Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 28
"Just half a month ago, five merchants appeared one after another in many large taverns in the capital. According to the shopkeepers and waiters of each tavern, these people were merchants from Liaoning who came to Beijing to buy clay pots and tableware. It was them who deliberately spread the rumor while dining in the pub.”

Jiang Yu said respectfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Have you caught these people?"

Jiang Wei's face changed slightly, and he replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I sent people to track the whole city a few days ago, and found the group's foothold that night. Unfortunately, it was a step too late, and all five of them have been silenced."

Having said this, he knelt down again and said: "I failed to do my job well, please forgive me."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "With just five small businessmen, rumors can be spread to all women and children in the capital in half a month. Do you believe it?"

"Your Majesty is wise, these merchants should be scapegoats." Jiang Wei answered.

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "The capital is the most virtuous place. If you dare to kill people and silence them at the feet of the emperor, you are slapping us in the face!"

Having said this, he turned to look at Zhu Di and asked with a look of anticipation in his eyes: "King Yan, we will leave this matter to you to investigate. If you need people, you can ask Jiang Wei. He will find out what's going on behind the scenes for us in three days." Can this person do it?"

"Father, don't worry, I will definitely bring the real culprit to justice!"

Zhu Di bowed and accepted the order.

"Go back. We will issue a decree in a few days. If you have nothing to do with Prince Jin's matter, we will clear your name."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand tiredly, signaling Zhu Di to leave.

After Zhu Di retired, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Jiang Yu: "Where is the prince of Jin Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince of Jin will arrive in Beijing tomorrow."

Jiang Wei said respectfully: "According to the report of the secret agent, the auspicious Ganoderma lucidum was accidentally collected from the mountains by a medicine farmer in Jin. It did not fall from the sky to the Jin palace."

"Oh, I see."

For a person like Zhu Yuanzhang, he could naturally see that the so-called auspiciousness was just an excuse for the prince of Jin Dynasty to come to Beijing. Jiang Wei's investigation results proved this.

His eyes wandered on the dark yellow ground. After thinking for a moment, he whispered seriously: "Let the secret agent find out who Prince Jin has been in contact with in the past half month."

Zhu Yuanzhang believed that although there was a high possibility that the rumors about King Yan's life experience came from the Meng Yuan people, the Jin vassal might not have no motive for committing the crime.

Based on his understanding of the nature of King Jin, in order to compete for the position of crown prince, King Jin could really do something to throw dirty water on Zhu Di. The last letter of accusation against Zhu Di was submitted by King Jin.

The King of Qin, Zhu Xi, was immoral and was poisoned by his palace servants. Although it was unexpected, it was reasonable, and the Jin Yiwei did not find anything unusual about this matter.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang was very suspicious and suspected that Jin King Zhu Fan, Yan King Zhu Di and other vassal princes would secretly send people to poison Qin King Zhu Xiang for the sake of being crown princes, the Jin Yiwei spies who had been lurking around the kings did not find anything strange.

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang has accepted the fact of the death of Qin King Zhu Xi.

However, the blood letter of all the people that appeared at this time pointed directly at King Jin, and the coincidence was so perfect that there was no flaw.

The King of Jin accidentally fell off a horse while drunk and broke his leg, and then the so-called "blood letter from all the people" came out to report his evil intentions. If there was no one behind the scenes, I'm afraid Zhu Yuanzhang wouldn't believe it!

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, it was obvious that someone was plotting to take the opportunity to bring down the King of Jin.

Similarly, regarding the rumors about Zhu Di's life experience, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that this must be done intentionally.

Just when Jiang Wei was about to accept the order, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said sternly: "Jiang Wei, listen to the order. Before we canonize the new crown prince, you must send your confidants to keep an eye on the kings for us, especially those in the court." The ministers of the Jin and Yan vassals, who have frequent contact with each other, should report immediately if there is any unusual movement."

"I accept your order!" Jiang Wei bowed.

After watching Jiang Wei leave, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the empty palace, and scenes of discussing political affairs with Zhu Biao here in the past emerged in his mind.

Within a few breaths, he was swallowed up by tremendous grief, and tears overflowed from his eyes uncontrollably.

After realizing the gaffe, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and secretly decided to appoint a new crown prince as soon as possible.

He knew very well that battles for inheritance in history were always accompanied by bloodshed.Now more than four months have passed since Zhu Biao died of illness. The Ming Dynasty, which was less than 30 years old after its founding, urgently needs a new crown prince.

Otherwise, people will be uneasy and prone to change.

In addition, the people who died due to the fight for the right to inherit the throne will be far more than the five silenced merchants!
"Come on."

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted to the door.

Not long after, the servant on duty outside the palace walked in quickly, knelt down and said, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Go to Chuan Tai Hospital and come over to Zhang Yixian." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered.

"My servant obeys the order." The servant said respectfully.

On the other hand, after Zhu Di returned to King Yan's residence, he quickly summoned monk Daoyan to discuss countermeasures.

"It is a good thing that Your Highness was ordered to investigate the person behind the rumors."

Monk Dao Yan said with a smile in his eyes: "If you clarify the truth, you can prove that Your Highness is the legitimate son of the late Queen, and the rumors in the market will be self-defeating!"

Affected by rumors about his life experience, Zhu Di has been in a bad mood in recent days and has difficulty thinking calmly when encountering things.

He was originally worried about investigating the mastermind behind the rumors, because he knew that the person behind the plan was King Jin, but he could not tell Zhu Yuanzhang the truth directly, otherwise he would expose his secret of cultivating spies.

At this time, after listening to Monk Daoyan's explanation from another angle, he suddenly felt a sudden sense of seeing the blue sky through the clouds and mist.

"I think that His Majesty's move may have a deeper meaning, and His Majesty must pay attention to it."

Monk Daoyan reminded.

Zhu Di was not a mediocre person. He had realized something and immediately nodded and said: "Master's words make sense."

After a pause, he continued: "I plan to send Gao Xu and Gao Chi to track down the murderer. What do you think, master?"

Monk Daoyan clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, Your Highness wants to use this matter to train the two young masters, which can be said to be a far-sighted plan. However, the two young masters are not deeply involved in the world. If you want to find out the real murderer in three days, you need to appoint a capable confidant to act as an assistant." , so as to get twice the result with half the effort.”

"What the master said is absolutely true. I already have a candidate in mind."

Zhu Di nodded slightly and said.

After a pause, he suddenly said politely: "Xiao Wang is feeling upset, could you please help me clear up my confusion?"

Monk Dao Yan said: "Your Highness, please speak."

"This matter of the blood-letting of thousands of people is very strange. Someone seems to be adding fuel to the flames. What do you think, master?"

Zhu Di lowered his voice and stared at the old monk bluntly and asked.

He suspected that the old monk was using tricks to make a conspiracy without telling him.

Monk Dao Yan said without changing his expression: "Your Highness has a bright heart and acts openly, so there is no need to worry too much."

A person like Zhu Di naturally understands the implication of the old monk's words - don't worry about why there is such a thing as a blood letter from all the people, in short, it has nothing to do with your Highness, King Yan.

But Zhu Di was worried, so he continued tactfully: "The second brother and the eldest brother passed away one after another, and now there is a finger pointing at the third brother and me. Too many things have happened in the past few months, and I feel uneasy!"

"Everything is determined. If Your Highness has destiny, he will turn the bad luck into good luck and reach the ninth position."

Monk Daoyan Su Rong said.

Seeing that the monk was unwilling to say more, Zhu Di hesitated for a moment and stopped pestering him.

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