The Qi sisters took Zheng's body back to the Qi family to prepare for the funeral. They were worried that Chu Nanzhi and Lin Jinxiao would continue to protect Wu Enrong, so they asked Jiang Xueyi to follow them to the county jail.
Regarding their worries, Chu Nanzhi only found it funny.
Really speaking, with so many people trying to kill Wu Enrong right now, I am afraid that I am the only one who can protect him for a while.
Following a group of people into the county jail, they saw Concubine Yue and Lin Jinmu personally sitting in the discipline room, about to torture Wu Enrong.
"Oh, it must be done, my dear concubine, your highness the King of Dongjin. Mr. Wu will soon be the prince. If you treat him like this, if Mr. Wu is wronged, he will not let it go after he enters the capital."
Chu Nanzhi rushed forward to stop him with a happy face, and instantly acted like Little Green Tea.
Lin Jinmu frowned dissatisfied: "Brother and sister, you are now considered a relative of the emperor and have a noble status. How can you be so humble to please a minister? He is just a minister. No matter how high the position is, he will be appreciated by his majesty. I am guilty of this.
Those who have settled the matter should be tried."
"Because of this, I would like to advise the noble concubine and Brother Dongjin to think twice. He abused lynching before he was convicted. It will be difficult to explain in front of His Majesty."
Chu Nanzhi pretended to be extremely sincere in pleading for Wu Enrong.
Upon seeing this, Tang Ru also took advantage of the situation and came over to plead: "Please don't be impulsive, the noble concubine and King Dongjin. Since His Highness King Pingning has entrusted the case to Princess Pingning with full jurisdiction, just follow her arrangements."
Lin Jinmu suddenly showed a look of dissatisfaction: "The Governor of the Tang Dynasty, I am also the king, and I have been ordered by His Majesty to patrol the prefectures and counties along the way. Is it possible that the king who specializes in this case is not as good as my younger brother and sister, who is a woman?"
Tang Ru found it difficult to pay attention to this ordinary and confident prince. Since he insisted on taking the trouble on himself, he had no choice but to let him go.
After all, he is not his future master.
Lin Jinmu looked at Lin Jinxiao meaningfully again, and said in a low tone: "Brother Xian, even if you hold the Emperor's Sword in your hand, you won't go against Brother Yu for the sake of a mere minister who committed an offense, and embarrass Your Majesty, right?"
Concubine Yue's eyebrows trembled and she sneered: "Prince Pingning should really respect himself. Your inheritance as the prince of a foreign vassal has already been controversial. At this time, you should be more cautious. Don't try to make friends with any kind of people.
Well, we should be more careful about being impeached before the sealing ceremony."
"Your Majesty, what Your Highness said is absolutely true."
Lin Jinxiao came forward slowly, naturally he would appreciate the two people's "kind words and advice".
He invited Chu Nanzhi to sit down under the discipline room, and deliberately sighed at Wu Enrong: "Master Wu, I will not protect you unless I am the king. Now that you have seen this situation, you should confess it honestly."
Wu Enrong was grateful to Lin Jinxiao from the bottom of his heart at this moment.
From last night to now, he has finally seen the situation clearly.
Both Prince Pingning and his wife tried their best to protect themselves and never thought of putting themselves in jail. On the contrary, Concubine Yue Guifei and Lin Jinmu always wanted to put themselves to death.
Staring deeply at Lin Jinxiao, Wu Enrong also let out a long sigh: "Prince Pingning is a kind man. I am grateful to you and the princess for this great kindness."
Hearing this, Lin Jinmu suddenly became furious: "Wu Enrong, you are already on the verge of death, and you are still trying to win people's hearts. I advise you to recruit people as soon as possible to avoid suffering any more physical pain."
"If you want to incriminate someone, why bother?"
Wu Enrong's eyes flashed fiercely, and he had no good look at the King of the Eastward Movement: "His Royal Highness keeps saying that Xiaguan murdered Zheng. Where is the evidence? Xiaguan never docked when he came to Luyan Port to sail, and there is no way to know.
Zheng’s whereabouts, how to arrange to meet her in a hurry?”
After a pause, he raised his eyebrows and continued: "Besides, if the official wants to see Qi's family, why would he decide to take the water route at the last minute? Isn't this unnecessary?"
"This is your genius."
Lin Jinmu analyzed with determination in his eyes: "Mr. Zheng holds your handle, how can you avoid it if you want to? You deliberately changed the waterway to make Ms. Zheng anxious, so you didn't hesitate to go out of the city to meet you in the middle of the night.
See, you might as well take the opportunity to kill someone and silence them."
Chu Nanzhi really couldn't bear to listen to his conceited remarks.
Although the inference seemed reasonable, the prince neglected many important aspects.
So far, the motive of whether Zheng was invited to leave the city or left the city on his own has not been clarified. It is really hard to believe that it is so arbitrary.
"Your Highness."
She was about to remind Lin Jinmu, but this guy stopped her with his mouth straight: "Brother and sister, I can still handle such a simple case. You and my brother, just listen carefully and let's see how I make it happen."
This guy is convinced."
Chu Nanzhi sighed helplessly.
Wu Enrong was completely angry: "It's just full of nonsense. Xiaguan is in prison now. He didn't send anyone to the Qi family to deliver a message before leaving the county government. Your Highness can send someone to inquire. Xiaguan has never had anything to do with the Qi family."
The only correspondence we had was that when Zheng Duyou went to Luyan Port, he mentioned that he would come to hand over his post in the near future."
Tang Ru nodded silently: "I can testify to this. Zheng Duyou does not know the whereabouts of Lord Wu. He has been preparing to greet Lord Wu at the North City Gate. He has no idea about the water route Lord Wu took."
At this point, he couldn't help but mutter: "Then how did Mrs. Zheng know about the waterway Lord Wu took, and how did she plan to intercept Lord Prefect at Cangshan Mountain?"
After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but look at Jiang Xueyi.
Jiang Xueyi hurried forward and replied with fear: "When I returned home from the post house that night, a young man from my Qi family came back from the county government. The young man informed his mother-in-law that the prefect Wu had changed his way to the waterway. My mother-in-law felt that the situation was not good.
Wonderful, so I thought of going to Cangshan overnight to intercept Master Wu's ship at Cangshan pier."
As he said that, he glared at Wu Enrong fiercely, with a look of anger and guilt on his face: "I didn't expect that something unexpected happened, and it's my fault that the official didn't persuade my mother-in-law, otherwise she wouldn't have ended up like this."
Chu Nanzhi looked at his self-reproaching expression and sneered secretly: That old woman will end up like this sooner or later.
I'm afraid those people who have been oppressed by the Qi family will be so happy that they will set off firecrackers when they learn of Zheng's death.
Wu Enrong was also extremely unconvinced and argued: "What's Cangshan? Don't climb up to frame people with blood. I have never been to Cangshan. There are many cliffs in the Jinglu Canal in Pingning Prefecture, and there are even more cliffs everywhere in the Luyan Port area."
The natural chasm, if I land and stop my boat, the water officials will record it.
Besides, I arrived at the Luyan Port Pier at dawn yesterday and planned a four-day journey. The shortest trip from the county government here is four days. If I go into the mountains and then turn back, I will not be able to arrive at the port at dawn."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ce and Li Sanmu, who were sent by Lin Jinxiao to inquire about Wu Enrong's whereabouts, returned one after another.
As he himself said, there is no record of Wu Enrong stopping at Cangshan Wharf; and the record of Wu Enrong's arrival at Luyan Port Wharf is indeed at dawn.
After listening to Li Ce and Li Sanmu's answers, Concubine Yue and Lin Jinmu frowned one after another: