Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 928 I Dare to Kill You

Chapter 928 I Dare to Kill You

Being a time traveler and having memories of past lives is a powerful tool for Zhu Su to change history and build a better China, but it is also a hidden danger.

Will Old Zhu and other members of the Zhu family who know Zhu Su's identity one day come to think that this brother with memories of his past life is not close to the Zhu family, and thus become wary and wary of him?

Zhu Su had this worry before. At that time, he was wandering in the Ming Dynasty with the memories of his past life. Deep in his heart, he always had a vague sense of unreality, like a dream, towards both the Ming Dynasty and Zhu. He did not dare to truly regard them as family members.

Even deep down, I was worried that Lao Zhu and the others would regard me as evil, and I couldn't feel too close to this era.

When he fell into the water, it was Empress Ma who insisted on treating Zhu Su as her own son, preserving and consolidating the relationship between Zhu Su and the Zhu family. It can be said that with the existence of Empress Ma, he always had a backer and a shield behind him, and he did not have to worry about the separation between himself and the Zhu family.

The existence of Queen Ma firmly bonded Zhu Su and the Zhu family together.

But now, Queen Ma has passed away.

Without the protection of Queen Ma, Zhu Su was not sure whether his relationship with the Zhu family was as strong as he had expected.

If by any chance he killed his cheap cousin Ma Ye, Zhu Yuanzhang would regard him as a heartless person who disregarded family affection, and the foundation of his position in the Ming Dynasty would collapse.

"...Your Highness?" Di Meng saw Zhu Su's hesitation and called out to him uneasily. Zhu Su frowned deeply and waved his hand, "It's okay, I'm fine."

Old Zhu's methods were cruel, and he himself was a time traveler who was different from ordinary people... If there was no such family affection, would Old Zhu give himself, a time traveler, to Zhu Biao in order to eliminate the troubles he would face?

Zhu Su had already started to sweat a little.

"Haha, hahaha, hahaha!" Ma Ye saw all of Zhu Su's hesitation. He knew that he had escaped death. The great joy of surviving the disaster made him laugh wildly: "Hahahaha, good cousin, it's good that you have figured it out!"

"Get out of here! Don't hold me down! I'm the queen's nephew, who can touch me?"

"Who dares to touch me?"

"I can move you!"

When Zhu Su was weighing the pros and cons, a loud shout suddenly came from outside, which stopped Ma Ye's wild laughter abruptly.

Then, several men in Feiyu suits, led by Gou'er, strode in. Zhu Su was very familiar with the leader. If it wasn't the commander of the Jinyiwei, Jiang Li, then who else could it be?

"Commander Jiang?" Zhu Su was startled and immediately went to meet him. "Why are you here?"

"Your Highness Prince Zhou." Jiang Li and a group of Jinyiwei first met Zhu Su, bowed to him respectfully, and then said: "On the order of His Highness the Crown Prince, we have come to Guiyang to thoroughly investigate the case of Ma Ye and Shuixi."

"This is the order from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Jiang Li said.

Zhu Su took Zhu Biao's order, glanced at it, and saw the cause and effect written on it. Then he nodded and said to Jiang Li, "I understand."

"I wonder where Commander Jiang plans to investigate this case? I will fully cooperate with you," said Zhu Su.

Zhu Biao was upright, kind, and righteous, and he valued family affection the most. Ma Ye could also be considered Zhu Biao's cousin, and Jiang Li must have come here on Zhu Biao's orders. Maybe this time he really had a narrow escape.

Although he was a little cautious about Ma Ye because he was worried that Old Zhu would become suspicious, he was also reluctant to let Ma Ye escape from this difficulty.

Even if Jiang Li handled the case impartially, Ma Ye's actions were quite clean. All the assassins committed suicide by taking poison, and the "witnesses" he arranged could not serve as crucial evidence.

In that case, Jiang Lin would have escorted Ma Ye to Beijing and handed him over to the officials for further trial. Once in Beijing, relying on the status of Empress Ma's nephew and Zhu's longing for the deceased Empress Ma, it is very likely that Ma Ye will be saved.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was not partial, there was no shortage of people who could figure out the emperor's intentions in the capital. If someone thought that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to protect Ma Ye, the only relative of Empress Ma, and help fabricate evidence of Ma Ye's innocence, Zhu Su's efforts would fail.

Therefore, Zhu Su was very conflicted about Zhu Biao's interference.

Jiang Li seemed to see Zhu Su's dilemma, and smiled slightly, saying, "Your Highness, don't worry. When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in the capital, he had already made a decision."

"Ma Ye, you are guilty and must die."

He smiled calmly, investigating the case? Jinyiwei didn't need to investigate the case.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already given the order, so even if Ma Ye is innocent, he is still guilty.

The Jinyiwei will have irrefutable evidence to prove that he is definitely guilty.

Jiang Li did not avoid people when he spoke, and Ma Ye was still listening quietly, hoping to hear that Jiang Li, under Zhu Biao's order, would take him back to Beijing for a joint trial. However, he did not expect such a bolt from the blue to come.

"No! You can't kill me! I am the nephew of Queen Ma..."

"Haha, what a rampant prisoner..." Jiang Li turned to look at Ma Ye and sneered. "Just when I came in, I seemed to hear him shouting, who dares to touch him?"

"Now, does His Royal Highness want to touch you, or kill you...what do you think?"

"I am the nephew of Queen Ma. Your Highness the Crown Prince is not afraid of me, nor is he afraid of His Majesty..."

Zhu Su frowned in displeasure.

"Shut up and disturb His Highness." Jiang Li understood immediately and stepped forward, slapping Ma Ye several times in a row, making his face swell up like a pig's head.

The Jinyiwei were very good at using criminal law. Jiang Li's slaps were so severe that Ma Ye couldn't even speak and could only cry "woooo".

"Your Highness, is this okay?" Jiang Li asked respectfully.

"Yeah." Zhu Su said. Just now, he had figured it out. Zhu Biao's move would have a completely different effect than his own.

He was a time traveler, a son who "reincarnated with memories", and naturally had some grudges with the old Zhu family and even this era. Therefore, if he killed Ma Ye, it might cause old Zhu to be wary.

But Zhu Biao was different. He was the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the eldest son of Empress Ma, and the undisputed crown prince of the Ming Empire.

Zhu Biao, Old Zhu, and the Ming Dynasty form an unbreakable community of interests. Zhu Biao's desire to kill Ma Ye can only be for the benefit of the Ming Dynasty. There will be no future troubles if Zhu Biao takes action against Ma Ye.

That’s great. I’ll just be scolded by Mr. Zhu in private, and that’s all.

However, Zhu Biao suddenly became so decisive and ruthless that he decided to kill Ma Ye while he was far away in Yingtian... Such a decision really surprised Zhu Su.

This is very different from the impression he had of the kind-hearted prince.

(End of this chapter)