Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 338: Catching the Murderer
The whole family had a great time having dinner together.

There were also maids coming and going from time to time to help pick up the dishes.

In short, the life of an aristocrat requires being served.

Wang Buli sat aside, and the woman Zhu Mingxiu beside him picked up some food for him.

Not much was said.

Wang Buli just told her not to go out recently, just in case.

When things are settled, I will take you out for a trip.

Zhu Mingxiu asked in a low voice whether he wanted to stay at home overnight.

There are so many people watching over me in the county government office, and I don’t need a husband.

Wang Buli thought about it for a while and realized that there was not much point in him spending the night at the county government office.

Especially the Minister of Justice was nailed there.

On the one hand, he was reviewing the case files of the White Lotus Sect, and on the other hand, he was secretly investigating Wu Qingfu's corruption case.

This is indeed a typical case of "small officials with huge corruption".

How can we not give leaders the opportunity to perform?

Finally, under Zhu Mingxiu's expectant eyes, Wang Buli nodded slightly and didn't say anything about going to the county government to work.

at night.

Wang Buli gently fanned the person beside him.

I just did some exercise, which really demonstrated what it means to be reunited after a short separation.

The blush on Zhu Mingxiu's face had not yet faded. Feeling her lover's touch, she breathed a sigh of satisfaction.

Wang Buli was still thinking about what would happen if his system could be known by Lao Zhu.

How do we find out?

When I go in again, I have to do something to lure him into doing the same thing in real life.

What did Zhu Yuanzhang most hope for?
The Zhu Dynasty will last for thousands of years.

Wang Buli was sure of that.

But he had no way to test this.

Are you going to shout that the Ming Dynasty is going to be destroyed? What should we do if we don’t want the Ming Dynasty to be destroyed?

But it’s not safe enough.

Apart from this, what's left is the family affection that Lao Zhu won't disperse too much.

I hope Empress Ma and Zhu Biao are in good health!

How to test this?
If Empress Ma really died of illness, it would take another five years!

Wang Buli planned to talk about Queen Ma's illness as a warning.

This can be considered as a precautionary measure, in case Zhu Yuanzhang really sees him and thinks he is an immortal.

It would be great fun if I were asked to save Queen Ma at that time.

However, Wang Buli still needs to think carefully about how to perform without leaving any trace.

Avoid Zhu Yuanzhang from noticing any difference.

You can achieve your goal without exposing your true intentions.

"Husband, why are you silent?"

Listening to Zhu Mingxiu's question, Wang Buli came back to his senses and smiled:
"Thinking about things again. Sorry, I kind of ignored you."

"No." Zhu Mingxiu turned sideways again, staring at Wang Buli and said:

"Husband, are you going to come again? If not, let Xiaohua and the others wipe the sweat off your body."

"I dare not disobey my lady's request. Come, come, come."

Zhu Mingxiu pursed his lips and smiled secretly.

Wang Buli climbed up.

Jiangning County Government Office.

Wang Buli listened to Zhong Niu's report and said that he had found the murderer's hiding place.

However, when the inspector brought people there, the cellar was empty.

Wang Buli just nodded as he watched Wen Ke recreate the scene.

The news had almost leaked out long ago.

There was no way he hadn't noticed.

"Have the White Lotus sect's remnants been captured?"

Tian Liugen quickly stepped forward and said, "My Lord, the city is almost cleared, only some people outside the city have become fugitives."

"That's it."

"It seems that what has not been discovered yet is hidden very deeply." Qian Tang sighed, stroking his beard.

The White Lotus Sect was very powerful in its time, and many people relied on this banner to resist the Yuan Dynasty and survive.

Wang Buli glanced at the Minister of Justice Qian Tang beside him:

"Minister Qian, why don't you write a letter to His Majesty? If those who used to make a living in the White Lotus Sect can take the initiative to explain the situation to the government, they will be pardoned. If they dare to preach again in the future, they will be punished more severely."

After listening to Wang Buli's advice, Qian Tang stroked his beard and said nothing.

He was thinking about the possibility of this.

Given Your Majesty's temper, I'm afraid he won't let it go so easily.

This kid wanted to strike a final blow to test human nature. In the case of amnesty, would there still be White Lotus members hiding and harboring the murderer?

Maybe there will be unexpected gains.

Qian Tang glanced at Wang Buli and said, "Such a good idea, why don't you report it?"

"Minister Qian is here, I just made a few suggestions." Wang Buli chuckled a few times and said, "When the sky falls, there are always tall people to hold it up. It just so happens that Minister Qian is taller than me.

Besides, it was because the government failed to detect the incident in time that the situation escalated to such an extent.

If the people could live and work in peace and not be extorted by officials, they would be crazy to join the White Lotus Sect and do such a thing that would cost them their lives.

The main reason is that my position as Dianshi is low and powerless, so it will take the Shangshu to be qualified."

"You, you, you."

Qian Tang pointed at Wang Buli and said that if he acted so cautiously at such a young age, his life would be very tiring.

However, it would be better for Wang Buli to keep a low profile for now. After all, his life and property depend on one person.

The emperor favors you today, but tomorrow you might be sent to Hainan to go fishing.

Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger, and this is no joke.

"That's fine."

Qian Tang did not refuse. After all, he was just making a suggestion in order to catch the murderer. As for whether the emperor would agree, that was none of his business.

After listening to his wife, Zhu Di decided to find a suitable time to meet with Wang Buli.

However, according to Xu Miaoyun's suggestion, they could not go to find Wang Buli immediately.

It will take a few days to get through.

This way, your father will not suspect that you, as his son, told me the matter and that you understood your father's intentions.

Zhu Di naturally listened to his wife, but he also had many questions in his mind that needed to be answered.

Therefore, at this time, I was patient and not too anxious.

Zhu Yuanzhang was quick in formulating policies. Today he was going to come up with a set of rules for what he had discussed with Hu Weiyong yesterday.

He carefully reviewed them one or two times and then started issuing them.

However, when it came to selecting and employing people, he let Zhu Biao take full charge and did not give it to Hu Weiyong.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the memorial from the Minister of Justice, which contained suggestions regarding the White Lotus Sect.

He thought about it for a long time, but did not review it and just put it aside.

It was when Empress Ma came to deliver the meal that she inadvertently glanced at him, but she did not speak first.

"Dad, do you want to punish those people severely?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "There are too many ignorant people. I can't persuade them all. I can only use severe punishment to make them remember and not to commit any mistakes."

"Your Majesty, they are all your people too!"

Empress Ma determined the fate with just one sentence:
"If the people can live and work in peace, how many people will risk joining the White Lotus for protection?"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little tasteless while eating.

What he wanted to hint at, didn't quite pan out.

The fourth kid is really patient and listens too much to his father.

I must have instructed the princes to protect the royal family, so why did this kid disobey and instead push back against the court?
You have the courage to lead 800 people to revolt against the imperial court. Didn't you have any experience in your childhood?
Now listening to Empress Ma's advice, Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to make this matter a major case.

"Mom, Dad might be distracted by Fourth Brother's matter."

Zhu Biao made up for it to his father.

"What happened to the fourth one?"

Zhu Biao told Empress Ma about how the fourth son was suddenly involved in entering the fairyland when he requested to go to Fengyang.

Queen Ma was silent.

She actually knows much more than her eldest son.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not hide anything from her.

So she also knew that her eldest son's son was not capable of becoming emperor, and was taken down by the fourth son with 800 people.

This shows how bad this emperor is!

Now Wang Buli is a member of the prince's party on the surface, but he is also a close friend of Zhu Di. When the time really comes, Empress Ma is not sure that her son-in-law Wang Buli will definitely help the current emperor instead of helping the fourth brother.

"More and more people know about this, and it will be more difficult to keep it secret in the future."

Empress Ma only talked about the consequences of this adventure, and did not follow Zhu Biao's words to say anything about the fourth son.

Zhu Yuanzhang was holding the bowl and picking up some food. He had so many questions in his mind that he wanted to ask Wang Buli for answers.

But I don't know how to start this topic. What if I talk about something and it seems taboo?

Even someone like Wang Buli who takes a nap every day may not be able to enter the fairyland. If he encounters any accident, it will be a huge trouble if he cannot enter the fairyland.

"all will be good."

Zhu Yuanzhang just mentioned it softly to comfort his son.

In fact, it was also a disguised way of comforting himself.

"Let's forget about the White Lotus Sect incident. It can be considered as a complete break from the past, so that no one can continue to use this as a cover to threaten others."

Zhu Yuanzhang set the tone, and no one objected.

"If anyone joins the White Lotus Sect again in the future, don't blame me for not giving them a chance."

Empress Ma was actually convinced by Qian Tang's reasons. As long as His Majesty showed more magnanimity, those who were previously forced to join in to make a living would certainly be grateful.

In addition, the murderers who were able to publicize the dismemberment case killed them so cruelly because they saw that the deceased were living a good life and no longer believed in the White Lotus Sect.

This is the most important point.

Everyone joined the White Lotus Sect in order to live a good life. Now that the Ming Dynasty has allowed you to live a good life, the White Lotus Sect does not want you to live a good life, so they killed you.

It’s obvious who your enemy is, right?

Therefore, under the oral order of the emperor, a general amnesty was granted to those who had joined the White Lotus Sect in the past to beg for a living.

Recently, because of the murderer portrait incident in Jiangning County, everyone wants to find clues and earn a reward.

Wang Buli learned that the murderer's initial hiding place was discovered when the common people came to report it, and the inspector knew it first.

Although he came up empty-handed, he still gave the reward money.

Once this news came out, coupled with the emperor's order of amnesty, it seemed that the murderer must be caught.

It also ignited the enthusiasm of many people in Nanjing.

They spontaneously formed teams and began to search for people according to the area divisions.

In short, no place with a cellar should be left out.

Yan Yulong never thought that he would be so embarrassed.

He took advantage of the night to lie in a smelly ditch to avoid being caught by patrolmen, and during the day there were so many people who wanted to earn the reward that if they caught someone who looked similar, they would take him to the government for identification.

Even if he simply put on makeup and disguised himself, it was still extremely embarrassing.

Yan Yulong felt that he couldn't escape, and the reason for this was that Wang Buli was picking on him.

Who made him so talented that he could draw his own portrait just based on the descriptions of those people?
Why haven't I heard of his skill before?

Careless.

If I had known earlier, I would have taken him to Shangyuan County and executed him!

Once you join the White Lotus Sect, how can you allow someone to quit halfway?

In this case, where is the majesty of Maitreya?
Therefore, severe measures must be taken to deal with these apostates.

Tell the other believers that there is only one way to go to the end, and that is to be a good believer.

Otherwise this will be the outcome!
However, as the frequency of arrest operations continued to increase, many believers were arrested.

There was no place left for Yan Yulong to hide.

He didn't know when he was caught.

Yan Yulong crawled in the dark ditch.

He was unwilling to be caught like this.

Even if I die, I will pull Wang Buli off his horse.

Thinking of this, Yan Yulong set a goal. The princess's mansion had guards, and according to his current situation, he didn't dare to stroll on Hongwu Main Street.

There were guards of the rich and powerful everywhere, and even the density of patrols on the streets was very high.

After thinking it over, the only option was to rush to Wang Buli's house and kill his parents to vent his anger!
Yan Yulong quietly came to the backyard of Wang Buli's house and looked inside through the fence. Before he could cross the fence, he heard a dog barking and an old man came out with a knife.

He didn't dare to make a sound and quickly lay on the ground, trying not to make any sound.

Yan Yulong dared to leave only after the old man returned to the house.

With nowhere else to go, he groped his way to Doctor Wang's pharmacy.

After a night of crawling and groping, Yan Yulong was no different from a beggar.

He was hungry and sleepy, and fell asleep due to exhaustion.

It was not until the next morning that a kind-hearted person told him to go to another pharmacy to have a look.

Doctor Wang was taken to the princess's mansion by his son to enjoy a good life, saying that he was going to celebrate his birthday or something like that.

Yan Yulong was shocked. He never expected that it was already daybreak.

He kept responding, not knowing what to say.

Passersby just thought that he was eager to seek medical treatment and didn't pay much attention to it.

This guy's face and body are so dirty, he must have crawled here to wait during curfew.

Early in the morning.

Wu Da came to the county government office and said that the dog suddenly started barking last night. He just stayed in the yard with a knife for a while, and went back when he saw that there was no movement.

Wu Da suspected that the murderer wanted to take revenge on the prince consort, so he wanted to lure him out. It was dark and the terrain was unfavorable, so he waited in the room for him to come in when there was no movement.

However, the murderer was very cautious and there was no movement for a long time.

In the morning he saw muddy footprints on the street, which must have been made by crawling in the ditch.

When Zhong Niu heard this, he immediately became excited.

The murderer was forced into a desperate situation and wanted to take a desperate gamble.

Killing one is no loss, killing two is a profit.

Unfortunately, the prince consort has not arrived at the county government office yet, so we need to wait for a while.

But Zhong Niu had already asked everyone to gather together, and when the prince consort arrived, they would go to the scene to investigate.

At the murder scene that day, the coroner Sun Jiusheng also preserved the murderer's footprints.

Maybe they can fit together.

When Wang Buli arrived, he heard Wu Da's words.

He thought about it, and then sent someone to find Lan Yu and asked him to bring him a set of armor.

It is inevitable that the criminals will be desperate and do something desperate. What if they have bows and crossbows?

After the preparations were completed, Lan Yu led a small army to guard Wang Buli.

"Military Advisor, do you think the murderer is desperate?"

"Well, even rabbits bite when they are angry." Wang Buli walked among the soldiers: "It's always okay to be careful in everything."

It was not the first time that Wang Buli wore Ming Dynasty armor.

I also wore it when I went to train outside the city with Zhu Di, but it was just what an ordinary soldier wore.

Normally, Lan Yu does not have the authority to open the treasury and take armor from it. This set is his.

It was still a little tight for Wang Buli to wear, but it was still usable and could protect his upper body.

When passing by his father's pharmacy, Wang Buli glanced at the beggar sitting at the foot of the wall and continued walking forward.

When Yan Yulong saw a group of people passing by, he quickly lowered his head, fearing that someone would see him.

To be honest, he was so hungry that he could hardly walk.

I originally planned to sneak into Wang Buli's house and find something to eat to fill my stomach.

With one more blow, all of Wang Buli's family members were stabbed to death.

Even if he was caught by Wang Buli, the situation would be a fight to the death. Yan Yulong was very satisfied with this outcome.

In order to vent his hatred, Wang Buli will certainly continue to harass the White Lotus Sect, and in order to fight back, the White Lotus Sect will also send more people to kill Wang Buli.

This is also a plan to avenge himself.

But at present, it seems that Wang Buli is very vigilant.

"Wait." Wang Buli stopped:

“I remember the last time we had a counterfeit money case, we worked together to drive all the beggars out of the city. The healthy ones were taken to farm, and those who couldn’t farm were sent to the orphanage.

These days, even though new beggars have appeared in the city, many of them have been transformed into street sweepers or toilet cleaners to support themselves. How can there still be beggars sitting by the wall of my pharmacy? "

When Lan Yu heard this, he looked at the beggar, then waved his hand and surrounded the beggar.

There is plenty of time, so it is reasonable to verify one or two things.

Yan Yulong looked up suddenly when he heard footsteps, and found that all the Ming soldiers were approaching him.

They drew their knives and pointed them at him.

Because we have to go to the alley, the spear is not an easy weapon to use in combat.

Lan Yu did not bring any spearmen with him, and all of them were equipped with short swords.

"Go, get the basin of water and wash his face!"

Wang Buli gave an order, and immediately soldiers went up and held down the beggar.

Yan Yulong wanted to resist, but his arms were too weak.

"I haven't lost weight yet."

Wang Buli looked at the thug whose face was pressed to the ground, his eyes looking up.

"Military Advisor, do you mean he is the murderer?"

Lan Yu didn't expect that Wang Buli could recognize him just by looking at him. Was he a little confident about his own portrait?
Even if they are not related by blood, their facial features may have many similarities sometimes.

"It's pretty much the same." Wang Buli breathed a sigh of relief and pointed at the man who was controlled:

"Wait for him to wash his face and then compare it with the portrait. They are about 70% similar, which is already a strong contrast."

Then Wang Buli turned around and ordered, "Sun Jiusheng, measure his footprints and compare them with those collected at the crime scene."

"Yes." Sun Jiusheng responded, not disliking the smell of the murderer crawling in the dark ditch.

Lan Yu ordered the soldiers to grab Yan Yulong's hair and make him raise his head.

Lan Yu placed the portrait next to Yan Yulong's ear and compared it carefully, and couldn't help but say:
"Resemble, this is too similar!"

(End of this chapter)