Daming prepares the emperor

Under the steps outside the Hall of Martial Ying, Yang Gaomeng and Han Baihu knelt side by side, waiting to be summoned.

It was Wu Ce who made the decision to ask them to report the situation to Zhu Yuanzhang face to face, but when they arrived here, they found that Zhang Laishi had entered the palace ahead of time.

Both of them lowered their heads. The sound insulation in the hall was good, but the volume of the emperor's roar was too loud, and the sound of things being smashed was harsh. Beads of sweat dripped into the collar of the collar.

Huang Xi stood by the door, his position was the most unlucky, he would be blown by the wind, but also could see all kinds of things in the hall, if he was not careful, he would be easily angered.

But after all, after being the chief executive for so long and working beside Zhu Yuanzhang, Huang Xi's courage had already been cultivated. At this moment, he didn't say a word, and quietly looked at his floating dust, as if it was the first time he saw it.

The rest of the eunuchs and maids didn't dare to breathe, their ears were buzzing, they didn't move, they stared straight at the ground, their heartbeat almost followed the sound in the hall.

"It's you! You are the matchmaker for us. You told us that Mrs. Xiong was not married, and now you are telling us that she has already committed to someone else. Okay, you will do everything. Be honest, you Do you have a grudge with the Xiong family and use us to take revenge?"

Zhu Yuanzhang propped one hand on the edge of the table, glaring at the figure below, like an enraged lion, the overwhelming anger is reflected in the emperor, bringing people enough fear to suffocate, no one will doubt his means, and no one can Suspect!

Zhang Laishi's face was pale, and the corner of his forehead was bleeding. It was smashed by the teacup thrown by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it had flowed into his eyes. He didn't dare to wipe it, so he just closed one eye and knelt The ground trembled constantly, frightened and desperate.

"Chen, I have no enmity with the Xiong family..."

"Then what do you mean!"

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table with a slap, and after a loud bang, his roar echoed in the hall for a long time, and the beams and pillars seemed to collapse.

"I'm guilty..." Zhang Laishi began to kowtow until he was in the dark, his eyes were dizzy, "I'm guilty, please forgive me."

"You want us to be kind? Why don't you give us a favor, but instead we beg you! You have such an idea, give us one!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was trembling with anger.

"Tell us, what do the common people think of us? Do you want to say that we are the emperor who robbed his ministers' wives! What about the Yang family, what do they think? How will history books comment in the future? Do we think that Xiong's beauty is so beautiful, so we want to marry her by force? "

Zhang Laishi stopped, the blood that was knocked out before, and the blood that was knocked out by himself, all dripped on his face now, making him look like a ghost.

He took a few steps on his knees, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I just found out about this matter. As soon as I found out, I immediately went to the palace to report. How dare I deliberately harm the Emperor? If you want to talk about the Yang family, they and the Xiong family are the ones who conspired together." No disrespect, waiting to see your joke!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was purple with anger, and his eyes were burning: "Shut up!"

Zhang Laishi looked up at him in a daze.

"Come on, take him out! Take him to the vegetable market, no, hack him to death!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Zhang Laishi rushed towards Zhu Yuanzhang, hugged his leg and cried, "I really don't know, Your Majesty!"

"Go away!"

Zhu Yuanzhang flew up and almost kicked Zhang Laishi out of the hall. He hit the door and slid down softly, almost hitting the gourd guards who heard the news.

The two pumpkin guards pulled Zhang Laishi up from the ground very skillfully, one stuffed his mouth with a cloth, the other tied his hands and feet with a rope, and dragged him out swiftly. The pig waiting to be slaughtered could still scream a few times , but Zhang Laishi couldn't do it.

"Huang Xi!"

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around in front of the table a few times, unable to get rid of his burning anger, he raised his leg and kicked over the table, seeing the books and pens rolled on the ground, and the handful of stained ink, he felt even more irritable, and yelled With a voice, Huang Xi was ordered to come in.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's yell, everyone outside the hall trembled, heard clearly who was calling, and then relaxed, watching Huang Xi go in with the eyes of blessing the warrior, as if he was about to feed the devil with his body and sacrificed it.

Huang Xi groaned secretly: "Master, please order."

"Clean up the things on the ground." Zhu Yuanzhang sat down on the chair, his chest rose and fell quickly, obviously angry, and he hadn't recovered yet, "Decree, we will not marry Xiong, go, give us Dowry gifts must be returned, and there must be no less.”

Huang Xi was taken aback.

"What are you looking at? Go pass it on yourself and ask others to clean up the place." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Damn it, bring the things back first, don't try to take advantage of us."

"Yes." Huang Xi obeyed and went out. When he walked to the steps outside the hall, he looked at Yang Gaomeng who was kneeling there, hesitated for a moment, then turned sideways and said softly, "Go in and help the master clean up the land."

Yang Gaomeng suddenly looked up at Huang Xi, unable to believe what he heard.

Huang Xi didn't look at him again, nodded, turned and left.

Looking at the back of Huang Xi going away, tears of excitement brewed in Yang Gaomeng's eyes. He immediately got up, because he knelt for too long, his eyes darkened, and he almost fell down, but fortunately he was helped by Han Baihu next to him.

Yang Gaomeng didn't bother to thank him, he beat his thigh desperately a few times, stumbled towards the Hall of Martial Heroes, first knelt down and kowtowed with a plop, and then began to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry, and didn't pay attention to who came in—in fact, he didn't know Yang Gaomeng either, and even though he had met a few times, he never took him to heart.

After a while, Yang Gaomeng got a basin of water, wet the cloth, and wiped the blood left by Zhang Laishi on the ground.

The pool of blood was so red that it turned black, Yang Gaomeng wiped it carefully, not daring to leave a single drop.

Small snowflakes are scattered outside, and it seems that there has been a lot of rain this year.

A few white spots fell on the tip of Han Baihu's nose, and quickly turned into water droplets, flowing down the corners of his mouth, showing the firm outline of his face.

He is a martial arts practitioner, his body is strong, unlike Yang Gaomeng, after kneeling for so long, he didn't feel any discomfort at all, instead he was full of energy, and he was always nervously thinking about what to say to the face saint later.

In his opinion, this matter is not as strange as what he saw with Yuan Kai in Hangzhou, but the most important thing is that he has a direct relationship with the emperor. The difficulty is that whatever he does is wrong. It's okay to understand, what's going on with the Xiong family, if you don't understand it, it's easy to lose your head.

Thinking about it, he suddenly felt a warm hand on his shoulder.

Looking back, the first thing Han Baihu saw was the dragon pattern on the hem of the clothes, he immediately changed direction and knelt down, and kowtowed: "I see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Biao looked at him gently: "What's going on inside?"

"Returning to Your Highness, Zhang Laishi has been dragged out by the golden melon guards. I don't know what the crime is. Eunuch Huang left according to the order. I don't know where he went."

"Well." Zhu Biao said, "Stop kneeling here, find a roof and wait."

"Yes." Han Baihu stood up, "Your Highness, Your Majesty..."

"I know, I'm angry." Zhu Biao stopped laughing, showing a worried look, "This time the incident is serious, if I call you later, please be more careful."

"Yes." Han Baihu withdrew.

Zhu Biao untied the cloak to Wei Zhongde behind him, and entered the hall by himself.

After entering the palace, he first saw Yang Gaomeng, and without saying anything, he turned to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, release Zhang Lai..."

"Hacked to death with random knives." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We also asked Huang Xi to get the bride price for the Xiong family."

"Yang Gaomeng, you go out first." Zhu Biao said.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang take a look at Yang Gaomeng, with a little novelty in his eyes.

Yang Gaomeng went out immediately without saying anything.

When he went out, only Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang were left in the hall. Zhu Biao sat down on the chair and said, "Father, it's almost time to stop acting."

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang smile, the tense muscles on his face relaxed, and he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat: "How do you know we're acting?"

"I received Jin Yiwei's report last night. How could it be possible that the Hall of Martial Arts didn't have it?" Zhu Biao said, "But the matter is very clear at this point, Dad, just hit it a little later."

"They only found out at this time, or did Zhang Laishi reveal it on purpose, and deserve a light beating?"

"The matter of getting married has always been known only to the man and woman. Jin Yiwei is not a god, so how can he figure it out so clearly? They should explain it first." Zhu Biao persuaded, "Let's just think about it."

"Excuse me." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "Yes, it's nothing more than we vomited blood and sulked. It's okay. Our prince is kind. We will help you bear the notoriety. As long as you are that good person, we are willing!"

Zhu Biao was mainly worried that his fake acting would turn into real acting, and he would get angry for something good or bad. Seeing that Lao Zhu was very measured, and he accepted his emotions as he said, he had nothing to say, so he smiled and didn't answer.

Han Baihu waited outside for a while, and saw the palace door suddenly opened, the crown prince came out, the palace servants put on clothes for him, and walked slowly towards the Wenhua Palace, Wei Zhongde behind him did not follow, but called Two guards came to him.

"Eunuch Wei." Han Baihu cupped his hands apprehensively.

Wei Zhongde looked cold, as if he didn't know him, his eyes were icy: "Take him somewhere else, don't dirty the ears of the Holy One."

Han Baihu was stunned, the two guards listened to the order, one on the left and one on the right, grabbed Han Baihu's arm like pliers, and dragged him to leave. Han Baihu didn't dare to resist at all. to the square.

There were two bang bangs, and the two imperial sticks hit the hollows of his knees. The force was not too heavy, at least it was fine for a person like Han Baihu who was struggling every day. Han Baihu knelt down in confusion .

Another court stick was pressed against his neck, making his whole body stick to the snow, and the cold feeling made him shiver.

Han Baihu heard the sound of clothes rustling beside him, looked sideways, and found that there was another person, it turned out to be Yang Gaomeng, who was lying there in the same posture as him.

Wei Zhongde followed and stood behind them: "Do you know why you were beaten?"

Han Baihu said: "I didn't do my job well, and let the traitor harm the Holy One."

Yang Gaomeng said: "The slave girl failed to find out the matter in time, the slave girl is guilty, and she is willing to accept the punishment."

"It's good to know." Wei Zhongde said, "If you know, you can still be saved. Let's fight. After the beating, go back by yourself. Whoever should be arrested."

The two guards looked at Wei Zhongde's feet, Wei Zhongde's normal feet stood out with a horoscope.

put on a show!

The two knew it in their minds, the board was raised high, and then lowered gently, the crackling sound was endless, the pain was a little bit painful, but the muscles and bones would never go wrong, it did not affect the organs, nor did it affect the walking, but it was very scary to watch , it will be fine for a while.

From a distance, some officials who entered the palace saw the movement here and started whispering.