The old butler wanted to say more, but the deceased suddenly stabbed the other man in the abdomen with a knife!
"Poof!" There was a sound, and blood and intestines flowed out along the opening in the abdomen.
"You, why do you want to kill me?" The old housekeeper was shocked.
He never expected that everything was under control. He was just trying to show off a few words to show his strength, but in the end, he was killed by a confidant!
"Why? In order to get orphans, you allowed a severe drought in the three prefectures, refused to provide relief, and then took the children from the people for only one copper coin per child."
"Have you all forgotten this?"
"Although I was only two and a half years old at the time, I remember clearly, one penny, one penny, take the child away and let the child live. Those were the last words of my parents who starved to death." The dead man said through gritted teeth.
The old housekeeper had nothing to say.
He really deserves to die.
"But, that was Master Han's plan. The eldest prince nodded. I'm just the executor." The old housekeeper still wanted to argue.
Although he knew he was going to die, he still wanted to find some hope.
"Huh, Master Han and the eldest prince, although they are the instigators, what they actually said was to cut the food and money by one-third and allocate two-thirds to make the disaster worse."
"I just want to take the opportunity to buy some children, and I don't want to starve the victims to death."
"After all, the eldest prince and Master Han are also afraid of future retribution. They lack nothing, not money, but status."
"But according to you executors, not only will the crop be reduced by 100%, but you will also take the opportunity to increase taxation! If we don't provide disaster relief, the people will still have a third chance of survival. If we provide disaster relief, the people will have no chance of survival at all!" The dead man said fiercely!
With.
The old housekeeper had nothing to say.
He knew about this and even wanted to report it, but considering the 2,000 taels of silver sent by the people below, he chose to turn a blind eye.
He also felt that this matter had nothing to do with him and was done by someone below. What does it have to do with him?
But he didn't expect that his failure to report his knowledge left no room for adjustment or relaxation in the matter.
The motive of the dead soldier to kill him was so sufficient that it could not be more sufficient.
"No, all of you dead soldiers are useless!" The old housekeeper thought of a question in horror,
"Who told you the truth?"
"What do you think?" The dead man drew out his knife and stabbed the opponent's lungs directly.
Lung bleeding and suffocation are the most painful ways to die.
The old housekeeper slowly fell to the ground. He was in great pain, his face turned blue, and he was gasping for air, but he couldn't get any breath.
In the end, he killed himself alive.
When the dead man saw this, he turned around and left.
Not long.
The maid came in to bring tea.
When she saw the old housekeeper dead and with blood all over the floor, she did not let out the familiar scream, but pretended not to see anything and quickly turned around and left.
He even cleaned up his footprints before leaving.
This maid didn't conspire, she just didn't want to be the first person to find out, and then be suspected and beaten.
Once it's hit, it's death.
If you hit someone, you will kill him.
This is the rule in the house.
Because if you are beaten, you will hold a grudge. Rather than wait until the future, it is better to beat you to death now.
There are only two ways to deal with the servants in the eldest prince's mansion.
One is reward.
The second is execution.
Naturally, this maid did not dare to take this risk.
As a result, the dead man who should have been caught immediately had three extra hours to escape.
It wasn't until another staff member came to see the old housekeeper that he discovered that he had been dead for a long time.
Then he began to report it and ordered people to search for it.
…………
And this is just the beginning.
For a time, there were frequent cases in the eldest prince's house.
Under normal circumstances, if a murder occurs once or twice a year, it is very serious.
But now it happens twice or three times in ten days!
Simply outrageous!
Either the butler was killed by a servant, or one of the servants tried to assassinate the master.
Of course most cases are unsuccessful.
After all, if the frequency is too high, the success rate will drop sharply.
This is also because there are many people in the eldest prince's mansion and the place is very big.
Otherwise, there won’t be enough people to handle cases.
All in all, there was chaos in the prince's mansion.
The eldest prince was very shrewd. When the first case occurred, he immediately stopped living in the mansion and went to another small courtyard that no one knew about.
"Damn it, I know it must be the second prince who did it. He wanted to take the opportunity to alienate my power and make everyone feel in danger!" The eldest prince walked back and forth in a room.
He was very anxious.
"Uncle, please be patient. Although this has its drawbacks, it is not without its benefits." said the aide.
"How can I settle down? If this matter reaches the ears of my father, he will definitely think that I can't even deal with a few servants. How will I manage the entire force in the future?" the eldest prince said depressedly.
"It doesn't matter, I have thought of this a long time ago, so now the cases in the house are basically sealed, and no one outside will know about it." The staff was confident.
"But my father's wind guards will hear the news."
"Haha, they heard the news, but they won't have evidence, and they won't be able to report it to the emperor."
"Why is this?" the eldest prince asked in confusion.
"That's because even if the emperor knew about it, he would not make a big move. He wanted to maintain a balance between the two princes."
"If we suppress you too much, it will be equivalent to letting the second prince's power grow too much, which will encourage the second prince's ambition and make the situation unbalanced." The staff said this.
After hearing this, the eldest prince thought for a while and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Even so, after the emperor gets the news, he will still reprimand the lonely king. Those who follow the trend will follow the trend and turn to the second prince." He worried.
"It's okay. If we can't solve something, let others not be able to solve it either."
"In this case, everyone will feel that it is not that our strength is too weak, but that the problem is too difficult."
"What do you mean?" The eldest prince thought thoughtfully.
"Yes, we also fought back, and we also caused the same thing to happen in the second prince's house."
The eldest prince nodded, then shook his head.
"But how can we achieve this?"
"The second prince has made his mansion so watertight that no knife can be inserted into it."
"The rules are the most stringent. Among the servants, no one dares to make friends with outsiders."
This is what he envies and what he despises.
Because if you do this, you will definitely offend a lot of people.
I don’t know which day the second prince will be killed by his servants.
However, he forgot that his own leniency only enriched the management, but made the people at the bottom more stressed.
It's not as good as the second prince, who is equally strict no matter how high or low he is.
On the contrary, it makes people at the bottom take it for granted.
"Your Majesty is right. The Second Prince's house does not make many friends with outsiders."
"Furthermore, we are too harsh in dealing with things, so it is difficult for us to penetrate deep into their interior. But please rest assured, Your Majesty, I have devised a wonderful strategy." The aide said confidently.
You can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no way to guard against a thief in a thousand days.
Then some cases began to appear in the second prince's house.
Although the frequency is much lower than that in the eldest prince's house, it still comes and goes.
The second prince was also confused for a moment.
He also left the mansion immediately and came to the secret residence to get away from the servants.
Only one or two absolute confidants get along with him.
He couldn't imagine why there were so many cases in his house.
It is said that some things are top secret and outsiders must not know.
Only a few of his confidants know.
For example, once he ordered the death of a man who was doing illegal work.
When doing this, we also first ask the other party to inspect the mine.
Then he caused an accident and killed the other party.
In fact, they were not manufactured because accidents occurred frequently.
It's just that during the rescue, we dug in the opposite direction on purpose.
In the end, the man was successfully silenced.
However, this matter was later found out by the man's son.
Ordinarily, most people should swallow their anger. After all, many people really wouldn't do it to avenge their father who had been dead for more than ten years without giving up the iron rice bowl in front of them.
Human nature is like this.
Of those survivors who attempted to kill, how many of them will spend their entire lives seeking revenge?
It can be said that there is basically none.
Or to live.
But this world is different. As long as there is a motive, a crime will be committed.
So the son of the family attacked the gangster and buried him in the mine as well.
The second prince couldn't figure this out.
He didn't even think about the eldest prince.
Because there is no way that that matter is something that the eldest prince and the others can know.
And the confidant responsible for this matter cannot betray himself.
Because there is no benefit in selling yourself.
The throne has not been decided yet.
The emperor's attitude was vague.
Although the emperor is over 70 years old, because he is cautious and not indulgent, it is possible for him to live to be 80 years old.
Anyway, it is impossible to decide the outcome within a few years.
Therefore, it is impossible for this confidant to risk betrayal.
Traitors cannot be truly reused unless they betray at a critical moment.
Therefore, the second prince had a headache.
The only people who really know the truth about this matter are Wen Rensheng and the instigator.
Wen Rensheng now drinks tea and sits in the teahouse every day, watching the eldest prince and the second prince fight over cases.
He couldn't help but feel novel.
Many coups in history were actually quite clean.
How can there be too many layouts?
It means to seize the people in key places and then launch them.
Of course, there are also cases where hatred is used to instigate key figures of the other party.
But killing one's competitors through murder can only happen in this world.
Really novel.
In Wen Rensheng's eyes, the eldest prince and the second prince still had loopholes.
That is, they are still human beings and still have to eat, drink, poop and sleep.
Still need someone to serve.
And the two of them have tempers, and it is impossible for the servants not to make mistakes. This is a big contradiction.
As long as one day, a servant has an idea, he can easily kill these two people with poison.
Toxins are also developed in this world and are also easy to obtain.
For example, you can do it by taking saltpeter from the toilet and mixing it with some inorganic substances.
These seem to be characteristics of this world just like farming.
…………
Who could be the initiator?
Naturally, it was the third prince who was left, seemingly harmless to humans and animals.
At the third prince's house.
In a study room.
A one-eyed man who was lame in one leg and blind in one eye was sitting in the study painting.
His study is actually independent of the entire mansion.
But on the surface, it seems to be connected with other rooms and cannot be distinguished.
No one knows that there is no one in the other surrounding rooms, and no one is allowed to enter.
According to him, if he wants to paint, he needs to be highly concentrated to be inspired.
Anyone who approaches a nearby room will make a vibrating sound and will be killed without mercy if they disturb him.
Since Wen Rensheng was determined to discover the truth, he could easily see the truth.
After all, this world is still a semi-low-demon world.
I don’t say it’s not magical, because it’s inherently weird.
The frequent occurrence of cases is a peculiarity of human nature.
The current situation is that the snipe and the clam are fighting, and the fisherman benefits.
However, although some people doubted the third prince, there was no evidence.
Because the third prince is blind and lame in his legs, such a disabled person cannot be the emperor no matter what.
Even if everyone chooses a stupid person and adopts one from the side clan, it is impossible to choose him.
Apart from anything else, what should we do when we offer sacrifices to heaven and earth?
It’s impossible to let someone else act as your agent every time, right?
Besides, what if the child born is also disabled?
After all, the third prince himself was born with a disability.
Within a few months of his birth, he became blind and lame.
It was actually caused by a high fever.
But people at this time would only regard him as a born disabled person.
Therefore, the three princes cannot compete.
No matter whether it is ministers or generals, no one is on his side even if he tries to win over him.
Wen Rensheng naturally knew this.
In real history, none of the princes who competed for the throne were disabled.
There are indeed many mentally retarded people, but you can't tell from the outside.
Instead of choosing the third prince, it is better to find a mascot.
On the contrary, it will not be so easy to subjugate the country.
Therefore, even though everyone knew that under normal circumstances, the third prince would definitely be the most suspect, they did not really include him as a suspect.
The third prince was currently painting.
Painting is very common, and there are many royal painting masters.
However, if someone sees the paintings of the Third Prince, they will definitely be very shocked.
Because he is drawing a story.
It was a village owned by the eldest prince, located outside the city.
With six thousand acres of land, it is definitely a big farm.
The characters are a butler and a servant.
In the picture, the housekeeper takes his servants to check the well to ensure that there is no problem with the watering.
But in the next painting, it was the servant who hit the butler with a stone and threw the butler into the well.
Judging from the details drawn by the other party, this is obviously not a random imagination.
Because the details are very real, the eldest prince indeed has such a Zhuangzi.
Moreover, the eldest prince's residence was almost full as cases broke out one after another.
Now it is starting to spread outside the city, to Zhuangzi, and the next step is to spread to the fiefdom.
I have to say that this third prince is quite powerful.
He cheated...
The conspiracy he designed is actually very simple, but it is impeccable.
Because this is a conspiracy drawn on a painting.
How can ordinary people see it?
Unless someone can collect the original manuscripts of these paintings and calligraphy, and then think about them carefully, they can come to a horrifying conclusion.
