Chapter 20 Let's close the case with the perfume case
After finding the ironclad evidence, the three of them walked out of the study together. The battle in Ningyuan Bo Mansion has basically ended, Guocheng's order was executed thoroughly, Ningyuan Bo Mansion was demolished to pieces, and it turned out that the original appearance of the luxurious house could no longer be seen, like a huge garbage dump.
Thinking of the person killed by Li Rubai, Guocheng felt nervous and quickly counted his losses. Fortunately, the craftsmen were all intact, but some people had black green on their heads. But what was even worse was that the people from Ningyuan Bo Mansion had bloody heads, which were considered to have done good deeds and accumulated virtues; and the one who survived was considered to have burned incense. Half of the people in Ningyuan Bo Mansion had sacrificed their lives in this operation. The two merchants were treated as the owners of the Li Mansion because of their gorgeous clothes. They died very miserably and were not even as good as humans.
Most of these people who lost their lives were attacked by those who took revenge. The people on Guocheng's side were somewhat sensible. What's more, the craftsmen had never seen blood and really wanted to kill people, but they couldn't do that.
When a man saw Guocheng coming, he knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you for your help. We have to avenge our great revenge. Our family can rest in peace even if they are in the dark."
Guocheng recognized this person, and he was the leader of this group of people. Guocheng said coldly: "Who are you? How dare you talk about it here? The Li Mansion is being searched here, and the idle people cannot wait to enter, so why don't you retreat with me quickly!"
The man laughed and said, "Young Master doesn't have to cover us. Since we are here to avenge, we are determined to die. This time, so many people died in the Li family, and the matter is well known. No matter how hard the young master's backstage is, it is probably difficult to ensure that it is complete this time. You really don't know us, we touched in while we were in trouble."
After saying that, the man respectfully kowtowed to Guocheng three times and led his men back in a corner.
After everything was settled, a large group of Jinyiwei rushed in, and the headed Jinyiwei Qianhu shouted: "According to the emperor's decree, Zhu Youjian, Guocheng, Li Rubai and others came to the palace to meet the saint."
Guocheng pointed to the craftsmen holding an axe and hammer behind him and said, "These are craftsmen sent by the emperor to build children's playgrounds. This time, they are just here to strengthen my feelings. Can they let them go back and continue to build so as not to waste time?"
Qianhu looked at the simple craftsman, and then looked at Guocheng. He knew that this child had been given a bullfighting uniform by the emperor and the noble concubine. Although he made a big mistake this time, who knew whether the emperor would raise the board high and then put it down gently, so he didn't dare to offend him. He nodded, waved his hand, and the Jinyiwei sided with one stone, giving way.
Guocheng said to the craftsmen: "You go back and do things as usual. I will go back later and reward them according to their merits."
The craftsmen cheered and went back with their tools. There were rewards for sabotage, so you could do this kind of work several times.
Seeing that Ningyuan Bo’s Mansion was almost turned into rubble, the family was young and old, except for the women in the flag dress, the rest of the people were probably in danger. This time, the family was destroyed and the people were killed. He felt very resentful and squeezed out a few words from his teeth: "Can you still go back? He was arrogant because of his favor and attacked the mansion of a first-rank official for no reason. The national law will spare you, and the emperor will not spare you either."
Zhu Youjian stepped forward and kicked him. He did not see the lessons of Guocheng's past, and he was unable to stand firm after kicking. He took a few steps back. Guocheng supported him. Just as Zhu Youjian was about to announce his crime loudly, Guocheng gently pulled his sleeve and signaled him not to speak - catching a traitor is not something worthy of satisfaction, and without a traitor is the pride and glory of the nation.
The Jinyiwei took out the weapons from Zhu Youjian and was about to loosen Li Rubai. Unexpectedly, Li Rubai cried and shouted: "Don't untie it, I want the emperor to see that our Li family has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, but was fooled by a little bastard who was still stinky. Is there any law of nature and a king's law?"
Li Rubai was born in the Jinyiwei and had a good relationship with Qianhu. Qianhu frowned, poked him gently, and whispered: "Shut up, that person is His Royal Highness, who is talking nonsense, and no one can protect you."
The Jinyiwei escorted his group into the Ganqing Palace in the palace. Emperor Wanli sat upright in court clothes, looking at the group of people kneeling on His Highness, and solemnly asked, "Who is your Highness kneeling?"
"Grandson Zhu Youjian."
"The country is sincere."
"The last general Li Rubai."
"Keep your Majesty, long live the emperor!" Everyone shouted together.
"The Lords are calm."
Hearing this, everyone stood up and lowered their heads. Zhu Youjian looked at Wanli with his eyes secretly, and saw that he was wearing a court robes and his face was as heavy as water. This court robes had been worn for a while, and it seemed that this matter was a big deal. If it weren't for the ironclad evidence of Li Chengliang's Tongfan, I'm afraid he would not have a good life.
Li Rubai climbed forward a few steps and cried, "Emperor, you must be the last general."
Then Li Rubai reported to the emperor with great qigong, and of course he concealed the incident of sending spies. He dressed himself up as a saint and described Guocheng as a demon. It seemed that not killing Guocheng would not be enough to calm the anger of the people, and not killing Guocheng would be like a country that would not be unfair.
Emperor Wanli's face turned pale and asked, "Guocheng, do you have something to say?"
"Yes, but I can only say this to the Lord, please shut up."
Emperor Wanli was stunned and said, "Okay, I will listen to you. If you are really right, I will spare you. If you deceive me with false words and add a crime of deceiving the king, you will be punished with multiple crimes. Humph, castrate first and then kill."
Guochengqing couldn't help but use his hands to protect his crotch. Why can't Wanli always get along with his little bird?
The eunuch took the others outside the hall to wait, and Guocheng, Zhu Youjian and Mr. Wen stayed.
Wanli waved his hand and called them to the side of the imperial throne.
Wanli sighed and said, "Guocheng, I thought you were a mature young man and would not be impulsive when doing things. I didn't expect you to do such a thing. How can you protect you?"
Guocheng said: "Long live the matter, after hearing the truth, the emperor may be more impulsive than me."
"Oh, then you can tell me."
Guocheng waved his hand and signaled Mr. Wen to come forward to explain the matter. Mr. Wen couldn't help but secretly thank Guocheng. This was Guocheng giving the credit to him. Mr. Wen took a step forward and said, "Prince, please read these letters."
The emperor took the letter casually and looked through it. After reading it, Wanli's eyes widened and his hands trembled. After reading the letter, he was furious and pulled the letter to pieces. Emperor Wanli fell on the dragon chaise, unable to breathe, and coughed loudly. Zhu Youjian and Guocheng hurried forward, one caressed the chest and the other patted the back. It was finally easy for Wanli to calm down.
"Teacher, Teacher Zhang." Wanli burst into tears and sighed, "I regret not listening to you. When you died, you told me that after you go to great lengths, the border will keep Qi Jiguang, not Li Chengliang. You said that Qi Jiguang is invincible and loyal, and can be the magic needle for the Ming Dynasty. You also said that although Li Chengliang won every battle, he was greedy by nature. If Shangguan did not have the ability to suppress him, he would become a disaster for the Ming Dynasty. But after you went, I did not do as you said."
Emperor Wanli remembered Zhang Juzheng again. Zhang Juzheng had superb political vision and skills. Although Wanli did not admit it, he actually regarded Zhang Juzheng as his idol and had to compare everything with Teacher Zhang whenever he encountered it. After comparing it over and over again, he still had to admit that he was not as good as Zhang Juzheng.
After a while, Wanli calmed down and said, "I, I want to issue an order to remove Li Chengliang's title, and also open a coffin, whip, and whip the corpse!"
Mr. Wen knelt down and said, "Long live, don't do this."
Wanli was confused when he heard this and asked, "Didn't you expose Li Chengliang's traitorous behavior? Why did you help him speak again?"
"Long live, Li Chengliang has been guarding Liaodong for 38 years. Most of the Liaodong soldiers and generals came from the Limen. If they act rashly, they may force the rebellion of Liaodong and the Ming Dynasty will be in danger."
Wanli said: "What do you think should be handled?"
Mr. Wen said sincerely: "Emperor, the Li family is loyal and treacherous, and loyal as Li Rusong, sheds a lot of passion for the Ming Dynasty; the treacherous, like Li Rubai, colluded with the Jurchens and sold the interests of the Ming Dynasty. The dead are gone, and the living are taken care of. This matter is better to suppress it. Ning Yuanbo passed it to Li Rusong. Li Rusong is dead, so he will not pass it down. Today, the case will be closed with the perfume poisoning case, and Guocheng is slightly punished, and Li Rubai is imprisoned in the imperial prison and will never be released. His Jurchen concubine was inscribed into the Jiaofangsi. I wonder if Your Majesty thinks this is OK?"
When he said that he would punish Guocheng, Mr. Wen looked at Guocheng apologetically.
Chapter completed!