Ming Dynasty: I, Zhu Yunwen, started by resurrecting my grandmother.

Not long after, coroner Old Wang arrived carrying a small box.

Yu Qian accompanied him to the prison of Dali Temple.

Xuanfa's corpse lay sprawled on the ground, his face contorted, blood flowing from his seven orifices, looking ferocious and terrifying. Where was his handsome appearance from before?

Old Wang took a drop of blood from Xuanfa's ear canal and tested it with a silver needle.

A moment later,

He said to Yu Qian, "My lord, there is poison in the blood, arsenic."

Yu Qian was taken aback: "You mean someone poisoned him?"

"You should figure it out yourself, sir."

Old Wang had been in officialdom for many years and was extremely cautious in his speech.

Yu Qian stroked his beard and asked the short, stout man, "Has anyone been here?"

"Qi Tai has arrived, and he brought a food box."

"What? Qi Tai?"

"Exactly."

"Immediately assemble your men and follow me to capture him."

"promise!"

Yu Qian was not afraid of any official, no matter how high their rank; he could take you down if he wanted to.

At Qi Tai's residence.

Qi Tai had just finished breakfast and was drinking tea in the hall.

Now that Zhu Yunwen has ascended the throne, he says there aren't that many things to discuss; a morning court session every five days will suffice.

They no longer need to attend the morning court session every day.

Suddenly, dozens of soldiers rushed in from outside.

Qi Tai was also taken aback: "What...what are you trying to do?"

The soldiers lined up on both sides, and Yu Qian stepped in from outside: "Lord Qi, please come with me to the Dali Temple."

Qi Tai was also bewildered: "What crime have I committed? Which law have I violated? Why are you arresting me?"

"You entered the Dali Temple prison without permission and poisoned Xuanfa. Do you think I didn't know?" Yu Qian asked sternly.

"Lord Yu, what makes you say such a thing? This is a huge injustice!"

"Stop pretending! Guards, seize him!"

Upon seeing that Yu Qian was truly intent on arresting him, Qi Tai shouted, "Yu Qian, I am the Minister of War, a minister entrusted with the care of the late Emperor. How dare you treat me like this?"

"Even if you were the Emperor himself, it wouldn't matter!"

And so, Qi Tai was unwittingly imprisoned in the Dali Temple jail by Yu Qian.

last night.

Zhu Yunwen was lost in thought in his room. No matter what, his grandmother, maternal grandfather, and mother had recently been resurrected; these were his closest relatives.

He felt much more at ease.

However, it seems that Zhu Yunwen has no intention of letting him off the hook.

Just as he was lost in thought, Zhao Ning'er rushed in from outside, holding a document in her hand.

Zhao Ning'er went to the table, poured herself a glass of water, and gulped it down.

Zhu Yunwen looked at her and asked with a smile, "What's wrong with you?"

"I have three pieces of bad news for you."

"Oh, which three pieces of news?"

"Firstly, Qi Tai wants to kill you;"

Zhu Yunwen laughed and said, "I already knew that. Anything else?"

"Secondly, Qi Tai plans to send you to Beiping to read out the Emperor's decree and send several officials to Beiping to take up their posts," Zhao Ning'er said irritably.

"Oh, is that so? What are they trying to do?"

"Isn't this blatantly sending lambs to the slaughter?"

Zhao Ning'er then told him what she had found out.

Zhu Yunwen rested his chin on his hand: "Qi Tai's idea is not bad."

If it can be implemented smoothly, Zhu Di will indeed face a difficult situation.

"In addition, I found out that Qi Tai just went to the Dali Temple prison."

Zhu Yunwen, upon hearing this, also found it very strange: "What is he going there for?"

"He went to visit Xuanfa and brought him lots of delicious food."

Zhu Yunwen pondered for a moment: "There must be a reason why Qi Tai, such a high-ranking official, would visit a monk."

Do you know who Xuanfa is?

"I don't know much about it."

"Take a look."

As she spoke, Zhao Ning'er handed the document in her hand to Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen took it and his hair stood on end; his scalp tingled. It turned out that the entry stated Xuanfa was a notorious womanizer with a long record of crimes.

On the evening of March 2nd last year, a village woman was raped on Yingtian Street;

On June 8th last year, in the dead of night, a young girl was raped and killed;

On May 17th of this year, at night, a palace maid was raped in the palace. Afterwards, the maid was pushed into a dry well in the back garden...

Zhu Yunwen thought to himself, "Isn't May 17th the anniversary of my father's death?"

I never expected that Xuanfa, who looks so smooth and shiny, would do such a beastly thing.

"Is your information reliable?"

"You might not believe it, but people think the Embroidered Uniform Guard is amazing. They're responsible for reconnaissance, arrests, and intelligence gathering. But compared to me, they're still far inferior." Zhao Ning'er's lips curled up.

"That beast Xuanfa, I'll finish him off!" Zhu Yunwen's eyes were filled with resentment.

"He's already been thrown into the Dali Temple's prison. It won't be easy for him to get out. Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhao Ning'er said this because she was worried that something might happen to Zhu Yunwen.

"You don't know this, but with Lady Lü protecting him, he probably won't die anytime soon."

I need to go to the Dali Temple prison.

"It might be inconvenient for you to go to the Dali Temple prison so openly."

As Zhu Yunwen spoke, he took out a mask from his bosom. It was the same mask that Zhu Gaoxu had worn before, and it fit his face perfectly.

In an instant, Zhu Yunwen transformed from a handsome young man into an old man.

Zhu Yunwen changed his clothes again, looking exactly like an old man.

He prepared some dog blood and added some arsenic to it.

So he swaggered over to the vicinity of the Dali Temple prison, first observing from the shadows, and then, after Qi Tai came out,

He swaggered over and told the short, fat jailer that he was Qi Tai's servant and had come to get the keys.

The man did not stop them.

Zhu Yunwen wanted to laugh whenever he saw that short, fat jailer again.

Because he was imprisoned in the Dali Temple prison and wanted to get out, he pretended to faint. Then, this guy and another prison guard helped him into a car and planned to take him to the Imperial Hospital for treatment.

Halfway there, they were both kicked off the car by themselves.

Zhu Yunwen was successfully imprisoned in the Dali Temple prison.

Because he had been here before, he was very familiar with the environment, so it was like he was revisiting a familiar place.

He quickly found the cell where Xuanfa was.

Xuanfa had just finished eating and drinking and was making plans in his mind.

If I really got together with Empress Lü, what would the result be? Would it really be as Lü said, that I could rise to prominence and enjoy endless wealth and glory?

He heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was also a monk at Huangjue Temple, but he never expected that he would later become the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Could it be that his luck was about to change for the better?

He didn't aspire to be an emperor; being a general, or being granted the title of duke or marquis, would be quite nice.