Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 166 You are so bold

These guards were given by Zhu Yuanzhang. On the one hand, they were to protect him, and on the other hand, they were equivalent to monitoring him. Of course he understood this.

However, he did not intend to hide what he was going to do today from Zhu Yuanzhang. Although the Jin Yiwei had not appeared yet, Zhu Yuanzhang must have a lot of eye spies. Before he started to take action, he did not intend to hide anything from Zhu Yuanzhang. Do it openly.

It's better to have these guards with you, it will be more convenient to do things.

"I obey my orders! Prince Consort please."

Tuo Huochi performed a Ming Dynasty military salute in a decent manner, and then walked in front to open the door for him.

Wu Yong didn't say much, but he agreed and followed Li Wei out of the house.

Li Wei took these guards to the Arms Bureau.

In the Ordnance Bureau, nearly a thousand craftsmen who were rescued by Li Wei have also returned. When those few people were shown their heads to the public, everyone was very frightened. It was not until they saw that these thousands of people were released that they relaxed. down.

Li Wei has the acting edict of the Ordnance Bureau in hand, and now he can manage the affairs of the Ordnance Bureau openly. When he came to the Ordnance Bureau, the attitude of the craftsmen here was better towards him than at that time, at least not As for hiding away.

However, he could still feel the avoidance in the eyes of these people. After all, who is not afraid of death? Because those people had their heads chopped off after following his orders, now his prestige in the Arms Bureau has indeed suffered a big blow. .

Today, not only does he want to regain these prestige, but he also wants to avenge those who died. The others cannot be cured now, but these Xu Yong must be dealt with immediately!
Li Wei's return caused a slight commotion, especially among those who had just been released from the Ministry of Punishment. Their attitude was different from the rest. Although they went to the Ministry of Punishment for a visit, they were still left unharmed by Li Wei. They were rescued, which undoubtedly strengthened their trust in Li Wei.

Li Wei took Wu Yong Tuo Huochi and others for a casual walk around the weapons bureau. Everyone knew that the former minister was back. Some people were secretly happy in their hearts, thinking that he would be here again in the future. Being able to live a good life like before, some people are afraid that after listening to Mr. Li's words, they will be beheaded in public. Some people salute and greet him warmly, and some deliberately dodge, with different thoughts.

Xu Yong and Lu Ti also quickly received the news and came forward with several important stewards.

Now Li Wei's status is different. The prince-in-law is a relative of the emperor after all. In terms of status, he is much higher than the minister.

Now that the imperial power is strong, civilian officials cannot compare with the honor of these royal relatives.

"I've seen the son-in-law!"

Xu Yong saluted respectfully, and Lu Ti and the stewards behind him also followed suit.

Li Wei glanced at him lightly and saw that he still had injuries on his head. He must have been beaten by a craftsman a few days ago, and he hasn't healed yet.

"No courtesy." Li Wei said softly.

"Thank you son-in-law!"

Xu Yong thanked him respectfully, then bowed slightly and asked carefully: "Prince-in-law, you just finished your wedding, why don't you rest at home for a few more days?"

Zhu Yuanzhang had granted Li Wei a few days of leave for his wedding. Logically speaking, he and the princess should have gone back to his home to visit his parents today, but he didn't, so this trip was omitted.

But he was so anxious and came to the Arms Bureau the day after getting married, which made Xu Yong feel worried.

Xu Yong's worry is not wrong. Li Wei came here in such a hurry today just to cause trouble for him, but this time the trouble is not simply a beating.

"I eat the king's salary and share the king's worries, how can I slack off!"

Li Wei said lightly.

Xu Yong lowered his head and said cautiously: "The prince-in-law is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and the subordinates respect him!"

Li Wei didn't even look at him and walked past him.

Xu Yong and others did not dare to retreat easily, so they just followed him and walked around with him.

After a while, Li Wei turned back to the door of the Ordnance Bureau, the place where heads were once hung.

Li Wei stood quietly below, and then asked Lu softly:
"Master Lu, how did you go about the things I asked you to do?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ti immediately stepped forward and took out the prepared accounts and said: "Your Majesty, I have already finished the work."

He said and handed over the account book.

Li Wei took it and looked at it. It was clearly recorded on it that Xu Yong not only deducted the craftsmen's food money, but also betrayed the craftsmen.

This is a lot of money. Some craftsmen don't want to work for officials, so they have to pay these officials, and then these corrupt officials will find other poor people to take their place.

These corrupt officials first deduct wages and mistreat the craftsmen. When the craftsmen can't bear it anymore, they sell them out. If the craftsmen can come up with the money, they will pay them and leave.

Li Wei's face turned cold when he saw it. No wonder the Ming Dynasty had been leading the world in terms of craftsmanship, but it had been slow to develop and progress, and was eventually overtaken by the West. If they continued like this, it would be too late for the craftsmen to hide, and who would have the heart to think about anything else.

After reading the accounts, Li Wei strengthened his decision, put away the accounts, and then took out a dagger from his sleeve.

Everyone looked at his actions with surprise and doubt on their faces.

Li Wei picked up the dagger, then pinpointed a non-fatal spot on his body, and stabbed it hard. Huge pain came, making his brain suddenly sober!
"My son-in-law!"

Wu Yong and other guards were shocked and shouted loudly, trying to rush forward to stop him.

Although Wu Yong is a little honest, he is not stupid. In name, these guards are looking after the house and the courtyard, but in fact they are almost like soldiers. When Zhu Yuanzhang sent him here, he said that if Li Wei died, they would also To die!

This is no joke!

"I'm fine!"

Li Wei raised his hand to stop them, gritted his teeth to hold back the sting, then raised his head, looked at Xu Wei with a ferocious look, and said coldly:

"Xu Yong, come here!" Seeing his current state, Xu Yong was too frightened to go up to him, and said in a trembling voice: "Prince-in-law, what do you want to do?"

"come over!"

Li Wei shouted with a stern look, and Xu Yong trembled all over, not daring to disobey, and approached cautiously.

Li Wei waited for him to get closer, stuffed the accounts and the dagger into his hands, and then announced his crime in a cold voice: "Xu Yong, you are so brave. Not to mention taking bribes and bending the law, you will take them when you see me." When you get the evidence, you dare to commit murder and robbery. Do you know what the crime is?"

Xu Yong looked at him in horror. His hands that were not clenched suddenly retracted, and he threw the account book and dagger to the ground. Then he shouted in panic: "I didn't, you slandered me!"

Li Wei is now a relative of the emperor. Assassinating the emperor's relatives is tantamount to rebellion. Even if he had a hundred courages, he wouldn't dare!
The people around him also looked at Li Wei in panic. His actions were all done under the watchful eyes of several people. They were clearly slanderous and undisputed.

However, Li Wei didn't care about this and directly ordered: "Come here, capture him for me!"

Wu Yong and others were shocked when they heard this. They were Li Wei's guards and were supposed to obey Li Wei's orders. But now that Li Wei was so blatantly slandering Xu Yong, they didn't know what to do.

"What, can't you move without my order?"

Li Wei glanced away coldly.

Tuo Huochi's heart moved. Now was the time to show his loyalty, so he immediately accepted the order.

"Subordinates obey!"

Tuo Huochi responded and immediately went up and pushed Xu Yong down.

Wu Yong hesitated for a moment, then waved, and everyone stepped forward to control Xu Yong together.

After all, they are Li Wei's bodyguards. Even if they do something wrong, they will obey orders. After returning, they will report the truth to His Majesty. But if they disobey orders, that is another matter.

Xu Yong was pinned down and unable to move. He was shocked and struggled and shouted: "I didn't, I didn't! Prince Consort, you can't slander me! I want to see His Majesty, and I want to impeach you to His Majesty!"

Li Wei glanced at him coldly, then looked at the other stewards, and asked in a deep voice: "Did you all see Xu Yong assassinate my consort just now?"

Several stewards lowered their heads in panic and did not dare to answer for a while.

Although Luti was a little panicked, he still had the courage to respond: "I saw it!"

"Look...I see it."

Among the other stewards, two trembled and said to Luti that they had seen it, while the others all lowered their heads and did not dare to respond.

Li Wei stared at them and waited for a while. Seeing that they still didn't respond, he softly said: "It seems that you are all Xu Yong's accomplices, so I won't be polite. Get them all too." Down!"

Several stewards were immediately shocked when they heard this. They waved their hands and said, "We are not, Prince Consort, we are not Xu Yong's accomplices!"

"I saw it. I also saw what happened just now. Xu Yong assassinated the prince-in-law and robbed him of the evidence!"

"Yes, yes, I saw it too!"

A few smart stewards immediately followed and said, "As for the current situation, we need to agree first before talking about it."

Li Wei snorted coldly. These people were promoted after Xu Yong came back. They followed Xu Yong and did a lot of bad things. He would not be lenient at all to kill them.

However, he did not plan to do it himself, but would hand these people over to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Let Zhu Yuanzhang choose between killing him, the consort, or killing these stewards!

Li Wei looked away from them and looked at Xu Yong who was pressed to the ground. Then he suddenly reached out and pulled out the guard's knife, and chopped off Xu Yong's neck.

Xu Yong opened his eyes wide in horror, his face full of disbelief!

"Consort, stop!" Wu Yong's expression changed in shock, but it was too late.

The sword flashed, and Xu Yong's struggling and shouting stopped abruptly.

At this time, the craftsmen from the Ordnance Bureau had also been attracted by the movement here, and were watching from a distance.

They didn't know what happened before. They only knew that Li Wei ordered the guards to suppress the stewards and Xu Yong, and then Li Wei killed Xu Yong with a knife!
Li Wei ignored the shocked people, lifted Xu Yong's head, and shouted at the craftsmen: "Xu Yong assassinated the consort, and I have killed him on the spot!"

There was a commotion among the craftsmen, some panicked, some fearful, but most of them were surprised. The dog official who had abused them for many years was finally dead!

"Good kill!"

"Good kill..."

In the crowd, a craftsman who had been in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment shouted loudly, and then, one after another, people started to cheer.

Li Wei wrote down the faces of these people. He had stayed at Craftsman for more than a year, and even if he couldn't name these people, he could still write down their appearance.

Turning his head, Li Wei said softly to Wu Yong: "Bring all the things here and these people to report to His Majesty."

Wu Yong's face twitched. The matter was at this point. It was useless for him to say anything. He could only wait for His Majesty's decision.

"Yes, your subordinates obey!"

(End of this chapter)