"Have you seen it before? Where?" When Yunxi heard Song Liang's voice, he suddenly turned his head around and took a closer look, but he didn't recognize it, so he had to ask.
"Your Majesty, fifth young master, do you still remember the people you met when Hongwu was touring the north in the 28th year of his reign and passed through Boxing County in Shandong Province?" Song Liang asked again.
"Passing by Boxing County, Shandong?" Yunxi looked at the eight people not far away and noticed that several people who looked like thugs had come out of the restaurant and were pushing and shoving with the eight people, threatening to start a fight.
Then he heard a thug shouting: "Why do I look down on you country bumpkins from other places? If you dare to cause trouble in Lai Yi Building, do you think you have a long life?" He immediately frowned.
In his opinion, although there was something wrong with what these eight people did, after all, it happened for a reason. It was the waiters in the restaurant who looked down on the people in the first place. It was unreasonable for the people in the restaurant to do this. Moreover, the thugs' words were too crazy, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
Happy. No matter who is behind it, it’s unacceptable for a few scoundrels to be so arrogant.
Zhu Youdou immediately noticed the change in Yunxi's expression. Although Laiyi Tower was not the property of the Zhou Palace, after all, it was in Kaifeng, and such a thing happened right under the emperor's nose. His face was not good, and he was also afraid of what Yunxi might do suddenly.
Will always pay attention to him.
Seeing the change in Yunxi's expression, he immediately sent another person over. He walked up to one of the thugs and said a few words. The man gave some instructions. The thug who came to Yilou was stunned, and then took a few steps back. Although the situation remained the same.
Nervous, but a little less tense than before.
Yun He glanced at Zhu Youdou and said nothing. He just started to pay attention to the appearance of the eight people. After looking at it for a while, he still couldn't remember it. He asked again: "Song Liang, under what circumstances did we meet these eight people?"
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"Fifth Young Master, at that time we had just left Qingzhou and arrived in Boxing County. Young Master, you were drinking tea in a tea shop when you met these eight people. The man led by twenty big men asked for a bowl of tea each.
, while scolding His Highness King Qi while drinking tea to quench his thirst, we chatted with them, Master, you claim to be a scholar from Luanzhou, Yongping Prefecture, and the leader claims to be Tang Cichang, a native of Binzhou." Song Liang said. He followed him that year.
One of the only two remaining guards on Yunxi's northern patrol, he usually has a good memory. Tang Caichang and his group are also very distinctive: they all claim to be common people, and they have just returned from doing corvee service in Yidu County at that time, but they are all Confucius.
A strong and powerful man seems to have kung fu, so he remembers it.
"Huh?" Although Yunxi hadn't thought of them yet, he heard Song Liang's words, and he had doubts in his heart: "At this time, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people are not allowed to leave the twenty-mile radius of their residence without a road, which is almost the same."
It is within the scope of a county or state, and the distance from Kaifeng to their hometown Binzhou is far more than twenty miles. It is unreasonable for them to appear here at this time.'
Of course, this cannot be used to conclude that they left the country illegally. Maybe they were hired as guards by a big businessman, transferred to Henan to serve as corvees, or for some other legitimate reason.
At this time, the matter had been adjusted. Although the people in Lai Yi Lou had dissatisfaction on their faces, the thugs had dispersed. The people on Tang Cichang's side also picked up the money on the ground, turned around and left the door of Lai Yi Lou.
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Yunxi hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to ignore it. There were so many things in the world, how could he pay attention to them? He turned around again and was about to return to Prince Zhou's Mansion.
But he didn't expect that Tang Cichang and his party happened to be walking this way. Although the road was not too narrow, there were so many people there that they suddenly occupied half of the street, leaving only the other half for other people to walk. Ordinary people
Seeing that there were so many of them and that they were well-dressed, I knew that it was not just ordinary people hiding away; but for some reason, Tang Cichang and his group also hid, but not completely. One of them was with Yun Xi.
The guards bumped into each other.
"Why don't you watch your steps when you walk!" said the guard Yunxi.
The man who bumped into him turned his head, with a strong smell of alcohol emanating from his body. He opened his mouth and said a few words, but they were all vague and he didn't know what he said.
The guard secretly said something bad. No wonder he was a foreigner and didn't look like an official, so he dared to make trouble at the door of a restaurant. It turned out that he was drunk! He glanced at Yunxi secretly and decided not to make a fuss.
He reached out and pushed the person who bumped into him away, saying: "You are drunk, I don't care about you." He turned around and left.
Unexpectedly, the drunk man got up and came over and grabbed the guard. The guard tried to push him away again, but failed this time.
The guard's face suddenly changed: these people have kung fu, and they used it just now. Countless situations flashed through his mind, including what the old guard taught them when they first entered the palace as guards, and he had no time to think about it.
As soon as he raised his arm, he performed the grappling technique and shouted: "Be careful!"
In an instant, more than a dozen guards surrounded Tang Caichang and others, trying to capture them. Although Tang Caichang and others resisted vigorously, everyone was drunk, and their martial arts skills could only be displayed at eight or even ten points.
Six points, and they were all arrested quickly.
Yunxi asked about the situation just now and whispered to Song Liang: "Take them all back to Prince Zhou's Mansion. You guys have to interrogate them carefully to see if they are here to assassinate me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Song Liang agreed softly and directed the guards to take them away.
The people watching the excitement were indignant: "The officials are bullying ordinary people again." But no one dared to meddle in other people's business, and just muttered a few words. On the way back, I met a few policemen, and they diligently stepped forward to ask questions.
They said a few words, but after seeing Prince Zhou's waist badge, they quickly dispersed and pretended not to have seen it.
Yunxi returned to Prince Zhou's Mansion to chat and have dinner with Zhu You, Zhu Youdou and his son. Song Liang escorted them to the backyard and began interrogation.
Early the next morning, Yunxi got up and reviewed several memorials. He suddenly remembered this matter and sent Lu Yi to call Song Liang and asked: "What did the interrogation of those captured yesterday reveal?"
"Your Majesty, I woke them up and interrogated them all night, but they didn't find out anything. I feel that they should be ordinary people, not assassins who came to kill Your Majesty."
"Oh? Then why did they appear in Kaifeng Mansion, which is thousands of miles away from their hometown of Binzhou?"
"Your Majesty, they said that they made too little money from farming at home, so they went out to do business together. One of the eight people was a merchant and could walk without roads. He also bribed the government officials in the state and gave money to the other people.
Seven men opened a road and led them out to do business."
"They trafficked the goods to Kaifeng, made some money, and got together to drink. While drinking, some people said that they had not been to the big restaurant, so they gathered in the big restaurant to eat. That's what happened next."
Yunxi asked a few more questions and felt that there was no problem. He took a few interrogation words from his hands, and after a brief look, there was no problem, and then said: "In that case, let them go..." Suddenly, there was no sound in the middle of the sentence.
Song Liang was waiting to hear the next words, but suddenly there was no sound. He couldn't help but raise his head and saw a very surprised look on Yun He's face.