Chapter 32: Committing suicide in fear of sin and burning down the Shen Mansion

"Get up."

Yu Chengzhou stood with his hands in his hands and looked at Wang Mingqiao quietly.

Wang Mingqiao immediately got up and looked at Cheng Zhou with a respectful face.

"How is Shen Simiao? What do you have to explain? ”

"Lord Huiyu, Shen Simiao has not spoken until now. But today, he is heading to see the second prince, and the lower officials think that he may be about to let go. ”

"There is another thing, this Shen Simiao secretly sorted out a roster behind His Royal Highness the Prince's back, according to Shen Simiao, this roster records that he has helped the prince and the rest of the adults in the court to evade taxes over the years, if this list is obtained by the second prince, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Wang Mingqiao said with a solemn face.

And after hearing this, Yu Chengzhou couldn't help frowning. This matter can be big or small, if they get the roster first, they will be fine, but if Li Tianqi gets it first, I am afraid that the prince will be punished.

"Shen Simiao, where did you say the roster?"

Yu Chengzhou hurriedly asked.

"I haven't explained it yet, but in order to avoid the second prince from suspecting his subordinates, his subordinates have already informed the second prince of this matter. My lord, we must get this roster before the second prince! ”

Yu Chengzhou nodded: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I will find a way to do it." It's you, I met you this time, because the prince has something to do for you. Shen Simiao's life has always been a scourge for the crown prince, but now that Shen Simiao is imprisoned in the heavenly prison, it is difficult for our people to get close, and this matter can only be left to you. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates know what to do, Shen Simiao won't survive tonight!"

Wang Mingqiao's eyes froze, and he said with murderous intent.

Yu Chengzhou nodded, and then waved his hand.

Wang Mingqiao gave up, exited the room, and left the teahouse. And Yu Chengzhou did not stay in the teahouse for long, but found Li Gan and informed him about the roster.

"This Shen Simiao didn't expect to be so guarded against this prince, Cheng Zhou, no matter what, this roster can't fall into Li Tianqi's hands! You can do it! ”

Li Gan also knew the seriousness of the matter, and immediately spoke in a deep voice.

Yu Chengzhou nodded and left the palace immediately.

On the other hand, when Li Tianqi got the famous register, he began to arrange for his cronies to go to the Shen Mansion to search.

Under the cover of night, more than a dozen brocade guards wearing flying fish suits swaggered into the Shen Mansion, and now the Shen Mansion is no longer the former Shen Mansion, and the Shen Mansion, which has lost its backbone, saw the arrival of the Jinyi Guard, and many guards did not dare to stop them at all, so they could only let them search randomly.

But these brocade guards turned the room, study, and even the ancestral hall where Shen Simiao lived upside down, and they didn't see the so-called list, so in desperation, they could only go back first and follow Li Tianqi's orders.

When Li Tianqi learned that they had not found the roster, he had a long night's sleep, Li Tianqi directly left the mansion with more than a dozen people and went to the prison, he was going to ask Shen Simiao in person, where the roster was.

It's just that when Li Tianqi just arrived at the prison, he found that the prison was already in chaos at this time, and an ominous premonition came to his heart.

Li Tianqi hurriedly quickened his pace and walked towards the cell where Shen Simiao was being held, and when Li Tianqi arrived at the cell, he saw a corpse hanging from the beam of the room and constantly swinging from side to side.

Shen Simiao, dead!

"Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on!"

Endless anger erupted in Li Tianqi's heart, and with a roar, several brocade guards in front of the cell came back to their senses, and when they saw that it was the second prince, they were so frightened that their legs trembled, and they fell to their knees.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

Several people's voices trembled, and they lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Li Tianqi.

"Didn't you want you to take a good look at him, why did he die! Say! If you don't say one, two, or three today, you all go down to bury him!" ”

Li Tianqi was furious.

As soon as Shen Simiao died, this clue was broken. Exactly where that roster is hidden, it is certainly not looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Your Highness!"

At this moment, a panicked voice came from behind him, Wang Mingqiao was a little panicked when he learned that Shen Simiao actually hanged himself in fear of sin, and then immediately knelt on the ground after coming to Li Tianqi's side.

"Wang Mingqiao, what the hell is going on?"

Li Tianqi looked at Wang Mingqiao with a cold face.

"Your Highness, this ...... This...... My subordinates don't know. If it weren't for the people below to report, the subordinates wouldn't know that Shen Simiao would commit suicide in fear of sin......"

Li Tianqi's eyes narrowed slightly, and a meaningful expression appeared on his face.

Suicide in fear of sin? I think he killed it.

Li Gan, Li Gan, I didn't expect you to be so ruthless and unrighteous in order to keep your secret, Shen Simiao has followed you for some years, but he still hasn't escaped from the palm of your hand.

At this moment, Li Tianqi knows better than anyone that Shen Simiao's death will definitely not be so simple, behind this, the prince must be playing ghosts.

It's just that what makes him a little puzzled is that Shen Simiao is in the prison, and the prison is guarded by his own cronies, so how did Li Gan kill Shen Simiao?

Or is it that among these people in front of him at this moment, there are people who are spies planted by Li Gan?

But right now, there's simply no time for him to think deeply about these questions.

As soon as Shen Simiao died, what could help him now was the roster. Or maybe he thought of something, Li Tianqi's face changed suddenly, he quickly turned around, and said sharply while walking away quickly: "Quick!" Go to Shen Mansion! ”

Meanwhile, southwest of Kyoto, thick smoke fills the air. The glow of the flames illuminated the otherwise dark night as if it were day.

Knock knock knock......

The sound of bamboo bangs and gongs was harsh in the silence of the night. Many people were awakened by the harsh sound.

"It's on fire! It's on fire! Come out and put out the fire, folks! ”

"It's Shen Mansion! It's Shen Mansion! ”

"Quick, get water to put out the fire!"

……

On the empty street, there was a crowd of people at this moment, and the people in the neighborhood joined the team to extinguish the fire when they saw the skyrocketing fire.

At this moment, Li Tianqi has already arrived late with people.

Looking at the sky-high flames of the Shen Mansion, Li Tianqi gritted his teeth angrily, clenched his fists, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

The brocade guards behind him were looking at each other, and each of them had a stunned look on their faces, but only Wang Mingqiao behind Li Tianqi was the only one behind Li Tianqi, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face......