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Chapter 182 The scapegoat

Changsun Chong is indeed very handsome and looks very good-tempered. No wonder His Majesty Li Er regards Li Lizhi as the pearl in his hand and is willing to marry his daughter to him.

The original group of three people turned into four people.

They entered the princess's mansion together and chatted as they walked.

Surprisingly, after Changsun rushed back, he greeted his wife and sister-in-law briefly, he looked at Lu Heng.

"This is Mr. Lu Heng, right?"

"Looking for a long time!"

He bowed and said:

"My father just mentioned you today, but I didn't expect to see me now."

The other three were stunned.

Changsun Wuji mentioned Lu Heng?

Apart from Lu Heng himself, the two princesses don’t know how many big shots have been involved in the bookstore arson case, and they don’t know that Lu Heng has now stood aside with these people in this matter.

After thinking about it, Lu Heng didn't hide it and said with a smile:

"Since Duke of Qi mentioned me, I think you know Brother Changsun, what are we doing recently?"

"I heard that Brother Changsun is already an official in the court. If there are clues in this regard, I hope you can give me some advice."

Changsun Chong's current official position is irrelevant. He only served as a junior minister of Zong Zheng, an official from the fourth rank. His position is not very good, but after all, he manages the royal family. With his family background, he has a wide connection.

While he was hesitating, Li Lizhi next to him realized that her husband might have to discuss something with Lu Heng, so he pulled his sister's sleeve.

"Yu'er, didn't you just want to see your nephew before? Let's go, I'll take you to find Yan'er!"

As he said that, Li Lizhi pulled Li Mingyu away.

Only Changsun Chong and Lu Heng were left in the courtyard.

After the two of them left, Changsun Chong looked at Lu Heng as if he had put down some concerns.

"Let's go inside and talk."

He led Lu Heng all the way to his study.

After entering the house, I seemed to think the matter was more important, so I specially checked whether the doors and windows were closed.

Lu Heng was a little confused:

"Brother Changsun, this is the princess's mansion, there is no need to be so cautious."

"If there is anything, you can just say it."

Changsun glanced at him and sighed deeply.

He shook his head and said:

"Even if you are in the Duke's Mansion, you have to pay attention to whether there are any walls when talking about these things."

"Forget it, I'll just tell you."

As he said that, Changsun Chong took out something from his arms and handed it to Lu Heng.

Lu Heng opened it and looked at it, and found that the names written on it were all written on it.

He has finally deeply realized the importance of reading.

When others travel through time, they are just ordinary writing copying. Just writing something casually can shock the literary world.

But when Lu Heng came through, the original owner was a semi-illiterate person who could not read a lot of words. He was useless except that he had enough force, and he did not know how to join the army. Now that the force value is high, it is useless.

Just like now...

He couldn't even understand what was written on the file!

If it were modern, Lu Heng could guess the traditional Chinese characters in printed form, so he would not be able to see them all.

The problem is that this thing is in his fucking handwriting!

"...Well, brother-in-law, can you tell me directly what is written on it?"

Lu Heng was a little embarrassed to be rare:

"I don't understand very much."

Changsun Chong's face was full of question marks.

What's the thing???

You, a person who has a bookstore, tell me that you are illiterate?!

The air was filled with embarrassing silence.

After a while.

Changsun Chong looked at the desperate illiterate person in front of him and took a deep breath.

"You don't need to understand all the names written on it."

"Because even if you understand it, you probably don't know them, and you don't know them."

He pointed to the name on the document and said:

"This is now settled around Chang'an. You can understand that all the people from the five surnames and seven hope families start from the same area as Xiao Yu, and all the same generation as Xiao Shougui."

Lu Heng nodded, still looking confused.

Is this bringing the genealogy of the five surnames and Qi Wang?

What does it mean?

"Many of these people are branches. After falling behind, they went from their hometown to Chang'an to find a way out. After all, they have their own distant relatives here."

"They don't seem to have any connection with the main room of the five surnames Qiwang. Except for the surnames, there is no other way."

"But these people, after contacting the main house, still looked like ordinary people. Some lived in the suburbs of Beijing, and some were even poorer, selling their children and doing some illegal activities."

"I heard that you have a relationship with the Hutou Gang, and I think I have heard that there are many gangs in Chang'an City that are raised by aristocratic families."

"Then guess what kind of identity do these gang leaders have to gain their trust and take charge of such an important position?"

Changsun Chong pointed his fingers on those names and tapped them gently, as if they had some meaning.

Lu Heng's mind started to spin rapidly.

Since the other party would choose to tell himself such a secret thing, and he just met Changsun Wuji today, it means that this matter has something to do with him.

No matter how big a family develops for a long time, some people will rise up and some will decline.

The ancient ancestral hall system borrowed this ups and downs to allow distant relatives in the family to support each other and completely tied them to their own family, prospering and losing, and outsiders could not see any clues.

For example, when Lu Heng first traveled to the Tang Dynasty, the entire Lu family's royal family chose to give up on him, preserve his property, and then promise Lu Tongren's future interests. This is a very common method.

Five surnames and seven hopes, ancestral hall system, bookstore fire, Chang'an gang...

All kinds of clues are linked together.

Lu Heng suddenly looked up and frowned and looked at Changsun Chong:

"What you mean is that if there is no such list, no matter how you check it, the person you found in the end will not seem to have anything to do with the fifth surname Qiwang."

"Maybe it was the scapegoat from a certain gang under his command, or maybe someone had sneaked into the guards of Xiao Yu's family..."

"Anyway, we can only find out that this person has some subtle connection with the aristocratic family, but we can't find any substantial evidence."

Changsun Chong nodded slightly:

"Yes, that's exactly that."

"This is their usual method."

"For high-ranking officials and nobles, they dare not use such means, and they cannot be too good at the top."

"Besides, they don't have enough scapegoats. If they don't have enough quotations, the court will continue to dig deeper. The position is too good, and they are reluctant to let this person die."

Until now, Lu Heng finally understood.

The reason why the five surnames and Qi Wang dared to use such means to deal with him was because he had a ready-made scapegoat.

The prime minister of the dynasty, Xiao Yu, was worth enough!
Chapter completed!
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