Chapter 441: Abandoning the Darkness and Casting the Light
The prince, sitting in the carriage, finally got a moment of rest, but he could not slacken. He closed his eyes and rested, and gradually pieced together the whole picture of the incident in the telling of Yao Kui and Wu Yanzong.
Judging from the existing clues, Wu Sansi should have wanted to hijack the two noble ladies to threaten him. It seems that he has decided to show up completely.
But thinking about it this way, the problem is also obvious.
According to the tips he received, all activities targeting him have been carried out in secret, and now they are about to be put on the table.
Since this is the case, why did Wu Sansi still hijack Zong Airou?
Wu Sansi has made a careful layout and has open conspiracy, so why do he still have to do conspiracy? Something must have happened in this.
On the other hand, judging from the information provided by Yao Kui, this spy is Ningxiang from the Princess's Mansion, which also explains why the killer of the separation can be ambushed in the mortise alley where the princess must pass through.
It is impossible to be accurate with accurate time and accurate location without a definite source of information.
He and Yao Kui had the same opinion. Zhenli must have set his sights on Ningxiang early in the morning. In order not to arouse her suspicion, he first approached Ningxiang's sister, Que'er, who was wandering in the dust.
Now, Ningxiang's whereabouts are unknown, and it is impossible to tell why she was working for a demon like Wu Li. However, he guessed that it was probably related to Que'er.
Between the words of Xuan Qing, the boss of Liancuilou, Ningxiang seemed to love Que'er very much. She fell into the fun scene and blamed herself very much. She repeatedly asked Xuan Qing to redeem her sister.
Xuan Qing is easy to talk to. As long as she has enough money, she will definitely let her go. However, Ningxiang has never made up all the money.
Since Wu Li is in charge of the many pavilions in Pingkangfang, it can be said that Que'er's life is in his hands.
He lets her live, she can live, and if she wants her to die, she will die.
Perhaps, Wu Li used his sister's life safety to threaten Ningxiang and force her to submit. Otherwise, Li Jun could not imagine that Anle's personal palace maid would betray her calmly.
According to the confession of the criminal Liu Yang, Wu Li's initial plan did not intend to take the lives of noble women. This means that Wu Sansi sent Wu Li to attack these women not to take their lives, but to have other plans.
This is something that must be guarded against.
According to the news Yao Kui received, the Jade Buddha Temple is a place that must be investigated.
Fortunately, with the help of monks from Dacien Temple, the search work can be carried out smoothly.
Now, the situation of all parties has been basically understood. Just waiting for the news from the Jade Buddha Temple, the wheels stopped and the East Palace had arrived. Li Jun did not expect that there were still surprises waiting for him here.
He hurried to the inner hall and was about to hold Airou's hand to express his feelings, but found that Airou had not seen it yet, but saw Airou's father.
Zong, Zong Shangshu?
He was slightly shocked and did not expect such a scene to happen.
What does this mean?
Old Man Zong can understand clearly?
Come and surrender?
It's impossible. She communicated with Airou two days ago, and she made it clear that her father was still hesitating and did not make up his mind.
At this moment, why did you suddenly get up and run to the East Palace?
Could it be that the guards sent to monitor leaked the news and let him know what happened this morning?
He kept calm and went up to meet him. Zong Chukeyi looked embarrassed when he saw the prince coming.
He glanced at him and said seriously: "Shangshu Zong, what's the matter when I came to me?"
The calm expressions on Li Guer and Zong Airou's faces gave Li Jun a little confidence. It seemed that these two people had already negotiated with him.
Since that's the case, then go straight to the point.
"Your Highness, when you heard that there was a riot in the city, some gangsters kidnapped the princess' carriage and injured Airou, the old minister came to visit him."
Haha, he also knows that when he comes to see the children, he is still a bit human.
He held his shoulders and looked at Secretary Zong.
This meeting was purely accidental. He was completely unprepared and could not communicate with Guer and the others in advance. I don’t know how they talked with Zong Chuke.
However, he was always welcome to come. Thinking of this, Li Jun decided to adjust his strategy and calm his tone.
"Shangshu Zong, I think Airou and the others have already told you the whole story of this matter."
Zong nodded, Airou gave him an encouraging look. Alas, it seems that this time he has no way to take the wind and wait for an opportunity to move, so he can only follow the prince to do things.
Zong Chuke nodded cautiously, waiting for Li Jun's question.
He thought that with Airou here, the prince would never embarrass him too much.
"What do you think about this?"
Just as Zong Chuke was about to speak, Li Guer walked out from behind Li Jun and answered with a rush, "Brother Jun, Shangshu has agreed with me just now, and he is willing to provide you with information. Wu Sansi kidnapped Ai Rou on the street in order to threaten Shangshu to do things with him. He did this to detain Ai Rou as a hostage, and then forced Shangshu to make trouble with him."
She snatched Zong Chuke's lines completely. Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to express his merits to Li Jun.
This is great. The same thing must be different from Li Guer's mouth and from his mouth.
Zong Chuke frowned, and he was a little disgusted with Anle's excessive talkativeness, but he did not dare to have an attack, so he had to agree with him a few words.
When the princess finally said enough, he added: "Before, Wu Sansi wrote me a letter to threaten me, but I didn't submit, so he tried to kidnap Airou and threaten me."
He glared wide, his waist was very straight, like a messenger of justice, but Li Jun did not appreciate it.
Didn’t this person put his position right? His daughter’s disaster today is not all because of him?
If he had told him all these news earlier and turned to the light earlier, how could these things happen?
Now, judging from his meaning, he seemed to think that it was the one who got involved with him that was suspected by Wu Sansi, which made his daughter suffer.
This person is really good at making trouble.
Let’s ignore him. His first priority is to recruit soldiers and face the enemy together.
"Shangshu Zong, do you know that Wu Sansi has always had a relationship with a Hu man in Chang'an City?"
"I don't know this." Zong Chuke denied it without thinking.
He gave Li Jun this explanation: There are many visitors to the county prince’s mansion, and there are many people who do any business.
Except for Wu Sansi, these officials did not interact with these people, and they had never seen them at all.
Wu Sansi is very cunning. The connections in his hands have always been in his own hands. Even Wu Yanxiu, who is also surnamed Wu, doesn't know about it, so it's even more impossible for him to know about it.
Besides, he and Wu Sansi were united, but he was always very cautious about him. If there were indeed people who engaged in secret matters for him like this, he would not have let him know.
Chapter completed!