Bright Spring

After a while, he suddenly narrowed his eyes, looked at Ma Enhui seriously and said, "I don't allow you to die. I have already thought of some remedies, which can roughly calm the troubles in front of me. You don't have to die! Just promise me this one." How about something?"

In Zhu Gaoxu's words, there was a tone of begging her, after all, if a person is determined to die, it is really difficult to be stopped!

Ma Enhui said: "Brother Meng, my Majesty, I am indeed responsible for the lives of six members of my family. How does Your Majesty comfort my brother and nephew's souls in heaven?"

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, then said: "Tell me the truth... At least in my heart, the elder brother's family is not as important as you."

He really didn't lie.His brotherhood with Gao Chi is just that.

Before the first year of Jianwen, the matter between the brothers had nothing to do with him. The "King of Gaoyang County" was not him at all (traversing), and there was no sense of substitution in the relationship; The so-called brotherhood.

Neither is gratitude.Everything that Zhu Gaoxu has comes from his father, queen and mother, not that his elder brother gave him so much; so no matter how Empress Zhu Dixu treats him, he does not hate his father, queen and mother.

Later, when the father died, the relationship was not even mentioned.Don't talk about feelings, it's simply an enemy who wants to kill the other party and then quickly!Thinking about what Gao Chi did, and thinking about the countless soldiers and civilians who died because of the struggle for power, the remaining feelings have long since disappeared... The remaining points are just a play.

This brother Gao Chi is far inferior to his unrelated military brothers!

And that big nephew is simply Zhu Gaoxu's nightmare for many years!He said long ago that the only people who are somewhat innocent are those two little nephews; just innocent, that's all.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help expressing something in his heart: "My sister-in-law is willing to die for me, and I am not hard-hearted."

"What?!" Ma Enhui looked at him in shock.Her face changed from red to white for a while, and she stared at Zhu Gaoxu with disbelief.

Zhu Gaoxu was very calm. He said, "I'm not lying to you. It's true. It's hard to explain in a sentence or two. Just believe it."

He paused for a moment, then asked again: "Sister-in-law don't want to die, can you?"

Ma Enhui blushed and said, "Is it really possible?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "I have a solution, just wait for it with peace of mind."

Chapter 661 Imperial Power

On the evening of April 28, people from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and Jinyiwei stopped at the Halfway Inn before arriving in Zhongdu.

After dinner, Jin Yiwei Commander Zhang Sheng went to Gao Xianning's room, and asked Beizhen Governor Du Erlang to invite Xue Yan.

After a few people met in Gao Xianning's room, Zhang Sheng said in a low voice: "The eunuch, the supervisor of ceremonies, saw the last general earlier in the morning, and brought a few words with him."

Everyone calmed down and their expressions became serious.

Zhang Sheng glanced at Xue Yan and said: "The case of Zhongdu has nothing to do with the palace. The Holy Majesty has also been frank and honest with the ministers and made it clear. The ministers all believe it. But in order to keep the overall situation in mind and avoid getting too involved in the case, it is difficult to Clean up; before cross-examining the confession, all Yatang officials must use trustworthy people to greet those involved in the case, whoever dares to bite indiscriminately will be severely punished by the Yiqi clan!"

Xue Yan took the lead in expressing his attitude: "The matter is of great importance, and it should be so."

Gao Xianning just nodded his head, he is a former official of the Han Palace, so he doesn't need to say too much.Du Erlang also clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate has orders."

Zhang Shengdao: "The facts of the case are very clear. The culprit Wu Zhong is dead... The case can now be settled: Wu Zhong is a remnant of the Jianwen Dynasty. He colluded with the Jianwen Rebellion|Party in Central Capital and committed great evil. Wu Zhong is a member of the party|feather Wait, once you respond, you will be executed, and all family members will be exiled to Qiongzhou Prefecture! Do you have any objections?"

Xue Yan said sternly: "Cases within the royal family do not need to be tried by the jurisprudence. The Holy Majesty announced the secret letter from the Central Capital, and took the ancestors of heaven and earth as a lesson, and publicly said that this case has nothing to do with the palace. I believe that this is the end of the matter; our trip to Zhongdu can be considered as an explanation to the people of the world. Seeing that the case is settled like this, it is reasonable and reasonable."

After hearing this, Gao Xianning breathed a sigh of relief: "For the current plan, it seems to be the best way to end like this."

Zhang Sheng turned his head to look at Gao Xianning, and said: "My lord, Jianwen's treacherous party is very cruel. Before, the whole family of King Xiang who forced to death regardless of family affection (self-immolation) was extremely cruel and ruthless; now they are doing such a thing. , It is not impossible. However, the Holy Majesty is very concerned about the family relationship of the clan, and will let King Gu return to the Huguang Domain to show that the court is magnanimous to the clan."

Gao Xianning couldn't say anything about the first half of the sentence, but only said about the second half: "The Holy Majesty forgives the King of Gu and comforts the hearts of the kings.

The other two people also bowed: "I will obey the order!"

Zhang Sheng went on to say: "If Wu Zhong has no one to facilitate him, he will have no chance to get close to the 'Xiaoyao City', and he will not be able to set fire! Those who fawn on and make friends with Wu Zhong have given the criminal (Wu Zhong) a chance, and those people will never Wronged! They want to find connections to get promoted and make a fortune, so how can they not be held accountable if something goes wrong?"

Xue Yan said with a sympathetic expression: "It makes sense."

After Zhang Sheng finished speaking, he clasped his fists and said: "The words brought out by the eunuch Wang Gui, the supervisor of ceremonies, have already been relayed at the end. Tomorrow morning, you all set off and rush to the Central Capital as soon as possible. You should get things done quickly and share your worries for the Holy One."

So several people performed the ceremony one after another and left Gao Xianning's room.

The three people from the government office rode on horseback and soon arrived at the imperial city of Zhongdu.

Several eunuchs guarding the "Xiaoyao City", two of Wu Zhong's subordinates, some people from the Central Capital's left-behind department, and the civil and military officials who asked Wu Zhong to be responsible for the purchase expenses were arrested and imprisoned on the same day.

Gao Xianning soon arrived at Wu Zhong's residence.This place has already been sealed, he tore off the seal, and searched around in the small courtyard.First

I found some belongings and daily expenses.

Not long after, Gao Xianning came to Wu Zhong's bedroom and found a crumpled handkerchief from under a pillow.He opened it and saw the blood that had turned black inside, and he thought for a while.

Gao Xianning picked up the handkerchief and put it in a wooden box, immediately turned his head and ordered: "Tell the assistant from Dali Temple to Xiaoyao City, and bring good things for autopsy."

The subordinate immediately bowed and said: "Obey!"

On the same day, Wu Zuo used Wu Zhong's corpse to find out that Wu Zhong was suspected of having tuberculosis before his death!

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Zhu Gaoxu was in the Palace of Rouyi.Recently, the "Cabinet" and the "Treasure Department" have handled most of the memorials; he usually doesn't even need to review the memorials, and his daily affairs have been reduced by more than half.

But when he was free, he was even more restless, pondering over the recent situation.Nothing has happened yet, just wait for the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to submit the files, and the case will be closed!

At this moment, the "Dianbao Department" of the Hall of Martial Arts, not far to the south of the Hall of Rouyi, sent a memorial, which the minister could not handle.Zhu Gaoxu was sitting in front of his desk, and he opened it to read.

The memorial was written by Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Xia Yuanji actually wanted to ask him to resign and return to his hometown!

Xia Yuanji has been in a high position since the Hongwu period, he was only in his early forties, and now he is an official in the Ministry, why should he resign?Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a wave of anger rushing straight to his forehead!

When the "Jingnan Army" marched into the capital, Xia Yuanji, as an old minister of Jianwen, did not resign, but was "forced" to surrender and served as an official under Emperor Taizong; Still being arrested from home, he "had to" continue to be the Secretary of the Household Department... He was unwilling to resign at the risk of his reputation before, so why should he resign now? !

Zhu Gaoxu was furious, and thought to himself: I have already sworn, you still don't believe me?underestimate me!He|what|, these people really treat the imperial power as a display?

He threw the memorial on the table and immediately shouted: "Come on!"

The eunuch Hou Xian entered, bowed and said, "Your servant is here, please give me your orders."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Decree Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi, send people to arrest Xia Yuanji, and put him in prison to be punished!"

Hou Xian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately bowed: "Slave obeys the order!"

After Zhu Gaoxu did this, he walked up and down in the Rouyi Hall, his anger didn't dissipate completely for a long time, and he said in his heart: My throne was brought down by a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!If you are happy, treat him with an unwarranted disrespect, if you are unhappy, you don't need a reason, just kill him if you want!

Not long after, many officials seemed to know that Xia Yuanji was suddenly arrested by Jin Yiwei!

Because Zhu Gaoxu made the decree in the morning, and it was the time when all the officials in the capital were on duty; so the place where Jin Yiwei's men arrested Xia Yuanji could only be the Household Office, under the watchful eyes of everyone.

In the afternoon, Qian Xun, the temporary cabinet minister and the official of the Shouyu Sinan Office, the right guard envoy, asked to see him outside the gate of Rouyi Hall.Zhu Gaoxu allowed him to come in and speak.

Qian Xun walked to the opposite side of the big book case, and made a gesture of kowtowing.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately raised his hand and said, "No, no, no! What's the matter with Qian Shijun?"