Seeing that King Shu finally nodded in agreement, the old man breathed a sigh of relief. After opening the secret room door, he slapped his hands outside. Following his slap, two men came in from the secret room and held a man in black who was unconscious. He was very similar to King Shu in terms of height and body shape, and even looked somewhat similar to King Shu.
The old man pointed to the kidnapped man and said: "This is the substitute that the old man carefully selected for the prince after he learned that the prince was under house arrest. In order to be on the safe side, before we leave, we placed this person in the prince's bedroom. Light a fire and fake the scene of the prince setting fire to commit suicide, so as to hide it from the emperor as much as possible and buy more time for the prince."
Naturally, the King of Shu, who was currently besieged on all sides, would not refuse to agree to the old man's arrangement. But after nodding slightly, the King of Shu raised his head and looked at the old man and said: "What about the secret guard? Should he go to the Western Regions with me, or stay for now? There are also Lu Wentao and Yi Ying. I will never let them go. Yes. The two of them know too much, and I will have trouble sleeping and eating while they are alive."
After hearing these words from the King of Shu, the old man stroked the three long strands of beard under his chin for a long time before sighing and saying: "The secret guard in the northwest should be divided into two, the capable ones should be taken away, and the rest should be kept. And We must also let those who stay find ways to grow stronger. In the next step of the development of the secret guards, we must focus on Longyou and Shaanxi 2nd Road."
"All those on the Henan Road and in Beijing must stay in order to spy on the court's movements. Those on the Jiangnan Road must stay in hiding for the time being. They are more familiar with Jiangnan, which is completely unfamiliar to the northwest. Can't you get up if you take them away? To any effect. If you stay, you can spy on the movements of the Guilin County Prince's Mansion. All the rest of the people on the road must be taken away so that we can use them when they get to the Western Regions."
At this point, the old man, who had always had a calm expression, suddenly flashed a hint of ferocity in his eyes, and then turned to a calm tone: "Since the prince insists, Yi Ying and Lu Wentao will do as the prince wants. There are some unreliable people on Sichuan West Road. Man, I have already cleaned up for the prince before he came. Don’t we still have three days in the capital? The prince can just go ahead and do it."
"Although I have always disapproved of murder and silencing, some things must be disrupted if they are continued. At this time for some people, it is time for them to shut up. Especially in the palace, many people no longer need to exist. . It’s just that, Your Majesty, you have to be more neat when doing it. You must not let anyone discover that it was you who did it.”
Although this old man is not the kind of person who wants to kill extravagantly, he also knows that at this time, some people must be eliminated. Otherwise, when those people lose their backing, once they are eager to claim credit in front of the new master, they will even bite randomly and leak the secrets of the King of Shu that must not be leaked.
That not only dealt the most fatal blow to King Shu's originally good reputation in the world. No one would think that a person who kills his brother and humiliates his sister-in-law can be a Holy Lord. Even what the King of Shu has done in recent years, once it is publicized, he will not even be qualified to be a puppet. Even if the King of Shu can really fight back one day, he will lose the hearts of the people in the world.
The most important thing is that it will bring great danger to the remaining family members of the King of Shu. There are countless court officials, local celebrities, and figures in the world who have died among the Shu kings in recent years. These people cannot find the King of Shu to take revenge, so it is inevitable that the wife and children of the King of Shu will not be harmed. Even if the emperor doesn't look at the monk but looks at the Buddha, he will take care and protect him for the sake of his grandchildren.
But based on his understanding of people's hearts, even if the emperor would not treat the Shu family badly, who could guarantee that the people below would strictly follow the emperor's requirements? Coupled with other people secretly causing trouble, I am afraid that many things will become superficial by then. Without the protection of the King of Shu, the people below are half-hearted. I am afraid that the King of Shu's family will be in danger by then.
Therefore, even if he couldn't bear it, he knew that some things should be done. After the King of Shu left, the old man closed his wise eyes and clenched and loosened his left hand on his chest. After repeating it for a long time, he opened his eyes again, sighed softly, said nothing more, and quietly turned around and left the secret room.
As for Concubine Shen and her daughter, who had just left the King of Shu's villa, if they had known that the King of Shu had just shared a bed with their mother and daughter, they would have already had murderous intentions towards them. Even after he left, he had no intention of letting his mother and daughter go. I'm afraid only they themselves know what they are thinking.
It's just that Concubine Shen and her daughter will never know what the King of Shu is thinking. What Concubine Shen knew was that she was somewhat similar to her. When she left the palace to meet the King of Shu, she stayed in the palace in her place to confuse others. Even the maid who slept with the emperor on her behalf and had sex with King Jing died suddenly in the palace on the second day after she returned to the palace.
Also involved in the incident were two high-ranking eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Palace, one from the Palace Supervisor and one from the Secretary. Two officials from the Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace, and several officials from the Zhongshu Province and the Sixth Ministry of the DPRK. As for the eunuch in charge of the deputy capital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, before he suddenly died of a sudden illness, he had just killed Hui Ren next to her with a cane in the name of secretly pairing up and causing chaos in the palace.
Knowing that these people died because the King of Shu was cleaning up those disobedient people in the palace, Concubine Shen didn't care too much at first. But when her closest confidant in the palace, Hui Shi, who was next to her, was suddenly assigned to the clothes bureau, and was smashed to death while cleaning the toilet that night, she was really scared.
After the substitute died suddenly, there was no possibility for her to leave the palace. Although Concubine Shen said she was scared, she didn't even dare to call her mother into the palace to discuss it. He was afraid that the King of Shu would become red-blooded and kill his own mother and daughter as well. The eunuch who is the deputy chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the eunuch who is promoted by the palace bureau, and the eunuch who is the palace eunuch all die quietly.
Concubine Shen didn't even dare to think about how many secrets and forces she didn't know the King of Shu was hiding in the palace. What she only knows is that if she contacts her mother too frequently and puts herself on the list of people who are suspected by the King of Shu and may be exposed, I am afraid that her results will not be that good. She knew who the King of Shu was, having followed him for more than ten years.
You must know that the two eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Palace Bureau who died suddenly were one who was in charge of eunuchs, palace maids, and deputy general manager of recruitment and distribution, and the other was in charge of the emperor's concubines. The Shang Gong who is the supervisor of the palace can be said to be the third most powerful female official in the palace. She is in charge of the deployment of various palace ladies and the replacement of palace ladies. These three people died suddenly without causing even a splash.
These three powerful people in the palace were silenced, but Concubine Shen was bold enough to use a substitute to sleep with her in order to fool the emperor. She was so bold that she cuckolded the emperor and gave birth to an illegitimate child with her lover, but she couldn't help but feel terrified. Before that, except for the one in charge of the emperor's concubines, who she knew was from the King of Shu, she knew nothing about the identities of the other two people.
What Concubine Shen didn't know was that her name was not on King Shu's cleanup list. But she knew almost all the secrets of the King of Shu in the capital, and she was the first woman after the King of Shu came of age. Even the mother who sent her thirteen-year-old daughter to the King of Shu's bed in order to please her lover, and the father whom she had always looked down on, were always at the top of the list.
Her father served as the King of Shu's liaison with the vassal queen and the forces in the court. As the person who controlled her father, the mother was also the secret lover of the King of Shu. She knew too many secrets that could destroy the King of Shu. And with the character of the King of Shu, this couple will never stay unless the King of Shu really takes the throne.
King Shu, who just knew that Concubine Shen was very attached to his mother but had no good impression of his father, was worried about what Concubine Shen would do after learning about his mother's death. Moreover, he also needed Concubine Shen's mother to help find the account books he had in the hands of Mr. Liu, who had bribed officials in the court over the years. That's why the order to deal with Concubine Shen's mother was put at the last moment.
As for Mr. Liu, who already had a different intention and took action, he was not so lucky. After receiving the news from Concubine Shen's mother, Master Liu simply refused to hand over the account book. That night, as soon as Mr. Liu left Sinong Temple, he was stabbed in the chest by the bearer who suddenly went crazy.
The knife stabbed so hard that Mr. Liu's chest was pierced and he died on the spot. The bearer who carried out the attack also used the knife to commit suicide on the spot before anyone else could react. However, the bearer left a suicide note on his body, threatening to kill his master because Master Liu had been having an affair with his wife, and even the three children were not his.
After discovering his wife's affair with Mr. Liu, he originally wanted to divorce his wife. But Mr. Liu repeatedly threatened him not to divorce his wife and not to have sex with his wife again. In the past few years, as a dignified man, he had suffered a lot of humiliation, and his life was even worse than that of the eunuchs in the palace, so he started killing people in the street.
The wife of the bearer, before the police from Jingzhao Mansion came to the door after the incident, committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam in her home in a small courtyard of Liu Mansion that night. Since the murderer is already dead, several bearers who were traveling with him, several officials from Sinong Temple, and passers-by who were passing by at the time also saw it with their own eyes. It can be said that the murderer's murder is confirmed by witnesses.
Master Liu's personal servant and the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion also confirmed that there was indeed an affair between Master Liu and the wife of the bearer. Even for a long period of time, Mr. Liu openly slept in that woman's room almost all night, and did not shy away from the woman's husband or everyone in the house. The entire mansion is just hiding it from Madam.
Now that all the witnesses are there, the murderer's motive for the murder is clear. The detectives in Jingzhao Mansion were not so full that they had nothing to do, so they went to work hard to investigate. How could that bearer, who couldn't read a word of Chinese characters, hide such a suicide note on his body? It was written in such detail, and could even be said to be a well-written and accusatory suicide note.
No one will even try to find out why the murderer endured being a cuckold for so many years. Why did he suddenly break out at this time and commit murder in the street? The King of Shu is really amazing. A shocking case of murder and silence was closed so quietly. In addition to being used as a gossip by the common people, even the emperor was not aware of the accident.
Just when the King of Shu was about to take action and get rid of Concubine Shen's mother as well. An unexpected incident caused the King of Shu's original plan to be completely terminated. Huang Qiong, who originally thought it would take five days to return to the capital, entered the capital at midnight on the second day after King Shu began his annihilation campaign.
After traveling more than two hundred miles, Huang Qiong took a large number of women and children with him. The King of Shu never expected that Huang Qiong would come back in just two days. When he received the news, the King of Shu was caught off guard and couldn't help but be stunned. Especially after learning that Huang Qiong returned to Beijing, he took Princess Jing into the palace overnight. King Shu, who was originally confident that everything was under control, even felt panicked.
