Chapter 486 Yunmeng Jianze takes the blame every day
Overwatch Council, in the silent hall.
"I've seen this ring before."
Ouyang Rong was the first to break the silence.
Wei Shaoqi, Rong Zhen and others all turned to look at him.
Ouyang Rong said seriously:
"I have seen Zhu Lingxu wearing this ring. It should be something close to his body."
Wang Lengran nodded: "That's right. It's something that Governor Zhu loves and he doesn't give it away easily."
Rong Zhen asked:
"Zhu Yuheng is the eldest son of Zhu. Isn't it normal for Zhu Lingxu's personal belongings to appear on the body?"
Wei Shaoqi smiled, shook his head, and first turned to ask Ouyang Rong:
"Has Ouyang Changshi ever seen this jade ring in Zhu Lingxu's hand after Zhu Yuheng led his troops to the expedition?"
Ouyang Rong's face became solemn:
"On that day of the expedition, we opened the city gate at the bottom. When we were saying goodbye at the city gate, after Zhu Yuheng left, the jade ring was still in Zhu Lingxu's hand and was not given to Zhu Yuheng."
He turned around and asked everyone in confusion:
"It's strange. Why did this ring appear at the body of Zhu Yuheng in Hongzhou? Could it be that it was sent there later?"
Wei Shaoqi couldn't help but look at Ouyang Rong:
"Ouyang Changshi made good observations, and Governor Wang and others also discovered this strange thing."
He nodded, then shook his head:
"It was indeed sent over later, but it was not Zhu Lingxu's."
"What do you mean?" Everyone was curious.
Wei Shaoqi turned to ask:
"Ms. Shi, Ouyang Lianghan, when Zhu Lingxu was beheaded by the city gate, you were the one who dealt with it, right?"
"That's right."
"It was handled by the two of us."
Ouyang Rong and Rong Zhen looked at each other.
"I heard from Governor Wang that at that time, did Zhu Lingxu have a black iron token on his body with the word 'Wei' written on it?"
"right."
Rong Zhen nodded: "Is he from your Prince Wei's Mansion?"
"Yes, it belongs to the palace, but..."
"but what?"
Wei Shaoqi spoke every word with a bit of gritted teeth:
"But it is my sixth brother's identity token and will not be given away easily."
"Are you sure you belong to your sixth brother?"
"I'm sure, you must have registered the relevant evidence for that token. Our Prince Wei's Mansion also has some corresponding records, and many people have seen it, so we can confirm it one by one."
"good."
At this time, Ouyang Rong frowned and asked with a puzzled expression:
"What does this mean? Why did the identity token of Mr. Wei's sixth brother appear in Zhu Lingxu's hand?"
"Yeah, why would it appear in the hands of irrelevant people..."
Wei Shaoqi was pacing in the hall, talking to himself, and sighed:
"Ms. Shi, tell me, is there such a possibility...
"Someone was involved and exchanged things, so these two things appeared on people who shouldn't have appeared."
Rong Zhen frowned: "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that someone used this black iron token from Zhu Lingxu in exchange for his personal jade ring1"
"Who is it? Why does Zhu Lingxu feel free to exchange?"
"That's my sixth brother." Wei Shaoqi nodded: "Strictly speaking, he's the fake sixth brother."
"Fake sixth brother?" Everyone looked curious.
Wei Shaoqi narrowed his eyes, took out a stack of letters from his arms, and threw them on the table.
Speaking eloquently:
"Prince Wang should know something. There is a Persian businessman named Li Li who handles many businesses in Jiangnan Road for our Prince Wei.
"He was also in Xunyang City at the time. According to the letter he sent back to the palace afterwards, I learned that two nights before Zhu Lingxu organized his army for the expedition, my sixth brother Wei Shaoxuan came to the door and asked Li Li to arrange for him to meet him.
Zhu Lingxu’s meeting.”
Rong Zhen spoke:
"You mean, this is a fake Wei Shaoxuan? He met Zhu Lingxu through Li Li, and then exchanged personal tokens with each other?"
"That's right."
Lin Cheng asked: "Okay, why are you two exchanging personal tokens?"
Wei Shaoqi's expression remained unchanged:
"I don't know, but as for the reason, of course it's because we met so late, we have a deep relationship, and we keep it as a souvenir, nothing more than that."
Rong Zhen asked with a serious face:
"Why are you, Mr. Wei, so sure that Wei Shaoxuan is fake?"
“The words and deeds are inconsistent.”
Wei Shaoqi lowered his eyes and explained:
"Sixth brother and his master Mr. Qiu went to Yunmengze before, carrying the tripod sword to look for opportunities. They lost contact for a long time. Logically speaking, they should not be aware of the situation between Zhu Lingxu and Xunyang City.
"But that day, when Li Li asked him about it, he kept saying that he only learned about the Jiangzhou incident after he met an informant from Prince Wei's Palace after leaving Yunmengze. He also said that Mr. Qiu had already brought the tripod sword with him.
Return to Luoyang.
"It was later verified that he was lying. We in Prince Wei's Mansion had never seen him at all.
"Later, the sixth brother and Mr. Qiu also delayed their return, which further confirmed this point.
"The sixth brother who had a private chat with Zhu Lingxu in the middle of the night in Xunyang City was just a fake!
"This also explains why he exchanged tokens and why the jade ring later appeared in Zhu Yuheng's place."
Wei Shaoqi stood up and pointed at the dried blood on the jade ring:
"This thief is actually the owner of Dielianhua. He borrowed Zhu Lingxu's token to deceive Zhu Yuheng, who was fighting on the front line. Zhu Yuheng trusted his father too much, so he fell into the trap and gave up the front line army in vain.
"The so-called defection of the forward army was a dead end from the beginning. It was caused by being deceived by this cunning traitor!"
The whole place fell into silence.
Rong Zhen, Ouyang Rong, and Lin Cheng exchanged glances.
Ouyang Rong looked serious, thought for a while, raised his hand, frowned and pointed out:
"But Zhu Yuheng probably doesn't know Wei Shaoxuan, right? He just went there with a token. Is Zhu Yuheng so easy to deceive? Logically, I feel like there's something missing."
Lin Cheng also nodded in agreement and said:
"Yes, and there is another doubtful point. How did the thief disguise himself as Wei Shaoxuan, and what was his method?
"Of course, from the fact that he has Wei Shaoxuan's personal token and clothes, it can be seen that the sixth young master of your house is in danger...could it be some kind of disguise, or the evil human skin mask of the alchemist?"
"Good questions, you two."
Wei Shaoqi nodded and said with emotion:
"This is also the most elusive part of the entire logic chain, but I have some guesses."
"Speaking."
"Think about it, is this related to the case of Zhao Rushi being beheaded in the street?
"The reason why the owner of Dielianhua killed Zhao Ruzhu was to disguise himself as him, carry a token, and go to set up a trap?
"As for the specific method, I can't guess it. I still hope that the three of you can help find it out. However, since he can pretend to be my sixth brother, what's the difficulty in pretending to be Zhao Rushi?"
Wei Shaoqi looked around the audience:
"As far as I know, Zhao Rushi was Zhu Lingxu's old subordinate when he was in Hongzhou. He is one of our own, and Zhu Yuheng also knows him.
"The thief pretended to be Zhao Rushi, carried a jade ring token, and went to deceive Zhu Yuheng. He used some excuses to urge Zhu Yuheng to escape...
"Thinking about it this way, everything falls into place, and most of the previous doubts are eliminated!"
The whole place suddenly fell into silence.
Everyone was silent for a while.
Ouyang Rong sighed, gave a thumbs up, and was the first to break the silence: "That makes sense."
Lin Cheng nodded: "It is indeed logical, and the evidence chain can complete most of it."
Rong Zhen shook his head:
"What Mr. Wei said is very reasonable, but these are just guesses!"
Wei Shaoqi also sighed: "Yes, it has been so long since the incident, a lot of evidence has disappeared, and it is extremely difficult to overturn the case."
Rong Zhen said coldly:
"If you insist on guessing, others can also guess that you are not fake Wei Shaoxuan at all, but the real one. They guess that the murderer is the sixth young master of your Wei family.
"If this is the case, how can Mr. Wei defend himself?"
"Excuse? That's nonsense."
Wei Shaoqi frowned:
"What do you mean, Ms. Shi? Do you not believe us in the Wei Palace? Do you think we are thieves?"
"And what have we, the Prince of Wei, done to ourselves?
"The biggest victim of the rebellion between Zhu Lingxu and his son, both the government and the public, was our palace. Not only did my father lose his position in the military, but his majesty also became very dissatisfied with us and even doubted the ability of the Wei family's children...
"We are so full that we are hurting ourselves?"
Ouyang Rong interrupted seriously:
"What the female historian said is not unreasonable. Who knows if this Wei Shaoxuan is a white-eyed wolf? He suffered a lot of grievances in the Wei Palace before, and he was afraid of domestic violence. I seem to have heard that this Wei Shaoxuan is indeed a concubine.
with...
"Master Wei, think carefully about whether there is such a thing. He participated in the bullying, so now he wants to bite back your Wei Prince's Mansion... Hey, in this way, it makes sense. There is no need to pretend. There will be a loss of contact later.
Even if you lie, you can still explain it clearly."
Wei Shaoqi's temples twitched and he suppressed his anger:
"That's nonsense. Brothers, friends and brothers are my family tradition. Between the two palaces, the friendship between brothers of this generation is famous for unity and mutual love. Your Majesty once praised it... The sixth brother is also deeply loved by our father and the king.
His elder brother dotes on him, and his father also thinks highly of him. Otherwise, the opportunity of the Ding Sword in Longcheng would not be given to the sixth brother. In the past, he hired a famous teacher to tutor him...
"You can find out these things if you inquire about them. Who in the palace doesn't know who doesn't know? I also know the sixth brother best. He has a pure nature and is definitely not a villain who turns against himself. So he will never do anything like this."
Such a thing!
"You said that the sixth brother is the owner of Dielianhua? What evidence is there? Even speculation is nonsense! Don't mention it again."
Wei Shaoqi's face turned red, Ni Lin was offended, and he stood up to protect his younger brother Qing Yu.
Ouyang Rong waved his hand: "Master Wei, don't get excited, I'm just saying it's possible. Since it's a brainstorming discussion, we can't let go of any possible direction."
"Absolutely impossible! There is no such direction."
"Okay, don't worry yet."
Ouyang Rong pressed his palms in the air and spoke comfortingly.
Wei Shaoqi stared at him with unruly eyes, and Wang Lengran on the side said coldly:
"If it's possible, following the principle of whoever benefits the most, it's more likely that it's Old General Qin, Prince Xiang, or even Prince Xunyang.
"Does that mean we can also suspect the Xunyang Palace? Who knows if the Xunyang Palace and someone are planning it? Let's not talk about whether they have the ability. Just because they are closer to the water, the first to get the moon, there is always a lot of suspicion, right?
"
Ouyang Rong nodded, his expression remained unchanged, and he pointed at himself sincerely: "Yes, I did it. What's wrong? Why don't I call out my beloved sword now and kill you all."
Putting a palm on Ouyang Rong's shoulder, Lin Cheng said:
"Stop arguing, let's discuss the business.
"Thank you very much for the clues provided by Mr. Wei San today. Although there is no specific progress, the speculation is very reasonable and makes the whole incident seem much clearer.
"Furthermore, if we look at the murderer of Wei Shaoxuan's disappearance, wouldn't it mean that the people who killed Wei Shaoxuan were the group of the owner of Die Lianhua?"
"Yes." Rong Zhen stood up: "These two cases need to be investigated together."
Ouyang Rong asked: "Master Wei, I have a question. Has Wei Shaoxuan offended anyone before?"
Wei Shaoqi, Wang looked at him coldly.
Ouyang Rong's expression did not change:
"Don't look at me. I can't beat the young master of your house. Although we had some grudges when we met in Longcheng... And didn't you say that there is a master or something accompanying him? He must be a master as well."
Rong Zhen turned his head and looked at Wei Shaoqi.
The latter pursed his lips: "Fifth rank cultivation level."
Lin Cheng's pupils shrank slightly, and he said thoughtfully: "To make a fifth-grade qi practitioner lose contact at the same time... this murderer is definitely not simple."
Rong Zhen suddenly asked: "You said that after Wei Shaoxuan was in Longcheng, he went to Yunmengze with his master?"
"That's right."
Wei Shaoqi nodded and said:
"It is very possible that the sixth brother was killed at only two times. One was when he was in Longcheng, and the other was when he went to Yunmengze and was killed by thieves!"
"Yun Mengze..." She sighed: "What a coincidence."
Lin Cheng nodded: "The eldest female monarch in the female monarch palace has the strength to do it."
Everyone was silent for a moment.
Rong Zhen pursed her lips:
"Back then, there were also figures of Yue girls in Huang Xuan's yard. Does this really make sense?"
Ouyang Rong immediately asked in confusion:
"In order to compete for the Ding Sword, they killed Wei Shaoxuan and his master. This is understandable, but for good reason, why did Yunmeng Jianze's Yue Nu want to trap and kill Zhu Lingxu and his son? Is it because of grudges or dissatisfaction with the court?"
He turned to look at Wei Shaoqi with a strange look in his eyes:
"Could it be that you, the Prince of Wei, have done something to offend others and deliberately did this to you?"
Before Wei Shaoqi could speak in frustration, Rong Zhen suddenly said:
"Is it possible that Yunmeng Jianze had a private deal with Li Zhengyan's Kuangfu Army and cooperated with each other, so Yunmeng Jianze sent a sword holder, the owner of Die Lianhua, to not only kill the traitor Zhu Lingxu and his son, but also
Hiding in Xunyang City, preparing to threaten the completion of the Donglin Giant Buddha?"
She murmured to herself, inferring and analyzing:
"And if you look at it this way, there is not only a sword holder hiding in Xunyang City, but there must be a Yue girl, and a female monarch-level Yue girl, protecting the sword holder!
"No wonder there were traces of Yue girls in Huang Xuan's yard. They were in a group, so they weren't fighting at the beginning?"
"That makes sense." Lin Cheng nodded.
The hall fell into silence, and everyone exchanged glances.
The more I thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and they all nodded.
Ouyang Rong on the side hesitated to speak and couldn't help but glance in the direction of Yun Mengze to the south.