"Please also ask Brother Zhang to show a clear way. ”

"Brother Xian, do you know the king of Pingxi? One of the three kings with foreign surnames, he is deeply favored by the emperor.

The prince is humble, thirsty for talent, as long as the virtuous brother is willing to take refuge in the prince, the foolish brother will be recommended by the virtuous brother.

At that time, the virtuous brother only needs to concentrate on studying and taking the test for fame, and he no longer has to worry about money, and he doesn't have to worry about failing the exam or how to go in his career in the future.

These princes will arrange for the virtuous brothers, and the virtuous brothers only need to obey the arrangements of the princes in the future. ”

"Pingxi King Wu Sangui?"

Liu Yu was listening seriously, and suddenly heard Lu Zhizhong talking about the King of Pingxi, could it be that the black hand behind Lu Zhizhong was Wu Sangui? So he interrupted Lu Zhizhong in surprise and asked.

"Yes! The criminal minister has always obeyed the orders and reprimands of the king of Pingxi, including the previous pursuit and killing of the adult, and also received the order of the prince, so that the criminal minister cooperated with the king to send killers to intercept and kill the adult.

Oh! Lord Wang is the second master of Yunmeng Mountain, his father is a close confidant of the prince, and he himself is deeply trusted by the prince.

In this assassination of Qincha, the prince asked the criminal ministers to obey his dispatch and cooperate with his actions.

The purpose is to blame the White Lotus Sect, and when the imperial court sends troops to suppress the White Lotus Sect, there will be losses, and even both sides may lose. In this way, the prince's uprising will go more smoothly. ”

"In other words, the reason why you can have such a smooth official career is all due to Wu Sangui?"

"Yes! The criminal minister took refuge in the king of Pingxi after the introduction of Lord Zhang, and when he saw the person sent by the king of Pingxi, he first gave the criminal minister a sum of silver for spending, saying that after passing the examination, the prince would subsidize the silver separately.

Later, he also found the past college examination papers for the criminal, and when the exam was about to take the exam, he went to someone to inquire about the character and hobbies of the invigilator, so that the criminal could do what he liked and stand out among many students.

After passing the examination, after a transfer by the king of Pingxi, the criminal minister was transferred to a relatively wealthy place to serve as the county commander.

Five years later, he was transferred to his ancestral hometown of Henan by virtue of the prince's relationship, and he never left Henan until he was promoted to the second rank.

The second boss hated Lord Shen and kept staring at them, leading people to kill the money and grain official, Lord Shen and intercepting the disaster relief money.

He threw Lord Shen's body into the wild to feed the dogs, and used Lord Shen's corpses to pretend to be Lord Shen for burial.

The coffin that was buried was filled with his cronies who were following Lord Shen.

Because the big man resisted fiercely and injured the second master with the knife in his hand, the second master was so angry that after grabbing him, he cut off his head and threw it into the lotus pond in the backyard of the mansion.

Then he found another person who was about the same size as his subordinates to pretend to be Lord Shen's cronies, and used them to lure the adults into the bait.

In short, don't let the adults find out the whereabouts of the disaster relief money. It's just that the criminal heard that the disaster relief money seemed to be lost, but he didn't know who made it, and the second master didn't find out after checking it for a long time. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yu asked: "Do you know where the second master has gone now? This time you were poisoned, and the Lu family was slaughtered, is it the second master's hand?"

Speaking of the slaughter of the Lu family, Lu Zhizhong burst into tears, crying and saying: "The criminal doesn't know, but according to the style of the second boss in the past, it should be his handiwork?"

As for the person who poisoned the criminal minister, it was the concubine of the criminal minister, she was supposed to live in the Lu family's mansion, but I don't know how she escaped?

The reason why she poisoned the sinner may be because she has hatred in her heart!"

Liu Yu knew that Wu Sangui was the mastermind behind the scenes, and Lord Shen was also killed by the second master he sent.

Listening to Lu Zhizhong's words just now, it is very likely that Wu Sangui is already recruiting troops and preparing for an uprising. It seems that the matter in Henan should be resolved as soon as possible and return to the capital as soon as possible.

After the master finished writing and stopped writing, Liu Yu asked again: "Did Wu Sangui say when he would revolt?

Lu Zhizhong shook his head and said, "The criminal minister has not received any news from the prince here. ”

Liu Yu then asked: "Which officials in the capital belong to Wu Sangui, and how many officials like you are there in the whole country?"

"Since the death of the first emperor, Ao Bai has taken great power, and the officials under the prince have been purged a lot. As far as the criminal is aware, only one criminal is left in the local office.

As for the officials in the capital, the guilty ministers did not know. All the orders of the guilty minister came from the prince, and he never had correspondence with other officials. ”

Liu Yu raised his head and stared at Lu Zhizhong, seeing that he was looking at him very calmly, his eyes did not dodge, not like lying.

Liu Yu then asked, "How many taels of silver have you embezzled during your tenure, and where are the account books?"

Speaking of this question, Lu Zhizhong hesitated. However, he still said truthfully: "How many silver taels there are, the criminal can't remember clearly." However, the guilty have bookkeeping.

The ledger is in the room of a concubine of the guilty minister, and the carved bed in the small air room is specially made, with a dark grid in the middle, and the ledger is in the dark grid. ”

After Lu Zhizhong confessed, Liu Yu asked him to lie down and rest.

sent the head catcher to lead a few officials to the lotus pond of the government to fish, and he took the master out of the room to find the account book in the room of Lu Zhizhong's concubine.

Soon, Liu Yu found a few account books in the place where Lu Zhizhong said, opened them and took a look, and the accounts on them were clearly recorded.

But flipping through it, Liu Yu noticed that something was wrong, although there were many silver taels sent to Yunnan in the account book, but the person who collected the cash was not from Pingxi Wangfu.

It was an unrelated person, whose name was unknown, and who had no contact with the Pingxi Mansion on the surface.

In this way, these ledgers and Lu Zhizhong's confession could not convict King Ping Xi of rebellion.

Liu Yu put away all these account books and Lu Zhizhong's confession, called a servant, and asked him to find Li Hengyao and a few people who were out.

After Li Hengyao and the others came back, Liu Yu said to Li Hengyao: "Guard Li, Lu Zhizhong has been recruited." Lord Shen was killed by the second master of Yunmengshan.

And now the headless male corpse lying in the coffin is the entourage brought by Lord Shen. The iron head you saved was fake, and it was deliberately arranged by Lu Zhizhong by the second master.

Lord Shen was killed by him and thrown into the wild to feed the dogs, and after so many days, I am afraid it will be difficult to find the bones again. The rest of the entourage were also killed in various places, and none of them survived. ”

"What?" Liu Yu's words surprised all the guards, secretly admiring the resourcefulness of the two masters, and marveling at the cruelty of this person.

"Then where is these two masters now, such a cruel and scheming person must arrest him. Li Hengyao said indignantly.

Listen to Lu Zhizhong: The two masters have left Henan, and he doesn't know where they went. But Benchin guessed that he had three places to go. ”

"What three places? Tell me, my lord, I'll go and arrest him." The guards spoke.

Liu Yu waved his hand at them and said, "Don't worry, listen to me." ”

Only then did everyone quiet down and wait for Liu Yu to speak.

Liu Yu pretended to cough before saying, "First, it is possible that these two masters are still in Henan, but where are they hiding? Staring at the movements of the government, but the officials of the government are not there.