Chapter 99
In the evening, Li Ke got the information immediately. The team participating in the finals was surprisingly Dongxiang team.
When I heard this news, my heart skipped a beat. Whatever I thought was, things would really develop in this direction.
However, the news sent from Chang'an County said that Deng Tongda found suspicious points at the scene and speculated that Zhang Hui's fellow disciples had a living, which made him feel comforted.
At the same time, he also ordered Deng Tongda not to be exerted to the outside world, to handle it with caution, and to find out the survivor as soon as possible.
In the evening, Deng Tongda and Zuoyi suddenly visited and said that they had something important to report to him.
Li Ke invited Deng Tongda to the study room, and then recruited Ma Zhou, Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui and Xu Jingzong to the study room.
Several people sat down and heard Deng Tongda say, "Your Highness, we found suspicious points at the death of Zhang Hui's remnants. After searching and collecting evidence nearby, we finally caught Wang San, a small leader of Zhang Hui's remnants in a dilapidated temple not far from Xigangpo.
And this Wang San used to be the one who was with Liu Menglong."
“Have you asked what news?
Where are the people?”
Li Ke asked anxiously.
"Because of His Highness's order, the man was temporarily detained in the dilapidated temple outside the city. In order not to attract the attention of too many people, the Left Wing and I raided him on the spot. This is a confession, please check it out."
Deng Tongda took out a cotton cloth from his sleeve and saw that it was torn off his clothes.
Li Ke held the cotton cloth in his hand, read the content in a few lines, and handed it to Ma Zhou, angrily, "Wang Fu is too brave, indulge Liu Menglong to exploit the vendors in Chang'an City, and he will benefit from it.
However, he mentioned that someone paid for them to kidnap Sun Ning's family. When they were ambushing in the alley opposite Sun Ning's house that night, they stopped their operations because of Zhang Hui's sudden death.
Therefore, Liu Menglong decisively ordered to leave the city to take refuge.
It can be seen that Liu Menglong knew who was the person who paid for them to hire them?
Knowing that things were screwed up, I hurriedly fled.
But why didn’t he confess to how Liu Menglong was killed?”
"Your Highness, Wang San happened to go to get rid of his hands at that time, and when he came back, Liu Menglong had been killed.
That's why he escaped.
It was also because of this clue that Zuoyi and I were sure that there might be survivors at that time.”
Deng Tongda explained.
After hearing this, Li Ke remained silent, and suddenly he remembered the first time he met Liu Menglong and others in a restaurant with Xiao Baozi.
At that time, the waiter reminded that Liu Menglong had contact with the government, and it turned out that he was indeed colluding with Wang Fu.
"Your Highness, what should I do next?"
Deng Tongda asked.
At this time, Ma Zhou gave the cotton cloth he had finished reading to Liu Rengui, Liu Rengui, Xu Jingzong, and Su Dingfang, who were beside him, all waiting for Li Ke to deal with this matter.
Li Ke looked at everyone and said, "You have read this confession, so what do you think in your heart?"
"Your Highness, I think this confession should be handed over to Dali Temple immediately, arrest Wang Fu, and interrogated him."
Ma Zhou said with hatred of evil.
"I have a different opinion from Binwang."
Xu Jingzong glanced at Ma Zhou and said, "The most important thing for us is to find out the Zhang Hui case.
If Wang Fu is handed over to Dali Temple before Zhang Hui is understood and the court will intervene again, the Zhang Hui case will be delayed.
If the murderer who killed Zhang Hui was really related to the Chang'an Tournament, then there would definitely be an accident in the final the day after tomorrow.
So, let’s suppress Wang Fu’s corruption case first.”
Xu Jingzong was not like Ma Zhou. He first considered Li Ke from the Han Palace, and then the interests of the court.
Therefore, Ma Zhou was a capable minister and a Gan minister.
But such a person is the most loyal and righteous. As long as he is loyal to him, he will never betray him.
Xu Jingzong was a powerful minister. He first started from his own interests and then considered the overall situation.
However, Li Ke is not thinking about these things now, because Xu Jingzong is right. The most important thing is to solve the Zhang Hui case. The most important thing is to find out the murderer's intentions. Everything else can be left.
Ma Zhou did not object to Xu Jingzong's proposal, because he knew that Xu Jingzong was right, but he did not agree to do so. However, the reason why he did not refute was how to do this matter, and the final idea was still on Li Ke.
Li Ke glanced at Liu Rengui and Su Dingfang again, "Zhengsu, what do you think of Dingfang?"
"Your Highness, I believe that Wang San will be temporarily taken to the royal palace for custody, and Wang Fu's corruption case can be postponed for two days, and it will not be too late to deal with it after the Chang'an Tournament is held.
However, Sun Fujia, the young minister of Dali Temple, once strongly advocated that His Highness enter the Eastern Palace. Why not reveal to him first, so as not to be questioned by the emperor about this case? Your Highness also has a remark."
Liu Rengui said, "I have read the confession just now, and the case has basically been clear.
However, some people want to kidnap Sun Ning's family, so why did he kidnap Sun Ning's family, and who saved Sun Ning's family at a critical moment?"
"The regular sentence is right, and I also think that we should focus on the Chang'an final for the time being.
After all, the emperor has to be present in person during the finals, and the responsibility for any chaos is the Han Palace.”
Su Dingfang said bluntly that his meaning was also very obvious, which was to solve the problem in front of him.
Li Ke nodded, expressing his agreement with Su Dingfang's words, and then asked Deng Tongda, "Dingbo, you are the main person in charge of this case. What do you think?"
Deng Tongda didn't expect that Li Ke would ask him for his opinion, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
However, he was extremely happy, which meant that Li Ke had already treated him like Ma Zhou, Liu Rengui and other confidant advisers, which increased his loyalty to Li Ke a little.
He saw Li Ke's encouraging gaze, and his heart warmed up, calmed down and said, "Your Highness, Wang Fu, as the magistrate of Chang'an, was corrupt and abused the law at the feet of the emperor. If he were just him, he might not be able to do it.
Therefore, there must be many county officials who rashly handed over the evidence he obtained to Dali Temple at this time.
Once the court investigates, half of the personnel in Chang'an County will inevitably be investigated, which will definitely delay the Zhang Hui case.
Therefore, I also think it can be temporarily suspended for two days, and it will not be too late to do it after the game is over."
"Well, since everyone says that, let's put Wang Fu's corruption case first."
When Li Ke said this, he looked at Ma Zhou and felt relieved when he saw that he did not show any dissatisfaction. He didn't want Ma Zhou to misunderstand that he was considering himself and disregarding the king's law.
Then he said to everyone, "Let's discuss the Zhang Hui case now."
Then, he glanced at the left wing and said, "Left wing, you combine all the doubts to give you an overview."
Chapter completed!