Chapter 127: The meeting of treacherous ministers

In Wuying Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang was gathering with Zhu Yunwen and the ministers and lords. He had done bad things last night, but now he was wearing bright official uniforms. Xiao Fan, who was like nothing was wrong, was also among the crowd. The ministers congratulated Zhu Yuanzhang on his granddaughter, which was a kind of kindness to the ministers. For a moment, he flattered Zhu Yuanzhang and laughed while stroking his beard. His originally serious and fierce eyes were filled with joy.

The joyful events in life are to see children and grandchildren get married with their own eyes, marrying them, and the descendants of the Zhu family last for thousands of years. In this way, the superiors are worthy of the country and the subordinates are worthy of the ancestors of the Zhu family.

"You are all my granddaughter, today my eldest granddaughter is married to the son of Changxing Marquis. This is a happy event for you, my king and my ministers. When you were young, you could go to Changxing Marquis' Mansion and drink it. I will also go there in person. Haha, the king and his ministers are having fun together, which can be a story for the ages..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was just talking happily, when suddenly a eunuch ran into the hall in panic, then knelt down in front of the Long case, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Geng Yu, the son of Changxing Marquis, was attacked in the mansion last night. He was beaten seriously injured and could not get married..."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat blankly for a while, but he couldn't react for a long time, "Geng... Gengqi?"

The eunuch lowered his head and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, Geng Qi, the son of Changxing Marquis, is the ritual of His Highness Princess Jiangdu, Geng Qi."

The ministers buzzed and burst into trouble when they heard this. They looked at the eunuchs kneeling on the ground with shock. Xiao Fan acted more shocked than everyone else.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang finally came back to his taste and slapped the table with a bang.

"Geng Qi was beaten? Who did it? Who did it?" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious.

The eunuch trembled in fear when he leaned on the ground and said tremblingly: "I don't know..."

Zhu Yunwen, who was standing aside, was also surprised to hear the news. The emperor's sister didn't want to marry Geng Xuan. Geng Xuan was beaten seriously injured the day before his marriage. This... isn't that a coincidence?

Zhu Yunwen's first reaction was to look up at Xiao Fan immediately, but saw Xiao Fan standing among the ministers with a look of shock. Then his shocked expression gradually turned into indignation, anger, and there was a faint sense of sacred and inviolable righteousness...

Zhu Yunwen looked at him suspiciously for a while, and became increasingly unsure whether this matter had anything to do with Xiao Fan. If it were related, this guy would be too realistic...

When Zhu Yunwen observed Xiao Fan, Zhu Yuanzhang became angry.

"At the feet of the emperor, the marquis's mansion was infiltrated by criminals, and the son of Changxing Marquis was seriously injured. Humph! Yingtian Mansion, the Five Army Governor's Mansion, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard! Are you all your money?"

The ministers were shocked and hurriedly knelt down and said, "I am guilty."

The originally harmonious and joyful hall suddenly felt like a gust of wind blowing by, and the peace disappeared, and the clouds suddenly arose.

In the quiet hall, a very abrupt sound rang.

"It's too much! It's crazy! It's simply outrageous! Such a vicious gangster should be killed! It's worth killing!"

Everyone was stunned and turned their heads to look at each other, but they saw Xiao Fan, the magistrate of the Jinyiwei and the attendant of the Eastern Palace, standing in a righteous manner in the hall, raising his arms and shouting with grief and anger.

The correct way to do in the officialdom is to be the one who likes the king, and the one who is angry with the minister.

Although Xiao Fan did not flatter him, his attitude was very timely and his strength was very good. When Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xiao Fan, his expression was obviously much calmer.

Now, no matter whether Xiao Fan is a treacherous party, he has to bow down and say in unison: "I and I will discuss what Lord Xiao said."

Xiao Fan knelt down and bowed, saying sternly: "Your Majesty, such a bad incident has occurred in the capital's imperial city, which is really infuriating. I ask Your Majesty to conduct a strict and thorough investigation to correct our Ming Dynasty laws and regulations!"

"I'm going to discuss it-"

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised in his anger. What happened to Xiao Fan today? He usually stuck in the crowd of ministers and refused to say anything. Today, Geng Qi was beaten and injured. He jumped out faster than anyone else and shouted fiercely than anyone else. This person usually... doesn't look like a person who hates evil.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked the eunuch: "How is Geng Yu's injury?"

"Your Majesty, the perpetrator is very vicious. Geng Yu broke his hands and feet and was covered in scars. After seeing this, the doctor asserted that he would have to rest for at least three or five months before he could get off the ground..."

Zhu Yuanzhang gasped: "So cruel? How much hatred does the murderer have with Geng Qi? It's lawless!"

As he was speaking, another eunuch outside the hall knelt down and said, "Report to Your Majesty, Geng Bingwen, the Marquis of Changxing, knelt down outside the Meridian Gate, and cried and begged Your Majesty to make the decision for him and severely punish the murderer who was injured."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted his forehead like a moan and sighed, "Issued an order to postpone the marriage between Princess Jiangdu and Geng Yu, and rewarded Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen with a hundred taels of gold and three hundred pieces of cloth to show comfort. Xiao Fan."

Xiao Fan quickly took a step forward and knelt down and said, "I am here."

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him and said viciously: "I ordered the Jinyiwei Tiqi to go out everywhere and find out the murderer who was killed by heaven! No matter who he was, he would be taken to the imperial prison and dealt with it strictly! I want to cut him into a thousand knives and ten thousand knives!"

"My memory... obey the order!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang issued the order, he snorted angrily and said to the eunuch: "Set up the Meridian Gate, I personally appease the Marquis of Changxing, alas!"

With a long sigh, Zhu Yuanzhang brushed his sleeves and walked out angrily.

The ministers also followed Zhu Yuanzhang and came out one after another, surrounding Zhu Yuanzhang toward the Meridian Gate.

Xiao Fan knelt in the hall, watching Zhu Yuanzhang gradually fading away, and still loudly expressed his loyalty: "I will definitely catch the murderer, avenge the Marquis of Changxing, relieve His Majesty, and make the righteous Dharma of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Shidun Xiao, Shidun Xiao... Haha, it's past, it's past." Zhu Yunwen stood behind Xiao Fan, patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

Xiao Fan turned around in shock, "What's the matter?"

"Your acting skills have passed." Zhu Yunwen smiled like a treacherous little fox, and there was a sense of enlightenment in his dark eyes.

"What is Your Highness talking about? I... I don't understand." Xiao Fan blinked and pretended to be confused.

Zhu Yunwen said casually: "Don't you know that 'too much is as bad as too much'?"

"I only know how to be too fat, but I don't know what too much is... "

Zhu Yunwen pushed him in dissatisfaction and said angrily: "Pretty! Keep pretending! I went to your house a few days ago to beg you, but you were still pretentious and obscene. Unexpectedly, you did not say anything and did Geng Qi do it without saying a word, saying... Why don't you call me such a fun thing?"

Xiao Fan was shocked and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I... I'm wronged-"

"It's boring to pretend again. If you don't admit it, I'll go all over the street..."

Xiao Fan was so scared that he quickly covered his mouth and said angrily: "Do you want to kill me? Can you talk nonsense about this? You haven't seen His Majesty get so angry just now..."

Zhu Yunwen was covered with his mouth, but his eyes were full of smiles.

"You really did this?" Zhu Yunwen asked excitedly.

Xiao Fan said dejectedly: "You can see it all, can I deny it?"

"Then you pretended to be so righteous just now, shouting for the murderer to be severely punished..."

Xiao Fan sighed and said, "There is nothing I can do. I'm stuck in the crowd and don't make a sound. Others think it's me..."

"What does it mean to 'think' you did it? It's all you did it!" Zhu Yunwen curled his lips very shamelessly.

"Then you have to pretend even more... Your Highness, I'm actually suffering too. You said I'm a good idol and I have to show my acting skills. Who will I provoke whom? It's all for your princess. It's not all for your princess. She's molested by her. Looking back, I'm the victim, I have to clean up the mess for her. I... I'm actually more unfair than anyone else..."

As Xiao Fan said, his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Zhu Yunwen patted his shoulder sympathetically and sighed: "Shi Du Xiao, you seem to be really unfair..."

"What does it look like! It's all!"

朱允炆噗嗤一笑,接着担忧道:“可是……你光揍耿璿一顿也解决不了大问题呀,若是三五个月后,他的伤势好了,不还得跟我皇姐成亲?那时怎么办?”

Xiao Fan twitched his nose and said without raising his head: "It's too simple, just beat him up..."

Zhu Yunwen looked at Xiao Fan dumbfoundedly, nodded for a while, and said seriously: "I found... Actually, you are not the most unfair, Geng Yu is much more unfair than you..."

"It seems that it is indeed..." Xiao Fan thought.

"What does it look like! It's all!"

After patting Xiao Fan on the shoulder, Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "Next time there is such a fun thing, you must notify me first. You are happy alone, I am not happy yet."

Xiao Fan rolled his eyes and ignored him.

The future Emperor of Ming Dynasty said that he was very happy in his daily life, why is he so violent in his bones? What a great prince, His Royal Highness, has fallen! If he becomes a tyrant in the future, who will be responsible? - Huang Zicheng, of course, it is his responsibility!

Xiao Fan was received by Xiao Huamei's heroic reception. Xiao Fan could clearly see the little stars shining in Huamei's eyes. His admiration and enthusiasm made him intoxicated. It seemed that he had done a good job in saving Princess Jiangdu from the sea of ​​suffering. At least in Huamei's heart, Xiao Fan's image of justice was once again unlimitedly.

Of course, the old Taoist Taixu rolled his eyes and looked contemptuous, Xiao Fan automatically ignored it.

——He should be the one who should be despised the most.

In late spring, the flowers fall in the peach forest, and the pink petals are blown by the breeze and slowly fall on the ground. The air is filled with a faint fragrance of flowers, with a beautiful smell, as pleasant as first love.

Xiao Fan sat on a bamboo bench in the peach forest. The bench was given by Ru Wei, the Minister of War, and made by authentic Xiangfei bamboo. A small fifth-rank Jinyiwei Tongzhi was able to be given a gift by a second-rank Shangshu. There were many absurd things in the officialdom.

Power is indeed a good thing. It has nothing to do with grades. The relationships in the officialdom are nothing more than the relationship between system and being controlled. A Shangshu has a high rank and power, but in the eyes of the Jinyiwei, he is nothing.

Ru Wei was admitted to the Jinyiwei Zhao Prison. If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang's hint and Xiao Fan's release of water, he would probably have come to an end in his life. Not only him, but his whole family has come to an end. It is really anomaly that he can still come out alive after entering the Jinyiwei Zhao Prison. Ru Wei knew the power and horror of the Jinyiwei, so he also had a grateful heart towards Xiao Fan. Of course, the most important thing is fear.

Xiao Fan leaned his head on the bench and slowly closed his eyes, as if he was in the cradle of power. Sometimes it was more tragic than the battlefield, and sometimes it was softer than the arms of a woman. No wonder so many people spent their entire lives struggling for their official positions. Power is indeed worth running around.

His eyes closed, but Xiao Fan's mind was still running rapidly.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to arrest the murderer who injured Geng Yu. How could this murderer be caught? Xiao Fan was in a dilemma. He just played a thief in Wuying Palace and shouted that he was yelling. He had to hand him over to Lao Zhu to serve as a servant. Although Lao Zhu was old, he was not so easy to fool.

In fact, the closest thing to the truth is that Xiao Fan personally ran into the Jinyiwei yamen and surrendered himself, and was sent to the imperial prison by a group of Jinyiwei colleagues. The real murderer Xiao Fan was sentenced to justice, and the Geng family finally took revenge, and the wheel of history continued to roll forward...

Xiao Fan was not mentally ill, so of course he would not consider doing this. Sometimes the truth is very unpleasant when it is made public. It is better to be a little fake. It is a harmonious thing and everyone is happy.

Or... hand over Taixu?

The old guy lived for more than 100 years old and must have not been to the imperial prison of the Jinyiwei. In life, you have to experience everything. Otherwise, if you leave regrets when you die in the future, it would be bad. Well, I'm afraid that he will be in the imperial prison and give up his accomplices, which would be unsatisfactory. Let's forget it.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Fan had a headache thinking. He patted the armrest of the bamboo chair, stood up and gritted his teeth, and simply asked a few people to discuss it. Let's see who the civil and military officials in the court hates the most, and who is the behind-the-scenes commander who beat Geng Qi. As for the evidence... The Tongzhi of the Jinyiwei said that if there is evidence, then there is evidence, and if there is no one, there must be some.

"Come here, take my famous post and invite a few people to the mansion... for a meeting!"

Xiao Fan invited all the ministers in the court who were more friendly to him. Well, an old acquaintance, and everyone also had a general term that they could understand as soon as they heard it, - "traitorous party".

来得最快的是翰林学士解缙,这家伙对萧凡可谓又爱又恨,感觉很复杂,按理说被萧凡揍过n次的人,要么揣把刀子跟他拼了,要么跑得远远的,惹不起躲得起,可解缙的表现却充分说明了儒家胸怀的博大和包容,他怕萧凡,却不介意与萧凡接近,每次萧凡但有所召,他一定会飞快出现,然后一脸惧怕又使劲挤出讨好笑容的样子,像笑更像哭,看得萧凡很纠结.

However, Xiao Fan was still very satisfied with Xie Jin's performance. He felt that Xie Xueshi had the potential to be a small victim. It is estimated that he also liked to be dripped by wax and whipped when he had sex with his wife. He acted very well-behaved and soft in front of Xiao Fan. Xiao Fan's evaluation of him was: he had a good attitude and a weak position.

After eight years of the Anti-Japanese War in his previous life, Mr. Jie was definitely the vanguard of the traitor team.

Next were Ru Wei, the Minister of War, Qi Tai, the Left Minister of War, Yu Xin, the Minister of Revenue, and several officials from the Ministry of Revenue.
To be continued...