King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 56 Decision
Outside the palace, there was a gentle breeze, blowing the hem of the students' clothes.

Nearly more than an hour passed, and Jin Yiwei still showed no sign of taking action, which made the people who were worried at first emboldened again.

Not only that, after seeing the prince thundering and raining, more students gathered, and the number of students has already reached 300.

The so-called law does not blame the public, if today's incident can be unscathed, they will reap the reputation of scholars, and the road to officialdom will be smoother in the future.

Of course, it's too early to say that they will become officials. After all, they haven't taken the township examination, and they haven't even had the status of a candidate, but this doesn't stop them from looking forward to the future.

Just as everyone was enjoying the good life, the sound of horseshoes came again, and there were quite a few of them.

Who is here again?
Everyone looked around, only to see dozens of cavalry approaching, followed by hundreds of sergeants.

People with sharp eyes have identified the identity of the person through the banner, so they pass the news to the people around them.

"It's from Xiaolingwei..."

The guards of Xiaoling are only responsible for guarding the tomb, and even the capital of Jinling has no right to transfer them. Why did these people come into the city?

Not only the opticians were puzzled, but also the Jin Yiwei present, guessing why these people came to join in the fun.

While everyone was suspicious, Liu Yanqing had already arrived at the gate of the palace with his troops, only to hear him scolding in a stern tone: "The spirit of the Taizu is by your side, you are making a noise for no reason, already disturbing the mausoleum, why don't you retreat quickly?"

Hearing this, Jin Yiwei's Deputy Qianhu looked happy.

Disturbing the mausoleum of the great grandfather is really a good crime for arresting people, now he doesn't have to bother making up the crime.

"Retreat quickly!" Liu Yanqing's voice became louder and louder.

Behind him, more than 200 soldiers all roared.

"Go back!"

"Go back!"

"Go back!"

The killing spirit of the army made the students feel hopeless again.

But if he ran away after being scolded, wouldn't the previous efforts be in vain?
Only one of them shouted: "Grandfather hates corrupt officials, we are volunteering for the people, how can the spirit of Grandfather in heaven blame us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang hates corrupt officials to the extent that he said that no one can be ranked second, and no one can deny this.

According to this logic, Zhu Yuanzhang really wouldn't blame the students for pleading for the people.

Liu Yanqing didn't think about these things, he came with a mission, and he would do it if these students didn't leave.

"Deputy Zhou's thousand households disturbed the mausoleum of the Great Ancestor, why don't you arrest these people?"

The reason is so legitimate, Deputy Zhou Qianhu also came with a mission. If these people don't leave, he must arrest them, and the deadline is no later than noon.

And right now, the sun is at its highest.

Gearing up, Deputy Zhou Qianhu said loudly, "Brothers!"

"Have!"

"Take people!"

"Yes!"

The captains of Jinyiwei stood there for a long time, their hearts were already unhappy, at this moment Deling rushed forward with sticks in hand without any hesitation.

They didn't care about the nobleness of the scholars, they kept greeting and hit them with their hands, and the crying and shouting came directly from the scene.

"Brothers, help arrest people!" Liu Yanqing followed suit.

When everyone was busy, Liu Yanqing jumped off his horse, he had to go to the palace immediately to meet the prince.

Liu Yanqing will really feel at ease only when the crown prince decides the nature of this matter.

Compared with the recitation of the scriptures just now, the students' cries were undoubtedly louder, and Zhu Jingyuan heard it in the dormitory.

"Go and see what happened!"

After giving the order for a while, an eunuch quickly returned and told him the situation outside.

For this result, Zhu Jingyuan was already mentally prepared, so he appeared relatively calm.

"Reporting to the crown prince, Liu Yanqing, commander of the Xiaoling Guard, asks to see you!"

Pacing back and forth, Zhu Jingyuan only hoped that Zhu Jinghong would come back soon, but he didn't know that he had been tricked.

That's right, the instigator, Zhu Jinghong, doesn't plan to show up at this moment, everything will be dominated by the prince.

The prince took the benefits, and of course the prince would recite the infamy, so he was destined not to wait for Zhu Jinghong.

"Go and invite Thirteenth Brother!" Zhu Jingyuan looked anxious.

At this moment, several Donggong scholars entered the hall, and the eunuchs couldn't stop them even if they wanted to.

"The crown prince, Jin Yiwei and Xiaolingwei are arresting students, what should we do?"

"Although the students have made mistakes, they still have a public heart after all. The prince must not abandon it!"

"I also ask the prince to make a quick decision to smooth the chaos!"

What the scholars said inside and outside the words, is to ask not to use force, which conflicts with Zhu Jingyuan's established strategy.

But seeing the sincerity of the crowd, Zhu Jingyuan couldn't refute it harshly, so he could only reason: "It was the people of Xiaoling Guard who said that the gathering of students disturbed the mausoleum of Taizu!"

"If this is the case, it is a crime of treason, and it must be arrested and severely punished!"

Without waiting for everyone to refute, Zhu Jingyuan continued: "The commander of Xiaolingwei is outside the hall, why not send him to the hall to ask, if the situation is true, there is nothing wrong with arresting him!"

"If there's something hidden in it, it won't be too late to let people go!"

These words were well-founded and the scholars could not refute, so they had no choice but to invite Liu Yanqing to the hall.

Wearing armor, Liu Yanqing quickly entered the hall, and then knelt down in front of Zhu Jingyuan.

"Chen Xiaolingwei Commander Liu Yanqing, please greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Walking in front of Liu Yanqing, Zhu Jingyuan asked with a serious expression, "What's going on?"

"Back to the crown prince, just now the thirteenth master paid homage to the mausoleum of the Taizu, and the holy voice of the Taizu suddenly came from the hall..."

Isn't it playing with fire?Why did it come out that the holy voice of Taizu came?Zhu Jingyuan was a little surprised.

But he was still not confused, and immediately asked: "Taizu Shengyin?"

"Exactly!"

"What did the great grandfather say?"

Meeting the questioning eyes of all the bachelors, Liu Yanqing answered bravely: "Grandfather said...it's too noisy outside!"

"So you ordered people to arrest the students?" Zhu Jingyuan asked coldly.

Being involved in these bad things, if you don't have any brains, you will only be played to death. Liu Yanqing's mind is running fast at the moment.

"Reporting to the crown prince, it is a crime of treason to disturb the mausoleum. If I guard the mausoleum full-time, how can I not arrest these people who disturb the mausoleum!"

The two of them cooperated with each other, and the logical closed loop was seamless, and the few bachelors couldn't get in the conversation at all.

"Everyone, what do you think?"

Asked by Zhu Jingyuan, several bachelors wanted to say something, but finally held back.

Such a serious crime as disturbing the mausoleum is actually committed by the Yi tribe, and it is too risky to speak for these people.

"This is a big matter, please make a decision for the prince!"

"The prince please decide!"

This is a major event, please make your own decision... Hearing these words, Zhu Jingyuan was both happy and terrified.

Soon he calmed down, frowned and said after thinking: "Liu Yanqing..."

"The minister is..."

"First apprehend the person involved, and then order Jin Yiwei to interrogate the mastermind behind the scenes!"

"Yes!"

After Liu Yanqing left, Zhu Jingyuan said to several bachelors: "I'm sorry to bother you, I will write up a memorial for today's events, and send it to the capital as soon as possible for His Majesty's review!"

"Yes!"

After several scholars left, Zhu Jingyuan sat alone in the hall.

He has made many decisions in the past, but they have never been as exciting as today, which made him taste the sweetness of "power".

Zhu Jingyuan is really fascinated by the feeling of turning black and white and manipulating yin and yang, which is impossible to feel by following the rules.

But the so-called country is easy to change, but nature is hard to change.

After the pleasure disappeared, Zhu Jingyuan was shrouded in panic again, just because today's events were too outrageous.

He was very worried about the sudden change in the court's apoplexy, and he was even more worried that the emperor's father would see through his tricks, and he would die in an ugly way.

(End of this chapter)