Zhu Youxiao walked to Zuo Liangyu and asked a question at the man in front of him who was slender, tall, tall, red as blood-colored and tied to a wooden frame.

It was also the first time that Zuo Liangyu met His Majesty Zhu Youxiao today. He was not unfamiliar with this king. From the newspapers and from the superior officials, he had already deeply understood that this young emperor who seemed to be in his thirties was actually a cruel and ruthless emperor.

Although the uprising of King Zhu Huakui of Chu was not sure, it was also ready. However, the Imperial Guard appeared outside Wuchang City overnight. The time just happened to be on the eve of King Zhu Huakui of Chu's uprising. Even the Dongchang man who was dormant in Wuchang City had reached thousands of people. Zuo Liangyu had to doubt that from the beginning, all this was under the control of the emperor, and he wanted to force King Zhu Huakui of Chu to take this step, and then use his butcher knife just rightly.

When looking at Zhu Youxiao's clear and bright eyes, Zuo Liangyu felt a strong sense of oppression and fear. He lowered his head and replied: "The criminal is Zuo Liangyu."

Hearing that he claimed to be a criminal minister, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneer. From the man's arrogant eyes, it can be seen that Zuo Liangyu was not willing to admit defeat, and he was obviously unwilling to accept it. But now he actually surrendered directly, which made Zhu Youxiao very curious and doubted whether he was pretending to be pitiful so that he could give him a chance to live again.

But Zhu Youxiao naturally would not spare him, even if he did not follow Chu King Zhu Huakui to rebel and did not do anything to burn, kill, robbery, because Zuo Liangyu was a dangerous factor in Zhu Youxiao's eyes. Since the seventh year of the Tianqi period, Zhu Youxiao has asked the people from the East Factory to target him.

At that time, he was working in Liaodong Metropolitan City, perhaps he would never have expected that he would be targeted by the people from the Dongchang so early, and even would be in danger of his life at any time.

"Let's start the trial", Zhu Youxiao didn't say much, but just gave an order and sat down in the middle. At this time, Li Mingrui took a photo of the gavel and began to interrogate Zuo Liangyu. The interrogation was nothing more than why he participated in the rebellion of King Zhu Huakui of Chu, but it was known whether the whereabouts of King Zhu Huakui of Chu and Ruan Dacheng of Chu and whether the allegations found by the East Factory about his illegal and criminal deeds in the Huguang area were admitted.

Zuo Liangyu couldn't tell any big reason. In front of Li Mingrui, he accepted the scolding without saying a word, and could not argue in front of Zhu Youxiao like Yuan Chonghuan and Kong Yinzhi. He either refused to admit anything else or just said he didn't know.

Li Mingrui tried for a long time and even sent someone to punish him. However, seeing that Zuo Liangyu didn't say anything, he had to ask Zhu Youxiao. Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao guessed that Zuo Liangyu might really not know the whereabouts of King Zhu Huakui and Ruan Dacheng, so he nodded: "Punish the execution."

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao picked up the list of the officers and soldiers of the Zuo Army and the escorts of the Chu King's Mansion to be executed. Seeing that Zuo Menggeng, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Xu Ensheng, Hao Qizhong, Jin Shenghuan, Zhang Yingyuan and others appeared, he couldn't help but smile. These figures who should have shown their style in the future history of the Southern Ming Dynasty and most of them would be recorded in the biography of the two ministers by Qianlong were all killed in Jiuquan because of their own mistakes.

Perhaps, I saved them and let them die of rebellion before they were recorded, otherwise they would be infamous for thousands of years in the future.

The flames began to spread among the firewood blocks, and the sound of the firewood cracking became louder and louder, so it would be best to ignite the entire firewood stack.

Although it was already autumn and the weather was a little cool, Zuo Liangyu was already sweating profusely by the steaming hotness. He felt like he was about to ripen. The hot feeling from the soles of his feet made him jump. A heat sensation came from his body, making his whole body purple.

ah!

Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but scream. He was hoping that a heavy rain would fall from the sky at this time to extinguish the heat in his heart.

Zhu Youxiao had already left the execution ground at this time. The shrill screams and the pain brought by the cruel burning were for the people. He did not regard this as a good show. Perhaps, he was also instinctively avoided it, although he had to do some cruel actions because of political struggles.

Chu King's Mansion.

Zhu Youxiao looked up and had to admit that the scale and decoration of this royal palace is not inferior to that of its own Forbidden City, but it is a bit inferior in specifications, including red walls and green tiles, gold bricks and stone carvings, and jade steps and windows.

"Have all the families in the Chu Prince's Mansion been detained? Is the care appropriate? Don't be the same as the eunuch Zhang Cheng, the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, and Qiu Mushun, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Justice, circumvented Zhang Ge Lao's Mansion. They made things out of nothing and extorted money, causing dozens of people to starve to death in the entire Chu Prince's Mansion. Otherwise, I would not spare me," said Zhu Youxiao.

Wang Chengen, who was accompanying, couldn't help but be stunned. From His Majesty's words, he seemed to have heard another meaning. As a close minister of the emperor, sometimes his Majesty might not necessarily follow what he said explicitly. Even the other meaning in his words must be understood and done well for His Majesty. Therefore, Wang Chengen remembered Zhang Juzheng, the cabinet assistant who was designated as a treacherous minister by the Wanli Dynasty, who was now called "George Zhang" by His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. We provide all the meals and drinking water. We have prepared doctors. It will not be hindered. However, the whereabouts of King Zhu Huakui of Chu are still not found. I am preparing to send someone to contact Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi to expand the search scope."

Fu Dahai replied according to the truth.

"No need to do this. Even if he can fly, Zhu Huakui, the King of Chu, can't fly so far. Why waste manpower and financial resources? Just search the surrounding area strictly." Zhu Youxiao said that and entered the palace. There were many families, maids and servants in the palace. When Zhu Youxiao came to the inner courtyard, he saw that the entire lobby was filled with the front and back.

Seeing these people kneeling on the ground, some of them were already trembling, Zhu Youxiao ordered them to get up, and at the same time he himself walked towards this side, but at this moment, he suddenly saw something chubby seemed to be under the corner of the wall.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but walk over, and the others hurriedly followed him.

Zhu Youxiao lifted the bushes, went straight into it, and kicked it over: "Good guy, it's really the saying goes. The most dangerous place is the safest place, and he actually hid in this dog hole!"

Wang Chengen, Fu Dahai and others were very surprised by His Majesty's actions, but when they looked carefully, they saw a hidden corner of the wall swaying there, with a footprint left on it. Fu Dahai hurriedly ran to the opposite side, and soon he heard his scream: "It's Zhu Huakui, King of Chu!"
Chapter completed!