The news that the deputy envoy of Zhou State had died in his room immediately spread throughout the entire mission.
Not long after, a group of people gathered around and looked at the deputy envoy of Zhou State, whose eyes were wide open and had turned cold.
As soon as Zhou's deputy envoy died, the entire envoy immediately fell into chaos.
The deputy envoy was responsible for almost all the matters of this mission, but now the deputy envoy died in his room. Without the person who gave orders, the entire mission was leaderless and fell into chaos.
"Who dares to kill the deputy envoy?"
"Who entered the Deputy Ambassador's room last?"
"Which tea boy is it?"
"He was the one who killed the deputy envoy!"
"Catch him quickly and torture him severely!"
The tea boy who was standing behind the many envoys felt his legs weaken and fell to the ground not knowing what to do.
At this moment, Li Xun came over, looked at the people gathered in front of him, and asked with a puzzled face: "What are you doing here?"
Hearing Li Xun's voice, the envoys gathered around turned their heads to look at Li Xun:
"That's right... that's right, sir."
"Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty."
Just like what Li Xun said to Yang Zhou, after he dies, Li Xun will have real power.
During these days, Yang Zhou always maintained the respectful attitude towards Li Xun from a lower official to a superior official in front of others.
On the one hand, as he said, it was to maintain the majesty of the Zhou royal family, and on the other hand, it was to let Li Xun, whose power was deeply hidden, relax his vigilance against him so that he could complete the assassination.
Not everyone in the mission knew about the plan of the mission. Even Yang Zhou's close associates only knew how to carry out Yang Zhou's orders but did not know the plan.
Because the more people know about it, the greater the possibility of leaks. If this matter is leaked, then the high-ranking Emperor Zhou will definitely bear the infamy of killing his son for war.
Now that we know the plan, Yang Zhou is dead, and Sun Cheng, who came to assassinate Li Xun a few days ago, is also dead.
It can be said that no one in the current mission knows the true purpose of this mission.
And because of Yang Zhou's respectful attitude towards Li Xun a few days ago, the people in the envoy unknowingly regarded Li Xun as the real envoy.
Now that the deputy envoy is dead, Li Xun, the chief envoy, has naturally become the backbone of the mission.
An envoy turned back to look at Li Xun, mustered up the courage to raise his hand and said: "Reporting to the envoy, the little boy serving tea just entered the room of the deputy envoy, and found that the deputy envoy had been assassinated. The boy serving tea was the last one to enter.
The people in the room and the subordinates suspect that the tea boy killed the deputy envoy."
Half an hour ago, because Li Xun was cautious, no one noticed that he came in, so naturally the boy serving tea was innocently shot.
Li Xun stepped forward and the envoys gathered around him naturally made way for Li Xun.
Li Xun knelt down and took a look, touched the deputy's neck with the back of his hand, then stood up expressionlessly and said: "The boy serving the tea is not the murderer."
As soon as Li Xun said this, the envoys around him were filled with disbelief, and they all commented:
"How can it be?"
"Your Excellency, the tea boy is the last one to enter the Deputy Ambassador's room. It must be him!"
Li Xun turned around and looked at the messenger and said, "When did the tea boy enter the room?"
The messenger on the side said: "It takes about half a cup of tea."
Li Xun said: "The deputy envoy's body has gone cold, and he has been dead for at least half an hour. The tea boy was not the one who killed the deputy envoy, and he had no motive to kill the deputy envoy. Who could have killed him half an hour or before?"
Have you ever entered the deputy envoy’s room?”
Many messengers pointed to the messenger named Zhang in the crowd: "He!"
The envoy surnamed Zhang suddenly softened and knelt down in front of Li Xun: "It's your Majesty's fault! It's your Majesty's fault! He's not a villain! The villain was scolded by the Deputy Envoy, not a villain!"
As he spoke, the envoy named Zhang looked around at the envoys pointing at him and said: "You... you should have heard it! You should have heard that the deputy envoy was angry! When I was driven out by the deputy envoy, the deputy envoy
He’s still kicking things in there!”
But these envoys just looked elsewhere and did not answer the man named Zhang.
Obviously, these envoys just adopted an attitude of not caring about themselves.
Anyway, as long as they are not suspicious, it will be fine, right?
When the deputy envoy was alive, it was okay to flatter others no matter how much he did. But now that the deputy envoy has died among the envoys, that means each of them has become a suspect.
At this moment, getting rid of the suspicion is the first priority. As for whether the person was killed by the envoy named Zhang, does it matter?
unimportant!
What is most important?
The most important thing is to prove that they did not kill the deputy envoy!
Even a few of Yang Zhou's cronies did not stand up to say anything for the deputy envoy at this moment, but tried every means to get rid of suspicion.
As for other things, isn’t there still the Master?
This is also related to Yang Zhou's arrogance and domineering nature, and he often hits and scolds the people around him, which leads to the fact that there are not many people around Yang Zhou who really protect him.
Those envoys who flattered and had nothing to do with him were just trying to gain access to the Yang family's power. Now that he is dead, his usefulness has disappeared with his death.
Li Xun looked at the envoys around him and said, "He is indeed not the murderer. When he came out, there was indeed a sound coming from the deputy envoy's room, and I heard it clearly."
When the envoy named Zhang heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Xun and said, "Thank you very much, sir, for your enlightenment. Thank you very much, my lord, for your enlightenment!"
When the surrounding envoys heard Li Xun's words, they immediately started talking. One envoy stood up and said, "Your Majesty, since the two suspected men have been cleared of suspicion, who would be so bold as to kill the deputy envoy?"
Li Xun shook his head and said: "This envoy doesn't know either. Since he is not a member of our envoy, it is very likely that he is an assassin from outside."
"A foreign assassin?" The envoy asked doubtfully: "What do you mean, the envoy is the people of Chu? What is their intention?"
Li Xun said solemnly: "No matter what the reason is, since Deputy Ambassador Yang was assassinated in Chu State, Chu State should find out the real culprit and give us an explanation!"
Upon hearing Li Xun's words, many envoys agreed.
Li Xun glanced at the many envoys and said, "Envoy Ning Xin!"
The envoy named Ning Xin walked out of the crowd, cupped his hands and said, "What are your orders, sir?"
Li Xun said: "Immediately write a memorial and report it to the Chu court, asking them to find out the real culprit and give me an explanation. If they can't find it, they will wait for a military meeting! Humph!"
After that, Li Xun waved his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the deputy envoy's room. Anyone present could feel the overwhelming anger of the envoy.