After Concubine Di left Prince An's Mansion, she immediately sent someone to deliver the scarf to Prince Huai's Mansion.
Rong Yue immediately went to the Prince of Chu's Mansion, let Duobao smell the scarf, and took her to Huguo Temple first.
Xu Yi also got news from watching Zhao Hongfang. After some secret investigation, he found that many drug dealers came to ask him for money. From this, it can be proved that he is the mastermind behind the large-scale acquisition of drugs, but Xu Yi also checked
, this drug shop only earns a few hundred taels of silver every year, and it is impossible to buy so many medicines on a large scale. After further investigation, it was discovered that he had close contacts with those wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan.
Therefore, Zhao Hongfang is not the mastermind. He is just a minor player in Hong Lie's secret plot.
When looking for Princess An's hiding place, Yu Wenhao split two lines. Rong Yue searched with great fanfare, while Xu Yi investigated secretly.
In order to get another clue, he took Gu Si to find Hongye. Hongye also gave him a map, circling the places where the spies might be hiding. He explained: "Except for the mountains, they are most likely to be residential buildings, and they may be poor people."
Princess Huai went to Huguo Temple, but Huguo Temple is unlikely because the place has been demolished and they won’t detain people there. Let’s go to the poor houses to find them.”
Yu Wenhao thought it made sense, "Xu Yi has already lurked many people around. If he is in a slum, I believe there will be news soon."
"Why did King An focus on Zhao Hongfang?
Although he is involved in the herbal business behind the scenes, he supposedly has nothing to do with the kidnapping of Princess An and the little princess."
Gu Si asked.
Hongye shook his head, "That's not the case. Even if he is in charge of herbal medicine, it doesn't mean he can't do other things. I suspect that the housekeeper took Princess An to his medicine shop first, and then he transported it out."
Gu Si was still puzzled, "Then why did King An know it was Zhao Hongfang?
He was in the palace when Princess An was kidnapped."
Yu Wenhao said: "Hong Lie once invited him to cooperate. He must know something about Hong Lie's spy. Zhao Hong opened a medicine shop in Beijing and became Hong Lie's spy. He must have known about it. He let Zhao Hong go."
The name tells me that it may not be because Zhao Hongfang kidnapped Princess An, but because he wanted to tear a hole from Zhao Hongfang. The secret agent is like a net. If you tear a hole, you can follow it down. "
Gu Si understood and said with regret: "So, King An knows a lot of things. If he could have cooperated with us earlier, why would he be like this?
Now he can’t even tell us.”
After a pause, Gu Si added: "But it's a good thing that he chose to go back to Jiangbei Mansion instead of dealing with us with Hong Lie."
Hongye said calmly: "He is not stupid, how come he doesn't know that if he cooperates with Hong Lie now, he will die more miserably?
He has nothing to rely on. Once the thing is done, Hong Lie will first use his head to knock the mountain to shake the tiger. His methods may not be unknown to King An."
He looked at Yu Wenhao, "What's the next step?"
Yu Wenhao looked at him, "After finding Princess An, I will interview Hong Lie and hold a Hongmen Banquet."
"However, he may not know that we have discovered his identity."
Hongye frowned, "He may not be willing to keep the appointment. Even if he goes to the appointment, he may set up a bigger picture."
"It's inevitable. Don't delay it any longer. If you delay it any longer, Bei Mo will have an army of troops approaching the city. It's best to force them to take action earlier so that they can use their hands to deal with Bei Mo."
Yu Wenhao said.
Gu Si agreed with Yu Wenhao's statement, "Hong Lie knows how to plan, can't we?
If he dares to come, I will risk my life to make sure he never comes back."
Hongye frowned, always feeling that something was wrong. How could he let others see through it so easily?
But the Prince Pingnan whom I met that day looked very much like him in both demeanor and actions.
He felt that he was worrying too much. No matter how powerful he was, he was still a mere mortal.
Finding Princess An has become a crucial step. Only by finding them can Prince An cooperate without any worries.
The capital looks very peaceful on the surface, but beneath the calm, undercurrents are raging.
Neither the Di family nor the Zhu family cared about Di Zhongliang's funeral, but the Zhu family sent someone to notify Di Weiming, who was recovering from illness, and Di Weiming came forward to handle the matter.
When Di Weiming appeared in Jingzhao Mansion, King Qi personally received him.
Di Weiming looked much older, his hair was gray, and there were many wrinkles on the corners of his eyebrows, like thousands of furrows. Especially when he squinted his eyes to look at King Qi, his eyes had lost all their vigor and looked full of decay.
Di Zhongliang's body was covered with lime, but it already smelled faintly. It had been moved to Yizhuang, and it had not yet been enshrined. It was only placed on a wooden bed. The King of Qi asked someone to cover him with a new quilt, and then laid it on him.
Not too shabby.
Because he wanted to examine the body, Di Weiming had to go to Yizhuang in person. King Qi made arrangements and he personally accompanied Di Weiming there.
When he was going out, Yu Wenhao happened to come to Jingzhao Mansion. When he saw Di Weiming, he was slightly shocked. How could he have aged so much?
Di Weiming glanced at Yu Wenhao, and the corners of his dry lips curved coldly, "Don't you recognize me, the prince?"
This voice was also very old, with a hint of ridicule.
Yu Wenhao said: "How come you don't know me?
It’s just that I’m a little older, and everyone gets older.”
Di Weiming tried his best to straighten his waist, maintaining his remaining dignity, and walked step by step.
Yu Wenhao called King Qi over and asked, "He is here to collect Di Zhongliang's body?"
King Qi said: "Yes, it was probably Zhu Guogong who notified him. The moment he entered the door, I was frightened. How could he be like this?"
Yu Wenhao said: "You don't have to go in person, just ask someone to take him there."
"It's okay, I'll just go there. This Di Zhongliang is so pitiful."
King Qi said.
"Bring a few more people with you."
Yu Wenhao knew that he pitied Di Zhongliang and didn't bother to stop him.
"I understand, fifth brother, why did you come here specially?"
King Qi asked.
Yu Wenhao said: "It's okay. I'll check something. You go ahead and go back early. You've been worrying about this for so long. If you solve it earlier, you won't have to worry about it all the time."
King Qi hummed, "This Di Zhongliang is really pitiful. Even though he is dead, the Di family is still unwilling to come forward to bury him because they are afraid that you will accuse him."
Yu Wenhao didn't want to dwell on this matter and said, "Go ahead."
"good!"
After King Qi finished speaking, he went down the stone steps.
Yu Wenhao walked inside, thought for a while, and looked back at Di Weiming. He slowly got on the carriage, his movements were very clumsy, and he looked like he was seriously ill. He thought about his majesty back then and his downfall today.
, Yu Wenhao really feels that one should not be too arrogant in life.
After getting on the carriage, Di Weiming's hand slowly pulled down the curtain, and a pair of cold eyes came out from the gap in the slowly falling curtain, like lightning.
Yu Wenhao stood with his hands behind his hands and watched the carriage slowly turn away.