Chapter 75 Concerns
Chapter 75 Concerns

Then he stood up tremblingly and rushed to the door. When he passed by Wang Feihu and others, he turned back to look at Ye Xuan before finally leaving.

Wang Feihu and the other two also heard Ye Xuan asking Qiuyan to leave, but they did not stop him. They just said hesitantly: "Sir, are you really going to let her go like this?"

"Yes, this is also an important witness."

However, Ye Xuan just shook his head and said, "He is just a poor man who is forced to make a living. Why make things difficult for him?"

Seeing Ye Xuan and the others talking to themselves, the steward, who didn't take him seriously at all, had a fierce look in his eyes and urged the thugs, "You know what will happen if you are caught by the Jinyiwei. Hurry and kill these three before their help arrives. There is still time to escape!"

When the dozen thugs heard this, their courage, which had been somewhat intimidated by Wang Feihu and the other man, rose again.

Just as they were about to rush forward, they saw Ye Xuan slowly take out a piece of brocade from his arms, which was Zhu Yuanzhang's handwritten edict.

Ye Xuan shouted coldly, looking at the thugs with stern eyes: "Here is the emperor's order. If you still persist in your wrongdoings, you will be in trouble!"

When the thugs heard this, their bodies stiffened immediately, and then they collapsed to the ground with pale faces.

Ye Xuan was secretly shocked when he saw this. Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation was more effective than the Jinyi Guards!

In fact, everyone in Yingtian Prefecture knew Zhu Yuanzhang's style. Executing the entire family was already a basic rule, and not bringing disaster to the family members was considered a light punishment.

If they really refuse to repent, it would only take a word to implicate three or nine clans.

These people are just ordinary street thugs. How could they dare to commit crimes in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's handwritten order?

Of course, the "booming" sound of footsteps on the deck was also responsible for this. These orderly footsteps were obviously military.

Ye Xuan’s ambush has arrived!

The flower boat manager, who always had a tough attitude, finally couldn't hold on this time, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

Ye Xuan walked past the thugs and came to the manager. He reached into his sleeve and pulled out a small cloth bag.

It was the bag of pearls that Ye Xuan bribed him with when he got on board.

I weighed it in my hand and estimated that the weight was not less.

Ye Xuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and sneered: "I have said before that my things are not so easy to take."

"Ah?" The manager looked up in dismay and said blankly.

At this time, a large number of Jinyiwei had already rushed into the cabin. Ye Xuan no longer paid attention to the manager, but stood up and stretched his hands and feet, and said calmly: "Catch them all, don't let any one go!"

"Yes!"

The Jinyiwei responded loudly!

After the group returned to the Pacification Office in a mighty manner, the specific torture and interrogation work was handed over to Wang Feihu and Song Zhenshan. Ye Xuan himself yawned, turned around and went home to rest.

It was already late at night, and for Ye Xuan, working overtime was impossible.

When he returned to the Pacification Office the next day, the confessions of Pang Zhenkun and others had already been neatly placed on Ye Xuan's desk.

Ye Xuan was not interested in this, as it was nothing more than collusion between officials and businessmen.

Ye Xuan had seen a lot of people in his two lives, and he was more interested in the confession of the flower boat manager.

But when Ye Xuan read the confession, he suddenly felt a headache.

After thinking for a while, Ye Xuan immediately found Mao Xiang with the confession of the steward. Mao Xiang came quite early today, which was rare. When he saw Ye Xuan, he greeted him warmly.

"It's true that the younger generation pushes the older generation forward. I heard that you solved the case that His Majesty just confessed yesterday last night?"

"It was just luck!" Ye Xuan did not dare to be proud of himself and bowed modestly.

Mao Xiang smiled widely, patted Ye Xuan's shoulder with great appreciation, and said earnestly: "It's good for young people to be modest, but you are too modest!"

Ye Xuan didn't have time to exchange pleasantries with Mao Xiang. He took out the confession of the flower boat manager from his arms and handed it over.

Mao Xiang took it with some doubt, unfolded it and his expression changed in a short while!
"Ye Xuan, you really gave me a difficult problem!" After reading the confession, Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jinyiwei, actually showed a rare look of embarrassment.

Ye Xuan was also a little speechless, "Who would have thought that a random case would lead to a big fish!"

Mao Xiang paced for a while, then suddenly stopped and said to himself: "Cui Wu, this is one of the few relatives of your Majesty..."

Ye Xuan also frowned when he heard this.

Cui Wu was a cousin of Zhu Yuanzhang and one of his few relatives.

When Zhu Yuanzhang started his army, he invited this cousin, who was also a poor commoner, to help him.

But at that time, Cui Wu did not think highly of Zhu Yuanzhang at all and refused without hesitation.

Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in the Central Plains, the clan office remembered this emperor cousin when recording the royal family.

However, since Cui Wu was only a distant relative from her mother's side, and also had not followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, it was difficult to confer any title on him.

Therefore, after the founding of the country, Cui Wu was simply brought to Yingtian Prefecture to live and was rewarded with some land and houses.

Logically speaking, as a royal relative, he received generous rewards from Zhu Yuanzhang.

For him, a farmer who used to work hard in the fields, this was enough for him to live a life of wealth and glory. If he could also manage the family business, the land and properties he left behind would be enough for his descendants to live a worry-free life.

But why would one do such a murderous thing?
Ye Xuan said calmly: "According to your majesty's character, I'm afraid Cui Wu and his family will not be able to escape death."

However, Mao Xiang waved his hand and said, "Not necessarily. Even though the emperor killed even the prime minister like Yang Xian, he was just an outsider after all."

"And this Cui Wu is a relative?" Ye Xuan interjected.

However, Ye Xuan was certain that Zhu Yuanzhang would kill him once he found out.

After all, in history, she could even kill her most beloved daughter and son-in-law, so a distant cousin was nothing.

However, Mao Xiang was unaware of this at the time and was still estimating Zhu Yuanzhang's possible actions based on ordinary people's thinking.

Because if Zhu Yuanzhang was reluctant to kill his own relatives, then people all over the world would be criticized for saying that Zhu Yuanzhang was enthusiastic in killing outsiders, but was soft-hearted when it came to his own relatives.

This would undoubtedly have extremely adverse consequences for a newly established empire.

If that happens, will Mao Xiang get anything good out of giving him this difficult problem?

Suddenly, Mao Xiang turned around and looked at Ye Xuan with a grin.

Ye Xuan didn't know if he was hallucinating, because he felt that the third-rank commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard actually gave him a flattering smile.

"Ye Xuan, you solved this case yourself, why don't you go to see His Majesty?"

(End of this chapter)