In fact, Wu Zong himself knew that with the few men he had, there was no way he could be a match for the imperial envoy and his party. After all, they had defeated thousands of bandits, so how could they not be able to deal with dozens of them?
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But the imperial envoy wanted to capture him without asking why, and Pan Fu revealed the deal between them, so even if he didn't want to rebel, he had no choice but to rebel.
There is still a glimmer of hope if he rebels, but if he doesn't rebel, there is really no hope at all. In fact, there is no hope if he rebels, but Wu Zong was forced to a dead end by Pan Fu, so he had to do this.
Therefore, Wu Zong hated Pan Fu even more than he hated the imperial envoy.
Han Du didn't care whether Wu Zong hated him or not. The top priority now was to dig open the blocked door of the prison, then throw these people in and secure the prison. Then he quickly wrote to Lao Zhu and told him this
situation, ask him to send someone over quickly to put an end to it.
After all, he only has fifty people in his hands, and Pan Fu's case involves several surrounding counties. Even if he has a lot of heads and six arms, he can't take care of it.
Han Du worked hard at his desk and wrote thousands of words quickly, giving a brief report on the case to Lao Zhu. After sealing the memorial, Han Du handed it to Li Jizu and said urgently: "Send someone immediately as soon as possible."
Take the horse to the palace."
"Yes." Li Jizu knew the importance of this memorial. It could be said that everyone's lives depended on this memorial. Naturally, he had to figure out how to send the memorial to the palace safely as soon as possible.
Soon, several people, one person and two horses, each chose a different road and headed towards the capital. Everyone was dressed in the same outfit, with a dagger on their backs. Even the wooden boxes inside were exactly the same.
Perhaps Li Jizu was overly worried, but all the troops he sent finally arrived in the capital safely. .??.??
The sunset filled the sky. Lao Zhu was sitting with Zhu Biao, looking at the golden red sky and the earth, and sighed: "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk. Li Shangyin really said what was in my heart!"
Zhu Biao listened on the sidelines, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Father, the Emperor was in his prime in the Spring and Autumn Period."
When Lao Zhu heard this, before Zhu Biao could finish speaking, he waved his hand to interrupt him. He shook his head and said: "I am old, I am old. What is the prosperity of the Spring and Autumn Period? It is just a matter of my officials deliberately telling me to deceive me in order to please me.
Zou Ji once said, My wife loves me because she is selfish; my concubine loves me because she is afraid of me; my guest loves me because she wants something from me. You have nothing to ask for from me, so there is no need to say this.
The words are here to please me."
"Father, son, son," Zhu Biao still wanted to explain.
But Lao Zhu didn't give him a chance at all. He shook his head and said with a smile: "If you really want to please me, then you might as well work harder and have more grandchildren, which will make me even happier."
Although Zhu Biao is almost forty years old, when his father mentioned the matter of having a child, he still blushed suddenly.
On the contrary, Lao Zhu, at his current age, already has no verbal taboos and can say whatever he likes.
Facing his father's teasing and longing gaze, Zhu Biao had no choice but to lower his head and reply: "Jing Yun has been acting strangely recently, as if there are signs of pregnancy. I am thinking about when to send the imperial doctor."
Let’s go get a diagnosis.”
"Really?" Lao Zhu's eyes widened immediately, and he grabbed Zhu Biao's arm in surprise. He immediately said, "Then what are you waiting for? Come on, please send three imperial doctors to the Crown Prince's Mansion immediately to diagnose the Crown Princess."
"Yes!" the old eunuch on the side ordered, and he seemed to be more happy than himself to continue the incense, and jumped up and down to convey the order.
"This old guy." Lao Zhu looked at the old eunuch's leaving figure and cursed with a smile.
Then he looked back at Zhu Biao and said: "What I just said is true. I know that I am old. But I am very happy because I have you. With you, there will be successors to the Ming Dynasty. I have prepared for you
Once everything is settled, your achievements in the future will definitely be greater than mine."
Zhu Biao stood up immediately. He was frightened by his father's words, but also worried that he would not be able to shoulder such an important responsibility. He quickly said: "My son, I'm afraid I'm worried."
"Huh?" Lao Zhu suddenly raised his head and stared into Zhu Biao's eyes, grabbed Zhu Biao's wrist with one hand, and said to Zhu Biao word by word: "Don't be afraid! Remember, no matter what happens to you, you will always be there."
Don’t be afraid! Only when you face it bravely can you find a solution to the problem.”
Zhu Biao just acted subconsciously, but he did not expect that even such behavior was absolutely unacceptable in the eyes of his father.
Thinking of this, Zhu Biao took a deep breath, nodded solemnly, and replied: "Yes, I understand, I am not afraid!"
"Okay, okay, okay! This is my prince, my good son!" Lao Zhu was really happy. How could he not be happy when he could see Zhu Biao's will become stronger with his own eyes?
Just as father and son Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao were laughing, the old eunuch who had just gone to convey the order with a cheerful pace appeared now.
He came back again, but his face no longer had the joy it had just now.
Lao Zhu's face suddenly turned bad. I'm about to have a new grandchild. How dare you, an old man, be unhappy?
"What's wrong?"
The old eunuch heard the emperor's deep voice, and when he looked at the emperor's expression, he immediately knew that the expression he had just seen after reading the memorial appeared on his face.
He quickly bowed and replied: "In reply to the Emperor's words, the servant has passed on the Emperor's oral instructions, asking the Taiyuan Hospital to immediately send three imperial doctors to the Prince's Mansion to diagnose the Crown Princess. In addition, this is the memorial to promote Han Du to the Imperial Palace.
, please take a look at it, your Majesty.”
When he heard that it was Han Du who presented the memorial, Lao Zhu immediately understood why his expression was like that. He didn't want to blame the old eunuch anymore and directly opened the memorial he presented.
After just a quick scan, Lao Zhu immediately became so angry that his teeth started to itch and he said angrily: "How brave!"
Zhu Biao watched his father slap the memorial on the table, and his eyelids twitched. He asked tentatively: "Father, what happened to Han Du?"
"Lawless, simply lawless, see for yourself." Lao Zhu was furious and immediately threw the memorial to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao took it carefully and opened it. After he read it, even Zhu Biao fell silent.
Corruption and perversion of the law, clever use of names, and exploiting the common people are nothing. They are colluding with each other, and they dominate Liyang and surrounding counties. They even dared to shout words to the imperial envoy who went to investigate so that he would not be able to leave Liyang.
. He even gathered gangsters and attacked the county town. This was no different from rebellion. No wonder my father would be furious.
Lao Zhu stood up suddenly, with a cold light in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Summon Xu Chengfei into the palace."
Before he finished speaking, Lao Zhu had already changed his mind and said directly: "Forget it, don't call him into the palace. He sent an order and ordered Xu Chengfei to lead the Shanzi Camp into Liyang, asking him to arrest all the people involved in the case.
Bring to justice.”
"Yes." The old eunuch immediately bowed in agreement and hurriedly drafted the imperial edict.
After drafting it, the old eunuch handed it to the emperor to read it over. After the emperor nodded, he used his seal to send the eunuch directly to Shanziying to convey the order.
Seeing the messenger leaving with the imperial edict, Zhu Biao pondered for a while and then said: "Father, please move the Shanzi camp into Liyang. This move will probably cause a shock in the court!"
Lao Zhu sneered twice, looked at Zhu Biao, intending to teach him, and said: "I just want to shake the court! In recent years, corrupt officials have been killing them endlessly, and they will appear again after killing them. Even officials protect each other, thinking that
There is nothing I can do against them. Today I want to let them know that corrupt officials will only die. If necessary, I can even deploy troops to suppress them to see how many heads they have that I can chop off."
Xu Chengfei was also greatly surprised when he received the imperial edict. You must know that the Ming Dynasty had no precedent of mobilizing large armies to deal with corrupt officials.
However, after verifying that the decree was correct, Xu Chengfei ordered the army to be assembled, leaving only two thousand troops to guard the banknote bureau. Xu Chengfei took the others with him and rushed towards Liyang in a mighty way.
The movement of the army was so loud that it was impossible to hide it from everyone's eyes.
Soon a news spread in the court, and the emperor mobilized a large army to enter Liyang.
A case that pitted the common people against the common people was worthy of the emperor mobilizing an army? Some smart people suddenly thought of something, their faces turned pale for a moment, and they did not dare to say a single word on this matter.
He opened his mouth to talk eloquently, but in fact he had nothing in mind. When he heard the news, his first reaction was that this was too much. Everyone was preparing to report to the emperor in the morning.
The next day, the morning court started as scheduled. The old eunuch stood up and shouted impassionedly in a sharp voice: "If there is something to do, leave the court if there is nothing!"
The reason why Lao Zhu asked the old eunuch to say this was because he had already guessed how the officials would react and didn't want to listen to their nonsense.
But even so, there are some who are ignorant.
"Your Majesty, I have this report." Zhao Lu, the counselor of the Department of General Affairs, stood in the middle, knelt down and worshiped.
The old eunuch glanced at Zhao Lu very depressedly, and couldn't help but turn around and look at the emperor cautiously.
Lao Zhu looked at Zhao Lu with a sneer and said: "It's accurate."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Lu straightened up and said: "I heard that Your Majesty transferred Shanzi Camp to Liyang. I wonder if this is possible?"
When Lao Zhu heard this, he raised his eyebrows. Is this bastard's tone questioning me? His eyes couldn't help but narrowed, and with a dangerous aura, he said to Zhao Lu: "Yes."
Zhao Lu immediately burst into tears, his head was filled with grief, and he said: "Your Majesty, why is this happening? Why is this happening? Even if Liyang officials have done something illegal, it's just a matter of sending the supervisory censor to find out. The sentence that should be handed down is,
What should be killed should be killed, so why send a large army to go there? The troops are passing by like a comb, and the army is heading to Liyang, but it is the people of Liyang who will suffer!"
After saying that, Zhao Lu bowed to Lao Zhu and said, "Please, Your Majesty, have mercy on the people of Liyang and take back your life!"