many common people, merchants, and scholars in Beiping Mansion who are kind to our Prince Yan Mansion.
In order to fight against those thieves, I can only keep those people who are kind to me in my hands.
As long as those common people, merchants and scholars who have been included in the good books of Prince Yan's Mansion, when our Prince Yan's Mansion has any good items, such as the fine rice seeds developed on the farm, we can give priority to selling them at low prices.
With these people, we are not afraid of those jackals, tigers and leopards. We can tear off their heads no matter how many come! "
"Those thieves are so abominable!"
Zhu Biao's face darkened.
"I've suffered a lot these past few years!"
"Don't worry, brother, our Prince Yan's Mansion can develop some good items every year. As Prince Yan, no one is afraid of us!"
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(End of chapter)
