Cheng Jin originally thought that Meng Ping'an might be harboring assassins out of sympathy, but he didn't expect that he would be the mastermind, and he was not the only one.
Gao Mucheng also did not expect to find such important clues from Meng Pingan. He waved to the soldiers around him and told them to take the woman out quickly, then approached Meng Pingan and said word by word: "Meng Pingan
Lao, who are the other masterminds, why did you want to assassinate the king, and how did you find the assassin? As long as you can explain all this clearly, I can guarantee your wife's safety, and no one can touch a hair on her."
Meng Ping'an lowered his head with a painful expression, slowly closed his eyes, and said: "Only by killing the Wind King can our country, Mo, have hope of restoration."
"That's impossible." Gao Mucheng said sternly: "The Shao family is dead and under house arrest. Even if the king really has his shortcomings, the country of Mo will never be able to recover. Has Mr. Meng ever seen a country without a monarch?"
"Haha——" Meng Ping'an suddenly laughed and said: "You think that all the king's children are under your control, but you are wrong. The king still has a young son who is not under your control."
Hearing this, Gao Mucheng almost broke out in cold sweat. Even Cheng Jin, Zhang Xiao, and Li Tong, who were sitting in the back and listened, stood up in unison, with expressions of disbelief on their faces and unblinking eyes.
Look at Meng Pingan.
How is this possible that Shao Fang still has an heir at large? All of Shao Fang's heirs are recorded in the books, and we have done a thorough verification. If there is really an heir at large, we cannot possibly not know about it.
Gao Mucheng moved closer, almost touching Meng Ping'an's body. He was nervous and excited at the same time, but he tried to keep his tone calm and asked softly: "Then... what is the name of King Mo's escaped heir?"
?Where are you now?"
Meng Ping'an said: "The young master's name is Shao Yuan, and he is the seventh son of the king. But you don't have to have any wishful thinking. The young master has already arrived in Sichuan Kingdom."
Gao Mucheng's heart trembled, but now he had no time to check whether what Meng Ping'an said was true or false. He rolled his eyes and asked: "Did Shao Yuan give you the order to find an assassin to kill the king?"
"The young master did not give us any orders. The decision to assassinate the Wind King was completely made by ourselves."
"You? Who else besides you?"
"Sun Cai from Longxi County, Zheng Fei from Tai'an County, Cai Ping from Tianyang County..." Meng Ping'an named six or seven people in one breath, and then said: "The reward for assassinating the Wind King is how many of us are there?"
The purpose of human beings is to expel the barbarians and destroy me!"
When Meng Ping'an was speaking, someone next to him wrote down his words verbatim. When he finished speaking, Gao Mucheng turned to look at the person who recorded the text, and then asked: "Is what Mr. Meng said true?"
"If you don't believe it, you can go check it out. I only want one thing from you. It was done by me. My family didn't know anything about it. They want to kill or chop me into pieces. You can come for me alone, don't... embarrass me.
family."
Now no one cares about what to do with Meng Ping'an and his family. People's minds are all on his confession. The information mentioned in it is too much and too important. It is of great significance and the scope involved is quite wide.
.
The interrogation came to an end, and Cheng Jin ordered Meng Ping'an and his family members to be placed under strict guard while he took the confession and began to assign tasks to his undercover personnel.
Since the names mentioned by Meng Ping'an are all in different counties, the investigation is very troublesome and requires separate operations.
Cheng Jin sent out a large number of secret assassins to investigate the people mentioned by Meng Ping'an either openly or secretly. Of course, getting a result cannot be accomplished in a short time, and Tang Yin and Lingshuang did not have time to be there.
It's often consumed.
On the third day after capturing the assassin, Tang Yin and Lingshuang left Changdu, heading north to Tang Yin, and returned to Yancheng, the capital of wind. Lingshuang headed west to Kangyang, the capital of jade.
When they were about to break up, Lingshuang was a little reluctant to let go of Tang Yin, but because there were so many people around her, even if she had a lot to say, she didn't know where to start.
What Tang Yin was most worried about was Lingshuang's safety. He repeatedly told Lingshuang to be careful on the road and guard against assassins. In addition, he told Qingyu to escort Lingshuang carefully along the way and not make any mistakes.
In fact, even if Tang Yin didn't explain this, Qingyu would still do it.
Qingyu had a good impression of Lingshuang, and they often met in private. At first, Lingshuang wanted to find out some news about Fengguo through Qingyu. Later, the more they got in touch, the more speculative they became, and gradually they developed a friendship like friends.
friendship.
Tang Yin and Ling Shuang returned to their respective countries, but the assassination in Changdu did not end there, but intensified.
Through careful investigation by Secret Arrow, it can be confirmed that Meng Ping'an's testimony is true, and the names he mentioned are all real people, and each of them is a well-known wealthy man in the local area.
Some of them knew each other already, and some were introduced by acquaintances. They were like-minded and had the desire to restore the country of Mo, so they came together naturally.
In the early days of Feng Kingdom's occupation of Mo Country, they provided money to support local resistance forces, but unfortunately their little arms could not twist their thighs. As soon as Feng Kingdom's regular army arrived, the resistance forces were wiped out in an instant.
Seeing that the resistance force was so vulnerable, they all felt discouraged. When they were in despair, someone suddenly came to them. This person claimed to be from the Sichuan Kingdom and was a secret envoy sent by the Sichuan Kingdom.
He said that Shao Fang also had a young son named Shao Yuan, who had not fallen into the hands of Feng Ren. He had now fled to Sichuan Kingdom. As long as he could find a way to kill Feng King Tang Yin, Feng Kingdom would inevitably be in chaos and would have no time to take care of Mo Country.
At that time, it will be a good opportunity for the country of Mo to recover.
Even if Feng Ren killed all the hostages in the Mo Kingdom's royal family, there is still the blood of Shao Yuan's royal family, so he is not afraid that no one in the Mo Kingdom will inherit the throne.
Although Meng Ping'an and others were said to be wealthy men with great wealth, they were not ministers of the imperial court after all, and it was not clear whether Shao Fang really had a son like Shao Yuan.
However, that person did not have any proof. It was the seal of King Mo's family, and the word Shao Yuan was clearly engraved on the seal.
The royal seals of each country are different, and the production process has its own characteristics, making it extremely difficult to imitate. The Secret History of Sichuan State took out the seal of the Mo Kingdom family, which can basically prove Shao Yuan’s identity, and it is precisely when he saw
With this seal, Meng Pingan and others believed in his words.
After the secret envoy from Sichuan Kingdom left, Meng Pingan and others decided to hire assassins to assassinate Tang Yin. Tang Yin was still in Zhenjiang at that time, but Meng Pingan felt that he would return to Feng Kingdom sooner or later. As long as he returned to Feng Kingdom, he would have to pass through Zeping County.
At this time, the county capital of Changdu issued an announcement to renovate the hotel. Meng Ping'an believed that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to let hired assassins dress up as craftsmen and sneak into the hotel.
Inside, wait for the opportunity to act.
Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, not to mention that what they were fighting was a just and awe-inspiring banner of "Expelling the Barbarians and Recovering the Great Mo". After hearing the news, there was an endless stream of assassins, most of whom were from the Mo Kingdom.
Ranger, after careful screening, they finally decided to use a dark spiritual cultivator to assassinate.
What happened next was the scene where Tang Yin and Ling Shuang were assassinated in the hotel. This is the whole story.
Hidden Arrow has carefully checked the Shao family's genealogy, and there is no record that Shao Fang has a son like Shao Yuan. Genealogy is the most strictly prohibited. If there is such a person, even if it is an illegitimate son who cannot be seen, there will definitely be records.
, but according to Meng Ping'an's explanation, the Sichuan Kingdom's secret envoy and Shao Yuan's royal seal are really unbelievable. It is still unclear whether there is indeed such a person or whether the Sichuan Kingdom is secretly causing trouble.
No matter whether Shao Yuan is true or not, after all, he is far away in Sichuan country, and there is no way to verify the secret assassination. It is impossible to go to Sichuan country to capture Shao Yuan. There is nothing they can do about Shao Yuan, but the fellow soldiers Meng Ping'an told him about
The party cannot escape.
Meng Ping'an's co-conspirators were all extremely wealthy men with large families and businesses. The total number of their families alone numbered a thousand.
Under the orders of Cheng Jin, An Jian arrested them all. After being tortured, they confirmed that Meng Ping'an's confession was true and that they had indeed participated in the assassination plan against Tang Yin. Then An Jian linked these families to the nine clans on the charge of murdering the monarch.
All executed.
Logically speaking, the matter should have come to an end at this point, but it was far from over. Cheng Jin intended to use this incident to suppress Mo people's resistance to the Feng Kingdom, and wanted to amplify the incident. He ordered people to report to the county offices of each county.
A message was sent: Although the mastermind of the assassination of the king is dead, it is still unknown whether his accomplices still exist. It is related to the safety of the king and must be investigated strictly. It is better to kill by mistake than to let any fish slip through the net. If the same thing happens again in the future
incident, Wang Song is a lesson learned from the past.
His message spread to the county offices in various counties, which frightened the county chiefs. When the king was assassinated in Zeping County, a hidden arrow killed the county chief Wang Song on the spot. If something like this happened in his own land,
, then my head will also have to be moved.
After receiving such a message from Cheng Jin, the county chiefs did not dare to neglect. They all used all their skills to investigate the accomplices of the masterminds. Of course, the objects of their investigation were those people they usually interacted with.
People who have close contacts and frequent contacts.
But you must know that those people are all wealthy businessmen. There are too many people involved in shopping malls and private friendships. The chiefs of each county strictly follow Cheng Jin's wishes. They would rather kill by mistake than by mistake. Yes.
For these people, every county has adopted the most direct, simplest and least harmful method - kill them!
A message from Cheng Jin developed into a bloody massacre. This period can be regarded as the darkest period in the history of the Mo country. People were panicked and in danger. The county chiefs from all over the country seemed to be competing.
, killing more rebels than anyone else, each and every one of them was afraid of falling behind others and being criticized.