In order to prevent the Seventh Prince's hand from reaching out to Ling's mansion, Shangguan Shaochen promised Ling Zixuan and Chaoyang to stay in the guest room temporarily.
In the study, Nangong Yizhi reported all the news he inquired, "Cousin, the death row criminal who framed Ling Xuan committed suicide in the prison."
Shangguan Shaochen and Ling Muer, who were sitting drinking tea, did not show any surprise at all, obviously they had already guessed that there would be such a result.
Nangong Yizhi's eyes widened with dissatisfaction. "Hey, anyway, I'm going to die because of this matter, can you two respond?"
"At the moment Ling Zixuan was rescued from the prison, Lao Qi must have been acting secretly. He was able to bribe the jailer and beat Ling Zixuan to the point where he almost died. Wouldn't it be easy to secretly kill a death-row prisoner?" Shangguan Shaochen said, And he signaled Nangong Yizhi to sit down with his eyes, he really worked hard on Ling Zixuan's affairs.
"Then we don't go to investigate? You are willing to let Ling Zixuan be bullied by him. You should know that if we hadn't arrived in time, Ling Zixuan would have died." Nangong Yizhi didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the two people in front of him.
"The emperor ordered that the death row inmates be imprisoned in the prison for interrogation, but the death row inmates died in the prison, don't you think the emperor would be curious?" Ling Mu'er gave him a look of 'you are an idiot'.
"So you mean to wait for the emperor's order to investigate?" Nangong Yi asked later.
"Of course, we still need to add fuel to the flames and help." Shangguan Shaochen handed a list to Nangong Yizhi, "These are all Lao Qi's cronies, and he will definitely not kill the death row criminal himself. But if we can find out the news from these few people, I believe the emperor will come to his own conclusion."
Nangong Yizhi opened the list and looked at it. The smile on the corner of his mouth gradually widened, and he couldn't help giving Shangguan Shaochen a thumbs up, "You're amazing, my brother."
He carefully put the list in his pocket, "As long as it can be proved that the death row criminal was murdered by the Seventh Prince, he will not be able to escape from this matter. If we take this opportunity to find the bill that Ling Zixuan was talking about, Then he...isn't he completely finished?"
Thinking that the Seventh Prince would be trampled under their feet, Nangong Yizhi's mood exploded.
Whoever made that kid look so high above the top on weekdays, he just saw him unhappy.
"That's right, whoever kills the death row inmate is the murderer behind the murder of Ling Zixuan. The emperor has an order. Once the truth is found out, no matter whoever is killed." Shangguan Shaochen had a smug smile on his lips, but soon he got back to business, "Yizhi, there is one thing that only you can do."
"You want me to steal the ledger for you?" Nangong Yizhi raised his head arrogantly, with a look of 'I knew what you were thinking'.
"The moment we rescued Ling Zixuan, Lao Qi will find a way to hide the account book secretly, and will definitely order someone to monitor my second prince's mansion. No matter who my people walk out of this mansion, they will immediately Being targeted, but you are different."
Shangguan Shaochen explained, "You are the prince of Ningguo, no one dares to stop you, besides you have those brothers in the Jianghu."
"Don't worry, this matter is on my shoulders!" As long as it is about my cousin, Nangong Yizhi is of course no problem, "However, where are we going to find it?"
He sighed, "I can't let people brazenly go to the Seventh Prince's mansion to look for it. Isn't that a self-inflicted trap? Could it be that he went to his other courtyard?"
Before everyone could answer, he shook his head again, "But as far as I know, the other courtyard was built for his side concubine, Sheng'er, and now Sheng'er has moved into the Seventh Prince's Mansion, and the Seventh Prince is rare." Then go to the other courtyard, where else do we need to go? Do we search all the shops under his name? Or, is it possible that he sent the ledger back to the fief?"
Shangguan Shaochen shook his head, "No, if I'm not wrong, the most dangerous place is the safest place."
That is to say, the ledger is in the Seventh Prince's Mansion, maybe in his study or sleeping hall.
"No way?" Nangong Yizhi opened his mouth wide, "Is he really not afraid that we will send peerless experts to shoot?"
"I'm afraid the Seventh Prince's mansion is not as easy to break into as we imagined. Do you remember that he rebuilt the mansion at the end of last year?" Shangguan Shaochen asked back.
Nangong Yizhi suddenly realized, "You guessed that he was secretly building a secret room."
"I'm afraid there's more than one secret room there." Shangguan Shaochen's piercing eyes immediately came to him, "Yizhi, go and investigate immediately, why did he embezzle so much stolen money? As the seventh prince, he can enjoy the glory and wealth all his life. Besides, he insists on competing with me for the throne, and power is paramount to him, so why does he need so much money?"
"Okay, I'll go now." Nangong Yizhi didn't say much, and immediately turned and left.
Only Ling Muer and him were left in the room.
"You want to investigate the purpose of the Seventh Prince's embezzlement of stolen money and at the same time find the ledger that proves his embezzlement, so that even if he has a good tongue, he won't be able to escape." Ling Muer guessed.
Shangguan Shaochen gave her an appreciative look, "That's right, if you just find the ledger, Lao Qi can completely explain that he was framed by others, but if you can still find out where he embezzled money, the emperor is suspicious by nature and will never Will let him go!"
"As long as it is something he has done, there will be flaws. Paper can't wrap fire, and the truth can never be hidden." Ling Muer's eyes are filled with hatred whenever she thinks of the Seventh Prince, "But we want How can I find the ledger?"
Realizing what Ling Muer seemed to be going to do, Shangguan Shaochen hurriedly held her in his arms, "Girl, I forbid you to do dangerous things again, do you hear me! Lao Qi is different from ordinary people, and the Seventh Prince's Mansion is not your place either." As you can see, I don't allow you to do it privately."
She didn't expect him to see through her plan before she even said it out. Ling Muer originally wanted to fight for it, but when she saw his displeased eyes, she gave up.
"Okay, okay, I promise you not to act without authorization. In this way, when you really have nothing to do, you can listen to my thoughts?" Ling Muer tilted her head and looked at him sincerely, full of expectation.
"Good." Gently stroking the long hair on top of her head, Shangguan Shaochen held her in his arms and listened to her soft heartbeat.
What happened to Ling Zixuan seemed to give him a wake-up call, and it seemed to make him see Lao Qi's character clearly, and at the same time, it also made him and Lao Qi formally bond.
He not only rescued Ling Zixuan, but also took away Ling Zixuan and Zhu Chi from Lao Qi's side. Presumably Lao Qi already hated him to the bone at this moment, and would also find a way to formally contend with him.
I'm afraid this will be a long and fierce battle.
When Nangong Yizhi came back, it was already dark. Ling Muer originally planned to go back to the Ling Mansion, but out of curiosity, she stayed to listen to him inquire about the news.
"Cousin, guess what I found out?" Nangong Yi said mysteriously, but his face was very ugly.
"If you think about it, you will never think that the Seventh Prince is secretly buying soldiers!" Nangong Yi paused, even he himself could not believe such news.
Sure enough, Shangguan Shaochen's hand holding the teacup was stunned, and his cold eyes immediately shot over, "Is this true?"
"It's absolutely true!" Nangong Yizhi explained carefully, "In order to speed up the time, I asked the well-known Bao in Jianghu. Back then, he owed me a favor from the Marquis of Ningguo, so he naturally agreed to help me with this favor, but he didn't check. I don't know that the Seventh Prince has done so many things during his fiefdom for so many years."
Five years ago, the Seventh Prince was sent to the fief due to one incident. Everyone thought that he would never come back, but he not only managed the fief to prosper, but also gradually made the emperor think of him by relying on the concubine Min Gui.
The Seventh Prince was a smart man, and with Concubine Min's assistance, he returned to the capital last year. This time she came back to share the emperor's worries one after another, and soon became the emperor's darling. But who would have thought that an exiled prince would do such a thing?
"No wonder he embezzles the stolen money! He needs that money to support the people he bought!" Ling Muer was also stunned, at this moment she truly understood what Shangguan Shaochen once said to her, stay away from the Seventh Prince , this person is not as simple as it seems.
"Is the Seventh Prince planning to rebel?" Her voice trembled when she said this.
Shangguan Shaochen realized that the little girl was afraid, so he held her hand firmly, and used the warmth of his palm to drive away her fear, "No matter what his intentions are, cultivating soldiers secretly is a death penalty. As long as the exact evidence is found, the emperor will definitely not forgive me lightly! It's a pity..."
"What a pity?" Ling Muer didn't understand.
"Lao Qi has always been cautious in doing things. He will definitely guess that we will investigate this matter. I believe that once we go to the fief to investigate, not only will we not find out anything, but we will also startle the snake." Shangguan Shaochen sighed, very Obviously this matter is more complicated than imagined.
"That's right, no matter how I inquire, Bao inquires only that the Seventh Prince has done similar things, but where all the people he gathered were placed, and where they are now are all unknown." Nangong Yizhi also suddenly became serious, There is no substantial difference between knowing the news and not knowing about things that even Bao inquired about.
"Check!" After thinking for a while, Shangguan Shaochen suddenly made a final decision, "There is no impenetrable wall in this world. Since Lao Qi wants to build his own army, it must not be as simple as hundreds of thousands of people, that's why he needs a large number of troops. Money feeds those people, and so many people can be hidden in more than a simple residence?"
He immediately looked at Nangong Yizhi, and now he is the only person he trusts the most, "Those people will definitely not be in his fiefdom, that would be too ostentatious, but they will definitely not be too far away from him." He thought, A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in my mind. "You immediately investigate all the affairs he has investigated in the fief in the past five years. He will definitely use the investigation to leave the fief. Then the place where he goes most often is the hiding place of those people!"
"Yes, I'll go right away. But what about the account book?"
After all, Nangong Yizhi is only one person, and according to his guess just now, the Seventh Prince's Mansion must be heavily organised, and his brothers in the Jianghu are rough people, maybe they will alarm him, in case he gets into a hurry , Ruthlessly destroy the ledger and everything will be over.
Shangguan Shaochen smiled confidently, "Naturally leave it to me."
