In the fiftieth year of Emperor Longqing's reign, the emperor died.
Prince Xiao Jinghao succeeded to the throne.
When the emperor dies, he should immediately summon his descendants to pay homage to his deceased father.
The late emperor only had two sons left, but no one went to Tianlao to inform the third prince that night.
Until the news spread that Xiao Jing'ao walked out of the prison and beat Wei Zheng to death and then died suddenly, causing an uproar among the officials.
Everyone knows that the third prince and Wei Zheng have long had a grudge.
It's not unusual to beat him to death.
But the third prince died suddenly of poisoning, and he needed to find an explanation.
Emperor Jing Hao ordered the Zhenfu Division to investigate the cause. No matter who was involved, his nine clans would be killed and his brother would be buried with him.
For a time, all the jailers in the prison were sent to Zhao Prison. After seven days of interrogation, the finger was pointed at Wu Yangming, the elder of the prison.
With conclusive evidence, Mr. Wu Ge's entire family of more than 400 people was killed by Sun Qianhu and his men.
At this point, the cabinet system existed in name only, and the emperor directly controlled the six ministries.
A few days later, Han Jiangchuan, the commander of the Zhenfu Division, was thrown into ashes because he was unaware of Wu Ge Lao's plot to murder the prince and bore unshirkable responsibility for the death of the third prince.
The position of commander was taken over by Qianhu Sun Dehai.
On the day of the funeral of the third prince, it was snowing heavily and the roads were muddy. Emperor Jinghao ignored the dissuasion of all the officials and, as an emperor, insisted on carrying the coffin for his third brother several miles away.
All the people were moved by this, and all praised Emperor Jing Hao's benevolence.
There was a great Confucian who wrote a book and recorded the story of brothers' love so that it could be passed down to future generations.
And the jailers were not all buried with Xiao Jingao as Zhang Wu thought.
The emperor did not issue such an order, so the Zhenfu Department just investigated.
The third prince died in the Wei Mansion and was buried with the entire Wei family.
In the end, three jailors left Zhao Prison alive.
Just because they themselves are secret agents of the Zhenfu Division.
Among them was Yang San, the jailer who had known Zhang Wu for many years.
Upon hearing the news, Zhang Wu was so frightened that he almost packed up his belongings and ran away from an unknown courtyard in the south of the city.
He asked Yang San to do many things, most of which revolved around Xiao Jingao.
Yang San also knew about Wang Ligen, and might have guessed that he had faked his death.
You were deeply involved in Xiao Jingao's death. Once reported, how could you not be arrested and brought to justice?
Cheng Gou, who was also seriously injured, fled the capital on the night of Emperor Longqing's death to pursue his martial arts dream.
The days passed like this in torment day by day.
It was not until half a month later that Zhang Wu quietly lurked at Yang San's house and learned that he had become inexplicably paralyzed after sleeping in the house, unable to speak or hear, and had become a vegetative state. He felt relieved.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and plum blossom branches bloomed in the corner of the courtyard, and Ling Han bloomed alone.
Zhang Wu looked at the plum blossoms in front of him, holding Xiao Jingao's cultivation experience in his hand, and was sighing when a familiar voice sounded outside the street door.
"Xiao Wu, open the door."
Zhang Wu suddenly froze on the spot, a little surprised, but also expected.
"Finally found it."
Jumped up to the roof and looked out the street door.
If not Uncle Six, who else could it be?
Returning to the house, he put away his cultivation experience, put two pieces of fluffy beard on his upper lip, and secretly ran the bone shrinking technique to make himself look older. Zhang Wu opened the door and asked pretending to be surprised:
"Uncle Six, how did you find this place?"
If it weren't for the land deed that recorded the detailed location, even Zhang Wu himself wouldn't have been able to find the yard.
But he knew Uncle Six would definitely be able to find him.
Ma Liu looked around the messy and spacious yard, then focused on Zhang Wu and said:
"Is it difficult to find out about King Reagan's wife?"
"..."
Zhang Wu deliberately asked with a dark face:
"The secret that Yang San told?"
"He is quite benevolent and did not report the matter between Wang Ligen and you. I found him privately and found out about it, and then spared him half of his life. Otherwise, if he reported it, I would have no choice but to kill him, and my family members would not be allowed to live.
."
Ma Liu entered the courtyard and said:
"When he was patrolling the prison, he saw Wang Ligen convulsing, and he suspected that this guy had drunk poison. After the third prince left the prison, Wang Ligen disappeared inexplicably, and you lived in the hospital, and your whole body festered overnight. Others don't understand you, uncle.
Don’t you know yet?”
Ma Liu smiled and said:
"According to your cautious character, no one in the world can poison your food. How could it possibly be poisoned and fester for no apparent reason?"
"The third prince is dead. If you want to avoid being implicated, death as a substitute is a good idea."
"Besides, you have never made close friends with anyone except Uncle Six and me. You don't have many friends. Check Wang Ligen and the people you are familiar with. It won't be difficult to find you."
"..."
Zhang Wu was convinced.
If you don't want others to know it, you have to do nothing yourself. There is no perfect crime in the world.
As long as others want to check you, they can always find clues.
Especially when the other person is the person you are closest to and know best.
At least one-third of the Gou Gong you practice was learned from your sixth uncle. No one knows his son better than his father, and his better disciple no more than his master.
What's more, you deliberately left a loophole.
Introducing Ma Liu into the house, Uncle Liu couldn't help laughing as soon as he entered the door.
"What about digging tunnels again?"
There is a black hole in the middle of the large earthen kang, and there is a lot of soil piled around it, and it has not been cleaned yet.
The cunning rabbit has three caves. There are tunnels in the caves and traps in the caves. If you want to live a long time, you must always leave a way out for yourself.
Zhang Wu scratched his head, pretending to be shy.
Ma Liu was sensible and didn't ask where the tunnel led. It was a secret, and people should leave room for interaction. He just asked with concern:
"Your Majesty has granted amnesty to the whole world. All the prisoners in the Sky Prison have been released. It just so happened that the jailers are gone and they are recruiting again. What are your plans? Are you ready to return to the Sky Prison?"
Zhang Wu was startled and asked:
"Am I okay?"
"You are getting close to the third prince. Most of the people who are targeting you are Mr. Wu Ge's group, and many of them have been sent to prison."
Uncle Six said indifferently:
"Besides, you are the seventh-level commander of the Zhenfu Division, with a higher level than the secret agent. You were assigned by me. You contacted the third prince in the early stage, but you were only ordered to monitor him. Later, you were seriously injured and admitted to the hospital. You have never left. You have nothing to do with the third prince.
What could it possibly have to do with anything?"
Zhang Wu was shocked.
It’s true that your mouth is on you, and your power is on your feet. You can say whatever you want.
A small person may struggle in ten thousand ways to survive, but none of them can be as effective as a big person's words.
Now that Han Jiangchuan is dead, Sun Qianhu has just taken over. This man is known as "cut with half a sword". He can always use the knife to do things, never use his brain. He can kill people, but he can coordinate the overall situation with a stick and cannot take away the rights of Uncle Liu.
In the entire Zhenfu Division, the sixth uncle has the final say on all information. It can be said that he has monopoly power.
If he writes in the intelligence that you are guilty, then you are guilty.
Write that you are not guilty, and you are not guilty either!
This is the power of power.
As long as Uncle Liu doesn't mention you to his superiors and doesn't let his subordinates report your existence, who will know who you are?
However, Zhang Wu was still worried and said:
"Wang Ligen's body is in the hospital. Others thought I was dead. But if he suddenly appears again, it's hard to explain."
"It doesn't matter."
Uncle Six waved his hand, having already thought of his words:
"Let's just say that you offended a martial arts master in prison. You were poisoned and robbed out of the city that night, and you just escaped recently. The body was placed by a martial arts master. After all, you have a seventh-level official status. You can only make everyone mistakenly think that you are dead.
, you would never have thought that it was him who snatched you away to avoid being wanted by the court."
"...Uncle, you are so tall!"
Zhang Wu gave a thumbs up, convinced, but still shook his head and said:
"I don't want to go back to Tianlao for the time being, so I'd better keep a low profile for a while."
"That's fine."
Uncle Six nodded slightly and said:
"When the situation in the court is stable and I have killed almost all the people who care about you, it won't be too late to show my face again."