Chapter 559 The Mastermind
The moment the door of the royal study room was closed, the domineering and majestic imperial aura of Zhao Yuan disappeared almost instantly.
He couldn't wait to take off the jade crown on his head, opened his dragon robe, and waved to Ning Wushu: "Sister Wushu, I have made you General Xuanwu, are you satisfied?"
Ning Wushu smiled slightly: "It's not bad, anyway, when we get to Northern Xinjiang, it is the foster father who has the final say on how many troops to lead and how to fight."
Zhao Yuan curled his lips.
Then he looked at Fu Qingzhou again: "Brother Fu, now you are Sir Fu, how do you feel?"
Fu Qingzhou grinned: "I don't know whether you are Sir Fu or not, but you gave me a mansion. Zhaiyuan is a good brother!”
This is a house in the capital!
Zhao Yuan laughed loudly and looked at Yue Heng again.
Facing Yue Heng, he inevitably hesitated: "Brother Yue, brother Yue, you have a long way to go now... Yan and Yuan both value you, and you need to fight for it at the same time. The two of them trust each other and have enough voice in the cabinet!”
Yue Heng solemnly bowed: "Xiaosheng...weichen understand."
Zhao Yuan nodded with satisfaction, strode to the desk and sat down, nodded to Bai Jin: "Brother Jin, you Let's talk about something."
A few people took their seats again. Bai Jin took out a few pages from his sleeves without squinting and handed them to Fu Qingzhou and the others.
"This is the confession sent from the hell early this morning."
Bai Jin said solemnly: "Remember, this confession must not be leaked, even in Mingjiang Pavilion. Only Commander Li Jingzhe, the building owner Ning Wuwanning, and the secret envoy who interrogated Hua Xincheng knew about it. Apart from them, only the people in the Imperial Study Room today knew."
"Hua Xincheng has said a lot in the past few days. This confession has been carefully compiled by the host Ning. There is no redundant information. Please read it carefully and do not miss a word."
Hua Xin Cheng...
Fu Qingzhou knew that that was the name of Hua Wuying's father, Acheng.
His heart sank, knowing that the person on the confession in his hand was probably the person behind Wuli Village.
But... if a confession can reveal the person behind Wuli Village, why would Ning Baimei do this "sword gift" thing?
Fu Qingzhou went through the confession carefully with doubts in his heart.
At this sight, his heart suddenly jumped!
In Acheng's confession, the first sentence refers directly to "the lord".
“The identity of the lord is Zhao Liang, King of Xishuo.”
Zhao Liang! Zhao Hao’s father! The emperor's uncle!
When Ning Baimei doubted him before, Li Jingzhe also said that Zhao Liang loved to follow ancient etiquette and was extremely self-disciplined. From Xishuo to the chief envoy and the old farmer and porter, everyone praised the prince's character...
Fu Qingzhou There was no rush, and he continued to look down.
At this sight, his heart beat even harder.
According to Acheng’s confession, behind Wuli Village there are also figures from the Yuan, Lan and Hong families.
Only the Ning family, a new aristocratic family that grew up based on Ning Baimei, did not participate.
The confession mentioned that Acheng personally met Zhao Liang and received orders from Zhao Liang; he also went to the Yuan family, Lan family, and Hong family on behalf of the prince, and sent messages to each other on their behalf.
Not only that, he also gave out names one after another...
As for what these people are planning?
As a messenger in the shadows, Acheng is not particularly clear. He is only responsible for conveying the current task, but he does not know what these people are planning.
But in his confession, we can still see that these people are constantly killing people, recruiting criminals, funding Xiaoyu Pavilion, secretly supporting Huijue, and colluding with officials to seek power for personal gain... They have formed a huge interest group , doing countless shameful things.
Ping!
Zhao Yuan slapped the confession on the case. The smile he had before had long since disappeared, and his face was full of anger: "Are these people going to fucking rebel?!"
Fu Qingzhou put down his confession and looked extremely solemn.
He looked at Yue Heng and Ning Wushu. Their eyes were full of shock and fear.
But Bai Jin was much calmer. He said softly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This confession may not be entirely true."
Zhao Yuanhan said in a loud voice: "Can the confession that Mingjiange took out from the underworld be false?!" "...This is really hard to say."
Fu Qingzhou frowned and said : "Well... Hua Xincheng, he has been managing Xiaoyu Pavilion for Jiang Baichuan for such a long time. Every killer in Xiaoyu Pavilion was trained by him personally. He himself also has the realm of cave heaven. Ordinary interrogation, for It's useless to him."
"So I suspect that these confessions he said are what he wanted to say."
After saying a few words, he found that everyone was confused. Staring at himself, he considered some words and said cautiously: "Before, Hua Xincheng told me that if I could escape from Jiang Baichuan's sword alive, he would confess everything... But I don't agree with what he said. Dare to believe everything.”
"He extremely respects and admires Jiang Baichuan. He would die for Jiang Baichuan... Now that the man behind Wuli Village has not been revealed yet, and Jiang Baichuan has fled, what will happen if he reveals everything now?"
Hearing his question, Ning Wushu responded softly: "Hua Xincheng doesn't know about his father's arrangements, and he doesn't know that the emperor doesn't plan to take action against the family for the time being. If he really tells everything and triggers a war between the two sides..."
"...Then Jiang Baichuan will definitely be in danger."
Bai Jin took the words and said in a deep voice: "He no longer has his own power. If he wants to protect himself, he can only He was begging for mercy in front of his master. His master hated him for not doing things well and causing trouble, and would also let him do the most dangerous and dirty work."
After saying this, Zhao Yuan calmed down. Quite a few.
But he still wondered: "If it is as you said, this Hua Xincheng...why did he make all this up?"
"To muddy the water?"
Yue Heng said carefully: "As long as more people are dragged into the water and the real mastermind is hidden, Jiang Baichuan will be relatively safe?"
Fu Qingzhou nodded: "This is a possibility... but he cannot be ruled out. He told the truth."
"What do you mean?" Zhao Yuan cast a dissatisfied look: "Brother Fu, isn't that what you said?"
Fu Qingzhou smiled: "Bold assumptions and careful verification. We need to consider both possibilities."
Zhao Yuan asked again: "What if what he said is true? And why?"
"Similarly, it is also a diversion of attention."
Fu Qingzhou replied: "If these masterminds are pulled out, the court's eyes will not only stay on Jiang Baichuan."
Zhao Yuan showed a little irritation on his face and scratched his head.
"Okay, I probably know."
He waved his hand: "No matter what, only so many people can know about this matter, and it must not be leaked. You must know who the enemy is. The rest, Brother Fu will carry out Ning Baimei's appeasement plan before discussing."
As soon as these words came out, Bai Jin and Yue Heng clearly showed a trace of confusion on their faces.
"Why are you looking at me like this?"
Zhao Yuan laughed and scolded: "This is an absolute secret! You are not qualified to know!"
Bai Jin suddenly realized, but the confusion on his face turned into peace of mind.
Obviously, after knowing that Ning Baimei had made arrangements for this matter, he suddenly felt relieved.
Yue Heng was clearly relieved...
Having just become an official, he had to face such a big trouble. This was already reaching the limit of his ability to withstand pressure - if another big one comes, He was afraid he would go crazy if he had to worry about secrets.
“Okay, let’s discuss this matter for now.”
Zhao Yuan said solemnly: "If there is any progress in the future, I will discuss it with a few more people. You and Mingjiange are all my people. Remember?"
Cong Jinyu From the beginning in the study room, he had been calling himself "I", and now he called himself "Zhen", which meant that he was truly giving orders as an emperor.
A few people were also solemn and stood up slightly to respond.
"Okay, let's discuss another matter next."
Zhao Yuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "How should we fight in that debate?"
(End of this chapter)