Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 72 Yang Chen commits suicide
Everyone thinks that I am ruthless and cruel, but I don't want to be like that. From the beginning of the uprising to now, I have killed three adopted sons and more than a dozen brothers.

They had made many military achievements and were heroes in troubled times. However, less than a decade after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, some of them began to act recklessly in their own territory, forcibly abducting women, and even not paying for meals and beating to death the innkeeper.

These people are all ruffians. They kill people without blinking an eye during war, but when peace comes, they don't recognize their own identities and they are all arrogant and fierce.

As the eldest brother, I have done my best, but there are always people who ignore my kindness and even sell the gold medal of immunity from death for money to buy wine."

Zhu Yuanzhang kept complaining to Yang Chen, expressing how difficult his job was.

Just as he said, among all the nobles in Huaixi, no more than one-tenth of them had ever received any education.

Even some people who can't read a single word are able to hold important positions in the six ministries.

This led to many corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty. The salaries were low to begin with, and with so many temptations, how could these commoners not engage in corruption?

Finally, there were too many golden medals of immunity from death bestowed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Lan Yu alone has three of them in his hand, which means that Lan Yu has three chances to ignore Zhu Yuanzhang.

"I also know that it is difficult for Your Majesty, but the facts cannot be changed. It is because you killed too many people. Besides, it was you who gave them the courage. Who made you reward so many death-free gold medals when you founded the country?"

He thought that if he put the blame on those who deserved to be killed, Yang Chen would not say anything to him, but he didn't expect that Yang Chen remained unmoved.

Old Zhu's nose suddenly became bigger due to anger, and with a nasal sound, he quickly changed the subject.

"Humph! I don't want to hear you blame me. In your eyes, it's my fault anyway. Just tell me how much time I have left and what happened."

Seeing that Old Zhu would definitely not let him go tonight, Yang Chen stopped talking nonsense.

"Okay, since Your Majesty is determined to do so, then I will speak directly. I just hope that Your Majesty will be mentally prepared."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart skipped a beat, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and his originally heavy beard became disheveled.

"According to the history I know, the Empress passed away not long after the Crown Prince Zhu Xiongying passed away.

The exact time is that the Crown Prince passed away in May of the fifteenth year of Hongwu. The Empress was already weak, and the Crown Prince's sudden death was too sad, so she passed away in August of the same year. This is how the history books recorded the situation at that time."

"You're lying! You're talking nonsense! You're deceiving us! It's all nonsense! It's fake! It's all fake!"

Before Yang Chen could finish his words, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting opposite him, stood up with a bang as if a bomb had exploded.

Old Zhu grabbed the stool behind him with his old, wrinkled hands and smashed it hard at Yang Chen.

I don’t know if it was because he was old or if he did it on purpose, but the stool brushed past Yang Chen’s ear and hit him behind him.

The chair made of precious wood fell on the gold bricks, and then with a loud bang, the chair broke into pieces and wood chips flew everywhere.

When the guards outside the door heard the noise, they drew out their sharp silver swords without hesitation and rushed in immediately.

"Protect Your Majesty!"

"Catch the thief!"

When the guard with a sword entered the study, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang like an angry beast. The anger accumulated in his chest made his breathing sound like a bellows.

They quickly shifted their attention from Zhu Yuanzhang to Yang Chen.

"Take him!"

Although the man in brocade clothes who was leading the group didn't know what was going on, it was the first time he saw His Majesty so angry.

Immediately issue arrest orders to those around you.

At this moment, Yang Chen just turned his head and found that there were several shining blades coming towards him. At this moment, Yang Chen's mind was full of thoughts. He glanced at the furious Zhu Yuanzhang next to him. The other party's eyes were full of murderous intent. He had no doubt that the other party would put him in the imperial prison and torture him severely.

Trying to make himself admit that he had just lied.

"Is it finally over? I've only been in this world for less than a week, and I'm leaving again. But it's good to think about it. My values ​​are different from most people in this world. I have to walk to contact others, and I'm often away for more than half a month. I have no identity and no status. It's better to die than to be imprisoned for the rest of my life."

With this thought in mind, Yang Chen immediately exerted force on his feet and did not choose to run away.

Instead, he chose to rush towards the blade that was stabbing him.

He aimed one of the swords at his neck, trying to make the other party bleed to death.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally furious, suddenly became clear-headed when he saw the situation in front of him.

What did he see!
He saw that Yang Chen was actually looking for death! This guy was not lying! He was really not afraid of death!
"Come back to us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was quick-witted and quick-handed. He swore that he had never been so nervous before. He suppressed his anger and then reached out to grab the clothes under Yang Chen's back and pulled them back hard.

Just as the blade touched the skin on Yang Chen's neck, he felt a powerful force dragging him backwards.

Then his whole body slammed hard against the wall. Fortunately, his back muscles were strong, otherwise his internal organs would have been shattered.

"Get out! Get out of here! Who let you in?"

Yang Chen was seen lying on the ground, still gasping for breath. There was only a skin wound on his neck and some bleeding, but he was not seriously injured.

Zhu Yuanzhang roared angrily at several guards.

His lion-like majesty instantly stunned the guards.

Fortunately, the leader realized that he had misunderstood and thought that Yang Chen was the assassin.

So they wanted to come to the rescue, but they didn't expect that Yang Chen would actually walk into the edge of the knife himself.

All we can do now is to leave quickly and let Zhu Yuanzhang handle it himself.

"You and I are stupid! Leave now."

After the leader knelt down and nodded, the others followed suit.

Then he turned around and left, not forgetting to close the door after leaving.

When there were only two people left in the study, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around, put his hands behind his back, and looked down at Yang Chen who was rubbing his back and crying out in pain.

"What did you want to do just now?"

"I didn't intend to do anything about this."

Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's questioning, Yang Chen was honestly a little lacking in confidence. Who would have thought that old Zhu, who was already fifty years old, could react so quickly.

Able to see through his thoughts instantly.

His eyes shifted from the messy layout around him to the bright red bloodstains flowing on Yang Chen's neck.

"Are you really not afraid of death? Do you really want to die so much?!"

"Look at what your majesty said. How can a normal person not be afraid of death? A normal person doesn't want to die, right? It's just that your angry expression just now was too scary. I'm not worried that you will settle the score with me later and put me in the imperial prison to torture me.

(End of this chapter)