Chapter 188 Assassination
Wang Xiu hid the small box very secretly, but unfortunately Zhao Yushu saw him hiding it with his own eyes.
Then those little mechanisms were completely vulnerable in front of our Dongdu Thief Saint. Zhao Yushu opened the box, and in the dark without even looking at what was inside, he stuffed it directly into the storage bag. After putting the box back to its original place, he turned around and left the manor with shadow steps.
I wanted to follow Zhang Chun again to see who this kid was going to kill. If it was convenient, it would be nice to send him to death. After all, the two brothers really wanted to kill me in Jiufeng Mountain.
Unfortunately, it was not known whether Zhang Chun had not left the manor or had run too fast. Zhao Yushuo circled around for several times but could not find him. He had no choice but to go back to the Taoist temple to see what Wang Xiu's precious thing was.
"You bastard! Are you still a beggar?" Old Zhao sat on the bed, cursing as he looked at the stack of banknotes in his hand.
I don’t know what kind of hobby Wang Xiu has, but he actually puts the documents and banknotes together. Doesn’t he know that you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket?
After counting, the largest one was from Huibao Merchant, worth one thousand taels, and the smallest was from one hundred taels, adding up to a total of more than four thousand taels. Although not as rich as Yu Shu's inheritance, it was definitely a huge sum of money.
It's just right to fill my own funding gap, and then I can take out some of it to do some good things someday, which is definitely robbing the rich to help the poor.
Old Zhao happily stuffed the banknotes into his storage bag, then took out the two stacks of papers.
After looking at a few pictures, Lao Zhao's face became serious.
This is a summary of the Beggars' Gang's news.
A Yao was right. The two people who were best at collecting information in the world were, first, prostitutes, and second, beggars.
This information has been organized, and each piece of paper clearly states the time, place, people and events, following a standard template.
It ranged from a civil official in Jiangning having a secret meeting with a military general to a deputy officer marrying a concubine. And judging by the dates, this only happened in the last two months.
Wang Xiu sorted out three piles, but he took one pile away. Combined with what Wang Xiu said when he went to bluff in the morning, it was likely that the pile was the one he picked out to give to the prince. In other words, the two piles he planned to hide and not give to the prince were the ones that had a direct or indirect interest relationship with Wang Xiu.
The Beggars' Sect actually wanted to hide their intentions from the Prince by pretending to obey.
Zhao Yushu put away the papers. He basically didn't recognize any of the names on them. He would give them to Sun Wuyang tomorrow and see how much use they could bring.
A Yao and the three little beggars have returned. Zhao Yushu wanted to have a good talk with him, but it was late at night. Let's talk about it tomorrow and go to bed.
It was dawn, Zhao Yushu got up and had breakfast, but A Yao was missing again. Zhao Yushu told Wanqing and others to wait for him to come back before going to bed after seeing A Yao, and then he knocked on Sun Wuyang's door.
"Where did these things come from, Junior Brother?" Sun Wuyang held the two piles of papers, and the more he looked at them, the more sweat he got on his forehead. Although there were few particularly detailed contents here, such as the secret conversations between the two people, which the beggar certainly could not hear, but the fact that some people met privately was itself very telling.
"From the hands of the Beggars' Sect leader. Well, he probably doesn't know yet."
Zhao Yushu took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Is it useful?"
"It will be very useful!" Sun Wuyang slapped his thigh fiercely: "As long as the prince is out of the game this time, the academy's business is almost certain!"
Your idea is too simple. In the territory of the Tang Dynasty, if you want to kick out the crown prince, why don't you kick out the emperor?
Zhao Yushu curled his lips: "Then you can do whatever you want, Senior Brother. Oh, it's getting late. Do we still have to go to the Duke's Mansion for the trial?"
"Well, wait for me to pack up, and then we can go together."
Sun Wuyang handed the things to Lin Shan, and rushed to the Duke's Mansion with Zhao Yushu. As soon as they arrived, they felt that the atmosphere was wrong.
The Prince's personal guards surrounded the Duke's Mansion in three layers, and only let the two people go after repeatedly confirming their identities several times. As soon as they entered the Duke's Mansion, they saw the servants kneeling in a group, all of them trembling with fear, and a group of Jinwu Guards holding weapons were guarding on the side.
"What's going on?" Zhao Yushu was confused. This is the Duke's Mansion, why is it like a house being ransacked?
"I don't know, be careful."
When the two entered the hall, they were stunned. Li Tong sat in his seat with a livid face. The prince walked back and forth with his hands behind his back with an angry look on his face. Two people were kneeling beside him.
Duke Yue and his son!
Could it be that Old Wang has gone crazy and is rebelling?
Zhao Yushu and Sun Wuyang looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes. Was it inappropriate for them to walk into the hall now?
"What are you standing there for? Come in!" The prince glanced at them from the corner of his eye and shouted impatiently. The two of them hurried in and sat down.
After waiting for a while, the others gradually arrived. Everyone was startled when they arrived, especially when they saw the appearance of the prince.
Logically speaking, the prince shouldn't have arrived so early, otherwise even if they had ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to let the prince wait for them. But it was obvious that something very serious had happened, forcing the prince to come early to deal with it.
"Everyone is here. Okay, Uncle Shi, you are the elder and should not be asked to kneel. But you want to kneel, so you can tell everyone why you are kneeling."
The Duke of Yue bowed his head and said, "This old minister deserves death!"
"I asked you to tell me the reason!" The prince swung his sleeves fiercely.
"Wang Yan died last night. He was assassinated."
Damn it!
The whole place was shocked.
If it were just the first six words, it would be fine. Although the prince said that he would cure Wang Yan and then continue the trial, everyone saw the miserable appearance of Old Wang with blood gushing out of his body yesterday. After all, he was only a mortal. It would be normal if the prince failed to control the strength and died.
But what the hell is being assassinated? This is the mansion of the Duke of Yue! One of the safest places in Jiangning. A serious criminal of the imperial court was assassinated in your home. If you say it has nothing to do with you, the Duke of Yue, I don't believe it!
Zhao Yushu was stunned, and a person suddenly popped up in his mind.
Zhang Chun! If your father had the same last name as you!
But how did he bypass all the guards and kill Wang Yan? Even if he had the Shadow Step, Lao Zhao had no confidence that he could kill Wang Yan secretly.
What's more, there is an interior viewer.
Wang Xiu said he would arrange it. An insider?
"Duke Yue, please stand up first." The prince sat back in the main seat.
"My lord, your crime deserves death."
"It's just a poor guarding, not punishable by death. Get up!"
Duke Yue no longer insisted and stood up tremblingly. He was only in his forties or fifties, but at this moment he looked like an old man in his twilight years.
"Shaolin, you get up too, and help your father sit down." The prince gave the order. Wang Shaolin hurriedly stood up tremblingly and helped Duke Yue to the chair, then stood obediently behind him.
"Who is the assassin? Any clues?" The prince looked at Duke Yue.
Duke Yue groaned for a moment and said, "Old minister, I received news in the early morning that the dungeon guards were all poisoned to death, and a fourth-level cultivator was also poisoned to death. This person left no clues."
The prince took a long breath and said, "I remember there was an old man named Wuxi in the mansion."
"Old Man Wuxi suddenly left yesterday, leaving a message behind. No one knows where he went. He said he would not be back for three days."
Leave? Who could send Old Man Wuxi away? Does the Beggars' Sect have such great power? Old Zhao was in doubt.
The prince was silent. He seemed to see an invisible net that was covering the dragon like him.