Chapter 82 Preparing for trial
At this time, the prison can be said to be overcrowded!
Many officials from both inside and outside the imperial court were imprisoned here, ranging from the Cabinet's Grand Master and the Chief of Ceremonies to the Six Ministries of Guanzheng and Jinshi.
Li Dongyang was even more excited when he saw this, because he knew that Zhu Houzhao must have been furious when he arrested so many people. It must be because he could not get proof of his regicide that he did not hesitate to arrest all the officials who interceded for him into prison. The more he arrested, This shows that the resistance Zhu Houzhao faced became louder.
When he saw Gu Dayong coming to interrogate him again, Li Dongyang even laughed: "Gu Dayong, your emperor must be furious! If you want to pry my mouth open or punish me, there is no way! Wait! They are just a group of eunuchs who have never seen the world, and he, Zhu Houzhao, is just a fifteen-year-old boy who is stronger than the women in the palace. What qualifications do he have to fight with us?"
"Li Ge, please calm down. Why are you mocking these juniors? What do they know? They think they will be the best in the world if they defeat me. I only laugh at their youth. They also say that I am overestimating my abilities!"
Wang Yue, who was detained in the felon prison area of the imperial edict with Li Dongyang, smiled and said to Gu Dayong: "I, Ling Chi, can't escape, but if you want to cut Li Gefu, you are still too naive. Go back and tell Zhu Houzhao." , if you want to continue to be the emperor smoothly, just listen to the old slave’s advice and let Li Gefu go!”
"My lord, please don't worry. Our Majesty is determined to prove himself until he reaches the Yellow River. He thinks he has learned some tricks in the palace and advertises himself as the reincarnation of Taizong. It makes me feel disgusted. If you think about it, it is just Ma Wensheng’s fault. How could Zhu Houzhao be so capable? If not, I would have spent so many years teaching him in vain!”
Li Dongyang said, "However, what can be imagined now is that Zhu Houzhao is being intimidated by hundreds of officials. I am afraid that even Ma Wensheng will not dare to help him, hahaha!"
Wang Yue also laughed: "According to this, the edict to release Li Gefu is coming soon."
Gu Dayong couldn't help being very angry when he saw these two people singing and singing. He wanted to beat them to death, and shouted loudly: "Okay, you can forget about mocking my father-in-law, but you still dare to mock the emperor! Come here! Continue to serve the torture ! ”
"Gu Dayong, if you have the ability, just kill me. Otherwise, don't think you can pry open the tiger's mouth! How is it possible for me to admit the crime of regicide? I am a loyal minister, a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the late emperor. I entrust you with the imperial edict, do you understand?”
Li Dongyang laughed again as he spoke.
At this time, a series of sounds of iron chains were heard.
Li Dongyang couldn't help but smile and said to Wang Yue: "It seems that our Emperor has started arresting people again. Is he trying to arrest all the officials in the world?"
"Still young and naive!" Wang Yue also laughed.
At this time, You Aoling, the prison manager of Dongchang, came to Gu Dayong first: "Gu Dayong! I have been ordered by our Dongchang Governor Ma to escort the suspects Zhang Yu, Liu Wentai and others who killed the late emperor. In the imperial edict, please ask Governor Gu to make arrangements as to where they will be temporarily imprisoned."
"Zhang Yu?"
"Liu Wentai?"
Li Dongyang closed his mouth at this time, his heart sank, and his expression turned strange. But when he looked up, he suddenly saw Zhang Yu, Liu Wentai and others right in front of him, and they were all handcuffed with iron chains!
Li Dongyang suddenly felt as if he had been slapped hard. He stood blankly in the cell and muttered to himself:
"How is it possible! How is this possible! How could this be the result! Shouldn't they have been silenced? What's going on? This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Wasn't Wang Shu and his party all slaughtered? They He should have been slaughtered! Why did he still appear in the imperial edict? In prison?" Wang Yue was also stunned. He had been very calm after seeing Li Dongyang being taken to the prison, and even ridiculed Gu Dayong from time to time. He was very proud just now, so he also thought that Li Dongyang had really succeeded in dealing with Zhang Yu and others. If you shut up, you wouldn't be so bold.
But at this moment, when he saw Zhang Yu and others appearing, he also looked at Li Dongyang in confusion, thinking: "My Li Gefu, why are you so proud before your mouth is silenced!"
Now, it was Gu Dayong's turn to be happy.
Gu Dayong laughed so much that he coughed: "Our family is useless, but to say that our emperor is useless, you rebels are really blind. To tell you the truth, when the late emperor passed away, the emperor was suspicious I fell in love with you, and I spent all my money to let Dongchang secretly send people to follow Zhang Yu and others, just for this day!”
Gu Dayong said and sneered: "Li Dongyang, Wang Yue, you guys should think about how to beg the emperor for mercy and avoid being stabbed a few times, and save your energy, so that you don't have the energy to scream in pain when you are attacked!" < br>
With that said, Gu Dayong asked Xiang Youbaihu: "Have you reported it to the emperor?"
"Our Governor and Academician Wang have already rushed to the palace. It is estimated that there will be an edict coming soon!" You Baihu replied.
Gu Dayong nodded after hearing this: "Eat first, there will definitely be a big case next. Only when you are full can you have the strength to work. Feed them too! Prevent them from committing suicide!"
As he spoke, Gu Dayong pointed to Zhang Yu and others, and patted Zhang Yu, Liu Wentai and others on the shoulders: "We have reached this point. You must know that you are dead, and you also know that there are people who want to silence you. My father-in-law. Say it for your own good, and tell me honestly when the court goes to trial. Tell me as much as you know, and tell the truth about everything you do. Maybe you can even keep a whole body!”
Zhang Yu also gave Li Dongyang a meaningful look. He also knew that if he did not fall into the hands of Emperor Zhu Houzhao, he would also fall into the hands of Li Dongyang and be silenced by Li Dongyang and others. Based on the mentality that if I don't live well, you can't live a good life, Zhang Yu Then he said directly: "Don't worry, Eunuch Gu, we are telling the truth!"
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Zhu Houzhao was already excited when he saw Ma Yongcheng and others appearing here. Without asking, he could guess that as long as Ma Yongcheng and others were not dead, the arrest of Zhang Yu and others was not that bad.
At this time, after Ma Yongcheng and others reported that Zhang Yu and others had been successfully arrested and imprisoned, Zhu Houzhao felt even better after hearing this, and said hurriedly: "Open the palace door immediately and announce that Ma Yongcheng has entered the palace!"
When Zhu Houzhao was talking, Gao Feng couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what should we do with these kneeling ministers?"
"Let them kneel, let them kneel according to the court order, and the officials of the various ministries kneel to Fengtianmen. It is better to choose a day than to hit the sun. Today I will personally interrogate the murder of the late emperor here! The trial will be presided over by Master Ma. , joint trial of the three judicial departments , Admiral Ma Yongcheng of the East Factory, Gu Dayong, the Admiral of the West Factory, and Jinyiwei all ordered the officials to wait at Fengtian Gate first! I will also come to Fengtian Gate to hear the case later!”
Zhu Houzhao said and returned to Qianqing Palace.
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