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Chapter 21: The Emperor asked me, or the school asked me

As soon as the sky was dawn, Li Wentong was discovered. However, no one dared to let him go because there were fourteen heads hanging around him. Putting him down was to destroy the crime scene.

Half of the capital was sensational. The capital had been peaceful for a long time. The people had never seen such a cruel murder case and rushed to watch. Because it was early in the morning, many people came to visit. Of course, many people saved a meal of breakfast after seeing it. Some vendors saw that there were many people here and wanted to go to the morning market and took breakfast to sell it. Unexpectedly, they miscalculated it.

The soldiers of Shuntian Mansion arrived soon and put Li Wentong down. After hearing the report of the case, the soldiers only prepared a single frame and prepared to carry the head back. When they arrived at the scene, Li Wentong was frozen for a night and was already fainted, so they had to lift it. The soldiers were unwilling to go there again, so they put the head on Li Wentong and carried it back. Anyway, Li Wentong was already unconscious and could not protest.

Shuntian Mansion quickly became busy, and rescued Li Wentong, investigated the heads and looked for the crime scene. We also had to inform the boss of the Donglin Party by the way, because the prefect of Shuntian recognized Li Wentong as Li Sancai's son.

Ruan Dacheng received a Mingla from Wu Huping early in the morning. When he saw the invitation from his old friend, he did not dare to neglect and rushed to the children's playground immediately.

The two of them exchanged greetings for a while, and Zhu Cheng asked, "I heard that Mr. Ruan has made great achievements in opera. I invite you here today because I want to ask you to write a play for me."

The literati in the capital were extremely arrogant and looked down on those who wrote operas, thinking that it was something from the people of Xialiba. When Ruan Dacheng heard Zhu Cheng praise him for his good writing, he thought it was intentional sarcasm, and his old face turned red, but when he saw Zhu Cheng's sincere look, he asked, "What kind of play is written?"

Zhu Cheng said: ""Du Shiniang's anger and sinks into the treasure chest"."

As he said that, Zhu Cheng handed Ruan Dacheng the "Du Shiniang's Angry Treasure Box" torn from "The King of Jingshi Tongyan".

Ruan Dacheng finished reading "Du Shiniang's Angry Treasure Box" with a glance, and said happily: "A good story. If this drama is written, it will definitely be passed down through the ages."

Zhu Cheng said: "I know that Mr. Ruan's lyrics and music are elegant, but please use less sunny things in this play, so that even the neighbor's mother-in-law can understand it."

Ruan Dacheng said: "I will do my best."

Zhu Cheng said again: "Also, the names of the people inside need to be changed. Li Jia was renamed Li Wentong, and Li Jia's father was renamed Li Sancai."

Ruan Dacheng was shocked and even the paper in his hand fell to the ground. Only then did he understand why Zhu Cheng asked him to write a show.

He said aloofly: "Li San is the leader of the Donglin Party. If he writes this drama, he will become the target of public criticism in the Donglin Party."

Zhu Cheng said: "I once said that the result of both sides being pleased is that both sides are offended. If Lord Ruan wants to gain a foothold in the capital, he must move closer to one side. However, he does not belong to any side of the force, so Lord Ruan does not need to surrender. After this drama is written, sign my name and it has nothing to do with you. But after this drama is very popular, Lord Ruan should not say that I will take advantage of it."

After thinking for a long time, Ruan Dacheng said, "Mr. Zhu, Ruan has been taught. Then when will you want this drama?"

Zhu Cheng said: "The faster the better. You know, I can't stay in the capital for a few days."

Ruan Dacheng nodded, picked up the manuscript from the ground, said goodbye and left.

Zhu Cheng stretched and went back to sleep. He slept until the red sun set.

Wei Honglian had already cooked a pot of good soup. Seeing that Zhu Cheng was not awake, he put it on the fire and became hot again. Now that he saw that Zhu Cheng was awake, he brought it out for him to drink.

After drinking two sips, the guards came to report that an eunuch in the palace came to pass the order.

When we met, we were still acquaintances. The little eunuch who last played with Wei Zhongxian in the Prince's East Palace. Although the little eunuch had grown up after a few years, his face was still vaguely in his original outline.

Zhu Cheng asked, "This young man is very kind-faced. I dare to ask about his surname."

The eunuch said: "Our Li Yongzhen met in the Prince's East Palace a few years ago."

Zhu Cheng gave him a bowl of soup and said, "Eunuch Li, this is the soup made by Mother Wei, let's try it out."

Li Yongzhen was very moved when he took the soup in his hand. Since he was young, he had entered the palace and followed Wei Zhongxian, and the power in his hands became greater and greater. Many court officials had seen him, some were afraid of him and flattered him, but behind the appearance was a vague contempt. The bowl of soup handed over by Zhu Cheng casually made him feel sincere care. Zhu Cheng treated him as a person, not as a power monster.

Zhu Cheng didn't know what Li Yongzhen was thinking, so he advised: "It's all night long, my father-in-law may not have eaten, so drink some soup to make his stomach. The soup made by Mother Wei didn't taste very good, but it's better because it's real."

Li Yongzhen and Zhu Cheng can give you a bowl of soup, and I will drink all the soup in one bowl.

After drinking the soup, Li Yongzhen said, "The emperor announced that you entered the palace because Li Sancai's son Li Wentong was stripped of his clothes and showed it to the public. The Donglin Party members suspected that it was Mr. Zhu who did it. Today I wrote a letter to impeach you."

Zhu Cheng was secretly shocked: "It seems that we can't underestimate the ability of the Donglin Party. I used to read history books and thought they were superior to their abilities, but now it seems a bit one-sided. Why don't these people from the Donglin Party use these wisdoms to govern the country, but to fight each other? Alas, they are really civil war experts and foreign war laymen. The Ming Dynasty was destroyed by you."

Zhu Cheng asked: "Who impeached me?"

Li Yongzhen has already regarded Zhu Cheng as a friend, so of course he said everything: "The Censor's Room is strong."

Zhu Cheng said: "Okay, I remember that tomorrow I will give this censor who is ignorant of the world a good look."

The two of them came to the Qianqing Palace, Li Yongzhen went in to report, and Zhu Cheng was waiting outside.

A moment later, Li Yongzhen came out and sang: "Xuan Zhucheng met with him."

Zhu Cheng stepped into the Qianqing Palace and saw Emperor Tianqi wandering in a carriage.

Emperor Tianqi said: "Brother Cheng, I thought the four-wheeled carriage had just two more wheels. After trying it, it was really easier to pull the car, but the car could not turn the corner at all. Brother Cheng, you really had a problem for me."

Zhu Cheng smiled and said, "How dare you work for the Emperor of Ming to solve the problem?"

Seeing that Emperor Tianqi was sweating, Zhu Cheng took out a towel from his arms and handed it over.

Emperor Tianqi wiped his sweat and returned the towel to Zhu Cheng.

He turned to Wei Zhongxian and said, "Parent Wei, let's go to the back garden for a walk. Li Yongzhen asked the imperial kitchen to make some late-night snacks to bring them here."

When he walked to the back garden, Emperor Tianqi said, "Zhu Cheng, you are in trouble again."

Zhu Cheng smiled and said, "I have a fate with trouble. Either I am asking for trouble or I am asking for trouble."

Emperor Tianqi said: "Tell me honestly, did you do this by Li Wentong?"

Zhu Cheng asked, "Did the emperor ask me about this or did the A-School ask me?"

Emperor Aoki said strangely: "Is there any difference between these two?"

Zhu Cheng replied: "There is a big difference. If the emperor asked me, I would be deeply shocked by such a vicious murder in the capital. Beijing is the capital of good deeds, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Suddenly such an incident is inexplicable. The criminals are extremely vicious and the people are frightened. We must instruct the officials to investigate and punish them strictly. No matter who is involved, we must investigate them to the end."

Emperor Tianqi asked, "What if Ajiao asked you?"

Zhu Cheng replied: "Li Wentong beat up A Jian's teacher in the street and stripped naked his clothes to show the public. It is tolerant, but who is unbearable. I killed his evil slave and tied him to the street is just the first step, and there are even more vicious ones behind it."

As he said that, Zhu Cheng told Emperor Tianqi in detail about Feng Menglong's beating.

Emperor Tianqi was silent for a long time and said, "Li Wentong deserves his crime, but have you thought about the words to deal with the censor tomorrow?"
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