183.Chapter 183: Think Twice
"Commander, the results of the interrogation are in. β
Zhao Qiuniang put an interrogation plan in front of Li Zhen and said with a smile: "This person is unexpectedly cooperative, he will say whatever we ask, and the content is very rich." β
Li Zhen picked up the interrogation record and looked at it, this person admitted that he was Wu Chengsi's lone wolf dead soldier, and was sent by Wu Chengsi to assassinate Shangguan Wan'er in Shaanxi County.
He provided detailed plans for the assassination, from which it can be seen that the assassination was indeed planned by Wu Chenghe, and Wu Chengsi did not admit it.
However, when who placed him under the column of Cause and Effect Alley, the word 'unknown' was written, and Li Zhen couldn't help frowning and asked, "Wasn't he placed by Wu Sansi?"
Zhao Qiuniang shook her head, "He just said that he was captured by a group of black-clothed warriors, and these black-clothed men placed him in Cause and Effect Alley, but who are these black-clothed people, he doesn't know?"
"Don't know?" Li Zhen was a little incredulous, and asked suspiciously: "I don't even know who placed him, will he stay in Cause and Effect Alley honestly?"
His subordinates asked him the same, and he replied that Wu Furong was searching for him everywhere, and if he didn't stay there, he would fall into Wu Furong's palm, and he would definitely die, and the other companion who escaped was killed by Wu Furong. β
Zhao Qiuniang smiled bitterly and said, "He said that he would rather cooperate with anyone than fall into the hands of Wu Chenghei again." β
Li Zhen didn't speak for a long time, it seemed that Wu Sansi was even more cunning than he imagined, he didn't show up at all, manipulated behind the scenes, and put Wu Chengsi to death, but he didn't leave a trace.
Zhao Qiuniang said again: "Maybe it wasn't Wu Sansi's doing, it might be Princess Taiping, or it could be that Lai Junchen was secretly manipulating, after all, we have no evidence pointing to Wu Sansi." β
"It doesn't really matter who placed him, the important thing is that the mastermind of the assassination is Wu Chenghe, and that's enough. β
"Commander, after all, there is only a testimony of witnesses and no conclusive evidence, in case Wu Chenghei does not admit whether he is alive or dead"
"You're worried about that. β
Li Zhen said with a smile: "If it is an ordinary thief, it is really inappropriate, but this kind of assassination case, as long as the assassin is caught, under the interrogation of the saint, Wu Chengsi does not dare not admit it, the key is to save the life of this assassin, I believe that Wu Chengsi is also eager to extinguish it." β
"Ignorance, understood!"
Li Zhen pondered for a moment and handed the report to Zhao Qiuniang, "You go to the palace and hand this report to Shangguan Sheren, you listen to what she means." β
Zhao Qiuniang was stunned, "Why doesn't the commander go by himself?"
Li Zhen sighed softly, "I need to calm down, think about this matter again, and sort out my thoughts clearly." β
Since Xue Huaiyi set fire to the large-scale Ming Hall and Heaven, Liang Wang Wu Sansi has been given two extremely important tasks, one is to deal with Xue Huaiyi's funeral, mainly to collect Xue Huaiyi's huge wealth and enrich the increasingly empty treasury.
The second is to prepare for the rebuilding of the Ming Hall, which is also a difficult task.
Wu Sansi is not tall, with a roe deer brain, thin and black, and his appearance is very unpleasant, but he is quite brainy, very shrewd and capable, in stark contrast to Wu Chengsi, who is fat and stupid and mediocre.
It is precisely for this reason that although his aunt Wu Zetian doesn't like Wu Sansi's appearance very much, she also uses him very much and trusts him very much, and some important projects are handed over to him to complete, such as building Tianmen, preparing for the construction of Tianshu, and so on.
Wu Sansi's biggest dream is to inherit her aunt's unification and formally establish the Wu Zhou Dynasty, in fact, this is also Wu Zetian's dream, she has considered it more than once, and she has chosen one of the two nephews to be the prince, but the people's hearts are towards Tang, so that she can't make up her mind.
But Wu Zetian didn't know that it was her hesitation that caused a huge contradiction between the two nephews, in order to fight for the inheritance, Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi turned against each other, each pulling a faction and tearing the Wu family into two factions.
At the beginning, Wu Chengsi had the upper hand, his appearance and image were much better than Wu Sansi, Wu Zetian also liked him more, and Wu Sansi, who felt a huge threat, attracted Shangguan Wan'er, who was also at odds with Wu Chengsi, and the two teamed up to design the relics case and the poison scripture case, completely burying Wu Chengsi's prince dream.
But Wu Sansi still refused to give up, he felt that Wu Chengsi would rely on Princess Taiping to make a comeback, in order to completely defeat Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi once again ruthlessly pit the vengeful Wu Chengsi, so that Wu Chengsi fell into the huge turmoil of the assassination case.
Returning from the White Horse Temple, Wu Sansi's carriage slowly drove into Luoyang City under the escort of more than 100 warriors, Wu Sansi sat in the carriage and pondered silently, although he had successfully put Wu Chengsi in the trap, but to completely eradicate Wu Chengsi, he still needed to make more efforts.
In fact, he has already done it, he handed over the escaped assassin Lu Wu to Li Zhen, as long as he presents this most critical evidence to the saint, Wu Chengsi will not be able to escape this catastrophe, but for some reason, Wu Sansi always has a sense of uneasiness, he feels that there is a loophole in this serial plan, but he can't see through this loophole for a while?
The feeling stuck in his throat kept him restless for the whole day, and he hurried to return to the mansion and ask his confidants for advice.
The carriage walked along the heavenly street for several miles, turned into the Lide Fang, Wu Sansi's Liang Wangfu is located in the Lide Fang, is a huge mansion covering an area of nearly two hundred acres, and Wu Chengsi's Wei Wangfu is on par, but in terms of money Wu Sansi is much inferior, everyone in the world knows that Wu Chengsi in order to collect money, in various places to collect fake children, so that he has a large amount of wealth.
Wu Chengsi's wealth is like a huge piece of fat, attracting the peeps of people including Princess Taiping, Wu Sansi, Xue Huaiyi and Lai Junchen, how to get Wu Chengsi's wealth is also one of Wu Sansi's goals this time.
The carriage drove directly into the gate of the mansion and stopped in front of the huge unicorn wall, Wu Sansi walked out of the carriage and immediately ordered: "Go and invite Mr. Ming to my study." β
He went back to the study directly, and just sat down in the study, the thin Mr. Ming appeared like a ghost, Mr. Ming was Wu Chengsi's staff, and he presented the poison scripture case to Wu Chenghe, and finally Wu Chengsi was dismissed from office and imprisoned in the Eagle Dog Fang.
Mr. Ming is Wu Sansi's person, and was sent by Wu Sansi to go undercover beside Wu Chengsi, after the poison case exploded, he was afraid of being retaliated against by Wu Chengsi, and soon disappeared unexpectedly, in fact, he returned to Wu Sansi's Liang Wangfu.
"See His Royal Highness King Liang!" Mr. Ming bowed respectfully.
Wu Sansi trusted Mr. Ming very much, and this time he lured Wu Chengsi to assassinate Shangguan Wan'er was actually Mr. Ming's plan, he knew Wu Chengsi's weaknesses too well, and successfully made Wu Chengsi fall into the trap.
"I don't know why, I feel very uneasy in my heart, I always feel that there is a loophole in this opportunity, but I can't see where the loophole is, can my husband teach me?"
Mr. Ming smiled slightly and said, "I can understand His Highness's worries, after all, this matter is concerned by the Holy Lord, and once the truth is revealed by the Holy Lord, His Highness will not be able to tell." β
Wu Sansi's brows furrowed, "Will the Holy Lord reveal the truth?"
Mr. Ming smiled, "Your Highness's worry should be Shangguan Wan'er!"
The so-called bystander Qing, Mr. Ming's words made Wu Sansi suddenly wake up, it is true, what he is worried about is Shangguan Wan'er, originally he and Shangguan Wan'er joined forces to deal with Wu Chengsi, but in order to fall into the well and completely hit Wu Chengsi, he did not hesitate to betray Shangguan Wan'er.
This made him very uneasy in his heart, he understood Shangguan Wan'er's methods, if she revealed the truth, how could she let herself go, Wu Sansi pondered and said, "Is it a bit of a mistake for me to hand over the key witness to Li Zhen?"
At the beginning, Mr. Ming advised Wu Sansi not to get too involved in the matter, but Wu Sansi did not accept Jian Yiyi, but instead sent someone to find the escaped assassin Lu Wu, and hid him in Cause and Effect Alley, and finally handed him over to Li Zhen.
Although this could directly expose Wu Chengsi, it would also implicate Wu Sansi, making it difficult for him to explain to the saint, and it was only at this time that Wu Sansi realized that he had made a mistake.
Mr. Ming sighed secretly in his heart, and had to comfort him: "There is still room for redemption in the matter, the assassin didn't know that His Highness was arranging it behind his back, as long as he can't confess to His Highness, His Highness can resolutely deny it, but His Highness must stop immediately, and don't let anyone have anything to do with this matter." β
Wu Sansi nodded, "Mr. is right, I can't ask about this matter anymore, it just so happens that the Holy Lord ordered me to rebuild the Ming Hall, and I put my mind on the reconstruction of the Ming Hall." β
Mr. Ming smiled again: "There is also a subordinate JianyΓ¬, which can make His Highness get a high evaluation in front of the Holy Lord." β
Wu Sansi perked up and said hurriedly: "What is the construction of yì, sir, please say!"
Mr. Ming said unhurriedly: "The Holy Lord rewarded Xue Huaiyi with a lot of property, but I believe that she has a clear record, and when these properties are recovered, I think the Holy Lord will send someone to check them one by one, and I will first find a way to get this palace record, His Royal Highness will check it himself, and then hand over the list of the property to the Holy Lord, so that it can show His Highness's penny of style, which is enough to make the Holy Lord look at His Highness with admiration, and His Highness's dream of unification is accumulated in such high evaluations again and again." β
Mr. Ming's words made Wu Sansi feel like an enlightenment, he was surprised and delighted, he got up and bowed deeply to Mr. Ming, "If he becomes a great unification one day, I will be the emperor!"
Although Princess Taiping planted a lot of eyes and ears around Li Zhen, Li Zhen was cunning and used cronies, until Li Zhen arrested people from Cause and Effect Lane, and Princess Taiping didn't get the news.
In the study, Princess Taiping was very angry at Wan Guojun, her face turned pale with anger, and she scolded angrily: "You useless fool, you came to report when people were arrested, did you eat them before? I'll ask you now, where did he arrest people?"
Wan Guojun's face was full of shame, he lowered his head and endured the stormy scolding of Princess Taiping, and he didn't dare to say a word, and after a while, he muttered and explained: "The level of the lowly position placed by Li Zhen's side is relatively low, and they didn't know about it in time. β
"What about Cui Shaoying, is his level also low, why didn't he sue you?"
Wan Guojun gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Your Highness, Cui Shaoying has been noticed by Li Zhen and sued him for some false news. β
"I'm asking you, did he tell you about the assassin's arrest?" Princess Taiping asked, pulling her throat.
He ...... It is indeed said. β
Wan Guojun bowed his head and admitted, but he immediately explained: "Actually, it was already too late when Cui Shaoying sued SΓΉ for humiliation, and it was about the same time as I got the news. β
Princess Taiping paced back and forth in the room with her hands in her hands, and the key witness was captured by Li Zhen, making her very passive, she originally promised to settle the matter for Wu Chenghe, Wu Chengsi was not only willing to follow her from now on and obey her orders, but also took out a one-time sum of 500,000 yuan to reward her.
If she failed to deal with this matter, Princess Taiping, not only would she not get a reward of 500,000 yuan, but she would also lose her trust in front of Wu Chenghei and lose this force that could have been in her pocket.
So this escaped assassin is the key, if she can catch this person, then Wu Chengsi can't be convicted even if he is suspicious, but her subordinates are stupid and incompetent, so let Li Zhen take the lead in arresting this key witness.
Princess Taiping was distraught, what should she do now? It was too early to go to her mother, she still had to find the escaped assassin first.
At this time, Gao Jian, a staff member next to her, persuaded her: "Actually, Your Highness shouldn't believe Wu Chengsi too much, what this person said is not reliable. β
Princess Taiping knew that Gao Jian was referring to the 'Wu family general', before Wu Chengsi clearly promised to dissolve the Wu family and merge the remaining nearly 100 people into the Taiping Mansion warriors, but Wu Chengsi did not keep his promise in the end, and the Wu family was not disbanded, but it was still in the hands of Wu Furong.
Although Wu Chengji explained to her that he still needed to use them to search for the escaped assassins for the time being, he still broke his trust anyway.
Princess Taiping snorted, "Then in your opinion, what should we do?"
Gao Jian said coldly: "My Highness should not be too enthusiastic, don't take the initiative to find Wu Chenghei again, wait for him to come and ask His Highness for help, and wait for him to fulfill his promise, and then help him." β
Princess Taiping thought for a while and said: "Although you have a point, but if we don't have a basis in our hands, when Wu Chengsi comes to beg me, I can't help him, I think it is better to catch that key assassin in the palm of my hand, and I am not afraid that Wu Chengsi will be disobedient." β
Speaking of this, Princess Taiping turned back to Wan Guojun and said angrily: "I'll give you two days, you must get that assassin back for me!"
Wan Guojun secretly hated in his heart, how could this kind of thing let Neiwei come forward, she raised so many private samurai, they didn't do anything, but they instructed Neiwei all day long, did she think Neiwei was her dog?
Wan Guojun was extremely dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to agree, and slowly retreated, Princess Taiping saw his dissatisfaction, pondered for a moment, and then turned back to Gao Jian and said: "I know that you will participate in the imperial examination the day after tomorrow, but I am really not optimistic about this duplicitous Wan Guojun, so please take the time to arrange it, let my Taiping Mansion warriors also participate in the search for this person, no matter what, to find this assassin." β
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