Although Zhu Song did not go to the scene to see it in person, he learned from the letter that Zhang Tiezhu's eldest brother and mother had been reduced to skeletons.

If the house collapses and the yard and house are overgrown, it will take at least three months for a person to die and rot into a skeleton.

But within three months, a house that has been occupied every year will not corrode and collapse, and weeds will not grow in the house.

This can only mean one thing. The mother and son have been dead for a long time, roughly estimated to be at least more than a year.

If it's more than a year ago, the last time Zhang Tiezhu wrote a letter to his family was before New Year's Eve last year. It's less than a year since he received the letter. So who wrote this letter?

There must be someone behind this. If Zhu Song hadn't personally approached the prefect of Jinan this time and asked him to deliver the letter, I'm afraid everyone would still be kept in the dark.

Now Zhu Song is struggling with whether to tell Zhang Tiezhu the news.

With that stupid big man's violent temper, if he knew that his eldest brother and my mother were dead, and had been dead for a long time, yet he would write letters and send money to his family, and someone would actually reply to him.

Zhang Tiezhu would definitely be furious and not care about anything. He would pick up the knife and go home to take a look, fearing that several or even a dozen lives would be lost again.

Liaodong has now left him, but he can no longer leave Zhang Tiezhu. If he leaves Zhang Tiezhu, Lao Cao alone will not be able to command so many troops. What if Wala comes again?

But we can’t just let this matter go. In broad daylight, someone died without acquittal but pretended to be alive secretly and secretly took away the money that Zhang Tiezhu kindly paid to his mother and elder brother. This is simply too bad!

Zhu Song knew that he couldn't wait until he returned to Liaodong to deal with this matter. He was afraid that by the time he returned to Liaodong, the perpetrator would have already disappeared. There was even a possibility of alerting the enemy this time. The top priority was to have the Ministry of Punishment send someone to investigate immediately.

, we need to check it carefully.

Thinking of this, Zhu Song got up and went to the Xingbu Yamen.

Zheng Huan, the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishments, is busy at the moment, and Mr. Wei Zewei, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, is reviewing major cases in recent years.

The major cases in recent years are no different from the Song Dynasty case last year and the Lanyu case a few years ago. Wei Ze felt very sad after reading these cases.

At this moment someone came to report.

"Sir, His Royal Highness the King of Han is here."

"His Royal Highness King Han? Please come in quickly!"

Wei Ze was about to get up and go to greet His Royal Highness the King of Han. When he saw the files of Song Dynasty public cases on the table, he thought about it and put them away.

Zhu Song and Wei Ze sat down one after another after being polite.

Wei Ze asked straight to the point: "His Royal Highness is not often in Beijing. This time he came back to get married. He came to the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice in less than three days. I think he must be here on official business!"

Zhu Song nodded: "Your Majesty is right, it is indeed official business."

As he spoke, Zhu Song took out the letter from his arms, handed it to Wei Ze, and then explained the cause and effect.

"Master Wei, this matter is not serious, but it is still very bad in nature. This Zhang Tiezhu is a brave general under my command, and he has made great achievements in Liaodong. The nine-foot-tall man is very filial, because he is far away from home, and Liaodong is

My Ming Dynasty's side hammer has been harassed by Wala cavalry all year round, so he can't move, and he hasn't returned to his hometown for several years."

"Zhang Tiezhu has a violent temper. If he knew that his brother and mother were starving to death, he would definitely understand that all the money he had sent home over the years had been embezzled. I am afraid that with his temper, he would definitely go back to his hometown with a knife.

By then I’m afraid it won’t be as simple as just a few people dying.”

After all, Wei Ze was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. After listening to Zhu Song's explanation, he already had a general investigation direction for this case.

"Your Highness, I believe that this case was caused by two types of people. The first type is the villagers in the village, or the neighbors who know their families, and the second type may be officials."

"If Your Highness has sent someone from Jinan Prefecture to deliver the message, but you find that the house has collapsed and both people are dead, then I am afraid that you have already alerted the enemy."

Zhu Song nodded: "I also understand this matter, but this matter still needs to be investigated. We must take out this thief who secretly concealed other people's money. I will cut him into pieces to vent the secret in my heart."

Bad breath."

Wei Ze stood up and held his hands towards Zhu Song: "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will definitely investigate this matter and get to the bottom of it!"

Zhu Song also stood up and handed over to Wei Ze: "Excuse me, Lord Wei. This matter is not only my king's business, nor is it only the general's business. This matter is related to all the officers and soldiers of our Ming Dynasty. If I, my Ming Dynasty, cannot provide

If our soldiers understand it, I'm afraid it will chill their hearts!"

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I understand and will definitely give justice to General Zhang!"

After Zhu Song left, Wei Ze sighed, thought about it, and said to others.

"Go and call the Minister of Dali Temple to me..."

…

Three days later, Prince Han's palace was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and words of happiness were hung on the door.

The four great joys in life are the rain after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the night of flowers and candles in the wedding room, and the time when someone is named on the gold medal list.

King Zhu Song of Han does not need to be named on the gold list, but he still has to go through the night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber. The wedding ceremony of ordinary people is just a celebration, but the wedding ceremony of a prince is much more particular.

Starting from the Zhou Dynasty, the "Book of Rites" has identified six types of etiquette in the process from the marriage proposal to the consummation of the marriage, namely, accepting, asking for names, accepting gifts, accepting invitations, asking for dates, and welcoming in person.

Zhu Song basically didn't need to worry about the previous five processes. When Emperor Hongwu decided to marry his twenty sons, these things had already been arranged one by one. Even asking for names was the emperor's grandson himself.

Go.

Today is the last step of the marriage, which is to welcome the bride. The emperor will appoint ministers to the bride's home with an imperial edict to confer the title of Princess Han to the daughter of Feng Cheng, the granddaughter of the Duke of Ying and the right governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion, and will be conferred by the female official.

Emperor Hongwu issued an order that all Ming Dynasty women should wear phoenix crowns and Xiapei crowns when they get married, and Zhu Song, as a prince, must also wear a Jiuliu crown.

At this moment, King Zhu Song of Han was wearing a formal dress and a crown, standing at the gate of the palace, watching the carriage that picked up the bride, slowly arriving at the gate of the palace.

A maid stepped forward and opened the curtain of the carriage and invited the bride out. When the prince got married, the bride did not need to wear a red hijab, so Zhu Song could see at a glance what his future wife would look like.

Don't tell me, don't tell me, your future wife is really good-looking, gentle and generous, with an elegant temperament.

Zhu Song was stunned for a moment, but after Feng Miao got off the carriage, he raised his head and saw King Zhu Song of Han.
Chapter completed!