Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1389 Boss Zhu is watching you
The imperial prison, the torture room.

After hearing the exact date reported by Zhu Zhen, Lu Zhongheng was confused at first, then his pupils shrank sharply, and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Remember, I don't remember clearly..." he stammered.

"It doesn't matter if you can't remember it. I will help you recall it." Zhu Zhen smiled faintly, picked up another file from the table, turned to the marked page, and said as he read it:
"It was at Prime Minister Hu's residence. There were Hu Weiyong, Li Cunyi, and the seven of you, the marquises, nine people in total. Hu Weiyong offered you Laba porridge, but no wine. Is that right?"

Lawrence Lu’s voice trembled: “Yes, is that so?”

"Still can't remember? Then continue." Zhu Zhen continued:
"During the banquet, Hu Weiyong was the first to cry, and then Li Cunyi also cried. Although the seven of you did not cry, you also sighed and complained, blaming the emperor for being cold and heartless."

“Isn’t it because Mr. Hu just died, so I said a few words to suit the situation?” Lawrence Lu whispered.

"Humph." Zhu Zhen sneered and continued to read: "After drinking a bowl of porridge, Hu Weiyong said: 'I am ready to rebel.'" He glanced at Lu Zhongheng and asked: "How did you answer?"

Lawrence Lu was already sweating profusely, and he wanted to delete this memory. But things went against his wishes, and the more he didn't want to recall it, the more clearly he would remember it.

But he still didn't dare to answer, otherwise how could he deny it later?
"Don't be nervous." Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "Actually, your initial reaction was okay. You said, 'Haha, Hu Xiang, I'm hard of hearing and didn't hear clearly. So you said you would prepare breakfast for us?'"

"Quite quick-witted." Zhu Zhen couldn't help laughing, and the clerk beside him also smiled secretly.

"I just wanted to interrupt." Lu Zhongheng wiped his sweat and smiled. In his heart, he secretly shouted, it's over! Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhen knew every word as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"But you can't stand his tricks." Zhu Zhen shook his head and sighed. He summarized as he browsed: "Hu Weiyong used the fact that your military power was taken away to poke at your sore spots, saying something..."

"Originally, if you had obediently handed over your military power and iron certificates, you might have been able to become a wealthy man." He continued:

"But now, you have severely slapped the emperor in the face and made a mortal enemy with the fourth brother. If you are completely powerless, do you still want to have a good end?"

Zhu Zhen read again: "At this time, you said loudly: 'No! Haven't you seen that the emperor's family is vindictive and vindictive, and no one except the prince can tolerate others. Then you will be tortured to death.'"

"This, this..." Lu Zhongheng was sweating profusely, dumbfounded, and unable to utter a complete sentence.

"Then Hu Weiyong said: 'Now you will die if you advance or retreat. You'd better fight with me - even if you die, you must bite off a piece of their flesh!'"

"Li Cunyi said: 'That's right, if you die, the birds will fly to the sky. If you don't die, you will be rich and powerful, and you won't have to suffer from anyone's bullying anymore!'"

"Wu Liang also echoed, 'Back then, we were desperate and dared to rebel! Now that we are desperate again, the worst that can happen is that we will do it again!'" "Then Fei Ju slammed the table and said, 'What a coward!' You said, 'Fuck him!'"

After Zhu Zhen finished reading, he threw the file on the table, looked at Lawrence Lu coldly, and said, "Why don't you tell me clearly, who the hell do you want to kill?"

Lu Zhongheng fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly.

"I remember clearly what you planned afterwards, time and time again. Do I need to read it again?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice.

“No need.” Lawrence Lu shook his head and took a deep breath. “Since you have such detailed records, what else can I say? But I am confused. If that is the case, why do you have to take off your pants and fart, and arrest my family members for interrogation again?”

"Because these are confidential documents, the people in the Criminal Court cannot see them." Zhu Zhen replied, "In fact, I just found out about it. When the Hu Weiyong case was being tried, all these confessions were asked out. But the emperor thought that you are all his brothers and in-laws, so he didn't get angry and just locked it in the cabinet."

Zhu Zhen said, and asked someone to show Lu Zhongheng a memorial, saying: "This is what I found in the archives. You can tell whether what I said is true or false by looking at it.

The clerk handed the memorial to Lu Zhongheng. Lu Zhongheng took a look and found that it was a memorial from the Ministry of Justice in the 13th year of Hongwu, "Petitioning the Execution of Shanchang, Zhongheng, and Others". On it was Zhu Laoshi's red comment: "These are all my trusted and loyal people when I first started. I cannot bear to punish them. Please do not ask."

"To the top..." Lawrence Lu finally couldn't hold back his tears and started to cry. "Wow, I'm sorry for you."

"On the first day of the first lunar month in the fourteenth year of Zhizheng, my father was ostracized by Guo Tianxu and left Haozhou for Dingyuan. He only brought 24 brothers with him, including Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Tang Shengzong, Fei Ju and you..." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice: "You can imagine your position in my father's heart. He couldn't bear to blame you!"

"But he has been waiting for you to confess, but he has waited for seven years and no one has come!" Zhu Zhen emphasized, "In fact, until Feng Ji was arrested and the Hu Weiyong case was brought up, the emperor had not yet made up his mind to kill you, so he only arrested your family members and servants, thinking that you would finally turn yourself in, right?"

"What a result! Instead of turning yourself in, you have someone submit a petition to implicate my fourth brother, in an attempt to coerce father into letting you go!" Zhu Zhen slammed the table and said, "You are so arrogant and stupid. Which emperor can tolerate such ungrateful people like you? That's why I dug out the files that have been sealed for years! Do you understand?!"

"I understand." Lawrence Lu nodded vigorously, crying like a tearful man, "We are not human, we have brought this upon ourselves, we have failed the kindness of our superiors..."

"In fact, I have often thought about turning myself in. I have been trembling with fear and fear every day for the past seven years. What kind of life have I been living?" He pointed at his face and said, "I used to have a square face with a lot of fat on it, but now it has become a pointed face. Why is it like this? I can't eat or sleep..."

"I have made up my mind several times, but was persuaded by the Grand Tutor and Lao Fei. They said that I have been fine for so many years and should not be exposed. Why should I destroy myself?" Lu Zhongheng cried, "I have been lucky until now. Now I know that they are just being clever..."

As he said this, he revealed, "It was also Li Taishi's idea to ask someone to bring the Prince of Yan into this petition. What a stupid move!!"

"Alright, stop talking about others!" Zhu Zhen shouted, "Talk about your own problem! Since you have confessed, how do you want the court to punish you?"

(End of this chapter)