Capital.
Mu Miaofu was haggling with the hawker. The seabass in the basin was quite plump. The asking price of twenty cash was really expensive.
"That's all, I'll charge you eighteen cents."
The hawker couldn't resist, so he had to give in.
Mu Miaofu happily took out eighteen cents and handed it to the hawker. After the hawker dressed the fish, he took it and held it in his hand, intending to return to Zhu's house.
At this moment, there was a lot of noise in the streets, people hurriedly ran away, and a horse galloped towards them in the distance.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
The voice was hoarse and familiar.
Mu Miaofu quickly looked up and saw that the horse was already approaching.
"ah?"
Mu Miaofu saw the person coming clearly and exclaimed. In just a moment, the horse jumped out.
"Oh no!"
Mu Miaofu ran away. After entering Zhu's house, he hurriedly found Feng and said breathlessly: "Zhu, Zhu Youhuang has returned to Beijing!"
When Feng heard this, his expression changed.
Soon, Zhu Youdou also received the news and returned to the lobby.
"We have nothing to do with him anymore! We don't care about his affairs, and we don't have to worry about him."
Zhu Youdou gritted his teeth.
He hated his brother Zhu Youyi's betrayal with all his heart. If Zhu Youyi hadn't secretly reported the rebellion to the imperial court, Zhu Xi would not have died, and he himself would have been reduced from a prince respected by thousands of people to a commoner now!
Feng glanced at Zhu Youdou and asked Mu Miaofu, "Tell me carefully."
Mu Miaofu calmed down, recalled the scene at that time, and said: "I had just bought fish and was about to come back when I saw Zhu Youhuang coming on horseback. He seemed to have suffered a lot, his hair was messy, and his clothes were stained It’s full of holes, and there seems to be injuries on the face…”
"Injured? Where are his guards?"
Feng asked.
Mu Miaofu shook his head and said, "I didn't see any guards."
Zhu Youdou was a little impatient and said, "Even if he dies outside, it has nothing to do with us!"
"Having said that, he is your brother after all!"
Feng advised.
"I don't have a brother like this!"
Zhu Youdou immediately threw up his sleeves and left, his heart filled with anger.
Feng looked at Zhu Youdou's leaving figure, sighed, and said to Mu Miaofu, "Go and find out why Zhu Youdou returned to Beijing."
After Mu Miaofu agreed, he went out again. Only half an hour later, he hurried back and said to Feng: "Zhu Youhuang knelt outside the Meridian Gate and asked to see the emperor. This matter has been spread in the capital. It’s open, but I don’t know exactly why.”
Feng's heart was heavy.
If Zhu Youhui came to the capital to receive a reward, then it would be natural for him to stay away from him, ignore him, and keep his distance. But now Zhu Youyi was afraid that he was in trouble and came to the capital to plead guilty. In this case, if he and others still kept a distance, how would the people in the world talk about it?
Bo Liang?
Cruel and ruthless?
The righteousness of annihilation of relatives after the righteousness of annihilation of relatives?
Wuying Palace.
Zhu Yunwen finished processing the documents, glanced at Gu Sanshen, and asked, "Is King Zhou gone?"
Gu Sanjian reported: "Not long ago, the chamberlain reported that King Zhou was still kneeling outside the Meridian Gate for two hours."
Zhu Yunwen didn't want to see Zhu Youxuan. The Security Bureau had reported what he had done. His purpose was to let Bai Lianmoer go.
"Let him kneel."
Zhu Yunwen ordered his chamberlain to send the memorial to the General Administration Department, and then walked out of Wuying Hall.
"Where is Bai Lianmo'er?"
Zhu Yunwen asked.
"We will cross the Yangtze River early tomorrow morning, and the support from the capital is in place."
Gu Sansheng said.
The Kaifeng Security Bureau did not pursue time when escorting Bai Lianmoer, but focused on safety. Therefore, in terms of time, it is slightly slower than Zhu Youxuan.
Zhu Yunwen nodded and arranged: "As soon as we arrive in the capital, we will be tortured immediately to find out the identity of the Buddha Mother, her past and present identities, and her conspiracy with the White Lotus Sect. But remember, people cannot die."
"According to the order."
Gu Sanshen took the order.
In ancient times, there were many forms of punishment art, such as the Lingchi art in which a person was cut more than 3,000 times and still lived. It doesn't let people die, but it allows people to experience the feeling of life being worse than death.
Outside the Meridian Gate, Zhu Youyi knelt in front of the gate, looking at the officials coming out of the palace gate. Even if someone came up to ask questions, he did not respond. He only expressed his attitude that he came here to ask for an audience with the emperor. Others are irrelevant.
Having said that, the dignified vassal king is kneeling outside the palace gate. How do the officials speculate and what do the people think?
The incident caused a stir in the city, but few people knew what Zhu Youyi was here for.
Late at night.
The city of Nanjing finally quieted down from the hustle and bustle.
Zhu Youyi looked at the closed palace door with a look of perseverance and unshakability. His knees hurt a little and the ground was very hard, but that was not important anymore. The most important thing was that he had to see the emperor. Only in this way could he give Mo'er has a way out!
But Zhu Yunwen didn’t want to see him!
Zhu Youhuo felt a little chilled in his heart, but he had no other choice. Because he betrayed his father Zhu Ru, no nobles would welcome him and would not help him at all.
Besides, this matter is related to the White Lotus Sect. No officials or nobles are willing to be involved in this matter. Even if they are approached, they will only be rejected.
The world is so vast that even though he is the king of Zhou, he is just a solitary person.
What I want to bet on is that Zhu Yunwen is not a hard-hearted person. If you lose the bet, then you can kneel down and die here. This is just one step ahead of Mo'er, so you can wait for her at the Naihe Bridge earlier.
The night was as cold as water, and Zhu Youyi was shivering a little. It was not cold, but an injury.
Once while driving at night, he fell off his horse and dislocated his arm, which caused him death from pain. If a kind-hearted businessman hadn't saved him at night, he might have died in the wilderness.
But he was not a good person, so the way to repay the merchants was to steal their dry food and horses.
I would be happy to become a demon for one person!
Zhu Youhuo straightened his back, knelt down and looked at the palace gate without taking his eyes away.
Deep in the palace, Zhu Yunwen had already fallen asleep.
Ma Enhui closed her eyes slightly and waited for a long time. She didn't hear Zhu Yunwen's soothing breathing, so she couldn't help but whisper: "Is the emperor still thinking about King Zhou?"
Zhu Yunwen stretched out his hand, and Ma Enhui leaned over while resting his arm.
"I was just thinking about the White Lotus Sect and carefully recalled the information from the Security Bureau. Bai Lianmoer knew that she would be discovered if she entered Prince Zhou's Mansion, but she still went. This puzzles me."
Zhu Yunwen didn't understand.
In this world, there are not many people who know death and die, but this Mo'er is one of them.
Ma Enhui smiled and said softly: "Then why did the emperor send Zhu Youhuan back to Kaifeng Mansion?"
Zhu Yunwen hugged Ma Enhui tightly and said nothing more.
Affection.
When Zhu Youyi was sent back to Kaifeng, it was not because he hoped to use love as a bond to find Mo'er and Guangxiu. Facts have proved that although Na Mo'er is a member of the White Lotus Sect, she is also a loving and righteous woman, at least to Zhu Youyao, she is so.
But what Zhu Yunwen couldn't understand was that Zhu Youxuan and Mo'er could be so infatuated that they were together for life and death.
A man ran out of the heavy blockade in Shandong just to meet him.
He traveled thousands of miles, even risking his own life, to come to the capital to plead for mercy.
"How does the emperor plan to deal with Zhu Youyi?"
Ma Enhui asked carefully.
Zhu Yunwen sighed and said nothing.
In the final analysis, Zhu Youyi himself didn't do much wrong. He fell in love with a woman and worked hard for her to this extent. What was wrong with him? At most, they robbed some horses and silver coins, but no harm was done to anyone's children.
"Go to sleep."
Zhu Yunwen no longer thinks about these things. What matters now is the war outside the customs and the information from Mo'er, not Zhu Youyi.
At dawn, a carriage from the Security Bureau secretly entered the capital.
After imprisoning Moer in the cellar, Gu Sanshen and Xue Xia came to interrogate him personally.
Gu Sanshen had a cold face and pointed to the torture instruments on the shelves on both sides and said: "Bai Lianmo'er, answer whatever I ask you. If you dare to hide and resist, these torture instruments will be used on you!"
Mo'er glanced at him and said, "I want to see Zhu Yunwen."
"presumptuous!"
Gu Sanshen scolded her sternly: "How can you shout the emperor's name? Come here, give her ten lashes!"
The person from the security bureau next to him took off his whip and whipped it down. The tip of the whip was thrown on Mo'er's face, and a blood streak suddenly appeared. With every beating, Mo'er's body trembled, but she never cried out in pain and begged for mercy.
Gu Sanshen stared at Mo'er in front of him. She was a real executioner and had killed many people in Qingzhou. Many sergeants died because of her and Guangxiu. If she hadn't told them a secret that the Security Bureau wanted to know. , she had been stripped naked and paraded through the streets, and then she was late at Caishikou!
"I want to see Zhu Yunwen. If he doesn't come, I won't say anything!"
Mo'er shouted.
Gu Sanshen was so angry that he walked up to Mo'er, grabbed a handful of Mo'er's hair, and with a flick of his right hand, a shining needle tip appeared, pointed directly at Mo'er's eye, and said: "If you lose one eye, Will you still be so stubborn?"
Mo'er wanted to struggle, but was restrained and unable to move.
The tip of the needle slowly approached, Mo'er took a sip and spat directly on Gu Sanshen's face, saying: "Try it, if I lose my eyes, you will lose all the secrets. When the time comes, let's see how you explain it to Zhu Yunwen." !”
Gu Sanshen stabbed angrily, and the needle tip pierced Mo'er's cheek, then pulled it out, turned around and said: "You want to use the secret in your hand as a bargaining chip, haha, then you have a try. Give her a bamboo dragonfly!" "
Mo'er didn't know what a bamboo dragonfly was. When she saw someone holding a bamboo stick and grabbing her hand, she finally realized that they wanted to pierce her fingers!
"Gu Sanshen, let Zhu Yunwen come to see me, otherwise I will never tell you until I die. If you torture me like this, you will only lose more secrets."
Mo'er shouted.
Gu Sanshen looked at Mo'er with murderous eyes and said: "No fewer than ten brothers from the Security Bureau died in your hands! Sergeants from the Ming Dynasty died in your hands, and more than a thousand more. If you want to save your hands, Just tell who is the Buddha Mother and who is ancient and modern, otherwise, even the gods will not be able to save you!"
"If I don't see Zhu Yunwen, I won't even say anything to my death!"
"It's not up to you! Use torture!"
Gu Sanshen showed no mercy and immediately gave the order.
The sharp bamboo stick was inserted into the nail of Mo'er's little finger and stabbed towards Li little by little. Mo'er couldn't bear it anymore and screamed miserably, her whole body shaking uncontrollably.
"To say it or not to say it!"
"Did not say!"
"continue!"
"ah!"
Gu Sanshen looked at Mo'er who was unconscious in front of him, and ordered someone to pour cold water on him to wake him up. He asked again, tortured him again, fell into coma again, and...
Until almost noon, Mo'er was exhausted from the punishment, and Gu Sanjian did not get the information he wanted.
Xue Xia dissuaded Gu Sanjian from continuing to increase the punishment, saying: "There are not many people who can survive the bamboo dragonfly. It would not make much sense to impose additional punishment on such people. Why not report the matter to the emperor and let the emperor make the decision."
Gu Sanshen was very depressed. He didn’t know where the White Lotus Sect found the madman, Qu You, and Qiu He, the palace supervisor. They were both masters who broke bones without saying a word. Now even a woman can resist the security bureau. Torture!
"All right."
Gu Sanshen was helpless.
Zhu Yunwen, who was having lunch in Wuying Hall, received two messages:
One is that King Zhou has been kneeling outside the palace gate for ten hours without eating or drinking. If he continues like this, he is afraid that he will die on his knees.
Another news is that Bai Lianmoer resisted the punishment and fainted several times. She had to be interrogated by the emperor in person before she would speak.
ps: Don’t blame the security bureau for being ruthless, this is hundreds of times better than Jinyiwei...
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