Chapter Seventy-One: The Great War of the Western Domain (2-in-1)
An inspiration suddenly popped up in Zhu Ao's brain, and he subconsciously shouted out the three words that Conan often said: Wait a minute.
Zhu Ao finally knew the murderer's methods, and immediately shouted to the eunuch out of instinctive anxiety and excitement: "Stop! ”
The eunuch was startled, and although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the prince's gourd, he still couldn't let go of his hand and stood aside respectfully.
Zhu Ao immediately ran over to untie the white silk around Lan Youcheng's neck, and said, "Concubine Ai, how are you?" You okay. ”
Lan Youcheng had just returned from the Ghost Gate, and when she saw Zhu Ao holding her in her arms, she couldn't believe her eyes, coughed heavily, and said, "The prince can't, you can't affect the prince's great cause because of the concubine." ”
The officers and men of the three armies watching from below also began to stir, and many people began to talk in whispers.
Zhu Ao hugged Lan Youcheng and said: "Silly girl, this king knows who the murderer is, and he also knows what methods he used, this king will return your innocence." ”
Lan Youcheng's face was excited, and she couldn't believe her luck again, she couldn't believe her luck, and said, "Really? Lord, you didn't make your concubines happy anymore, did you? ”
Zhu Ao showed a confident smile on his face and said, "Of course it's true, do you think this king will be here to make you happy?" Then he stood up, ordered the car guard, and said, "Go and take down the eunuch named Zhang Quan and this king, and then search his room, and bring everything to this king." ”
Che Gang also thought that the murderer was the eunuch named Zhang Quan, and when he saw Zhu Ao saying this in front of the three armies, he knew that he was completely sure, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "The minister obeys the order!" This sentence is full of confidence. Then he turned and left with a few guards.
After a short time, Che Gang took Zhang Quan over. Zhang Quan knew that he might be exposed, but he still shouted with the last glimmer of hope, "Why are you arresting me? Wronged, slave and maidservant! ”
Zhu Ao looked at Zhang Quan, who was still resisting, snorted coldly, and shouted: "Dog minion! It's time to be hard-mouthed! ”
Zhang Quan glanced at Zhu Ao, and there was no slave in his eyes who should be in awe of the prince, and said disdainfully: "Dare to ask the prince, what crime did the slave commit?" ”
Zhu Ao wanted to kill this treacherous eunuch alive, but what he wanted was convincing everyone, so he could only ask patiently: "This king asks you, have you ever been to Wang Xianrong's house yesterday?" And go with him to the east of the city to buy vegetables for the palace? ”
Speaking of which, it must be that Zhu Ao has mastered his whereabouts, and many people have seen this matter, and if he denies it, it doesn't make much sense, Zhang Quan snorted coldly and said, "It was the people from the Diandian who asked me to go." ”
Zhu Ao looked at him with sharp eyes, and said coldly: "This king has already asked the people in the dining house, they only entrusted you to purchase one basket, but why did you purchase two baskets, and what was in the other basket?" It can't be human. ”
Zhang Quan already had a bead of sweat on his head, but he still resisted stubbornly and said, "The prince is too worried." The doors and windows of the room where Wang Xianrong died were locked from the inside, and there was only Concubine Xian Niangniang in the room, how could others commit murder? ”
Zhu Ao snorted coldly and said, "Your method is indeed hidden, and this king almost deceived you." But fortunately, the sky has eyes, and at the moment when Concubine Xian was executed, the king finally figured it out. ”
As Zhu Ao spoke, he picked up the things that Che Gang had vacated from Zhang Quan's house, and when he found a gray-white shirt, Zhu Ao took it out and asked the guards beside Che Gang: "You said that you saw Zhang Quan last night, was he wearing this dress at that time?" ”
The two guards looked at each other fixedly, looked at each other again, and after being convinced, they clasped their fists and replied: "Lord Qiqi, this is the case, but how did the prince know?" ”
Zhu Ao showed the cuffs of the dress, and there was also a layer of lacquer, which was exactly the same as the paint on Wang Xianrong's body.
When Zhang Quan saw this scene, his eyes were full of disdain, and he snorted coldly: "What does this mean?" Isn't it normal for those of us who do menial work all day long with a little paint on our clothes? ”
Zhu Ao was very annoyed in his heart, this kind of treacherous person should really go up and beat him fifty boards first to dissipate his anger, but what Zhu Ao wanted was to destroy his mental defense line, so that he could understand that you are not only a smart person in this world, you are still far from playing with Lao Tzu, and said coldly: "You are the chief eunuch of Concubine Shu, do you need to do such work on weekdays?" ”
Then he rummaged through Zhang Quan's belongings, and finally found the evidence he wanted most in one of his boots - a ball of thin thread, a thin thread dyed with lacquer.
Zhu Ao took the ball of thread in his hand, shook it in front of Zhang Quan's eyes, and said, "What else do you have to say now?" ”
Zhang Quan glanced at the thread with slanted eyes, knowing that Zhu Ao had already guessed it, but he was conceited, he didn't say anything to beg for mercy, he snorted arrogantly and said no more.
Zhu Ao walked around Zhang Quan a few times, and said slowly: "If you don't say it, then the king will say it for you." Yesterday was a good day for the king to build a country, and the virtuous concubines and concubines went to congratulate the king, and their dormitories did not leave much manpower, so they were slack. After you killed Wang Xianrong, you quietly moved his body to Concubine Xian's dormitory and hid it under her bed. Then use this ball of thread to pass through Wang Xianrong's belt, hold both ends of the thread, and pull it against the floor to the wall opposite the bed. The concubine's dormitory is made of wood, and it is not difficult to find gaps in the wall to stick the thread out. After Concubine Xian comes back at night and falls asleep, you quietly pull the two ends of the thread, pull out Wang Xianrong's body, and then recycle the thread, which causes the phenomenon of murder in the closed room. Successfully blamed Concubine Xian. ”
"To be on the safe side, you painted the entire line the same color as the floor in Concubine Xian's room, making it hard to make out on the floor. Concubine Xian drank a few more drinks last night in order to celebrate the founding of the king, and after going back, she fell asleep, not noticing the two lines on the floor at all. Her palace maid only paid attention to the body of the virtuous concubine, and did not find the two lines. So when Concubine Xian woke up, she would be like she was scared stupid, and she was at a loss. ”
"There is a way that the sky net is magnificent but not leaky, although your methods are hidden, but after all, it is a hundred secrets. Since the paint on your line is freshly brushed and has not dried out completely, it has left traces on the inside of Wang Xianrong's belt. And when you are doing things, it may be because of nervousness, and you get the paint on your sleeve, which has become the key to solving the case of this king. ”
"Actually, you found that your sleeves were stained with paint last night, but because the palace is curfew at night, you are not allowed to move around at will for no reason, and you have been interrogated by the palace guards once before, so you dare not go to other places to destroy the evidence, let alone light a fire to burn your clothes and threads. If you get bumped into by the guards again, you may be in trouble. At the same time, you are convinced that no one can crack your methods, so you go back to your room and hide the evidence in order to destroy it later. ”
"Early the next morning, you found that you were being targeted by the people at the car guard, so you didn't dare to act rashly, and even when you went to buy things for Concubine Shu, you didn't dare to take the evidence with you in order to go outside the palace to destroy it. Because if you get caught, you're getting a stolen stolen garment. You originally planned to find another opportunity to destroy the evidence after the rumors passed after this matter was over, but you never expected that this king would see through your trick. ”
Solving the case relied on a large number of prerequisites and a flash of inspiration, Zhu Ao didn't expect his modus operandi before, otherwise his room would have been raided.
Zhang Quan smiled, still did not change his arrogant demeanor, and said in a strange manner: "King Su is really not simple, no wonder he can govern the country of Su into such a scene, it is really extremely wise." ”
Zhu Ao really didn't understand what madness a dead eunuch was, he was unconsciously angry, his face was a tiger, and he shouted: "Say! Who instructed you to do this?! ”
Zhang Quan glanced at Zhu Ao obliquely, with a treacherous expression on his face that was half joking and half proud, and said, "The slave is working hard for the master, do you need any more reasons?" ”
Lan Youcheng's face was like ashes when she heard this, she also knew this Zhang Quan, she knew who his master was, she never expected that Dai Yuzhu, who was commensurate with her sister on weekdays, would frame her like this.
However, Zhu Ao had insight into everything, and when he heard Zhang Quan say this, he almost scolded: "Let your mother fart!" But for the sake of image problems, I still endured it and replaced it with a sentence: "Nonsense!" Concubine Shu has no motive to kill at all, do you know why you didn't see Concubine Shu when you came back? That's when the king asked her to go to the queen, and I'm afraid that you, a thief, will jump off the wall in a hurry! You are a spy sent from outside, and the purpose is to sabotage our country. Tell me, who hast thou sent, that thou shalt not suffer from flesh and skin. ”
Zhang Quan looked up to the sky and laughed, like a mad demon, and shouted: "The slave is not talented, and the work is not effective!" It's a shame for the grandson! As if he wanted everyone to know that Zhu Yunwen did this.
Zhu Yunwen? To tell the truth, because of what Wei Yansheng said today, Zhu Ao didn't doubt him, but later denied it, the reason is still the motive, now Zhu Di, the king of Yan, already has the power to control the soldiers and horses along the border, which poses the most serious threat to Zhu Yunwen's throne, Zhu Yunwen is not a fool, at this time he should be to win over other law-abiding vassal kings, and guard against Zhu Di wholeheartedly, how can he provoke King Su, who has always respected him?
Although Zhu Yunwen also committed the second middle after succeeding to the throne, he did not target King Yan, but first cut a few vassal kings who were not a big threat, but at that time, at this time, at that time, Zhu Yunwen wanted to cut a few problematic vassal kings first, and create public opinion for the great cause of cutting the domain, but he didn't want to be self-defeating; And now that Lao Zhu is still alive, Zhu Ao has just solved his big problem for Lao Zhu - the food problem of the border army, which is winning Lao Zhu's favor, and Zhu Yunwen, who has always been known for his filial piety to the emperor's grandfather, should not touch Lao Zhu's mold at this time.
Zhu Ao looked at Zhang Quan with extremely sharp eyes, as if he had seen through him at once, Zhang Quan shivered all over his body, and his eyes looked at Zhu Ao from the previous arrogance to the current with a hint of fear. Zhu Ao was calm, but he said with great confidence: "You are the person of King Yan. This sentence was not loud, and no one except him and Zhang Quan could hear it clearly, because the big war was imminent, and Zhu Ao didn't want the soldiers to know that their old Zhu family was engaged in internal strife, which would be a big blow to morale.
Zhang Quan shuddered in shock by his words, the expression on his face began to twitch, his eyes began to turn around unobediently, his body trembled slightly, and he began to stutter when he spoke, and said, "What, what King Yan, I don't know him at all." ”
Zhu Ao is also an old fritter, just looking at his expression, you know that he is trying to cover up. In fact, Zhu Ao also guessed, he thought that this Zhang Quan was sent by Zhu Di to make trouble for himself, if the matter succeeded, Zhu Di could eliminate an opponent with great potential, if the matter failed, he would push it on Zhu Yunwen's head, let King Su go to face Zhu Yunwen just face-to-face, and he himself would sit behind the back to reap the benefits of the fisherman.
This is very in line with the temper of Zhu Di, a generation of heroes, Zhu Ao casually deceived Zhang Quan, and then deceived the secret in his heart, and then ordered: "Eunuch Zhang Quan, ungrateful, framed Concubine Xian, now behead the sacrificial flag in front of his army and chop it into meat sauce!" ”
Immediately, a sergeant stepped forward to carry out Zhu Ao's order.
Zhu Ao's reasoning opened the eyes of all the soldiers of the three armies, and they all saw with their own eyes that the extremely wise King Su had solved a difficult case that seemed to be a sure thing in only half a day, and as for what King Su muttered to the dead eunuch at the end, they didn't care. Seeing that his leader was so wise, the officers and men of the three armed forces were all excited, and they felt confident in their hearts to follow a wise leader to fight.
The morale of the 45,000 soldiers gathered in Zhangye City skyrocketed instantly, and the mountains shouted like a tsunami: "Chitose! Chitose! ”
"Wan Sheng!" "Wan Sheng!"
Zhu Ao's cleverness gave them the hope of victory, and each of them was very sure that the wise King Su would lead them to defeat the thieves of the Western Domain and welcome victory, so the mountain cries were raised and raised for a long time.
Zhu Ao looked at the scene in front of him, very satisfied, very enjoyable, very cool, the queen said well, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, don't be discouraged when you encounter bad things, through your own subjective efforts, you can turn bad things into good things, and said in high spirits: "Soldiers, I think you all already know." The thieves of the Western Domain have invaded our land and have now reached the foot of Jiuquan City, and the Marquis of Changxing is leading his troops to fight fiercely with them. We are sending troops this time to exterminate the thieves and defend our land! ”
The soldiers below began to shout like a tsunami: "Kill the thief!" Kill the thief! ”
Seeing that the morale was available, Zhu Ao was very satisfied, and he was a little more confident that he could win the war, and waved his hand and shouted: "Pull out!" ”
The officers and men of the three armies began to leave Zhangye in an orderly manner under the command of their respective commanders and marched westward. Lan Youcheng, who lived for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, looked at his own wise and martial arts like a god, his heart was about to melt, and he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed respectfully, and said: "The concubine sends the prince, I wish the prince a victory and an early victory!" ”