Even if the King of Yue revealed the fact that Sun Tu assassinated the prince and some of his speculations, Xi Fengchang was still doubtful: "This... how is this possible... why did he do this?" Thinking of what Sun Tu had done for him before, it was really hard. He couldn't believe that the other party would do so many unforgivable things behind his back.
The King of Yue's patience was almost exhausted at this time. Seeing that he was still stunned, he straightened his face and said, "Whether you believe it or not, I have called you here today just for one thing. Do you know that Sun Where is Qianli now?"
After being stared at by the King of Yue, Xi Fengchang suddenly woke up. Now the capital was almost under his control. His life and death depended on his thoughts. Self-preservation was the most important thing. So he immediately distanced himself from Sun Tu: "I don't know where he went. I haven't seen Sun Qianli since I entered the palace yesterday to celebrate his birthday. I heard that he went out at night, and then He never came back.”
The King of Yue nodded: "Then where do you think he will be hiding? Also, besides having a close relationship with you, does Sun Qianli have any other good friends in the capital? If what I expected is true, last night The several incidents in front of the palace and in the city may have something to do with him!" Judging from the incidents after that, the King of Yue easily suspected that the series of incidents last night were all caused by Sun Tu in order to smoothly enter the Prince's Mansion.
"This..." Xi Fengchang frowned and thought for a long time, and then said: "Apart from me, only Uncle Yue Wang and Mo Qihe walked around with him more. I really can't remember the others..." He also knew that the matter was very important, so he was quite cooperative this time. At this point, he remembered something: "By the way, there is also Master Jiesang. He had obtained the Buddha treasure from Master Jiesang before. Of!"
The King of Yue's mind quickly began to think. Of course he was not the one, and it was impossible even if Xi Fengchang looked at him. Could it be Master Jiesang... No, he soon gave up this weird idea. Jiesang Shili had always been aloof. , how could it be involved in such a dispute? Then the only choice is Moshahe!
"Could it be that he was actually planning all this behind his back? But what good would it do to him? The prince and he had a deep conflict. Once the prince succeeded to the throne, his situation would be extremely dangerous, so he took the risk and simply sent someone Kill the prince?" Questions popped up in his mind, but he couldn't find a reasonable explanation or answer for a while. The King of Yue actually didn't know whether his idea was right or wrong.
Originally, he was not a suspicious person, but this time things were too weird and complicated for him to completely trust Mo Xiahe. At least he couldn't trust anyone until he grabbed Sun Tu, pried open the other person's mouth, and asked the truth.
After some hesitation, King Yue finally came to his senses, looked at Xi Fengchang who was full of anxiety and said: "You have been staying at home for the past two days and are not allowed to see anyone. If Sun Qianli contacts you, you must be the first to do so." Time will tell me. All this is for the safety of your Xi Feng clan, do you remember?"
"I've made a note of it, and I won't dare to do anything wrong!" Xi Fengchang nodded hurriedly in response. At this time, the most important thing for him was to ensure the safety of his own family, and Sun Qianli's matter could only be left for later.
Soon after someone sent Xi Fengchang away, there was news from outside.
He said that Mo Xihe had arrived. The King of Yue did not dare to neglect his new ally. He hurriedly got up and went out to greet him, and soon brought the serious-looking Xixia Zhongshu Ling into the hall. After the two of them sat down, they didn't exchange any greetings. They asked almost in unison: "How is the matter handled?"
Afterwards, the two looked at each other and smiled again, and it was the King of Yue who spoke first: "I have all the troops and horses in the city under my control. I have also sent troops to guard the gates and no one is allowed to enter or exit. In addition, there are still a large number of troops there. Searching for suspicious people everywhere in the city, no less than a hundred people have been arrested so far, but there is no such person as Sun Qianli!"
Mo Chihe smiled with satisfaction. The King of Yue was indeed decisive and quick in doing things. In just half a day, he had completely taken the most critical command of the army into his own hands, so he had no worries for the time being. At the moment, he also revealed his results: "I have calmed down all the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government, and they will not cause trouble again for the time being. As for the people in the city, officials from the Inspection Department and Xingqing Mansion have also come forward to suppress them, and they must also be suppressed." There won't be any trouble. However, strangely enough, Sun Qianli is nowhere to be found. The government is looking for him everywhere. I wonder if they can find him in the past two days."
When the King of Yue heard him mention Sun Tu, he carefully looked at Mo Chihe's expression, but in the end he still couldn't see any clues. He could only say: "As far as the current situation is concerned, this person should have another accomplice. Ning Ling Who do you think it could be?"
"Are you complicit?" Mo Chihe also frowned: "The people with whom Sun Qianli has the closest relationship in the city are Xifeng Chang and the others, but they obviously don't have the guts or need to do such a thing. Come, the rest is hard to say. Especially last night's riot outside the palace and arson. Those are serious crimes. Who would take such a big risk for him? In comparison, harboring him is not a big deal. ”
"We still have to search the whole city to find the answer!" The King of Yue said with a flash of his eyes: "Not only the homes of ordinary people, but also the houses of officials must not be spared. We also need to search the Chengtian Temple as well. I I don’t believe he can fly into the sky and escape from the earth!”
"Official residences and Chengtian Temple...that's a bit inappropriate."
"There's nothing wrong. This person's crime of assassinating the prince is extremely heinous, and his stake is so important that we can't let him get away with it. In this way, let people search him from the palace, so they have nothing to say, right?" King Yue said, and looked at Mo Xihe made the latter suddenly stunned, and then he understood the true intention of his words, and his face darkened. He suspected that he was harboring Sun Qianli, so he used words to silence himself.
However, since he had never done this, he would not feel guilty. He immediately said: "Since you, my lord, have set an example, I should also set an example. Starting tomorrow, we will start searching at your and my residence, and then go to the homes of other officials!" Unless he can fly to the sky and escape from the earth, there is no way he can escape!"
After a pause, he remembered something more: "There is also the Liao State envoy who has to send people to search, and Sun Qianli is from the Liao State!"
These words immediately reminded the King of Yue: "You are right. In fact, the two countries that benefit most from the chaos in our Xia Kingdom are the Liao and Song Dynasties. Maybe he is the spy sent by those two countries to our court. Even if it offends them this time, We must also search carefully and never let him go! If we can
It would be even better if they found its whereabouts! "
So, after a night of calm, early the next morning, a frightening scene once again appeared in Xingzhou City. A large number of soldiers and horses searched everywhere, even the mansions of officials were not spared. But because this time the search actually started from the Prince of Yue's Mansion and the home of Mo Xiahe, those officials did not dare to object. They could only let the soldiers come in and out of their own yards, harassing the whole family. , no peace.
But after several days, the government still found nothing. Sun Qianli, whom they wanted to capture, seemed to have the ability to fly to the sky and escape from the earth. He actually disappeared from Xingzhou City out of thin air. Not only could he not be found in the homes of the people and officials, Even if he bravely went to Chengtian Temple and searched carefully, he still couldn't find any trace of him.
Of course, in such an important place of Buddhism, the soldiers who searched did not dare to be too presumptuous, so they just walked around the courtyards twice and asked people to gather the monks in the temple and check them one by one. As for Jiesang Wali, they only asked a few questions politely. After learning that he had never stepped out of the temple gate after arriving in Xingqing Mansion, they did not dare to be too embarrassed.
In this way, although the situation in the city was completely under the control of the King of Yue and Mo Xihe, and even the evidence of collusion between the King of Yue and others that Sun Tu had deliberately posted previously failed to cause any commotion, the two of them were still concerned. It seems that there was an omission after all, and Sun Qianli, who was a key figure, could not be found no matter what.
"How is this possible?" After hearing reports from another group of people, the King of Yue's face turned gloomy again. In the past few days, he had almost turned over the entire Xingzhou City, but he still couldn't find any clues, which was really unacceptable to him.
"Your Majesty, there is only one explanation, and that is that he left Xingzhou long before we went to the whole city!" After a few hesitations, one of his subordinates expressed his thoughts.
The King of Yue frowned slightly. Does this seem to be the only reasonable explanation? However, there was only one day between them, and the city gate had been sealed due to the chaos that night. Ordinary people could not get out at all.
After pondering for a long time, he said: "Let people go to all the city gates to check carefully. After the incident, we searched the whole city and saw if anyone had left the city!" After eliminating all possibilities, this seemed to have become a reality. The only answer.
And soon, his worries were fulfilled. The problem turned out to be the time difference on that day! Just before dawn that day, a cavalry team of more than ten people came out of the north gate. This was the only team that left the city during this period!
After learning this exact information, the King of Yue's expression suddenly changed. What shocked him even more was that the reason why this team could easily leave the city at that time was because they showed the secret weapon held by Zhongshu Ling Mo Xiahe. Some gold medals!
When the King of Yue told Mo Xiahe the news, he was also very surprised: "I had never sent anyone out of the city at that time. Where did they get the gold medal..." After saying this, he suddenly remembered the previous incident that day. In order to recruit Sun Tu for his own use and at the same time show his sincerity, he gave Sun Tu a gold medal. But then, because he had too many things to do, he forgot about it...