After that, two more groups of people came out of the yard. It was not until this third time that the Yuan family finally saw an old acquaintance after being closely watched, and then came back to report to Li Hao.
After hearing this, Li Hao asked: "You said that among the people who met Liang Xia was Xiao Yuehou. He should be in the imperial mausoleum now. You are not wrong, right?"
The visitor said, "Definitely not. We have seen the last few people we left behind, and they are confirmed to be Xiao Yuehou himself."
After confirming the situation, Li Hao said: "Okay, I understand this matter, please step back first."
After the others left, Li Hao summoned his servants to call Yuan Shen.
During this gap, Li Hao began to think about what to do next.
Now that it is known that Xiao Yuehou is behind the scenes, it is easy to guess the cause and effect of this matter. He still wants to use the Liang family's affairs as a platform to attack the prince's power.
It seems that Xiao Yuehou was completely unable to sit still because of the push for the third prince to declare vassal status. However, in this case, this matter may not be a bad thing.
When Yuan Shen arrived, Li Hao discussed the matter with Yuan Shen. As expected, Yuan Shen's reaction was the same as Li Hao's. He couldn't help but said: "Then this is a good opportunity. Your Majesty can't make up his mind now. He is just thinking about the relationship with Li Hao." The concubine's love as husband and wife, and the father-son relationship with the third prince.
But I believe that in your Majesty's heart, state affairs are far more important than personal affairs. This incident proves that the third prince's staying in the capital is harmful to the country, and your Majesty will not keep him anymore. "
Li Hao smiled and said: "That's true, so we need to help push it forward to make the fire burn stronger."
Yuan Shen replied: "That's no problem. I'll make the arrangements. But are you sure you can clear your cousin's suspicion? Don't make it self-defeating then."
Li Hao replied firmly: "Don't worry about this, the evidence has been found long ago, and it is guaranteed to convict Liang Xia."
After the discussion was settled, Yuan Shen went to meet some people the next day and continued to exert his efforts in the court to rebuild the momentum of the debate.
Of course, the purpose this time was not to ask Emperor Wen to let Liang Wuji go, but to avoid exposing his own power and arousing Emperor Wen's suspicion.
Therefore, a large part of these people who were invited out were not used to support Liang Wuji, but were used to build momentum. They swayed from a neutral perspective, and it didn't matter even if those who supported Liang Wuji were at a disadvantage.
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It's easy to say, after all, Li Hao doesn't know whether these two people have the habit of burning after reading.
But the person who helped them deliver the message had already been under Li Hao's surveillance, and he didn't take action just because he didn't want to alert the enemy.
Li Hao planned to catch this man before he revealed the matter. If he could get any substantial evidence from him, he would put it in the secret room together, so that he could expose Xiao Yuehou and alienate the royal family. Leave it to Ji Zun.
Otherwise, it would not be easy to break this matter without implicating oneself in it.
Li Hao set the date for revealing the truth on the ninth day requested by Emperor Wen, so that Ji Zun would not have to resist the pressure for too long. After all, he was quite old.
So on the night of the eighth day, Li Hao ordered his men to arrest the messenger for interrogation while he was out.
In addition, the officers of the Tingwei Mansion guarding the book house were replaced by their own people, and the people hiding in the Liang Mansion were activated, so that they would be on call at any time tonight to follow the arrangements.
After some interrogation, they finally pried open the mouth of the person who sent the message, and found out from him that Liang Xia really had bad habits and hid the correspondence with Xiao Yuehou in private.
In this case, Li Hao ordered the people hiding in the Liang Mansion to find a way to steal these letters, and then handed them over to the people guarding outside the book house, and asked them to put the letters into the secret room.
After being informed that everything was going well, Li Hao pretended to be anxious and went to Tingwei's mansion early the next morning.
After seeing Ji Zun, Li Hao asked: "Master Ji, there are only two days left before the ten days set by His Majesty, including today. Have you found anything?
If there is no more evidence, I'm afraid my uncle will really have to live with his injustice. "
Ji Zunze replied: "Of course I trust Liangzhou Mu's character, but I have been tracing him these days, but there has been no progress.
There is indeed no trace of outsiders coming in or out of that bookhouse. Therefore, even if I trust Liang Zhoumu again, I can only say that he is still the most likely murderer. I will tell the truth when the time comes. "
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "How is this possible? Mr. Ji really believes what my second uncle said. Is it possible that he overlooked something?"
"I know you have a good relationship with Liangzhou Mu, but the fact is, don't take any chances." Ji Zun advised after hearing this.
Then Li Hao pretended to find it hard to accept and said, "This is absolutely impossible. There must be something else that has been ignored. Let's check again."
Ji Zun was a little reluctant at this time and replied: "It's not like you haven't seen this small bookstore. People from Tingwei's Mansion have checked it countless times. There are still some omissions. If you really don't die, Heart, you can go and take a look at it yourself."
But when Li Hao heard this, he directly grabbed Ji Zun and was about to leave, saying, "Okay, then you come with me to have a look."
Ji Zun waved his hand to block Li Hao and said: "I will give you a handwritten message to prevent the people from Tingwei Mansion from coming to stop you. For this reason, I have delayed so many official duties that I have not dealt with. How can I have this time?" I'll accompany you to the trouble."
Li Hao replied: "That won't work. If you don't go now, if I find any evidence, I won't be able to explain it at that time."
Ji Zun snorted coldly: "You really think you can find something, you are looking down on my Tingwei Mansion."
As soon as Li Hao spoke, he grabbed Ji Zun's robe again and replied: "That's hard to say. No matter what, you have to go with me today. If not, at least I have tried my best."
Ji Zun couldn't resist Li Hao and said, "Then I will accompany you once today, and you are not allowed to bother me again after that."
Seeing Ji Zun's promise, Li Hao naturally agreed happily, and then the two of them rushed to the Liang Mansion together.
After arriving, Li Hao did not point out the secret room directly, but pretended to be a headless fly and rummaged through it.
Then he pretended to find nothing and looked around the house.
Ji Zun saw this and said, "Okay, you've done it now, you should be able to give up now."
After saying that, he was about to leave, and then he heard
Li Hao said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Ji, do you feel that the space in this room seems a bit small?"
Ji Zun looked around after hearing this and replied: "It's too small. This study room is five rooms wide. The main house of ordinary people is not as wide as this. And what do you think this has to do with the eucalyptus?"
But Li Hao did not answer at this time. Instead, he walked out of the room, measured the length of the outer room of the study house, and then came in and measured it again.
Then he said: "No, Master Ji, this Shulu is about ninety-five steps from the outside, but it ends at eighty-six or seven steps from the inside. Do you think the walls are really that thick?"
After hearing this, Ji Zun's eyes immediately scanned the two walls, and then asked the officer of Tingwei Mansion to measure them again to make sure that what Li Hao said was true.
He immediately said: "That is naturally impossible. It seems that there is a secret room in this room. You have made a great contribution."
After saying that, he asked the people from Tingwei's Mansion to go to the walls on both sides to find the secret room switch.
But Li Hao said at this time: "Why bother, I don't think this wall is made of copper or iron, it's just an ordinary wall.
Or else just let people tear down the wall, and then the secret room will naturally come out. Anyway, the Liang family is not short of money to repair the wall. "
Of course Ji Zun didn't listen to Li Hao. It's not like he couldn't find the entrance or exit. Why would he demolish someone else's house if he had nothing to do?
The Shulu was not closed to begin with. Naturally, people outside could also see what the people inside were doing, so Liang Xia knew immediately that something was wrong.
Guilty, he turned around and walked out, but Li Hao had been paying attention to him. When he saw this scene, he immediately shouted loudly: "Second uncle is here too. Come in quickly and take a look. My cousin's son is now here." There is a turning point."
Hearing this, Liang Xia had to stop, pretending to be happy, and said, "Yeah, that's really great, but I won't go in. There are some urgent matters to deal with in the house. I'll go and deal with them first before coming back." .”
Li Hao naturally refused to let him go, so he said, "No, nothing is more important now than finding out the cause of my uncle's death. Don't you want to know firsthand?"
Liang Xia replied: "That's what I wanted to do of course, but they really want me to go and take a look. You can keep an eye on me here and I feel relieved. Besides, I will be back soon and there will be no delay."
He was about to leave again while talking, but at this time Ji Zun also found that Liang Xia's reaction was a little wrong, because he really couldn't suppress the tension in his heart, so it was naturally difficult to hide it from others.
So Ji Zun spoke. He would not be as tactful as Li Hao. He said directly: "Master Liang, please wait for a while. It won't take long here."
Then with a wave of his hand, the people from Tingwei's Mansion blocked the door, and Liang Xia couldn't hold back any longer.
He said directly: "How can I, a century-old family in the Liang Mansion, allow you to be so presumptuous?"
Even though he wanted to call on the tribesmen outside to come forward and clear the way, before he could open his mouth, he heard a voice: "There really is a secret room."
Li Hao and Ji Zun immediately followed the sound and saw a hole sunken into the wall on the right.
Just when the entrance of the cave attracted everyone's attention, Liang Xia immediately had a seizure and rushed out of the book house.
Ji Zun, who was awakened by this move, immediately shouted: "Take him down immediately."
However, as expected, Liang Xia was knocked down by a servant of Tingwei Mansion within a few moves. Li Hao couldn't help but shake his head.
As expected, he is a useless person who is incompetent in literature and martial arts. His skills are much worse than Yuan Shenlai's.
But at this moment, Liang Xia still wanted the tribesmen outside Yingteng to come forward to save him, but the problem was that Liang Xia's prestige within the tribe was too low, and he was suppressed by Li Hao with just a few words.
After Ji Zun saw the person being taken down, he went into the secret room unaffected. When he saw the bloody clothes and the murder weapon inside, he roughly understood.
But when he turned around and came out, he saw a few letters on the table inside. After opening them and reading them, his expression changed, and he immediately folded the letters again to put them away.
But how could Li Hao let him do this? Only one person knew the secret. If he was allowed to hide it with Emperor Wen, then his goal would not be achieved.
then
Minato stepped forward and said, "Master Ji, what do you mean, you want to hide evidence privately?"
When Ji Zun saw this, it was natural that he couldn't hide it anymore. After all, this matter had nothing to do with him in the first place, so don't get involved in it in the end.
Li Hao took advantage of the situation and took a look, then he pretended to be shocked and said: "Xiao Yuehou, I didn't expect that he was behind this matter. He is really loyal!"
Ji Zun naturally understood what Li Hao wanted to say, so he immediately interrupted: "Don't talk nonsense. This letter may not be true. Let's wait until we report it to His Majesty."
Li Hao replied: "Whether this letter is true or not, there is someone outside who can verify it!"
Ji Zun said: "Okay, this matter is very involved. You are an old minister of the East Palace, so don't get involved in this matter. I will bring both the person and the letter to the palace later, and His Majesty will naturally make a decision."
After saying that, he took both the people and the letter directly back to the palace. Soon after, several fast horses came out of the palace and headed towards the imperial mausoleum.
Of course, they returned in vain. After all, Xiao Yuehou was still hiding in the capital at this time, hoping to watch Liang Wuji be convicted.
After confirming the specific situation, Emperor Wen became furious and summoned the third prince into the palace and cursed him severely.
To be honest, the third prince was really in trouble from heaven this time, because he really didn't know about the Liang family's affairs beforehand.
But there was nothing he could do. Xiao Yuehou was indeed seeking trouble for him, and he couldn't get rid of the blame.
