The eldest grandson Wuji summoned Chu Suiliang,. CaiHongenXue and the two discussed, since they had the first complaint against King Wei, they already had preliminary evidence for detaining Wei Ting!

The two discussed that after all, the Wei family was a famous family in Chang'an, and it was inconvenient to mobilize the people to arrest people during the day, so as not to arouse public suspicion and cause a huge public opinion storm. After all, there is still Wei Guifei, the head of the four concubines in the harem, and it is not known whether she has anything to do with the case. Therefore, the two prime ministers ordered Chi Baoyun, the general of the hundred cavalry, to lead two hundred cavalry guards to quietly go to Wei Ting's house at night, and then "invite" Wei Ting.

Unexpectedly, when Yu Chi Baoyun and others came to Wei Ting's mansion, they had not yet entered the door to get people, but they heard the sound of wailing and crying in his house. When I entered the door, I realized that Wei Ting had just committed suicide by hanging the beam!

Wei Chi Baoyun saw that the suspects were already dead, and in order to minimize the impact of the situation, he did not show the Wei family's intention for this trip. After verifying that Wei Ting was dead, he withdrew his men and horses and reported the news to the eldest grandson Wuji and other prime ministers.

"It's good now, there's no proof of death!" The eldest grandson Wuji stared at King Wei, who was sitting on the side in a stunned manner, and said, "King Wei, you have good means!" ”

"Situ, ladies and gentlemen, this ...... This really has nothing to do with Xiao Wang! Li Tai, the king of Wei, was terrified and said aggrievedly, "Wei Ting's family can testify that he committed suicide by hanging himself!" ”

"Yes, he committed suicide by hanging himself. But if you hadn't forced him, how could he have killed himself? The eldest grandson Wuji sneered, and snorted in annoyance, "That's it, now that Wei Ting is dead, everything is dead and there is no proof." ”

Fang Xuanling, who was next to him, arched his hand and said, "Situ, such a big thing, it's not good to act just on speculation. Why Wei Ting committed suicide, and whether he was really the culprit in the case of King Wu, now there is no clue basis. We can neither wronged the King of Wei, nor can we take the King's one-sided remarks as the final evidence in this case. ”

Fang Xuanling said a fair word, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang both nodded in approval. Li Tai, who lowered his head, glanced at the corner of his eyes and glanced at Fang Xuanling fiercely, his eyes were as sharp as a knife.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, you go back to the mansion and don't leave the mansion for the time being." The eldest grandson Wuji threw this sentence at Li Tai.

"That'...... Xiao Wang took his leave. Li Tai bowed his hand to the eldest grandson Wuji and the others and left the Hongwen Pavilion.

"What now?" The eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang said this sentence almost at the same time.

Fang Xuanling twisted his brows and said: "It's still up to Duke Wei, now the top priority is to maintain the stability of the court and protect His Majesty, and at the same time, we must not neglect the search and rescue of King Wu and King Jin." I think that this case involves a wide range of people, and there must be other clues and insiders besides Wei Ting. Chu Suiliang, you will continue to investigate secretly, and you must find out this case to the fullest! ”

"Yes." Chu Suiliang promised.

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyebrows were tightly locked and he was silent.

Soon after, the prime minister of Hongwen Pavilion changed shifts, and the eldest grandson Wuji left Hongwen Pavilion and rode directly to the Wei Palace.

Li Tai knew that he would come, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Your hand is clearly covering your ears and stealing the bell, so you are not clever at all!" The eldest grandson Wuji stared at King Wei, gritted his teeth and said, "You let Wei Ting be a substitute ghost for you, it's too obvious!" Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling are not stupid, even if there is no clue about Wei Ting, can't they pursue it separately? When the facts are clear, I'll see how you end! ”

"Uncle, Wei Ting's death really has nothing to do with me." Li Tai prayed to God and worshiped the Buddha, "Including the assassination of King Wu, it has nothing to do with me!" Wei Ting probably heard some rumors, saying that I was going to the cabinet to report and expose him, in order to protect the family and Wei Guifei, so he committed suicide in fear of crime! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned deeply and pondered for a while, and said: "Thinking about it, Wei Ting's motives for all these things can be described as confused. If it was just because of his past festival with King Wu, he wouldn't have done so many things. So I guess that if he assassinates King Wu and blames you for attacking King Jin again, Li Shen, the son of Wei Guifei, will have the opportunity to fight for the position of the East Palace. If he succeeds, he will be the uncle of the country who will have great merits in the future, and he will definitely be under one person and above ten thousand. But he only has the unfavored Wei Guifei and the young King Ji as his confidence, he is just a royal historian, and his son is just a northern capital left behind, but he has to fight against the entire court - King Wei, don't you think he is too self-conscious? ”

"Yes, yes......" Li Tai nodded frequently, and was suddenly stunned, "After all, my uncle still suspects me of secretly instigating Wei Ting?" And then kill him? ”

Eldest Sun Wuji smiled coldly, "Yes or no, we have no way of knowing." Whether you secretly instigated or borrowed a knife to kill someone, and then killed people to kill people, these things have become unproven with Wei Ting's death. ”

"Uncle!" Li Tai almost shouted hysterically, "I really didn't do it!" ”

"What are you yelling about!" Eldest Sun Wuji scolded angrily, glared at him and said, "If you didn't do it, you wouldn't need to panic at all!" Is now the time for you to panic? ”

Li Tai was full of excitement, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji with joy, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, I will tell you the truth with my conscience, the assassination of King Wu and the death of Wei Ting really have nothing to do with me, I am clean and thorough, and they can check whatever Chu Suiliang wants!" The sooner the case is revealed, the better, and then I will be able to return justice to the deceased and my innocence! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's face sank like water, nodded noncommittally, and said, "Since you didn't do it, that's fine." Regardless of the facts of the case, the facts before us are ...... King Wu is dead! ”

Li Tai was stunned at first, and then his heart was full of joy, and his face was full of red light!

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at him and said coldly: "You'd better be honest and do your duty recently, don't show any more feet, or do anything out of the ordinary, hum!" ”

"Yes, yes! Li Tai remembered his uncle's teachings and did not dare to be presumptuous at all! Li Tai was overjoyed and bent down and bowed his hand, and promised again and again.

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't say anything anymore, and walked away with a stroke of his sleeves.

Li Tai was left alone in the room, so excited that he almost rolled on the floor!

"Great, great!" Li Tai rubbed his hands and walked back and forth, like a leech on a hot pot, but his face was red, and his eyes were about to glow. He said to himself: "My uncle is my uncle, no matter how fierce he is to me, how he insults me in front of outsiders and even beats me, his heart is still towards me!" There was one sentence he didn't say - King Wu died at the hands of Wei Ting, he must be too late to be happy! ”

"He came today to tell me that King Wu is gone, and the ninth brother King Jin has long been given up by his father and his uncle...... This, this position in the East Palace, sooner or later will be mine! ”

"Looks like I'm still too impatient! Forcing Wei Ting to death was too obvious, which made Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling have a lot of doubts about me. Uncle is here to warn me! Okay, okay, I'm going to be more restrained and don't do anything in the future! Anyway, the people who are fighting with me are no longer there, so I'll just sit back and wait for the position of the prince to fall on my head, haha! ”

"Oh, my mother-in-law, my good uncle!" Li Tai couldn't help but laugh out loud when he thought about it, "I think for the first time that the more fierce you are to me, the more amiable and respectable you are!" In the future, you can beat and scold me! The more you beat and scold, the greater the benefit I have! ”

Zhongnan Mountain, among the Taoist temples.

Li Ke sat reading a book, with a pot of tea boiling beside him. Zhao Chong was playing a game of chess alone, touching his chin with a playful expression.

Li Ke glanced at Zhao Chong, frowned slightly, and continued to read his book. But with his eyes fixed on the book, his heart didn't know where he had flown to, and he was completely absent-minded.

The two of them sat quietly without saying a word. Occasionally, I heard the sound of the flag in Zhao Chong's hand falling on the plate, but other than that, everything was silent.

There were obviously two people in the room, but it was Zhao Chong who was playing against himself, and anyone who saw this situation would feel weird. But Zhao Chong didn't care. The two played a game of chess, and Li Ke never played with him again.

Because Li Ke thinks that Zhao Chong's chess moves are too weird and tricky, and he doesn't follow common sense at all, and when he plays chess, he often talks about him left and right, and he doesn't focus at all. And Li Ke plays chess like Li Shimin, winning or losing is secondary, as long as he holds the black and white in his hand, it is like going to the battlefield, and he is engrossed.

"It's still interesting to play chess with Qin Mubai, although his chess is very smelly and broken." These are Li Ke's original words.

Since then, Zhao Chong has not played chess with Li Ke. He knows that this game of chess is like drinking, it must be interesting to meet a confidant, otherwise it tastes like chewing wax. Between him and King Wu, one is a gangster and the other is a royal relative, so it is difficult to have any compatibility. Now, if it weren't for the fact that he had a little interest in it, it would be impossible to be under the same roof at all.

Moreover, after all, King Wu is not Qin Mubai. Qin Mubai can drink and talk with the prince, and he can also call the children of the rivers and lakes brothers. Li Ke can't. Therefore, Zhao Chong and King Wu will never become friends, let alone be honest with him.

"Zhao Chong, I want to go to Chang'an, can you arrange it?" Li Ke said suddenly.

"I can't." Zhao Chong replied without thinking, "For the safety of His Highness, and of course for the sake of my own life, Your Highness must not go to Chang'an at this time!" ”

"Then can you send a few capable men to Chang'an and come back with some news?" Li Ke said, "I'm sitting here, and I don't know anything about the outside world. ”

Zhao Chong smiled, threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess basket, and said, "What does Your Highness want to know?" ”

"I wonder if my father and mother are okay? What is the attitude and reaction of the court to the rumors of Qin Mubai's rebellion? Also, I have been missing for so long, how did the court track it down? Li Ke asked.

Zhao Chong smiled, "Your Highness really has a lot of questions, so I'll answer them one by one!" ”

Li Ke was slightly surprised, "It turns out that you have already sent someone to investigate, why didn't you tell me?" ”

"Because His Highness didn't ask!" Zhao Chong said, "His Majesty the Emperor and Concubine Yang are very good, Your Highness can rest assured." As for the rumors against Kansai, the imperial court did not seem to react much, and seemed to have decided that it was just a rumor. His Royal Highness's case, the imperial court sent Chu Suiliang to investigate, and it seems that Wei Ting's head has been found soon. ”

Li Ke frowned and didn't seem to believe Zhao Chong's words, but he couldn't raise any doubts, so he said, "Then when will I be safe to show up and go to Chang'an?" ”

"It's coming." Zhao Chong said, "When the time comes, Zhao will naturally ask His Highness to go down the mountain and meet His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Li Ke took a long breath of depression, threw the book in his hand on the table, got up and paced back and forth a few steps, and said, "What time?" ”

"I know what Your Highness is worried about." Zhao Chong smiled, "Don't worry, during your absence, it is unlikely that King Wei will be canonized as the crown prince." Your Highness, there will always be a chance to compete in the East Palace! ”

Li Ke's eyebrows flicked slightly, and he was choked by Zhao Chong's words, so he diverted the topic and said: "I'm worried that Qin Mubai will do something stupid after knowing the news of my murder!" So I need to show up as soon as possible to prevent such a catastrophe from happening! ”

Zhao Chong smiled and said, "It is reported that Qin Mubai has pacified the Western Regions and is leading the Guanxi army to return, and he is already halfway through the road at this time. It is estimated that it will not take much longer for the news of His Highness to reach his ears. By that time, hundreds of thousands of Kwantsy troops had gathered in Lanzhou, and the imperial court didn't know how to react - it was really funny! ”

"You're crazy, it's funny?!" Li Ke snorted in annoyance, "Could it be that the chaos in the world is good for you?" ”

"Nope." Zhao Chong smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, Zhao's life and death and the honor and disgrace of the second half of his life are all in the hands of His Highness." Now Zhao has to do this disrespectful act for the sake of interests, and slightly restrict His Highness's freedom of action, all for your own good, but also for the sake of the overall situation. In his day, His Royal Highness will naturally understand Zhao's good intentions. In short, Your Highness, you have to believe that Zhao will never harm His Highness, let alone my confidant, Qin Mubai. The two of you are both the nobles in my Zhao Chong's life. Did Zhao understand this sentence enough? ”

"Then you want me here, what are you waiting for?" Li Kejian asked with a frown.

"Wait ......" Zhao Chong held a few chess pieces in his hand and started to play chess again. After pressing the horn, he said, "King Wei, who has the advantage of wisdom beads, accidentally reveals a flaw, and His Royal Highness can turn the tide at a moment's notice!" - Just like this game of chess! ”

"Then I, Li Ke, is the chess piece in your hand?" Li Ke's face was slightly gloomy.

Zhao Chong smiled and said, "The world is like chess, you and I are both chess pieces." So much for! ”