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

"You said he was taken away by the old eunuch?"

After hearing the village chief's words, even Chen Ling, who had handled many cases, was dumbfounded.

Could it be that Lord Erhu really guessed right about this matter?

"Yes, everything I said is true. The hundreds of people in Li Village can testify to this."

The village chief was afraid that Chen Ling would not believe it, so he responded more affirmatively.

"grown ups!"

Before Chen Ling could ask something else, a soldier trotted to the door and saluted him.

"Tell me, but what did you find?"

Chen Ling coughed dryly and calmed herself down before looking at the soldier seriously and asking.

When he came, he notified the nearby county government and asked people to bring soldiers to search the surrounding area carefully.

"We found two bodies in the ravine. It looked like they had died only a few days ago."

The officer responded.

"Bring it up."

At this moment, Chen Ling didn't care whether it was a corpse or not, and directly asked the man to bring up the body he found.

If this case is not handled properly, he will become a corpse.

Not long after, several men came in from outside carrying two bodies, a man and a woman.

A strong stench instantly filled the entire room.

Chen Ling covered her mouth and nose with her hands, suppressed her nausea and went forward to check.

Although the body had only been dead for a few days, it had not yet completely decayed.

But it seemed that this was done intentionally to prevent people from recognizing him. His head had been smashed beyond recognition, and there were signs of being eaten by wolves on his body.

"Sir, there is a scar on Li Da's back caused by fire."

The village chief coughed a few times due to the stench and looked at Chen Ling to remind her.

The only way for him to survive now is to cooperate well.

"You guys..."

Seeing this, Chen Ling immediately called over a few officers and soldiers, signaling them to turn the body over and check it.

The officers and soldiers looked at each other in embarrassment, but still went forward.

The official level is overwhelming.

Turn over the body and tear off the clothes on its back.

After seeing the scar on the back, the village chief was so surprised that he fell backwards, pointed at the corpse with trembling hands, and stammered, unable to speak.

"But this person?"

Chen Ling looked at the village chief and had some guesses in her mind. To confirm, she asked.

"it's him!"

Under Chen Ling's questioning, the village chief could only nod and responded while suppressing his fear.

"Sure enough...it seems that this job is not so good."

Chen Ling could only shake her head helplessly.

Everyone related to this child is dead.

This Crown Princess is really cruel and ruthless.

"Sir, Zhang Zhong has been captured."

Chen Ling was just sighing when another soldier came in, saluted respectfully towards him and spoke loudly.

An old eunuch is too conspicuous among this crowd.

After careful search by the Embroidered Uniform Guards and government officials with portraits, he was soon found.

"Ah."

Chen Ling nodded. Now that the eunuch had been caught, everything would be easy.

"Take these two bodies and Zhang Zhong back with them."

After saying that, Chen Ling walked out of the house.

He really couldn't stand the smell of the dead body in the room.

Just as she reached the door, Chen Ling seemed to remember something, stopped, and looked back at the village chief.

"Take the village chief with you as well."

Now we are still missing a witness, the village chief.

In the imperial city.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the civil and military officials below, as well as the memorials submitted to him, with a frown on his face, not at all as kind as he was in front of Zhu Ming.

All the civil and military officials were silent as a mouse, not daring to make a sound.

Since ancient times, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger, let alone a king like Zhu Yuanzhang who is decisive and murderous.

"His Majesty……"

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading the memorial, a young eunuch ran over from the side and whispered in Zhu Yuanzhang's ear.

The more Zhu Yuanzhang listened, the angrier he became.

Only after the young eunuch finished speaking did he look at the ministers below impatiently and say, "Everyone, leave."

Although the civil and military officials did not know what had happened, they did not dare to go against Zhu Yuanzhang's wishes. They retreated respectfully one after another, leaving only Yunqi and a few other confidants.

Not long after, Chen Ling came in with the old eunuch Zhang Zhong and an old man, and knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Chen Ling, what did you find out?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the atmosphere in the entire imperial city became oppressive.

Even an old eunuch like Yunqi, who had served him for many years, rarely saw Zhu Yuanzhang so angry.

Little did the village chief know that he would be brought to see the emperor, kneeling on the ground and speaking incoherently.

It took him a long time to tell everything he knew.

Chen Ling was listening nearby and confirmed that what the village chief said was consistent with what she had found out.

"I have told you everything I know..."

The village chief almost fainted under Zhu Yuanzhang's pressure.

This was the first time in his life that he understood the true feeling of being invincible under the might of heaven.

"Take him down."

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was also born into a commoner family. Seeing the village chief in this state, he felt a little sorry for him and did not make things difficult for him. He ordered a young eunuch to help the village chief down.

But the rest of the people were not so lucky.

He turned his head and looked at Zhang Zhong with murderous intent: "You tell me the rest."

If this matter is true, then these people will be killed, but he is my own beloved grandson, how can I bear it?

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhang Zhong nodded calmly in response, without any major emotional fluctuations.

This matter involved the princes and grandchildren of the emperor. The moment he was caught, he had already accepted his own death.

"This Li was originally a maid in the East Palace. A year ago, the Crown Prince was drunk and saw that she was beautiful, so he favored her."

"After the prince sobered up, he didn't think much of it, but Li turned out to be pregnant. The princess was afraid that she would compete for favor, so she sent her back."

"Who would have thought that two months ago, the Li family came to our house and used this child as a threat, trying to force the Crown Princess to recognize the child."

"The Crown Princess originally wanted to give some money to keep the matter quiet and keep it a secret, but the Crown Prince suddenly passed away..."

Zhang Zhong said this, but then stopped and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang hesitantly.

If we go further, the issues involved will be beyond the capacity of a eunuch like him to handle.

"Go on!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at him impatiently and ordered him to continue.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Zhang Zhong sighed helplessly and continued talking.

"After the Crown Prince passed away, seeing that His Majesty intended to pass the throne to the eldest grandson, the Crown Princess was afraid that this child would affect the eldest grandson's position, so she decided to kill him. That's why she asked this old servant to take people to kill the Li family..."