Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 228 Debriefing ([-]) Second update

"The female ghost talked about the dragon's veins so that I could follow her. What she meant was that His Majesty didn't know that it was the Xingguo dragon's veins, but she knew that there was a pond behind the flower hall in the other courtyard. Giant monsters, I am not afraid of people and ghosts, but I was beaten by that thing several times and almost lost my life, but that thing is afraid of light, so they dare not come out during the day, and they are the same after dark as long as the surrounding torches are illuminated Not daring to come out, it is such a monster that kneels down when seeing a female ghost."

Li Heng frowned.

"At first I thought that the female ghost was the royal daughter, and that the thing in the river was to protect the treasures of the dragon veins, but I asked Deputy Envoy Yu and them, and they never heard of a princess who died suddenly ten or twenty years ago, and the daughter The ghost said that His Majesty didn't know that this place is the Dragon Vein of Xingguo, His Majesty didn't know, but not only did she know, but the monster in the river knelt down to her, isn't that ridiculous? If the bragging blows, it will leave a flaw. 20 years ago, it should have belonged to a female ghost, but after she died, the first emperor awarded this other courtyard to the eldest princess. According to the dragon veins, I am afraid that Yuan Tianshi and the female ghost have discussed it long ago. It will be used to deceive the people in the future. To seek to usurp the throne, you always have to make some false appearances of God's will, but before that time, they met me, and they told me to lie to me, especially Yuan Tianshi, he thought he could save his life by doing so."

Li Heng stared at Wu Chen in surprise, his eyes full of inquiry.

Li Heng naturally knew who the female ghost was, and he knew even more who the front and back masters of the other courtyard were, but he didn't expect that Wu Chen, who didn't know anything, could deduce it.

Seeing that there was inquiry in Li Heng's eyes, Wu Chen thought that there was not enough evidence to deduce that the theory of dragon veins was false, so he explained:

"Whether it's a female ghost or Yuan Tianshi, everyone knows that changing hands is not that easy. It's hard to gain a foothold by relying on Yin soldiers to usurp the throne, but it's hard to regain the hearts of the people if you win the country. You have to prepare something in advance to show that the change of the throne is the will of heaven. , shouldn’t it be prepared in advance?”

Wu Chen paused and said:
"To save his life, Yuan Tianshi said that Longgu Mountain is the dragon's veins, and wanted me to know the benefits and let him go. Don't mention it, his words are logical. Please think about it, Your Majesty. He wants his son to sit on the throne. Then Li The family's dragon veins are naturally redundant, but this matter cannot stand careful consideration. If the dragon veins and the fate of the country are connected, after he raises troops, he doesn't need to blow up the dragon veins. The dragon veins should self-destruct, or directly destroy the dragon veins. In other words, for Celestial Master Yuan, destroying the dragon veins of Xingguo is far less important than arranging heaven to enlighten the country to change hands. Later, when I met a female ghost, the female ghost actually said that your majesty did not know that Longgu Mountain was a dragon vein. I became suspicious at that time. Living people like to lie to each other, they all think that they can't tell lies after death, but in fact it depends on how they were in life."

"What do you think is the most difficult thing to do right now?" Li Heng asked expressionlessly.

Just as Wu Chen was about to speak, Chen Zhong's chariot entered the yard, and asked loudly, "Who are you looking for?"

The door of the house was not closed, Li Heng only said: "Put it down and rest first." Then he saw a figure flying from the roof into the courtyard, and was so frightened that he covered his face with a branch.

The man walked to Chen Zhong's chariot and repeated Li Heng's words, and the chariot left. The man didn't have to hide anymore, and stood directly under the eaves.

Wu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Heng snorted and asked, "Are you still afraid?"

"It's not fear, it's trouble."

"What's the trouble?"

"Si Zun... a certain defect in the body will lead to the distortion of human nature. I say that, can your majesty understand?"

"This is also a kind of... concise?"

"Since ancient times, eunuchs have been in power. Few are good. In their eyes, they are not healthy. How can this world be happy? They will not make this world happy. Normal people are officials, regardless of whether it is true or not. More or less, there are always those who want to benefit the common people, but they won't... After all, they are also poor people."

"What you said was straightforward and undisguised."

"If Si Zun is here, I will cover it up. This is trouble."

"Do you think Chen Zhong...has too much power?"

"I don't understand government affairs, and I don't even know how powerful Si Zun is. Si Zun is good at brains, but he doesn't allow his subordinates to have brains. His meritorious deeds have robbed him of the limelight, and the only thing he can rely on in his life is His Majesty's trust..."

"That's why he is always on guard against you."

"What he wants is the loyalty of his subordinates, but he can only be loyal to His Majesty if he is loyal to him. This is his logic and idea. At least for now, Si Zun still thinks so."

Li Heng's face darkened, he brushed off the folds of his robe and asked, "I just asked you, what is the most important thing in the other courtyard right now?"

"Your Majesty must know that this female ghost is very important when you come in person. There are some things I can't ask, such as whether they have left behind? The female ghost doesn't trust Yuan Tianshi. I always feel that she will not only have a den of thieves like Longgu Mountain, really. Where is the Prince Cheng? Find the real Prince Cheng, and the whole matter will be clarified."

Li Heng squinted his eyes and looked out the door, and said, "I thought you would say that dealing with the monsters in the river is the top priority."

Wu Chen waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about those things. Just because I can't beat them doesn't mean I can't get rid of them. They have no brains, but I do."

"If you find Prince Cheng, you can close the case and leave no trouble?"

"The five-color jade should also be investigated. How can it have such supernatural power after adding incantations? How to destroy the five-color jade pendant? This kind of thing must not fall into the hands of others. This is a disaster. Those ancient books in Su Changdong and his experience How many sets are there? We have already destroyed two sets, who else has it? This is also a disaster, and there must be hidden secret passages in this other courtyard that have not been found. They must be found, otherwise it is also a disaster. The eight apprentices Only two hideous ghosts were brought here, the purpose was not to show off, but to make it easier for Longgushan to train more hideous ghosts. We found a total of more than 200 ghosts who were captured by them over the years. To be honest, we started to practice, one person and one wood How big is the barrel?"

"You haven't found the secret passage in the past few days?"

Wu Chen shook his head and said, "The [-] new troops arrived two days ago. When they came, they threatened me and went eight times a day to see what I was doing. The implication was to tell me to wait for the order to come and wash my neck clean." "Crack'', to end this life, how can I have the mind to do other things? Thinking about it, I am the only one who knows the whole case from the beginning to the end, and only I can see the whole picture. If you don't kill me, who will you kill? I think so , I can’t sleep well, and I don’t have the mind to do other things.”

Li Heng hummed and said, "Apart from you, are others useless?"

(End of this chapter)