Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

"They didn't mention anything about you. They probably thought you would come to rescue them."

Zhu Ming chuckled a few more times, but then his face turned cold.

"The grain is the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people in this county, but you have evil intentions and want to threaten me with the grain, disregarding their lives."

Zhu Ming looked at them and scolded them righteously.

When these people listened to Zhu Ming's words, a complex look flashed across their eyes, but they immediately returned to their original indifference.

"Birds die for money, people die for food. If you lose, you lose. Just kill it. Why say so much?"

The leader of the bandits raised his head, looked at Zhu Ming with an indignant expression, refuted a few words and then fell silent.

"I do want to kill you, but I won't do it."

As Zhu Ming spoke, he turned around and ignored these people.

The next morning, the thieves and the yamen runners including Juan were taken to the city gate.

After hearing the noise all night, the people got up and looked at the people at the city gate.

Word spread quickly from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. In just one morning, the city gate was already crowded with people pointing and talking at them.

These people usually bully others by taking advantage of their power, and the people in the county all hate them to the core.

Looking at their current fate, it can be said that it is very gratifying.

Seeing the people surrounding them pointing and talking, Juan and his men lost their former dignity and lowered their heads like dogs that had lost their homes.

Only the group of bandits still had some backbone. They stared at the common people, making them afraid to approach.

"Your Highness has arrived."

When they heard that the emperor's grandson was coming, the onlookers respectfully made way for him.

After all, this young prince had made great contributions in suppressing bandits. He captured all the criminals in just one night.

After Zhu Ming dealt with these people, it was almost dawn and he was so sleepy that he took a nap in the county government office for a while before he regained some energy.

"Fellow villagers, I have recovered your food."

Zhu Ming rubbed his sleepy eyes, without any of the dignity he had in front of Juan and the others last night.

As they spoke, several officers and soldiers carried bags of food and piled them in front of the people.

Seeing the lost food recovered, the people also became excited, and the stones in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

In the current disaster situation, these foods are their lives.

Unexpectedly, the young prince not only caught the thief, but also recovered the food.

"These thieves colluded with Juan and others to steal food and exchange it for money. Their crimes are unforgivable."

As Zhu Ming spoke, he walked up to the thieves and Juan and loudly told them what they had done.

After learning what had happened, the already angry people became even more indignant. They shouted and cursed at Juan and his men, and even threw stones at them from time to time.

If the officers and soldiers hadn't stopped them, they would have rushed up and tore these people to pieces alive.

Even Zhu Ming didn't dare to stand next to them, for fear of being accidentally injured by the stones thrown at him.

Seeing the murderous intentions of these people towards them, Juan and the others also panicked. Their bodies were already covered with bruises from being hit by stones. They had no choice but to turn to look at Zhu Ming and beg for mercy.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, you promised me that if you tell me the whereabouts of the food, you will spare my life."

Zhang Yi even started shouting at Zhu Ming in panic.

He revealed the whereabouts of the grain yesterday, so it can be considered as meritorious service. Now he just wants a way to survive.

If it weren't for these officers and soldiers, they would have been skinned alive by these civilians.

"A bunch of worthless people."

The leader of the bandits just looked at Juan and his companions with disdain, snorted coldly, turned his head away, and remained indifferent no matter how the people cursed him.

"He's a real man. I admire him."

Zhu Ming nodded affirmatively. This guy does have some backbone.

"Come here, chop it up.

Then he turned and shouted casually to the executioner.

The executioner received Zhu Ming's order, raised his knife and slashed the leader's head, which rolled to Zhu Ming's feet like a ball.

"what."

Zhu Ming changed his attitude towards the bandit leader, pursed his lips in disdain, and kicked the head aside.

"You are stealing the food of these common people. Do you really think you are a hero?"

As he said this, he turned and looked at Juan and the others.

When these people saw Zhu Ming killing them without even blinking, they were so frightened that they peed their pants in fear.

"You can ask me to spare your life."

Zhu Ming walked past them and spoke slowly.

After hearing these words, the yamen runners looked towards Zhu Ming as if they had seen their last hope.

"Your life or death is not important to me."

Zhu Ming was telling the truth. He was the emperor's grandson, so why would he care about the lives of these prisoners?

"Your Highness, spare our lives. We will repay you by working like slaves for you!"

Hearing that there was a chance of survival, Juan and the others begged for mercy in an even more humble manner.

I only hope to awaken a little compassion in this little grandson of the emperor.

"But you have to ask the people whether they agree or not."

Zhu Ming said this, turned around and looked at the people with his hands spread out.

After this incident, Zhu Ming's status in the eyes of these people has become unmatched.

With just a simple gesture, all the people quieted down.

"Fellow villagers, you all heard what I just said."

Zhu Ming looked at them and spoke slowly: "I will leave the life and death of these people to you to decide."

"Do you want him to die, or let them go?"

Zhu Ming shouted loudly, and the people became excited instantly.

The word "death" echoed among the crowd.

What these people have done has already aroused public indignation, and the people will naturally not let them go.

Hearing that the people wanted to die so much, Juan and his men became even more disheartened.

"You heard it too. It's not that I won't let you go."

Zhu Ming nodded, waved his hand for the people to be quiet, then turned back to look at Juan and the others.

These people have no chance of survival just because of this incident.

"Your Highness..."

Juan and the others wanted to fight for it again, but when they looked up, they saw Zhu Ming's cold eyes.

From the very beginning, Zhu Ming had no intention of letting them live.

In other words, from the moment they planned to do this, it was already a dead end.

It was not until now that Juan and the others completely accepted their fate and lowered their heads one by one.

Zhu Ming then looked at the executioner beside him with satisfaction and slowly began: "Behead."

At the command, there were several muffled thuds of heads falling to the ground.

Seeing Hu An being executed by Zhu Ming, the people cheered.

Hu An and his gang have been bullying the people for so long, and the former county magistrate protected them, which has long made the people feel resentful.

Now Zhu Ming's ruthless methods made them feel a sense of pleasure in revenge.