Chapter 104: Murder and Silence
Zhao Houli said sincerely, "Back then, some people spread that the Tiande Hall was false, and Lone didn't poison Tuoba Hong's mind at all."
At that time, hundreds of officials in the court, whether it was Northern Shu or Southern Wei, thought that the poison was caused by him, Zhao Houli was ruthless back then, and if he wanted to put aside the suspicion, he should also be poisoned, others may not dare to be so self-abusive, according to Zhao Houli's character back then, such a thing can be done.
Zhu Xingkong didn't hesitate, because once he hesitated, it would prove that he didn't believe in Zhao Houli, and Zhu Xingkong said on the spot, "Weichen knows that the poison is not under the Taishang King."
Zhu Xingkong replied without hesitation, which really relieved Zhao Houli a little at this moment, whether Zhu Xingkong's words were perfunctory or not, but it was indeed the sentence that Zhao Houli wanted to hear the most over the years.
Zhao Houli asked excitedly: "So who does Shaoqing think the poison is?" ”
Zhu Xingkong replied according to the clear context of what he knew, "If Manager Wu is not dead, Weichen will not be suspicious, and once Manager Wu dies, this person will be equivalent to not confessing to himself."
Zhao Houli's eyes were burning, and he looked at people and asked, "Who doesn't recruit himself?" ”
Zhu Xingkong said word for word: "Prime Minister!" ”
Zhao Houli instantly restrained his emotions, did not appear shocked, nor did he appear surprised, and asked calmly, "Is there any evidence?" ”
Zhu Xingkong also calmly replied, "There is no evidence, but there is a motive"
Zhao Houli didn't speak, waiting for Zhu Xingkong to continue.
Of course, Zhu Xingkong wants to continue, "Chief Manager Wu has been away from the dynasty for so many years, in other words, the prime minister killed people not for new grievances, but for old things, when the former prime minister Wu was in full swing, the prime minister was still a sesame petty official at that time, and the face of the chief Wu at that time may not be seen, not to mention what old hatred there will be, since there is no old hatred and no new grudge, then why did the prime minister let Si Wei kill, this is a bit strange"
Zhao Houli's mood fluctuated suddenly, and said, "How does Shaoqing know that the person was killed by the captain?" ”
Of course, Zhu Xingkong would not say such a thing without evidence, Zhu Xingkong said, "Although Weichen was not present, some things can be explained if you think about it, at that time, there were only General Fang and Si Wei who went out of the city with the hungry people, and Si Wei Jianlu took a light and spiritual way, General Fang was just the opposite of him, if it wasn't for the sudden murderous intent, which caught General Fang off guard, how could those hungry people have the ability to kill people in front of the two of them?" ”
Zhao Houli was moody, and his chest rose and fell, "No wonder General Fang hasn't seen anyone yet, it turns out that he already knows who the real murderer is"
Zhu Xingkong said: "General Fang didn't come, it's not that he was afraid of offending the prime minister, but telling the king of this kind of thing will only make the king of the king more troubled."
The four words of increasing annoyance are also equivalent to saying that Zhao Houli is incompetent, of course Zhao Houli can hear this meaning, Zhao Houli gritted his teeth and smiled hard, "Yes, how different is Lone from the old man in the market, he doesn't dare to take people when he says it, the prime minister is now in full swing, and he knows what to do."
Zhu Xingkong said, "The real culprit who killed Mr. Wu is to find out, but there is no evidence how to arrest people, the king can rest assured, as long as he catches the handle of the prime minister, the captain will not escape the blame!" ”
Zhao Houli said: "Why did the prime minister kill Manager Wu? ”
Zhu Xingkong said, "This matter Weichen was also puzzled at first, and after being mentioned, Weichen thought that the person who poisoned him back then must be Mr. Wu!" ”
Zhao Houli's eyes were shocked, "He was the one who poisoned!" ”
Zhu Xingkong said, "King Taishang, imagine that the court banquet was accompanied by Chief Manager Wu, and he was the only one who had such a chance."
Zhao Houli's eyes dimmed: "He was coerced?" ”
From this sentence, it can be heard that Zhao Houli absolutely believes that Manager Wu will not sincerely put him to death.
Of course, Manager Wu was coerced, otherwise how could he do such a thing, wouldn't killing Zhao Houli cut off his future.
Zhu Xingkong said, "Weichen has something to understand, Cheng is only a petty official for a long time, even if he has any handle in charge of Wu, it is impossible for Manager Wu to act so obediently"
Zhao Houli sneered on the spot: "Shaoqing really can't think of it?" Or is it confused with the lonely pretend? Cheng is quite a year old is to make him can't move, someone can"
Zhu Xingkong is neither humble nor arrogant, and now he is gone, sweat, refers to cold sweat, Zhu Xingkong broke out in a cold sweat, this person has now guessed who it is, Zhu Xingkong has never thought about it to Zhao Zong before and does not dare to think about it.
poisoned his father and seized the throne, how could he make Zhu Xingkong not leave a cold sweat.
Zhao Houli saw cold sweat on Zhu Xingkong's forehead, "Scared?" ”
Zhu Xingkong was speechless, and even if he had a thousand words in his heart, he didn't dare to open his mouth at the moment.
If this matter is to be investigated deeply, it is necessary to pull Zhao Zong into the water, and Zhu Xingkong will die.
Zhao Houli asked Zhu Xingkong at this time, "The matter has come to this, is Shaoqing choosing Lonely, or is he?" ”
Zhu Xingkong didn't think that things would develop in this direction, according to the assumption, this matter would come to an end when he found out the prime minister, but he didn't expect that Zhao Zong would be involved, if Zhao Houli was chosen, it would be equivalent to breaking with Zhao Zong, and if Zhao Zong was chosen, it was best to stop now.
Can you fall so deep to stop here?
Zhao Zong acted like this, if Zhu Xingkong could find out the evidence, Zhao Houli would never let him go.
The prince under Zhao Zong's knees is young, if something happens to him, Zhao Houli may be able to regain the government, and if he helps Zhao Houli, he may be able to rise to prominence, but he doesn't dare to think about this.
Helping Zhao Houli bring down his son, is this a meritorious service? This is not meritorious service, this is sending oneself to the guillotine.
Zhao Houli didn't even reply to Zhu Xingkong twice when he asked, Zhao Houli said, "King Wei died in front of Lonely, the blood he vomited at that time was all on Lone's face, witnessing everything, Shaoqing can know how shocking it is to witness all this, and he ended up with quadriplegia a little because Mr. Wu Nian'en did not take heavy poison, and he was not afraid of death, but he couldn't die, otherwise he would not be blinded!" ”
If Zhao Houli can move, then he will definitely kneel down and beg, he can't, he can only plead eagerly with red eyes, "Gu Qiu Shaoqing must find out the evidence and make the decision for Lone!" ”
Zhao Houli opened his mouth like this, Zhu Xingkong was greatly moved, Zhao Houli was not the king in Zhu Xingkong's eyes at this moment, just a person who had been wronged for many years and wanted to express his grievances.
How dare Zhu Xingkong casually admit this.
Whoever is on the stall for this matter will be Zhu Xingkong's reaction, Zhao Houli also knew Zhu Xingkong's difficulty, and pressed his emotions and said, "If Shaoqing wants to investigate carefully, Gu Ke can point out a clue for you, and it was found that the poison was caused by a drug, named Zhao Liandu"
Just before Zhu Xingkong could answer, he suddenly shouted, "What person!" ”
Outside the house, there was the sound of hurried footsteps fleeing.
Zhu Xingkong jumped out of the Beihe Hall at the moment, and there were only palace maid guards outside the hall interspersed back and forth, where could he see any suspicious people.
Turning back to the Beihe Hall at the moment, Zhao Houli saw Zhu Xingkong's expression and knew that he hadn't caught up with anyone, Zhu Xingkong said, "Taishang Wang Rongchen has some time, think about it"
Zhao Houli said, "Lonely can give Shaoqing time, but others are afraid that it may not be"
The person who fled must have listened to everything, and Zhu Xingkong frowned deeply and retreated.
Zhu Xingkong went out of the Beihe Hall to pass the palace gate, people just returned to the gate of Dali Temple, and saw a carriage not far from the door, Zhu Xingkong saw that the carriage was about to enter, only to see a person come forward to invite.
This person is Xu Guangheng, Xu Guangheng stepped forward and invited Zhu Xingkong with a smile, "Lord Shaoqing, my lord begs my lord to tell the adult"
Xu Guangheng and Zhu Xingkong are no strangers and asked, "What is the prime minister looking for me?" ”
Xu Guangheng said, "I don't know this"
Xu Guangheng made a gesture of please, "Shaoqing, please"
Zhu Xingkong hesitated for a moment, thinking that most of the people who escaped before were the eyeliner of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhu Xingkong secretly blamed himself for being careless, how could he miss the fact that there would be a Prime Minister's spy in the Beihe Palace.
The prime minister invited Zhu Xingkong not to go, so he could only get into the carriage.
Xu Guangheng rode his horse behind.
The eavesdropper was not caught, Cheng Minghu immediately invited, and when he met Cheng Minghu, Zhu Xingkong knew what the other party would ask him.
But Zhu Xingkong was wrong, Cheng Minghu didn't mean to see Zhu Xingkong at all, and the carriage did not go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but went out of the city.
Zhu Xingkong sat in the car, and if he hadn't heard the interrogation of the city officials, he wouldn't know where he was.
The interrogation of the lost money in the city was much stricter than usual, and the carriage went out of the city, Zhu Xingkong opened the side curtain and asked Xu Guangheng, "Where is the prime minister to see me?"
Xu Guangheng said, "Shaoqing, don't worry, there is still a way to know yourself"
Xu Guangheng didn't know what to say, could Zhu Xingkong still force him?
Zhu Xingkong didn't ask, the more he thought about it in the car, the more wrong it was, and he also knew about the car, what was Cheng Minghu doing when he was not in the city at this moment? Zhu Xingkong didn't think about it carefully, but when he thought about it, he felt that it was wrong.
Zhu Xingkong slammed the spirit in his heart, "It's not good!" Cheng Minghu wants to kill me! ”