In the small yard of Li Jie's house, pots and pans in the kitchen were ringing. Li Jie hummed a song in the kitchen to prepare ingredients. Today is his birthday, so he also took a day off. Although his family was not around, Li Jie had long been used to it. After all, he worked alone in a strange city in his previous life, and always celebrated his birthday alone.

The same ingredients are processed and placed on the plate. Some dishes that require long-term cooking have been cooked in the pot. For example, on the small stove next to it, braised pork and braised pig's trotters are placed respectively, and it will take at least an hour to taste.

"Cousin! Cousin! I'm going to die!" But at this moment, I suddenly heard Liu Yi shouting exaggeratedly in the yard.

Li Jie looked out the window and saw Liu Yi with a look of indifference. This made him ask curiously: "What are you going to die? Today is my birthday. Why do you say such unlucky words, cousin?"

"What I said is that I'm going to die. The court is going to recruit me to the army. What do you think I'm a small physique, and I'm not seeking death if I go to the army?" Liu Yi came to the window with a depressed look on his face. He had just received the news.

"Are you going to the army?" Li Jie finally stopped what he was doing when he heard this, and his face showed an incredible look. Although Liu Yi was his cousin and a little clever, to be honest, Liu Yi was a playboy who was not good at literature and martial arts. If he asked him to go to the army, it would not be a good thing for him or the army.

"Does my uncle know about this? He can't let you go to the army, right?" Li Jie suddenly thought of Liu Ying and asked again.

"My father is unable to protect himself now, so how can he care about me?" Unexpectedly, Liu Yi spread his hands and said helplessly again.

"Uncle can't protect himself?" Li Jie was shocked when he heard this, and immediately walked out of the kitchen and asked, "What's wrong with uncle? Why didn't I hear any wind?"

"Cousin, you misunderstood. My father is fine, but he is just going back to his hometown soon, and it won't be enough if he doesn't leave." Liu Yi hurriedly explained.

"Go back to my hometown? Why?" Li Jie became even more confused.

"This matter is related to your family," Liu Yi sighed and said again.

"My family?" Li Jie was stunned at first when he heard this, and then he woke up, "Are you talking about the previous case?"

"Yes, not only your family was unlucky before, but not only did you have any trouble, but even Yang Jing, Yang Jing, Gu Shi, Jining, Gu Shi, and others were all implicated in the case and killed. Even Yang Jing, Gu Shi, and Gu Shi, Jining, and Gu Shi, and others who had already died, were still questioned!"

When Liu Yi said this, his face also showed fear. After all, these people's titles are no worse than his father, but now they are all dead. Even those who survived are walking on thin ice. They have been honestly shrank their heads during this period.

Li Jie sighed when he heard this. Zhu Yuanzhang killed too many people this time. Even after these people died, he did not intend to let them go. Instead, he compiled the crimes of these people into "Three Records of the Treacherous Party" and announced them to the world to warn the people of the world.

"But even though he killed so many people, His Majesty was still worried about the nobles, so he issued an order to return the marquis in the court. Among them, Duke Xu Huizu of Wei, Duke Changsheng of Founding Duke Li Jinglong of Cao, Duke Feng Sheng of Song, Duke Deng Zhen of Shen, Duke Fu Youde of Ying, and Ten Marquis of Xie Cheng and Zhao Yong were all among the returning home!" At this time, Liu Yi spoke again.

"Uncle is among these ten marquises who returned home?" Li Jie asked again when he heard this.

"That's not." Liu Yi shook his head.

"Which uncle is going to return to?" Li Jie was speechless. Zhu Yuanzhang asked the Duke and Marquis to return home, mainly because he was worried that these nobles would hold military power and threaten the imperial power. However, Liu Ying was just a Marquis of Anle and didn't care about anything in normal times, so he was not qualified to be listed as one of the Duke and Marquis of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"But my father is afraid. So many dukes and marquis lost their heads. The six dukes and ten marquis who returned to the country were all top nobles. Even they were driven out of the capital. Do you think my dad is afraid?" Liu Yi said with lingering fear again, "In addition, not only my dad, but most of the remaining nobles are planning to return to their hometown. After all, the capital is simply not a fool. If you stay there, the butcher knife may fall on your head one day!"

After hearing this, Li Jie felt something was right, but then asked again: "Since my uncle is ready to go back to his hometown, why are you recruited into the army? Don't you go back with your uncle?"

"I want to go back together, but Your Majesty has issued an order to establish an Iron Book Army. My name is among the recruitment." Liu Yi said this and showed his hopelessness again. His family's title was picked up by luck. Neither he nor his father had great ambitions. He just wanted to be the Marquis of Anle who was willing to die. But now Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't even plan to give them this opportunity.

"Iron Book Army?" Li Jie hesitated and pondered the meaningful name, and then asked again, "Does this Iron Book refer to the Iron Coupon for Immunity?"

"Yes, it's just a ban on death. As long as the nobles who have this thing at home have to send their eldest son to the army, and they have to prepare more than a hundred entourages as slave soldiers. I can see now that the bullshit iron voucher is simply a death talisman. Having this thing at home is like being missed by the King of Hell. Sooner or later, it's hard to escape death!" Liu Yi was also full of complaints, and in anger, he even said a lot of disrespectful words.

When Li Jie heard this, he was secretly shocked by Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthlessness. It was really difficult for the nobles of the Ming Dynasty to make a living under his command. He first killed a group of people, and then drove the rest back to his hometown. Before leaving, he had to leave their son as hostages. This is Zhu Yuanzhang. If an emperor dared to do this, perhaps his subordinates would have rebelled long ago.

"Cousin, the iron coupon for death is a dead thing, more of a attitude of Your Majesty, but you must not take it seriously. Whoever takes it seriously is really stupid. Look at my grandfather, the iron coupon for death says that it is not for death for himself or her son to die, but isn't it useless in the end?" Li Jie immediately comforted him.

However, just as Li Jie finished speaking, someone suddenly coughed outside the door, which scared Li Jie and Liu Yi to death. There were many disrespectful words in their words just now. If this reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, with Lao Zhu's temper, he would definitely not mind chopping them into meat sauce.

Amid the nervous eyes of Li Jie and the others, someone appeared outside the door. Then Zhu Yunyu walked in, which made Li Jie feel relieved. It would be easy to deal with if it were just Zhu Yunyu who heard the conversation just now. After all, he is young and has a close relationship with him. As long as he fooled him, he would not report the news.

However, before Li Jie could be happy, a fat figure walked in behind Zhu Yunxiu. It turned out to be Zhu Biao, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. Li Jie and Liu Yi were so scared that they almost jumped up.

"See Your Highness, why are you... you here?" Li Jie showed a smile that was even worse than crying and saluted. He never dreamed that Zhu Biao would come. He was still saying bad things about Zhu Yuanzhang just now, but he was actually hearing it by his son. This was simply a traitor!

Liu Yi, who was behind, was so scared that his whole body was trembling. He knew Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunxie. Thinking of the words he said just now, he felt that his life was completely over. Maybe his head would move in a while!

Zhu Biao smiled quite playfully and said, "I heard Yun Xi say that you have something to do to leave the palace, so I came with him and have a meal here. Wouldn't you not welcome me?"

"Your Highness is here to welcome you, of course I am very welcome!" Li Jie said hurriedly again, but he was uneasy in his heart. He didn't know when Zhu Biao came. How much did he hear the conversation between him and Liu Yi just now?

"Your yard is quite unique. I'll go around, don't worry about me!" Zhu Biao said as he walked around the yard with his back. It was also his first time to come to Li Jie's house. I guess he didn't expect that Li Jie's house was so small.

Seeing Zhu Biao go to the backyard, Li Jie pulled Zhu Yunqi over and asked anxiously: "How long have you been here?"

"I've been here for a long time. At that time, you were still talking about the Duke and the Marquis' return home. My father wanted to hear your opinion, so he waited outside for a while." Zhu Yunxiu said with some gloating.

"It's over!" Liu Yi, who was next to him, felt weak and he was about to collapse to the ground.

Fortunately, Li Jie was quick-witted and helped him and advised: "Cousin, don't worry, the prince is my father-in-law at least, so he shouldn't do anything to us!"

Liu Yi said with a sad face: "Yes, the prince is your father-in-law, but not my father-in-law. I am really dead this time. Don't forget to collect the body for me in the future!"

"It's not that serious. The prince is still very generous. He shouldn't be so rude to us for a few words!" Li Jie persuaded again.

"The prince is generous and generous, but he may not be generous to me!" Liu Yi was still very pessimistic, but then his eyes lit up suddenly, and then he grabbed Li Jie's sleeve as if he was grabbing a life-saving straw and said, "Cousin, I heard that the prince has a daughter who is almost adult. I am a little marquis after all. Do you think I still have a chance?"

"Cough~" Zhu Yunxiu next to him finally couldn't listen. He immediately coughed dryly, staring at him with annoyance. It would be fine if Li Jie thought about his eldest sister, but in the end Liu Yi dared to think about his second sister. He was simply a toad who wanted to eat swan meat!

Li Jie was also amused and crying at this time. Liu Yi was a few years older than him. He also remembered that Liu Yi had been engaged long ago, but he just had not officially married him. Now he wanted to think about Zhu Yuning's sister, which was too late.
Chapter completed!