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

"Thank you for your reminder, eunuch. I was careless for a moment and almost wronged the emperor's grandson."

As he spoke, he took out a heavy bag of silver from his bosom, stuffed it into Zhang Yong's arms, and chuckled a few times: "Use this silver, go buy some tea to quench your thirst."

Zhang Yong looked down at the purse in his hand, weighed it, felt it was heavy, and nodded slightly.

This Chen Hong is not too stupid.

"Please pack up now. I will go and report to the three princes."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out the door with his hands behind his back.

"Father-in-law, walk slowly."

Chen Hong followed Zhang Yong, nodding and bowing, and saw him off for a while. Only after she watched Zhang Yong disappear from her sight did she let out a long sigh and walk back to the government office.

"Sir, now..."

Seeing Chen Hong coming back, everyone in the government office came over and asked in a low voice.

The one who came was the emperor's grandson, so that was no small matter.

If we offend them, even if we sacrifice the entire Ji County, it will not be enough to compensate us.

"What are you still standing there for? His Highness and his men will be here tomorrow, why don't you hurry up and pack up?"

Chen Hong just glanced at them impatiently and hurriedly urged them on.

If His Royal Highness the Grandson of the Emperor is not comfortable living here and offends them, his life will be over.

But if you serve them well and win the favor of the emperor's grandchildren, you can rise to the top overnight.

But they heard that Shen Miao, the prefect of Shanxi, became a high-ranking official just by a word from the emperor's grandson.

Seeing this, other officials such as the chief clerk and the assistant judge did not dare to hesitate and retreated one after another to clean up the room.

It doesn’t matter if this case hasn’t been thoroughly investigated, His Royal Highness the Grandson must be served well.

The next morning, Chen Hong led all the people of Ji County to the outside of the city gate in advance, lined up in two rows, and waited quietly.

As soon as they saw Zhu Ming and his companions' carriage coming, they all smiled and greeted them, rubbing their hands: "Your subordinate Chen Hong greets the royal grandchildren."

They crowded in front of the carriage of Zhu Ming and others, smiling fawningly.

The crowd was so crowded that Zhu Ming and his carriage could not move forward or backward for a while.

"Zhang Yong, what's going on?"

Seeing this, Zhu Yunwen frowned even more, turned around to look at Zhang Yong and questioned him harshly.

"Don't blame me, Your Highness."

Seeing this, Zhang Yong could only wipe the sweat from his forehead and responded respectfully.

He then directly lifted the door curtain, looked at Chen Hong and the others with a cold face, and shouted: "What are you doing here? Why don't you let His Highness enter the city?"

No wonder these guys can only stay in this small Ji County. They have no sense at all.

My good intentions in suggesting this yesterday were wasted.

After being scolded by Zhang Yong, Chen Hong finally reacted and quickly directed the people behind him to make way.

Only then were Zhu Ming and his companions' carriages able to enter the city.

Zhu Ming, Zhu Yunwen and others in the carriage all looked gloomy at the same time.

When I first saw the memorial from Zhu Yuanzhang, I thought that Chen Hong should be somewhat smart.

Now it seems that I really overestimated them.

I'm afraid that the reason why the memorial skipped over the Hunan prefect was simply due to their negligence.

"Your Highnesses, I have already arranged the county government office. Please welcome me."

Having embarrassed themselves in front of the emperor's grandson so early in the morning, Chen Hong and the others were now sweating profusely.

After Zhu Ming and others got off the carriage, they came forward to show their courtesy.

"Where are those nameless bodies?"

Before Zhu Ming and others could answer, Mu Ruanjun, who had been following them quietly, suddenly asked.

As soon as she spoke, Zhu Yunwen and others who were about to agree all turned their heads and looked at her.

"Ruan Jun, what do you want?"

Only Xu Miaojin saw what Mu Ruanjun was thinking. She went over, took her hand, and asked in a low voice.

Mu Ruanjun nodded, looked up at Zhu Ming and the others, and said seriously: "It has been more than half a month since you found these nameless corpses and we came here."

"No matter how well the body is preserved, it will inevitably decay. The longer time passes, the harder it will be to find clues."

Mu Ruanjun looked at Chen Hong and the others seriously. In a small place like Ji County, the preservation of corpses must not be very good.

I wonder how many traces will be left on these nameless corpses.

"Who is this?"

Chen Hong looked at Mu Ruanjun, who had spoken before the other imperial grandchildren, and asked hesitantly.

These two young ladies have extraordinary temperaments. They must be extraordinary people since they can come here with the three imperial grandchildren.

"Lord Mu Ruan, daughter of Marquis Xiping, greets you, my Lord."

Mu Ruanjun looked at Chen Hong and bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly, but this scared Chen Hong.

Marquis Xiping was not someone that a Ji County magistrate like him could afford to offend.

Unexpectedly, the daughter of Marquis Xiping also came.

"Xu Miaojin."

Xu Miaojin did not give much introduction and simply said her name.

There are not many people with the surname Xu who can travel with the emperor's grandsons like Zhu Ming.

"Mr. Magistrate, where is the unknown body?"

While Chen Hong was still speculating about Xu Miaojin's identity, Zhu Yunheng had already spoken in a deep voice, helping Mu Ruanjun to urge her.

Although he didn't know why Mu Ruanjun wanted to see these nameless corpses, he now needed help, so naturally he had to offer his help.

"The bodies are currently being kept at the county charity hall and are being looked after by the coroner."

Seeing that even the emperor's grandson had spoken, Chen Hong stopped dragging her feet, turned around, and walked in front to lead the way: "Your Highnesses, follow me."

Zhu Ming and others looked at each other and had no choice but to follow him to the Jixian Charity Hall.

"Ahem, this smell."

Before the group entered the charity hall, a foul smell hit them in the face, causing Zhu Ming and others to frown subconsciously, and even their breathing felt a little obstructed.

Mu Ruanjun just walked to the front with an expressionless face, took out a bottle and opened it just like last time.

A strange fragrance filled the air, overwhelming the foul smell.

"Wu Zuo, Wu Zuo!"

Chen Hong resisted the urge to retch and shouted loudly.

Not long after, a drunk middle-aged man ran out of the charity hall with his bare chest.

He swayed his steps, walked to Chen Hong, and bowed awkwardly: "Sir, how come you have time to come to my place today?"

Coroners like them have to deal with dead bodies every day, and if they don't drink some alcohol, they really can't stand it.

"Who are these?"

After performing the ceremony and looking up, the coroner saw several people standing behind Chen Hong, and moved closer, wanting to take a closer look.

Chen Hong was afraid that the coroner's alcoholic smell would disturb the emperor's grandchildren, so she immediately reached out to stop him: "They are the grandchildren of the current emperor, why don't you show your respect?"

After hearing Chen Hong reveal the identities of these people, the drunken coroner was so frightened that his blood ran cold and he quickly knelt down.