For a moment, Zhuang Wenzhong was regarded as being brought in. When he entered the door, he knelt down to salute Wu Sansi, "I am not aware of His Highness Liang's position."

Wu Sansi met Zhuang Wenzhong once in Yangzhou a few years ago, but he didn't take it seriously at that time. At this time, he saw Zhuang Wenzhong being tall and burly, with a big beard and mighty appearance, and actually knelt down at him. This made Wu Sansi feel a little satisfied with his sense of vanity. He sat down and smiled and said, "Prince Zhuang, please get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness"

Zhuang Wenzhong stood up and stood with his hands down. Wu Sansi smiled again: "I heard that Zhuang Duwei made achievements in Yangzhou and performed very well, worthy of praise."

A sentence pointed out Zhuang Wenzhong's worries. He did not come to Beijing this time to find Wu Sansi. After ambushing Li Xun丨, he attacked the rebels' logistics camp and intercepted tens of thousands of stagnants of money and countless grains. He privately greed for one thousand taels of gold. In order to get high promotion, he brought gold to the capital and tried to manage the Ministry of War.

Unexpectedly, he received news today that the emperor was very dissatisfied with his indulgence in Li Yuanjia's rebels. Not only did he have no contribution, he might also be punished. Zhuang Wenzhong was suddenly panicked because he was Wu Sansi's person, so he immediately rushed to ask Wu Sansi to plead for him.

Zhuang Wenzhong said with a frown: "I got the news today. The emperor believed that the low-level position was indulging Li Yuanjia's rebels and wanted to punish the low-level position. In fact, the low-level position is really unfair."

"Oh, there is such a thing, why are you wronged?"

"Your Highness, Li Yuanjia recruited rogue death warriors from Jiangnan to train. Of course, I have heard of Beizhi, but his team is placed on Yangzi Island. Yangzhou Island is not under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, but under the jurisdiction of Runzhou. It is because the Runzhou government does not act, so how can it be blamed for Beizhi?"

Wu Sansi smiled, "But the Runzhou government will also say that Li Yuanjia is the King of Guangling and is stationed in Yangzhou for a long time. The army has nothing to do with them, it should be your Yangzhou business.

"It's this problem. The court does not allow cross-border suppression of bandits, but I will bear the problem. This is really unfair."

Wu Sansi didn't care about whether it was fair or not. He only cared about whether Zhuang Wenzhong could bring benefits to him. In particular, Zhuang Wenzhong participated in the battle to suppress Li Yuanjia. In the words of Mr. Ming, he was the one in the authorities, so he should know a lot of information.

"I really want to help Zhuang Duwei."

Wu Sansi smiled hypocritically and said, "But Captain Zhuang has to give a reason, why not wipe out Li Yuanjia's army."

"I just said that this is Runzhou."

Before Zhuang Wenzhong finished speaking, Wu Sansi interrupted him unhappily, "This reason is not good. The emperor will not accept such an explanation. He will only think that you are evading responsibility."

"What reason do you need?" Zhuang Wenzhong asked in frustration.

Wu Sansi smiled and guided him, "For example, you find that Li Yuanjia wants to rebel, but he doesn't want to alarm the snake, so he keeps observing his movements, and then you take out one or two more evidence, and I think you can explain it to the emperor."

"evidence?"

Zhuang Wenzhong was frowning. He didn't have any evidence unless he revealed that the prefect Lin Qing and Li Yuanjia had collusion. At this time, Zhuang Wenzhong suddenly remembered something, took out something from his arms, and presented it to Wu Sansi with both hands, "Can you please see this as evidence?"

Wu Sansi's eyes suddenly widened, and he saw that Zhuang Wenzhong had a gold medal in his hand, engraved with the words "Xingtanghui, three words". Wu Sansi hurriedly took the gold medal. He turned to the back, and Li Yuanjia's name was engraved in the lower right corner of the back. His voice suddenly trembled, "Mr. Ming, sir."

Mr. Ming hid in the hut behind and listened to Zhuang Wenzhong's report. He also saw the gold medal. Before Wu Sansi could call him again, he walked out in two steps and took the gold medal from Wu Sansi. He looked at it several times and murmured: "It's it, it's it."

Mr. Ming immediately asked, "Master Zhuang, where did you get this gold medal?"

Zhuang Wenzhong didn't expect that there was still someone hidden in the room. He was so scared that he stuttered: "It's a humble profession. Killed Li Xun丨 and found it from him."

Li Yuanjia’s gold medal in Xingtang Club was actually on his eldest son Li Xunzhi. This was unexpected. Mr. Ming asked again: “Apart from this gold medal, have you got anything else? For example, a scroll with many names, or a lot of Li Yuanjia’s correspondence?”

Zhuang Wenzhong didn't know what he meant, so he shook his head, "Li Xun has no luggage, he only had a fake Yangzhou household registration certificate in his horse bag, some jewelry and a few pieces of gold, and he only had this gold medal on him, so he didn't see any list."

"Are there any documents or anything in the logistics camp?" Mr. Ming continued to ask.

"There are quite a lot of this... but in the chaos, they may have been burned by the soldiers." Zhuang Wenzhong replied timidly, feeling that he might have caused some trouble.

Mr. Ming looked disappointed and said to Wu Sansi: "Prince, General Zhuang should stay in the palace and protect it properly."

Wu Sansi nodded and immediately ordered: "Comeone comes"

Zhuang Wenzhong was startled and protected himself. Isn’t this just to put himself under house arrest? He hurriedly asked, “Your Highness, why is this?”

"Because of this gold medal"

Wu Sansi raised the gold medal and said, "This gold medal is of great importance. If the news is leaked, you will inevitably be harmed by others. I protect you for your own good."

He immediately said to several guards: "Take the lieutenant Zhuang down to rest and let the servants serve you well."

Zhuang Wenzhong had no choice but to follow a few guards. When everyone retreated, Wu Sansi picked up the gold medal and took a closer look. In fact, he didn't know what the gold medal had. He didn't ask Mr. Ming because of a smile, "Do you think this gold medal can play?"

Mr. Ming smiled and explained: "This gold medal is very important. It proves that Li Yuanjia is a core member of the Xingtang Association. Then Li Yuanjia's rebellion is not his own, but the collective plan of the Xingtang Association. 'The incident of Li Yuanjia's rebellion should be changed to the incident of Xingtang Association's rebellion. Does the prince understand what I mean?"

Wu Sansi suddenly realized, and he immediately said, "I will report to the emperor now."

"No"

Mr. Ming quickly stopped him, "The prince must stay out of this matter. Please listen to my advice and give this gold medal to Lai Junchen, and Zhuang Wenzhong will also hand it over to him.

Wu Sansi was very reluctant, and he said coldly: "There are still some old accounts between Lai Junchen and I not settled. Let's reconcile with him. Where can I put my face?"

"Prince, you can wait for the future to settle the account slowly, but it will be more profitable to overthrow Xingtang, especially the prince, which is simply a big profit."

Wu Sansi was moved by Mr. Ming. He hesitated and sighed, "But let me go to find Lai Junchen, I'm afraid I can't hold this face down."

Mr. Ming smiled slightly, "I can come forward for the prince and convince Lai Junchen."

Since Lai Junchen received the secret given to him by the emperor, five days have passed, and he has gained nothing for the past five days. Although he has sent his decent general to Yangzhou, no news has been heard from the sent people, which has made Lai Junchen anxious.

According to the emperor's instructions, he had to find three evidences of oath list, letters and gold medals, but he had no idea where to find these three things.

Although he also suspected that Li Zhen had obtained these three items, there was also a possibility, that is, Li Zhen did not lie. These three items were not in Li Yuanjia's mansion, but were hidden elsewhere by Li Yuanjia.

He would rather consider it in this direction, at least he still has a glimmer of hope. More importantly, the emperor did not allow him to alert the enemy, and he could only not cause trouble for Li Zhen for the time being.

At this time, Lai Junchen secretly regretted that he shouldn't have executed Su so early, because Su was a member of the Xingtang Association, and maybe he knew a little about Li Yuanjia's secret.

Night had already fallen, and in the study, Lai Junchen was walking back and forth in dismay, thinking hard about the clues he missed. At this time, his housekeeper reported at the door: "Master, someone is here to visit, he said that the Master will definitely meet him."

"Who is it?"

Lai Junchen frowned, stepped forward and took the greeting letter. He glanced casually. He was stunned. It said that Shao Ming greeted him. Who is Shao Ming?

The housekeeper said again: "He said it was Mr. Ming, aide to King Liang."

"Why didn't the bastard say it earlier?"

Lai Junchen cursed fiercely, pushed open the butler and ran towards the door. Of course he knew who Mr. Ming was. He was Wu Sansi's military advisor. When he came to find him, it meant that Wu Sansi was looking for him.

Of course, Lai Junchen wanted to get Wu Sansi's help to destroy the Xingtang Association. Wu Sansi was the biggest beneficiary. Why did he work hard on his own? Wu Sansi finally enjoyed it. And Lai Junchen also knew that once the Li royal family inherited the throne, he would never let him go. Only when Wu Sansi ascended the throne would he have a chance.

It is precisely because of this consideration that Lai Junchen would not care that Wu Sansi had impeached him. On the contrary, if Wu Sansi was willing to change his mind, he would be grateful.

Lai Junchen ran to the gate and saw a carriage parked at the gate. When he saw him coming out, the car door opened. A short middle-aged man came out from inside. Lai Junchen had met Mr. Ming from Wu Chengsi and was deeply impressed by his short figure.

Lai Junchen hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Welcome to visit Mr. Ming"

Mr. Ming's figure is like a seven or eight-year-old child, thin and small, and a head shorter than Lai Junchen, who is of medium size. It was because of his ugly figure back then. Although he was admitted to the imperial examination, he was not hired by the Ministry of Personnel and had to be an aide to others. However, he is the dual military advisor of Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, and no one dares to underestimate him.

Mr. Ming smiled and replied, "I'll find Zhongcheng if you have something to do, I'll disturb you."

"Where can the gentleman come, and the officials are so arrogant and shining, please."

Mr. Ming nodded, "Come to Zhongcheng"

The two came to the study room outside. Lai Junchen ordered the maid to serve tea. Mr. Ming took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I have two main things to come by the prince this time. One is to express my apology to Lai Zhongcheng on behalf of the prince. The last time he impeached Lai Zhongcheng was just a moment of inspiration. However, the prince calmed down and felt that there was no need to confront a small Wan Guojun and Lai Zhongcheng, and he felt that something must be strange."

Mr. Ming was very good at speaking and weakened the impeachment matter in an understatement, giving Lai Junchen another step. Wan Guojun might have done something inappropriate before being killed by Lai Junchen.
Chapter completed!