How could Liu Jingming not know this truth? But when facing Xu Yingxu, a general who had been on the battlefield, he was really afraid and could only play all his trump cards.
Xu Yingxu snorted coldly and threw Liu Jingming to the ground.
Even if the other party breaks the rules, he is King Yan's person after all, and only King Yan can deal with him.
Liu Jingming hurriedly got up from the ground, having lost his calmness just now.
"King, I have written a memorial to impeach you. Your good days are coming to an end."
He shouted like a madman.
Zhu Gui didn't bother to pay attention to him, and directly asked the one-eyed dragon to be dragged over.
"General Chen, this is the one-eyed dragon, the leader of the Salt Gang. The recent attacks on the road construction team were all caused by him and the Salt Gang."
After all, General Chen was the local garrison general, so Zhu Gui still needed to have a good relationship with him. He might be useful in the future.
The one-eyed dragon drooped his head and said nothing.
General Chen glanced at the one-eyed dragon, thought for a moment and said, "General Mo has heard about the recent events in the city, but isn't the leader of the Salt Gang named Hu Shidao?"
"Yes, yes, I hope Mr. Chen can see clearly that I am not the leader of the gang, Hu Shidao is. I was ordered by others, and he is Hu Shidao."
Seeing that things seemed to be turning around, One-Eyed Dragon immediately started shouting that he was wronged, and then identified Hu Shidao who was standing behind Zhu Gui.
Hu Shidao wanted to refute, but Zhu Gui stopped him.
"Hu Shidao has long abandoned the secrets and turned to the bright side. He can be regarded as my spy in the Salt Gang. The reason why he was able to destroy the Salt Gang's conspiracy today is because of the clues he provided. As for who ordered this person, Mr. Liu, you don't want to say anything.
Sentence?"
While Zhu Gui vouched for Hu Shidao, he pointed the finger at Liu Jingming again.
Du Fang has moved out King Yan as a backstage, and everyone present, except for him, the acting king, can do nothing to him.
Liu Jingming was in a state of confusion. His current situation was very embarrassing. Even if the acting king really fell, King Yan would probably no longer protect him, and his career would probably be over from now on.
Hearing that the king mentioned him again, he immediately said: "I, I have nothing to say? I think the emperor has his own decision on this matter."
He avoided the topic of the Salt Gang and seemed very sure that Zhu Gui would be punished by the emperor.
By then, not only will nothing happen to him, but he will probably be commended or even promoted for his meritorious service.
His attitude left Zhu Gui speechless. Did this guy already know Nanjing's attitude? Did King Yan Zhu Di tell him?
This made him a little unsure. Zhu Yuanzhang wouldn't really decide what he said, right?
For a moment, because of Liu Jingming's words and Zhu Gui's silence, the atmosphere in the yard became a little awkward.
At this moment, a voice came from outside Prince Dai's palace: "The imperial edict has arrived."
"The imperial edict has arrived, the imperial edict has arrived."
The first person to react was Liu Jingming. He seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, with a very excited expression on his face.
On the contrary, the expressions of the acting kings Zhu Gui and Xu Yingxu were a little solemn.
Xu Yingxu looked at Zhu Gui who was about to leave and whispered: "On behalf of the king, if something really happens, don't act rashly. I will ask my father to intercede for you."
Although he didn't know whether King Dai's actions violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he had seen the other party's performance these days.
Zhu Gui did not stop, but still said "Thank you".
Everyone came to the door of Dai Wang's Mansion together.
This shocked the eunuch who came to announce the edict. This was the first time he had seen such a large formation used to receive the edict.
"Where is the acting king?" asked the middle-aged eunuch.
Zhu Gui walked out of the crowd and knelt in front of the middle-aged eunuch.
After the middle-aged eunuch confirmed it, he took out the imperial edict.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict saying that the acting king, Zhu Gui, is arrogant and rude, and has no clear vision of the law. He will be fined one year's salary. If he does it again, he must be severely punished. I admire this. Acting king, will you accept the order?"
The middle-aged eunuch reminded him after reciting the imperial edict.
Is this the end?
Not only was Zhu Gui a little confused, but the people standing behind him also looked confused.
Liu Jingming even stood up and said: "Father, is this the imperial edict?"
The middle-aged eunuch glared at him and said, "Who are you? Are you worthy of talking to the Za family?"
Zhu Gui quickly stood up and took the imperial edict with both hands, and then asked someone to take the middle-aged eunuch into the house, where he would serve him well and prepare a generous gift.
The middle-aged eunuch turned his head and nodded to King Dai, with a smile on his face, and at the same time pulled out a letter from his sleeve.
"Your Highness, the prince asked his servant to hand this over to the prince, and asked the servant to tell the prince to be careful during this period and not to offend the emperor again."
After saying that, the middle-aged eunuch entered the mansion.
These words were very obvious. It seemed that Zhu Yuanzhang was still very angry at what he had done, but he was stopped by Prince Zhu Biao.
"You are such a good big brother of mine." Zhu Gui couldn't help but sigh, and then turned around to go back home.
Since the imperial edict did not mention his involvement in the salt tax, then the matter can be considered in the past.
But some people don't think so.
Liu Jingming directly stopped Zhu Gui and said: "On behalf of the king, the emperor is so kind that he can let the salt tax be forgotten, but my lord, you are involved in other local taxes and also secretly hide weapons. The emperor will never tolerate it.
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When Zhu Gui heard this, he became furious.
"Master Liu, do you really think that my fourth brother will do anything to me just because a dog died?"
Liu Jingming's eyes widened and he took two steps back involuntarily.
"W-what did you say? Who is the dog?"
Zhu Gui was not going to argue with him, "Come here, Liu Jingming colluded with the Salt Gang gangsters to attack the Prince Dai's Mansion with the intention of treason. He took off his official uniform and sent him to Nanjing for trial at a selected date."
Xu Yingxu and General Chen who were present both looked at Zhu Gui in surprise.
What he did was tantamount to slapping King Yan in the face?
King Yan is the prince with the greatest prestige and influence among the princes, except the prince.
"How dare you, wuwu..."
Liu Jingming was startled, but the next moment he was pushed to the ground by Zhu Gui's soldiers and took off his official uniform.
Zhu Gui ignored these. He knew that the imperial edict should be drawn up by Zhu Biao, so he avoided the important and took the easy.
But the real content should be in this letter.
He just wants to read this letter first and understand Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards him.
Zhu Gui left, Liu Jingming was taken away, and General Chen stood slightly embarrassed outside the mansion.
However, the emperor's attitude towards the king's involvement in the salt tax was just "a fine of half a year's salary". What could a local garrison do to a vassal king?