Chapter 129: The True Purpose of the Man Behind the Scenes
"The most important thing at the moment is that if Guo Songling was not the assassin that night, then why did he end up dying at the hands of Changling Wei?
And according to what you said, Guo Songling's martial arts should not have died in Changlingwei, so why did he die, and by whose hands?"
"That's good!" Shen Ling's brows furrowed tightly, "He should have found evidence at the beginning, but he had no choice but to hand over the evidence to his daughter."
His daughter's identity is unknown, so it's no different from hiding in the middle of the ocean. What kind of hardships and dangers made him use such a strategy?
Since he had already anticipated the difficulties ahead, he would definitely not be unprepared. Still, he got on the road. What kind of hands and eyes are the people behind the scenes? Nanling Wangfu has been sitting in the south of the Yangtze River for hundreds of years, and it is really lax?"
As the sun began to set in the west, a few crows flapped their wings and leaped from the eaves into the sky.
"Chirpβ"
A shrill chirp sounded, and the crows that had just taken off flew back into the eaves as if frightened, and some of them fell directly into the high chimneys.
Shen Ling let out a whistling in response, and the goshawk in the sky fluttered its wings and flew down, stopping on Shen Ling's wrist.
Taking off the bamboo tube, Shen Ling hurriedly unfolded the letterhead.
Sure enough, Guo Songling's daughter disappeared. β
Since Guo Songling can be arranged as the fuse to provoke the battle between Tianquan Villa and Princess Changling, it can also be used as a pawn to divert our attention. The people behind the scenes don't know him very well......"
"However, Guo Songling has almost never 'appeared' in the past eight years, he was arranged by me to be a secret agent in the Ouchi eight years ago, and he has been acting in secret for eight years, and no one knows his identity except me and my father......" The voice paused here, and Shen Ling suddenly thought of something.
"In the past eight years, Guo Songling and Huo Tian have never been together, and they have never been horizontally connected......"
"Just because we've never been together doesn't mean there's no horizontal connection, they're sworn brothers. Even if there is any secret contact information, you may not know. β
"Judging from the clues on Princess Changling's side, the mastermind behind the scenes is none other than thank God. But if the mistake is in Tianquan Villa, then Huo Tian ......"
"Shen Ling, do you know, who is the easiest to be deceived by in our business?"
"Irrelevant people, who are good at disguising themselves as the masterminds behind irrelevant people?" Shen Ling asked seriously after thinking about it.
"No!" Lu Sheng tapped lightly on the table, "It's us." β
"Our own reasoning, our own determination! Just like now, you and I have already circled thank God, and what we are looking for now is nothing more than the evidence of thank God's guilt.
However, the encirclement of gratitude is itself a kind of speculation and implication. But since when have we been so convinced that we are behind this? is it a coincidence, or is it because he is the only one who is suspicious and capable?"
"Isn't he?" Shen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, and the essence in his eyes flashed with a different kind of edge, "He should be!"
"I know your task, Xie Tianci has already taken refuge in the Third Prince, so you want to bring him down for the Fifth Prince?"
"Not for the five princes, but for the emperor!" Shen Ling slowly stood up, "The five dragons have been fighting for nearly eight years, and in the past eight years, the art of power and scheming has been vividly displayed in everyone's body.
However, under the influence of the five princes, the Dayu Dynasty has not had any "chaos" Why is this? Because of this game of seizing the heir, it is the five princes who are singing, but it is our emperor who is really "" and controlling.
The emperor is raising Gu, raising an heir who is capable and qualified to inherit his throne. Therefore, the emperor put every prince in the position they are good at and show their talents to the fullest.
The balance is the rope that the emperor holds in his hand. The emperor will not allow anyone to break this balance, and if it does, it means that the emperor has chosen the right person.
The five princes have the support of many generals in the military, but these generals have also been implied by the emperor, and without instructions, they dare not openly support them. Thank God, he can't be a springboard for the three princes to get involved in the military department. Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Xie Tianci is behind the scenes, the important thing is that he can no longer be in charge of the Shanghai Water Division. β
"So you decided that Xie Tianci had something wrong from the beginning, and I was gradually led astray by you. From this line of the fisherman, the grievances between the fisherman and the princess of Changling are implicated.
And from this assassination, it is implicated that if Princess Changling is killed, who will be the biggest beneficiary. Undoubtedly, thank God is the most likely one. β
"To thank God for the military power, it is nothing more than an edict. But to think that Xie Tianci is the mastermind, but not only for these reasons, you went to Yanluo Island, do you remember that the survivors of the fishermen tribe on Yanluo Island were all poisoned, and the people who poisoned them were people they trusted and unguarded.
Except for Xie Tianci, who has been inextricably linked with the fisherman clan, who can do it? Also, after returning from Yanluo Island, you quickly locked up the Ningyuan business, although there is no evidence, but haven't you already confirmed that the Ningyuan business is Xie Tianci's shell business?
There are many more, such as three million taels of silver, which entered the Shanghai Mansion through Princess Changling's caravan, who else has this ability besides Princess Changling?
With so many clues pointing to the same person, can't it be determined that he is the mastermind behind the hijacking of official silver?"
"You can think of him as the most suspicious one, but you can't identify him. It is a taboo to decide on a person without ironclad evidence! If it is a gift from God, it is indeed reasonable, but there are still many doubts.
If the assassination was successful that night, the biggest beneficiary would be thanksgiving. But if it's thank God that is behind it, isn't it too risky for him to do so?"
"Risky?" Shen Ling shook his head with a sneer, "If I hadn't been there, they would have succeeded." Although I now regret why I was there, ......"
"Yes, but, you may not know who is behind the scenes, don't Xie Tianci know? Don't tell me, Xie Tianci doesn't know your identity, doesn't know your cultivation martial arts?"
"This ......" Shen Ling's face turned pale, he hadn't even thought about this question.
"Since Xie Tianci knows that you are here, if Xie Tianci is the mastermind behind the scenes, why did he choose that time to assassinate you? Or why didn't he send more forces? Could it be that Xie Tianci counted on that failure? There is still a doubt, that is, Guo Songling.
Guo Songling's identity is top secret, he has been incognito as a secret agent of the Great Inner for so many years, how did Xie Tianci know him and be able to find him accurately and send him to Princess Changling?
We have all seen Guo Songling's corpse, only a sword pierces through his chest. With Guo Songling's martial arts, how could he be killed by someone with a sword. Either it was under Guo Songling's defenselessness, or Guo Songling voluntarily died under the opponent's sword. These two conditions are not met by thanks. β
After listening to Lu Sheng's analysis, Shen Ling's heart was also shaken at this moment. Stood up and paced back and forth in the room.
"Actually, there is another reason that makes me gradually feel that Xie Tianci's suspicion is getting smaller and smaller......" Lu Sheng picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, "It's too easy for us to find Xie Tianci's line, after coming back from Yanluo Island, we found Xie Tianci's line so quickly."
The slaughter on Yanluo Island was so clean, the murderer did not leave other useful clues, but he neglected to leave the food. Moreover, it is a uniform style meal.
Was it because I was in too much of a hurry to dispose of the meals or did I forget them? If I had changed, I would have sunk them all into the ocean. However, no, we relied on these meals to find Ningyuan Commercial Bank, so as to lock in thanks.
If the mastermind behind the scenes deliberately locks our attention on Xie Tianci, then is the assassination of the Three Holy Temples also for this purpose?"
"Wait! Let me take a break...... I feel...... My brain is a little insufficient!" Shen Ling stopped Lu Sheng's words, paused and covered his forehead and fell into deep thought.
"Lu Sheng, if this is the reason, then who is behind the scenes? Who can lead us by the nose and walk around in such a big circle, but hide so deeply without 'revealing' the slightest clue?"
"Yes, this person is terrible!" Lu Sheng stood up solemnly, "If there really is such a person, it means that from the moment I came to Shanghai Mansion, my every move was under his nose."
Shen Ling, think about it, after returning from Yanluo Island, we locked up the Ningyuan business within two days. Soon, we found out that Dongzhu Auction House, a subsidiary of Ningyuan Firm, was a money laundering institution.
And when we just knew all this, the Ningyuan firm was about to be auctioned.
As a matter of course, we went to Ningyuan Firm, and saw the money laundering scene they performed in the firm. And it was even more coincidental that on that day, we met someone who wanted to wash away three million taels of silver.
From this, I was able to confirm the whereabouts of the three million taels of silver in the hands of the man who took out the fake Manita. I didn't realize it at the time, but in retrospect, where did we go?"
Hearing this, the cold sweat on Shen Ling's forehead burst out.
"If that's what you think, what a calculation and layout is this......? If he digs a hole in front of him, won't we jump with him?"
"Yes! At this moment, my sudden interest in the person behind the scenes is far higher than the whereabouts of the three million taels of silver. I even have an idea that the mastermind behind the scenes is probably not going for the three million taels. β
"What do you mean?" Shen Ling's face changed, and he asked in horror.
"Three million taels may be just an introduction, a bait to lead the court to intervene, and everything he does behind the scenes is the real layout of the mastermind behind the scenes. Thank God, Princess Changling, we are all his pawns. Step by step, he put these pieces into the chessboard to fight, and he, "", controlled it all until he completed his purpose. β
"The person who plays chess ......" Shen Ling's eyes flashed, "Maybe the person who plays chess is also in the middle of chess, jumping out of the chessboard he is a chess player, jumping into the chessboard he is a chess piece." Lu Sheng, when you said this, I saw this game of chess more clearly.
It seems that this is just a case of a group of robbers who hijacked three million taels of silver, but it involved two old cases.
Twenty years ago, the fisherman clan was exterminated, and eight years ago, the three heroes of Jiangnan and the princess of Changling had a grievance. These two cases have a blood feud with Princess Changling. β