"His Majesty has spoken, kneel!"
The young eunuch walked to a place thirty feet away from Li Gonggui and suddenly stopped.
If it was any other time, he would definitely ask about these people who were on the same boat as the country.
However, they now knew that the young eunuch had the backing of the current Emperor.
His every word and action represented the will of the Son of Heaven.
Even though they were full of doubts, all of them obediently knelt down.
Immediately after, five figures appeared at the top of the Forbidden City. They were the four cruel officials and the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Azure Dragon.
"Duke of Cheng Zhu Chunchen, do you know your crimes?”
The goshawk questioned loudly.
"What crime have I committed?"
State Duke Zhu Chunchen asked blankly.
"I won't give up until I see the Yellow River. Lord Zhou, please!"
He nodded at Zhou Yun.
"Duke of Cheng, Zhu Chunchen. His ancestor was Zhu Neng, a famous general of Jingnan.
During his tenure as the Governor of the Left Army of the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, he embezzled 500,000 taels of silver.
When he served as the governor of the capital camp, he secretly dismissed 30,000 soldiers to eat empty pay.
The eldest son of his concubine occupied 300,000 mu of good civilian land in Shuntian Prefecture.
The farmers who had their fields occupied went to Shuntian Prefecture to beat the drums and cry out their grievances. After being suppressed by his authority, he ordered his servants to pretend to be bandits and kill all the villagers.
Because his second son could not inherit the title, Zhu Chunchen secretly made him the commander of the Gu Mountain Guards.
……
His youngest son relied on his indulgence and ran amok in the capital.
Not only did he bully others, but he also connived at his servants to snatch women for him. He even killed those who spoke out for justice and threw them into the Yongding River. Everyone avoided him.
People gave him the nickname 'Clean Street Tiger'!
……”
Zhu Chunchen felt as if he had been struck by lightning after hearing a few words. Large beads of sweat kept flowing down from his temples and forehead.
One by one, the crimes committed by the Duke of Cheng in the past few years were listed in detail.
Some of these things were known to Zhu Chunchen, while others were unknown to him.
He really didn't know where these four cruel officials had heard this from.
Suddenly, Zhu Chunchen caught a glimpse of the Embroidered Uniform Guards commander, Qing Long, standing at the side. He was suddenly enlightened!
It seemed that the Embroidered Uniform Guards had gathered all the dirt!
"Duke of Cheng Zhu Chunchen, do you know your sins?”Zhou Yun closed the thick file and asked.
"This old subject…this old subject knows his sins!" Zhu Chunchen said in a trembling voice.
He knew that he would not be able to escape today.
Although the Brocade Guard had the authority to investigate all officials, to investigate someone of his level, they had to get the approval of the emperor.
In other words, it was the emperor who wanted to mess with him today!
"Good! Men, take him down!" Lai Junchen waved his hand, and a bailiff immediately dragged Zhu Chunchen away.
After thinking it through, Zhu Chunchen immediately cut off the need to appeal.
The only hope was that Wansui could leave some blood for his family on account of his ancestors 'contributions to the Ming Dynasty.
"Zhang Shize, Duke of Ji, do you know your sins?”
"Xu Daying, Marquis of Xinxiang, do you know your sins?”
"Uncle Cheng Yong and Feng Wu, do you know your crimes?”
“……”
As the four cruel officials called out names one by one, the number of Gong Gui kneeling in front of the Forbidden City decreased.
In the end, only Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen, Funing Marquis Zhu Guobi, Xiangcheng Earl Li Guozhen and a few others were safe.
At this moment, the four cruel officials walked down the Forbidden City's gate tower. Only the commander of the Brocade Guard, Azure Dragon, was left on it.
"Commander Azure Dragon, what instructions does Your Majesty have for us?”Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen asked.
"Duke Dingguo, His Majesty asked me to ask you. Were you satisfied with the dinner with the White Lotus remnants yesterday?”Azure Dragon says loudly.
What was that?
Remnant of the White Lotus?
Night banquet?
Those Gong Gui who were captured were instantly stunned!
One had to know that the crimes they had committed could be forgiven or not.
If His Majesty had shown a little kindness, they might have been able to escape unscathed.
However, it was different when he was with the White Lotus remnants.
These people only had one goal, and that was to overthrow the Great Sun Moon Dynasty's rule.
No matter who it was, as long as they were mixed with the Hu Sect, even the kindest emperor would not tolerate it.
"Azure Dragon! You arrogant little man, you actually tried to bite me? You're blind!"
Zhu Guobi, the Marquis of Funing, was furious. He pointed at the Azure Dragon and cursed.
"Climbing and biting? Take a look at this first."
With a whoosh, a painting several feet wide appeared on top of the city wall.
The person in the painting was lifelike.
There was Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen, Funing Marquis Zhu Guobi, Xiangcheng Earl Li Guozhen, and a veiled woman.
The few of them sat together with gloomy expressions, as if they were plotting something.
"Duke Dingguo, is this scene familiar? Do you need me to tell you the names of the dishes from yesterday's banquet?”Azure Dragon asks with a smile.
"Hahaha! As expected of the Brocade Guard that had been passed down for a hundred years. Their methods were indeed brilliant! I've been so secretive, yet you've found out.”
Knowing that their scheme had failed, Duke Dingguo and the others stopped pretending and stood up.
"If that's the case, then why don't you just let it be?"”
"Hahaha! What a joke!"
Duke Dingguo raised his head and laughed loudly." We've long guessed that this trip would be disastrous. Do you think I didn't make any preparations?"”
"Men! Come out! Today, he would fight to the death with his Zhu Ming Imperial Family!”
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