activa-t Chapter 205 Where is the Evidence?
Chapter 205 Where is the Evidence?
Without having time to think, the moment he heard the commotion, Zhu Di suddenly got up, and when he rushed out of the tent and looked towards the source of the explosion, his tears immediately flowed out.
"My son!!!"
The explosion just now was so loud that even his tent was blown to the ground by the rubble and dirt.
Zhu Di was covered in sand and looked miserable at this time, but he didn't care about it at all. He immediately took out his knife from the ground, unsheathed it and rushed into the chaos.
As he ran, his eyes quickly scanned the chaotic scene.
Masked men dressed as bandits were fighting with the army of Prince Yan's Mansion. Where the carriages and horses gathered, little Zhang, who was also awakened and only wearing an outer robe, stood in front with a sword in her hand. She cut off the arrows shot from a distance with just one move.
His frail eldest son Zhu Gaochi used his broad body to guard the door of Xu's carriage, and fought single-handedly with the bandits who wanted to rush into the carriage to commit crimes.
Zhu Gaosui, who had half of his body hidden behind the carriage, was drawing his bow and drawing his arrow...
The only person missing from this scene is Zhu Gaoxu, the most brave and warlike man in the family.
Zhu Di's last fantasy was shattered.
"Quick! Follow me, put out the fire! My second brother is still in the tent!"
Although this group of bandits were skilled and acted in an orderly manner, they were ultimately no match for the veterans who had served in the army for many years.
In addition, under the command of Zhu Gaochi and Xiao Zhang, there was no place for carriages and horses to stay.
After Zhu Di caught up with the escaping bandits and beheaded them with a knife, the riot in the camp was quelled.
Turning around, the raging fire in the camp was also put out.
At this moment, Zhu Di walked back to the camp with his legs weak and his sword sticking to the ground.
At the center of the unknown firearm explosion, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaosui, Xu, and Xiao Zhang desperately dug out the buried Zhu Gaoxu, who was in pieces.
“My son…my son…!!”
Victorious, but completely defeated.
The one who was holding Zhu Gaoxu's mutilated head that was still dripping with blood and crying bitterly was Xu Yihua, who usually never did any housework.
Zhu Gaosui hugged his mother and cried in pain.
Zhu Gaochi raised his hand and stood up tremblingly with the help of Xiao Zhang. Ignoring the hole in his shoulder, he walked to Zhu Di with trembling steps.
His eyes were filled with tears, but his neck was stiff, and every word he spoke was filled with solemnity, which was completely different from his previous image of a fat man who was cowardly and silly.
He says,
"Dad, we have to let our second brother go home, back to our own home."
He finally couldn't hold back his tears and was so angry that he couldn't even make a sound.
With a hoarse and sharp voice, he shouted to Zhu Di,
"Dad, I want him to pay the price. Otherwise, I'm unworthy of being his elder brother!"
Both father and son knew exactly who this 'he' was.
But where is the evidence?
Where is the evidence that can be brought to the court and make Zhu Yunwen pay the price for murdering his uncle and cousin?
they do not.
So they can only be the so-called justice.
They can only grit their teeth, swallow their anger and then enforce justice.
Today, Zhu Gaoxu had saved his father from disaster, and this was what made Zhu Di feel heartbroken and in agony.
"Report to the King of Yan, the captured bandit... confessed his mastermind."
At this time, an old soldier stepped forward, knelt down and asked Zhu Di for instructions.
"explain."
"He said...he said it was Madam Zhang, the eldest young master."
After these words were spoken, even Xu, who was crying bitterly, was stunned.
After a brief moment of daze, Zhu Di covered his face, bent his waist, and smiled.
His laughter, in the early morning when dawn was approaching, sounded like the cry of a mountain ghost.
"It's really... really, it's wonderful."
Zhu Di took a deep breath and finally regained his sanity.
Even if it is the pain of losing a son, he now has to endure, hold it in, and hide it!
"Gao Chi, take your mother and your wife downstairs to rest, get some water to wash off the blood on your body, and have the wound checked by the court doctor immediately, to avoid scars or disability."
Zhu Di spoke in a low, even intentionally gentle voice as he instructed Zhu Gaochi.
Then he began to reorganize the soldiers in the camp, and then personally went to the location of the prisoners with a knife in hand.
He...
I want to kill these bastards with my own hands.
There are also spies hiding in the crowd...don't even think about taking advantage of the situation to cover this up.
Without an insider, it would be impossible to bury explosive firearms under the tent!
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The letter and message were delivered urgently for 800 miles, but by the evening, the soldiers who were returning to Nanjing City to report the news had already run back and forth twice.
Just as Zhu Di had thought before, their master was really too crazy and too unscrupulous.
Was he impatient to commit the crime as soon as he left the Nanjing city gate?
Zhu Yuanzhang hoped that Zhu Di would return to Nanjing City to avoid the limelight for a while, but Zhu Di refused.
His mother had passed away many years ago, his father was old, and the Crown Prince was in power in the Ming Palace. It was no longer his home.
He wants to go home, and more importantly, he wants to take his son home to return to his roots.
How could Zhu Yuanzhang not understand Zhu Di's hatred and anger, but he required evidence for everything. How could he conclude that this was definitely done by Zhu Yunwen?
But the fact that Zhu Yuanzhang did not force Zhu Di to stay already says too much.
If he really found out something, would he stand up for this legitimate son born to Empress Ma, or...
Zhu Yuanzhang knew what the outcome would be, but he didn't have the courage to face it.
He could kill all the old ministers in the court who were out of control for Zhu Yunwen, but could he also kill all his own sons for Zhu Yunwen?
But now that things have come to this, does he have any options for retreat?
Can the Ming Dynasty withstand such turmoil?
In this way, as long as it cannot be found, this matter was not done by Zhu Yunwen.
After several conflicting thoughts and decisions made by his fingers, even a strong man like Zhu Yuanzhang fell ill.
However, the waves caused by the assassination of Prince Yan and the death of Prince Yan's second son did not stop.
The daughter of the Wei family, who was engaged to the second son of Prince Yan, hanged herself at home.
It is said that he committed suicide, but the truth is unknown.
As a result, within half a day, the Wei couple brought their daughter's "rebellion" documents and relics to the emperor to apologize.
The book contains detailed code words with a large number of typos or Chinese characters missing most of their radicals and strokes. After a simple identification, it can be seen that it is an overview of the layout from the emperor to the crown prince and the heir of the Prince of Yan.
One of the documents, which read "an unparalleled magical weapon is hidden in a certain place in Nanjing City," attracted the attention of the Dali Temple, and at the suggestion of Zhu Yunwen's staff, a carpet search was launched.
As long as what Wei said was substantiated, the case could be turned around and the blame could be put on the Prince of Yan's Mansion.
They killed each other among their brothers, and then framed the emperor's eldest grandson.
Zhu Yunwen believed that this move by his staff was killing two birds with one stone.
After all, he really sent people to kill Zhu Di.
As long as Zhu Di is not removed, such arrogance will definitely be a great concern to him.
The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to confiscate the power of Zhu Di and other vassal kings, strip them of their titles, and then deal with them.
Otherwise, he won’t be able to keep his throne!