Chapter 137: I have to find a chance to meet Ye Fan
The next morning.
Zhu Mansion.
The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue has finished dressing and is preparing to go to court.
A group of patrolmen suddenly came in carrying a stretcher.
There was someone lying on the stretcher, but he couldn't see clearly because he was covered with a white cloth.
Zhu Dachang felt a little unhappy.
The man on the stretcher was covered with a white cloth, so he was obviously dead.
What do you mean by bringing a dead man to my house early in the morning?
"Zhu Shangshu." The guards put the stretcher on the ground and lifted the white cloth: "In the early morning, a passerby found Mr. Zhu in the bushes outside the imperial city. Unfortunately, he had been dead for a long time when he was found."
"We have sent you the people." The patrol leader bowed his hands: "Your...sorry..."
After finishing speaking, the team leader left with his brothers.
Zhu Dachang looked blankly at Zhu Pigu on the ground.
At this time, Zhu Pigu's face was extremely pale, obviously not what a living person should look like.
And looking at his expression, he seemed to have experienced something very painful during his lifetime...
The surrounding servants were so frightened that they did not dare to breathe, and stood trembling in place, not daring to move.
Zhu Dachang just stared blankly, as if he couldn't believe it was true...
A quarter of an hour later.
"Gu'er——!" Zhu Dachang shouted heartbreakingly and rushed towards Zhu Pigu on the ground.
"Guer! Wake up!" Zhu Dachang picked up Zhu Pigu's body and burst into tears: "Open your eyes quickly, I am daddy!"
Unfortunately, Zhu Pigu was unable to respond at this moment.
The only thing that could be conveyed to Zhu Dachang was the cold touch on his body...
Zhu Dachang held his son and cried for a long time, until his voice was completely hoarse.
"Master..." The housekeeper came over and comforted: "The second young master is already... You have to take care of yourself..."
"I'm fine..." Zhu Dachang said in a low tone: "You can arrange it..."
"Here." The housekeeper responded, and found a few servants to carry Zhu Pigu away to make arrangements for the funeral.
"No matter who you are..." Zhu Dachang murmured with a ferocious face: "If you dare to kill my Gu'er, I want your whole family to be buried with him!!!"
After finishing speaking, Zhu Dachang returned to the study.
He picked up the pen tremblingly and wrote a memorial.
Daliang Palace.
The emperor sat on the dragon chair and listened to the reports of his ministers.
However, the country of Daliang is peaceful and peaceful recently, and there is nothing to discuss.
What the ministers said were just trivial matters.
Liang Deqi looked at the vacant space somewhere in the hall and frowned slightly.
This Zhu Dachang is getting more and more outrageous!
If you don't even ask for leave, you won't come to court.
You simply don’t take yourself as the emperor seriously?
The secret guard had previously reported that Zhu Dachang and the Minister of War have been very close recently. It seems that this is true.
I had expected that they were definitely going to cause trouble, but I didn't expect that Zhu Dachang, King Mumu, would now reach this point.
What is this for?
Could it be that you two feel that the time is about right and are ready to expose me?
Playing, right?
Okay, I'll just wait.
Let's see how you explain this later.
If it had been a little later, I might have had some scruples, but now, I am really worthy of you!
Because there was really nothing to say, the process was quickly completed in the early morning.
But the ministers were in a heavy mood.
They were not blind. They could have seen it when Zhu Dachang was not here.
Are the rumors true?
If this is the case, the problem will be serious.
You have to get in line as soon as possible!
It’s just hard to choose which side to stand on...
Also confused was the Minister of War.
What's wrong with Zhu Dachang?
Haven't we discussed it yet?
What does this mean now, you old guy?
Are you ready to leave me and go it alone?
No, Zhu Dachang is not such a reckless man, isn't he?
"Excuse me!" Just when everyone was puzzled, the little eunuch at the door suddenly shouted.
Including Liang Deqi, everyone's eyes were fixed.
Usually only when something very important happens, the little eunuch at the door will call out the word "please".
The so-called asking for something means that something very important is happening.
Important enough to interrupt the morning session!
"Yes!" Liang Deqi, sitting upright, replied.
Soon, a young eunuch walked in.
"Your Majesty, the Zhu Mansion sent someone to deliver a memorial." The young eunuch knelt at the door of the hall and raised a memorial with both hands.
This memorial is different from the usual ones. The cover is covered with a layer of white paper.
Everyone immediately understood.
The memorial cover is covered with white paper, which means someone has died.
Sent by Zhu Mansion...
Is Zhu Dachang gone?
Wasn't it fine yesterday?
I haven’t heard of any old problems?
The head official of the palace hurried over and took the memorial back.
Liang Deqi opened the memorial and read it carefully.
After reading it, Liang Deqi said he was a little confused.
Zhu Dachang is not dead, but his second son is.
And he died so close to the imperial city, three miles away.
In Zhu Dachang's memorial, in addition to asking for leave because of the death of his son, he also expressed strong condemnation of the murderer and asked Liang Deqi to severely punish the murderer and avenge his grievances.
At Liang Deqi's signal, the palace official read the contents of the memorial.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty were dumbfounded!
This is something big!
In fact, whether Zhu Pigu died or not was not a big deal in itself, but if he died three kilometers away from the imperial city, it was a big deal!
After leaving the court, Liang Deqi sat at the table in the imperial dining room with deep thoughts.
I don't know why, but after seeing the memorial, his first reaction was to think of Ye Fan.
Naturally, he has heard about the bad things Zhu Pigu did, but he has been unable to deal with him because there is no evidence.
The scumbag Zhu Pigu has been around for more than a day or two.
If anyone really couldn't bear to take action, he wouldn't have waited until now.
Unfortunately, not long after Ye Fan arrived in the imperial city, Zhu Pigu died.
It's hard not to think of Liang Deqi with him.
But on second thought, Liang Deqi thought it was unlikely.
According to reports from his subordinates, Ye Fan and Zhu Pigu only met twice in total.
The first time I met him, I was with his second son and Xiaojiu. At that time, I just greeted him politely.
The second time was simpler, just nodded without saying a word.
Ye Fan had never been to the Imperial City before, so it was absolutely impossible to say that there was any grudge between the two.
Ye Fan had no reason or motive to kill Zhu Pigu.
Could it be that monks from other places who came to participate in the competition did it?
If you think about it carefully, it's not impossible.
In the previous competitions, there were conflicts between foreign monks and Zhu Pigu.
At that time, it seemed that Zhu Pigu had teased his junior sister, and his senior brother beat him up on the spot.
Unfortunately, Zhu Pigu's guards stopped him too quickly and were not beaten to death...
Of course, it's really nice to think like this, but if this is really the case, Liang Deqi would still be very unhappy.
After all, doing so is tantamount to provoking the imperial power.
Now that Zhu Pigu, a scumbag, has died in front of the imperial city, he feels that his personal safety is extremely insecure!
Even if Zhu Dachang's factors are not taken into consideration, this matter must be investigated strictly!
If it is really because Zhu Pigu committed suicide that angered the outside monks, then he must be severely punished!
Um!
You must be convinced and educated!
If other people with evil intentions are testing, they will be suppressed with iron blood!
During this period of time when our ancestors are in retreat, I am afraid that some people may not be able to sit still...
"But speaking of which, it seems that it's time to find a chance to meet this Mark Ye Fan..."
Liang Deqi turned to look out the window and murmured.