Ming Dynasty Detective 1546

Chapter 18: Completely expose your true face!

"Nonsense! Nonsense!"

During the day, the two sides confronted each other in the government office. No matter what Hai Yue said, Ruan Zhengyong maintained a certain demeanor. Finally, he seemed to be angry and embarrassed, and called himself the Prince of Dai Viet. After angering everyone in the government office, he turned around and left.

But at this moment, Hai Yue only said one word, and Ruan Zhengyong's expression turned completely ferocious. He hissed, "We have imperial seals, letters of credence, and tokens. How dare you slander us as assassins who are hunting us down?"

"If you don't even have these, you wouldn't dare to pretend."

Hai Yue said calmly, "But these things don't prove the unique identity of the envoys. They can be snatched away."

Ruan Zhengyong angrily shouted, "Bullshit! So, according to you, as long as we seize the imperial seal and the credentials, we can impersonate the diplomatic corps?"

Haiyue shook her head slightly: "Under normal circumstances, it really can't."

"The delegation's members, guards, carriages, tributes, and regulations all have strict requirements. We also have to consider the checkpoints and border officials along the way. It's definitely not possible to replace them simply by stealing the envoy's token."

"But this time is very special. You are coming from across the sea."

"The staff is simple, the tributes are few, and the carriages are no more than three."

"Prince Annan is the chief envoy, but where is the deputy envoy? Where are the accompanying officials? Why are all the remaining people guards?"

"But everyone still doesn't suspect that Annan is in civil strife, and the Li family is asking for help. The envoys are simple and have no choice but to do so!"

Hai Yue sighed with emotion when she spoke of this. "It's precisely because the envoys weren't supposed to be disguised that everyone overlooked this possibility. The local officials in Qiongzhou are so unfamiliar with you that even if they had any doubts, would they have crossed the sea to Annan to verify it? We're separated by a sea, and the two places don't even border each other. This gave you the audacious opportunity to impersonate!"

The clear voice echoed in the cell.

The woman hiding in the corner had tears in her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands in excitement. The veins on Ruan Zhengyong's cheeks bulged, and he was ready to attack.

He hasn't forgotten where this is!
How can you patiently listen to the other party’s analysis?
But the young man standing in front of him blocking the door seemed to be standing casually and talking freely, but his defense was impeccable, and he exuded a terrible threat that made him dare not move.

Ruan Zhengyong placed his right hand on the hilt of the knife, forcing himself to calm down. He said in a deep voice, "No evidence, just empty talk!"

"Your presence here is evidence!"

Hai Yue smiled and said, "What's more, there is also tribute agarwood!"

"Before landing on Hainan, the Li clan's envoys and the Mo clan's assassins encountered each other. A fierce battle ensued. You certainly gained the upper hand and successfully seized the envoy's token, but fighting inevitably causes damage. How could the tribute remain intact?"

"So the initial theft of the agarwood from the government office wasn't just about you trying to leave the government office. It was actually about covering up the biggest flaw in your diplomatic mission: those tributes were empty and completely sham!"

"Of course, you could have had many excuses, like the waves that hit you while you were crossing the sea, destroying most of the tribute you were carrying. But you were guilty and deliberately concealed your previous experiences, not wanting to even mention what happened along the way. So you framed the officials and said the agarwood was stolen..."

"And the agarwood was stolen for another purpose."

Ruan Zhengyong was looking for loopholes to undermine the opponent's momentum. He asked coldly, "What's your purpose?"

Haiyue glanced at him playfully, and said slowly, "Search for the fish that have escaped the net!"

"You caught up with the envoys, but didn't kill them all. I'm afraid you missed the most crucial one, the real Prince of Annan, Li Weining?"

"So after you arrived in Qiongzhou, under the pretext of needing to replenish the tribute locally due to the theft of agarwood, you sent people to search all the shops in Qiongshan that were related to Annan. This was your search for Li Weining."

"Of course, the most cunning move was to find a local substitute for the prince."

Ruan Zhengyong clenched his fingers suddenly: "Oh?"

Hai Yue said, "My brother Hai Rui asked me a question not long ago. Why did the envoys choose us, the locals of Hainan, to arrange a substitute for the prince?"

"The answer is that your impersonation of the diplomatic mission was a spur-of-the-moment decision, and you could only select people locally."

"And when you chose your substitute, you decided to kill it."

"After all, there are too many loopholes."

"The stand-in has no feelings towards the current situation of the civil unrest in Annan. The various things he shows are not at all like a noble prince. And those rude subordinates who can't even speak the Ming language are completely unqualified."

"In Annan, Chinese is the official language. Documents, announcements, and exams are all written in Chinese characters. Even conversations within the palace are conducted in Chinese characters. It's impossible for the envoys' guards not to understand the Ming language. Only assassins like you can only speak the local dialect." "We're only in Qiongzhou Prefecture now, and there's not much communication. You can still hide it, but it will be difficult to get away with it in the Guangdong Provincial Sansi Yamen. And in the capital, you'll definitely be exposed."

"But you didn't intend to go that far. You pretended to be an envoy and had someone impersonate Li Weining for two purposes."

"First, we must lure out the real Li Weining. If you can't find him, let him fall into our trap."

"Secondly, it is to destroy the reputation of the diplomatic mission, make the Ming Dynasty hate the Annan Li family, and block the Li family's subsequent diplomatic opportunities."

……

Speaking of this, Haiyue couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

This trick is simple to operate, but it is really clever.

He was confused at first.

First, he solved an impossible poison killing;

Then he realized that the guards lied, the prince was fake, and it was a double who died, thinking that the assassin had hit the wrong car, and the real prince went along with it;
Then, through reexamination of the corpse, it was discovered that the double had simply been killed by the real prince in order to gain the diplomatic initiative;

Finally found out that all of the above are wrong.

"This is a double identity scheme."

"Even if the government were to see through one of these layers, there would still be a serious misalignment, and the results would be completely different."

"So after the truth was revealed today, you readily admitted your identity as a prince, because that's what you wanted—"

"Completely destroy the reputation of the Annan Li family in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing this, the woman's eyes reddened, and she finally couldn't help but say, "Sir, you are very observant! This evil thief's original name was Ruan Zhengyong. He was later adopted as a son by the rebellious Mo Dengyong and changed his surname to Mo. He is now one of the Thirteen Guardians under Mo's command!"

The woman spoke quickly and steadily, and the key point was that Ruan Zhengyong did not stop her, but just stared at Haiyue.

She hurriedly continued, "My name is Li Yuying, and I was granted the title of Princess Fanglian. Li Weining is my brother! We were caught by these bandits on Beiye Island. Fortunately, my subordinates risked their lives to protect us, and we managed to escape. He couldn't find my brother, so he used this vicious scheme to tarnish the reputation of my Li family..."

Hai Yue nodded, also staring at Ruan Zhengyong, no, should he be called Mo Zhengyong: "When you lost the real Li Weining, there was a vast sea of ​​people and nowhere to find him. The assassination mission had already failed, but now you have forced the envoys into a dead end. The Mo family has talented people under their command. No wonder they were able to commit treason and kill their master and proclaim themselves king!"

"Are you praising my father?"

Mo Zhengyong laughed out of anger. The key point was that the other party had said so much, his tone was ups and downs, but his momentum was as steady as Mount Tai, unmoved. Finally, he shouted, "Who are you?"

"You choose to slander me, but you don't even know who I am?"

Haiyue laughed: "Qionghai Shisanlang, seventeen years old this year, a student at Dongpo Academy!"

Mo Zhengyong gritted his teeth.

Is the Celestial Empire so unreasonable?

How can a 17-year-old commoner student reach such a level?
Or was it just that I was unlucky, picking a random student to slander and ended up running into such a monster who exposed all my secrets?

Seeing that the time had come, Hai Yue said leisurely, "It seems that you have nothing to add to the process of the case. Since you are not stubborn, I can tell you one thing."

Mo Zhengyong said in a deep voice: "What?"

Hai Yue's lips curled up. "If you want to wait for the men outside, there's no need. Why not take a guess at what my brother Hai Rui is doing?"

"die!"

This sentence was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The murderous light in Mo Zhengyong's eyes completely erupted. With a thunderous roar, he drew his sword and slashed wildly.

Hai Yue's eyes were calm, like an ancient well without ripples. She swung the spear in her hand, and a strong wind suddenly blew up, striking directly at the center of the palace.

Peaceful meditation can subdue the poisonous dragon!
Out!
(End of this chapter)