Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 315 He really became a villain (can it be considered two in one?)

"Master Liang, what's wrong with you?"

Many students stood up in panic when they saw Master Liang vomiting blood.

However, before they could step forward, they all vomited blood and fell to the ground like Master Liang.

"Yes, it is poisonous."

Zhang Fengyi spit out the food in her mouth unhurriedly, picked up a cup of tea and rinsed her mouth, and then said lightly.

Seeing his calm look, Master Liang immediately reacted and glared at him angrily: "How dare you do this!"

"Hey, Master Liang, the emperor's newly established Jin Yiwei has been arresting our people everywhere recently. I'm afraid our place will be exposed sooner or later." Zhang Fengyi sighed softly.

"So what? We behave upright and sit upright, and it is just right to accuse Li Dang. How can we be afraid of them?"

When Zhang Fengyi heard this, she pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you. I arranged for someone to do the matter for the emperor's eldest grandson."

But Chen Su still had doubts. As soon as they got the position of Xianlin, these people took the poison one step ahead. What a coincidence!

He really didn't expect that the Jin Yiwei could come so quickly. If they had moved slower, they might have been blocked in the study by the Jin Yiwei.

Zhang Ziyi withdrew his gaze and gave instructions to the remaining students.

Zhang Fengyi glanced at the dead Master Liang and said softly.

In the Xianlin Study Room, the Jin Yiwei Brigade came in large numbers and quickly surrounded the small study room. Chen Su then led his men to break in.

Everyone saluted, and then they took action and put away their own dishes, leaving only Master Liang and others' tableware. Then they moved their positions and made them look like they were committing suicide by taking poison.

"You... poof!"

He has already arranged that all Zhang Zongyi's family members and heirs are in his hands. This is his usual way of doing things, including the family members of Fan Guangyang, who died before, and he also hid them.

When Master Liang heard this, his eyes widened in an instant. He was even more shocked than he was when he was poisoned.

To be cautious, Chen Su ordered people to arrest several villagers in the village for interrogation. However, the people in the study lived in seclusion, and these villagers had basically no idea what was going on.

Master Liang's eyes widened angrily and he spit out another mouthful of blood. He never imagined that not only would he be poisoned to death by Zhang Fengyi today, but he would also be accused of murdering the emperor's grandson and his reputation would be ruined.

The subordinate reported respectfully and then handed over the letter.

Wang Xing is the last of their four masters, and he left long ago.

"Haha..." Zhang Fengyi smiled, "Yes, I am a traitor and a traitor, but don't worry, I won't be anymore soon. You are the leader of the virtuous forest, with high moral character and high respect, so you should take on this matter!"

Everyone took the order and began to break into each room to search, and soon found Master Liang and others dead in the wing:

"My lord, here!"

Zhang Ziyi sighed lightly and had to agree with this truth.

Zhang Fengyi narrowed her eyes slightly and said softly: "Master Liang sacrificed his life for justice to let us escape. Wang Xing will understand."

Seeing that everything was extremely quiet, Chen Su couldn't help but frown slightly and shouted in a deep voice: "Look around!"

At this time, they had been moved to their respective seats again, lying on their stomachs quietly, as if they were asleep.

Zhang Ziyi said worriedly.

Chen Su frowned and took it. When he saw the content clearly, he was shocked and quickly put it away.

"Yes!"

When Zhang Fengyi and others had just packed up and left, Chen Su led the Jinyi Guards and galloped over.

Zhang Ziyi nodded slightly. Wang Xing was not as stubborn as Master Liang, so he should still be persuaded.

"Yes!"

Among their four masters, Master Liang was the oldest, but also the most stubborn in his thinking. He always adhered to the bottom line and advocated the restoration of the court situation of co-governance with the emperor in the Song Dynasty. However, the two newcomers Zhang Fengyi and Zhang Ziyi Teacher, the bottom line is more "flexible".

Chen Su ordered his subordinates to investigate again, but nothing else was found, as if these people had made an appointment to commit suicide by taking poison together.

Nearly half of the other students also died, and the rest, like Zhang Fengyi, didn't eat at all.

Zhang Fengyi, who had just hid in the mountains, couldn't help but be very surprised when she saw the Jin Yiwei coming so quickly.

Then Zhang Fengyi took out the last pen written in Liang Shi's handwriting. In it, Liang Shi denounced Zhu Yuanzhang's atrocities against the officials and gentry, and frankly admitted the murder of the emperor's grandson.

When Chen Su heard the noise, he immediately led people into the side room, and then saw Master Liang and the students who had been poisoned to death.

"You...you, treacherous traitor!"

Zhang Ziyi looked at the dead man and said softly: "It's a pity that Master Liang is gone, and the old relationships between his disciples are also broken. It's also a big loss for us."

"Go and see if there are any other abnormalities!"

"Yes!"

Under his arrangement, Zhang Zongyi would only confess that Master Liang was in charge of everything, and he could lead these disciples who were loyal to him to escape.

Zhang Fengyi looked at him with a smile on her face until he became silent and refused to close her eyes.

"My lord, these people are all dead. There is a letter here, which should be written by the old man sitting at the top."

"How do you explain to Wang Xing?"

"This stubborn old man should have died a long time ago. As long as he is here, we are always constrained in doing things. Only by removing the waste and retaining the essence can we take a further step."

"You guys hurry up and tidy up and arrange things as planned. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's leave as soon as the arrangements are made!"

Helpless, Chen Su could only collect the bodies of these people and return to the capital with Master Liang's last letter.

The next day, Chen Su handed all these into Li Wei's hands.

"Sir, when we arrived, all the people in Xianlin Study were dead, including Master Liang whom Zhang Zongyi mentioned. There was nothing special in the study except some books. This letter is What was found on Master Liang's desk should have been written by him, which contained quite a lot of resentment towards His Majesty, and he also admitted in the letter the murder of his grandson."

Chen Su reported these matters to Li Wei in detail.

Li Wei looked at the letter in his hand and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

The letter stated that the method used by Master Liang and others to murder Zhu Xiongying was very simple. They just replaced the medicinal materials with inferior products with slightly less effect, and then boiled the clear soup over high heat to reduce the efficacy of the medicine. In addition, the imperial doctor treated these powerful people. The disease was originally prescribed with caution, but due to multiple factors, this medicine was basically in vain.

Originally, it was ordinary wind and cold, and he could recover without treatment as he had strong resistance. However, the emperor's grandson was young and weak. When the medicine and stone were ineffective, he could not resist it and passed away.

As for the reason why they murdered the emperor's grandson, it was only stated that it was for revenge, but Li Wei felt that it was not that simple.

As for Queen Ma, there was no mention of it, as if they had nothing to do with it.

"Sir, I don't think this matter is that simple. These people died too soon, and the study was kept very clean. It was obviously deliberately arranged by someone!"

Chen Su said.

Li Wei frowned and said nothing. After a moment, he nodded gently: "Yes, I understand."

The people Zhang Zongyi recruited were all dead. Now all the clues were cut off. For a while, he didn't know how to continue the investigation.

"Sir, how about I interrogate these people again?" Chen Su asked tentatively.

Not many of the people who were captured and sent to prison were actually severely punished by him. Many of them were recruited by relying on Li Wei's intimidation method. He felt that he would definitely punish these people again.

Li Wei pondered for a moment, then said: "Wait a moment, I will report to His Majesty."

"Okay, I humbly obey my orders." Chen Su said yes with his hands in hand.

Li Wei took this letter and the confessions of Zhang Zongyi and others and went to the palace.

Outside the Meridian Gate of the palace, a group of ministers saw that the petition was useless, so they went directly to the palace gate and knelt down, crying and complaining about the lawlessness of the Jin Yiwei, and begging Zhu Yuanzhang to take back his life.

"Your Majesty, please take back your order. The Imperial Guards are acting recklessly, arresting courtiers arbitrarily, and beating them into submission. If this continues, where will the laws of the country exist?"

"Your Majesty, please take back the Jin Yiwei's right to handle cases. They are simply not human beings."

"Li Wei took personal revenge and falsely accused Zhongyong. Please punish Li Wei severely..."

The ministers knelt and cried outside the palace gate, which was even more sad than the death of their own father. However, Zhu Yuanzhang ignored this and even refused to let them in through the palace gate.

Outside the gate of Li Wei Palace, I couldn't help but feel surprised when I saw this scene. This scene was even more lively than when Queen Ma just passed away.

Although the ministers cried and howled fiercely at that time, they obviously did not have the true feelings they have now.

"My lords, who are you crying about?" Li Wei stepped forward curiously and asked.

When the ministers heard the sound, they immediately stopped crying and looked at him.

"Li Wei, you are a treacherous sycophant who has done evil and harmed Chao Gang. I will fight with you!"

Wang Shi looked at him with red eyes, shouted angrily and rushed forward.

Li Wei was shocked and quickly moved away.

When other civil servants saw Wang Shi's actions, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they shouted to come up to join Ou Li Wei.

Li Wei immediately shouted when he saw this situation, turned around and ran into the palace gate.

The guards did not stop him, but they stopped the ministers. They did not have the privilege of Li Wei coming in and out freely.

"Li Wei, don't run away if you have the ability!" Wang Shi shouted.

Li Wei looked back when he was running and saw that they were all stopped by the guards. He breathed a sigh of relief, stopped and put his hands on his hips and said: "What do you think there are so many of you? If you have the ability to fight alone!"

Wang Shi was stunned for a moment, and then immediately agreed: "Okay, come out, and I will challenge you to a duel!"

"Come in!" Li Wei waved to him.

Wang Shi looked at the guards who were blocking the ministers from entering, and suddenly became angry: "You, shameless coward! Come out!"

"cut!"

Li Wei made a sound of disdain and was too lazy to engage in a verbal spat with him. He turned around and asked Zhu Yuanzhang directly.

Wang Shi and others kept yelling and cursing at the outer gate of the palace and watched him leave helplessly.

In Wuying Palace, Li Wei presented the evidence and testimony to Zhu Yuanzhang and reported in detail the results of the interrogation over the past few days.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these testimonies and evidence, his face as gloomy as water.

For medicines used in the palace, there are always people who test the medicines, but the people who test the medicines are not imperial doctors. They can only test whether there is poison in the medicine, but cannot judge how effective it is.

However, what Master Liang said in his final letter was a trick, which only reduced the efficacy of the medicine and caused the emperor's grandson to die after ineffective treatment. This was simply impossible to prevent.

Of course, the chance of success of this method is also very low. If the emperor's grandson is physically stronger and can withstand the wind and cold, their efforts will be in vain.

"Your Majesty, everyone in Xianlin Study has died, and now the clues have been cut off. What do you think we will do next?"

Li Wei asked helplessly.

When it comes to handling cases, he is a complete layman. He can still rely on firepower to fight a war, but he can't handle cases.

"Huh, what should I do? Isn't this simple?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

Li Wei was surprised: "Your Majesty, please make it clear."

"Aren't they all disciples and old friends? Then let's use these people to trace their disciples' old friends. Even if we can't catch them all in one go, we can still severely defeat them!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

Li Wei was shocked when he heard this. Zhu Yuanzhang's method was really simple and direct, but was it too cruel?

There are hundreds of people imprisoned in imperial prisons now. If we were to count their relatives, friends and disciples, the number would be huge!

"Your Majesty, isn't this inappropriate?" Li Wei said with some surprise.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "There is nothing wrong, just do as we say. Anyone related to this matter will be executed, and anyone who has an old relationship with them will be beheaded and their homes will be ransacked!"

Li Wei was secretly shocked when he heard this. This Lao Zhu seemed to be more ruthless than before!

"By the way, this case will be handled as corruption, and the affairs of the emperor and his grandson should not be publicized." Zhu Yuanzhang added another instruction after finishing speaking.

Li Wei sighed in his heart, cupped his hands and said, "I obey your order."

Zhu Yuanzhang paused and then said: "After these people are executed, you still have to continue to pursue them. Not only are you going to trace this virtuous man, but also all the other illegal nobles and corrupt officials. We have to catch them all." come out!"

"According to the order."

Li Wei agreed, but secretly couldn't help but curl his lips. If he continued to pursue it as he said, it would be endless.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished giving these instructions, he finally stopped.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will resign." Li Wei cupped his hands and said.

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand with a slight hum.

Seeing this, Li Wei turned to leave, but when he thought of the group of civil servants in front of the palace gate, he stopped again and turned back to look at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, can you send me two guards?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at him in surprise: "What's wrong?"

"Hey, those civil servants at the door are so fierce. I almost didn't get beaten by them when I came in just now!"

Li Wei sighed while complaining.

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled, his face a little unhappy.

He was also annoyed by the civil servants who were crying outside the palace, but this time because of the Jin Yiwei incident, the civil servants were almost mobilized en masse. He could not kill them all, otherwise the court would be shut down.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang handed over the matter to Li Wei, the culprit: "Okay, we will send you more people. You go and blow them away. Those who don't leave will be directly arrested and imprisoned."

"Uh, okay."

Li Wei reluctantly agreed. It seemed that he was really going to become a villain this time.

The officials outside the palace gate were not guilty of any crime. If they really couldn't be driven away and were arrested by him for no reason, then he was really doing something wrong.

(End of this chapter)