Wang Jian had not seen his master for more than half a year. When he learned that his master had arrived in the imperial city, he wanted to go there and pay a visit, but was stopped by an order.
The case was so important that Wang Jian could only honestly follow Shen Hao's arrangements and continue to sit at the Blackwater headquarters in Fengri City. At the same time, two avenues were launched at the same time to investigate the news in Wande City.
Finding the Yueying Studio was relatively easy, but it was just a matter of paying. Heishui was so fat now that he had much more money than all the thousands of households in Fengying City, so he didn't care about the asking price of the Yueying Studio.
The more difficult part is the side of Hengshun Car and Horse Shop. First of all, the land transportation business in the weak water basin has just started, and it will take time to penetrate it. Moreover, the people who enter the City of Fusi cannot be monks. It is not easy for ordinary spies to discover some of the secrets inside. But after the order was given, he had to find a way to complete it. Wang Jian had to transfer a group of the most experienced and elite spies to Wusi City, hoping to start as soon as possible.
Because the message to Yueying Tower was to be answered within two days, Wang Jian stayed in Fengri City and did not dare to move around. At the same time, the informants he deployed in the Imperial City kept reporting back the latest changes in the Imperial City, which made him feel a little numb. He secretly thought that the Imperial City was probably in a state of chaos at this time, right?
Fortunately, the manpower arranged by Heishui in the imperial city are all ordinary people without cultivation, which are easier to hide. Moreover, Heishui belongs to a new dark force and has not been noticed by anyone. He is relatively safe in controlling the information about the "big test". Basic information.
On the second day after Wang Jian received the order to go to Wushou City to investigate information from two routes, a shocking news came back from the imperial city: the Major Case Department of the Ministry of Punishment took a document jointly signed by the Minister of Punishment and Zuoxiang Yamen. He ordered Shanglu Prince's Mansion to seize people, and used forceful methods. He directly dispatched nearly a hundred government officials, and almost all the few experts in the Criminal Department were gone.
It is said that he took a person named Li Wenhao and said that person was a guest in Prince Lu's palace. However, the furious King Yang Shang of Lu did not hand over the person to the Ministry of Punishment, but opened the palace of Prince Lu for the Ministry of Punishment to search, saying that there was no such person as Li Wenhao in the mansion, at least not now.
On the same day, the Major Case Department of the Ministry of Punishment submitted the first-hand dossier on the "murder case of King Qian". In front of hundreds of officials at the court, he bluntly stated that all the clues of the case pointed to King Lu, and combined with the information of Xuan Qingwei's co-investigation and the subsequent arrests of the Ministry of Punishment The confessions of two important witnesses, and the presence of evil monks in the case.
In other words, the result given by the Ministry of Punishment is that the death of King Qian is inseparable from King Lu, and it is also inseparable from the evil monks.
This conclusion seems to be based on facts, but in fact it is like pouring a ladle of water into boiling oil, making it crackle and make people laugh.
At this stage of the "big exam", who in the temple doesn't want to take sides? There are even many princes who have chosen to take sides, either explicitly or implicitly. Otherwise, the competition for the four gates of the imperial city and the local government offices would not be so fierce.
Now that King Lu was actually designated by the Ministry of Punishment as the murderer of King Qian's assassination, and he was also related to the evil monks, how could he still do it?
If it was for the "big exam", it would be enough to kill brothers. Everyone is mentally prepared. Every emperor of the Jing Dynasty has been selected in this way for so many years. It is bloody but effective. But if you get involved with evil monks, the nature will be different.
It was not too easy to add insult to injury. Almost everyone who was qualified to speak in the temple went out to express their opinions. At least 70% believed that a thorough investigation should be carried out to prevent King Lu from being taken advantage of by evil monks.
How to check? Of course, the investigation is behind closed doors, with hands and feet locked. Everyone knew that King Charu would probably not survive in such a situation, but no one would ever talk about "death".
The final result was that the emperor issued an order: King Lu closed his door to reflect on his mistakes, and at the same time ordered the Ministry of Punishment to continue to thoroughly investigate the case of King Qian.
After thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors, these four words basically pushed King Lu to the edge of the cliff. Not to mention how many of his subordinates would flee in all directions, the fate of being bullied by dogs is already very worrying. King Qian is still in danger of death in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Now what about King Lu, who is obviously being criticized by the emperor? Will he die suddenly as well?
The source of the news was overheard by the servants at the official's house in the temple, from eunuchs in the palace, and even from the family members of Bai Changqing's house.
Besides, a lot of information is not secret and is not difficult to get as long as you put some effort into it.
Wang Jian looked at the results analyzed by the people from the Fourth Department and the subsequent deductions at the Blackwater headquarters and exclaimed that it was awesome. The Punishment Department's stick had cleared the hornet's nest, and the Punishment Department itself had done nothing, so King Lu became the scapegoat.
The most direct change is that the North Gate garrison, which was originally controlled by King Lu, has begun to show signs of change. Because King Lu was ordered to shut up and think about his mistakes, it was already difficult to continue to control the important gate of the imperial city. The other princes all stared at him and began to use their own methods to pry King Lu's corner.
Based on the conclusions drawn from the four parts, King Lu's current situation is very bad, and he has basically fallen into a collapse trend. Unless there is a huge reversal event, the "big test" basically has nothing to do with him.
However, according to Heishui's opinion, if King Lu retreats completely at once, he might be able to save his life. If he still wants to struggle and refuse to let go, then... his life will not be long.
Wang Jian was curious about what King Lu would do next, and asked the people in Heishui to pay close attention.
Then, when the two-day deadline was about to come, the news from Yueying Studio arrived. A copper bar was passed directly to Wang Jian through the method left by him.
Wang Jian opened it and read it briefly, without daring to delay, he transferred the contents on the copper strip to Shen Hao in the imperial city using a thousand-mile note.
The information about Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong in Yueying Tower's information is very simple. That is, there is currently no news about Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong in Waishi City. According to the information from Yueying Tower, no one in Waishi City has heard of or seen these two figures in recent decades.
Of course, Yueying Tower also said in this information that it did not rule out the possibility of Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong changing their identities and hiding their names, but the time was too short and there was no information related to Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong within the scope and channels they could reach.
Wang Jian reported the news to Shen Hao and received a response half an hour later. Shen Hao meant that he should continue to explore the city of Fusi and still try his best. But the line at Yueying Tower was stopped first, waiting for first-hand information to be sent back from the horse and carriage team before making any plans.
After thinking about it for a while, Wang Jian had an idea. Once again, I reminded the Fourth Department to continue to focus on Hengshun Chariot and Horses in the weak water basin and get back the first-hand information as quickly as possible.
Why wait for first-hand information from Hengshun Racing? Wang Jian's understanding is that Mr. Shen should not trust Yueying Tower.
