My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 175 Interrogation of authenticity
"Old servant sees His Majesty!"

Seeing the emperor dressed in casual clothes, Gu Dayong quickly saluted.

"No, get up. This time I'm here to ask you about some things in Jinling City -"

After hearing the emperor's words, Gu Dayong stood up quickly, nervously thinking about any possible questions from the emperor.

As a powerful eunuch who had followed the Zhengde Emperor, he naturally knew how to serve these horse-mounted monarchs who were addicted to war.

Moreover, compared to Emperor Zhengde who was hampered by his ministers, the new emperor who had overcome all difficulties and regained the southwest has undoubtedly gone further.

But this time the emperor ordered the imperial guards to secretly summon him to the imperial court under the cover of night. What was the reason?

Gu Dayong thought in his heart.

Is there something wrong with Nanzhili's accounts this year, or is the emperor suspicious of these officials of the Second Ming Dynasty.

But when they reunited after a long separation, Gu Dayong was greatly surprised by the emperor's first words when he met him.

"Have you noticed anything unusual since you came to Nanjing?"

abnormal?

What's abnormal?
Gu Dayong's thoughts were racing in his mind.

In order to avoid criticism from the imperial censor, he stayed in the Xiaoling Mausoleum without seeing anyone. He only had some interactions with these Nanjing officials during annual worship ceremonies.

As for the abnormalities, except for the fact that the worshiping officials came and went in a hurry, as if they didn't want to stay with a dead person for a second, everything was running normally.

"I have never noticed anything unusual with my naked eyes. I wonder what your Majesty is asking about?"

Seeing Gu Dayong's performance, Zhu Houcong said to Wang Zuo who was standing guard next to him.

"Take out Wang Tang's letter and show it to Eunuch Gu."

Gu Dayong took the letter, took out his glasses from his pocket, put them on, and immediately looked at them carefully.

"This is--"

The letter in front of him admonishing Zhu Houcong not to enter Nanjing for the time being made Gu Dayong look more and more serious the more he read it.

At the end, his expression even turned a little frightened.

"Is it the handwriting of Wang Tang, the garrison eunuch of Nanjing~"

Seeing that Gu Dayong looked at it several times, Zhu Houcong asked from above.

"It's his handwriting, and the language style is indeed consistent with his daily performance."

Gu Da answered while suppressing the doubts and shock in his heart.

"I wonder where the royal hall is?"

"Jin Yiwei has been secretly ordered to take him to Caishi for questioning. It is estimated that he is almost there now——"

Wang Zuo replied, looking at the carriages and horses of the royal guards outside the door.

Then he turned to look at Gu Dayong.

"Please, Eunuch Gu, please wait here for a moment."

Wang Zuo was naturally one of the heroes who knew the identity of the person in front of him and went to Anlu to greet him. He was the only one of the Eight Tigers of Zhengde who escaped unscathed.

Moreover, Lu Fang, the current eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, and Huang Jin, the eldest companion who was deeply trusted by the emperor, were both his adopted sons.

This alone is enough to make Wang Zuo respect him.

"Bring over two chairs. Eunuch Gu is old, so I'd like to give you a seat."

Gu Da tried to refuse, but he couldn't refuse, so he thanked him.

Not long after, Wang Tang, who was blindfolded, tied up and secretly brought to quarry stones by the royal guards, was brought to Zhu Houcong.The moment he took off the black strips of cloth in front of his eyes and in his mouth, he was about to curse and threaten these daring gangsters to quickly put him back.

As a guard eunuch sent to Nanjing by the palace, he was theoretically the most powerful group of people in Nanjing.

Normally, anyone who offends him will never get good results, let alone being kidnapped from home.

But when he looked up, he saw an old eunuch sitting next to a young man with a cold expression looking at him up and down.

Wang Tang's originally angry face suddenly became stunned.

"What... godfather?"

He stammered in reply.

Seeing Gu Dayong, who had not seen each other since the capital city for several years, the threats and insults that Wang Tang was about to blurt out in front of him were instantly swallowed back into his stomach.

He twisted his hands and feet uncomfortably, which had poor blood supply due to being tied up for a long time. He looked around at the guards in uniform, with a bit of fear and confusion flashing in his eyes.

"What a sin! Why don't you tell your Majesty your crime and the good deeds you have done!"

Gu Dayong was speechless when he saw the emperor, but quietly looked up and down at the Nanjing garrison eunuch who sent the secret message.

He immediately understood and stood up suddenly. Looking at Wang Tang, his expression suddenly became cold and fierce.

There was annoyance in his eyes.

Seeing that he had been rejected by Gu Dayong many times, the former powerful official in front of him was so angry.

He also saw that the guards in Jinyi who were holding knives and swords around him were looking at him coldly. Wang Tang looked at the young man sitting beside him with the old god still there, and he still didn't know who he was in front of him and where this place was. .

Seeing Gu Dayong asking for guilt, his legs softened and he knelt down.

Crying bitterly, he crawled forward.

"What crime has my son committed? Please tell me godfather! My son really doesn't know!"

As Wang Tang climbed, he was thinking about which of the scandals he had done in the city had happened, whether he had allowed his slaves to plunder good girls, whether he had paid filial piety to the Nanjing officials, or whether he had withheld part of the Nanjing garrison's pay to himself. In the pocket——

However, even if these things really happened, it seems that the emperor would not send a royal guard to kidnap him overnight and bring him to the imperial court for questioning, right?
And I haven’t heard of any major moves in the palace to rectify the eunuchs guarding the area these days?

Wang Tang felt uneasy, but the next moment, a letter in an envelope signed by Nanjing garrison eunuch Wang Tang was hit hard in his face by Gu Da.

"Bullshit! Nanjing is the second capital of the Ming Dynasty! The center of the imperial court! What are your intentions in writing a letter to prevent the emperor from entering the capital? Tell the truth! You are also an old man who has served the late emperor for many years. The torture tools used by the factory guards in the palace, Even if you have never experienced what it feels like, you have seen a lot of it. Once the torture device is put on, it will be difficult to die - you have to think carefully before you reply!"

Gu Dayong looked at the palace in front of him and heard the punishments. His face turned pale, and his whole body was shaking. He was so scared that Wang Tang turned into a quail, with a fierce look on his face, and he opened his mouth to threaten.

The surrounding Jinyi guards simultaneously pressed their hands on the hilt of the knife, as if they were about to drag him into prison for torture at the next moment.

Wang Tang opened the letter with trembling hands.

Looking at the familiar handwriting in front of him, the further he looked back, the heavier his mood became.

Before he finished reading, he rushed up and hugged Gu Dayong's thigh, crying.

"Godfather! Someone is trying to frame my son! The court must be aware of it!"

"You are a little Nanjing garrison eunuch. How could you be deceived by lard and commit such a major crime as deceiving the emperor?"

"Godfather!"

Seeing that Gu Dayong still didn't believe it, Wang Tang knew the seriousness of the matter, and immediately became anxious and kowtowed towards Gu Dayong and the young man beside him.

"Everyone on duty!"

"Even if I, the king, have great courage, I would not dare to deceive the Holy Emperor, the court, or my godfather! If this letter is really written by me, then I will die a miserable death. Food!"

(End of this chapter)