Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1387: Capture
In the lobby of the imperial prison.

After chatting for a while, Zhu Zhen got to the point and said, "Tell me, what stage has the case reached?"

"Your Highness, the interrogation of the servants who were captured last time has been completed, and the confessions obtained are sufficient to convict those dukes and marquises!" Wu Yong suddenly became alert at this time.

"What are you waiting for? Go arrest someone!" Zhu Zhen picked up the stick tube on the table, dumped all the sticks on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone in the Criminal Court, take a stick and go get the ticket to arrest someone. Jinyiwei cooperate!"

"Yes!" Seeing that he acted decisively and clearly distinguished between the primary and the secondary, the officials of the Criminal Court cheered up and were no longer so resistant to the airborne Sixth Prince.

"Yes!" The Jinyiwei were also happy to avoid this kind of limelight.

At this time, Wu Yong asked, "Your Majesty, should we arrest Li Taishi?"

"No." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "He is the first of the founding heroes, Xiao He of my father. It will not look good to arrest him. We have to let him turn himself in."

"I understand. Arrest all his family members except him!" Wu Yong said murderously.

"Haha." Zhu Zhen couldn't help but laugh. He looked Wu Yong up and down and said, "You are really a talented person. But please don't go to my eldest sister's house to arrest people."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I know the seriousness of this matter." Wu Yong said respectfully.

"Well, go ahead." Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said, "Bring him back while it's still dark. Don't wait until dawn and let the court laugh at you."

"Understood!" All the civil and military officials responded in unison and left. They immediately assembled their troops and took action overnight!
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Late at night, the city of Nanjing is still bustling with singing and dancing, with bright lights and wine on the banks of the Qinhuai River, the sound of stringed instruments on the Qinhuai River, and a bustling night market in front of the Confucius Temple.

This place has not experienced war for thirty years, and has naturally regained its prosperous scene of the Six Dynasties.

At this moment, a burst of frying beans-like sounds were heard. It was the sound of many pairs of leather boots with iron nails stepping on the bluestone road.

People who were out for a night stroll all moved to the side of the road, curiously watching the teams of fully armed Jinyiwei heading to the princes' mansions on both sides of the Qinhuai River!

"Who are they arresting again?" The young masters and ladies also poked their heads out from the riverside houses and pleasure boats, discussing curiously.

"Didn't they just arrest a group of people a few days ago?"

"Alas, another big prison is about to be set up." A young man in luxurious clothes sighed.

"Mr. Feng, is there any inside story?" asked the guest and the lady historian who were traveling with him.

"I don't know." Master Feng shook his head and said, "I guess the people they are going to arrest are not civil servants. My father said that their case has been exposed. It can't be exposed again in two days, right?"

After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "If my guess is correct, the unlucky ones this time should be those marquises."

"Ah, no way?" The ladies were incredulous. In their eyes, every one of those high-ranking dukes was an insignificant figure. No matter what outrageous things they did, they would not be held accountable.

"Why not? A few days ago, the Marquis of Ji'an Mansion, the Marquis of Pingliang Mansion, and many other Marquis' Mansions were raided by the Imperial Guards, and many of their servants were taken away." Master Feng sneered, "What's the point of arresting servants? It's nothing more than getting evidence of the Marquis' crimes from their mouths..."

At the end of the conversation, he realized that he had said something wrong, so he patted the lady beside him and said, "Stop guessing. Pour some wine and drink. You'll know everything tomorrow morning!"

"Okay." The lady smiled sweetly, and then began to pour wine for the guests one by one. The sound of stringed instruments could be heard again on the pleasure boat.

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The flickering torches illuminated the large stone lions in front of the Marquis Ji'an's mansion, making their faces look hideous.

"Open the door, open the door!" The Jinyiwei smashed the tightly closed door.

"Who is it? In the middle of the night!" A timid voice quickly questioned from inside: "Can't you come back tomorrow morning?" "Hurry up and open the door! The Royal Guards are here on a mission!" The banging on the door got louder. "If you don't open it, I'll bang on the door!"

There was silence inside the door for a while, and then it slowly opened a crack.

The Jinyiwei suddenly pushed open the door of the mansion and rushed in one after another.

"Haven't you been here before?" The new doorman who had just taken over, obviously not familiar with the business, asked nervously. As for his predecessor, he had been taken away by the Jinyiwei a few days ago.

"We are here to arrest your master today!" The leading Jinyiwei Qianhu said coldly, then waved his hand and said, "Go to the backyard!"

Because the servants of the Marquis of Ji'an's Mansion had all been arrested before, the Jinyiwei encountered almost no obstruction and easily rushed into the backyard.

Only then did he see Lu Zhongheng's five sons, all wearing armor and holding swords, standing outside the main door with angry eyes.

Lu Zhongheng's eldest son, Lu Xian, swung his sword and said, "Stop! The Marquis of Ji'an's Mansion is not a place you can trespass into!"

"The prince has ordered the arrest of the Hu party suspect, Ji'an Marquis Lu Zhongheng!" The Jinyiwei Qianhu showed his ticket and said, "Please move aside to avoid any mistakes."

"You are not qualified to arrest my father!" Lu Xian sneered, acting quite tough... because he was also a prince consort, married to Boss Zhu's fifth daughter, Princess Runing. I don't think these Jinyiwei dare to do anything to him.

"Then don't blame us for being violent," the captain was so angry that he was not afraid of him at all. He raised his hand and shouted, "Anyone who resists arrest will be killed without mercy!"

The Jinyiwei outside immediately took out the crossbows hidden under their cloaks.

"You dare?!" Lu Xian and his brothers raised their swords, their eyes bloodshot.

The two sides were on the verge of a conflict.

At this moment, the bedroom door opened. Everyone saw Ji'an Marquis Lu Zhongheng, wearing a bright red dragon robe embroidered with gold, slowly walking out. He asked the captain, "You just said that you were following the orders of the prince, which prince was it?"

"King Chuhaidian!" Qianhu raised his head and proudly reported this name that made him feel safe.

"Bring me the ticket." Lawrence Lu held out his hand.

The captain hesitated for a moment, but still raised the ticket with both hands and handed it to Lu Zhongheng. He also made a gesture of retreating at any time to prevent him from suddenly destroying the ticket.

Lu Zhongheng was a marquis, but he was not so mean. He glanced at Zhu Zhen's signature on the ticket and then looked away. He said to everyone:
"Put away your weapons, I will go with you."

The second half of the sentence was obviously addressed to the Jinyiwei.

"Father!" Lu Xian and the others were surprised. They were very surprised. Just now, Dad said that he would never go to the Imperial Prison and would die at home. Why did he suddenly change his mind?
"Because the Sixth Prince is a reasonable man." Then he heard Lu Zhongheng say lightly: "He will deal with us fairly."

Then he told Lu Xian and others, "Guard the gates well and don't act rashly. Everything will be resolved in due time."

After saying this, he took the initiative to get on the prison cart brought by the Jinyiwei.

The Jinyiwei were all dumbfounded. Everyone knew that the Marquis of Ji'an was notoriously rude. The last time they came to the Marquis of Ji'an's mansion to arrest servants, they did so when he was not at home. How could he suddenly become so obedient?

Could it be that the prince’s name has magical powers?

(End of this chapter)