Chapter 106: Chasing the Wind and Shadows (Asking for Recommendation Votes)
They didn't expect that they would crash open the door so easily, Yang Wu and the others glanced at each other, raised their feet and walked in.
The scene inside shocked them!
There were dead bodies everywhere.
Yang Wu stepped forward to investigate and found that these people had all died of poisoning.
"See if there's any room left?" The lieutenant shouted.
The soldiers of the city defense army immediately searched the house.
"Captain, after searching by the brothers, there is no living food in this house, all of them have eaten some kind of food poisoning." An officer said.
"This matter is no longer something we can call the decision on our own, we must report it to the top, seal off this place immediately, not let a fly in, we must not turn everything here, and keep the scene of the crime." The lieutenant said.
The situation here was beyond his conjecture, beyond his duty, and beyond his control.
There is a court official inside, no matter what, the matter must be reported, let someone from above deal with it, all they can do is to cordon off the scene.
"No!" The officer was ordered to retreat and send someone back to report to the upper echelons of the city defense army.
The matter was quickly reported to Li Er, but Li Er was surprisingly quiet, and he didn't feel angry because the court official was poisoned, and then he was furious.
Just let the city defense army dispose of these corpses on the charge of assassinating the prince.
In fact, long before they found out that Wu Weiliang and others were poisoned and reported to Li Er, Wu Zetian went to find Li Zhi.
went with Li Zhi to expose the "crimes" of Wu Weiliang and others to Li Er, and claimed that under his own persuasion, Wu Weiliang and others finally realized that they and others were guilty, so they committed suicide in fear of crime.
Of course, Li Er can't be fooled with just a few words.
In order to be able to clear his name, Wu Zetian had already made a series of arrangements, and it was best to succeed in clearing his suspicions with the help of Li Zhi.
From a murderer who successfully escaped to a good person who persuaded criminals to turn themselves in.
With the death of Wu Weiliang, the assassination of the prince can be regarded as a successful conclusion.
Li Er wrote a letter, together with the case file, and sent it to Li Chengqian in Chang'an, explaining the whole story in detail, which can be regarded as an explanation of Li Chengqian's assassination case.
Chang'an City, East Palace.
"Lang Jun, Your Majesty's letter to you!" Wang Quan handed over the letter written by Li Er to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian opened Li Er's letter, and after reading the letter, Li Chengqian's face turned pale.
"Bring the dossier!" After reading Li Er's letter, Li Chengqian wanted to see what means this Wu Zetian used to clear his suspicions.
Wang Quan hurriedly handed over the file to Li Chengqian, who couldn't wait to open the file and check it.
After reading it, Li Chengqian had to admire Wu Zetian's ability, no wonder she was able to become a generation of empresses later.
It is not for nothing that she can become the only woman in history to be the emperor.
According to the dossier, Wu Weiliang and others colluded with the Shandong Shi clan, so they took the risk and assassinated Li Chengqian.
Because Li Chengqian set up a school and undermined the interests of the scholars and gatekeepers, they were already dissatisfied with Li Chengqian, and they had already had the idea of getting rid of Li Chengqian.
If it weren't for the fear of Datang's force, they would have done it a long time ago.
Wu Weiliang and others wanted to cling to the five surnamed Qiwang, and the five surnamed Qiwang wanted to eradicate the enemy Li Chengqian, so the two sides hit it off and reached some kind of consensus.
In the end, Wu Weiliang and others came to assassinate Li Chengqian, which can be regarded as a surrender to the giant ship of the gate lord of the Shi clan.
And Wu Zetian played a role in this who learned about the collusion between Wu Weiliang and others and the gate lords of the scholar clan by chance, in order to prevent the Wu family from being wiped out, Wu Zetian went out of the palace to persuade them to surrender.
But she never expected that as soon as she walked on the front foot, Wu Weiliang and the others committed suicide by taking poison on the back foot, which was justified and evidenced, and she couldn't find fault at all.
If Li Chengqian had not been a traverser, he would have believed what was written in the dossier.
Pity! As Li Chengqian, who came from later generations and had a huge amount of knowledge reserve data in his brain, how could he believe Wu Zetian's nonsense.
If nothing else, let's talk about the relationship between Wu Zetian and Wu Weiliang and others.
In the current Tang Dynasty, it is normal for Wu Zetian to be bullied by his brothers when he was young, after all, the status of women in ancient times was generally low, and his father died early.
It is not surprising that Wu Zetian, an orphan and widow, was bullied by his cousins.
Later, Wu Zetian entered the palace and became the emperor's concubine, and it was understandable that Wu Weiliang and others wanted to cling to it.
In the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, this was all a normal phenomenon, which was also a factor why Wu Zetian was able to get rid of suspicion smoothly.
But in the eyes of the traverser Li Chengqian, this is not the case at all.
Li Chengqian knew how cruel Wu Zetian was, how could she pull Wu Weiliang and these clansmen who had bullied her.
It's good not to take the opportunity to fall into the well! I also expect her to be able to laugh at her grudge! It's just whimsical.
Li Chengqian didn't have to think about it, he could guess that Wu Zetian must have used Wu Weiliang and others, and then poisoned them all to death, and then put all the blame on Wu Weiliang and others.
Anyway, there is no proof of death, and it is not what she wants to say, she can say it.
Poor Brother Wu Weiliang didn't know that he was being used, and he really died unjustly.
"Your Highness! I said a long time ago that running a school will only attract the disgust of the scholars and the gate lords, but you just don't listen, now it's okay, this time it's an assassination, and I don't know what happened next time. Zhao Jie complained.
"Indeed, there is something wrong with running the school, and His Highness is indeed in a hurry!" Duho Road.
Whether it is Zhao Jie or Du He, they all believe that Li Chengqian's assassination is related to the gate valve of the Shi clan, which is where Wu Zetian is clever.
Speaking of which, Li Chengqian wanted to applaud Wu Zetian.
"Do you really think this has something to do with the Scholar Gate? The martial artist really just wanted to take advantage of the door valve, so he did not hesitate to risk the crime of killing the head to assassinate the widow? Li Chengqian said.
"Your Highness, what do you mean! It is not clearly written on the dossier that Wu Weiliang and other cadres have secretly communicated with the gate lords of the Shi clan, and it also proves that Wu Weiliang and others are one of the masterminds of the assassination of His Highness. Zhao Jie said.
"The dossier only says that Wu Weiliang and others had dealings with the Shi clan gate valve, and there is not enough evidence to show that the assassination was related to the gate valve." Li Chengqian said.
"When His Highness said this, I also think there are some suspicions in this, saying that the gate valve was involved in the assassination, which is inevitably a bit of a catch." Duho Road.
Since ancient times, have there been fewer people who have been affected by the wind and shadows?
How many innocent people were suspected and wronged because of chasing after the wind, and finally ended up with a trumped-up crime, and a large number of people were falsely accused of being killed.
"Duhe is right! Now that Wu Weiliang is dead, he can say anything, anyway, there is no proof of death, His Majesty does not have enough evidence, and he can't do anything with these scholars.
None of this is the point, the point is not to let the real people behind the scenes go unpunished. Li Chengqian said.