The next morning, Li Weizheng left his hometown. He did not go to Dingyuan County to find Lan Mansion to discuss the truth. Not to mention whether Lan Yu has returned, even if he wants to discuss the truth, the prince should come forward. Li Weizheng went directly to the capital and the journey went smoothly. Five days later, Li Weizheng arrived in the capital.

After leaving Beijing for several months, although it was not long, Li Weizheng still felt a subtle change in the capital. He found that the shops who used to do business secretly seemed to have straightened their backs, and various signs and flags were hung out, and they began to do business openly. It seemed that Zhu Yuanzhang had officially started his business.

The streets were crowded with people; the shops were rich in supplies and were full of dazzling materials. Li Wei was passing by a blacksmith shop. In the past, they used to be secretly scrambled with iron doors, but now the door was open. A huge anchor was being made in the blacksmith shop. More than a hundred people stood on two layers of upper and lower layers, pulling the huge anchor with iron chains. The other end of the anchor was burning red in the stove. On the three-meter-long chopping board, three blacksmiths were whispering. The blacksmith shop was sweating profusely, and the sound of horns was constantly, majestic and low, and extremely contagious.

The capital was full of vitality, just like a rising sun. Li Wei was walking on the street with his horse. The bustling capital made him unable to excite him. From time to time, bloody battles at the Longmen Stop flashed through his mind, and the lonely grave in the mountain wind of Han Danding. For some reason, he felt extremely lonely.

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Li Wei had no place to live in the capital, and he still came to Changsheng's mansion. The old housekeeper knew him and quickly invited him into the house. Changsheng had already returned. After hearing the report, he hurried to the small guest room to meet Li Weizheng, and at the same time ordered someone to send a letter to the prince.

Chang Sheng was the second son of Chang Yuchun, a general of the early Ming Dynasty. He took the father's business and was only over thirty years old. However, he reached the high position of Prince Taibao. He was generous by nature, made friends, and often helped the poor. He had a very good reputation in the capital. His sister was the Crown Prince's Concubine. It was precisely this reason that he became the hard-core confidant of Prince Zhu Biao. At the beginning of the year, when Lan Yu's mansion threw a letter, he quickly informed the prince Zhu Biao, who was still in Suzhou with a flying pigeon.

In the past few months, he was like the prince, paying attention to the situation in Wuchang. However, after the night banquet of the Chu Prince's Mansion, Wuchang suddenly disappeared, and no one knew who the winner was. Soon, news of Yu Ping's death came, and Li Weizheng also disappeared. At first, Chang Sheng suspected that it was Li Weizheng's tampering, but Zhu Biao came to a conclusion. The battle for this letter was not over. Li Weizheng was still in the fight. He was looking forward to it every day. After several months of silence, Li Weizheng finally showed up.

"Li Baihu, you are finally here." Chang Sheng was still in the yard, and a loud laugh had already reached the house.

This was the first time Li Weizheng saw the owner of this house. He quickly got up and bowed respectfully to Chang Sheng who entered the house and said, "Li Weizheng meets Lord Chang!"

Both of them met for the first time. Chang Sheng looked at him up and down, and couldn't help but smile and said, "No wonder the prince has a high opinion of you. He is indeed a handsome man."

Although Li Weizheng didn't know Chang Sheng, he knew that his father Chang Yuchun died at the age of forty. This was the misfortune of the Chang family, but in fact it was just the opposite. It was precisely because Chang Yuchun died early that he escaped Zhu Yuanzhang's iron-fisted purge and was famous for his generation. The descendants of the Chang family were also valued. The eldest daughter was named the crown princess and the three sons were all named the marquis. In front of him, Chang Sheng was long-standing, tall and burly, and had a bit of the heroic spirit of his father.

Chang Sheng smiled and patted Li Weizheng on the shoulder, "Come on! Let's sit down and talk."

Li Wei was sitting down, and he bowed and asked, "Master Chang, I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in the capital?"

Chang Sheng smiled heartily and said, "Here! Yesterday, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also said to you, saying that you should come back, right? You'll be here today."

At this time, the maid came in and served them tea. Chang Sheng picked up the teacup and took a sip. He pondered for a while, and then asked tentatively: "I don't know what the final result of the Wuchang incident?"

He stared at every change in Li Weizheng's expression, his heart pounding. He had been waiting for the result of this matter for too long, but as the answer was about to be solved, he was a little afraid to listen.

"Please rest assured that Lord Chang, I have received the letter in the end."

Chang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. The fear of the past few months finally did not disappoint him. "Okay! Beautiful job." He couldn't help but praise him, and finally laughed.

He stood up and bowed to Li Weizheng deeply, apologizing: "I actually suspect that Yu Ping's death was yours. I officially apologize to you."

Li Wei was taking out the empty envelope from his arms, and together with the prince's gold medal, the letter from the King of Qi he received in Yangluo Town and a bag of diamonds to Chang Sheng. "But the letter has been destroyed by me. The Mongolians are coming in large numbers. The situation is critical. I am worried that I can't save it. Please pass these things on to the crown prince for me, and I say that Li Wei is fortunate to be humiliated."

Chang Sheng was stunned and asked quickly: "Why don't you go to report to the prince yourself? You are already a sixth-rank family. If you have an urgent matter, you can meet the prince."

From a relationship perspective, Li Wei did not want to see Zhu Biao. He was born and died for the safety of him and Lan Yu, but he traveled thousands of miles to get the harm of Lan Yu's slaves to his father, and the land in Lijia Village was occupied by the Lan family. Zhu Biao knew all of these. Although it was a test of him, his feelings could not be accepted.

Of course, Li Weizheng also knew that it was not a time to act voluntarily. He had indeed considered it for a long time between going or not. Prince Zhu Biao now either killed people to silence him or entrusted him with respect. Although Zhu Biao was a generous and kind person in history, that was only one side of him in front of others and the other side?

What's more important is his identity. Chang Sheng only said that he was a sixth-rank official, but forgot that he was the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei went to see the prince. If Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, would he not ask?

This is actually something that Li Weizheng has always been worried about. In that letter, the prince came forward, the king of Qin came forward, the king of Yan came forward, the king of Qi and the king of Jin came forward, but Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent. What was his attitude towards the letter? He knew nothing. He just ran to the East Palace openly to ask for me for me. Can I hide it from Zhu Yuanzhang?

So he thought about it over and over again and decided to keep a low profile and never go to the East Palace to see the prince. If you want to see him, you must meet the prince in a remote place similar to Jiming Temple, just like last time.

He thought this way, but he didn't dare to show any of his expression on his face. He just smiled at Chang Sheng casually, "I thought it was not appropriate for me to appear in the East Palace. Besides, the Crown Prince's state is busy, so I can't help disturbing him. I was recovering this letter from Xuanhua. I was really tired, and there were some things at home. I wanted to deal with private affairs first. Please tell Your Highness to the Crown Prince about these words."

Chang Sheng looked at Li Weizheng for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay! I'll tell you."

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Zhu Yuanzhang did not strictly restrict the prince from seeing foreign ministers, but was often promoted to the prince's prefecture. He was an important minister who assisted the prince. He could go to the Eastern Palace to see the prince. He did not dare to delay. He immediately changed his clothes and took a sedan chair to the Eastern Palace.

The Crown Prince Zhu Biao returned from Jiangnan's inspection of business in early May. At this time, the Li Shanchang case had been settled a month ago. Zhu Yuanzhang also issued an order. The Hu Weiyong case will not be investigated again. The Hu Weiyong rebellion case, which lasted for eleven years, finally came to an end.

After Zhu Biao returned, he immediately wrote a letter to his father and reported in detail about his investigation process. Perhaps it was for the need to divert the attention of all officials. Zhu Yuanzhang formally issued an order in mid-May to approve the establishment of a separate business registration in the civil service, recognize the legal existence of merchants, and impose taxes on them. At the same time, he implemented a series of restrictions on merchants to prevent common people from seeking profit and changing their citizenship.

For more than a month, Zhu Biao has been busy with this matter until the past two days. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief. At this moment, he was sitting in front of the desk and slowly tasting a bowl of bird's nest porridge, but his thoughts flew thousands of miles away. He was thinking about the letter. It had been three or four months. Although he had received some news, he wondered where Li Weizheng had gone now.

Just as he was thinking, an eunuch hurriedly reported: "Your Highness, the founding Duke has an urgent matter to ask for a visit."

‘Chang Sheng?’ Zhu Biao was slightly stunned. He pondered for a moment and said, “Xuan he entered the palace.”

After a moment, Chang Sheng hurried in, the joy on his face could not be concealed. He stepped forward two steps, knelt down and bowed, "I'm sorry to see the prince."

"Chang Taibao is exempted from gifts." Zhu Biao saw that he was happy and couldn't help but feel moved. He asked anxiously: "Could it be that Li Weizheng is back?"

"That's right!" Chang Sheng could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart and lowered his voice: "He just came back. He asked me to report to His Highness that he had succeeded and destroyed the letter."

After pausing, he added: "Li Weizheng said that the Northern Yuan army was attacking at that time, and he was afraid that he would not be able to save it, so he destroyed his trust without authorization."

After saying that, he turned around and winked at the guards. The guards lent a golden plate containing the objects, which was exactly what Li Wei was about to hand over to Zhu Biao.

"Your Highness, these are the things he asked me to hand over. Please check it out."

Although Zhu Biao had already known a little news, the exact news still made him happy. He first collected his gold medal, then picked up the envelope and looked at it. It was indeed the letter he was worried about. The letter was gone. Since the envelope had been obtained, it means that the letter had not been taken away. Zhu Biao had obtained the letter from the King of Qi to the Censor of the Huguang Execution. He actually knew about this. He had already known from Jiang Yan, the commander of the Jinyiwei, not only the King of Qi, but also the King of Qin, Chu, and Jin, who seemed to have participated in this battle. It was not easy to finally get the letter from such a fierce struggle. Although he did not bring the letter back according to his will, but destroyed it without authorization, the Mongolian army attacked and had to destroy the letter. He could understand.

"Where is he now? Why don't you come to report to me in person?"

Chang Sheng hesitated for a moment and said as the truth: "Report to Your Highness, he said that he was inconvenient to appear in the Eastern Palace, and said that something happened in his home and he needed to deal with it. He also said that he would not disturb Your Highness from handling state affairs."

"Did he really say that?"

"Yes! That's what he said, I dare not hide it."

Zhu Biao slowly laughed. The reason Li Wei was thinking about was glamorous and worried that his father would find out that this was indeed something he thought about.

However, Zhu Biao knew that the real reason why Li Weizheng refused to come was because of the evil slaves of the Lan family who occupied the land in Lijia Village.

Of course he knew about this, but he did not interfere too much. He wanted to see how Li Wei was preparing to deal with this matter. He jumped up and made a big fuss with the Lan family, or calmed down and asked himself to come forward and make a decision before he acted. From now on, he didn't want to come to see him, so he should still be holding back and waiting for him to come forward to resolve the matter.

Li Wei was very satisfied with the attitude of this matter. He nodded, then picked up the small bag full of diamonds from the golden plate and handed it to Chang Sheng and said, "This thing is something I reward him to compensate for the losses in his family."

Chang Sheng was not sure why, and did not dare to ask more questions. He took the bag and said goodbye. Zhu Biao took the envelope again and gradually fell into deep thought. Judging from the traces of the Jinyiwei also appeared in Wuchang, he believed that his father must have known this, but his father has not been concerned about it yet. His guard chief Yu Ping and five guards were assassinated, and his father turned a blind eye. With his father's shrewdness, how could he not know the whole story? His father's agile attitude can only explain one thing. He is waiting. When the letter finally surfaced, no matter what, the letter will eventually come to him. Fortunately, the letter has been ruined and no one knows its content anymore. The biggest hidden danger that threatens his position as the prince has been removed. Of course, the father may be furious, but this is much better than letting him see the content of the letter.

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao ordered, "Go and call Yang Ning."

After a moment, Yang Ning hurried into the study and bowed and said, "See Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Yang Ning had already come back, and he did not return to Wudang Mountain. Because he knew the King of Yan, he did not dare to return to Longmen. After finding out the news of Han Danding's death outside the city, he estimated that Li Weizheng had succeeded, so he rushed back to report the message to the prince. In fact, he had another task, which was to monitor Li Weizheng.

Zhu Biao smiled and said to him: "Li Weizheng has returned, he has taken back the letter."

Yang Ning was overjoyed. The fifth brother did not disappoint him, but in front of the prince, he restrained his emotions and lowered his hands. Zhu Biao glanced at him and asked again: "What kind of person do you think he is for so long?"

Yang Ning dared not hide it. He reported frankly: "This person is extremely brave, has super smart, and is loyal to the prince, but this person also has some weaknesses."

"Oh, what weakness? Tell me quickly." Zhu Biao showed a strong interest in Li Weizheng's weakness.

"This person is a bit too emotional. He likes the daughter of the governor Ye of Hanyang, so he keeps him by his side. His subordinates think he is not cold-blooded enough, which is one of his biggest weakness."

Zhu Biao did not express his opinion. He smiled and continued to ask, "What are his weaknesses?"

"Also, he is a little greedy for money. We found out the stolen money from Dingyuan County, and he actually swallowed it up privately, which really surprised his subordinates."

“Is there any more?”

Yang Ning shook his head, "No more."

Zhu Biao smiled slightly, and he was afraid that Li Weizheng would be too perfect and could not control himself. The weaker people were the subordinates he wanted. He liked women and money. This was very good. He walked a few steps behind his hands and suddenly turned around and asked, "Li Weizheng said he destroyed the letter, do you believe it?"

Yang Ning was silent for a moment, then replied: "The war in Longmen is tragic. Under such circumstances, neither Han Danding nor Li Weizheng will leave a letter. Moreover, it is in the territory of the King of Yan. It is indeed dangerous to carry a letter. With Li Weizheng's character, I believe he will not lie to the prince."

Zhu Biao nodded, and he also thought so. Although he had not seen the original letter, he felt a little uncomfortable, but one thing he knew was that with Li Weizheng's intelligence, he should be very clear that if he betrayed him, even if he did not kill him, the emperor would definitely die if he investigated him. He would never leave him a threat to kill himself, and the letter would definitely be ruined.

After understanding this, Zhu Biao was worried for three months before he finally let go of his heart quietly.

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To be continued...