Ming Dynasty: He was ordered to give lectures in prison, but Lao Zhu eavesdropped and made people nu

Chapter 173 Find out the real murderer behind the scenes
"You said that Liu Daxun, who has no interaction with Mr. Lin, took the initiative to help Zhu Tianliang and others find a killer and assassinate Mr. Lin?"

"Could it be that this Liu Daxun is also taking the blame for others?"

"Even if he is resentful towards me, there is no need to come out and assassinate Mr. Lin!"

"No matter how you put it, it doesn't make sense."

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard with his hand, looked up at the roof, and kept thinking in his mind.

Seeing this scene, Mao Xiang took out a secret letter from his arms and raised his hands above his head!
"His Majesty!"

"This contains the confessions of Zhu Tianliang and others, as well as the basic situation of Liu Daxun!"

"Please, Your Majesty, take a look!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang received the secret letter, Mao Xiang continued:

"Your Majesty, Liu Daxun, the man behind the assassination, does not rule out the possibility of helping others to take the blame. However, judging from the investigation, it is more like venting dissatisfaction with Your Majesty."

"I will investigate this clue."

"It was not found that Liu Daxun was instigated by anyone, and this is also the case according to his own confession."

"This guy is quite tough. Under torture, he always said the same thing."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, but opened the secret letter and read it.

Yangzhou Liu family.

A famous family in Yangzhou City.

This family has been very famous in the local area since they moved here during the Song Dynasty.

Members of the family held high positions in the Song Dynasty and the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, and they can be said to be the largest family in Yangzhou.

Although Liu Jian, the general magistrate of Yangzhou, was killed, the Liu family still had thousands of acres of land in Yangzhou, and there were thousands of tenants alone.

It is still a big business in Yangzhou.

"It turns out to be the remnants of the Yangzhou fraud case!"

"Still a squire and landlord in Yangzhou"

Zhu Yuanzhang was suddenly enlightened when he heard this.

"Previously, because the imperial court adopted Lin Che's strategy and adopted the 'gentlemen and gentry pay the same grain' policy to officials and gentry, they confiscated the fertile land purchased by the officials and gentry at low prices."

"It seems that these policies are quite effective. Otherwise, how could these gentry have such great resentment?"

"It seems like this Liu Daxun has a motive."

"It's just that I'm the one implementing the New Deal. If you want to express your grievances, you should point them at us!"

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang say this, Mao Xiang quickly leaned over and kowtowed:
"His Majesty!"

"Everyone in the world praised the New Deal, but these traitors were unwilling to do so, so they did so."

"The reason why these gentry and nobles hold hatred is because their own interests have been harmed."

"The gentry used to enjoy their benefits at home, but were suddenly deprived of all their benefits by His Majesty's new policy, so they were unwilling to accept it."

"Your Majesty, please enlighten me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the secret letter, looked at Mao Xiang lying on the ground, thoughtfully, and then asked:

"Mao Xiang, did you find out who leaked Mr. Lin's existence?"

"Haha, Mr. Lin has been in jail, but the ideas he gave us, and I can only count those few ministers, who revealed it, thinking of revenge on Mr. Lin."

"In order to kill Mr. Lin, he actually made such a big noise in Yingtian Mansion!"

"To assassinate him openly on our Meridian Street, in front of the crown prince, how courageous he is!"

"It seems that we have killed less people. Some people are itchy and want to take action!"

After hearing this, Mao Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground, was shaken, and cold sweat poured down like rain.

He lay on the ground and said carefully:
"Subordinates deserve ten thousand deaths!"

"My subordinates tortured and interrogated the relevant criminals, but they were unable to find out who leaked the information."

"My subordinates are not doing things well, and if they cannot relieve His Majesty's worries, I will die!"

As he spoke, Mao Xiang secretly wiped the cold sweat from his face and continued:
"The inspector used all the torture instruments in the prison, but Liu Daxun insisted that everything was done by himself and no one instigated it."

"As for the news about Mr. Lin, according to Zhu Tianliang's confession, every once in a while, someone would stuff letters into the gate of his mansion."

"In addition to asking Zhu Tianliang, my subordinates also asked several other lords' sons, and they all said the same thing." "These were revealed by my subordinates after being tortured. They should not be lies."

"This...the clue ends here."

talking.

Mao Xiang reached into his arms again and took out a letter that looked very ordinary.

Raise your hands high above your head.

This letter was written after Zhu Tianliang and others confessed after being unable to withstand the torture.

The inspectors visited these princes' mansions and found out that some timid sons of lords had already burned these letters to destroy any trace of them.

Liu He reached out to take the letter and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked behind the imperial case, leaned on the dragon chair, and read the letter carefully.

The person who wrote the letter was obviously afraid of being exposed and wrote it in an extremely clumsy way.

If we relied solely on handwriting, we would definitely not be able to find the person who wrote it.

Zhu Yuanzhang held the letter thoughtfully and looked at Mao Xiang:

"This case... we can no longer use severe punishment to torture these criminals to death!"

"It seems from the letter that these people are not telling lies."

"These people are just little shrimps. No matter how much they are interrogated, they won't be able to find anything."

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the letter hard on the imperial case, with a fierce look in his eyes, and said loudly:

"Pass on my oral message!"

"Liu Daxun of Yangzhou, behind his back, instigated Zhu Tianliang and other Lord's disciples to openly pay for the assassination on Meridian Street and create chaos. It is a heinous crime."

"The Liu family in Yangzhou punished the nine clans, and Liu Daxun was executed too late!"

"Zhu Tianliang and other lord's children will be kept in prison to continue the trial, and the lord's residence and family property will be confiscated."

"Kin this!"

"Subordinates lead!"

Zhu Yuanzhang issued the imperial edict in an understatement, but Mao Xiang, who received the edict, broke out in a cold sweat.

It was Lingchi's execution again, and the nine tribes were annihilated again. Mao Xiang couldn't help but think of what he had done, and his spine went cold unconsciously.

He regretted getting too close to Hu Weiyong...

Here, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand:

"Go ahead. You have nothing to do here. The case will continue to be investigated. Don't make a big deal about it. Do you understand?"

Mao Xiang felt like he was being pardoned. He kowtowed and left in a hurry, not daring to say a word.

a while.

The imperial study room fell silent again.

At this time, Queen Ma, who was sitting silently next to her, spoke:

"This Liu Daxun took the initiative to instigate these noble sons to assassinate Mr. Lin at the feet of the emperor. It is a heinous crime."

"Ling Chi's execution and the annihilation of the nine clans are all deserved."

"It's just Zhu Liangzu's sons and these noble sons. Considering that their fathers once followed His Majesty to conquer the world, we think we should treat them lightly..."

"After all, nothing happened to Mr. Lin and it didn't cause much impact."

"If you can spare their lives, spare their lives!"

Faced with Empress Ma's intercession, Zhu Yuanzhang took back his original intention of executing these noble disciples together.

After all, the mastermind behind the scenes was found. Although he looked serious in front of Mao Xiang, he was actually quite excited inside.

In this way, he could finally have a showdown with Mr. Lin.

If you want to take Mr. Lin's classes in the future, you don't have to be as sneaky as before.

But I don't know why.

At this moment, he felt even more depressed.

(End of this chapter)