Chapter 189 Trapped Beast
Even if Wang Yan was alive, he might not utter a word, but now that he is dead, he can't utter a word even if he wants to.
He is the biggest and most important witness. If he dies, and if other people are arrested, they can also die.
It seemed as if a voice was telling the prince: Stop it, go back to your Xijing, you can't move here.
The prince looked at the Duke of Yue. Prince Fu's power was in the Eastern Capital, and he didn't have the strength to extend his arm to Jiangning, otherwise he would not have sent Li Tong in person; the academy had always been troublesome, but the Jiangning Academy was not the Nanyang Academy, and they were not their own people.
Is it still you, Duke of Yue?
But if it was really done by Duke Yue, killing the witness in his own house, what's the difference between this and directly tearing each other apart?
Is he really so brave that he bets that he dare not touch him?
"Shaolin, now that the matter here is over, are you interested in following me to Xijing to study for a few years?" The prince suddenly spoke, seemingly irrelevant.
Wang Shaolin was startled and subconsciously looked at his father.
"Your Highness, you are so kind. Why are you hesitating?" Duke Yue shouted, and Wang Shaolin knelt down hurriedly: "Your Highness, thank you!"
The prince bit his lip. Did he really not care about his only son? Or was I wrong?
"Li Tong, what do you think?" The prince began to change his target.
"Check." Li Tong blurted out a word without even raising his head.
Nonsense! Everyone knows that we need to check, the question is how to check.
"Where's Mr. Six?"
It's my turn now. Zhao Yushu cleared his throat and said, "Your Highness, have you forgotten something?"
The prince was quite displeased: "What's the matter?"
"You came to Jiangning, you took the initiative to invite me to go boating, and you took the initiative to invite me to try the case. But I still don't understand, Wang Yan, what does it have to do with me?"
Duke Yue and Li Tong looked up at him at the same time. Playing dumb? Aren't you a representative of the academy? Doesn't the academy want to share the money?
But on second thought, Zhao Yushu never expressed from the beginning to the end that he was the representative of the academy, let alone the matter of money. The academy's official representatives have always been the couple Sun Wuyang and Lin Shan.
The prince opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time. Suddenly he laughed at himself: "Haha, hahahaha, it's my fault. Then Mr. Liu, could you condescend to tell us what you think?"
"Okay, I'm a famous detective in Dongdu." Zhao Yushu took out his folding fan and patted his palms.
No one knew what a famous detective was, but judging by his looks it must be a shameless boast.
"First, let's talk about the motive. Who has the motive to kill Wang Yan? Oh, motive means intention. In other words, who wants Wang Yan to die the most?"
The prince thought for a moment and said, "Of course it's those who embezzled the salt tax."
"Secondly, who has the ability to kill Wang Yan? After all, this is the Duke's Mansion, not a public toilet where you can come and go as you please. Oh, a public toilet is a toilet."
"How dare you!" Wang Shaolin was immediately furious and was pinned down by Duke Yue.
"Yes, although my mansion is not impregnable, it is still not easy to get in and kill someone. I understand that even if the assassin is not from my mansion, there must be someone inside, so I am willing to be punished."
Old man, you are so humble that I can’t press on to take advantage of your victory.
"Also, if they can get into the Duke's Mansion, then they can also get into the government jail. Why didn't they kill him before, but now?"
The prince snorted coldly: "Of course, I will find out something soon."
"Well, wouldn't it be better to kill him before the prince arrives?"
"They don't know I'm coming!"
"That's right," Zhao Yushu smiled slightly, "The prince concealed his itinerary and came to Jiangning in secret. Whoever he was guarding against must be the murderer."
Everyone was startled. Zhao Yushu stared at the prince's eyes, and then saw as he wished, the prince subconsciously glanced at someone.
Even if it was just for a moment, Zhao Yushu lowered his head, and it was just as he expected.
"Uncle! I'll leave a team of Jinwu Guards for you, and call a fifth-layer cultivator. The assassins can come and go freely, so there must be an insider. Uncle, find out the insider as soon as possible!"
"My lord, take your orders!"
In name it was assistance, but in reality everyone knew it was surveillance. However, since such a thing happened in Duke Yue's own yard, not sending him directly to jail was already considered polite.
"Everyone go away and wait until the assassin is caught." The prince waved his hand impatiently and walked out.
On the way back, Sun Wuyang was worried: "Brother, what do you think about this?"
"Well, someone slapped the prince hard. If the prince doesn't retaliate, then his trip would be in vain."
"Revenge on whom? We don't even know who the assassin is."
"We don't need to know who it is, as long as he doesn't like someone."
"What about us?"
"We still have to go back in line."
Sun Wuyang was puzzled: "How can you be so sure?"
"He tested me, and I fought back directly. On the one hand, it cleared me of suspicion and showed that I was too lazy to bother with their trivial matters. On the other hand, it was also a demonstration. Don't mess with me. If you mess with me, I won't give you face even if you are the crown prince."
Sun Wuyang suddenly realized: "Who will the prince attack first?"
Zhao Yushu touched his chin and said, "I guess it will be the governor of Jiangning."
The governor of Jiangning was the prince's man, at least that's what the prince thought when he was swimming in the river.
But two days later, the prince found that he was a little naive. The area of Jiangning seemed a little different from Xijing.
Everyone seems respectful on the surface and does what they say, but why do I always feel there is an invisible resistance when I want to do something?
In that case, let’s teach these people a lesson and let them know the price of stopping the real dragon!
Sun Wuyang was going to go back and discuss with his elders how to use the information given by Zhao Yushu. If nothing unexpected happened, the remaining information carefully selected by Wang Xiu should have reached the hands of the prince. It was not known who it was related to, but since Wang Xiu and Duke Yue had teamed up to kill Wang Yan, there were only three parties left in Jiangning that were influential enough.
Wangjiang Tower, Jiangning Prefecture, Jiangning Academy.
There are dozens of cultivators in Wangjiang Tower, and the owner of the tower is a real inner scene boss. Maybe the departure of old man Wuxi is related to him. Bachelor Zheng of Jiangning Academy is a follower who is not presentable, so the only one left is the prefect.
Zhao Yushu sighed. The power struggle was too terrible. A high-ranking official was sold out as a sacrifice by his teammates without any carelessness. If Zhao Yushu had expected, the governor of Jiangning would most likely have been shot in the back and "committed suicide" before the prince took action.
Fight, fight, half of the country is in the flames of war, a group of people are fighting to the death for a little power and money. Zhao Yushu also despised the academy, thinking that they should just teach and educate people, why get involved in these messes.
He walked back to the Taoist temple with his hands behind his back and finally caught the kid A Yao. When Zhao Yushu returned, he happened to see him talking to three beggars in a serious manner. His expression and posture were very much like the captain of the five-bar universe.
Zhao Yushu walked over and slapped him on the back of the head: "Come here!"