Chapter 9: The Nine Princes Lost Again
At this moment, Taishi Xu rushed over, he walked to the door to block Wu Shuang and forbade him to venture forward, and said to Cao Kun, the ninth prince:
"Lord Wang, what does this mean?"
The Nine Princes Cao Kun smiled on the horse, tapped the horsewhip on his hand comfortably, and said:
"I came here today to visit the old lady, I really didn't expect that before I entered the door, I ran into Wu Shuang and She Gang, two court criminals, this is really stepping on the iron shoes and nowhere to find, and it takes no effort to get there! What is going on, the two of them will actually come out of your house?"
"Do you want to know the reason?" asked Mrs. Xu coldly.
"Of course I want to!" Cao Kun, the Ninth Prince, laughed, as if he had found that Xu Taishi's clothes were torn and he had inadvertently caught a glimpse of his buttocks, he said, "That's too much!"
"Wu Shaoxia came today, mainly to tell me who is the real culprit who killed Dutong Zhao Heng!" "Taishi Xu now completely believed Wu Shuang, he said, "Moreover, he also told me who the person who plotted against me was!"
When the Ninth Prince, Cao Kun, heard this, he couldn't help but be a little frightened for a while, after all, he had poked the real secret in his heart, and this was also a secret that he was unwilling to reveal to others; however, the other party seemed to have conclusive evidence, how could this not make him feel afraid! The Ninth Prince, Cao Kun, hesitated for a moment, and then laughed and said:
"Xu Liang, you don't play tricks in front of this king today! You must know that as an important minister of the imperial court, harboring Qin criminals is also going to be connected to the Nine Clans!"
Xu Taishi knew that with this alone, the other party could completely defeat him, but no matter what, he could not admit that Wu Shuang and She Gang were guilty. He had to take a risk, and he said:
"Nine Princes, you can let your farts go wild, but don't talk nonsense, otherwise, if it reaches the ears of the saint, it will become a deception!"
"Why am I talking nonsense?"
"Wu Shuang and She Gang, two young heroes, were indeed mistaken by the government some time ago as thieves who stole the treasury silver," Xu Taishi said calmly, "However, today they brought the plaintiff Alai to the mansion to clarify the facts, and confessed to the mastermind behind the scenes! So, now, I remind the prince to pay attention to the wording when speaking!" Seeing that the other party was panicked, Xu Taishi whispered to Wu Shuang behind him without changing his face, "Wu Shaoxia, don't let them know later, Alai is dead!"
At this point, Wu Shuang finally realized the sincerity of the Taishi. So he hummed quietly to show that he understood.
At this moment, Qu Jugong, the former military captain behind the Nine Princes Cao Kun, whispered behind him:
"Lord, just ask him where the plaintiff is?" because the assassin just now was instructed by Qu Jugong.
As soon as Cao Kun, the ninth prince, heard this, he really asked the master loudly:
"What about the plaintiff, Alai?"
"Oh, you're going to ask me where the plaintiff is Alai!" Mrs. Xu smiled, thinking to himself that you actually named me and asked me where the plaintiff is, which is enough to prove that you already know about this matter! He said calmly, "Then I want to ask, what right do you have to ask this question?"
The Ninth Prince, Cao Kun, was speechless for a while, in fact, he really had no right to intervene in this matter! First, he was not the relevant person in charge of this case, and second, he did not have the actual authority to inquire about the affairs of the Taishi, an official of the first rank of the dynasty, unless it was approved by the emperor, that was another matter!
For this reason, the ninth prince Cao Kun had to say:
"It's okay to ask!"
Immediately, he added:
"If you don't want to say it, forget it!
This is already the words of the Nine Princes Cao Kun admitting defeat, what a wise person the Taishi Xu Liang is, of course he knows that he will retreat at the right time! Therefore he said:
"Actually, there's nothing you can't say, it's just that there are a lot of people here, and I'm afraid that those villains who are plotting against me will listen to them, but they will say good things as bad things, which is not good!"
"That's!" Cao Kun, the Ninth Prince, had no choice but to fake a laugh and said, "After all, this kind of case is a very important matter, and it can't be said openly under ordinary circumstances!"
Later, he asked:
"Then Taishi, for the huge corruption case of Henan Governor Wang Zhi's father and son, should he be punished for a few days?"
"I don't have to ask the prince about this matter!" the master said, "I am about to go to the court to face the king and clarify the rights and wrongs with the saint face to face!"
"Oh! I see. Seeing that Cao Kun, the ninth prince, couldn't get a bargain here, his heart was already angry, but his face was silent, and he said, "Since this is the case, this king will not bother and say goodbye!"
Halfway through, he suddenly reined in his horse, raised his whip, and chased after the former lieutenant of the army, and scolded at the same time:
"You bastard! It's so unhelpful to do something, and you lie to me that it's all right, it's done!"
Qu Jugong was beaten to the point of running around the tree, while wailing:
"The prince is angry, the prince is angry......"
Under the persuasion of everyone, the ninth prince Cao Kun also slowly restrained his anger, but Qu Jugong was like a dog that was frightened by his master, standing far away and not daring to approach, the prince saw it and became angry again, so he pointed at him with a whip and said sharply:
"Go, get me the assassin!"
In fact, the assassin had been following the team just now, and when he saw that the prince was angrily beating the former lieutenant Qu Jugong, he was frightened, so he sneaked away while the people were unprepared!
After a while, a messenger ran to the Nine Princes and told him that the assassin had fled in fear of crime!
When the Ninth Prince Cao Kun heard this, he shouted again:
"What about Qu Jugong? What about the others? Why didn't he come and tell me! Go and call him over!"
"He didn't dare come over to the prince!" said the arraiser.
So, Cao Kun turned around and saw Qu Jugong on the edge of the team, standing there tremblingly looking at him. Then he pointed his whip at him angrily and said:
"If you can't find the assassin, come to me!"
After that, he went away with his anger and anger.
Seeing that they were far away, Taishi Xu turned around and said to Wu Shuang:
"Wu Shaoxia, you also saw it just now, the Nine Princes Cao Kun is overpowering!"
"This Ninth Prince, Cao Kun, is arrogant, as if he came prepared," Wu Shuang said, "Could it be that they know about Alai's assassination just now?"
"That's right!" said Master Xu, "Most likely, the assassins were at their behest!"
"In that case, we can only be expedient!" Wu Shuang said.
"That's why I need your help more now!"
Wu Shuang already knew the sincerity of the Taishi, so he generously clasped his fists and saluted:
"I would like to listen to my lordship!"
Master Xu said leisurely:
"I am afraid that as soon as the plaintiff Alai dies, due to insufficient evidence, he will not be able to rescue Governor Wang's father and son from prison; in this way, they will force me to execute the 'beheading' that the emperor angrily criticizes, and the persecution will be endless!
"Then what should we do, the master commands!"
"When there is no other choice, the best way is to rob the prison!"
When She Gang heard this, he said excitedly:
"Okay, when will you do it?"
"After I change the guard of the capital prison, you will do it immediately, and I will arrange for Steward Xiao to send it to you at that time!"
"Please rest assured, we will definitely go all out to rescue Lord Wang's father and son!" Wu Shuang finally said.
After that, the two of them drove the carriage and left the Taishi Mansion with Alai's corpse.
After Wu Shuang and She Gang left, Xu Taishi quickly sent someone to secretly recruit his confidant Fan Shangwu, the commander of Luoyang, to the Taishi Mansion, and told him his thoughts on rescuing the father and son of Wang Zhi, the governor of Henan.
After hearing this, Fan Shangwu immediately said:
"Then the lower official will first go and change the defense in the capital prison, and then tell Wu Shuang to enter from which door and which way to exit, and change the guard of the door to his own people, so that nothing goes wrong!"
"Very good, just do it according to your plan!" Xu Taishi said decisively, "You hurry up and draw the action steps and the entry and exit routes into a book, and I will send someone to Wu Shuang and them!"
Luoyang ordered Fan Shangwu to say goodbye to Xu Taishi, and immediately rushed to the government office to dispatch personnel.
At this time, it was almost noon, and it was only four hours before the order issued by the Taishi yesterday: Shen Shi punctually questioned and punished Wang Zhi, the governor of Henan, and his son; in these four hours, it was by no means a simple matter to complete all the changes of guard in the prison and arrange the relevant personnel.
Not only that, but on the way back, Cao Kun, the ninth prince, had already made a plan, and he said to the ten accompanying generals:
"Later, no matter what Xu Liang does with Wang Zhi's father and son, we can't let him get out of prison alive, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable, and our plan will be lost!"
For this reason, Cao Kun, the ninth prince, also sent people to the prison to murder Wang Zhi's father and son. (To be continued.) )