"Lord Anping, the lower official asked you, did you really plan the assassination of His Royal Highness the Prince, is there any hidden secret in this?"

In a room in the Righteous Forbidden Mansion, Jin Zongrui looked at Li Ying, the prince of Anping, who was sitting opposite, expressionlessly.

After meeting with Li Jue, he was sure that Li Jue did not participate in the assassination incident, so the root of the matter was Li Jue, if it weren't for Li Jue's insistence on conspiring with Li Jue, Li Jue would not have fallen to such a point now.

Therefore, Jin Zongrui decided to come to meet Li Ying, wanting to find a breakthrough from Li Ying's body in order to wash away Li Jue's grievances.

"Lord Jin, what this prince said is all the truth, it was His Royal Highness the Prince who found this prince and wanted to get rid of Shouyang Maharaja, and this prince agreed to him for a while, and now he regrets it." Li Ying knew that Jin Zongrui was Li Jue's person, so he replied quietly.

"You have a close relationship with the Lord of Shouyang, even if His Royal Highness the Prince wants to find someone to plan this matter, he will not look for you, so wouldn't it be leaked to the Lord of Shouyang?" Jin Zongrui immediately sneered when he heard this, he suspected that this was a conspiracy against Li Jue planned by the Emperor of Anping and the Lord of Shouyang.

"Lord Jin, this monarch knows that you have a close relationship with His Royal Highness the prince, but you can't frame this monarch like this." Li Ying knew that Jin Zongrui was suspicious of him, and a sneer couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth, "As for why His Royal Highness the Prince is looking for this Maharaja, you should ask His Royal Highness the Prince, not this Maharaja." ”

The current Li Ying has already been able to deal with Jin Zongrui calmly, and he knows very well that in order to survive, he can only insist on colluding with Li Jue, so Jin Zongrui cannot open any breakthrough from him.

"King Anping, the prince has no grievances with you, why do you have to embarrass him?" Seeing Li Ying's tough attitude, Jin Zongrui frowned, then sighed and said, "If the Maharaja can confess to the main messenger behind the scenes, not only can the crime be reduced by one degree, but also stabilize the current chaos in North Korea!" ”

"Lord Jin, do you mean to let this Lord frame Lord Shouyang?" Li Ying looked at Jin Zongrui coldly when he heard this, although Jin Zongrui seemed to be thinking about him on the surface, but in fact he wanted to exonerate Li Jue.

"The Maharaja, the lower officials hope that the Maharaja can tell the truth, which will be beneficial to the Maharaja and North Korea." Jin Zongrui shook his head and looked at Li Ying solemnly, trying to persuade Li Ying to tell the truth about the assassination.

"Lord Kim, do you have to sacrifice the innocent Shouyang Lord for the sake of North Korea?" How could Li Ying be persuaded by Jin Zongrui that if he told the truth, he would definitely die, so he deliberately asked in a loud voice.

"Whether the Lord of Shouyang is innocent or not, the Lord knows best." Seeing that Li Ying didn't seem to have remorse, Jin Zongrui frowned again, stared at him and said, "Now that the situation in North Korea is complicated, the monarch should contribute as a child of the royal family. ”

A bitter smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Li Ying's mouth when he heard this, he also wanted to do something for the Korean country, but then he had to die, he couldn't care much in the face of life and death, it was important to save his life first.

"Lord Anping, I'll come to see you later." Jin Zongrui noticed the change in the expression on Li Ying's face, and knew that Li Ying would not give in to him easily, so he stood up and bowed to Li Ying and left, ready to give Li Ying time to weigh up.

"In vain!" Looking at Jin Zongrui's distant back, Li Ying secretly shook his head, the look on his face was extremely lonely, even if he wanted to change his mind at this point, I am afraid that Li Yuntian would not agree, so he had to hold on.

Shouyang Maharaja's Mansion.

"Jin Zongrui really intervened in the case of the son!" Li Ji looked at Cui Li who came to report the news with an expressionless face, his brows furrowed slightly, thinking about how to deal with the threat from Jin Zongrui.

As soon as Jin Zongrui entered Seoul, Li Jin got the news, not only knowing that Jin Zongrui had met Li Jue and Li Ying, but also knowing that Jin Zongrui had eaten behind closed doors at Li Yuntian's place, and he couldn't help but applaud when he thought of Jin Zongrui's embarrassing appearance of being turned away.

Among the officials of Li Jue's family, Li Jue is most afraid of Jin Zongrui, who holds heavy troops in the six towns in the northeast, this person not only has military power in me, but also is relatively old-fashioned, he has sent people to win over Jin Zongrui many times but to no avail.

Therefore, Kim Zongrui has become Li Jin's biggest enemy in North Korea, and he is the person Li Jin wants to get rid of the most.

"Maharaja, Jin Zongrui is menacing this time, and he has brought more than a thousand cavalry, and the maharaja has to guard against it." Cui Li pondered for a while, and looked at Li Yu worriedly, "Dajun, as far as the lower officials know, when they saw the Anping Maharaja, Lord Jin wanted to ask the Anping Maharaja to change his mind and implicate the Maharaja, but was rejected by the Anping Maharaja, and the lower officials thought that the Jin lord would not give up, and would definitely find a way to force the Anping Maharaja to comply!" ”

"It's disgusting that this old dog wants to go into the water." When Li Jin heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed fiercely, and he smashed his fist on the table in front of him, feeling extremely angry in his heart, and at the same time he also felt quite relieved that Li Ying did not frame him for assassinating Li Jue.

"Lord Wang, Lord Jin is now involved in the trial of the prince's case, in case he makes trouble, it will be extremely disadvantageous to the monarch." Cui Li glanced at Li Jin, who had an angry look on his face, and said with a frown, compared to Li Ji, Jin Zongrui is not only capable of literature and martial arts, but also very courageous, which makes him a big trouble for Li Ji.

"General Choi Yunde is about to arrive in Seoul, and Jin Zongrui will not be able to turn over any strong winds and waves when there is the containment of General Xuan." Li Yao's brows furrowed tightly, and after a deep groan, he said to Cui Li, "Master Cui, judging from the current situation, is it possible for the prince to get out?" ”

"Xiaguan looked through all the files, and according to the current evidence, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World could not escape." Cui Li shook his head when he heard this, although Li Yuntian asked Liu Shangmin to try Li Jue's case, but many important evidence Li Yuntian had already found in advance, including the testimony of the people around Li Jue, which made it difficult for Li Jue to get out of it.

"Unless ......," Cui Li looked up at Li Ji and said in a solemn tone, "Unless the Prince of Anping changes his confession and involves the Maharaja, only then will His Royal Highness the Prince escape." ”

"Hmph, this Maharaja sits upright, and is not afraid of being framed by others." Li Yao immediately sneered when he heard this, and said proudly.

"Dajun, it's not been peaceful outside lately, try not to go out if Dajun is fine." Cui Li knew that Li Jin was young and vigorous, so he opened his mouth to persuade, after all, now that Jin Zongrui has brought troops to Seoul, God knows if he will do anything unfavorable to Li Jin.

"Master Cui, I still want you to keep an eye on the forbidden mansion." Although Li Yao is strong in blood, he is scheming and not as impulsive as his peers, he nodded when he heard this, and then said to Cui Li in a deep voice.

Cui Li's level is not enough to try Li Jue's case, but because he is the prosecutor of the government, he can appear at the scene of the trial, and then pass the news to Li Jue as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, the lower officials know what to do." Cui Li didn't stay long, and then got up to say goodbye, and Li Yao personally sent him out of the mansion, which shows his respect for him.

"Jin Zongrui!" Looking at Cui Li's sedan chair in the distance, Li Yu whispered coldly, then turned around and walked back to the mansion with a grim face, his top priority now was to deal with Jin Zongrui, so as not to ruin his good deeds.

At night, a brothel in Seoul.

"Brother Jin has come from afar, and I don't know how long I will stay in Seoul this time." In a luxurious private room, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe said with a smile to Jin Zongrui, who was sitting opposite.

This middle-aged man in brocade robe is Jin Zongrui's fellow villager Park Gaode, a powerful businessman, if it weren't for his funding, the six towns in the northeast would have run out of food a long time ago, so he has a close relationship with Jin Zongrui and is a friend of Jin Zongrui.

Therefore, after Park Gaode invited Jin Zongrui to come to the banquet in the evening, Jin Zongrui did not shirk it, and he still wanted to give Park Gaode this face.

Ten years ago, he was just an ordinary businessman who ran a ginseng business, and he became rich overnight through gambling on ginseng, and then entered the ranks of North Korean businessmen.

Ten years ago, the merchants of the Korean state and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty traded ginseng in Liaodong, and because the merchants of the Ming Dynasty wantonly lowered the price, the merchants of the Korean merchant group would suffer huge losses.

At the critical moment, Park Gaode took the risk to sign a ginseng purchase and sale agreement with the merchants of the Korean National Business Group, and only used a small deposit to give the ginseng of the Korean National Business Group at a price higher than that of the Ming merchants, and then went to the Ming merchants to negotiate.

In the face of the tough attitude of the Ming merchants, Park Gaode let his subordinates burn some ginseng on the street, putting on a posture of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, and finally made the Ming merchants who had a huge demand for Korean ginseng give in and gave a very good price, which not only made him a lot of money, but also became famous overnight in the Korean business community.

The reason why Jin Zongrui became friends with Park Gaode was that in addition to Park Gaode's frequent funding for the six towns in the northeast, it was also related to his courage to break the kettle when doing business with Ming merchants, and he thought that Park Gaode was a person who could be befriended.

"I don't know either, maybe I have to wait until the heir to the throne is confirmed." Listening to Park Gaode's question, Jin Zongrui smiled helplessly, picked up the wine in the wine glass in front of him and drank it all, and the prostitute on the side poured him another glass of wine in an orderly manner.

"Where you come, you are safe." Seeing that Jin Zongrui's mood was a little low, Park Gaode said with a smile, "His Royal Highness the Prince of the World will definitely be able to save the day this time." ”

Kim Jong-seo knew that Park Gaode was comforting him, so he smiled at Park Gaode, he knew very well that it would not be easy to clear Li Jue's name.

"Brother Park, it's been good lately." At this moment, the door of the room opened, and a richly dressed and gentle man walked in, and said to Park Gaode with a smile, judging from the clothes on his body, it should be the Ming people.

"Brother Li, you're a rare guest." Seeing this, Park Gaode hurriedly got up and went to greet him with a smile, as if he was very familiar with the man.

"Lord Jin, this is Mr. Li from Daming, a famous businessman in Daming, and my ginseng was basically sold into Daming by Mr. Li."

After greeting the man for a while, Park Gaode smiled and introduced his identity to Kim Zongrui, "Mr. Li's business in Daming is very big, and he even has a share in Daming's overseas trade, if we can get a piece of the pie, it will make a lot of money." ”

"Mr. Lee, this is Lord Kim Jong Seo Kim of the Hamgyong Provincial Festival." Subsequently, Park Gaode introduced the identity of Kim Jong-seo to Mr. Lee.

"Lord Kim." Hearing this, Mr. Li smiled and bowed his hand to Jin Zongrui, "I have admired Lord Jin's name for a long time, but now I see that it is really extraordinary." ”

"Mr. Li is polite." Although Jin Zongrui didn't have a good impression of the people of Daming, firstly, this Mr. Li was more polite, and secondly, he was also an important business partner of Park Gaode, so he got up and returned the salute to Mr. Li.

At the same time, Kim Jong-rui was secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect this Mr. Li to speak so well in Goryeo, if it weren't for the fact that he was wearing Mingjin clothes, he would have thought that he was a North Korean.

At the beckoning of Park Gold, Mr. Lee sat down at the wine table, and the prostitutes serving him diligently poured him full of wine.

"Mr. Li, why do you have time to come to Seoul when you are so busy with business?" When the prostitute finished pouring the wine, Park asked with a smile.

"Not long ago, I heard in the capital that the Korean country had undergone a catastrophe, and everything was withering and waiting to be rebuilt, so I came to see if there were any business opportunities." Mr. Li raised his glass, smiled and saluted Park Gaode and Kim Jong-seo, "I hope you two will take care of you in the future." ”

"Mr. Li, where are you talking about this, we can't welcome you to come here to do business." Park Gaode smiled and touched the wine glass with Li Yuntian Void, and said loudly.

Jin Zongrui's brows furrowed slightly, and he also raised his wine glass, and the three of them drank it all.

"I wonder what kind of business Mr. Li wants to do when he comes this time?" Park Gaode put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Mr. Lee with great interest.

"Anything can be, it depends on fate." Mr. Li smiled when he heard this, and then frowned slightly, "However, to be honest, I didn't expect your country to be so barren, and if you want to become rich, you can only rely on Daming." ”

"Oh?" A suspicious look flashed on Park Gaode's face, and he couldn't help asking, "How do you say this?" ”

A dissatisfied look appeared on Jin Zongrui's face, and he looked at Mr. Li coldly, feeling that he was a little too arrogant.

"What I said below does not mean to despise your country, but your country has many mountains, fields are scarce, and the people depend on food, and agriculture alone has curbed the path to the rise of your country, and there is no way to talk about prosperity."

Mr. Li smiled slightly and said in an orderly manner, "Therefore, in my opinion, the way out for your country lies in relying on the Ming Dynasty and selling goods to the Ming Dynasty to prosper the economy, otherwise it will be difficult for your country to have long-term development on its own." ”

"Mr. Li has a point." Park Gaode nodded again and again when he heard this, he naturally knew the shortcomings of the Korean state after many years of business, and the food problem alone made the Korean state unable to solve it.

Kim Zongrui was stunned for a moment, with a thoughtful look on his face, although he didn't want to admit it, he had to say that Mr. Li pointed out the biggest weakness of the Korean state, that is, the scarcity of land and the lack of resources.

"What do you suggest Mr. Lee?" Then, Park asked tentatively.

"Your country's affairs are too complicated, involving the interests of all parties, here is just to see what business opportunities there are, as for how to do it, it is not something that can be mixed in below." Mr. Li couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, this question was beyond his ability as a businessman.