Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 445 Report to the emperor, we caught Lao Leng!
The two tigers bid farewell to Lao Zhu and went straight to the place where Wang De was detained. After half a quarter of an hour, they got the confession, leaving only Wang De with a bruised nose and a swollen face, hiding in the dark room and crying.

When the two tigers returned to Lao Zhu's bedroom, Lao Zhu was already thinking about the list handed over by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Seeing Erhu approaching, Lao Zhu hurriedly waved to him.

"Look at the list, there are some strange characters!"

The two tigers were stunned when they learned of the assassin's request. The other party tried so hard to capture the emperor's grandson, but they just wanted to force the court to release the prisoner?

However, the imperial court has not recently arrested the White Lotus Sect on a large scale.

In the past two years, the imperial court has been too busy with the reform of the new law, so where is the time to talk to them?

Furthermore, the White Lotus Sect has been quiet for the past two years, and they haven't done anything excessive.

It's just that I occasionally heard that there was a White Lotus Fragrance Society in a certain place, which tricked the believers into donating money and things.

"My lord, haven't we arrested anyone recently?"

Old Zhu also wondered for a while when he heard the words, he had recently arrested some officials, but what did these officials have to do with the White Lotus Sect?

"Let's take a look first!"

"There are still criminals arrested by Jin Yiwei in recent months. You can also take a look to see if there are any suspicious characters."

"We feel that this is not an easy matter. Maybe we accidentally caught a very important person, otherwise the White Lotus Sect wouldn't jump over the wall in a hurry!"

Erhu nodded when he heard the words, and then took the list handed over by the Ministry of Punishment and checked it carefully.But after reading it again, he really didn't find any problems, so he could only pick up the list from Jin Yiwei and continue to check.

"My lord, I can't find anything on this list!"

"Even in the past month, there are hundreds of people. It is difficult to find out the problematic people from these hundreds of people..."

Lao Zhu also knew it was difficult, but he had to try to find it.If he can't find it, he can only release all of them according to the other party's request.

"Er Hu, if you release the hundreds of people who were arrested recently, are you sure that you Jin Yiwei will keep an eye on them all?"

When Erhu heard this, he immediately showed embarrassment.

"Disaster!"

"Very difficult!"

"It's not three or five people, it's more than 300 people. Even if each person sends ten people to watch, there will be 3000 people..."

"The actions of 3000 people will definitely be known by the assassins. When the time comes, His Highness will be killed. Even ten heads are not enough for a humble job!"

Old Zhu was much more pessimistic than the two tigers. When he learned that his grandson was kidnapped, he was already mentally prepared to send the white-haired man to the black-haired man.

"Actually, even if we do exactly what the other party wants, the other party may not let our grandson back!"

"If this matter involves the battle for the crown prince, our eldest grandson will be even worse this time!"

When Lao Zhu said this, a bright light suddenly shot out in his eyes.

"Look who is involved in this matter!"

"If our eldest grandson doesn't come back, everyone involved in this matter will be buried!"

"My lord, including King Qin?"

"It's not just Zhu Xi!"

"Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di, Zhu..."

"Anyone who has ever thought of fighting for storage will die!"

"hiss……"

Erhu gasped when he heard this, and secretly thought that the emperor was really angry this time!
But that's good too, only in this way can we deter those Xiao Xiaoxiao and return the emperor's grandson a fair one!
"Humble job understands!"

While the two were discussing the case, a young eunuch's voice came from outside the door.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Fourth Emperor is awake!"

"Take him..."

After Lao Zhu said this, he immediately stopped, hesitated a little and said to the outside.

"Forget it, don't scare the kid, let's go there in person!"

Zhu Yunxi woke up from the intoxication, drank a large pot of tea, and then felt more comfortable.

Later, when he heard the green luan bird crying hungry, he hurriedly found some dried fruit to feed it, and helped it comb its feathers by the way.

Until now, he didn't know that his third brother was missing, and he was even more involved.

"Flying Lao Leng in the blue sky, I am looking at Jinling from the mountain..."

Zhu Yunxi hummed subconsciously, but the body of Lao Zhu who rushed into it was shocked instantly.

"Old Leng!"

"Isn't that what our grandson said about Lao Leng?"

The two tigers suddenly realized when they heard the words.

"My lord, I remember from my humble position. In the early years, His Royal Highness was plotted against by Prince Qin's son. He once listened to a singer singing in a brothel, and this song was sung!"

Thinking of this, the two hurriedly opened the door and rushed in.

"Zhu Yunxi, what song did you sing just now, and who taught it?"

After Zhu Yunxi regained consciousness, he also regained his senses. When he saw Lao Zhu again, he subconsciously became nervous.

"Grandpa Emperor..."

"This is the grandson who heard the third brother humming occasionally, so he learned it..."

"Grandpa Huang, where is the third brother? Does the third brother still have no time to see me?"

Looking at Zhu Yunxi's clear eyes, Lao Zhu could easily tell that he wasn't lying. He probably didn't know, but happened to be drunk at King Qin's place.

"Your third brother was assassinated!"

"what?"

Zhu Yunxi was stunned on the spot when he heard this, and then ran out like a fly without a head, shouting third brother loudly.

Lao Zhu grabbed him, but Zhu Yunxi kicked and struggled.

"Go away!"

"Don't let anyone stop me, I want to see my third brother!"

"After your third brother was assassinated, he was kidnapped by the White Lotus Sect. You can't see him even if you go to his bedroom!"

Zhu Yunxi was dumbfounded when he heard these words, and then sat down on the ground and began to cry.

Old Zhu felt very distressed seeing Zhu Yunxi so sad, but he couldn't care so much at this time, so he could only ask hard-heartedly.

"Who told you to go to the Qin Palace to drink?"

"Why do you suddenly want to see your third brother? Who did you ask to pass the message to you?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Lao Zhu blankly, and asked weakly.

"Grandfather, do you doubt me?"

"no!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled when he heard the words.

"Grandpa Huang, it doesn't matter if you doubt me, my grandson won't be angry."

"I have been going to my second uncle's place often in recent months. The second uncle's place is close to the school, and he is used to me and never restricts me, so I go more frequently."

"A few days ago, Mr. Han was arrested by Jin Yiwei, saying that he leaked the secrets of the court. I wanted to ask the third brother to intercede, but I couldn't see the third brother. Today, I went to the second uncle's house to complain to the second uncle. , and let my second uncle enter the palace to intercede for me..."

"I can't remember what happened afterwards, I just remember drinking a lot of wine, and then...then I went back to the palace..."

"that's it?"

"that's it!"

"I really didn't harm the third brother. Even if the third brother had an accident, it would not be my turn to be the grandson of the emperor. Why should I bother?"

"I just want to ask the third brother to release Master Han and let Master Han continue to play with me..."

Hearing this, Lao Zhu frowned suddenly.

"Who is Master Han?"

Before Zhu Yunxi could reply, Erhu rushed to answer.

"Reporting to the emperor, Master Han's name is Han Qing. He was originally a tribute supervisor from Huizhou. Later, he became a teacher in the Hope Academy. He got very close to the fourth grandson and won the trust of the fourth grandson!"

"Some time ago, he was arrested for the fraud case in Huizhou. It is suspected that this person was suspected of tipping off. At the same time, more than a dozen officials from Huizhou were also arrested, and they were all detained in Jinyiwei."

"However, their crimes are not serious, at best they will be exiled..."

Seeing what Erhu said, Lao Zhu put Han Qing's doubts aside immediately.It stands to reason that it was just a charge of exile, so it shouldn't cause such a big commotion in the White Lotus Sect.

"We know!"

"Since our eldest grandson has spoken, let's sell our eldest grandson's favor and order someone to let him go!"

"promise!"

Zhu Yunxi thanked him when he heard the words.

"Grandpa Xie Huang, it's just that grandson is not in the mood to play now, so let him be locked up inside."

"Whenever my third brother comes back, he can be released at any time."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Zhu Yunxi's little head in relief when he heard the words.

"Good boy, your third brother really didn't love you for nothing!"

"Erhu, did you hear that, this person will continue to be locked up, and we will let him out when our eldest grandson comes back!"

"promise!"

Lao Zhu asked Zhu Yunxi a few more questions, and seeing that the child really didn't know anything, he told him to go to sleep quickly, then led the two tigers back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and continued to remotely control the troops of Jinyiwei and Jingying. The Gyeonggi area is under regional blockade.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night, not only Lao Zhu's sleepless night, but also many people's sleepless night.

When the Beijing camp was frequently mobilized, the entire capital was alarmed.Both officials and ordinary people looked out of the window and at the army running on the street with curiosity.

A weather-beaten old couple, who had seen strong winds and waves, was also awakened by the movement on the street, lying in the crack of the door to watch the excitement.

"What's the matter?"

"When I fought with Chen Youliang back then, it was the end of this battle..."

"God knows!"

"Could it be that the old emperor died?"

"Shh!"

"You old man don't want to die, why dare to say anything!"

"Hey, we're just chatting at home, and we're afraid of someone telling the truth!"

In fact, many people think this way. After all, the old emperor is old, and he may die at any time.

After a tense night, when many people went to court, they subconsciously hid a white cloth strip in their sleeves, so that they could cry for the old emperor at any time.

However, when they arrived at the palace, they found that everything in the palace was normal.

It's just that the old emperor seemed to have some problems, so he hurried out to have a face-to-face, and then announced the cancellation of the morning court, and just let everyone hand in the paperwork if they have something to do.

If it wasn't for the fear that outsiders would really think he was dead, Lao Zhu wouldn't even want to reveal this side.

After Lao Zhu finished the morning court, he sat in the Hall of Mental Cultivation again, listening to the progress of the tracking at any time.

Erhu also found the eyewitness from that year, drew a portrait of the singing girl, and distributed it to all the officers and soldiers guarding the intersection and waterway, telling them to keep an eye on this person.

The Ministry of Punishment also tentatively released a group of people, all of whom had families and mouths, and it seemed that there were no fake household registrations.

As for bachelors, prisoners without relatives, and prisoners with questionable household registration, not only did Old Zhu not release any of them, but he also ordered people to post notices everywhere, saying that they would be executed in three days, how many prisoners would be executed every day, and so on.

Although Lao Zhu was very worried about his grandson's safety, he would never be led by the nose.

Even if it's saving people, you have to take the absolute initiative!

Killing is his method!
Sure enough, as soon as this announcement came out, the opposite party couldn't sit still anymore, and sent another letter through the little beggar, plus a palm.

"Zhu Tuhu, if you dare not to follow suit, next time you will be the dog's head of your grandson!"

Lao Zhu read between the lines and laughed angrily.

"Tomorrow we will kill a batch and see who can consume more!"

Hearing the words, the two tigers hurriedly persuaded them.

"My lord, will this irritate the other party?"

"If the other party does something that is not good for the emperor's grandson, then we will regret it..."

Lao Zhu shook his head confidently.

"will not!"

"At present, we can be sure that the person who organized this incident is a woman, and it should be the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus that is rumored in the market."

"Women are always indecisive, the stronger you are, the more hesitant she will be!"

"And we have basically guessed who she wants to save."

"The only one in the world who can make the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus care so much is Han Lin'er's son, the new Xiaoming King."

"It's just that we never imagined that this new Little King Ming was actually captured by us?"

"What do you think he will be, an official, a merchant, or a member of the Imperial College?"

The two tigers shook their heads when they heard the words.

"The humble job can't guess..."

"However, the other party can know the content of the list so quickly, and send someone to send the letter back, it should not be far from us, and he hasn't left the capital yet!"

"The humble job has ordered people to fill the capital with flying balls, and search for all suspicious situations down the river."

"As long as the opponent makes another move, I will definitely capture him!"

Old Zhu snorted coldly when he heard this, and showed a smirk.

"Since the witch is still in the capital, things will be easy."

"In a while, a bulletin will be posted outside the Fusi Gate of Beizhen, stating that ten key criminals will be executed at noon tomorrow, and the list will be announced!"

"This……"

Erhu hesitated for a while when he heard the words, but when he thought of what Lao Zhu said just now, he could only bite the bullet and agree.

"promise!"

When Erhu was in a hurry to deal with this matter, Lao Zhu received a few more people.

"My lord, this is an apology from Wei Guogong Xu Huizu!"

Lao Zhu opened it and saw tens of thousands of characters densely written on it, and felt a pain in his head.

"You read it to us!"

Qin Deshun said in embarrassment when he heard the words.

"My lord, this servant can't read many words, so don't mind if you mispronounce!"

Old Zhu shook his head indifferently when he heard the words.

"It's probably not a big deal, it's just some chatter."

Qin Deshun opened the memorial and saw that it was full of words.

Ancestor Xu Hui admitted his mistake and felt that he was incapable of teaching, which made the third sister into a catastrophe.Then he stated that his father died early, and their brothers and sisters were favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and this is how they have their current status.

This is a typical play of family cards, hoping to get forgiveness from Lao Zhu.

Then there is a series of presenting facts and reasoning, stating that they are deeply favored by the emperor and will definitely not do things that will harm Daming's interests.

In a word, their Xu family is loyal, and they can abandon Xu Miaojin to preserve their own status when necessary.

Lao Zhu fell asleep without waiting for Qin Deshun to finish reading. Seeing this, Qin Deshun quickly lowered his voice until he heard Lao Zhu's snoring, and then closed his mouth completely.

Although Xu Huizu's confession is not very nutritious, but at least it has a hypnotic effect, so it can be regarded as a crime?
However, if the grandson of the emperor does not come back this time, their Xu family must also be buried with him!

On the screen wall outside Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, a new bulletin was posted again.

After the two tigers posted the announcement, they ordered people to watch the whole process, closely watching everyone who passed by.

Anyone who looks at the list will be taken care of by the surveillance personnel on the ground and in the air.

As the evening approached, a little beggar sneaked over, glanced quickly at the announcement, and then hurriedly bowed his head and left.

When he passed by a tea stand, he shook his head at the old woman who was lighting a fire at the door of the tea stand, and disappeared along the street along the crowd.

After Han Yushang got the information from the little beggar, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She never expected that Butcher Zhu would be so difficult to deal with. She even kidnapped his grandson, who is still the grandson of the current emperor. The old butcher was not in a hurry, and instead threatened to kill him!

Fortunately, there was no uncle on the beheading list this time, otherwise she would have to be blamed for death!

Just as she was thinking about how to further persecute Butcher Zhu, she suddenly discovered that an unexpected visitor had come to the tea stand.

Erhu followed the path of the little beggar and came to the tea stall just because he was thirsty, so he came in casually to ask for tea.

However, Han Yushang knew him as the leader of Jinyiwei, and when he saw him suddenly sitting on his tea stand, he was so frightened that he couldn't breathe.

Did you expose yourself?
No way?
I didn't take the initiative to contact anyone...

While Han Yushang was thinking wildly, Erhu shouted impatiently.

"Is everyone dead? Didn't you see that our throat is about to smoke!"

Han Yushang hurriedly stepped forward to inquire after hearing the words.

"May I ask the guest officer what would you like to drink?"

"What can you have in this broken shop?"

"Just have some tea soup to quench your thirst!"

After saying that, Erhu threw down a copper coin, and then unbuttoned his collar, revealing his dark chest hair, showing his inner irritability.

Seeing this, Han Yushang hurriedly agreed, and then poured tea on the stove.

However, when she handed Erhu a bowl of tea soup to Erhu's table, she suddenly saw Erhu looking towards her.

Han Yushang suddenly encountered such an accident, and his body shook subconsciously, wondering if the other party could see something?
Erhu stared at the old woman in front of him for a while, then pretended to be nonchalant and went to serve tea, but just as he brought the tea to his mouth and was about to drink it, he suddenly threw the whole bowl of tea soup onto the vending machine. On the old tea woman.

At the same time, one of his big hands quickly stretched out, grabbed the old woman's wrist, and held her tightly.

Han Yushang was stunned when he saw this. He wanted to resist but was afraid of being exposed, so he could only suppress the panic in his heart and asked tentatively.

"My lord, why are you grabbing the old woman's hand?"

"Auntie, your little hands are very delicate!"

"Although the color on the hand looks very old, even spots, but it is slippery in the hand, it does not look like a 70-[-]-year-old woman at all!"

When Han Yushang heard this, his heart skipped a beat, but he still pretended to be nonchalant on the surface.

"The official is joking, maybe it's because my family sells tea all the year round?"

"is it?"

"yes……"

When Han Yushang said this, he suddenly exerted strength in his hand, broke away from Erhu's iron tongs, and then raised his legs to run towards the street.

However, before she lifted her leg, she felt a pain in the back of her head, as if the back of her head had been hit by a big hammer.At the same time, her body also collapsed to the ground.

With one blow, Erhu knocked the old tea seller unconscious, then took out a copper whistle from his sleeve, and blew a few times into the street.

Not long after, more than a dozen Jinyiwei came from the streets and alleys.

"What is Master Tiger's order?"

"Tie this girl up, even if she's not Bailian's accomplice, there must be something wrong with her, take her back and interrogate her in detail!"

"promise!"

Several Jin Yiwei were about to lift up the old woman on the ground when they suddenly saw a layer of skin bulging on her face.

"Master Tiger, there is something wrong with this woman's face!"

"Oh?"

Hearing the words, Erhu hurriedly knelt down and looked over, and he really saw that the shriveled skin on the old woman's face was swollen, and it even fell off a little near the base of the ears.

"Human skin mask?"

"This thing is a rare commodity. We have been in Jinyiwei for so many years, and we have only heard of it but never seen it!"

As Erhu said, he carefully peeled off the human skin on the old woman's face.

When the human skin mask was removed, revealing a white and tender woman's face, Er Hu was stunned.

"is her!"

"Master Tiger, who is this person?"

The two tigers scolded angrily when they heard the words.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and call someone!"

"This woman is very important, it is related to the safety of the emperor's grandson!"

A group of Jin Yiwei didn't dare to be negligent when they heard this, and hurried to send a signal to call other people nearby.

Sure enough, before their reinforcements arrived, a group of mysterious people emerged from the streets and alleys, firing bows and crossbows at them without saying a word.

Seeing this, Erhu hurriedly dragged the prisoner into the tea stall. While covering himself and the woman with the table, he blew the whistle in his mouth vigorously and made a beeping sound for help.

The movement on their side disturbed the flying ball in the sky, and Jin Yiwei on the flying ball hurriedly sent a signal to Beizhen Fusi, and attracted more flying balls to help.

Under the joint attack from heaven and earth, all the assassins near the tea stand were killed.

After Erhu was sure it was safe, he carried the tea girl on his shoulders and got into the carriage.

"Hurry up and tell the emperor that we have caught Lao Leng!"

(End of this chapter)