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Chapter 1877 : The Killer Pays His Life

After thinking about it carefully, Hu Weiyong closed the memorial and suddenly remembered what Zhu Yuanzhang said to the civil and military officials of the court a few months ago when he was in charge of the court, "The emperors live in a deep place and can see thousands of miles clearly, mainly because he listens and reads widely and understands the people's feelings. In the era of Hu Yuan, the government orders were all from the Secretariat. Everything must be reported to the Secretariat first, and then report to the emperor. The Yuan Dynasty had many foolish monarchs, so the people's feelings were not in line with each other, and it led to chaos. This is something we must deeply warn." He didn't care at that time. When he thought about it carefully, he secretly touched a cold sweat. The emperor had already attacked him.

"The emperor did indeed take action...?" Hu Weiyong sighed secretly and frowned. If this continues, his power will be taken away by Zhu Yuanzhang bit by bit, which is something he will never accept.

"It seems that the emperor is disgusted with me. I have to think of a way to keep my status?" Hu Weiyong frowned and thought hard about dealing with Zhu Yuanzhang's series of methods. At this moment, a guard in the mansion rushed in and shouted outside the door: "Prince, Prime Minister, it's not good, it's not good. The young master went out in a carriage. The horse was frightened and fell down under the carriage, seriously injured..."

Hu Weiyong was shocked when he heard this and almost fell to the ground. He had several sons, but he loved the eldest son the most. When he heard that his eldest son fell off a horse and his life was in danger, he did not ask in detail and ordered people to drive there. The group rushed to the Jinling Market in a mighty manner.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital, he ordered more than 14,000 rich people from the nine provinces of Su, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and the 15 prefectures around Nanjing to come to Ning; he also mobilized 45,000 handicraftsmen from all over the country to come to Jinling City to fill Jinling's handicrafts industry, which is a business and to demonstrate the prosperity of the imperial capital. After just a few years, today's Jinling City is the most prosperous. There are villas and river houses on both sides of the Qinhuai River, carved railings, paintings, and bead curtains, which are very beautiful. In the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang personally ordered thousands of water lamps to burn on the river, mobilizing nobles, heroes, officials, gentry, merchants and other people to watch on lamp boats. At night, the lamp boats come and go, like fire dragons, and the silk and bamboos in the ship sing and singing. From Jubaomen (now Zhonghuamen) to Tongjimen Water Pass, it was noisy and dawn. Today, the Jinling City is very lively.

Hu Weiyong was anxious that his son was injured, so he had no intention of appreciating him. He kept urging him in the car.

The groom driving did not dare to neglect and ran all the way. When pedestrians on the road saw the carriage gorgeous, they avoided it.

Soon after, he arrived at the Qinhuai River. He saw many people surrounding the riverside and pointed at them. Hu Weiyong couldn't help but jumped up and got out of the car and rushed over. Before he could clear the crowd, he heard someone crying constantly. He was anxious and urged the guards to clear the crowd. After a while, he drove a small path. He hurriedly walked forward and said, "How is it? How is it?"

"Prince, young master, young master...?" The housekeeper You Qi turned around and saw Hu Weiyong, and couldn't help but scream.

This shout immediately made Hu Weiyong thunder thunder thunder thunder, as if he was as stupid as a wooden chicken. It took him a long time to come to his senses and looked at him. He saw his son lying on the ground, his face was covered with blood, and a big hole was broken on his forehead. The bright red blood was still flowing...?"

"This-?" Hu Weiyong walked forward, hugged his son, stretched out his finger and gently tapped his son's breath. He disappeared, and his heart trembled immediately, and then he hugged his son and started crying.

"Who drove the carriage-?" After crying for a while, Hu Weiyong suddenly stood up with gritted teeth and swept towards everyone.

I saw an old man with white hair and beard standing in the crowd, trembling. After hearing Hu Weiyong's words, he thrust and said, "Prime Minister, please spare me, please spare me..."

"Give me your life - don't worry, you dare to kill my son, come and take my life -?" As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Weiyong drew his sword in the street and killed the groom.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yuanzhang sat upright on the dragon throne in the Golden Palace, glanced at the ministers, and suddenly shouted: "Master!"

Hu Weiyong felt nervous and hurried forward and said, "I am in a humble position!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was gloomy and stared at Hu Weiyong and said coldly: "I heard that the Prime Minister killed a coachman in the street with the Qinhuai River yesterday. I wonder if this matter is true?"

After Hu Weiyong killed the coachman and came back, he felt very regretful. He knew that this matter must have been reported to the emperor by the Jinyiwei. Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang asked, he was not so panicked. He stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Report to the emperor, yesterday, this coachman took the son of Weichen to go out, but deliberately threw the son of Weichen to death. Weichen felt sorry for his beloved son and made a ridiculous move..."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "What a short man who felt sorry for him. The carriage deliberately threw your beloved son to death. I think it was you who intentionally killed someone. The coachman is just a poor person. How dare he commit murder? Don't he know your son's identity and status? What does your son's fall from the carriage have to do with the coachman?"

This made Hu Weiyong feel cold, but he knew that all the civil and military officials in the court were his people, so Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to do anything, so he snorted coldly, stepped forward and fisted, "I killed the driver by mistake because of the pain of losing my son, and I was very regretful. Now that the matter has happened, I am willing to give 50 taels of ease to comfort the driver's family!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Hu Weiyong, his eyes flashed, but he did not answer immediately. Instead, he smiled and said, "What a mistake. The Prime Minister, as the first-class person in the dynasty, killed people in the street. He actually wanted to pay his life with fifty taels of gold. What's the law of my Ming Dynasty?

Hu Weiyong was stunned and was about to speak.

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted: "According to the laws of our Ming Dynasty, what crimes should those who kill people for no reason be cured?"

One person stepped forward and shouted, "Volume 19 of the "Criminal Laws of the Ming Dynasty" "Break and killing people after death", "Whoever fights and kills people after death, no matter what, other things, and other things, and golden blades are twisted. If the person who is killed is killed, fatal injuries are severe. The person who is started is twisted, the original planner will be 100 rode and 3,000 miles away, and the rest of the people each have 100 rode." The following "Regulations" also states: "In addition to the person who is involved in fighting and killing people after fighting, the person who is beaten is judged to hold guns, knives and other weapons, and those who are beaten are also fatal scars, and the front guards will be sent as soldiers."

The practitioner is a person who intends to "kill" at the moment, which is not a murder. It should be considered "therefore killing", that is, "first to kill people, then fight with someone and kill them, then it is said that he is killed."

Hu Weiyong glanced at him and it turned out to be Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jinyiwei. He glared at him, but did not dare to say anything.
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