Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 26
The old man was pushed into the water, and the people on the boat were still making fun of her. Not long after, I saw a young girl jumping from the second floor of the boat, and fell into the water with a plop.

Pingyanghou on the boat hurriedly sent people into the water to catch the woman. Needless to say, he knew that the woman who jumped into the water must be the old man's daughter. After a while, the woman was pulled up by the guards who jumped into the river, but the old man It was still floating in the river, and it seemed to be water-based, but as long as it went up to the side of the boat, it was pushed away by the people on the boat with bamboo poles, but the old man continued to swim towards the boat for his daughter.

Standing beside Zhu Qi, Gao Jin saw His Highness Liao Wang's face getting more and more gloomy, so he hurriedly took a small boat with him to rescue him.

The girls who were sitting next to Zhu Qi and Zhu Di saw that the two sons next to them seemed to be planning to act as heroes, and their faces became terrified. One of them kindly reminded:

"My lord, the Marquis of Pingyang must not be provoked!"

Zhu Di laughed when he heard that, and said:

"It's only been a long time since the Ming Law was promulgated. The prince's crime is the same as that of the common people. What's more, this Marquis of Pingyang is not the real prince. If he really robs the daughters of the people, it is a capital crime. What are you afraid of?"

The girl continued:
"Young master, this is not the same. Then the Pingyang Marquis has an iron coupon issued by the emperor to avoid death."

When Zhu Di heard this, his expression was a little dazed. If there was an iron coupon to avoid death, it would be really hard to say.

Seeing Zhu Di's expression, the girl thought Zhu Di was afraid, so she didn't say anything more.

On the other side of the painting boat, Gao Jin brought a few guards, rowed a small boat and pulled the old man up in the river. Several servants on the painting boat saw that someone dared to save him, and immediately turned to Gao Jin. Waiting for others is to yell.

Gao Jin is the guard of His Royal Highness Liao, how could he tolerate the insults of these evil servants, immediately got up and jumped onto the opponent's boat, raised his leg, and kicked the most vicious servant who scolded him to the ground. He was taken aback for a moment, and was about to fight back when he suddenly heard a shout from the boat:
"There are assassins! There are assassins! Protect Lord Hou!"

Amidst the shouts, Hou Pingyang smashed through the window of the second floor and fell down. Fortunately, on the deck, there were his evil servants blocking him, otherwise the fall would not be light.

And a figure wearing a night suit suddenly chased out from behind, and a long sword stabbed straight at Pingyang Hou in the ethereal figure.

When Zhu Qi saw the figure of the assassin, he felt quite familiar, took a second look carefully, and immediately recognized that this figure was the person pretending to be "Shi Xuan'er"!

But behind the assassin, a bald-headed monk appeared again, with muscles all over his body twisted like old tree roots, at least from the visual level, it was very shocking.

The great monk was tall and burly, and his speed was even faster than the assassin's. In an instant, he was already close to his body. He raised his fist and punched the assassin's back.

The assassin turned over, stepped on the wall of the ship building, dodged his body, and then raised his sword to attack the monk. The monk stretched his hand to his back, and suddenly pulled out a large golden ring knife.

One of the two had exquisite swordsmanship, like a wandering dragon like silk, and the other held a big knife, opened and closed, and fought on the spot.

Zhu Qi thought that the two would fight for a long time, but he didn't expect that it was just three people who were wrong. The big monk with a big knife knelt on the deck with his neck covered, bleeding profusely, and couldn't stop it. It didn't take long He just lay on the ground without moving, but the assassin's leg also seemed to be injured, and he was limping when he moved, obviously not as flexible as before.

But the assassin did not give up, but turned around and ran towards Marquis Pingyang. The servants around Marquis Pingyang hurriedly surrounded his master, and more guards from the ship building ran out.

Seeing that there was nothing he could do, the assassin jumped into the Huai River without any hesitation, bursts of bright red blood floated on the surface of the river, but he never saw the assassin again. It might be difficult to find the assassin.

An assassin was encountered on Pingyang Hou's painting boat, and people were killed. The rest of the painting boats on the Huaihe River were also in a mess. How could they still have the mind to continue drinking and having fun on the river? One by one, the painting boats rushed towards the shore. Come on, I want to stay away from this land of right and wrong.

The Marquis of Pingyang was helped up, saw that his bodyguard, the great monk, was actually killed by an assassin, he looked at Gao Jin beside him furiously, pointed at Gao Jin and shouted:

"You must be with the assassins! Someone come and arrest me!"

Those evil servants immediately surrounded them, but they saw Gao Jin's skill before, and no one dared to be the first to go up, mainly because they didn't have bows and crossbows in their hands, after all, they were only guards of domestic slaves, and they were not allowed to carry bows crossbow.

When they were thinking about getting up shoulder to shoulder, they heard noisy movements from the shore, and saw a large number of officers in official uniforms rushing to the scene, apparently it was here that the people in the government were alarmed.

Pingyanghou didn't panic at all, he said with a smile:
"This time you are dead!"

The Marquis of Pingyang looked at Gao Jin triumphantly, and then ordered someone to bring the boat to the shore. Once on the shore, he pointed to Gao Jin and said to the prefect of Fengyang who rushed over:

"Master Zhifu came at the right time. Ben Hou just caught some assassins. They killed people on my boat, and I asked Lord Zhifu to take them down!"

The magistrate was taken aback when he saw Gao Jin, and then saw Zhu Qi and Zhu Di who had just come ashore, his face turned pale, and he said quickly:
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding."

Marquis Pingyang frowned, not happy, and said:
"It's really not a misunderstanding. Someone died on my boat. Hurry up and get him!"

The magistrate hurriedly grabbed Pingyang Hou, frowned and said:

"Those two are His Royal Highness Liao Wang and Yan Wang, and they are His Royal Highness Liao Wang's guards!"

"King Liao? King Yan?"

Marquis Pingyang was taken aback for a moment, he really didn't know about King Liao and King Yan coming to Fengyang, he had been traveling around in the past few days, when he looked into the crowd, he saw Zhu Qi and Zhu Di.

Zhu Qi and Zhu Di had no impression of Marquis Pingyang, but Marquis Pingyang knew the two princes well, so they were taken aback at the time, knowing that they had offended the wrong person.

Gao Jin quickly led people back to stand behind Zhu Qi, and just as they were talking, the old man who had been rescued earlier rushed up to the second floor, trying to save his daughter, but there was only one way to go up. Looking at the bloody corpse, she only saw a hairpin tied around the neck of her daughter's corpse, and her clothes were messy. It was obvious that she would rather die than commit suicide.

The old man's eyes were red at that time, and he rushed downstairs to find Marquis Pingyang to fight for his life. At this time, the surrounding people were surrounded by people who got on and off the painting boat, and the surrounding people also went out to watch. Seeing this scene, everyone was filled with righteous indignation.

But the other party is Pingyanghou after all, and they have been domineering in Fengyang for many years, and they dare not speak out.

Before the old man rushed to Marquis Pingyang with red eyes, a servant beat the old man with a stick and knocked the old man to the ground. He looked like he was loyally protecting his master, and the servants wanted to beat him again when he heard Zhu Qi scolded and said:

"Stop it all! With so many people watching, you still dare to beat good people, do you really think that my Ming Dynasty has no kingly law!"

Pingyang Hou said with an aggrieved expression:

"His Royal Highness King Liao, he is not a good citizen, he was going to beat me just now."

Zhu Qi saw that Pingyanghou had killed a person, and he dared to tell the truth. His blood pressure went up at that time, and he stepped forward, raised his hand and slapped Pingyanghou in the face unceremoniously. .

It stands to reason that this Marquis of Pingyang is still Zhu Qi and Zhu Di's brother-in-law. Marquis of Pingyang never expected that Zhu Qi would do it directly, and the people around him applauded one after another:

"Good fight!"

"His Royal Highness King Liao decides for us!"

But before the common people shouted twice, the servants around Pingyang Hou glared at him viciously, and the common people immediately fell silent in fear, only the old man was dragged and sat on the ground crying out of breath Lower your breath.

The prefect of Fengyang saw that there were more and more people watching around, so he also hurriedly stood up and said:
"Master Hou, the two princes, there must be a misunderstanding in this matter, how about this, let's all go back first, let the official investigate carefully, and find out the ins and outs of the matter, shall we talk about it later?"

Zhu Qi chuckled and said:

"You, the magistrate, know how to make peace with each other. What misunderstanding is there? Both King Yan and I have seen it with our own eyes. This Marquis of Pingyang forced his son into prostitution, and even threw his father into the river. Now his daughter died on his boat. You can’t get involved with him, but you still let the Marquis of Pingyang go home? Are you trying to help the evildoers, and the common people will not succeed?”

Zhu Di also said viciously:
"That's right! How did you become a parent official? When I go back, I will tell my father and see how my father punishes you!"

When the prefect heard that his legs were weak, Pingyang Hou couldn't afford to offend him, but these two princes couldn't offend him even more. He hurriedly waved his hand and shouted to the others:

"First, take Pingyanghou first, and bring him back to the Yamen for interrogation!"

The guards responded, and were about to go forward to apprehend Pingyanghou, but Pingyanghou didn't panic, and took out an iron-colored tile-like thing from his arms.

There are rows of small characters mentioned above, but the top four words are clear——【Iron Coupon to Avoid Death】.

Those yamen servants were stunned immediately, and the magistrate also looked embarrassed, but Zhu Qi didn't care so much, and waved his hand and said:

"What are you doing in a daze? This is an iron certificate to avoid death, not an iron certificate to avoid crime. Take it back and wait for the king to interrogate!"

Only then did a group of people come to their senses, and they went forward to take away the bewildered Pingyanghou, and the magistrate hurriedly followed.

Instead, Zhu Di whispered in Zhu Qi's ear:

"Third brother, he has an iron coupon to avoid death, we... It seems that we really can't deal with him."

Zhu Qi also knew this truth, but Marquis Pingyang was obviously used to rampaging in the countryside, and he was also extremely arrogant just now. If he is not taken down, will the people of Fengyang lose their hearts?
With his hands behind his back, Zhu Qi said to Zhu Di:

"There are always more solutions than difficulties. Let's take a step and see."

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(Ask for a ticket!)

(End of this chapter)