Chapter 12: Conspiracy
"I went to the hospital and took a look, but there was no help. The people of the righteous house will go over and collect the bones for him, and bury him tonight. ”
"He's a little steward, and he needs so much trouble?"
"It's not worth mentioning that this steward is a stupid person, but his sister is a concubine of Li Wancheng, and his sister ordered her brother's bones to be cleaned up."
"I remember, it's the old woman with the same figure as a washboard, and I don't know how Li Wancheng chose her in the first place."
In a backyard of Xiangye's mansion, the two sat opposite each other and talked.
The woman is a beautiful woman, with a graceful posture and exquisiteness. The beautiful woman was only wearing a gauze dress, and in the atmosphere of this midsummer, Miaoman's figure faintly appeared.
The man opposite the beautiful woman has a clear gaze, or rather, the man's gaze is dead and silent, like an emotionless stone sculpture.
The man was indeed emotionless, he wore only a coarse cloth shirt, his two exposed arms were powerful, and his strong muscles were tattooed with a wolf's head with crimson dye.
The wolf glowed with blood.
The wolf's head opened its mouth wide, and its sharp teeth were exposed, which looked very penetrating, but in fact, it was not only his two arms, but also his chest and back. Unlike normal wolves, this one lacks an eye. The right eye socket was empty, only a black hollow, lifeless.
In the teachings of the Northern Wilderness Blue Wolf God Cult, there are two attendants by the side of the supreme god Wolf God. These two were the opponents who competed with the wolf god at the beginning, and after the failure to compete for the god position, one of them was poked blind, the other was broken leg, and was subdued by the wolf god, and finally became the most loyal warrior of the wolf god.
The most courageous warrior of the Blue Wolf Divine Cult is called the Blue Wolf Divine Guard. But behind the Divine Guard, there are two armies hidden in the darkness, which are not mentioned.
They are the left and right guards of the blue wolf, and they are also engaged in the darkest things, such as espionage, assassination, and sowing discord.
The Blue Wolf Divine Guard prides itself on being warriors in the wasteland, and what they ask for is naturally an upright competition. Entering the left and right guards, he said that he had given up his glory and was dedicated to serving the wolf god.
They are the most dangerous and loyal warriors of the Cult of the Blue Wolf.
The beautiful woman glanced at the man: "What should I do if this steward dies, only and without the holy medicine come again." ”
The man said with an indifferent expression: "It's okay, the high priest has already ordered, there is no need to wait any longer." You just need to continue to bewitch Li Wancheng by his side and ask him to support the Great Zhou Army's change of defense against the Anxi Protectorate, and our goal will be achieved, and you can also complete your mission. ”
The beautiful woman snorted coldly: "Is it worth wasting such a big effort just to let him speak out against it?" ”
The man said, "This is what the high priest means, and you can do it." ”
The beautiful woman shook her head helplessly, under the sun, this courtyard is covered with wild grass, this is a small deserted courtyard, and few people usually pass by here. It's quiet here, and the beautiful woman is a woman who is a good woman, so fewer people come here to disturb you.
No one knew that this woman, who was almost no different from a plaything, turned out to be a person from the Northern Wilderness.
The man stood up and said, "You can scatter all the remaining pills." As for the counsellors, whether they live or die, it's up to you to decide. ”
The beautiful woman's face couldn't hide the mockery: "It turns out that I still have a choice." ”
No one answered her words, and the man left quietly from somewhere.
……
Li Wancheng quickly left the Zangchun Pavilion, and he didn't even look at the Liu Shenyu who was thinking about him in his heart.
He didn't want to have anything to do with the monsters, so in front of Tang Yun, he called someone to call Xue Niang over, and personally inquired about the relationship between Zangchun Pavilion and the Tai Sui Gang.
"What kind of bullshit gang, let him get out of here immediately, the old man doesn't want to hear anything related to that gang." Li Wancheng said impatiently.
Xue Niang was shocked, and quickly nodded yes.
There are many gangs like this in the capital, and the Tai Sui Gang is not the only one.
Li Wancheng arched his hand and said: "Lord Tang, you see that my Tibetan Spring Pavilion really has nothing to do with this Tai Sui Gang. ”
The clue is here, and it's almost broken.
However, there are still some doubts, such as why that Jin Wuwei was sent by the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion to be killed.
Li Wancheng's eyes didn't look like a fake, he might not really know, but Tang Yun would not be sure that this matter had nothing to do with Li Wancheng, and people's eyes would lie.
Tang Yun asked, "Lord Li, there is another thing that is not very related to this monster last night, and I need to let you know." ”
Tang Yun sent the manager of the Prime Minister's Mansion to Wuhou Shop and instructed the cell boss to suck Ding Sen to death.
Li Wancheng frowned, in fact, this matter is very normal. If you can have an official and a half-post in the Prime Minister's Mansion, some yamen will give some face, and arrogance is inevitable.
However, the murder of people, and even the matter of Jin Wuwei, this is not the most important thing. The key is that this happened in Lirenfang, and the housekeeper of his own family actually gave the Tai Sui gang a head!
Li Wancheng was furious in his heart, and he secretly cursed in his heart, which bastard was causing him everywhere.
Li Wancheng held back the anger in his heart and said to Tang Yun: "Don't worry, Lord Tang, I will definitely investigate to the end when I go back, find out this person, and hand it over to Lord Tang for interrogation." ”
This tone is a little weird, as if the identities of the two are reversed.
But at this moment, the situation is different, there have been two monster disasters in the capital in a row, and the empress is furious and ordered all places to strictly investigate. The power of the Demon Hunting Division is unprecedentedly huge, and even in some cases of Si Xing Temple and Shendu Mansion, the Demon Hunting Division can be transferred without authorization.
In addition, Tang Yun risked his life to save King Yan last time, and Tang Yun was faintly accepted by King Yan's family. Offending him at this time is not good for yourself.
Li Wancheng is a smart person, and he knows exactly when to say something.
"Then it's troublesome for Li Xiang." Tang Yundao.
After Li Wancheng left, Tang Yun and Jing Liang were also preparing to leave.
This is not a good sign, because they found out that this Li Wancheng was also kept in the dark.
If it was really Li Wancheng who did it, then everything would be easy to do. A person is never invulnerable in everything he does, and he will always leave some flaws. If you want to find a flaw, you must first clarify a goal.
Xue Niang went to see Li Wancheng off, and Tang Yun and Jing Liang stood up and prepared to leave.
Liu Shenyu was trembling all over.
Her eyes were shining, her lips trembled for a long time, and she suddenly stood up, walked in front of Tang Yun and knelt down violently.
"What do you mean by that?" Tang Yun's eyes froze.
Liu Shenyu hesitated at first, but then, there was only a determined expression in her eyes.
It seemed to have been suppressed for a long time, and Liu Shenyu's voice trembled a little and said, "I want to tell the adults something, about the ...... of this Tibetan Spring Pavilion."
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When Li Wancheng returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, a trace of dark clouds just covered the scorching sun over the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"The master is back." The servants crowded around them.
Li Wancheng's face was very gloomy, he pointed to the housekeeper who came up, and said in a deep voice: "Call all the stewards in the house, I will interrogate them personally!" ”
In a few moments, all the stewards of the house were called in.
The Prime Minister's Mansion is very large, and there are five stewards. Li Wancheng glanced at it, and suddenly shouted, "Where did Li Dayong go?" ”
Several stewards were silent, and the butler wiped the sweat from his head and said in a trembling voice: "Master, Li Dayong, he ...... He's dead! ”
Li Dayong's body was quickly carried up, and Li Wancheng couldn't take a look, so he asked people to quickly carry it out. In the middle of summer, the corpses had begun to decompose, and the smell was very bad.
Soon the steward told Li Wancheng how Li Dayong died. He is in charge of the business of the government, that is, some of the industries of the prime minister's house, and he usually takes care of it.
Just a few days ago, he went to Lirenfang for a long time.
Li Wancheng clenched his fists, and he was simply upset at this moment. If this Li Dayong is still alive, just hand him over.
But he died.
A prime minister's steward died mysteriously when he was just questioned by the Demon Hunting Division.
He is at a loss for words now, saying that this Li Dayong died a normal death, then he must be the first to disbelieve it. Someone must have killed him on purpose, but who it was, he didn't know.
Li Wancheng thought of being upset, and scolded the housekeeper: "You go to the Shendu Mansion immediately and ask them to send people, and today we must find out who killed Li Dayong." ”
"Yes, sir!"
Li Wancheng returned to his study in a distraught manner, as the right minister of Wenchangtai, managing many affairs in the world, and the six official documents submitted were stacked on the board, a thick stack.
In front of the table, there were two rows of ten seats each, and some people in plain clothes were reviewing the documents.
They were Li Wancheng's advisors and his retainers.
Most of these are people who are intelligent and quick-witted, and who have been able to serve as officials. These people themselves do not have the right to approve, so they can only write their opinions on a piece of paper and send them to Li Wancheng together with the official documents. As for these opinions. Whether to adopt it or not depends on Li Wancheng's meaning.
Li Wancheng flipped through a few pages at random, and suddenly noticed that there was something strange on one official document.
This is an explanation of the change of defense of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the original Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate was Niu Zonghao of the Shangzhu State, but this Shangzhu State has gone through two dynasties and is already very old. There are no unscrupulous generals available to his subordinates, so the imperial court needs to send troops to change the defense.
Niu Zonghao has guarded the Western Regions for 30 years, and not a single soldier in the Western Regions has stepped into the Central Plains, which is very stable.
Most of the good news came from the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, until one day, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate sent not the news of victory, but the veteran's letter of returning home.
After Niu Zonghao became a general, the ancestor was one of the founding generals of the former Qin, and his hometown was in the land of Beiyan.
He spoke earnestly in his old book, begging the empress to let him return to his hometown. The Empress burst into tears, and the court decided to approve her recital.
But this order was restricted by the laws of the Great Zhou.
According to the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor's will needs to be stamped by the governors of Fengge, Luantai, and Wenchangtai (i.e., the three provinces of Zhongshu, Menxia, and Shangshu in the former dynasty) before it can be effective. Otherwise, it is the middle purpose, and the effect is greatly reduced.
There was already a lot of noise in the court.
One side advocated changing the defense, because the Great Zhou army was stationed in the Central Plains all the year round and had already lost its combat power back then. The Western Regions can be used as a whetstone, and the guards are stationed back and forth, becoming a permanent example.
On the other hand, because there are many wars in the Western Regions, since Niu Zonghao has been guarding the Western Regions for so many years, let him guard it for a few more years, he can also ensure that the Western Regions are worry-free.
"Why do you want to support a change of guard?" Li Wancheng picked up the note and asked the strategist.