After hearing the emperor's question, Old Man Sun quickly explained:
"It was the county clerk Mi who sympathized with the little old man's plight. He sent the little old man to the Yamen on the pretext that he had a confession but did not sign a bond. He secretly told the little old man that someone was secretly watching me and wanted to kill me. Let me
Come to Nanjing quickly to file a complaint. He said that I want to avenge my family, and this is the only chance."
"How did you arrive in the capital?" the prince asked.
"He asked me to take a boat to Yangzhou first, and then cross the river from Jiangbei to Nanjing, saying that this way I would not be overtaken." Old Man Sun said: "That's how I came to the capital..."
The prince said in his heart that there were many thrilling battles of wits and courage involved, but Old Man Sun might have been kept in the dark.
Just as he was about to ask him where he had lived since entering Beijing and who he had met, his father said in a muffled voice: "Boss, your focus is wrong!"
"Yes, Father." The prince heard the song and understood its elegant meaning. In fact, he also knew that Hu Weiyong and his son should be summoned now.
But as Prime Minister Hu's number one political enemy, he had just made a bad move. He had to ask this question, otherwise his father would think he was behind it.
Seeing that he was worrying too much, he stopped asking further questions and coughed, just as he was about to order Hu Tianci to be brought here.
Went to listen to Eunuch Wu from outside and came in to report: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Hu has kidnapped Mr. Hu and is holding a thorn outside the palace to plead guilty."
"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with an expression: "As expected of Prime Minister Hu, who is in charge of the world, he is well-informed."
"..." The prince could only smile bitterly.
"Let them come in." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered in a deep voice, and then said warmly to the old man Sun: "Please sit aside and watch us avenge you."
"Hey, hey." Old Man Sun wiped his tears and got up, and a little fireman moved a brocade pier for him. He didn't know what a gift it was, so he sat down without saying thanks.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not take it seriously at all, and stared at Hu Weiyong and his son who came into the hall.
I saw Hu Xiang dressed in civilian clothes, holding a rope in his hand, and at the other end of the rope, Hu Tianci was tied up with five-flowered flowers. Mr. Hu's eyes were red and swollen, and he had obviously cried. There were also two clear slap marks on his face.
As soon as he entered the palace, Hu Weiyong pulled the rope, pulled his precious son staggering, and shouted: "Kneel down!"
Hu Tianci quickly knelt on the ground.
Hu Weiyong also knelt down and kowtowed, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, this old minister has surrendered himself with his scoundrel..."
"Hu Xiang's movements are fast enough." Zhu Yuanzhang said expressionlessly: "Before we have time to send Tiqi to get someone from your house, you sent your son here first."
"Go back to the emperor." Hu Weiyong said: "The guilty minister just left the palace today. As soon as he came home, he heard about the evil deeds committed by the guilty son in Liuhe County. The guilty minister was heartbroken and his whole body was burned..."
Before he finished speaking, Hu Weiyong ran away and choked, sobbing endlessly.
"Why are you crying?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked coldly: "Are you reluctant to leave your son?"
"No, I feel ashamed and sad. As a teacher of all officials, I failed to set an example... I can't even teach my son well. I'm not worthy of being the prime minister... It's all because I'm usually too busy and neglect to discipline. I'm a bitch."
She doted on her in every possible way, and allowed her son to be led astray by those evil young men..."
Hu Weiyong burst into tears like never before and spoke garbled words, which showed that he was really burned inside.
Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to say that you are indeed guilty of teaching such a bad thing. But suddenly he thought of his seventh son. He sighed and said:
"You don't have to just look for reasons from other people. That's not the key. The most important thing is that the little beast is born to be a bad breed!"
"Yes, that's what the emperor said." Hu Weiyong felt relieved. He could tell that the emperor didn't intend to make a mess of himself. But at the same time, he felt pain. He knew that the emperor would not let his son go.
"So without the emperor taking action, I kidnapped him. I ask the emperor to punish him severely, so that all the powerful children in the world can see that relying on the protection of their fathers to act recklessly will not work in the Ming Dynasty!" Hu Weiyong hardened his heart!
:
"If he can really kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, it will be the only good thing this little beast has done in his life!"
As he spoke, he took off the hat on his head again, revealing the top of his head with sparse vegetation and said: "It is a father's fault if he is raised without education, and the minister is also to blame. Please punish him severely and enforce the law!"
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Hu Weiyong playfully, and then asked quietly for a while:
"Hu Weiyong, why is your mouth crooked?"
"Go back to the emperor, let the evil man be so angry." Hu Weiyong sighed: "The left side of the body is still a little numb, it must be a stroke."
"Alas..." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed after hearing this:
"Tell the truth, if Old Man Sun hadn't beaten the drum, would you have sent your son here?"
"Go back to the emperor, meet you!" Hu Weiyong said without hesitation: "First of all, as the prime minister, I cannot bend the law for personal gain. I still have this awareness. Secondly, the sky net is vast and meticulous. In front of the emperor, any struggle will be ignored.
It’s all in vain.”
"The emperor may not believe it. The guilty minister really had someone tie him up. Unexpectedly, someone beat the Dengwen drum first." Hu Weiyong couldn't help crying again:
"Hey, why are you talking about these useless things?"
"Why is it useless? This is very useful." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Let us not be too disappointed with our prime minister and our ministers."
As he spoke, he sighed again, pointed to Old Man Sun sitting beside him and said, "This is the old man whose family was ruined by your son. How should you apologize?"
"Nothing can be said to express my apology." Hu Weiyong turned around and kowtowed to Old Man Sun, and said sadly: "Let the evil man use his dog's life to pay for the lives of Xie's family."
"Dad!" Hu Tianci was originally a square person. In fact, according to his uncle's original intention, he wanted him to go back to his hometown to hide.
But he was afraid, and felt that his father could protect him, so he insisted on going back to Beijing with him. Unexpectedly, the old man actually killed his relatives in order to protect himself. He called his father worse than a beast, and even ate two big bidou...
…
Then he was stunned and didn't listen to anything his father said.
But he listened.
He also knows the saying ‘There is no joke before you’.
The two merged into one, and he realized that he might be cold. Then he woke up like a dream and shouted: "Do you want the old Hu family to be extinct?!"
"If you are destined to be the last, then be the last!" Hu Weiyong's hands were trembling, and he hardened his heart: "I won't let you do evil and ruin the reputation of the imperial court!"
"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Hu Tianci, have you ever thought about letting the Sun family die?"
"This..." Hu Tianci was stunned for a moment, then quickly kowtowed, begging for forgiveness with tears streaming down his face.
"You shouldn't ask for our forgiveness," Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.
Hu Tianci quickly kowtowed to Old Man Sun again, but Old Man Sun turned his head away without even looking at him.
"We are only responsible for seeing you off." But the emperor said quietly: "Go back to the west."
