"Your Highness, where are the witnesses?"

Shi Lei saw that many people had already walked down the mountain.

There were many people, for fear that Prince Zhang would mistakenly let the witnesses go again, and he looked very anxious.

"Far away, close at hand."

Zhang Junlin pointed at Xia Gui, who was lying in a pool of blood.

“……”

“……”

The Western Chu captives present couldn't control their expressions for an instant.

They all looked at Prince Zhang with the expression of a fool.

The dead can speak, they have heard of it.

However, that kind of situation is mostly used when investigating homicide cases and relying on confessions to retract confessions.

But right now, this thief committed suicide by biting his tongue in public, and the cause of death is undoubted.

I really don't know what Prince Zhang's so-called witnesses can say.

"Your Highness, but do you want to ask for a servant?"

Shi Lei couldn't understand Prince Zhang's intentions, so he could only help as much as possible.

Please?

Zhang Junlin also looked at Shi Lei with the expression of a fool.

Suddenly realizing their confusion, he slapped his head sharply.

"It's no wonder that Bengong didn't make it clear, this witness is sometimes more honest when he is dead than alive."

“……”

“……”

The expressions of the crowd were very speechless.

Of course they know that!

So, do you still want to ask for help?

"He will lie when he is alive, and he will inevitably be startled when verifying."

Zhang Junlin smiled playfully and poked the dead Xia Gui with a sickle.

"But the dead man is different, as long as you take him to touch it from house to house, you can definitely surprise the main messenger behind it."

As soon as this remark came out.

Everyone suddenly realized.

But immediately after, Shi Lei became worried again.

"Your Highness, there are nearly 100 powerful and noble squires in this Yang County, where did you start?"

"Who said they were going to touch Yang County?"

Zhang Junlin picked up Xia Gui's body, put it on the horse's back, and led the horse to follow the people down the mountain, while explaining to the curious Shi Lei and others.

"This Black Wind Village was ambushed on the road the day before yesterday and didn't make a move, and the palace was worried that the locals were behind the push, but after everyone exchanged deeds yesterday, no one was left behind in Yang County, and the Black Wind Village was not disbanded yesterday, and the palace knew that the driving force behind this Black Wind Village was not in Yang County."

Some things are blind.

Wait for that leaf to be removed.

Shi Lei and the others immediately understood.

Why did Prince Zhang not immediately suppress the bandits on the day he came to Yang County.

It turned out that he was thinking of winning without a fight.

As a result, after subduing the powerful squires, the bandits in Yang County still existed.

Knowing that the mastermind behind this scene made people hide deeper, in order to prevent changes, he directly killed the Black Wind Village.

The slow is slow, and the decision is fast.

With such courage and consideration, a young man who has not yet reached the crown has been merged!

Shi Lei felt that his heart was pantothenic acid again.

"If the Lord's envoy is not in Yang County, where is it?"

Sun Gengyu understood Prince Zhang's methods of dealing with Heifeng Village.

But I still don't understand, leaving the scope of Yang County, so the suspicion has become the magnates of all other cities in South Vietnam except Yang County?

Searching the dead along the way, the corpses are afraid to rot.

When the time comes, even the mastermind behind the scenes can't be recognized, how can it reach the point of shocking the other party and thus revealing flaws?

"Brother Gengyu, think about it carefully, we delayed our arrival in Zhenzhou, and escorted the grain to Yang County on the same day without staying in Zhenzhou, why was this witness thief able to instigate Heifeng Village and other people to rob the emperor's grain on that day?"

Yo.

Not bad.

Zhang Junlin knew that Shi Lei was a good person.

Rumble!

Sun Gengyu saw that Prince Zhang nodded and affirmed Shi Gongzi's statement, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he finally figured out the origin of this witness thief.

"He is a loyal servant of those powerful families in Zhenzhou who do not obey the prince's decree!"

"Congratulations to Sun Gengyu, you got it right!"

Zhang Junlin couldn't applaud when he led the horse.

Only a thumbs up can be given as a sign of affirmation.

"Let's go to the dean first, and see how many colleagues and people with lofty ideals have been recruited in the past three days, and if they are not on the list, the palace will come to the door in the middle of the night and greet them one by one."

Zhang Junlin smiled.

The Western Chu captives suddenly felt a chill on their backs.

Shi Lei couldn't cry or laugh.

He thought that Prince Zhang's killing two birds with one stone was a rare calculation.

I didn't expect Prince Zhang to know how to play with the question.

This time, no matter who is behind the scenes, after seeing this dead body, the magnates of Zhenzhou City do not dare to use the same means to toss the people anymore.

In order to prevent the "ghost" knocking on the door in the middle of the night.

"Your Highness, I have something to ask for."

"Shi Gongzi, don't use the word to ask for such a good relationship, just say it."

Zhang Junlin thought to himself: Are you forcing me to agree to you with your request?

"Your Highness, I'm hungry, can I walk while eating?"

"Okay! Go into the city to buy hundreds of catties of roast meat and share it with everyone, as long as you find the mastermind behind the scenes, the palace will personally cook for everyone to stir-fry and eat! ”

I happened to go to the city to change a few fast horses to kill Zhenzhou City.

That's enough time to eat.

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

……

Click!

Midnight.

The city gate of Zhenzhou, which has not yet been able to completely implement the decree of opening up wasteland and dividing land.

It's still closed.

cut off the way for the people who wanted to go out of the city at night to open up the wasteland.

The two soldiers guarding the city gate looked at the carts deliberately blocked by several powerful families in front of the gate of the city tower, and sighed angrily.

"I don't know when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to return to Zhenzhou City."

"I heard that Yang County has already cleared the wasteland and divided the fields, and many of the robbers who were forced to go up the mountain have also been assigned to the fields without blame."

"It's a pity that there are always some powerful people in our Zhenzhou city who don't eat hard and soft, and their methods are clever, but those who are greedy for wages are unwilling to go to the wasteland, and they also involve refugees and displaced people to suffer with them."

There is no shortage of people in the world who can see the reality of the situation clearly.

But very little can change the situation.

The two minions complained a few words and tightened their linen coats.

Seeing the moon in the middle of the sky, it was midnight.

In order to earn wages tomorrow morning, no one will ever think about going out of the city again.

When the two of them were about to find a sheltered place to squint.

Outside the city gates, there was a sudden neighing of horses.

"Open the door!"

There was a shout from outside.

It was like someone beating a drum in my ears.

The two of them suddenly came to their senses.

They looked at each other, and they both thought they were dreaming.

"I think I heard the voice of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"I thought I misheard."

The two were first shocked, then overjoyed.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here in Zhenzhou!

God open your eyes!

Their prayers worked!

"Who are you? The gates are closed, and we will enter the city tomorrow morning if we have an urgent matter! ”

On the castle tower, it was specially requested by the powerful families, and the soldiers in charge of guarding the guard questioned loudly.

Apparently I didn't know who was coming.

Under the tower, two small soldiers had already opened the crack in the door.

Look outside.

I saw more than a dozen light horses coming in the night, led by the black-clothed young man.

It is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

"Who?! There is an order in this palace, and the gate of Zhenzhou shall not be closed at night! ”

"But all the citizens of South Vietnam can go out of the city to open up the wasteland, and you dare to ask who this palace is?"

Faced with the rhetorical question of His Royal Highness the Prince, the sentry upstairs did not dare to respond.

Zhang Junlin took a deep breath and snorted.

"Open the door!"

"Otherwise, don't blame the palace for cutting off your heads and hanging them on the city tower, the palace wants to see, who dares to disobey the decrees of the palace from now on!"