Qi Ning groaned slightly, and then asked: "Bai Tangling was assassinated, blamed on the Miao people, and it was Li Hongxin who coerced you to conspire?" ”

Wei Shutong immediately shook his head and said, "Master Hou, the lower officials didn't know anything about this matter at first. The lower officials of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info heard that the Black Rock Cave had killed the officials and rebelled, and they were really taken aback, and felt a little incredible. Among the Miao people over the years, although there are a few people who occasionally have troubles, but Cangxi Da Miao Wang Lao Cheng is serious and discerning, and the seventy-two caves of the Miao family have also lived a stable life and have nothing to do with it. After a pause, he continued: "Xiaguan said that Xiaguan was originally going to send someone to investigate the matter, but Li Hongxin came to the door and said that the Miao people were in turmoil and must be severely punished. ”

"Li Hongxin has your handle in his hand, so you don't dare to disobey?" Qi Ning sneered.

Wei Shutong smiled bitterly: "The lower officials are confused. After a pause, he immediately said: "Xiaguan knew that Li Hongxin might have a trick at that time, but he didn't dare to tear his face with him, if the news of Xiaguan's killing of his wife spread, Xiaguan ........!" He sighed, looking very helpless.

The dignified Xichuan assassin history, killed his wife with his own hands, once Zhang Yang went out at this time, Wei Shutong's position in the assassin history was certainly unstable, but he was afraid that he would be traced and his future would be ruined.

Seeing Qi Ning's grim expression, Wei Shutong said: "But Xia Guan also knows that it is not good to tear his face with Li Hongxin on the surface, but he wants to plot wrong, and Xia Guan must not be at his mercy." Speaking of this, his voice suddenly became a little awe-inspiring: "Although the lower official sent troops to besiege the Black Rock Cave, he did not attack the Black Rock Ridge, but wrote an excerpt to the imperial court to report the matter. ”

Qi Ning said lightly: "Master Wei is very calculating. "I secretly thought in my heart that Wei Shutong was a big member of the party after all, and he still had scheming skills.

Wei Shutong also heard a slight sarcasm in Qi Ning's tone, but at this time, he could only bite the bullet and say: "Li Hongxin has urged to attack the Black Rock Cave several times, and Xiaguan has been looking for various reasons to delay, and at that time, Xiaguan suspected that Hua Xiangrong was likely to be Li Hongxin's person, and he was also more wary of her. The lower officials tried their best to maintain it, hoping that when the imperial court sent someone over, the heavens would live up to the intentions of the lower officials, and the Hou Ye would finally arrive. ”

Qi Ning said: "In this way, you have still made a great contribution to the imperial court." ”

"Xia Guan has no such intention." Wei Shutong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, to tell the truth, the lower officials know very well in their hearts that if the lower officials are at the mercy of Li Hongxin, in the end, Xichuan will be chaotic, and the lower officials will have no use value at that time, Li Hongxin will certainly kill the lower officials and sacrifice the flag, and the court will not let the lower officials go." ”

Qi Ning secretly thought that you old thing would understand this truth.

No matter how Wei Shutong made peace with Li Hongxin, in the eyes of the Xichuan people, Wei Shutong represented the imperial court, and once Li Hongxin rebelled, the first person to kill could only be Wei Shutong.

Qi Ning knew that Wei Shutong confessed all this to himself tonight, not really because of his conscience, but because this old guy understood the trick.

If the imperial court sent ordinary officials over, Wei Shutong might not be so frank this time, but Jinyihou is one of the four marquis of the empire, in this case, Wei Shutong wants to climb out of the deep pit, he can only grab Jinyihou's thigh.

"According to what you say, Li Hongxin is already preparing to rebel?" Qi Ning asked, "Do you have conclusive evidence in your hands?" ”

Xichuan Li Hongxin has always been a confidant of the imperial court, and for the imperial court, the existence of Li Hongxin has always kept Xichuan in unpredictable danger.

Since the founding of the Great Chu, although there have been military operations to conquer Bashu in the west, and finally Li Hongxin did return to the Chu State, the main military deployment of the empire was to deal with the Han State in the north.

In the past 20 years, the Northern Han people have never given up the idea of going south to conquer Chu and annex the world, and the Chu State has always wanted to go north to pacify the Northern Han Dynasty and set the world.

The two sides fought for many years, and countless financial and human resources were spent.

It is precisely because of this that the state of Chu adopted a policy of tenderness towards Xichuan from the very beginning.

The focus of Huairou's policy is on Li Hongxin, the king of Shu.

As the lord of Xichuan back then, if the imperial court comforted Li Hongxin, then the people of Xichuan would be able to feel the court's goodwill to Xichuan, but if the imperial court wanted to cut through the chaos quickly, and wanted to solve Li Hongxin's stability in Xichuan, it could only be counterproductive.

The king of Xichuan returned to the Great Chu, and the world knows that if the Chu State kills Li Hongxin without any conclusive evidence, the consequences will be unimaginable, after all, the Northern Han Dynasty is not peaceful, and even a person like Li Hongxin can be killed by the Chu State, from now on, it is difficult to imagine that there will be people who dare to surrender to the Chu State.

The imperial court sent Wei Shutong in Xichuan, although it wanted to gradually digest Xichuan and monitor Li Hongxin's actions at the same time, but there was another point, of course, it was also hoped that Wei Shutong could find strong evidence of Li Hongxin's restlessness in Xichuan.

Of course, the court of Chu State wants to solve Li Hongxin, as long as there is conclusive evidence in hand, it will naturally not be soft.

Qi Ning saw that Wei Shutong and Li Hongxin had such a relationship in private, so he immediately thought about whether it was possible for Wei Shutong to find evidence of Li Hongxin's intention to rebel, and said softly: "Lord Wei, if you have conclusive evidence of Li Hongxin's intention to rebel in your hand, Benhou can guarantee that you are safe and sound, and Benhou can even explain to the emperor that what you did before was all false and wrongful, and it was a sacrifice made in order to obtain evidence of Li Hongxin's crime. ”

Wei Shutong frowned, and said with a wry smile: "Master Hou, in fact, if you don't say it, Xia Guan has always thought so in his heart." When the lower officials came to Xichuan, before leaving, the first emperor privately instructed the lower officials, if he could find out the evidence of Li Hongxin's intention to rebel, it would naturally be the best, but if he could not find it, he must ensure the stability of Xichuan and keep an eye on Li Hongxin. After a pause, his voice was lowered: "Over the years, the lower officials have kept in mind the will of the first emperor and dare not have the slightest negligence, but Li Hongxin is cunning and cunning, and since he returned to my Dachu, he has been in Chengdu Mansion, and it seems that he is already indifferent to fame and fortune, just seeking to make a living." ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "In this way, you don't have any evidence of his rebellion?" ”

"Li Hongxin must also know that Xia Guan has been searching for evidence of his intention to rebel." Wei Shutong's eyebrows locked: "So he has been very careful all these years, he rarely goes out of the house, and he rarely has contact with his old subordinates...... Xia Guan knew that this was just the surface, but he couldn't grasp the handle. ”

"The Li family has been based in Xichuan for a hundred years, with big roots and deep roots, and it is not easy to easily catch his handle." Qi Ning also knew that Wei Shutong and Li Hongxin must have been deceitful over the years, and they fought a lot, but in the end, Wei Shutong still didn't play Li Hongxin after all.

Wei Shutong bowed his head slightly, and said softly: "Li Hongxin is very cautious, but that Li Yuan is quite a bit evil in Chengdu, and the lower officials have also thought about finding a breakthrough from Li Yuan, but although that kid has done evil, no one has gone to the official mansion to report it, and the lower officials can only turn a blind eye." ”

Qi Ning remained silent and asked: "Master Wei, how much wealth does Li Hongxin have, it is said that he donated a lot of temples, do you know how many there are?" ”

"That must be a trick to hide people's ears." Wei Shutong affirmed: "He deliberately pretended to study Buddhism, and built temples everywhere, just to make the world feel that he really had no desire and no quarrel." After a pause, he thought for a while before he said: "Up to now, not to mention more than ten temples have been donated, except for the larger scale of Qingcheng Mountain, most of the temples are very ordinary, and there is no incense. ”

Qi Ning thought for a while, and then asked, "You really haven't heard of the Jizo mentioned by Li Hongxin before?" ”

Wei Shutong immediately shook his head and said: "I haven't heard of it, Xia Guan also heard Li Hongxin suddenly mention it at the dinner table with Hou Ye." After a pause, he said, "But Xia Guan thinks it's just a story he made up, and the so-called Jizo doesn't exist." He fabricated Jizo only to let the government and even the imperial court divert their attention to the ethereal Jizo, so that he could act on his own. ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that if he hadn't really seen the Jizo Party, he might really think that this was a character made up by Li Hongxin, but now he knew that Jizo must exist.

"The Black Rock Cave incident, from beginning to end, you think that Li Hongxin is planning behind the scenes, but you can't hold his evidence, the court has no evidence, of course you can't believe it." Qi Ning said slowly: "Master Wei, what you are saying now, how should Benhou explain it to the emperor?" ”

Wei Shutong smiled bitterly: "The lower officials know that the crime is unforgivable, and if the emperor wants to punish the crime, he only asks the Hou Ye to help intercede and not implicate his family." ”

"You didn't know anything about the stabbing of the Pujia Pavilion in advance?" Qi Ning stared at Wei Shutong's eyes and asked.

Wei Shutong hurriedly said: "The lower official swears to the sky and will never know. Master Hou, the lower officials only now understand that on the day we entered the city, Li Hongxin accompanied us to eat in the restaurant, and the words he said were just for the sake of the Pujia Pavilion. After hesitating, he still said: "The Li family in Xichuan and the Qi family in Jinyi have formed a life-and-death feud, and the Hou Ye may know that Li Hongxin's eldest son died because of the Qi family. ”

Qi Ning sneered and did not speak.

"This time the Hou Ye came to Xichuan, Li Hongxin must have thought that it was an excellent opportunity, so he wanted to avenge the revenge of the year." Wei Shutong's expression was solemn, and he lowered his voice and said, "But I don't dare to murder Lord Hou openly, so I can only use the tricks of ghosts." He deliberately advertised that there were assassins in Chengdu Mansion who specialized in assassinating officials, and arranged assassins in advance in the Pujia Pavilion, fearing that the assassins would not be able to get away with him directly against the Hou Ye, so he pretended that he was also assassinated by the assassins. ”

Qi Ning bowed his head and said, "Master Wei has already seen through the mystery. ”

Wei Shutong sighed: "It's all the lower officials who are confused, and I always thought that Li Hongxin didn't have that much courage, but ...... This person is really ruthless. Looking at Qi Ning, he said, "Master Hou, since Li Hongxin has made a move, I'm afraid he won't give up, and he must be more careful." ”

Qi Ning smiled faintly and said: "Ben Hou is a dignified brocade waiter, Li Hongxin is just a down-and-out prince, Lord Wei, with your guard, do you think Ben Hou really can't leave Chengdu alive?" ”

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