Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 1020: Give Him a Trick in the Same Way

"Weiyong, how do you think we should handle this matter?"

"That Wu Liang, although he arranged for someone to bribe your servant, in fact, according to the evidence, it was the salt merchant who had closer contact with the servant!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was somewhat troubled at this moment.

It's really Wu Liang's fault. His methods are so despicable.

Because there were actually several memorials, one of which was sent by Jiang Qiu.

The boy first made a lot of apologies, and then told the results of his investigation.

That Li Si'er is now a corpse.

However, all the evidence left behind and the various letters found in the house he settled outside the Hu Mansion can prove that this guy was bribed by the salt merchant.

Even the salt merchant who is now in prison admitted that he was the one who bribed this man. However, he only arranged for someone to inquire about the information, but never issued any task related to poisoning.

That salt merchant was even more wronged than Dou E. He was just a salt merchant, but he poisoned a legitimate princess who was also the daughter-in-law of a prince. What good would it gain him other than getting himself into trouble?
Even if we know that the eldest princess now controls the refined salt trade, so what?

It was obviously a business between the royal family and the Hu family. How could a small salt merchant like him covet it?
Therefore, even though this old guy was tortured repeatedly, he refused to admit this.

Then the information was passed to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang also spared his life.

He also didn't believe that it was the salt merchant who did it. Not only did he have the information from Master Hu, but more importantly, he recognized the benefits that the salt merchant mentioned.

He is just a salt merchant. All he can gain is profit and status.

But this poisons Anqing, what can they gain?
But unfortunately, these things are just theoretical speculations and cannot be used as evidence.

Judging from the evidence, it was done by the salt merchant alone.

"Weiyong, stop eating for now. Come up with an idea for us. How should we deal with this?"

"Hmm? What did you say? About Wu Liang?"

"Yeah! Apart from this bastard, do we need to worry about anyone else?"

"Hmm...let me think about it!"

Master Hu held the glutinous rice cake, which was no longer so hot, in his mouth and really started to think about it.

This matter really requires a legitimate reason.

After all, the person to be retaliated this time is a nobleman.

If people like this can be punished without any warning, then the Zhu family will never be able to sit still in peace!
After all, Marquis is the first-class title below Duke!

And Wu Liang also worked hard with Zhu Yuanzhang all the way.

Although he has fallen a little now, his previous achievements are real.

If you have real evidence, then you should kill him.

But if there is no real evidence, then we can only find ways to retaliate in other ways, and it is absolutely impossible to do it openly.

Thinking of this, Master Hu took the glutinous rice cake from his mouth and spoke slowly.

"I've thought about this matter, and the whole process should be like this."

"First of all, Li Si'er was bribed by Wu Liang in his early years. Although they didn't have much contact over the years, they used various means to completely control this person."

"Li Si'er, who was tortured into a deadly soldier by Wu Liang through various means, seemed to be ignored in the Hu Mansion, but in fact, Wu Liang cleverly pushed him into the eyes of the salt merchant." "The salt merchant suddenly learned that there was such an opportunity to easily plant a spy in my Hu Mansion, so he naturally would not let it go."

"So, it was only natural that Li Sier became a member of the salt merchant family, at least on the surface."

"But at the critical moment, Wu Liang gave an order, and this assassin Li Si'er directly poisoned An Qing, and was foolishly caught."

"At this time, the salt merchant, as the person who bribed Li Si'er behind the scenes, is the most suspicious person when Li Si'er has already committed suicide."

"His family and property will be confiscated and his clan will be exterminated. This is his inevitable fate!"

"Other salt merchants may be able to take away the salt permits that originally belonged to this salt merchant, but no one can take over the underwriting and distribution team that was originally in the hands of this salt merchant."

"Because other people don't even know these people exist, so even if they are envious, they don't know where to start."

"What's more, there are a lot of hidden silver and money behind this. Only those who know the most and have calculated the most can grasp it!"

"As Wu Liang, who had long been colluding with the salt merchant and protecting him and making money at the same time, he is undoubtedly the one who knows him best."

"The whole thing was actually set up by him."

"I guess this guy has already started to pay attention to the personnel, team, and various methods of this salt merchant."

"Now that Wu Liang has trapped someone in the trap, the remaining things that he has been eyeing for a long time will naturally fall into his hands."

"At this point, the whole thing is clear. Wu Liang has been planning for a long time. The salt merchant is not a good person either. It's just that our family suffered an unprovoked disaster, and the royal family became the knife used by others to kill people."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded silently.

That's what happened.

He just thought about it and figured things out.

But the key point is that when you think about this situation, you find that there is really no place to obtain evidence here.

Li Si'er is dead now, so the witness is naturally gone.

Not to mention the physical evidence afterwards.

Since the letters found in Li Si'er's outer residence were of collusion between Li Si'er and the salt merchant, it proved that these things had been prepared long ago.

Naturally, even if Li Si'er had some connection with someone in Wu Liang's mansion, no evidence could be found now.

As for the evidence of collusion between the salt merchant and Wu Liang, I guess there would not be much, if any.

This kind of thing would never be put on paper; it would just be a tacit understanding.

Besides, this kind of thing is extremely common in the Ming Dynasty.

If this person is charged with the crime of "taking care of merchants", not only other nobles but even officials will be furious.

Because 'taking care of merchants' is something that all senior executives and nobles would do.
Just because everyone is doing it, we can't block this path.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt more and more headache.

However, Master Hu blinked his eyes and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"This matter can really be solved."

"Then didn't Wu Liang just use some tricks to eliminate all the witnesses and evidence?"

"Since he dared to bully me and come to my Hu Mansion, I will use the same method to fight back. Is that not too much?" (End of this chapter)