The sudden appearance of the accuser disrupted everything. The people looked at him one after another, wondering why they were interrogating the affairs of Zhang Tao and Zhang Zixing and suddenly came out to personally accuse Jin Wu, the chief envoy of Guangdong.
Jin Wu was stunned for a moment and then immediately said: "It's nonsense. How can people be allowed to behave like this in the court? Come on, pull them down."
"Wait a minute, does Jin Fantai have a guilty conscience?"
Jin Wu said with a smile: "Your Highness, I walk and sit upright, how can I be afraid of these people's false accusations? It's just that today is a matter of interrogating Zhang Zixing and Zhang Tai. If Your Highness wants to interrogate me tomorrow, I will naturally cooperate. Your Highness, please don't be accused."
These people lied, and there are quite a few false accusations against officials every year."
"Since he also said Zhang Zixing's name, let's just listen to it for now. If he falsely accuses Jin Fantai, I will order someone to execute him on the spot today and wash away the injustice of Jin Fantai."
"Yes, His Highness is right. I'm just afraid of missing His Highness's business."
Seeing such a performance, how could Jin Wu not see that Zhu Zhanzhen had mastered the evidence and was going to attack him. Nan Shenghuai below couldn't believe it, how could this kid who had just arrived know these old events and still do it?
Arrangements were made at this time, and he and others all suffered at his mercy.
Someone is helping him! Who are the people in the Guangdong feudal clan? Who are they?
"Prefect Liang, I'd rather trouble you to preside over the trial."
Liang Fu was embarrassed. He was going to interrogate something related to his boss. He glanced at the three positions behind him, with different expressions.
"Prefect Liang...Prefect Liang."
"Wei Chen is here, Wei Chen is here."
Zhu Zhanchen called out to Liang Fu twice before he regained consciousness.
"All Guangzhou troops withdraw from the perimeter, and the guards of the Pearl River County Prince's Palace take over the surrounding security matters." Before starting the interrogation, Zhu Zhanzhen made arrangements to have all the troops at close range withdraw, leaving only his confidant guards.
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Liang Fu wiped the sweat from his head and asked, "Hu Youkang, if you have any grievances, please tell me."
"Twenty-two years ago, when the common people were just eight years old, their ancestors had been trading in the fish market, and they were able to live and clothe themselves. Zhang Zixing was domineering and wanted to take over my store. My parents refused. Zhang Zixing led some thugs and beat my father to death on the street. My mother went to the police station.
The government filed a complaint and the stolen goods were obtained in broad daylight, but the then magistrate Jin Wu overturned the case because there was insufficient evidence."
The middle-aged man burst into tears, his face full of grievances.
"My mother brought dozens of people from the store to give confessions, and wanted to go to the government office to continue redressing her injustice. However, she did not want Zhang Zixing to force his way into the house at night. Dozens of robbers took turns to humiliate and kill my mother and sister, and killed thirteen people in total, including my grandparents and workers at home.
Then his body was thrown into the wilderness, and I hid in the darkroom at home to escape the disaster."
After hearing this, the whole crowd was in an uproar.
"Beast."
"It's really nothing."
Liang Fu slapped the alarm: "Quiet, quiet."
"What you said can be corroborated by physical evidence."
Hu Youkang took out a white cloth with blood written on it from his tattered clothes: "This is the confession written by the fish market merchants and my mother when Zhang Zixing beat my father to death in the street and bullied the market. Your Excellency, you can find someone to verify each one.
The scar on Zhang Zixing’s face was caused by my mother’s resistance.”
After receiving the yellowed white cloth with blood characters, Liang Fu didn't know what to do for a moment and looked at Jin Wu.
Jin Wu still looked like he was smiling: "Your Highness, you must not listen to one person's words. I handled the Hu family's case impartially and did not cover up. As for the death of all members of the Hu family, it is still an unsolved case. The murderer has not been caught. I heard that it was the Hu family."
My wife was with a man outside, and they jointly killed the family members, but she also ran away without a trace."
Jin Wu is still denying it. There is no proof of what happened back then. If you want to investigate, you won't be able to find out in a day or two.
Unexpectedly, Fang Shi stood up and took out a few neatly stacked papers from his robe: "Your Highness, these are the confessions of the merchants of Chaozhou Fish Market, about the case of Zhang Zixing beating someone to death in the street.
, the confession is correct, as for the Hu family, there are also witnesses who saw Zhang Zixing leading others to kill."
"Zhang Zixing, Zhang Tao, and Jin Wu were sworn brothers in their early years. Jin Wu protected the two of them many times and committed many evil deeds. He also had more than one life on his hands. Your Highness, these are the evidence."
Jin Wu looked at Fang Shi in disbelief, not expecting that it was this kid who was behind it, so he said that Zhu Zhanzhen had only been here a few days and all these old cases had been uncovered, and it was such a coincidence that he appeared at this time.
Fang Shi, an old boy, should have had his own evidence a long time ago, but this time it happened that Zhu Zhanchen wanted to bring him down.
This is a situation you set for yourself!
Zhu Zhanchang was thinking about it on the steamboat a few days ago. He wanted to have the three divisions meet to review, pull out the radish and bring out some mud, and clarify the local customs. The main thing he wanted to do was Huang Huihong, because it involved the army.
Moreover, he is in charge of the army. The current trend is such that if he does not kill some evils, he may not be able to correct it.
And he also felt that it was difficult for Huang Huihong to break away from this matter.
But he didn't expect that he would come to see him two days ago and give him a big news.
Zhang Zixing, Zhang Tao, and Jin Wu were sworn brothers. Jin Wu was Nan Sheng Huai's most proud disciple and passed on the mantle to him. The position of chief envoy was also obtained by gathering all the efforts before he became official.
Jin Wu is tactful and does a really good job.
Zhang Tao and Zhang Zixing were already related. When Zhang Zixing's father passed away, Nan Shenghuai was asked to take care of them.
Their relationship was very secretive. If Fang Shi's wife had not been from the Nan family, he would not have known about it.
After Hu Youkang ran away, he wandered around and never gave up revenge for many years. When he received the news about him, he settled him outside the city. He thought that by relying on the imperial inspection during the imperial inspection, he would succeed in one fell swoop and his official position would be expected.
Just go up enough.
He has political achievements, and he has Hu Guang to help him speak in the court, so he has a great chance.
But now Zhu Zhan's appearance is a better opportunity. If he doesn't perform well in bringing troops into the city this time, let alone moving up, he may not even be able to retain his current official position, so he turned to Zhu Zhan
Please repay your kindness and surrender.
It just so happens that Zhang Zixing and Zhang Tao are not very discerning. Old cases and new cases come up together. This time he can steal the show.
After Zhu Zhanzhen learned the news, he wanted to understand why Zhang Tao and Zhang Zi were so reckless and bold. Their eldest brother was a feudal official here, and Jin Wu was a cautious person. Zhang Zixing's underworld rules were also set by him. If
If he hadn't met Zhu Zhanzhen, he would still be able to continue to live freely in the Guangdong underworld.
As soon as the incident between Zhang Zixing and Zhang Tao happened, Jin Wu sent someone to notify his family members to run away. The reason why the two disappeared without a trace was because of Jin Wu's manipulation.
The messenger among them for so many years has been the Nan family. The two of them never had face-to-face contact with Jin Wu, so only a few people from the Nan family knew about this matter. Fang Shi's wife met the three of them when she was a child, and her official position was still high at that time.
I didn’t go up, and I didn’t shy away from it.
This pulling out is uprooting it.
Huang Huihong beside him was equally surprised.
When Jin Wu saw that the incident was exposed and that the other party had set up a trap for him to get in, he immediately jumped up and rushed towards the nearest Fang Shi.
Huang Huihong reacted quickly and kicked Jin Wu in the body, stopping him. If he doesn't show off at this time, he will show off at any time.
"A bold and crazy person, I am ashamed to be associated with you."
Huang Huihong pointed at Jin Wu and scolded him righteously, but Master Huang turned around very quickly.
The guards around Zhu Zhanzhen restrained him, and two more restrained Nan Shenghuai and Nan Zhizhi respectively. How could they not want the heads sent to their door?
Before the people around him could react, the chief envoy who was still aloof just now was captured.
Hu Youkang was so happy that his great revenge was avenged. Jin Wu rushed towards him desperately, wanting to eat his flesh and bones. Without anyone stopping him, he bit into Jin Wu's fat face, tearing his face and skin and pulling off a large piece of flesh.
"Ah!!!!" Jin Wu, who was pressed down, let out a painful cry.
Hu Youkang was also pulled away, chewed the piece of flesh in his mouth, spit it out, and laughed loudly: "Corrupt officials, even the meat smells, smells!"
Seeing Hu Youkang's almost crazy appearance, Chen Youshan motioned to the guards to take him down first.
The crowd was already buzzing about today's events. The people didn't expect to see the top leader of the Guangdong feudal clan being sacked when they came here today.
"I didn't expect it. I didn't expect that this chubby Jin Wu looks like a good person. He is so bad. I don't know how many bad things are hidden."
"How can you tell that he looks like a good guy? He has a fat head, big ears, and a fat belly."
"It's just that there can be a few good people among officials. Not all officials protect each other."
"Looking at the big scene today, I might not let it go if I go back. He is the chief envoy and a high official in the border area. Even if the emperor wants to kill him, he should consider it."
"I think this young highness is extremely upright."
"You see what's the use? He's just a child. How can he order the chief minister to be beheaded? Besides, it's still the same if someone else comes up. Just arrest him once and let him rest for a while."
"Don't talk nonsense, be careful if someone overhears you."
"Everyone knows that there is no official in the world who doesn't bully the people. It would be a blessing to be a little less greedy."
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While everyone was discussing, Chen Youshan pinned Jin Wu and Nan Shenghuai to the table where the prisoners had just been interrogated, and then handed Zhu Zhanzhen a crudely made iron loudspeaker.
"Everyone, everyone, be quiet, be quiet."
Following Zhu Zhanyang's voice, everyone fell silent and looked at Zhu Zhanyang.
"Everyone, let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhu Zhanzhen. I am the fifth son of Zhu Gaochi, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, the grandson of Emperor Yongle, and the king of Zhujiang County."
"You may think that I am young. It is true that I am only ten years old, but if you have ambitions, it is not your age. If you have no ambitions, you will be a hundred years old. Age is not a criterion for measuring me. I came to Guangzhou and will always be in Guangzhou. "
"My great-great-grandfather, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was once asked by an old scholar: Should the emperor share the world with the people, or with the scholar-bureaucrats? What do you think?"
It was quiet down there, and no one dared to answer his question.
"Emperor Taizu started in his early days, when the people were in dire straits and barbarians were in power. Decades ago, Emperor Taizu drove them outside the Great Wall to restore China."
"He is like the light of a beacon, bringing hope to millions of Chinese people who are suffering in the fire of injustice that destroys their lives."
"And today, decades later, if the Chinese people are still being bullied and oppressed, how can I, as a descendant of Emperor Taizu, have the face to worship my ancestors?"
Zhu Zhanzhen pointed at Jin Wu and Nan Shenghuai: "Today it is him, and there is him, one is a feudal official, and the other is a wealthy family. They unite to bully the people, take bribes, bend the law, and bully the weak. Today they are arrested, but what about tomorrow?
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"What about tomorrow? Is it him! Is it him!" Zhu Zhanchen pointed at Huang Huihong and Liang Fu again. Both the commander and the prefect of Guangzhou looked ugly, trembling, and did not dare to say a word.
"Then in the future, will there be people who come to exploit and persecute our people in the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Zhanyi asked in a hoarse voice.
After he spoke intensely for a while, his mood calmed down a little.
"God cannot be bullied, nor can the people be abused. Comrades, all kind and hard-working comrades, I want to tell you something."
At this time, Zhu Zhanzhen's originally calm tone became more high-pitched and passionate than before.
