Chapter 035: Secret Letter
Seeing that the little prince was coming, Li Wencai squinted his eyes and smiled treacherously, it seems that the little prince will have to pay for the cost in the painting boat this time.
"Brother Li is really happy, he actually went to the painting boat to drink flower wine, such a big thing happened in the city, does Brother Li really not know." Zhu Jingtian sat opposite Li Wencai, just like when he arrived at his own house, he picked up a glass of wine and drank it with his head up.
Li Wencai frowned and asked, "What big things can happen in the city?" ”
Zhu Jingtian shook his head and said: "Last night, there was a thunderstorm, and the people of Dongchang pursued the suspect, but they were hit by a lightning bolt and several people died. ”
"Since it was struck by a thunderbolt, it means that those eunuchs in Dongchang do a lot of evil on weekdays, and they can't even see it, what's so hard to solve this matter?"
"Liu Wen's bastard is like crazy now, arresting people all over the city, and he thinks it's artificial, and he came to the winery to search, and I took him back."
Li Wencai had already expected that Liu Wen would come to the winery to investigate, the case happened at the gate of the winery, and he didn't deal with the dead eunuch, he had long wanted to kill himself and then quickly, whether it was his own or not, as long as he was caught, he would definitely take it back for interrogation, and do something in the middle, then he would end up dead.
Thinking of this, Li Wencai leaned into Zhu Jingtian's ear and whispered: "Dongchang caught someone in this painting boat last night, and I have asked the doctor to come over for diagnosis and treatment, I have suffered internal and external injuries, and the situation is still relatively serious, I don't know if I have woken up now." ”
Hearing Li Wencai say this, Zhu Jingtian's face was full of shock, so he said: "Where are the people, let's go over and take a look." ”
Li Wencai took Zhu Jingtian to the pavilion of the painting boat, waved away the dancing girls, Li Wencai gave the old mother a certain amount of silver, and then the old mother took the two to a good side room, after entering, Zhu Jingtian saw a white man lying on the couch, although he has now woken up, but the breath is very weak.
Li Wencai was overjoyed, the scholar finally woke up, so he walked to the man's side and said: "Dare to be Your Excellency, why was you hunted down by those Dongchang eunuchs last night, it was really fateful last night, I saw you fall at the door of my house, so I came to the rescue." ”
Li Wencai wanted to ask for something valuable, first of all, he had to show his identity, I am your savior, can't I even trust my life-saving benefactor, judging from the person's expression, I really can't trust the two strangers in front of me.
"If I didn't guess wrong, Brother Tai should be a member of the Donglin Party, I am dissatisfied with you, my brothers have long wanted to join the Donglin Party, but there is no way out, the Donglin Party people make suggestions for the country, and their loyalty can be learned, but it is a pity that they are victimized by those treacherous villains in the officialdom, we are all scholars, and we are not used to seeing eunuchs doing evil, I don't know if we can help Brother Tai one or two." Li Wencai said, clasping his hands into fists with a resolute expression.
The scholar reluctantly sat up, coughed a few times, and said angrily: "Thanks to the hero's rescue, Sun is grateful, since he is a fellow believer, then Sun has a secret letter here to entrust to the two, I am seriously injured, this matter is estimated to be incomplete, I just hope that the two can send this secret letter to the emperor, then my death is enough." ”
Sun Shoujing said and took out a letter sealed with wax from his arms, and then solemnly handed it to Li Wencai and said: "This matter is related to the glory and decline of the Ming Dynasty, which records the details of King Shou's cruelty to Zhongliang and the cultivation of party henchmen. ”
Li Wencai's hands trembled a little, this is explosive news, the prince has been involved, and the stakes Li Wencai knows very well that the people in Dongchang are doing their best to search for the Donglin Party, and I am afraid that it will have nothing to do with this matter.
Seeing that Sun Shoujing fell into a coma, the two quietly walked out of the room, both with heavy faces, Zhu Jingtian knew that Li Wencai was resourceful, so he asked, "Brother Li, how to deal with this matter?" ”
Li Wencai breathed a long sigh of relief, changed his solemn face, about the direction of this history, only his own later people know that King Shou is definitely not the person who takes over the throne, in this way, things are simple, since the ending has a fixed number, I am afraid that he will have a ball, but at present, how to win King Shou is the most important, so Li Wencai said to Zhu Jingtian: "This matter is obviously a great opportunity to bring down King Shou, otherwise, in the current form, the King of Jin and King Shou are not in harmony, then King Shou is absolutely going to attack King Jin." , and you and I will not have a good end, since this is the case, then we can only have a peaceful day if the Jedi counterattacks and overthrows King Shou. ”
Zhu Jingtian nodded, Li Wencai was right, King Jin's birthday banquet had already made King Shou's intentions clear, so this matter has not passed, King Shou will still make a move, instead of sitting and waiting to die, it is better to attack, but there is still a fight.
Li Wencai and Zhu Jingtian glanced at each other, and then Li Wencai opened the envelope and said: "A secret letter, even if the evidence is conclusive, but in the face of the prince, then it will be difficult to kill with one blow, so I think since we are involved in this matter, it is better to present everything on the paper in front of everyone, so that people can't quibble, are you right." ”
What Li Wencai said is indeed good, a secret letter, even if it is true, the emperor ordered someone to investigate, and it cannot avoid someone from obstructing it, so Li Wencai decided to investigate it himself.
Here is a record of the case of private artillery imitation that occurred two years ago, which said that King Ning got the emperor's permission and was fully responsible for the manufacture of private artillery imitation, and the Ministry of Rites as an assistant was originally to prepare a salute for the emperor's birthday banquet, who knew that King Ning secretly set up a private cannon imitation and embezzled a huge amount of money, and later this matter was known by King Shou, so King Shou sent a guest surnamed Cheng to infiltrate the private cannon imitation in one night, ignited the gunpowder in the private cannon imitation, and killed hundreds of people around. In addition, Liu Wen, the overseer of Dongchang, was knocked out and appeared there when the explosion occurred, so Liu Wen presented the mastermind Ning Wang and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and others to make private imitations, embezzle huge amounts of money, and harm hundreds of lives to the emperor, at that time Long Yan was furious, and all the officials involved in the case were executed, and King Ning was also imprisoned in the Dali Temple prison.
After reading the whole thing, Li Wencai couldn't help but want to praise King Shou, this kid's ability to be Yin and himself can be said to be equal, this matter is nothing, and the emperor probably won't know about it, but a fire has completely changed the nature of this matter, everything is a big crime to kill the head, and King Shou, who is standing behind the whole thing, is the biggest winner, not only brought down the opponent King Ning, but also let his own people replace the officials who were cut off, and his strength in the court is one step closer.
"Little prince, did you find it, there is a very important person mentioned in this, that is, a guest of Shouwangfu surnamed Cheng, the person we investigated in the horse market some time ago was Cheng Tie, how could it be so coincidental?" Li Wencai couldn't help but touch his chin and said suspiciously.
Of course, Zhu Jingtian understood what Li Wencai meant, and said: "Let's go to the horse market to search, but someone has already learned the news, and Cheng Tie can easily get involved in King Jin's birthday banquet, presumably it must be a powerful person behind the back, otherwise it will be difficult for him to do it, and now I think that the only person who is planning behind the scenes is King Shou." ”
"We have seen this Cheng Tie's skills, two years ago he was able to sneak into the private artillery imitation alone, which also proves that this guy is by no means an idle person, and the private artillery imitation must be heavily guarded, but Cheng Tie still sneaked in, and retreated, so this thing is definitely not easy to deal with."
Zhu Jingtian also looked embarrassed, if he could catch this Cheng Tie, it would not be far from bringing down King Shou, but after Cheng Tie disappeared last time, he didn't inquire about his whereabouts again, so Zhu Jingtian said: "I think Cheng Tie is hiding so hidden, only Shouwang Mansion is the safest in Nanjing City, this bastard must be hiding in Shouwang Mansion." ”
"Is the little prince going to Shouwang's Mansion to arrest people, it is estimated that if people can't be caught, they will be labeled as rebels, and the gains outweigh the losses." Li Wencai glanced at Zhu Jingtian, and said in his heart that this guy's brain is really bad.
"Then what should we do, if he hides in the palace and doesn't come out, then we can't do anything about him." Zhu Jingtian was embarrassed.
"There is always a time when this goods comes out, just like a housekeeper, sometimes it will run out and bite people." After Li Wencai finished speaking, he glanced into the attic and said, "This is the big fat that let the watchdog run out, and now this fat can't run, so let's run for him for a while." ”
After listening to Li Wencai's words, Zhu Jingtian suddenly realized, and led Cheng Tie out to take it down, this is really a good way, and now there is something that makes King Shou panic, if the news is released, it will be said that this scholar has fled from Nanjing City and is already on the way to Shuntianfu, it is estimated that the people in Dongchang will not be able to sit still, and Cheng Tie, the henchman of King Shou, will also attack, and he will wait to arrest people when the time comes.
The two looked at each other very tacitly, and then Li Wencai said: "Who do you think you are looking for to pretend to be this scholar surnamed Sun?" ”
Zhu Jingtian looked at Li Wencai and said: "Brother Li's extraordinary literati temperament is very similar to that of a scholar surnamed Sun, except that you can't find a second person." ”
Li Wencai laughed twice and said: "This matter is not discussed, I don't want to do it any amount of money, I only have one life, if I don't do it, I will be hacked to death by the eunuchs in Dongchang, you see I am still young, the road ahead is still very long, and there are a few beautiful wives waiting for me, do you think I can be a stand-in?" ”
Zhu Jingtian looked at the righteous and awe-inspiring appearance that Li Wencai said, and couldn't help but feel disdainful in his heart, cowardly and cowardly, why did he say so much, so Zhu Jingtian said: "The stand-in is none other than Brother Li, the county lord has often asked me about you these days, and I don't know how to answer yet." ”
"Brother Zhu, you dare to threaten me?" Li Wencai looked at Zhu Jingtian's cunning appearance and knew that this kid was not well-intentioned.
"Also, I'm here to tell you something important, about your dad and his wife."
Zhu Jingtian only said half of what he said, and the other half obviously can't be said now, it depends on Li Wencai's performance.
Li Wencai was also depressed, he was actually pitted by a pig's head, and he dared to threaten himself, so Li Wencai slapped the table and shouted: "The deal, after the matter is completed, you have to tell me everything you know." ”
Zhu Jingtian nodded obediently and said, "Brother Li, don't worry, even if it doesn't work, I will take care of your father and wife for you." ”
"It's really my honor to be a brother with Brother Zhu, you can pay for today's wine." After Li Wencai finished speaking, he said goodbye to Zhu Jingtian, turned around and jumped onto the small boat where the boat was drawn.
"You, you kid is calculating me." Zhu Jingtian saw that Li Wencai turned around and slipped away, so he had no choice but to be the wronged leader.
This book is derived from Kanshu.com