Zhu Qiyu, Cao Nai and others rushed over in a hurry.
The Gao family's residence faces the street. The Jinyiwei made such a big noise, which inevitably attracted many people to eat melons. The whole street was surrounded by water. The commander-in-chief Zhu Ji was taking command from the center and was conducting an all-out search.
"Give way, His Majesty the King is here!"
Several imperial guards finally squeezed a way out of the crowd and escorted Zhu Qiyu and others to the scene.
When Zhu Ji heard that King Xi was coming, he hurriedly came out to greet him: "I, the imperial guard Zhu Ji, have met your highness!"
Zhu Qiyu looked at the scene in front of him and asked with a sullen face: "Have you considered the consequences of conducting such a large-scale search of the residence of a cabinet minister in broad daylight?"
Zhu Ji said helplessly: "I am also acting according to the order, please forgive me!"
Cao Nai hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Master Gao is an honest man, how could he be corrupt? It must be that the emperor has been deceived by a traitor. Before the matter is clarified, it is better to withdraw your people first!"
Zhang Yi also said: "Yes, the people are watching. There is such a big commotion, what do you want Master Gao to do in the future?"
Faced with the questioning of Zhu Qiyu and the two cabinet ministers, Zhu Ji did not waver and just said: "Your Highness, sirs, I'm really sorry. The order I received was to search Lord Gao's house and look for stolen money. As for whether Lord Gao
When someone framed someone, the subordinate didn’t know about it, and he had no right to intervene.”
"You..."
Cao Nai was choked and couldn't speak. No matter what they said, they just followed the orders and there was nothing to talk about.
Faced with such a situation, Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to say: "The truth of the matter is not yet clear. I will immediately write to the emperor for verification. Anyway, this house will not run away. You might as well send someone to take care of it first, and wait."
I will investigate the matter clearly and it will not be too late to search again!"
Zhu Ji looked a little hesitant. After all, this is King Xi, the emperor's younger brother. If he doesn't give him any face, wouldn't it... look bad?
What's more, what people say makes sense. If there is gold and silver hidden in such a big house, it won't run away by itself. It's better to take care of it first...
"Quick, it's right here!"
Just as he was hesitating, a group of young men dressed as scholars came from a distance. Without any explanation, they pushed aside the onlookers and squeezed in.
When Zhu Ji saw this scene, he couldn't help but frown.
"The Jin Yiwei brutally slaughtered Zhongliang in Nanjing, and now they have raided Gaoge Lao's house. My colleagues, we cannot sit idly by and ignore these imperial hawks, and we must fight to the end with these imperial hawks!"
These people shouted as they came closer, but were stopped by the guards around Zhu Qiyu.
"You hawks..."
The young man walking at the front seemed to be the leader, and he was about to rush in, but unexpectedly, the other person pulled out the knife directly.
"How dare you, His Royal Highness King Xi is here, please don't make any noise!"
The man was stunned for a moment, and then he saw that Zhu Qiyu, Cao Nai and others were also present, and he quickly bowed his head and bowed.
"Students have met His Highness King Xi, Lord Cao, Lord Zhang..."
Zhu Qiyu asked: "Who are you?"
"Student Imperial College student Li Linsheng learned that Jin Yiwei killed Zhongliang, and all my colleagues were indignant, so I came here to reason with them!"
"Be reasonable?"
Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Linsheng, then at Zhu Ji, and thought to himself that he could not violate the emperor's will no matter what, so he might as well let these scholars take the lead and stabilize the situation first.
No matter how arrogant Jin Yiwei is, he can't do anything to scholars...
Thinking of this, he said: "I also feel that there may be some misunderstanding about this matter. Since you are here, please tell me what you have to say and don't hurt the harmony."
When Li Linsheng heard this, he immediately understood that King Tan was speaking to him.
Thinking of this, he became more confident and stepped forward and said: "Master Gao must have been framed by someone. Why don't you stop quickly and remove the person?"
Zhu Ji came forward, stopped him, and said in a deep voice: "The Jin Yiwei is handling the case, and there are no other people waiting, so don't get close!"
"You guys...are you willing to be a hawk and harm the loyal and good, aren't you afraid of being cast aside?"
Zhu Qiyu was on the side, how did this sound...it felt very awkward...
My brother is the emperor and I am the prisoner. If you call the Jin Yiwei a hawk and a dog, isn't it that you are calling us brothers two things?
Only a fatuous ruler needs to keep hawks and dogs under his command.
Zhu Ji was even more annoyed. He pushed the person away impatiently and said, "Here comes someone!"
"Here!"
Zhu Ji stared coldly at the students in front of him and said: "If anyone obstructs the handling of the case, he will be charged with conspiracy. He will be arrested and locked up in Zhao Prison first. If there is resistance, he will be killed without mercy!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Jinyiwei present drew out the embroidered spring knife from their waists.
Li Linsheng was immediately frightened, but when he thought that King Xi was still around, he continued: "Bold, what do you want to do when you show your weapon in front of His Highness King Xi?"
Zhu Qiyu's face became increasingly ugly, and he felt like he had fallen into a trap.
It is indeed inappropriate for Jin Yiwei to show his knife in front of him, but the feeling of being used as a shield is even more damn uncomfortable!
The problem now is that I have just shown friendship to these young students and I can’t say anything. I feel like I’ve eaten a fly and I’m disgusted and speechless.
The dozen or so people following Li Linsheng, all young students from the Imperial College, stood up one after another to accuse Jin Yiwei, and some even scolded him directly.
Zhu Ji said angrily: "Come here and capture all those who are provoking troubles!"
"Yes!"
Seeing that the Jin Yiwei was about to take someone, Li Linsheng panicked and hurriedly took a few steps back and said, "Can't I wait to come and watch? Who said you can't watch?"
He looked at the people around him and continued: "With so many people watching, is it possible that you have to arrest Zhao Yu?"
Zhu Ji snorted coldly and ignored him. Then he turned around and said to Zhu Qiyu: "Your Highness, please go back to the palace and wait. I will report the results to Your Highness immediately if I have any results!"
Zhu Qiyu was very unhappy and said, "How about this? Just do whatever the Jin Yiwei should do. I just watch and don't ask questions. How about that?"
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When things got to this point, Zhu Ji had no choice but to agree.
The right and wrong will only be known after investigation. If you want to follow, just follow, whatever you want!
Upon seeing this, Li Linsheng hurried forward and followed Cao Nai and others to the front yard of the mansion.
In fact, Gao Zhu's mansion is not big, just an ordinary two-entry courtyard.
It is now a mess, and Jin Yiwei almost has to dig three feet into the ground.
However, nothing was found.
When everyone saw this, they secretly sighed in their hearts, this Gao Boss is simply a very upright official!
The furniture in the room has also been moved out, and it can almost be described as tattered.
Moreover, some houses have no time to repair and are in dilapidated condition.
Don't talk about other things, just talk about Gao Zhu's wife Gao Chen, who is wearing coarse cloth.
Even ordinary people, who live a slightly better life, wear better clothes than this.
The wife of a dignified cabinet bachelor should at least wear silk and satin, right?
In his study, there was nothing but bundles of books.
To be honest, Zhu Qiyu almost cried.
How could someone so honest be corrupt?
It seems that the emperor must have made a mistake.
However, Zhu Ji continued to order: "Continue to search, look at all the houses carefully, don't miss anything suspicious!"
The atmosphere at the scene began to become strange. If Li Linsheng and others were not afraid of the knife in Jin Yiwei's hand, they would have wanted to go forward and fight.
Although Cao Nai didn't speak, his face was already ugly.
The Jin Yiwei broke in with such a big fanfare but didn't search anything. This is definitely not a small crime.
Even if the emperor protects him, that won’t work!
What's more, is the high hub a fuel-efficient lamp? How could he give up?
A school captain came out of the back room, and Zhu Ji immediately asked: "What did you find?"
"Reply to Mr. Qianshi, there is nothing inside."
"How is it possible..."
Zhu Ji murmured, feeling uneasy in his heart.
Could it be that the emperor really made a mistake?
"Have you searched carefully for everything?"
"I've searched them all, and now I wish I could tear down the walls of their mansion. I haven't found anything. The entire family wealth is only five hundred taels of silver. His wife Gao Chen, even the hairpin is made of copper..."
The wife of a dignified cabinet bachelor is wearing a coarse cloth dress and a copper hairpin. Isn’t this too incorruptible?
Zhu Ji was speechless. Could it be that he had really wronged someone?
Cao Nai came forward and said, "Zhu Ji, the matter has come to this and you still haven't withdrawn. What are you waiting for?"
Zhu Ji thought for a long time and said seriously: "If Master Gao is really wronged, I have nothing to say. I am responsible for this relationship. Come on, keep searching. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you still have to find the dirty silver."
Come out!"
"Humph!"
Cao Nai snorted coldly and said: "Since you are so stubborn, don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes!"
Zhu Ji didn't say anything and walked to the back room by himself.
He carefully checked all the places where the money could be hidden, but he never found it.
It was very lively outside. Li Linsheng and others were already exaggerating that Jinyiwei had framed Zhongliang. More and more people gathered to watch, and when they saw so many people going in, they really didn't find any gold or silver, so they believed it was true. p>
Feeling that the time had come, Li Linsheng simply led people to kneel down in front of Zhu Qiyu and burst into tears: "Your Highness, please make the decision for Mr. Gaoge. Mr. Gaoge's second-in-command is Bao Qingtian. If such a good official is murdered, I will
Is there any justice left in Ming Dynasty?"
Behind him, all the students followed and said: "Your Highness, please make the decision!"
Even some people began to plead for Gao Hub, thinking that the Jin Yiwei had gone too far. It was simply unreasonable to persecute Zhongliang in broad daylight!
This is actually understandable, the people are still very simple.
In their minds, if the Gao family only copied a few hundred taels of silver, the dignified cabinet bachelor could almost be described as a family with only four walls.
Where can I find such a good official?
But for such an incorruptible person to be framed by Jin Yiwei and come to ransack his home, what an insult!
At this time, someone interceded for Gao Zhu, and the vast majority of the people, naturally and out of their own understanding, responded one after another.
When Zhu Qiyu heard these words, he felt even more mixed in his heart.
Jinyiwei has a driving license issued by the emperor, so it would be inappropriate to stop him by force.
At this point, he could only say: "The emperor is a holy king and will never wrongly accuse a good person. There must be a misunderstanding. The matter will be found out. Please go back first. I will report today's incident truthfully."
Your Majesty."
When he said this, everyone was even more reluctant to go. They all accused Jin Yiwei and put on a desperate posture.
On the other side, Zhu Ji led his people to search up and down, but couldn't find any dirty silver. In desperation, he had to order the money to be withdrawn first.
At this time, Cao Nai suddenly said: "Master Gao's home has been ransacked. Are Zhu Ji and Jin Yiwei planning to leave just now?"
Zhu Ji could only say: "The matter is still unclear, we still need to..."
"Things are very clear!"
Cao Nai said solemnly: "Master Gao is a dignified cabinet scholar. How dare you do this? If you were an ordinary person, wouldn't you be able to frame him up if you wanted to frame him up? Didn't you check for dirty money? You can tell me how much money was found.
Gold and silver, tell me!"
The students at the back have already heard the news and taken action.
A group of people said in unison: "This is too outrageous, it is simply lawless!"
"The house of the cabinet scholar is copied as soon as it is told. Where are the national laws and regulations? If there is a crime, the evidence of the crime will be presented."
Li Linsheng bowed to Zhu Qiyu again: "Your Highness, the student's father is the steward of Master Gao's house. According to my father, Master Gao is an honest and upright official. He has offended many people. He never expected that
, now Jin Yiwei actually wants to avenge his private revenge, and wants to kill Mr. Gao..."
He originally wanted to say that he had offended the emperor, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
I saw him bursting into tears, and continued: "Master Gao has worked hard over the years, and everyone has noticed it. He is really a role model for scholars like us. Now, he has come to such an end, so that the world is looking at him. I dare to ask His Highness, Jin Yiwei,
What kind of crime should you do? Justice lies in the heart of the people. Please make the decision, Your Highness!"
After everyone heard this, they all showed compassion.
As for the countless subjects and people outside this mansion, what will they think when they hear these words?
Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Ji, but saw that Zhu Ji didn't say a word, as if he acquiesced.
Cao Nai then said: "Your Highness, this matter is not trivial. As far as I can see..."
At this moment, in a corner where no one was paying attention, an ordinary-looking man came up behind Zhu Ji while others were not paying attention.
He didn't say anything, just put a small note into Zhu Ji's hand.
At this time, everyone was looking at Zhu Qiyu and Cao Nai, but Zhu Ji was stunned with the note.
When he came to his senses and went to look for him again, he would have disappeared.
Surprised, he opened the note and glanced at it, his face suddenly became excited.
Cao Nai and Zhu Qiyu discussed it and concluded that the impact of this incident was so bad that they must give everyone an explanation. Otherwise, the Ming court would lose face.
Zhu Qiyu also had this intention. Now that the emperor is away, he must stand up and give an explanation when necessary and an apology when necessary.
As for Jin Yiwei's fault, we need to discuss it with the emperor before we can make a decision.
"This king..."
"Your Highness!"
Just as Zhu Qiyu was about to speak, he was interrupted by Zhu Ji.
"I have another place to go. I wonder if Your Highness is willing to go?"