Chapter 30: Temptation
Sure enough, as Li Zijun expected, the Turk-Hungarian mission soon left the city of Salat. And before leaving, Julie did not send an invitation to Li Zijun to accompany him, and the first tentative encounter between the two sides ended in a draw on the surface.
But not long after the Turquoise mission left the city of Salat, the refusal of Li Zijun to see Blanche spread, of course, mixed with various versions of speculation. Gradually, the rumors began to develop in one direction, and the first beauty of the grassland was finally interpreted to be born with a hidden disease, which also found the most haode interpretation for Li Zijun's failure to see!
This rumor soon spread throughout the Seine Peninsula, and Zuihou was more like being given wings and entering the capital of the Dongyu Empire before the arrival of the Turk-Hungarian mission.
Blanche soon became the main object of after-dinner chatter among the ladies of the capital, and soon the first beauty on the grassland was interpreted by them as a resentful woman. Such a development result makes Li Zijun, the initiator, a little difficult to accept!
Regardless of whether these rumors are true or not, Julie has no way to use Blanche to marry the Dongyu Empire!
"How can this kid do that?" Julie, who got the news, slammed the letters from all sides to the ground.
"I didn't see it, this kid is still a guy who will be revenged! But he punched the master to death! This matter is very much his scoundrel style. Boyle glanced at the letter on the ground and smiled.
After returning to the Hou Mansion, Li Zijun immediately ordered Kelvin and Felton to investigate who the master who tested him in Julie's tent was, and the two quickly gave an answer.
Boyle, the number one master of the Turk-Hungarian royal family! Although he had received the help of the Sheling Fruit in the process of cultivation, the fact that he had entered the Holy Rank before the age of forty was enough to prove his amazing talent in martial arts! Boyle had also had a very brilliant performance in military affairs, and in a battle with the Tibetan Empire, he led 30,000 people to defeat the 100,000 troops of the Tibetan Empire, which was cited as a moment of good talk by military circles. After Boyle became a sword master, he had been concentrating on martial arts for many years, and this time the Tuhrman tribe was on the verge of splitting, and Julie came to his knees to beg him, so he was invited out of the mountain, and finally suppressed the chaotic situation of the Turk-Hungarian Empire. He is Noski's youngest uncle, three years younger than Nossky himself, and this time he accompanied Julie to the Dongyu Empire for unknown reasons.
It was precisely because of the appearance of Boyle that Li Zijun made up his mind to destroy Julie and his pro-Jihua.
"Uncle, our Jihua is so ruined! Why do you have the heart to laugh there?" said Julie, who spoke like a woman at this time, and she took Boyle's arm and said coquettishly.
"The greatest pleasure of playing chess is to meet opponents who are on equal footing! If the opponent is always beaten by you, do you still have the desire to continue playing?"
"You're interested, but what about our Jihua? Edlaide obviously saw through our thoughts, so he would have resorted to such a scoundrel method!"
"That's why I think this game is getting more and more interesting and exciting!"
"Uncle, if we also send someone to release the news, it is claimed that Edlaide covets Blanche's beauty, and it is he who spreads Blanche's rumors, what do you think?"
"The people of the Dongyu Empire are not fools, they will soon think that these rumors are spread by us, and we are doing this a favor to Edlaide!"
Hearing Boyle's words, Julie's face became extremely ugly, she understood the truth of Boyle's words, but she was unwilling to be teased by a child.
"Julie, don't do this. It is certainly pleasant to swim against the current, but there is always a danger of breaking and sinking in the sand! You should not despise the other party just because he is still a child! You only need to look at the guards around him, and you can easily see that he is different! The giant clan and the dwarf tribe are willing to send experts to protect him, and change places, do you think you can do it? You don't really think that Edlaide is going to play in the mountains!"
Hearing Boyle's analysis, Julie's face gradually became soothed.
"Uncle, according to what you say, Edlaide's ambition is not small!"
"Always keep your head level so you can see what others can't!"
"The main purpose of our rush to the Dongyu Empire to pay homage to their emperor is to continue to form an alliance with them, so that we can have more time to deal with the internal problems of the Turk-Hungarian Empire. As for the rest, just by the way!"
"Uncle, what do you think of him if we spread the word about his choice of giants and dwarven tribal masters as guards?"
"You're still a little unwilling!" Boyle smiled and looked at Julie, who looked embarrassed.
"Don't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place! And Edlaide will not give you such a chance. If I'm not mistaken, he will definitely bring those guards into the capital with a swagger. ”
"Isn't he afraid that others will say that he is gathering foreign races and plotting against others?"
"If he had hidden it, maybe someone would really say that, but as long as he brought those people into Beijing, the others would have nothing to say!"
"Then this can't be done!" Julie was a little disappointed when she heard Boyle's words.
"Do it! Weishenme don't do it! He makes us trouble like this, and if we don't react at all, he thinks we're afraid of him! But the time and method of doing it are worth discussing, you can think about how to do it!"
Julie was slightly stunned, and then showed a knowing smile, she was really beautiful at this moment, and Boyle had a momentary trance.
Li Zijun unconsciously sneezed a few times, rubbed his nose and didn't pay much attention, ready to listen to Kelvin and Felton's report.
After the Turquoise and Hungarian missions left the city of Salat, the entire Hou Mansion began to be busy with Li Zijun's entry into Beijing to attend the emperor's birthday. But Li Zijun himself didn't pay attention to this matter at all, and he focused most of his energy on screening traitors during this time.
Only a very small number of people knew about Li Zijun's trip to the mountains even in the Hou Mansion, but under such circumstances, the news was still leaked out! If this traitor could not be found out as soon as possible, Li Zijun's side would be tantamount to being buried with a time bomb all the time, and he might be blown to pieces at any time. Li Zijun gave Kelvin and Filton a death order this time, and this traitor must be found.
Kelvin and Felton were both sitting across from Li Zijun at this time, but their expressions were a little unnatural, as if they had an argument before coming.
"What's wrong with you, is there any problem?" Li Zijun asked as he looked at them puzzled.
"We have a rough result of our investigation, but we have some differences!" Kelvin said, looking at Felton.
"Oh, tell me what you think, Kelvin, you speak first. ”
"Now we've established that the news has leaked out from Captain Whitehead!"
"Whitehead's wife's cousin, Ernest, was once an inside line of Earl Abigai in the city of Salat, and after Abigay's death, he took the initiative to seek refuge with Zacharias in order to avenge his master. Ernest was often haunted at Whitehead's home during this time, ostensibly to help his cousin take care of his seriously ill child. Before leaving the city of Salat, Whitehead had given some tonics to his children and said hello to his wife, during which he mentioned that he would be away from home for at least two months. After Whitehead leaves, Ernest tells his cousin that Whitehead will be traveling far away, and he also notices the fact that Cool Luck has entered the mountains. Eventually, he figured out where you might be traveling, and he reported the situation to Zacharias, who contacted the Night Elves on Zacharias's behalf. ”
"Aren't the Night Elves usually rarely assassinating nobles above the Marquis, and this time they will take on this task?" asked Li Zijun with some confusion.
"Abigay's ancestors once possessed a token of the Night Elves, who promised to help Abigay do something. When Abigai's son was driven out of the Seine Peninsula, he told Ernest where the token was buried, and Ernest used this token to finally get the Night Elves to take over the mission!" Kelvin said casually.
Hearing this, Li Zijun's heart moved slightly, but his face did not show the slightest change.
"Where are the Ernests?"
"After swindling Zacharias out of a large sum of money, he secretly left the Seine Peninsula and is now missing. Our people only learned about this when Zacharias was angrily scolding Ernest. ”
"Where do you disagree?"
"I think Whitehead was just an inadvertent mistake, but Felton insisted that there must be something wrong with Whitehead, and that was the reason why we had an argument when we were out there before. ”
"Whitehead has been serving as a bodyguard in the Hou Mansion for nearly ten years, and in these ten years, he has never made a big mistake. After Filton raised his suspicions, I also sent someone to follow Whitehead, but I never found anything suspicious about him. Therefore, I think Whitehead is still credible!"
"Filton tell me your reasoning?" Li Zijun asked noncommittally after listening to Kelvin's description, tapping his fingers lightly on the tabletop, seemingly casually.
"I have a somewhat different opinion than Lord Kelvin! I think Whitehead has a lot of suspicions. First of all, when it comes to this leak, Whitehead has been in the Hou Mansion for almost ten years, and he should be clear about what to say and what not to say. But he still mentioned to his wife about the two-month trip! In this regard, I don't think cutting off his head is not wronging him!"
"Then there's the time Ernest appears, and I asked the Whitehead neighbors about Ernest when he usually appears, and the neighbors say, 'Ernest is home at that time every day.'" It was impossible for Whitehead not to understand this situation, but he left just before Ernest arrived, and there was a bit of a desire to cover it up. ”
"Zuihou: I think there's something wrong with Whitehead's son's illness as well. ”
"Isn't it okay for someone's son to be sick?" said Kelvin couldn't take it anymore and said with some excitement.
Kelvin was Felton's old superior, and seeing him like this, Felton didn't know whether to continue talking.
"Kelvin, Felton This is just an analysis, not a conviction for Whitehead, whether it makes sense or not, it doesn't hurt for us to listen!"
"Young Master, if Filton is allowed to be suspicious like this, the old people of the Hou Mansion will feel cold!"
"Will you pass on what we said in this room? Don't worry, I won't arrest people without solid evidence!" Li Zijun smiled and motioned for Felton to continue.
"When Whitehead's son was sick, it happened that the young master was forming a coalition army on the Seine. At that stage, most of the old guards of the Hou Mansion were assigned to more important positions in the coalition army, and Whitehead was originally on the list of those who were released. The outgoing guard positions will be promoted, the income will also increase significantly, and with the state of the coalition forces at that time, there will be a lot of room for promotion. Therefore, the guards who are released will be envied by the guards who remain behind, but Whitehead is the only one who is not very enthusiastic about the release. It was also at this time that Whitehead's only son suddenly fell ill. At that time, Miss Jenny also specially sent a doctor from the Hou Mansion to visit the patient, but strangely, the doctor from the Hou Mansion did not find any cause. And since then, Whitehead has never asked the doctor of the Hou Mansion to see his son, and he has sought medical treatment from an unknown fellow in the city of Salat. Could it be that in Whitehead's eyes, the Hou Mansion doctor is not as clever as the ordinary doctors in the city? But such a person can also make his son's condition improve from time to time!"
"Whitehead's son's illness is sometimes good and sometimes bad, not sometimes better!" Calvin corrected from the side.
"Good, even if he's good and bad. But every time his son was seriously ill, he happened to be in the city of Zarat! Isn't it too strange that Whitehead, although he rarely travels far for so many years, does not always stay in the city of Zarat!" said Felton, unconvinced.
"These are all speculations, and there is no evidence to support your speculations!" argued Kelvin.
Hearing Felton's analysis, Li Zijun secretly praised him for such a subtle observation. Li Zijun has been able to determine that the traitor of the Hou Mansion is Whitehead!
It's not that Kelvin doesn't understand what Felton said, he just has been in contact with Whitehead for many years, and he can't turn this corner for a while.
"Young master, in fact, this matter is not difficult to verify, as long as we find the cause of Whitehead's son, we can immediately make a judgment on Whitehead!"
"How does Whitehead usually behave, and does he have any bad habits?" Li Zijun still wanted to find some more evidence, he didn't want to sentence people to death so easily.
"To say that Whitehead's rank in the Hou Mansion is not low, but he is polite to anyone, and rarely sees him arguing with his colleagues. He usually takes good care of his subordinates, and his subordinates respect him very much. As for bad habits, that is, I like to drink a little wine every day, but I have never delayed my business because of drinking!" Kelvin introduced Li Zijun.
It seems that after so many years, Whitehead's nerves have been tensed to a limit, and now the only thing that needs to be determined is who he works for!
In recent days, Whitehead felt that there were always people following him, and although the messages he sent were taken away, he never received any new orders from his superiors. Almost everyone in the Hou Mansion is busy now, but he seems to be an idler, and he is worried that he will be exposed.
During this time, Whitehead should have gone home early and spent as little time as possible, but he really didn't want to see that home, he didn't want to see his wife who wept all day, and he didn't want to see his son who had been poisoned by himself! He would sit in this tavern every day until he was drunk, and then he would return to his home full of guilt.
Whitehead suddenly heard a knock on the tavern door, as if a few people had walked in.
"The boss is gone, please be early tomorrow!" Whitehead turned his back to the door, he didn't want to see anyone.
The owner of the tavern knew him well, and when the other guests had left, he would leave him alone and go home to rest first. As for the cost of the wine, it was calculated until the next day, and the two had never had a dispute about it.
Every day, as soon as you hear Whitehead say that, guests leave. But today's guests are a little different, and instead of leaving, they walk in.
"Not to tell you," Whitehead said, turning his head impatiently. But before he could finish speaking, he suddenly froze.
Li Zijun, Jenny, and Anna sat down opposite him with a food box, and Anna took out a few delicate side dishes from the food box and placed them among them.
"Your son's poison has been cured! But he is so poisoned that he will never be able to stand up again! And the doctor said he was permanently infertile. I hope you have other children, otherwise, I'm afraid you'll be cut off!" Li Zijun didn't look at Whitehead, and said to himself.
Hearing Li Zijun's words, Whitehead was slightly shocked, a line of tears flowed down, and he took the wine glass in front of him and drank it all!
"You are also an old man in the Hou Mansion, my sister and I specially rushed over to give you a ride!" Li Zijun personally poured a glass of wine and put it in front of Whitehead.
"Drink it with confidence, there is no poison in the wine!" Seeing Whitehead's hesitation, he smiled and said.
Hearing Li Zijun say this, Whitehead's face turned slightly red and he drank the wine glass in front of him.
"You know what I'm interested in, would you like to talk to me?"
"Can I still live?" asked Whitehead, looking nervously at Li Zijun.
"Do you think that's possible?" Li Zijun said as he shook his head.
"Then I'm going to tell you?"
"You can come along if you wish. After Li Zijun finished speaking, he walked out of the tavern with Jenny and Anna. Whitehead hesitated, but followed.
Whitehead followed closely behind Li Zijun, looking at the backs of the three of them, Whitehead couldn't help but want to rush up to subdue them in exchange for his own life. But he really couldn't pluck up his courage, and Li Zijun stood in front of his house and turned around.
"You can keep a whole corpse!" Li Zijun then pushed open the door of Whitehead's house and walked in.
Only then did Whitehead find himself in front of his house, and he followed him a little nervously. He immediately saw a row of people kneeling on the edge of the courtyard wall of his house.
"Edlaide, I'm a nobleman of the Empire, you can't treat me like this!" Seeing Li Zijun walk in, a person immediately struggled to stand up, but the giant man beside him firmly pressed him to the ground. Although a strip of cloth was tied to his mouth, Whitehead could hear him clearly.
"Zakarias, my principle is 'If you want to hurt me, I'll kill your whole family'!" Li Zijun walked up to Zakarias and patted him on the cheek.
At this time, Whitehead also saw Zacharias's appearance clearly, and his face became extremely ugly.
"Do it!" After Li Zijun got up, he asked Anna to send Jenny out of the hospital, and then gave the order.
When the giant guards in the courtyard heard Li Zijun's order, they immediately cut off the heads of Zacharias's family.
But it didn't end there, and the guards stormed Whitehead's room.
Whitehead thought that Li Zijun wanted to slaughter his family, and he was about to rush over when he saw the scene in the room through the dim light. It was full of kneeling people, but there was no wife or son.
The guards took the people out of the room one by one like chickens and dogs, and cut off their heads in front of Zacharias and Whitehead, before returning to the room. After a few back and forth, there was no one in the room anymore, and Zacharias's eyes were bloodshot.
Seeing thirty or forty people in front of his eyes, and the whole small courtyard was filled with the smell of blood, Whitehead felt chills all over his body.
Li Zijun suddenly turned his head to look at him at this moment, and then waved his arm, and Zacharias, who had been tortured, could finally rest in peace!
"Can you tell me what I want to know now?" Li Zijun said coldly as he looked at Whitehead.
Whitehead couldn't say a word, only nodded vigorously, and then fell to the ground softly!
Soon Whitehead told everything he knew, and a large net hidden around Li Zijun was dug up by Felton.
Li Zijun was not the slightest merciful to these people, and he sent them all back to the arms of the god of the underworld.
At the same time, Li Zijun also sent the corpses of these people to Zacharias's territory, and they naturally became the culprits behind the extermination of Viscount Zacharias! As for whether anyone believes it, that is no longer something that Li Zijun needs to care about!
Li Zijun really didn't expect that Whitehead was actually the eldest prince's subordinate! He had always thought that among all the princes, only the ninth prince wanted his own life. Now it seems that his life is far more popular than imagined!
The eldest prince always wanted to have a good relationship with Li Zijun in the past, but this time he suddenly asked Whitehead to leak his whereabouts, he weishenme will have such a change, could it be that what has changed in the capital?
Li Zijun is now looking forward to his trip to the capital!