It was extremely quiet inside the Tingwei.

The soldiers held torches, and the flickering flames shone on everyone's faces, but their expressions could not be seen.

Wang Tianqi sat in the upper position, and Chao Cuo sat next to him. Under them, there were two people subdued by the soldiers, with their heads lowered and speechless.

One of them is Zhao Yu, and the other is Zhao Buhai.

Everyone looked at the two of them in amazement. No one thought that they would do such a big thing. Zhao Yu was promoted by Chao Cuo. He was an honest man and never made friends with party members. He was a straight minister. Although he was radical in doing things, he was also very honest.

Not to the extent of murdering the perpetrator.

At this moment, the Han Dynasty has not completely entered the dual monarchy, but the prototype has already appeared. Zhao Yu was recommended by Chao Cuo, and Chao Cuo was his recommender. The first king of Zhao Yu was Liu Chang, and the second king was Liu Chang.

It was Chao who was wrong... and murdering the leader was an unforgivable crime in the Han Dynasty. It could ruin a person's reputation in an instant. For example, a certain Fatty Dong killed his leader. Such a thing was simply unimaginable.

Zhao Yu had no reason at all to murder Chao Cuo. He had always supported Chao Cuo in rectifying the government, and he could not be bribed by the princes. As for powerful people, how could Zhao Yu have anything to do with powerful people?

As for the other Zhao Buhai, he was arrested because of the key. Zhao Yu’s key was obtained from him, so he was naturally an accomplice. After Zhao Yu was arrested, Wang Tianqi quickly targeted Zhao Buhai.

, captured him together.

Chao Cuo frowned and slowly looked at the young man in front of him who had been entrusted with an important task.

Zhao Yu is the young man he values ​​most and thinks he can succeed him in the future, but he doesn't understand why he wants to murder him.

Is it to replace him? Are you kidding? Even if Chao Cuo dies, it won't be Zhao Yu's turn to deal with the affairs of the Yushi Mansion. Those are the three men. It depends on seniority, reputation, and all kinds of factors. Zhao Yu is one or two.

Why should a young man in his early ten years take over Chao Cuo's position?

When the incident was revealed, Zhao Yu looked quite calm, without any fear or even a little bit of shame.

"Why do you want to kill me? What did I do to make you want to kill me?"

"Actually, I never wanted to kill you."

Zhao Yu said to himself: "Your Majesty is very affectionate. You have followed him for many years and have made outstanding achievements. Even if he is angry and cannot find any evidence, he will at most remove you and cannot kill you because of this incident."

you."

"It's just that things didn't go as I thought."

"Then why do you want to remove me?"

Zhao Yu suddenly laughed and said, "It's useless to say more. Since I have made a mistake, please execute me personally... It is my fault."

Everyone looked at him and then at Chao Cuo. An official said, "This matter is certainly not that simple. There must be many involved. We still need to interrogate these two people and find out who colluded with them."

Chao Cuo was silent for a long time, but Wang Tianqi looked at Zhao Buhai.

Compared to Zhao Yu, what happened to the third generation Chehou was even more ridiculous. Why would the hereditary Chehou, who could have safely enjoyed prosperity and wealth, do such a thing?

Zhao Buyu's forehead was covered with sweat, and he was far less calm than Zhao Yu.

"Take these two people down and interrogate them."

Wang Tianqi waved his hand, and the soldiers took them out directly. Zhang Shizhi watched them being taken away coldly, and then recommended himself to interrogate these two people. Wang Tianqi did not refuse and asked him to interrogate them.

After everyone went to work, Wang Tianqi and Chao Cuo were the only ones left in the mansion.

"Mr. Chao... I have long thought that there is evil in the Yushi Mansion, but I never thought that he is your most trusted official."

Chao Cuo didn't change his expression, "Although he didn't say it explicitly, I probably already know it... It's useless to interrogate him. Zhao Buhui is just being used by others... Zhao Yu is even less likely to reveal others. He

I still know his character very well."

"Speaking of which, these things still have something to do with His Majesty."

"Oh? Are you accusing His Majesty of instigating them to commit murder?"

"Don't dare."

"His Majesty is an eager person and is most afraid of trouble. He prefers to solve problems with the most direct means and does not like to be bound by rules."

"Isn't that the same for you?"

"I do my best under the constraints of the rules, which is different from His Majesty."

"Your Majesty has urged me many times to deal with the powerful affairs and rectify the local officials...these people have high titles and have been rewarded by your Majesty. Your Majesty likes their methods very much. After all, you

They are also people like them... You never care whether others have committed crimes. If His Majesty wants to deal with them, you will directly search the stomachs from their homes and arrest them directly. Is this the reason? "

Wang Tianqi did not deny it, and nodded, "That's right... Sometimes, it's still a bit too troublesome to do things according to the rules. If you can deal with it directly and achieve the expected results, why bother with it anymore?

?”

"Yes, these young people I recommended are all young people who dare to do things, but what they think is different from us... When I kill people, I need to find their crimes with my own hands. When you kill people, you need to frame them.

They gave them a crime, and they... even found it troublesome to frame them. When they were rectifying the government, they had repeatedly proposed using the most brutal means to frighten the local area. These so-called cruel methods were just indiscriminate killing and intimidation.

Then when I dealt with powerful people, I conspired with Liu Gong and set up a trap."

"First I will kill everyone. When everyone is frightened and dissatisfied, then Liu Gong will take over and replace me. In this way, he will not encounter too much resistance and things will be stable.

Carry out and restrict local power through perfect systems."

Wang Tianqi understood somewhat, "Are they dissatisfied with you colluding with Liu Jing?"

"No...they are just dissatisfied with me for following the rules."

"They obviously have more ways to kill me... They spend time with me day and night. If they want to kill me, why bother? Are there not enough assassins in the world who want to kill me?"

"They just want me to be dismissed, so that Your Majesty has no clear evidence of guilt, but they can't keep me... They use this method to anger Your Majesty... If it's what they think, you can't produce any evidence of guilt.

Come, your Majesty finally determines that those treacherous ministers and powerful men with evil intentions have joined forces to deal with the imperial censor, what will happen then?"

"I have no idea."

"You actually know, otherwise why would you help me?"

Wang Tianqi pursed his lips and did not retort, "I will find someone with more cruel methods."

"Yes, the most likely one is Zhidu."

"So, they want to replace themselves with a more radical censor? Just because you always abide by the rules and are unwilling to kill indiscriminately, and you don't let them kill... prevent them from realizing their ambitions and getting rewards.

, can’t go further? Hahaha, they want to kill you because you are not radical enough??”

Wang Tianqi suddenly laughed and shook his head.

"I didn't expect that one day Chao Cuo would be accused of not being radical enough. Then wouldn't someone like Liu Jing be extremely cowardly?"

Chao Cuo did not laugh, but looked at Wang Tianqi calmly, "Your Majesty likes to hunt, and there are many eagles and dogs. However, I am probably not an eagle or dog... Zhang Buyi is a dog, and Zhi is an eagle... At most I am

It's just an old horse... The eagle dog thinks this bad horse is too slow and wants to bite it to death, so it's just a replacement."

Wang Tianqi glanced at him, "Just because of this matter, you want to murder a third prince of the dynasty?? This is just your speculation. I don't really believe it."

"I can actually understand them. Is there anything they can't do for their own ambitions?"

"Your Majesty has no rivals outside the country, but the country is getting richer and richer, and rapists and thieves are everywhere... I am afraid that the power of hawks and dogs cannot be stopped. This is just the beginning. There will be more in the future. Do you believe it?

One day, we will probably die at the hands of these hawks because we oppose one of His Majesty’s ideas.”

Wang Tianqi didn't care too much, "After this thing is done, I will resign and go home."

"The matter is not over yet. There is still Tian Zhong...and the people involved in this matter. I don't believe that two young people can do so many things. Behind them, there are many people who are adding fuel to the fire. The purpose of these people

To kill you...There are too many people in the world who want to kill you."

"Then let's continue the interrogation."

Chao Cuo stood up and asked, "Can I go?"

"Of course."

.......

Chao Cuo's false accusation caused a sensation in Chang'an. When they heard that the real murderer had been captured, the officials were once again confused. Didn't they say that King Yan was in charge of this matter?

Immediately afterwards, King Yan also hurriedly publicized to the outside world that he couldn't bear to see Chao Cuo being murdered, so he stepped forward to convict Chao Cuo. Although he and Chao Cuo had enmity, he could not sit back and watch him being murdered by a villain!

At this time, everyone immediately praised King Yan's benevolence and righteousness. King Yan once again became famous all over the world. Even the ministers who clamored to cut down the vassal began to become quiet. They publicized King Yan's benevolence and righteousness everywhere.

Wang, a big boss, realized the importance of fame for the first time. Many celebrities and scholars expressed their intention to go to Yan State to assist this wise and benevolent king. King Yan was making a lot of money. These days, he was laughing so hard.

His face became stiff, and the famous people who came to visit him even blocked the road and called him the wise leader of the clan.

After several interrogations, Wang Tianqi came to the palace to report the situation to Liu Chang.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Buhai has confessed."

"Oh? What did you say?"

"Zhao Buhe and Zhao Yu are distant relatives. Previously, Chao Cuo moved the clan, and Zhao Buhe's two cousins ​​and three former servants were forced to move. Zhao Buhe had no choice but to find Zhao Yu, and wanted to rely on the two

If someone has a kinship relationship, let him help intercede."

"Then what?"

"Zhao Yu pretended to agree, and then asked him, Zhao Buhu, to contact the other Marquis Che who wanted to ask for mercy. He contacted four people one after another. He recorded the conversations of these four people in detail and handed it to Chao Cuo to ask for censorship.

The government is dispatched to punish these four people."

"Then what?"
To be continued...