Xia Yuanji quickly followed after Zhu Zhanxin left the North Town Administrative Office.
"Your Highness! So now, does His Highness intend to end this case here?”
Zhu Zhanxin turned around and glanced at Xia Yuanji." Of course, Sir Xia. This case is not something we can continue investigating."”
Seeing that Xia Yuanji didn't pursue the matter any further, Zhu Zhanxin turned around and left, ignoring Xia Yuanji.
In that instant, Xia Yuanji vaguely understood something and fell silent.
It had always been said that a prince who broke the law was the same as a commoner. Once the royal family was involved, these were not things that they could casually touch.
Late at night.
Zhu Zhanxin changed out of his clothes that were stained with blood and decay at the interrogation area, and then rushed to the palace.
This matter should not be delayed.
Now Zhu Gaoxu must have told Zhu Di that he used torture to interrogate civilians without any evidence. Even if Zhu Gaoxu did not personally inform him, he must have sent someone or used other methods to let Zhu Di know about this.
Instead of dragging it out until the next day and not knowing what changes would happen, it was better to report it clearly today.
If you delay, there will be changes.
Within the Imperial Palace.
"Your Highness, Fifth Imperial Sun." The eunuch guarding the door bowed and said," May I know why Your Highness has come?”
"I have something to ask of Imperial Grandfather. Please pass on the message."”
"Fifth Imperial Sun, please wait."
After the official agreed, he immediately went in to report to Zhu Di.
Zhu Zhanxin didn't wait long. Very soon, the internal officials came out.
"Your Highness, His Majesty wants you to go in."
Zhu Zhan Xin nodded and gently lifted his robe. He lifted his feet and walked up the steps into the palace.
"Greetings, Imperial Grandfather."
Zhu Di's eyes were a little cold. He stared at Zhu Zhanyi without saying anything.
Zhu Zhanyi bowed his head and could not see Zhu Di's expression, but he was keenly aware that Zhu Di was not in a good mood and did not let him get up.
Zhu Zhanxin maintained his saluting posture, not making a sound, and not moving.
After a while, Zhu Di's cold voice sounded." Get up."”
Zhu Zhan stood up.
Then, Zhu Di asked,"What did you find?"”
Zhu Zhan Xin smiled and asked instead of answering," Imperial Grandfather knows?”
Obviously, Zhu Di was expressing his dissatisfaction with him just now. Why would he be dissatisfied with him now?
There was only the matter of business tax.
And now, the most important thing about the business tax was that the commoners were causing a ruckus in the Department of Public Affairs. Coincidentally, he was in charge of this case.
This was the first time he had come to report to Zhu Di about this case. Therefore, someone must have told Zhu Di about him behind his back.
The thing that was most likely to make Zhu Di angry was to use torture on civilians without evidence.
Emperor Taizu and Zhu Di hated those who used their power to bully the people and abuse their power. Zhu Zhanyu's actions in the imperial prison undoubtedly made Zhu Di unhappy.
Zhu Zhanyi dared to guarantee that if he could not give a sufficient reason to torture these people, Zhu Di would definitely deal with him.
However…
Not only was Zhu Zhanyu not flustered, he even smiled slightly. Did Zhu Gaoxu really think that he had no evidence at all?
The abnormalities of those people were the best evidence.
Zhu Di saw Zhu Zhanyi's calm appearance and narrowed his eyes slightly. He frowned." Someone told me that you forced a confession in order to close the case as soon as possible.”
"There is clearly no evidence, but he used torture on the civilians, filling the interrogation room with the smell of blood.”
"He said that the Fifth Imperial Sun was afraid that the investigation would not be able to find out in three days, so he forced the innocent people to confess to avoid being punished.”
"Do you have anything to say?"
Hearing this, Zhu Zhan Xin almost laughed out loud.
"Imperial Grandfather, isn't the Imperial Jail filled with the stench of blood and decay?”
"There's no need to mention the interrogation area. Even if I didn't torture these people there, the interrogation area would probably smell of blood, right?”
Just as Zhu Di was about to get angry because Zhu Zhanyi had "gotten the main point wrong", Zhu Zhanyi's expression suddenly turned solemn.
"Imperial Grandfather, your grandson is certain that those are definitely not ordinary farmers.”
Zhu Di's expression improved a little when Zhu Zhanxin said this.
"What evidence do you have?"
Zhu Zhan's eyes were like torches as he looked straight at Zhu Di.
"Imperial Grandfather, your grandson has already sent people to investigate. These people's daily actions are truly strange.”
Zhu Di's eyes narrowed and he said in a deep voice,"Tell me."”
Zhu Zhanhao slowly told him the results of the Jinyiwei investigation and the inadequacies of his own observations.
"Among these people, some claim to be ordinary farmers, and one is a scholar.”
"But what is puzzling is that their daily behavior is not like their identity.”
"The Jinyiwei's investigation found that these people were wandering outside all day and had nothing to do. Rather than saying that they were farmers and scholars, it would be better to say that they were unemployed.”
"Which farmer would not worry about the food in the fields when they need to cultivate? Instead, they would wander around all day?”
" Which scholar doesn't study hard in order to obtain fame in the imperial examination, but instead does nothing all day?'
"They claimed that it was because of the increase in business taxes that made them anxious all day long and lose their minds.”
"However, imperial grandfather, the increase in the commercial tax has yet to have a direct impact on them. In other words, it hasn't changed their lives at the moment, so this is only a possible long-term concern for them.”
" Humans are naturally more affected by immediate worries than long-term worries, but they turn a blind eye to the immediate worries of losing their harvest. It's really strange.”
At the beginning, when someone caused a ruckus in the Department of Education, Zhu Zhan was surprised.
Perhaps the commoners could not see that the business tax was not harmful to them. They only saw the surface.
However, because this matter had not affected them much at the moment, they might be worried or even have doubts in their hearts, but they would never ignore the law, cause a ruckus in the Department of Discipline, or even violate the law again and again.
As Zhu Zhanyi's voice fell, Zhu Di's eyes darkened and the coldness on his body became heavier.
"What else do you have?”
Zhu Di's voice was ice-cold. The palace people in the hall were as silent as cicadas in winter and could not help but be more careful.
Zhu Zhan Xin, however, did not seem to be affected at all. He even smiled and said,"Grandson only investigated up to this point.”
"Why?" Zhu Di's gaze fell on Zhu Zhanyi, and his pressure was heavy." If I remember correctly, I asked you to investigate this matter.”
"Don't tell me you call this investigating?”
Zhu Di addressed himself as " I ", which meant that Zhu Di was talking to Zhu Zhan about monarch and minister, not grandfather and grandson!
Zhu Zhan Xin smiled." Grandson can only tell Imperial Grandfather that during the torture, my second uncle came.”
As he spoke, Zhu Zhan Xin took out the token from his pocket. Looking at Zhu Di's cold gaze, he raised the token with both hands!
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