Wu Chonglie next to him interjected: "Father, the child heard that Li Zhen led a large group to Bingzhou, did he go to investigate the matter of his grandfather's mausoleum?"

Wu Sansi frowned, "Who did you listen to?"

It was Wang Zongyi who told the child that he was originally a captain of the internal guard, and he had just been transferred to Qianniuwei as a general not long ago, and he happened to be a colleague with the child, and he talked about it with him in the afternoon. ”

Wu Sansi also felt a little strange, could it be that Li Zhen really went to investigate the matter of his father's mausoleum? He looked at Mr. Ming in puzzlement, Mr. Ming pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "I don't think it should be, if the saint wants to give the courtiers an explanation, he will not send internal guards, he should send the inspector to the imperial history, which is in line with the rules of the imperial court, and the saint will also delay it for a while, and give the prince a little time to level the tomb." ”

"Then what did Li Zhen do when he rushed to Bingzhou?" Wu Sansi was even more confused.

Mr. Ming smiled slightly, "Didn't the prince say just now? ”

Wu Sansi suddenly came to his senses, "Could it be that Wu Chengsi hid in Bingzhou?"

Mr. Ming nodded slowly, "I think he should be in Bingzhou, Wu Chengsi wants to escape this catastrophe, the only way is to use filial piety as an excuse, for example, he fled back because he wanted to sweep his father's tomb and other reasons, otherwise how could he suddenly remember the trespass of the old prince's mausoleum?"

Wu Sansi then understood, he sneered and said, "I can't see that he is quite scheming!"

At this time, Mr. Ming was a little worried in his heart, Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi had a long-standing grudge, and he knew better than anyone else the cause and effect, if it wasn't for Wu Sansi assassinating Wu Chengsi many times behind his back, how could Wu Chengsi take revenge with such a poisonous hand.

However, most of those vicious ideas were his strategies, including the poison case that completely brought down Wu Chenghe, and he manipulated it single-handedly, I am afraid that Wu Chenghe's next step is to kill himself.

Although Mr. Ming also knew that killing Wu Chengsi would not be beneficial to Wu Sansi, for the personal safety of himself and his family, he had to persuade Wu Sansi to get rid of Wu Chengsi as much as possible, otherwise his and his family's lives would be in danger.

Thinking of this, Mr. Ming persuaded: "Lord Wang, if the matter of the mausoleum does not achieve the purpose of Wu Chenghei, he will definitely poison the prince again, this person will seriously threaten the status of the prince, especially the prince's plan to compete for succession, and he must be eradicated at all costs." ”

Mr. Ming is worthy of being Wu Sansi's confidant, he knows what Wu Sansi is most taboo about, the sentence 'influencing the plan to fight for succession', immediately made Wu Sansi's heart burst out of murder, he immediately made up his mind, Wu Sansi instructed his son Wu Chonglie and said: "You quickly take two hundred warriors to the state, one is a flat tomb, and secondly, you must slaughter Wu Chenghei for me at all costs!"

Wu Chonglie immediately clenched his fists and said, "The child will never let his father down!"

Wenshui County is the ancestral land of the Wu family, Wu Zetian's father Wu Shitong and mother Yang are buried in Wenshui, and the mausoleums of Wu Zetian's two brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang are also in Wenshui, Wu Yuanqing is Wu Sansi's father, and Wu Yuanshuang is Wu Chengsi's father.

Although the two were Wu Zetian's elder brothers, after Wu Shitong's death, the two brothers abused their stepmother and sister Wu Zetian in every way, so that they were later brutally retaliated against by Wu Zetian and died early, and the mausoleum had no status, no different from ordinary people.

But Wu Zetian was very good to his two nephews Wu Sansi and Wu Chenghe, named them kings, and gave them endless glory and wealth, Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi also secretly rebuilt their father's mausoleum, Wu Zetian actually knew that she turned a blind eye and tossed with the two of them.

However, Wu Zetian didn't expect that Wu Sansi listened to the words of the warlock and rebuilt the emperor's mausoleum for his father without authorization, which made Wu Zetian really unacceptable.

The ancestral house of the Wu family is located in the mountains and hills about fifteen miles north of Wenshui County, with Luliang Mountain in the west, Wenshui River in the east, and the scenery is very beautiful.

The ancestral house of the Wu family covers an area of about 1,000 acres, composed of hundreds of various buildings, large and small, the momentum is huge and magnificent, there are hundreds of distant Wu clan people living here, they have more than 100,000 acres of fertile land, thousands of tenant farmers cultivate for them, and the family will also get a large number of financial rewards every year, so that they live a very rich life.

At the same time, there is a military camp near the ancestral house of the Wu family, stationed more than 1,000 soldiers, responsible for the safety of the Wu family and the quietness of the ancestral tomb of the Wu family.

Wu Chengsi did not hide in the ancestral house of the Wu family, but hid in Wenshui County, he knew Wu Sansi very well, and he shook out Wu Sansi's old bottom, with Wu Sansi's ferocity, he would definitely not let himself go, and those clansmen saw the wind one by one, and now Wu Sansi is strong, and they will inevitably betray themselves with Wu Sansi.

According to the agreement between him and Li Zhen, he will first return to the ancestral land of Wenshui, and then be found by Li Zhen in Wenshui County, and Li Zhen will intercede for him in front of the saint, so that he can escape this catastrophe.

In the courtyard, Wu Chengsi paced back and forth under an apricot tree with his hands, it was October at this time, and it was the end of autumn and early winter, the trees were withering, and the cold wind was bleak, but Wu Chengsi was preoccupied, he didn't seem to feel the change in the climate, and he still wore a thin robe.

At this time, there was a rhythmic knock on the door outside, Wu Chengsi was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to open the courtyard door, and outside was a Wu family general guarding him, "Come in!"

Wu Chengsi let him into the courtyard, and then asked impatiently, "How is the situation?"

The warrior said: "Lord Qiqi, there is news from the capital that King Liang has taken the initiative to resign on the grounds that he is physically incompetent, and I heard that Yushitai has sent someone to Wenshui County to verify the situation of the mausoleum. ”

Wu Chengsi couldn't help but chatter, his eyes laughed into a slit, Wu Sansi actually lost his phase, which was extremely pleasant to him, and he asked again: "Is there any news from the Wu family's ancestral mansion?"

The warrior shook his head, "There is no news from Chen Qi's side for the time being. ”

Wu Chengsi frowned, he felt that Wu Sansi should send someone back to Wenshui County to deal with the matter of trespassing on the mausoleum, why was there no news? Wu Chengsi's joyful mood just now was once again overshadowed......

Wu Chonglie led two hundred warriors to the Wu family's ancestral home, and Wu Chonglie was also worried that Wu Chenghei would be alarmed and let him escape again, so their actions were also very hidden, trying not to let too many clansmen know about their arrival.

At this time, a tightly covered carriage stopped in front of the ancestral mansion Pingsong Hall, and several black-clothed warriors escorted a man with a big tie out, pushed him to the front of the steps and knelt down, Wu Chonglie walked out of the hall and asked, "Who is he?"

"Prince Qi, this person's name is Chen Qi, he is a subordinate of King Wei, and he knows the whereabouts of King Wei. ”

Wu Chonglie was overjoyed, the flat tomb was just one of his tasks, and another more important task was to find and secretly execute Wu Chenghe, so as to prevent him from continuing to damage his father's interests, the flat tomb was easy, but it was not easy to find Wu Chenghei, no one in the ancestral house knew his whereabouts, I didn't expect to find his whereabouts so quickly.

Wu Chonglie stepped forward and grabbed the man's shirt, and said viciously: "Tell me quickly, where is Wu Chenghe?"

"In the county seat, near the North Gate. ”

Wu Chonglie pushed him to the ground fiercely, "Take us quickly!"

Wu Chonglie ordered the team to gather, and after a short time, a hundred warriors quickly gathered, turned on their horses, and galloped away in the direction of the county seat with the carriage.

It was already dusk when Chen Qi was arrested, and about half an hour from the Wu family's ancestral house to the county seat, when Wu Chonglie led everyone to the city, the sky was gradually darkening, and a hundred knights rushed into the north gate like a gust of wind.

It was also a coincidence that in front of the small courtyard where Wu Chengsi lived, several samurai escorted Wu Chengsi and two concubines into the carriage, and Chen Qi lost contact, which made the guards' hearts a little nervous, and they decided to leave here and move to another house in the south of the city.

Just when Wu Chengsi and his concubine had just gotten into the car door, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves in the distance, getting closer and closer, and several guards suddenly changed their faces and shouted, "Hurry up!"

The coachman immediately whipped the horse, the carriage started quickly, and fled south under the escort of more than a dozen warriors, at this time, a large group of knights had already turned a corner, and the horses were like thunder, stirring up rolling yellow dust, Wu Chonglie also saw the carriage and guards hundreds of steps ahead, he was overjoyed, pulled out and shouted: "Kill!"

In Wenshui County, I saw two groups of knights galloping on the main street one after the other, they shouted loudly, murderous, a knight guarding the carriage unfortunately lost his horse, and lifted him off, he got up to escape, but was killed by the knight who chased after him, the screams resounded through the night, and blood flowed all over the ground.

The houses on both sides were so frightened that they closed their doors and closed their windows, and looked out through the crack in the door in horror, there was no such frightening scene in the county for many years, even the officials did not dare to show their faces, let them run wildly on the street, the south city gate was not closed, seeing the two teams rushing wildly, the soldiers guarding the city gate were so frightened that they dodged to both sides, Wu Chenghe's carriage and guard cavalry rushed out, only a moment, and the hundred knights behind also rushed out of the city gate.

Out of the county seat, the bumpy road immediately dragged down Wu Chengsi's carriage, Wu Chonglie's pursuers got closer and closer, and finally caught up with Wu Chengsi's carriage about five miles away from the city, Wu Chonglie shouted: "Kill me, don't leave a single one!"

Hundreds of knights quickly surrounded the carriage and the escort regiment, Wu Chonglie raised a sword in his hand, and split the coachman off the carriage, the carriage shook violently, overturned on its side and fell to the ground, and a woman's scream came from the carriage.

The hundred warriors were all extremely fierce, and they killed all the more than a dozen guards in a moment, Wu Chonglie pulled the car door, stabbed the two women to death with a sword, and dragged Wu Chengsi out of the carriage, and said with a cruel smile: "Wu Chengsi, you also have today?"

He raised his sword to kill, and Wu Chengsi shouted in fright, "I'm not! I'm not Wu Chengsi!"

Wu Chonglie heard that his voice was wrong, he was stunned in his heart, threw him to the ground, stepped on him, pointed his sword at him and shouted angrily: "Who are you?"

'Wu Chenghe' was so frightened that snot and tears came out together, and cried: "My name is Ma Xiulin, and I am a local, you see!"

He wiped his hands on his face, his eyebrows and beard were messed up, and he immediately became another person, where is it still Wu Chenghe, Wu Chonglie was stunned for a moment, he realized that he had been fooled, he grabbed the collar of the fake Wu Chengsi, and yelled: "Where is the real person?"

"I don't know, probably. It's still in the house. ”

Wu Chonglie was furious, stabbed this fake Wu Chengji to death with a sword, turned around and shouted: "Go back!

They didn't care about cleaning up the corpses, turned their horses' heads and ran towards the city, and soon returned to the small courtyard where Wu Chengsi lived, the warriors slammed the door open, rushed in, but the house was empty, Wu Chengsi had already left first, Wu Chonglie was so angry that he screamed, and slammed his sword on the door.