Chapter 2606 The Case in the Painting
The old butler wanted to say more, but the deceased suddenly drew a knife and stabbed him in the abdomen!
"Poof!" There was a sound, and blood and intestines flowed out along the opening in the abdomen.
"You, you, why do you want to kill me?" The old housekeeper was shocked.
He never expected that everything was under control. He was just trying to show off a few words to show his strength, but in the end, he was killed by a confidant!
"Why? In order to get orphans, you allowed a severe drought in three prefectures, refused to provide relief, and then took children from the people for only one copper coin per child."
"Have you forgotten this? "
"Although I was only two and a half years old at the time, I remember clearly that for one penny, one penny, take the child away and let the child live. Those were the last words of my parents who starved to death. "The dead soldier said through gritted teeth.
The old housekeeper had nothing to say.
He really deserves to die.
"Yes, but that was Master Han's plan. The eldest prince nodded. I'm just the executor." The old housekeeper still wanted to argue.
Although he knew he was going to die, he still wanted to find some hope.
“Huh, Master Han and the eldest prince, although they are the initiators, what they actually said was to cut food and money by one-third and allocate two-thirds to make the disaster worse. "
"I just want to take the opportunity to buy some children, and I don't want to starve the victims to death."
"After all, the eldest prince and Master Han are afraid of future retribution. They don't lack anything. Lack of money, only status.”
"But according to you executors, not only will the crop be reduced by 100%, but you will also take the opportunity to increase taxation! If we don't provide disaster relief, the people will still have a third chance of survival. If we provide disaster relief, the people will have no chance of survival at all!" The dead man said fiercely! With.
The old housekeeper had nothing to say.
He knew about this and even wanted to report it, but considering the 2,000 taels of silver sent by the people below, he chose to turn a blind eye.
He also felt that this matter had nothing to do with him. It was done by the people below. What does it have to do with him?
Unexpectedly, his failure to report his knowledge left no room for adjustment or relaxation in the matter.
The motive of the dead soldier to kill him was so sufficient that it couldn't be more sufficient.
"No, all of you dead soldiers are useless!" The old housekeeper thought of a question in horror,
"Who told you the truth?"
"What do you think?" The dead man drew out his knife and stabbed the opponent directly into the lungs.
Pulmonary bleeding and suffocation are the most painful ways to die.
The old housekeeper slowly fell to the ground. He was in pain, his face turned blue, and he gasped for air, but he couldn't get any breath.
Finally, he killed himself alive.
The dead man turned around and left when he saw this.
Not long.
The maid came in to bring tea.
When she saw the old housekeeper dead and blood stains on the ground, she did not let out the familiar scream, but pretended not to see anything and quickly turned around and left.
He even cleaned up his footprints before leaving.
This maid is not colluding, she just doesn’t want to be the first person to find out, and then be suspected and beaten.
Once hit, it's death.
If you hit someone, you will kill him.
This is the rule in the house.
Because if I hit you, you will hold a grudge. Instead of waiting until the future, it is better to beat you to death now.
There are only two ways to deal with the servants in the eldest prince's mansion.
One is reward.
The second is execution.
Naturally, this maid did not dare to take this risk.
As a result, the dead man who should have been caught immediately had three more hours to escape.
It wasn't until another staff member came to see the old housekeeper that he found out that he had been dead for a long time.
Then they began to report it and ordered people to search for it.
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And this is just the beginning.
For a time, cases frequently occurred in the eldest prince’s house.
Under normal circumstances, one or two murders a year would be extraordinary.
But now it happens twice, three times in ten days!
Absolutely outrageous!
Either the butler was killed by a servant, or one of the servants tried to assassinate the master.
Of course most cases are unsuccessful.
After all, if the frequency is too high, the success rate will drop sharply.
This is also because there are many people in the eldest prince's mansion and the place is very big.
Otherwise, there won’t be enough people to issue cases.
All in all, there was chaos in the prince's house.
The eldest prince was very smart. When the first case occurred, he immediately stopped living in the mansion and went to another small courtyard that no one knew about.
"Damn it, I know it. It must be the second prince who did it. He wanted to take the opportunity to alienate my power and make everyone feel in danger!" The eldest prince walked back and forth in a room.
He was very anxious.
"Uncle, please be patient. Although this has its drawbacks, it is not without its benefits." said the aide.
"How can I settle down? If this matter reaches the ears of my father, he will definitely think that I can't even deal with a few servants. How will I manage the entire force in the future?" The eldest prince said depressedly.
"It doesn't matter, I have thought of this a long time ago, so now the cases in the house are basically sealed, and no one outside will know." The staff was confident,
"But my father's Yufeng Wei, they will hear the news."
"Haha, they will not have the evidence, and they will not report it to the emperor."
"Why? The prince asked doubtfully.
"That's because even if the emperor knows, he will not go to war. He wants to maintain the balance between the two princes."
"If you suppress you too much, it will be equivalent to letting the second prince's power grow too much. That will Encourage the second prince's ambition and make the situation unbalanced," the staff said.
Hearing this, the eldest prince thought for a while and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Even so, after the emperor gets the news, he will still reprimand the lonely king. Those who follow the trend will follow the trend and turn to the second prince." He worried.
“It’s okay, if we can’t solve something, let others not be able to solve it either.”
"In this case, everyone will feel that it is not that our strength is too weak, but that the problem is too difficult."
"What do you mean?" The eldest prince thought thoughtfully.
"Yes, we also fought back, and we also caused the same thing to happen in the second prince's house."
The eldest prince nodded, and then shook his head.
“But how can we achieve this?”
"The second prince has made his house watertight and no knife can be inserted into it."
"The rules are the most stringent. Among the servants, no one dares to make friends with outsiders."
This was something he envied and also despised.
Because if you do this, you will definitely offend a lot of people.
I don’t know which day the second prince will be killed by his servants.
However, he forgot that his own leniency only enriched the management, but made the people at the bottom more stressed.
It’s not as good as the second prince, who is equally strict regardless of superior or inferior.
On the contrary, it makes people at the bottom take it for granted.
"Your Majesty is right, the second prince's house does not make friends with outsiders very much."
"And they are too strict in dealing with things, so it is difficult for us to penetrate into their interior, but please rest assured, Your Majesty, I A wonderful strategy has been devised," the staff member said confidently.
You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days.
Subsequently, some cases began to appear in the second prince's house.
Although the frequency is much lower than that in the eldest prince's house, it still comes and goes.
The second prince was also confused for a moment.
He also left the mansion immediately, came to the secret residence, and separated from the servants.
Only one or two absolute confidants get along with him.
He could not imagine why there were so many cases in his house.
It is said that some things are top secret and outsiders must not know.
Only a few of his confidants know.
For example, once he ordered the death of a man who was doing illegal work.
When doing this, we also first ask the other party to inspect the mine.
Then create an accident and kill the other party.
In fact, it was not manufactured, because accidents occur frequently. It was just that during the rescue, they deliberately dug in the opposite direction.
In the end, the man was successfully silenced.
However, this matter was later found out by the man's son.
Ordinarily, most people should swallow their anger. After all, many people really don't know how to do it, leaving the iron rice bowl in front of them and avenging their father who has been dead for more than ten years.
Human nature is like this.
How many of those survivors who are trying to kill will spend their whole lives seeking revenge?
It can be said that there is basically no.
Or to live.
But this world is different. As long as there is a motive, a crime will be committed.
So the son of that family attacked the black hand and buried him in the mine as well.
The second prince couldn't figure this out.
He didn't think about the eldest prince either.
Because that matter is simply impossible for the eldest prince and the others to know.
And the confidant responsible for this matter cannot betray himself.
Because there is no benefit in selling yourself.
The throne has not been decided yet.
The emperor's attitude was vague.
Although the emperor is over 70 years old, because he is cautious and not indulgent, it is possible for him to live to be 80 years old.
Anyway, it is impossible to decide the outcome within a few years.
So it is impossible for this confidant to risk betrayal.
Betraitors cannot be truly reused unless they betray at a critical moment.
So the second prince had a headache.
The only people who really knew the truth about this matter were Wen Rensheng and the instigator.
Wen Rensheng now drinks tea and sits in the teahouse every day, watching the eldest prince and second prince fight over cases.
He couldn't help but feel novel.
Many coups in history were actually quite clean.
How can there be too many layouts?
It is to seize the people in key places and then launch them.
Of course, there are also situations where hatred is used to instigate key figures of the other party.
But using murder to kill your competitors can only happen in this world.
Really novel.
In Wen Rensheng’s eyes, the eldest prince and the second prince still had loopholes.
That is, they are still human beings and still have to eat, drink, poop and sleep.
Someone still needs to serve.
And the two of them have tempers, and it is impossible for the servants not to make mistakes. This is a big contradiction.
As long as one day, a servant has an idea, he can easily kill these two people with poison.
Toxins are also developed in this world and are also easy to obtain.
For example, you can do it by taking saltpeter from the toilet and mixing it with some inorganic substances.
These seem to be characteristics of this world just like farming.
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Who could be the initiator?
Of course it is the third prince who is left, seemingly harmless to humans and animals.
In the third prince's house.
In a study room.
A Cyclops, who was lame in one leg and blind in one eye, was sitting in the study painting.
His study is actually independent of the entire mansion.
But on the surface, it seems to be connected with other rooms and cannot be distinguished.
No one knew that there was no one in the other surrounding rooms, and no one was allowed to enter.
According to him, if he wants to paint, he needs to be highly concentrated to be inspired.
Anyone approaching a nearby room will make a vibrating sound and will be killed without mercy if they disturb him.
Since Wen Rensheng was determined to discover the truth, he could easily see the truth.
After all, this world is still a semi-low magic world.
I don’t say it’s not magical, because it’s inherently weird.
The frequent occurrence of cases is a weirdness of the human heart.
The current situation is that the snipe and the clam are fighting, and the fisherman benefits.
However, although some people doubted the third prince, there was no evidence.
Because the third prince is blind and lame in his legs, such a disabled person cannot be the emperor no matter what.
Even if everyone chooses a fool to come up and adopt one from the side clan, it is impossible to choose him.
If nothing else, what should you do when you offer sacrifices to heaven and earth?
It’s impossible to let someone else act as your agent every time, right?
Besides, what if the offspring is also disabled?
After all, the third prince himself was born with a disability.
Within a few months of his birth, he became blind and lame.
It was actually caused by a high fever.
But people at this time would only regard him as being born with a disability.
Therefore, these three princes cannot compete.
Whether it is ministers or generals, even if they try to win over him, no one is on his side.
Wen Rensheng naturally knew this.
In real history, none of the princes who competed for the throne were disabled.
There are indeed many mentally retarded people, but you can’t tell from the outside.
Instead of choosing the third prince, it is better to find a mascot.
On the contrary, it will not be so easy to subjugate the country.
Therefore, even though everyone knew that under normal circumstances, the third prince would definitely be the most suspect, they did not really include him as a suspect.
The third prince is currently painting.
Painting is very common, and there are many royal painting masters.
However, if someone sees the paintings of the Third Prince, they will definitely be very shocked.
Because he is drawing a story.
It was a village owned by the eldest prince, located outside the city.
With six thousand acres of land, it is definitely a big village.
The characters are a butler and a servant.
In the scene, the housekeeper takes the servant to check the well to ensure that there is no problem with watering.
The next painting is of the servant, hitting the butler with a stone and throwing the butler into the well.
Judging from the details drawn by the other party, this is obviously not a random imagination.
Because the details are very real, the eldest prince does have such a Zhuangzi.
Moreover, the eldest prince’s mansion is almost full as cases happen one after another.
Now it is starting to spread outside the city, to Zhuangzi, and the next step is to spread to the fiefdom.
I have to say that this third prince is quite powerful.
He cheated...
The conspiracy he designed is actually very simple, but it is impeccable.
Because this is a conspiracy drawn on a painting.
How can ordinary people see it?
Unless someone can collect the original manuscripts of these paintings and calligraphy, and then think about it carefully, one can come to a horrifying conclusion.
(End of this chapter)