After Zhang Jing said that, she smiled: "Actually, as long as you have a direction, things will be very simple. Those who plan this matter will definitely be in the capital..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jingyi's gaze flashed coldly and said, "Because it is very simple, someone attacked His Majesty on this side, and on the other side, someone is responsible for watching the current situation in the capital. Only in this way can they take this opportunity to mess up the situation and get the best interests when the country is unparalleled."

At this time, everyone was so impressed that no one interrupted Zhang Jingyi.

"Since the person is in the capital, then Wu Sangui will definitely be in the capital. It is not difficult to guess that Wu Sangui is a handle to threaten Wu Xiang. As long as Wu Xiang doesn't say anything, they can find a way to leave him a bloodline after Wu Xiang's failure. But if Wu Xiang dares to say anything, they will be arrested and Wu Sangui will die. Therefore, Wu Sangui must stay by his side to be most at ease. After all, this is related to the lives of these people. Once the matter fails, Wu Xiang will shake out a little and no one can escape."

"I have already ordered people to record Wu Sangui's characteristics and have someone to survey the whole city. Even if a young man stays in his door, he needs to hide a big house. Because the door does not go out, he is also taken care of by servants, and with the accomplices behind this, this mansion... needs at least ten people to live in."

"In addition, these people have only arrived in the capital in the past two or three months. Why do I believe they have only arrived in the capital recently? Because the person who is accomplices must not be from the capital, or in other words, they were not in the capital before. After all, if they had not had any business in Liaodong, they would definitely not be able to incite Wu Xiang. Therefore... I judged that they should be foreigners. In addition... in order to find the latest news at any time, his residence must be closer to some places where the dignitaries enter and exit, and occasionally they have to show up. I have checked several places where the dignitaries often enter and exit in the capital...especially in the bell and drum tower, tribute courtyard, and Confucian Temple..."

Zhang Jing paused and said, "So what is finally concluded is that these people live in a larger mansion with a foreign accent. They have only arrived in the capital within half a year. The mansion should have been rented..."

"Lease?" Someone couldn't help but say, "Why is it necessary to be a rental? Even if they are foreigners, if they have money, they will still buy property in the capital."

The person who spoke was Sun Chengzong. Sun Chengzong listened with relish, but... he still felt that there was a loophole in Zhang Jingyi's words and couldn't help but remind him.

Zhang Jingyi said: "Because it's very simple, even if he has his own mansion, he will not live there. If you try your best to put aside your suspicion, it is not an exaggeration to be cautious. Will Mr. Sun still be at his home when he plans to rebel?"

"This..." Sun Chengzong glared at Zhang Jingyi. The young man was very rude!

"Of course, this is just a guess." Zhang Jingyi continued: "Then, there will be a residence around several neighbors where dignitaries come and go. This person... will definitely come out to activities occasionally. In order to get close to some dignitaries, they will definitely be very generous in their actions. They will combine all these messages and then order people to check them in one day. In a day, they can directly narrow the scope to more than a dozen families, and then send a secret agent to follow them. It only takes three days to eliminate irrelevant people. Today, taking advantage of the whole city to search for the Li family, this person will naturally be arrested. Sure enough... Wu Xiang's son Wu Sangui was found from this person's mansion..."

Zhang Jingyi said, looking at the unpretentious scholar and said, "Look... at this time, do you want to deny it?"

This unpretentious scholar snorted coldly.

Zhang Jingyi ignored him at this time because he knew very well that when a person was caught, he would be lucky. At this time, the psychological defense line had not been broken, and even if he had to ask, he could not ask anything.

In terms of the current situation, finding a breakthrough from Wu Xiang is obviously much more effective than finding it from this scholar.

So Zhang Jing looked at Wu Xiang with a smile.

Then he said, "Wu Xiang, your son is right in front of you... You refused to say it before. I think you are afraid because someone has grasped your son. Now, what else can you say? It has reached this point. If you don't know the truth again, you will suffer in the future. I think you are very clear about it?"

Wu Xiang was already ashamed at this time, and all his thoughts were burning. He knew that he would be pried open sooner or later, so he said, "I...I...I...please...Your Majesty and the Marquis of Xinxian must...must..."

He originally wanted to say that he would definitely save my son Wu Sangui's life...

This is also the last condition for him to exchange with the information he knows after he died.

But at this moment... a voice suddenly rose up. Before Wu Xiang could continue to say it, he heard Wu Sangui say, "Give up your life, let go, what does my father have to rebel? He is a thief, but I am not... I am just being held hostage by a traitor... Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xinxian, please spare my life... Wu Xiang and I have no kindness... He is not my father... I don't have such a father..."

Wu Sangui was so scared that he shivered and kept defending: "He...he...he...he is a traitor, a traitor, and everyone can kill him. I...I'm still young, I...I...I don't know anything...I'll spare my life...I'll save my life!"

After saying that, kowtowing was like pounding garlic.

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

At this time, Zhang Jingyi really wanted to pat Wu Sangui to death immediately. At this time, he was about to take advantage of the father-son relationship between Wu Sangui and Wu Xiang to make Wu Xiang look timid and submit.

How could I know... This dog is going to break off the relationship between father and son.

After hearing this, Wu Xiang... had already taken a breath of cold air.

He was already desperate. When he heard Wu Sangui's words, he kept comforting himself that his son did this to survive. If he could survive, it would always be good, and it would not be a bad thing.

But……

Although I kept telling myself like this, the heart... still hurt so much.

Just when Zhang Jing was about to scold Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui hurriedly said, "Wu Xiang is a bastard... He deserves to die... He dares to rebel. He has no king or father... I... I beg Your Majesty to ask the Marquis of Xinxian. For such a traitor, you must not... you cannot tolerate him... you want to cut him, yes, cut him, I... I am irreconcilable with the traitor!"

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

Wu Xiang: “…”

The civil and military ministers in this palace were speechless.

But at this time... Zhang Jingyi finally remembered how the famous Wu Sangui father died in history.

Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang fell into Li Zicheng's hands at that time. Li Zicheng asked Wu Sangui to surrender. As a result, Wu Sangui had already agreed on conditions with the Jiannu people and surrendered to Jiannu. After that, he led his troops into Guanzhong. Naturally, Wu Xiang fell to the ground.

This is the rumored rebellion against my father, history... seems to have happened again.

but……

"Stop!" Zhang Jing cursed and stepped forward and kicked Wu Sangui hard.

Wu Sangui was so scared that he looked pale. Seeing Zhang Jing furious, he didn't dare to say anything.

Zhang Jing said, "Wu Xiang, do you say it or not? If you don't say it again, I will immediately cut your dog son into pieces."

Wu Xiang was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe, but at this time he still looked at Wu Sangui with complicated eyes, and finally sighed: "This person's surname is Tian, ​​his name is Shenglan, and he is a merchant."

Merchants...

Everyone looked at each other.

Tian Shenglan?

Zhang Jingyi had no impression of this person: "Businessmen, what kind of business do they do?"

"Do everything you do..." Wu Xiang paused and continued: "In his early years, he had a lot of relations with the Duke of Chengguo..."

As soon as this statement was spoken, everyone understood it.

Duke Cheng Guo’s original charge was to collude with Jiannu, and the one who moved and made huge profits between Jiannu and Duke Cheng Guo was a group of merchants.

Zhang Jingyi was filled with energy.

He always regretted that he had only taken Duke Cheng but not these merchants who had been smuggling for many years.

Unexpectedly... I really hit the gun.

Emperor Tianqi was also shocked at this time.

At the home of Duke Cheng, more than 10 million taels of silver were collected...

Good guy... how much have these private businesses made in the past few years?

Wu Xiang continued: "In their early years... they secretly traded with the Mongolians, very early... They made a fortune by doing business with the Tatars. This was more than a hundred years ago... Since then... they have had a deep connection with the Mongolian tribes. Until the Jiannu people were prosperous, they contacted the Jiannu people through their relationship and provided salt, gunpowder, food, medicinal materials, and pig iron for the Jiannu people... Although these people are not visible, they are all rich enough to compete with the country..."

For more than a hundred years...there have been constant smuggling, and whoever is strong outside the pass will collude with him...the wealth in this... can be imagined.

"It's a pity that Duke Cheng was captured... After that, these people fled their families early. People like them had already used various names to buy countless property in various places in the world. However... they fled out of seclusion and were unwilling to accept it... And because Duke Cheng was taken away, they naturally secretly hated that the emperor blocked their way of wealth. Over the years, they had a good relationship with Mongolian tribes and Jiannu people, and had a large number of transactions in North Korea, and in Liaodong... they even made many friends... Therefore... they felt that only by eradicating the emperor... can the transaction be made again."

"Just just to do business?" Huang Liji felt incredible.

Wu Xiang's face was ashamed at this time, but subconsciously replied: "Do you know... what a big deal this is?"

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Chapter completed!