high official

Chapter 802
The crown prince, grandson, Zhu Yong and more than a dozen high-ranking officials and dignitaries filed into the palace courtyard of Qianqing, and saw a few eunuchs throwing a blood gourd-like man into the bubbling oil pan!

The man was already desperate, and when he got out of the frying pan, he struggled violently and wanted to climb out, but the eunuch, who had been prepared for a long time, picked up the iron and wooden stick and beat him back into the pot.If it happened two or three times, that person would stop struggling at all...

A smell of deep-fried meat wafted into the noses of the Prince and the others. This very tempting smell in the past made everyone's complexions change drastically at this moment, making them want to vomit... Civil servants like Hu He and Jian Yi are even more Covering his mouth, he rushed to the corner and spat out.Even the battle-tested generals like Zhu Yong and Liu Sheng had a bad face.

On the other hand, Prince Zhu Gaochi's complexion was still as usual. He had just passed through the bloody baptism at the head of Zhenjiang city, and the scene and smell in front of him were too ordinary...

"You guys are here," Zhu Di stood at the gate of the Palace of Heavenly Purity with his hands behind his back, looking coldly at the ministers. These guys who were usually very trustworthy in his heart now seem to be untrustworthy at this moment!
"Your Majesty!" The prince hurriedly led all the ministers to kneel down to Zhu Di.

"Hmm." Zhu Di glanced at Ji Gang in the frying pan for the last time, and said calmly to everyone, "You guys almost missed a good show. I just cleaned this guy up and threw it into the frying pan to cook..."

"Your Majesty, this is..." Zhu Yong asked with a pale face.

"Ji Gang." Zhu Di said a name, and everyone couldn't help but look at the 'fried people' in the oil pan again. They didn't expect Ji Gangji, the governor who has been powerful in the government and the public for more than ten years, to end up like this!Can't help giving birth to a sense of 'things hurt their kind'...

"Come in." Fortunately, Zhu Di didn't intend to let the crowd sing about the fragrance of meat, so he turned around and entered the hall.All the princes and ministers followed into the hall as if they had received an amnesty.

The four eunuchs outside the hall worked hard together and slowly closed the hall door without a single sound during the whole process.

Once the door of the palace was closed, the scene of hell outside could no longer be seen, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at the next moment, they quickly raised their hearts to their throats, and saw four more eunuchs, carrying a large box in front of everyone... Everyone present was a man with sharp eyes and ears, and they had known that the old eunuch Zhao Ying had raided King Han In the mansion, a whole box of letters between the king of Han and the officials was found.

Zhu Gaoxu and the people present, which one has not known each other for more than ten or twenty years, and which one has no correspondence with them?Sometimes, some words in the letter are unavoidably a little nasty, a little too much, and this is unavoidable.If the emperor really chases after him, I am afraid that no one except the prince will be able to escape...

In fact, even the crown prince was uneasy, because when his relationship with Zhu Gaoxu was not broken in the early years, he once said in a letter that he complained that his father did not obey the way of being a courtier and caused the whole family to become rebels. , there must be no good fruit to eat...

However, Zhu Di didn't start with the box, but sighed and said, "Do you know why I cooked Ji Gang?!"

"..." Everyone was silent, and the emperor continued in a deep voice: "Because this beast has disturbed my country and killed my son!"

"He colluded with the remaining Jianwen party and intends to overthrow our country!" Zhu Di became more and more angry as he spoke, and his voice became louder and louder, making people's ears buzzing. "In order to achieve his goal, he couldn't help building weapons and training the army privately. He also used the privilege of Jin Yiwei to plant spies next to the King of Han, and used the technique of nightmare suppression to suppress my son!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and Li Yan showed the method cloth to the princes and princes. Everyone held it in their hands and looked at it, and they all looked surprised... It's just that the thoughts under this expression, others have no way of knowing...

"I'll just say it!" After everyone had read it once, Zhu Di said convincingly: "Although Zhu Gaoxu is arrogant and rude, he will definitely not do such a rebellious thing!" He said with some relief: "Sure enough, it turns out that the Chinese If you have fallen into Ji Gang's evil law and been possessed by a demon, you will act in a way that violates common sense and human ethics!"

Who are the people present?Hearing Xiange, he knows the elegant meaning, and listening to Zhu Di's words, he can understand his thoughts... If you say a thousand words and ten thousand, you still have to excuse the King of Han.Of course, going one step further, the fault of not raising a godfather is ultimately to excuse yourself!
"Of course, in the final analysis, it is because he himself is not upright and not strong enough to be haunted by demons." Zhu Di added another sentence. When everyone heard it, they thought it was okay, and even the tune was set... The king of Han's crime is 'Standing upright, not mentally strong'.

How embarrassing is it to see that after Zhu Gaoxu raised the flag to rebel, occupied the capital, and killed tens of thousands, he was only charged with such a trivial crime?Let the national law have any dignity at all?How to let the dead soldiers rest in peace? !

"Tell me what you think." Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Di snorted displeasedly: "The hall is too stuffy, open the door!"

The door of the hall opened again without a sound, and the strong smell of vegetable oil and fried meat came to the nostrils... Everyone's faces turned pale in an instant.Xin said what do you mean, if we don't follow what you say, we will be boiled too? !
"Let's talk," Zhu Di glanced over, seeing that everyone was still timid, so he called by name: "Jian Aiqing, please tell me your opinion."

"Yes." Jian Yi had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The old minister agrees with the emperor's statement very much. It turns out that His Highness the King of Han is not insane, but possessed by a demon. This also solves the last doubt in the old minister's mind." Yang Shiqi said: "Brother Shiqi, you are right, the King of Han is indeed not hysterical..."

Following Jian Yi's words, everyone's eyes fell on Yang Shiqi, and Yang Shiqi felt a burst of sadness. In order to protect his son and his own name, Zhu Di disregarded the laws of the country and talked nonsense!If one plan fails, another plan will be made, and they are still playing tricks of killing chickens and monkeys. It is clear that they will not give up if they fail to achieve their goals!
For a while, Yang Shiqi was a little discouraged, knowing that his arms could not hold back his thighs. Since the emperor made it clear that he wanted King Han to pass the test, it would be useless for him to object...

Zhu Di looked at Yang Shiqi quietly, and asked coldly, "Yang Aiqing, what do you think?"

"Chen..." Yang Shiqi stood there, wanting to cry, but could only squeeze out three words from his throat: "I don't know."

"Well," Zhu Di was already very satisfied with Yang Shiqi's attitude.Then he turned to other people, and everyone dared not say anything when they saw Yang Shiqi, so how could they ask for trouble?They all nodded and said yes, saying that the reason why the King of Han would act recklessly was because he was possessed by a demon, so he had to quickly find Master Sun of Wudang Mountain, Master Zhang of Longhu Mountain and others to kill the demon and exorcise the king of Han!

In a blink of an eye, everyone finished expressing their opinions, only the prince, grandson, father and son were left. Zhu Di gave Zhu Gaochi a cold look and said, "What do you think?"

"My son..." Zhu Gaochi responded mechanically, his mind was full of half a month in Zhenjiang City, how many soldiers died in battle, how many soldiers were permanently disabled.How many families are incomplete, how many parents, wives and children howl every night... Right now, with a light word from the father, the emperor will make these sacrifices a joke, and let the life and death enemies of the suffering soldiers go unpunished!
These days, Zhu Gaochi has been tossing and turning, struggling all the time in his heart, Zhu Zhanji has been persuading him, and even mobilized Wang Xian and others to persuade him not to be too persistent. Anyway, Zhu Gaoxu is going to withdraw from the stage of history anyway, which annoyed the emperor instead The gain outweighs the loss... Zhu Gaochi will not fail to understand such a simple truth, but he just can't pass the test in his heart, he just doesn't want to chill the hearts of those soldiers who defend themselves with their lives...

"Gao Chi," Zhu Di urged impatiently when he saw that he was silent.

"My son thinks," Zhu Gaochi finally raised his head, looked fearlessly at his once fearful father, and said word by word: "No matter what, the second brother caused 10 deaths and injuries, and even occupied the capital. All serious crimes are unforgivable!"

"Hmph!" Zhu Di didn't expect to be in such a situation, this cowardly and useless prince, dared to contradict himself!Zhu Di's patience has long been exhausted. He especially couldn't see Zhu Gaochi contradicting himself. He snorted twice and roared: "You can't slap me! You still have the face to criticize others?! The second child is so rebellious, your buttocks are clean Don’t think I don’t know about ‘Zheng Boke Duan’ and ‘forming cliques’!”

When they heard the words 'Zheng Bokeduan', Zhu Gaochi and Yang Shiqi were struck by lightning at the same time. They did not expect Zhu Di's eyes and ears to be so sensitive that they could even hear clearly what they were discussing in the secret room!
Zhu Gaochi fell to his knees, bowing his head, and Yang Shiqi also fell to his knees, bowing his head...

"Grandfather, you misunderstood," Zhu Zhanji hurriedly remedied the prince, "My father means that the culprit must be severely punished! Since my second uncle is just a puppet, he is naturally not the culprit."

"Then who is the culprit?!" Zhu Di asked angrily.

"Of course." Zhu Zhanji glanced outside, and the one who had been burnt said: "Ji Gang!"

"Hmph!" Zhu Di glanced at the prince kneeling on the ground, and said coldly, "It's better for your son to be sensible, I think, after a hundred years, the throne will be passed directly to the grandson!"

These words were like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, shaking the ears of all the people in Qing Palace, they didn't know if the emperor said something out of anger or really meant it!
"Your Majesty, please take back what you said just now!" The old minister Xia Yuanji was always indifferent, but at this moment he was the first to come to his senses, kneeling before Zhu Di and said, "This is the words of ruining the country and destroying the family!"

"Yes, Your Majesty," everyone came to their senses and knelt down one after another, "Your Majesty, please take this back!"

"Grandson, please take back these words!" Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a long time before waking up like a dream, and hurriedly fell to his knees, crying: "Otherwise, grandson will only be hit to death..."

(End of this chapter)