That night, Chu Ze specially summoned Zhao Si and Li Xing, two henchmen.

"Guys, I feel like something is wrong." Chu Ze said in a deep voice: "Why does a family like the Li Mansion target me, the newly appointed prince? There's got to be a problem. ”

Li Xing replied respectfully: "The prince is wise, what the Li Mansion is doing is indeed suspicious. Maybe there is some collusion with the Jin prefect who has already subjugated the law? ”

"Exactly!" Chu Ze's eyes lit up and said: "I suspected that the Jin Governor's Mansion had shady support behind it, but now it seems that it is likely that the Li Mansion is manipulating behind the scenes!" ”

Zhao Si hurriedly echoed: "The prince has insight into the matter, and he will definitely find out the truth." We are willing to do our best for the prince and completely expose the conspiracy of the Li Mansion! ”

Chu Ze bowed slightly, and then said, "Okay, the two of you will start a secret investigation tomorrow to find out the relationship between the Li Mansion and the Jin Governor's Mansion." Whatever the means, be sure to find me the evidence! ”

"Yes!" Li Xing and Zhao Si replied respectfully.

After the two retired, Chu Ze pondered alone in the study.

He secretly said in his heart: "Since I took office, the Li Mansion has almost been my biggest resistance. They made things difficult for me openly and secretly, and tried every means to frame me. There must be something hidden! ”

"This time, I have to hold on to their tails and dig out the shady scenes behind them, so that I can get rid of my henchmen and show my ambitions."

Chu Ze secretly clenched his fists, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He was determined to destroy the Li Mansion's conspiracy once and for all.

In the evening, Chu Ze personally came to the prison to interrogate the housekeeper of the Li Mansion.

I saw that the hairline on the top of the butler's head had receded a lot, and his expression was haggard, and his face was full of sadness, and he had lost his former majesty.

Chu Ze said in a deep voice: "I'll give you one last chance to explain the reason why your Li Mansion has been frequently smearing me and making small moves behind my back recently." Otherwise, I'm going to be tortured!" ”

The housekeeper was so frightened that he trembled, and he didn't dare to come out, so he could only kowtow and beg for mercy: "Lord Kai, I, I really don't know the inside story......

Chu Ze saw that he was still stiff-mouthed, and he would continue to scare him.

"You're still quibbling!" Chu Ze's eyes burst with cold light, grabbed the butler's collar, and said majestically: "I'll count you to three, and if you don't confess, I'll directly divide your five horses!" ”

"One!"

Beads of sweat the size of beans were already on the butler's forehead, and he was still hesitant to answer.

"Two!" Chu Ze's tone was even more severe.

"Three!"

"Wait!" The housekeeper hurriedly shouted, "I, I said it's not too late!" ”

Chu Ze let go of his hand and said coldly: "I knew you had a ghost in your heart, come quickly!" ”

The housekeeper's instinct to survive overcame his loyalty to the Li Mansion, and finally kowtowed and cried: "Back to the prince, in fact, it is actually because the Jin Governor's Mansion has shielded our Li Mansion in the past to mine copper mines privately, and now the Jin Governor's Mansion has been beheaded by the prince, and the lord is worried that his secret will be revealed, so he wants to slander the reputation of the prince, so as not to continue to track down the prince." ”

"As for what the prefect of Jin and the master are doing, I have a low status as a villain, I really don't know,

Lord Wang, you must believe in the villain.

”

The housekeeper of the Li Mansion continued to cry.

After Chu Ze heard this, he knew in his heart that the cause of the incident was that he had executed the Jin Governor's Mansion by himself, which touched the secret of the Li Mansion.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Xing and Zhao Si came to Chu Ze and respectfully asked for the specific plan to monitor the Li Mansion.

Chu Ze pondered for a moment and said, "You can first monitor the vicinity of the Li Mansion and take turns on duty every day to look for clues." If you catch the slightest suspicious sign, report it immediately. ”

Li Xing and Zhao Si hurriedly responded: "The minister takes the order!" We will definitely keep an eye on the Li Mansion, find anything suspicious, and immediately return to the prince! ”

So, they began to monitor the surroundings of the Li Mansion day and night, keeping an eye on everyone who entered and left the Li Mansion.

During the day, the two of them will hide in the houses on the outskirts of the Li Mansion to cover their figures, and always pay attention to any abnormal movements in the Li Mansion.

Li Xing thought to himself: "This Li Mansion is constantly conspiring, and it will definitely be exposed." I must keep an eye on them, present the evidence to the prince, and help the prince get rid of the big trouble! ”

At night, the two would hide in the shadows of the trees under the outer walls of the Li Mansion, waiting for any suspicious people to enter or leave.

Zhao Si secretly clenched his fists and thought: "These traitorous villains in the Li Mansion always want to harm the prince, I must completely expose their conspiracy!" ”

Day after day, Li Xing and Zhao Si continued to monitor, but they found nothing.

The Li Mansion was calm, and there was no abnormality to be seen.

Late that night, it was Zhao Si's turn to be on duty.

He squatted quietly outside the walls of the Li Mansion when suddenly, a subtle human voice came into his ears.

Zhao Si's spirit was shocked, and he looked at the source of the sound, only to see a few black shadows sneaking out of the side door of the Li Mansion, acting secretly.

The men looked around, as if afraid of being discovered, and then quickly drilled out of the city.

"Suspicious! Extremely suspicious! Zhao Si secretly shouted.

He hurriedly and quietly followed, shuttling between the streets and alleys shrouded in night.

I saw that those people were very vigilant, looking back from time to time, for fear of being followed.

Fortunately, Zhao Si worked hard and was never discovered.

The men walked briskly out of the city to a valley on the outskirts.

They burrowed into a cave in the woods, and the light of the fire faintly shone from inside.

"Got you!" Zhao Si was secretly happy, he was sure that there must be something strange here, the people in the Li Mansion ran to this kind of place in the middle of the night, and they could only do something unseemly.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Si hurried back to the yamen and reported the matter to Li Xing.

"How? Did you find anything suspicious? Li Xing asked with concern.

"Back to the prince, I found that a few Li Mansion family members secretly ran out of the city in the middle of the night and entered a cave, I guess there must be a secret of the Li Mansion hidden!" Zhao Si said excitedly.

"Okay, we're finally on target!" Li Xing's eyes lit up and said, "It seems that the Li Mansion is really secretly doing shady things!"

The two returned to the yamen and immediately asked to see Chu Ze, and Li Xing respectfully reported: "Lord, the ministers found out last night that the Li family went to a cave in a valley on the outskirts, which is extremely suspicious. Ask the prince for approval, and the ministers will go to investigate again tonight to find evidence of the Li Mansion's crimes. ”

Chu Ze pondered for a moment, a gloomy cold light flashed in his eyes, and said, "Very good, you have caught the clues of the Li Mansion." That being the case, you must go again tonight and find the evidence for yourselves. We must seize this opportunity to defeat the Li Mansion in one fell swoop! ”

"Do as you are told! I'll go there again and uncover the crimes of the Li Mansion!" Li Xing and Zhao Si replied respectfully.

That night, Li Xing and Zhao Si dived into the valley on the outskirts again, carefully approaching the cave.

At the entrance of the cave, several Li Mansion family members armed with swords were arranged, vigilantly patrolling the surroundings, for fear that someone would approach. (End of chapter)