strictlysupreme Chapter 1661 Li Chengqian's Methods
Chapter 1661 Li Chengqian's Methods
Now that Li Shen heard what Li Chengqian said, did Li Chengqian suspect that it was Changsun Wuji who was behind this?
Thinking of this, Li Shen asked:
"Brother, what do you mean by that? Are you suspecting that Duke Zhao was behind this?"
“I’m not sure about this, but I can sense the shadow of Duke Zhao in this whole thing.
Many of his methods are similar to his.
I am not sure whether he is the one behind this incident, but I suspect he has a lot to do with it."
Li Chengqian felt that his guess was correct. He had been with Changsun Wuji for many years and was very familiar with him.
Li Shen fell into deep thought. Li Chengqian would not lie to him.
Li Shen was also told the content of the conversation between Li Chengqian and Li Shimin that day.
Li Chengqian had doubts at the time, but Li Shimin did not refute it, which meant he acquiesced.
Even his father suspects Changsun Wuji, so this Changsun Wuji must be suspicious.
"Tenth brother, tenth brother." Li Chengqian called out twice when he saw Li Shen in deep thought.
"Ah, thank you for the reminder, brother." Li Shen woke up and bowed to express his gratitude.
"Hey, Tenth Brother, you don't have to think too much. This is just my guess. You still have to investigate the details yourself.
If there is any change in the court, I will inform you immediately."
Seeing the worry on Li Shen's face, Li Chengqian patted Li Shen on the shoulder.
"Thank you, big brother. I am very grateful. If you need anything in the future, please let me know. I will do my best."
Li Shen bowed deeply.
"Hahahaha, there's no need to be so polite, Tenth Brother. You and I are brothers, but you also know that my identity as your brother is somewhat special.
So sometimes I can’t help you in the open, I can only help you in the dark.”
Li Chengqian laughed.
"I understand this, and I am very grateful to you, big brother."
"Well, you better be careful." Li Chengqian reminded.
"Yes, then I'll take my leave." Li Shen bowed again and left.
Looking at the receding figure, Li Chengqian also left silently.
After returning to Ganlu Palace, Li Chengqian ordered someone to make tea for him.
Wang Zhong personally handed the tea to Li Chengqian.
"Your Highness, have some tea."
"Your Highness, I am sorry for being so nosy. I don't know why I told Your Highness Prince Ji that it was Duke Zhao who did it?"
Wang Zhong is now close to Li Chengqian, just like Wang De.
Many times, Li Chengqian could not tell his ministers what he wanted to say and could only tell Wang Zhong.
"Why, do you think I shouldn't tell Old Ten?"
Li Chengqian took a sip of tea and looked up and asked.
"That's not what I meant." Wang Zhong bowed quickly.
Li Chengqian glanced at Wang Zhong and did not blame him. Instead, he said calmly:
"I know what you mean. I just told Old Ten about my suspicions.
Let him be more wary of Changsun Wuji.
Although Lao Shi seems to have great power, he has no foundation. Moreover, Lao Shi knows the times and can put himself in the right position.
This is not the case with Changsun Wuji. He has the Changsun family behind him, which has great power. Most importantly, Changsun Wuji is too ambitious and does not know how to adapt to the times.
If I can only choose one between the Tenth Master and Changsun Wuji, I will of course choose the Tenth Master."
"Your Highness, do you want to use Prince Ji to deal with Duke Zhao?"
Li Chengqian smiled and shook his head:
“There is no need for me to borrow it. There is already hatred between them, and the closer the relationship between me and the tenth brother is, the greater the hatred Changsun Wuji will have towards the tenth brother.
He wants power, he wants to control me, huh, does he think I don't know? "
At the end of his speech, the smile on Li Chengqian's face disappeared.
Changsun Wuji wanted Li Chengqian to rely on him, so he replaced the people around Li Chengqian with his own people.
If Li Shimin had taken action in the past two years, he would have succeeded.
So Li Chengqian didn't have any good feelings towards Zhangsun Wuji.
"But, Duke Zhao is still a minister after all. If His Royal Highness wants to deal with him, there is no need to borrow the help of Prince Ji."
Wang Zhong was somewhat puzzled. What kind of status does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have? He will be the ruler of a country in the future. Even if the Duke of Zhao is a duke,
It would be easy for the prince to deal with Duke Zhao, so why would he need to rely on others?
"What do you know? Zhang Sun Wuji is a duke. If he is punished for no reason, do you know what the consequences will be?
Even if I inherit the throne in the future, I will not be able to do whatever I want.
Besides, he is my uncle. How will the outside world talk about me if I deal with him?
Don't forget, my mother is still alive.
It is reasonable for the Tenth Master to do it, and there will be no gossip from outsiders."
Li Chengqian didn't care about Wang Zhong asking such an idiotic question. Changsun Wuji was his uncle, and his mother was still alive.
How can I do it myself?
Didn’t you see that even though his father was the emperor, he had to do everything silently when he took action against Zhangsun Wuji, for fear that outsiders would know.
But Li Shen is different. He is recognized as the most bastard among all the princes and also the prince with the worst reputation.
This was not the first time I had dealt with Changsun Wuji, but nothing serious happened.
There was one thing that Li Chengqian did not tell Wang Zhong, that Li Shen had reached some kind of agreement with their father.
This is what we do at critical moments.
If necessary, Li Chengqian even suspected that Li Shen would dare to kill Changsun Wuji.
His father once said that Li Shen was the last knife left for him, and he should use it well.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is wise." Wang Zhong flattered.
"You guys go down first." Li Chengqian waved his hand, lowered his head and began to read the memorials.
Wang Zhong took all the servants out.
"Come out." Li Chengqian said to himself, and a figure walked out from behind.
He was dressed like a eunuch and his rank was not very high.
"Your servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The man came in front of Li Chengqian and bowed.
"How is the investigation going in Xizhou? Have you found out who did it?"
Li Chengqian nodded and asked directly.
"Your Highness, we have found some clues," the eunuch replied.
"Oh? Tell me quickly." Li Chengqian urged anxiously upon hearing this.
"Your Highness, when our people were investigating this matter in Xizhou, they encountered several groups of people who were also investigating this matter.
In order not to expose our identities, we did not dare to participate in the in-depth investigation.
However, we accidentally discovered a group of people in Xizhou City. They were disguised as merchants and were traveling back and forth on the road that must be taken to enter the country.
It seems like he is looking for something, or waiting for someone. "
"What are you looking for? Waiting for someone?" Li Chengqian was a little confused when he heard the eunuch's words.
"You go on."
"Yes, Your Highness, we did not alert them and have been investigating until we discovered that they were in contact with a military commander of the Protectorate.
That night we wanted to investigate this military officer, but when we arrived at his house we found that he had been killed.
We wanted to capture a few of them for interrogation, but we didn't expect that they were all assassins, and they all committed suicide by taking poison when we were least prepared."
"Killed?"
Li Chengqian frowned when he heard this. The other party was actually a group of assassins, and they all committed suicide by taking poison.
In other words, the clue is broken.
"Didn't you find any useful clues?"
"Your Highness, we found this with Dianjun and on several dead soldiers." The eunuch took out three metal plates from his arms, which looked like tokens.
Li Chengqian took the token, turned it over and took a look. His pupils suddenly shrank and a look of shock appeared on his face.
(In order to break this chapter, I wrote more than 200 words.)