Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 536 Layout
"It is indeed no small matter that the three major artifacts were taken away, but in comparison, Yangzhou City was captured by the rogues from Sang Island. If this happened, the Holy One must be extremely furious, and at this time, all the officials in Yangzhou City will not be able to escape. Blame, of course, includes me and the two princes." Li Canghai squinted his eyes, snorted coldly, and said: "The two princes are the descendants of the current royal family, the Holy Majesty will not blame them, this is not good for defending the city. Sin naturally fell on my head."

When Di Qing heard this, her beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly, and she asked in confusion: "Cang Hai, what does this have to do with you? You are not the sheriff of Yangzhou City?"

Li Canghai shook his head and said, "I am holding the holy seal now. In name, I am the highest official of Jiangnan Province. If Yangzhou City is captured, I will be responsible even if I die."

"Ah? It's so dangerous? I thought that with this holy seal, I would have the supreme power, but I didn't expect this holy seal to be so dangerous. Isn't this a hot potato? Cang Hai, what should I do? "Di Qing suddenly became anxious and asked worriedly.

Knowing that Di Qing cared about her, Li Canghai smiled gently at her, and said lightly: "It's okay, it's not so easy for him to get rid of me. Some rogues in the area also want to get their hands on Yangzhou City. It's just a daydream! We will deal with them after the artifact is sent away, but now it seems that we have to act in advance!"

"Brother Li, what are your plans?" Conan asked seeing that he looked confident.

Li Canghai thought for a while, with an inscrutable smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Since the rogues from Sang Island want Yangzhou City, then give them Yangzhou City."

"Give Yangzhou City to them?" Di Qing was a little stunned.

"Since Ueda Takashi came to conspire with you, what is the plan you discussed?" Li Canghai asked Zhang Wenyuan.

Zhang Wenyuan looked at Li Canghai suspiciously, wondering why he was so indifferent, as if all this was within his expectation.

He shook his head and said: "I don't know the specific plan, they just asked me to cooperate, poison the food of the Yangzhou garrison, and then open the city gate at night to let them in."

"Then when do they plan to act?" Li Canghai asked.

"I don't know. Ueda Takashi didn't say the specific time, he just said he was waiting for news from Doihara." Zhang Wenyuan said honestly.

Li Canghai thought for a moment, then whispered a few words to Zhang Wenyuan.

Zhang Wenyuan nodded after listening, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I have committed a serious crime, and now I have the intention of repenting, I will definitely do my best in this matter."

In the firewood room in the backyard of the Zhang family, Ueda Takashi was tied up and lying on the ground like a dead pig. With a sackcloth stuffed in his mouth, he could only grunt.

Zhang Wenyuan walked in, he hurriedly untied Ueda Takashi, and said with an apologetic smile, "Mr. Ueda, Zhang is very sorry for making you suffer."

Ueda Takashi broke free from the rope on his body, he stretched out his hand and pulled out the sackcloth from his mouth, threw it on the ground forcefully, pointed at Zhang Wenyuan's nose and cursed: "Zhang Wenyuan, what the hell are you doing? You're trying to tear our faces apart Is it?"

Ueda Takashi's saliva flew all over the place, and the saliva sprayed directly on Zhang Wenyuan's face.

Zhang Wenyuan was not angry at all, he said with an apologetic smile on his face: "Mr. Ueda, this is all a misunderstanding! I did this as a last resort to find the murderer. What's more, I did this for the sake of Mr. Ueda's innocence. Mr. Ueda is fair."

Seeing Zhang Wenyuan's respectful expression, Ueda Takashi dissipated a lot of the anger on his face. He patted the dust off his body and hummed, "Who is the murderer? How dare you frame me? I'm going to tear him apart!"

Zhang Wenyuan bowed and stood beside him, sighed, and said, "The murderer has already been punished, so Mr. Ueda should stop questioning him."

"Oh? When you say that, it makes me a little interested." Seeing Zhang Wenyuan's respectful face, Ueda Takashi immediately felt very refreshed.

Who is Zhang Wenyuan?He is Yang Guozhong's adopted son!Which of the officials of all ranks in Jiangnan Road is not respectful to him?But at this time, he is so respectful to himself, how can this make him unhappy?

Zhang Wenyuan looked a little embarrassed, he hesitated for a moment, and sighed: "To be honest, this murderer is my son whom I haven't seen for a long time."

"You have a son? Don't you have no heirs?" Ueda Takashi looked at Zhang Wenyuan and asked in surprise.

Zhang Wenyuan smiled wryly, he sighed, and said: "It's a long story, and Mr. Ueda didn't know about it. My late wife had a son, but he was taken away when he was born. Now he's grown up , came back to the Zhang family to seek revenge on me, and that’s why I did so many wrong things.”

Ueda Takashi touched his nose and asked with great interest: "Strange, since he is your son, why did he seek revenge from you?"

Zhang Wenyuan's face was a bit ugly, he grinned, sighed a long time, and then briefly told Ueda Takashi the truth of the case.

After Ueda Takashi finished listening, he sighed a few times, and said, "It turns out that the murderer is really Yu Chengen, as I guessed! But I don't know how Brother Zhang will deal with this matter?"

Zhang Wenyuan said with a sad face: "This rebellious son is rebellious, and I can't go around him. After breaking one of his arms, I handed him over to the Yamen for disposal."

"Okay!" Hearing Zhang Wenyuan's words, Ueda Takashi immediately called out "Hello!" He stretched out his thumb and praised, whether it was intentional or unintentional, and said, "Brother Zhang killed relatives righteously, indeed Gao Yi!"

Zhang Wenyuan grinned in embarrassment, and said: "Brother Ueda, I came here this time to plead guilty to you, and to discuss matters with you."

Seeing that he was so polite, Ueda Takashi suddenly felt that his status had improved a lot. He waved his hand and said shamelessly: "Hey, Brother Zhang, you are being polite. In fact, I have already seen that Yu Chengen is the murderer, so I just said I cooperated with you in this play, so that he would show his flaws on purpose. Oh, by the way, Brother Zhang said that he has something to discuss with me, but I don’t know what the matter is?"

Zhang Wenyuan looked around, lowered his voice, and said in a deep voice: "I received the news that in two days, the Japanese envoys will escort the three major artifacts to Luoyang. General Doihara's plan, Prime Minister Yang has agreed, but I don't know you guys When are you going to attack Yangzhou?"

"The three major artifacts are going to be sent to Luoyang? Is this news reliable?" Ueda Takashi asked in surprise.

Zhang Wenyuan nodded, and said solemnly: "I found out this news from the Sheriff's Office. The news is absolutely true and reliable. What Yang Xiang meant was that this matter should be done sooner rather than later. I think that since Doihara wanted to rob Yangzhou Let’s take a look, why not take along with us the three artifacts we stole? This is killing two birds with one stone!”

Ueda Takashi nodded immediately when he heard the words, but then he touched his chin and said hesitantly: "This is a good suggestion, but the generals are not ready yet, if they attack Yangzhou rashly, I'm afraid there will be something wrong!"

(End of this chapter)