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Chapter 82 The Lan Family Accident

‘Zhu Quan?’ Li Wei felt it was so familiar that it made him think for a while, and suddenly remembered that Zhu Quan was the Ning King of history? He once commanded the most elite cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, the three guards of Duoyan, who was seized by the King of Yan during the Jingnan period. Later, he was renamed Nanchang by Zhu Di, who successfully usurped the throne. He became a famous Taoist scholar. His descendants once rebelled and suppressed by Wang Yangming. However, Zhu Quan in front of him seemed to have not been crowned king yet, but was just an ordinary prince.

Understanding this, Li Wei was immediately kneeling down on one knee and saluting, "I met His Highness the Seventeenth Prince."

"Li Baihu, please get up quickly!"

Zhu Quan quickly helped Li Weizheng up. Seeing that Li Weizheng was tall and tall, he really liked him and quickly smiled and said, "I don't have a royal title now, and my identity is no different from that of a commoner. Li Baihu doesn't need to be too polite."

Li Wei waved his hand and smiled, "Your Highness is willing to go to the store to sit?"

"No, I sneaked out in class and couldn't stay outside for a long time, otherwise the gentleman would complain to his father and I had to go back."

Of course, Zhu Quan is not a wise king who does good deeds without leaving a name. He has his own intention to help Li Weizheng. Helping him get a shop is just a small favor. The purpose is to get to know Li Weizheng. For this reason, he visited the prince last night and obtained his permission. Now that the initial goal has been achieved, there is no need for Zhu Quan to communicate too deeply, and his days will be long in the future.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhu Quan lowered his voice and smiled: "The official battle report of His Highness Yan King had been issued to various departments yesterday, and there were the achievements of Li Baihu fighting in the Longmen Institute. Since the emperor made this matter public, Li Baihu's day of success will not be far away."

This was the first time Li Wei heard about this, which was really beyond his expectations. He thought that after Zhu Di learned his true identity, he would definitely hate him to the core, and would inevitably erase his achievements, or deal with them in a low-key manner, and mix them with the achievements of ordinary soldiers. Unexpectedly, Zhu Di actually wrote him a lot. What does this mean?

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "May I ask, in the battle report of King Yan, do you put my name together with other meritorious soldiers?"

Seeing that he reacted very quickly, Zhu Quan saw that the fourth brother had ulterior motives. He couldn't help but secretly praised him, saying that he was worthy of being a talent he liked. No wonder he could stand out in the battle to win the faith, and he was indeed quick-witted.

He smiled slightly and said, "The official battle report of His Highness Yan King did not mention other meritorious generals. It was the matter of marching Sima. In the end, he mentioned you specifically in his report, and used 228 words to describe the battle to defend the Longmen. It was impressive to mention your name three times!"

As a bystander who gradually understands the whole story, Zhu Quan certainly understood the intention of King Yan's move. On the one hand, the King of Yan supported Li Weizheng, perhaps because he wanted to distinguish his relationship with the case of forcing the letter, and on the other hand, he was hinting at the emperor, who is Li Weizheng?

Although Zhu Quan was young, he was very good at power and talented. He could be said to be a genius in power struggle. His greatest strength was to identify people. From the cumbersome struggle of the case of credit, he discovered Li Wei's key role in the case like a cocoon. The prince also valued him very much, but Zhu Quan sensitively realized that the emperor did not seem to want him to get too close to the prince.

As a result, he had a thought that this person could not be used by himself.

"Okay, Li Baihu, I'll say that. You are a smart person, so just go and experience it slowly! We'll have a date later." Zhu Quan clasped his fists and left.

Li Wei was looking at his back and unknowingly fell into deep thought.





















As the shop began to enter the intense preparation time, ten days passed, and it was already early July, and Gu Ji Pastry Shop was also about to open. Gu Jun came from Suzhou five days ago and brought three pastry masters at the same time. Soon, the first batch of pastry was prepared. On the eighth day of the July 19th, the Gu Ji Pastry Shop in Beijing officially opened on Fudong Street.

Early in the morning, everyone rushed to Fudong Street to help, but Li Weizheng first came to the Jinyiwei Office to click Mao. As soon as he entered the yamen, a lieutenant came and said, "Li Baihu, the commander, please invite him."

Li Wei was stunned. Jiang Yan had seen him once on the first day he entered the Jinyiwei, and there was no news since then. Of course, he had a low status. It was normal for Jiang Yan to not see him. Now he suddenly wanted to see him again. Could something happen?

Li Wei was rushing to Jiang Yan's door. The door was covered with a faint silence. Lu Siyuan sat in the old seat, greeted him with a smile, pointed to the door and said, "The commander is waiting for you, but go in directly. He is in a good mood, don't worry."

Seeing that Lu Siyuan, who was known as the "Drug Xiushi" and known as the No. 1 think tank of the Jinyiwei, Li Wei smiled kindly, and bowed to him and said, "Thank you Mr. Lu!"

Then he came to the door and knocked on the door, "Li Wei, a hundred households, asked for a meeting."

"Come in!"

Li Wei was pushing the door and kneeling down on one knee and bowing, "See the commander."

"Li Baihu please get up!"

Li Wei was standing up, and his first feeling was that the room was much brighter than last time. Jiang Yan looked good, not as dark as last time. Although he was still a little leaky, his face was full of spring breeze and his smile was very nice.

Jiang Yan reported to Zhu Yuanzhang last night about Lan Yu's son's treatment, and received great praise from Zhu Yuanzhang. He was in a good mood. He glanced at Li Weizheng, and Jiang Yan smiled and said, "How is it? You've been doing well in the past half month!"

"Report to my master, I have been studying the rules and regulations of the Jinyiwei in the past half month. My colleagues have taken good care of me and we get along well."

Jiang Yan nodded, "It is the most important thing to get along well with colleagues when you come to a new place. In the future, the Jinyiwei must cooperate with each other when handling cases. Good interpersonal relationships are the prerequisite for handling cases. Since you understand this, I won't say much."

He picked up a file from the table, glanced at the contents inside and said, "I came to you today to ask you something. I remember that your father is Li Yuanwai from Lijia Village, Yuanbao Township, Linhuai County! Did your Lijia Village land be occupied by Lan Yu's slaves two months ago?"

Li Weizheng was shocked. If the prince asked this, he could understand that the prince would be fair to him. But now this matter was said from the commander of the Jinyiwei, and it was a record of the Jinyiwei file, which was of great significance.

Li Weizheng's expression became solemn, and he nodded and said, "It's true that this is the case."

Jiang Yan put the files together and said seriously to Li Wei: "According to the investigation of the Jinyiwei, Lan Chuo, the son of Lan Yu, instigated the slaves to occupy the fertile land of the people. In three years, they took away money, destroyed their homes, and deprived their wives and daughters. They were extremely guilty. Three days ago, the Jinyiwei defeated Lan Chuo, the son of Lan Yu and 234 evil slaves, including the bully who seized the property of your Lijia Village, in Dingyuan County, and all the occupied land and property in Lijia Village have been returned. It seems that there is still one thousand taels of silver from your father. I asked you to come here to tell you about this."

Although the bully was killed and his family property was returned, Li Weizheng was still not happy. He knew that this was Zhu Yuanzhang's order, which was a heavy move to warn Lan Yu. At this time, Lan Yu should have just handed back the military power. At the gate of about to enter Beijing, Zhu Yuanzhang chose this opportunity to take action for a long time. Now, Li Weizheng can finally confirm that killing Lan Yu was Zhu Yuanzhang's long-planned plan. If the case of creating the Lan Yu case in Hongwu in the 26th year was Zhu Yuanzhang's final step, then killing Lan Yu is the second piece he lost in this game. The first piece fell at the beginning of this year. Lan Yu was transferred to calm the Western barbarians, thus depriving him of the commander of the Mongolian attack.

"What are you thinking?" Jiang Yan saw that Li Weizheng did not show joy, but instead fell into deep thought. He felt a little strange.

Li Wei immediately calmed down and replied respectfully: "Thank you, lord, for telling me, I'll have a breath of anger now."

"Yes! It is said that when the evil slaves of the Lan family were killed, the people of Dingyuan County cheered like thunder and shouted at Qingtian of the Jinyiwei. I was deeply pleased." Jiang Yan said the truth. He had done too many evil things and accidentally did a good thing and was praised by the people. He was also very proud. He walked up, patted Li Wei on the shoulder and smiled, "Three days is enough to learn the rules of the Jinyiwei. Since you have nothing to do, I will find a case for you these days and practice it. What do you think?"

"Thank you for your favor, Li Weizheng will definitely not disappoint you."























Li Weizheng left Jiang Yan's room. He came to the gate and was about to leave the office. Suddenly he heard someone calling him from behind. When he looked back, he saw that Wang Han, the southern politician of the Jinyiwei, was waving to him. Logically, Li Weizheng had just entered the Jinyiwei and should have been strict training, but Wang Han was open-minded because he was the prince's person and allowed him to go home and learn the rules of the Jinyiwei by himself, which made Li Weizheng very grateful.

Li Wei was quickly approaching and bowing, "Is there anything wrong with Mr. Wang looking for me?"

Wang Han smiled slightly and bowed to him and said, "I heard that the Ministry of War has already claimed great contributions for you. I will submit a memorial to the emperor soon. Seeing that Li Baihu is about to be promoted, wouldn't it be a pleasure to congratulate?"

"I just encountered this incident by chance and did my best to fulfill my responsibilities. How dare I claim to be a great contribution? I am really ashamed!"

"Li Baihu is too modest."

Seeing that there were many people coming and going, Wang Han pointed to his room and gave him a wink. Li Wei was just understanding, so he went into the room with him. Wang Han closed the door and lost his smile on his face. He lowered his voice and said, "Do you know why the emperor wanted to kill Lan Yu's son?"

Li Wei was stunned. He shook his head blankly. Wang Han looked at his eyes and said slowly: "The Jinyiwei submitted a secret report not long ago. Lan Yu lost a letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the beginning of the year. Lan Yu's son took it lightly and concealed it. As a result, it attracted a fight between various forces, causing a crack in the relationship between the princes. The emperor was very angry about this. Killing Lan Yu's son was to pursue Lan Yu's responsibility for losing the letter. How did Li Baihu think about this?"

Li Weizheng shook his head quickly and said, "I am humble and I dare not hear about the affairs of the temple. Lord Wang told me about this, and it is probably meaningless."

"Didn't the commander tell you about this?" Wang Han was stunned for a long time. He suddenly patted his forehead and said apologetically: "I thought the commander asked you to tell you about this. It turns out that you didn't know that I was reckless and apologized to you!"

He opened the door and walked out with Li Weizheng, and repeatedly reminded him: "Don't leak this matter, otherwise you and I will have trouble."

Li Weizheng nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, Lord Wang, I will never talk nonsense."

When he walked out of the Jinyiwei Office, he couldn't help but feel suspicious. Of course, he knew that Wang Han was not making a mistake and letting go, but what was Wang Han's intention to tell him about this? Could it be that he wanted to use himself to approach the prince? There is indeed a possibility, but after taking a few steps, a thought suddenly flashed through Li Weizheng's mind: Could it be?







Did he want to mislead the prince through himself? Let the prince believe that the emperor killed Lan Yu's son just because of losing the letter.

He suddenly felt a little vigilant in his heart. If Wang Han’s intention was really to mislead the prince, then whose position was he standing?

As soon as Li Wei left, Lu Siyuan walked to Wang Han's door with his hands behind his back and asked without hesitation: "How is it, have you told him?"

Wang Han quickly bowed and smiled flatteringly, "Report to sir, I have told him as my instructions."

"Good job!" Lu Siyuan nodded, and slowly left as if passing by here.






















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