King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

"Yang Jia robbed all the warehouses and hid everyone. He then invited the first human trafficker and had them collude with each other, saying that Man Cang'er was Nie's sister and that Miss Nie had been bought by the son of Earl Changning."

Speaking of this, Zhu Tan touched his chin and said it was interesting.

"Yang Jia met Zhou Yu in the middle of the night. Was it also a conspiracy? For a prostitute, he actually did such a heinous thing. Is Mancang a god?"

"Your Majesty is right. I have seen Man Cang'er once. She is so beautiful and an outstanding courtesan. Yang Jia fell in love with her at first sight, so he came here.

However, this had little to do with the problem Zhu Tan was currently facing. Looking at the hesitation of the crowd, he frowned and said, "Just tell me what you want to say. Why are you beating around the bush?"

"My Lord, one of Man Cang'er's admirers is the Minister of Rites Fu Han. However, I heard that Fu Han got drunk and told Man Cang'er that he wanted to overthrow Cheng Minzheng and take the position of Right Prime Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Moreover, his plan is perfect, and with the support behind him, this thing will definitely succeed."

Zhu Tan trembled, and asked with wide eyes: "You are not lying, are you? Is this true?"

In fact, the reason why the affairs in the palace are so strange is that they have not been figured out so far. If the rumors are true, Fu Han is very likely the real mastermind and the key to the whole case.

Everything happens for a reason. There is definitely a reason why Cheng Minzheng was arrested.

Fu Han has good reasons to want to replace Cheng Minzheng.

Moreover, Cheng Minzheng is not a sociable person. If someone stabs her in the back, how can she stand firm?

"Zhang Wei, one hundred taels per person. If you answer the question, you will get five hundred taels. There will be no second chance. If there is a next time, you will be killed directly."

After Zhu Tan finished speaking, he hurried away and went to Ma Wensheng's residence to meet him.

He has now discovered his own shortcomings. This matter involves many ministers in the court. He has to listen to the advice of Mr. Ma and his cheap father-in-law.

At the same time, I also went to see Xu Guangzuo and Guo Ning. Tang Bohu and others were still imprisoned in the prison, and I hoped that Guo Ning could help them.

Zhu Tan first told a story about Man Canger, and then talked about Fu Han. Ma Wensheng, Ye Shen and others were all shocked.

Ma Wensheng denied it repeatedly. Seeing Zhu Tan looking at him, he continued, "This Fu Han was a juren in the eighth year of Tianshun. He was also named Shujishi and Hanlin scholar. He has great prestige in the Ministry of Rites and is a well-known gentleman!"

Ye Shen thought so too.

"Several years ago, an official presented a crane to the emperor. Fu Han even wrote a memorial accusing the incident of delaying government affairs and intending to drag Cheng Minzheng into the imperial examination. I don't really believe it."

Zhu Tan said nonchalantly: "Having a good reputation doesn't mean he is a good person. My people are all sensible people. I can't exclude Fu Han just because of your two prejudices."

Ma Wensheng nodded and said, "My Lord, what you said makes sense. I have an idea. Since the imperial examination case will be delayed for another ten days, I can solve Man Cang'er's case and then interrogate him about Fu Han."

Ye Shen thought about it and it made sense. "The Mancang case was first tried in the Ministry of Justice. Now it's not appropriate to do it again. I can ask Zhang Jin to say a few words in front of the Imperial Censor and transfer the matter to the Ministry of Justice."

Zhu Tan shook his head and said, "You two young masters still underestimated the strength of the East Factory. This time we are going to catch them off guard. I have nothing to do, so I will practice with them. Third brother, I still need your help this time."

Guo Ning immediately understood that they wanted to mobilize the strength of the Jinyiwei, and as their leader, he was the most suitable candidate.

Xu Guangzuo couldn't help but said, "Second brother, the three of us in the capital are all here, don't forget me, what should I do?"

Zhu Tan laughed and said, "Brother, you want to take back the full warehouse from Yang Jia. This is your specialty. Is there any problem?"

This was not an easy job, but Xu Guangzuo still enjoyed it.

"Okay, I'll go over right away. Tell them to follow me. I need three hundred people. I want to destroy the factory in the east."

Zhu Tan held his forehead with his hand. Why did this sentence sound so familiar? It seemed that as long as there was an army, the treasure island could be recaptured!

Xu Guangzuo, Guo Ning and others followed the order.

Ma Wensheng looked at Zhu Tan and said, "Starting from the incident of the warehouse children, maybe we can find out the real reason for the imperial examination case. Yang Peng, Zhou Yu, and even Shao Xi may be involved. I am not speaking for Fu Han, but I don't think Fu Han would use such despicable means to improve his status.

Chu Pipa saw that Ye Shi thought the same way and didn't want to argue with them anymore.

"You two, what's real and what's fake, we'll just have to wait and see! In short, I'm skeptical, and everything will have to wait until the truth comes out."

Zhu Tan's words sounded a little wrong, but Ma Wensheng and Ye Shen didn't care and helped her instead.

Ye Shen then sent someone to persuade the censor Zhang Jin and told him about Man Cang'er's illegal behavior.

Ma Wensheng went to find Peng Shao. The two had known each other for many years and had both served in the court for many years. Now they both worked in the Ministry of Justice. Peng Shao would definitely clear many obstacles for him.

Zhu Tan was afraid that Xu Guangzuo or Guo Ning would be defeated miserably. He saw it with his own eyes. They were both elites among elites.

So he rushed over immediately to help the two of them. He didn't want to lose the title of one of the three heroes of the capital.

There were good and bad people in this team, but they all tried their best. In just one morning, they had found out where Yang Jia lived.

One of them was Yang Jia's mistress, who was also the cook of Yang Jia's family, so he could be sure that Mancang was in his mansion.

"Boss, knock the door open for me. He has returned with Nie's child. We are in the right in this matter. You can demolish it as you wish."

Xu Guangzuo took the lead, shouted loudly, and walked forward.

Behind him was a guard in red tights, and a guard in brocade robe followed closely behind him, smashing the door of Yang Jia's mansion to pieces.

Yang Jia is Yang Peng's nephew and also a member of the Eastern Depot. He has great power and has several guards at home, which is better than Zhou Yu's servants.

But things happened too quickly, Yang Jia was not at home, and the group was leaderless. The three heroes of the capital immediately gained an absolute advantage.

Xu Guangzuo did not stay for long, but went to a room as the cook said, and found a beautiful woman about sixteen years old sitting inside.

With just a "yes", "yes", the man was carried out.

During this trip, Yang Jia received news that Mancang'er was still waiting for interrogation, but Mancang'er had been kidnapped.

Yang Jia was furious. After learning that it was the three heroes of Beijing who did it, he realized that this matter was serious and immediately told his uncle Yang Pengyan about it. Yang Pengyan could not bear his nephew's pleading and had to intervene.

He has been in charge of the East Court for so many years and is very familiar with the handling of cases, which is why Yang Jia made preparations in advance.

For example, collusion, hiding key personnel, etc.

He also wanted to kill those who disliked him, or even kick them away. After all, he had been humiliated many times by the Ministry of Justice.

Yang Peng had already investigated the matter in the morning. Even though many parties involved were not at the scene, he still acted on his own.

In the statement, Meng Cang'er was not Nie's daughter, but the sister of a human trafficker, and Meng Cang'er was bought by the human trafficker to the Earl of Changning.

Zhou Yu also produced a confession, saying that everyone jumped into the well and buried the body.

Therefore, Ding Zhe, who was in charge of the case, used torture without conducting a thorough investigation, which eventually led to the death of the music official Yuan Lin.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, this would result in beheading, and people from the Ministry of Justice would either be demoted to civilians or exiled to remote places.

In the end, it was all in vain.

When Yang Jia arrived, he said that Mancang had been robbed by three heroes from the capital, and Nie's mother and daughter were also missing.

On the other side, Yang Peng handed the final investigation report to the cabinet, and Yang Peng was completely furious.

"Isn't it because of you?
Yang Jia wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Yang Peng: "Uncle, this matter cannot end like this, otherwise Zhang Er and his men will bully us in the future. He is not even his own ass, yet he still comes to cause trouble for us!"

Yang Peng stared at his nephew with hatred, put his hands behind his back, paced a few steps in the room, and finally stood firm. "Given the emperor's temper, he will naturally ask the Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division to re-examine the case. If the result is consistent with that of the Eastern Depot, then there will be no problem. You go to the Zhenfu Division now and tell them that I don't want this matter to cause any more trouble."

Admiral Yang Peng, the Eastern Depot commander, was a direct subordinate of the Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division. The prestige he had accumulated over the years made the Jinyiwei listen to him and they were confident that he would do what he said.

Facts have proved that Yang Peng's guess was correct. The Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division also made the same judgment as the Dongchang and even copied the final statement. Two exactly the same memorials were sent to the palace at the same time.

However, Yang Peng never expected that the Censor Zhang Jian would suddenly jump out and submit a memorial to him.

The Censorate, like the Imperial Censorate, is good at scolding people. One memorial almost cursed the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to pieces.

Zhang Jin was the one who framed Li Guang and killed him. Zhu Youtang had already memorized his name, so he naturally had to investigate this trivial matter and found something fishy.

This matter concerns human nature. Moreover, it is a joke to convict Ding Zhe directly before figuring out who is right and who is wrong!

Zhu Youtang was a very serious person. He handed the matter over to the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to re-examine the case.

Zhu Tan had ulterior motives from the beginning. He just wanted to use the matter of Man Cang'er to ask him about things that he cared about.

However, when I saw that pile of things, I was stunned for a moment.

What his subordinates said was right. Man Cang'er was indeed the leading actress in the brothel. She looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, had a stunningly beautiful face, and an excellent figure.

However, Zhu Tan was stunned for only a moment, thinking that this was a critical moment, and if he was controlled by the green worm, it would be bad.

So he took Mancang to his mansion and gave her the best treatment.

After that, he turned to Man Cang'er, who had calmed down a lot, and said, "I just want to ask you a question. You'd better tell me the truth. If even a word of mine is false, have you ever heard of the punishment of slow slicing? That's one cut after another, one cut after another, one cut after another, and you will die only after more than 3000 cuts!"

Mancang was already frightened by the robbery, and now after being frightened by Zhu Tan, he was shaking all over, and his head was like a chick pecking at rice, nodding repeatedly.

"Do you know Fu Han, the director of the Ministry of Rites?"

"I don't know!" Man Cang'er shook her head.

Zhu Tan was almost choked by his words, "You don't know him? Are you sure you don't know?"

Mancang finally reacted.

"Your Majesty, people in brothels cannot associate with prostitutes, otherwise they will be held accountable by the government. How can those who have been to brothels tell the truth? Although I don't know the man named Fu Han, I can recognize him as long as I see him."

Zhu Tan thought it made sense, so he asked, "Then let me ask you, this person who might be Fu Han, after getting drunk, did he say anything related to the Spring Examination?"

Mancang'er Zhen calmed down a little, revealing her charming side. This smile made her look even more beautiful.

"If this is what the prince is talking about, then there are many such things. From last year to now, it has not stopped. Many scholars have come to Beijing to participate in the imperial examinations. It is really interesting."

Zhu Tan felt like going crazy, because the woman in front of him, Mancang, was actually just a brainless woman.

This is just a guy who only looks good, looks handsome, looks handsome, looks handsome! Why don't I understand?

Slapping his palm on the table, everyone was shocked. Zhu Tan responded, "Don't listen to the nonsense of scholars anymore. Imperial examination, imperial examination, and the Ministry of Rites. Can you give a credible explanation?"

She covered her slightly trembling chest and said, "Let me think about it!"

She raised her head, as if thinking about something.

"I remember that some students were talking about a scholar named Tang Yin. They said that he was extremely arrogant and cursed that Tang Yin would be abolished."

Zhu Tan really wanted to cover his head. Although Tang Bohu was arrogant, he was not someone that people hated. His ability in dealing with human relationships was really worrying!
"There is another thing. Recently, it is said that Tang Yin bought a test paper. It is said that a guy named Xu Jing paid for it. Sir, do you think Xu Jing is a fool? He actually took out so much money. I wonder if he is crazy."

Zhu Tan had long seen through Man Cangzi's character and knew that this woman was somewhat similar to the woman named Baimei, so he did not scold her, but just calmed down and listened carefully.

"Just half a month before the imperial examination, many guests came to our house."

The "home" that Mancang'er mentioned naturally refers to the brothel opened by Yuan Lin himself.

"There was a table. I heard that it seemed to be a high-ranking official, a minister! One of them was surnamed Hua and the other was surnamed Du. Both surnames were not common, so I wrote them down." (End of this chapter)