Seeing that he couldn't hide, Zhu Xi could only step forward: "Return to the father. Yesterday, my son and his twelfth brother ran into a little thief in Xicheng. The thief didn't know the heights of the world and wanted to steal the twelfth brother's things, but he was killed by the twelfth brother.
When he found out, he jumped into a panic. But he quickly let the twelfth brother go. When I saw that the twelfth brother was not injured, I didn't report it to my father."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked coldly: "Where is the thief? Have you caught him?"
Zhu Ping hesitated and replied: "No."
Because of Deng Zhiqiu's incident yesterday, he didn't bother to go find Deng Xi.
If you are not angry with Deng Tong, no matter what he says now, it will be wrong.
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said: "You two have brought seven or eight guards, and there are so many people in the Military and Horse Division, but you can't even catch a little thief. What use do the Military and Horse Division and guards do? Come here, give me some
Arrest them all and send them to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for a thorough interrogation!"
Zhu Feng complained in his heart: It's over, and after entering the Criminal Department, Commander Zhao will definitely not dare to hide it anymore.
Zhu Bai tilted his head and thought: No, no, if Liu Shengun really just wanted to eliminate the ills in Xicheng, he could have left the court and asked Lao Zhu alone. Why did he have to explain it in front of all the civil and military officials in the court?
He clearly wanted Lao Zhu to think that Zhu Ping was colluding with the Deng family, and then deduced that Zhu Ping would become more lawless after leaving the fiefdom, so he postponed the decision to allow Zhu Ping to join the vassal.
Tsk tsk, it would be great if we could prevent the enfeoffment.
I don’t care what method Liu Shengun uses.
I just quietly watched the excitement.
Zhu Yuanzhang caught a glimpse of Zhu Bai being as well-behaved as a quail, and frowned slightly: No, I'm so angry.
Catching thieves should be done by Tianfu Yin and the West City guards.
Among the guards in the West City is Deng Xi, Deng Zhiqiu's uncle.
It’s that Deng Zhiqiu again!!
Although Empress Ma didn't say anything, he already knew what happened on New Year's Eve and yesterday.
In order to make Zhu Xi marry Wang Xiaoyue obediently, he was allowed to marry Deng Zhiqiu.
As a result, this woman Deng Zhiqiu was like a god of plague. Ever since she married Zhu Xi, she had become more and more unreasonable day by day.
"Wait a minute." Zhu Yuanzhang stopped the two tigers who were about to catch someone, and then looked at Zhu Xi, "The Xicheng Army and Horse Department is in charge of the King of Qin. Let the King of Qin handle this matter."
Zhu Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly raised his hands: "Yes, Father."
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Zhu Yuanzhang went down to court and said to Zhu Bai: "You will not patrol the city today. Please stay at home with me and your elder brother to read the memorial."
He was telling Zhu Bai not to interfere with Zhu Ping's affairs. The key point was that he was also a little scared. He didn't expect that in Yingtian Mansion, under the emperor's feet, there would be people who dared to steal and plunder in broad daylight.
Zhu Baizheng was eager to do so, and answered very well: "Okay."
The other five princes resigned to Zhu Yuanzhang and went to patrol the city.
Zhu Yuanzhang said to Erhu again: "People have been keeping an eye on King Qin these days. I want to know who he met and what he said."
"Yes." Erhu hurriedly handed over his hand.
Zhu Bai was a little excited: Hey, by the way, is this the prototype of Jin Yiwei?
Zhu Yuanzhang entered the imperial study, and only Zhu Biao and Zhu Bai were around before he asked: "What do you two think?"
Zhu Biao has always loved his brothers. Even if Zhu Xi was really at fault, he would not say anything in front of the ministers just now.
Zhu Bai is even more cunning, he is obviously pretending to be stupid.
Zhu Biao frowned: "My son, I still can't understand it yet."
This is quite strange to say.
Even if Zhu Xiang was careless and let people run away, if he really wanted to take someone away, he could ask the Xicheng guards and Yingtianfu government officials to send out a few random people, and he would be able to catch the person in less than an hour.
That's because Zhu Xi didn't want to take anyone.
He hasn't figured out the secret yet, so he can't speak out rashly.
"You are right to be cautious. After all, you are not the party involved." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and asked Zhu Bai, "What about you? You are the master of suffering. With your temper, you will make trouble even if you are unreasonable. Now you are silent even if you are justified.
What’s so weird about it?”
Zhu Bai shook his head: "I'm still a child."
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "Do you think it has nothing to do with you whether or not this thief can be caught? You are the governor-general of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division. Anyone of them who makes a mistake will be blamed on you."
The mythical beasts in Zhu Bai's mind come and go: Damn, no wonder they have to drag me in. They want to force me to take the blame for them.
In this case, why should I care about others? Quickly throw the blame away!
He smacked his lips, tilted his head and said, "I don't understand why the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division should be blamed for not catching the thief..."
Haha, although it is said that the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities occasionally maintains law and order, there is no explicit document confirming that the Military and Horse Division has the responsibility and rights to arrest bandits.
If you have to calculate it hard, don’t even think about putting the blame on me!
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao exchanged surprised looks.
Zhu Biao murmured: "No wonder so many people couldn't catch the thief at that time. They really didn't want to catch him."
There is no credit for catching him, and he might offend the Ministry of Punishment and the West City Guards, and be accused of overstepping his authority.
With Zhu Xiang's pig brain, if he could think of so much at once, he must have been held back by the commander of the capital.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: He didn't think of this just now, he just thought it was Zhu Fang who wanted to show favoritism.
Fortunately, I let Zhu Xi handle it by himself, otherwise Zhu Xi might be wrongly blamed.
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Zhu Xi left the palace and went straight to the west city. When he arrived outside the guard house, he did not go in. Instead, he asked his guards to go in and call Deng Xi out.
Although few of the West City guards have seen him, they can recognize him by looking at his toothpai court uniform and poke their heads inside.
When the commander heard that Zhu Xi was coming, he hurriedly came out to greet him.
Zhu Fang waved his hand: "I, Mr. Deng, will leave after just saying a few words. Please tell me, Mr. Deng, to get busy."
The commander knew about his relationship with Deng Le, so he bowed his hands and went in.
Deng Xi heard yesterday that Zhu Xi had come to Xicheng and that King Xiang was almost kidnapped. He was worried for a long time.
Now when he came out and saw Zhu Ping looking unkind, he was no longer afraid.
Even if Zhu Xi found out, so what, there is no evidence anyway.
Besides, for Deng Zhiqiu's sake, Zhu Ping would cover it up for him.
Otherwise, Deng Zhiqiu would have a hard time if Deng Yu was implicated.
Zhu Fang held back his anger: "Master Deng must have known what happened yesterday. How do you plan to deal with the thief?"
Deng Xi said calmly: "He has been killed. The body was burned to ashes."
Zhu Xi was stunned for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think killing this thief can cover up this matter?"
Deng Xi smiled and said: "I can't cover it up with my humble ministers alone. I can only trouble Your Highness."
Zhu Fang was so angry that he didn't even care if anyone was outside or watching. He grabbed Deng Xi's collar and said, "Are you so fucking crazy that you dare to talk to me like this?"
Deng Xi was not afraid or hiding at all, and looked at Zhu Xi steadily: "Does Your Highness think that he is innocent? Where did Your Highness think that the gold and jade jewelry and fur coats that I usually give to Zhiqiu come from?"
