"The Emperor ordered us to kill Wang Yang, the traitor, on the road. We also ask Mr. Wu to cooperate with us when the time comes."
The man in black did not answer him directly, but talked about his own affairs.
"How do I know whether what you said is true or false?" Wu Dequan still didn't believe what they said. After all, to make him believe it, Shen Zhongbai's token was needed.
The man in black turned around and left his tent without giving anything to confirm their identity.
Although Wu Dequan was very suspicious of Wang Yang, the words of the man in black further aggravated his suspicion of Qin Liangping. If Wang Yang is Shen Qianshan's person, then is Qin Liangping also
With a lot of doubts, Wu Dequan fell asleep.
After walking for half a day, they arrived at a county.
They checked into an inn. Wang Yang didn't know what he said to the innkeeper, but Wu Dequan saw the innkeeper nodding with a smile.
With doubts, Wu Dequan went to ask the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, what did that person tell you just now?"
"The adult just now said that you are going to the south to control the floods. He asked me to buy some side dishes for you in the evening."
The shopkeeper said with a smile, obviously he had a good impression of Wu Dequan, maybe because of his status as a flood control official.
How could Wu Dequan believe that Wang Yang would be so kind? There must be some conspiracy.
"Shopkeeper, I'm a little tired from traveling today. Please bring today's dinner to my room."
"okay."
evening.
Wu Dequan waited in the room for a long time but no one brought food. Just when he was impatient to wait, there was a knock on the door.
"Knock knock knock."
When he opened the door, he saw Wang Yang standing in front of his door with a food box in his hand.
Wu Dequan immediately became wary.
"Why are you?" Wu Dequan asked.
"Master Wu, I was just about to come to you to discuss water control. I met the waiter who was delivering food to you, so he brought it to you by the way."
"Excuse me, Mr. Wang." Wu Dequan said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, come in."
Although I don't want to be in the same room with him, others are already here, so I can't make excuses to ask others to leave.
Entering the room, Wang Yang placed the food box in his hand on the table.
"Master Wu, do you want to eat first?" Wang Yang asked, pointing to the lunch box.
Fearing that Wang Yang might poison the lunch box, Wu Dequan waved his hand, "I'm not hungry yet, so I'd better talk to you about water control first."
Seeing him say this, Wang Yang's eyes flashed with disappointment. Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and Wang Yang left.
Wu Dequan took out the silver needle and tried all the food. The silver needle did not turn black. But he always felt that there was something wrong with this food box.
In order to prevent Wang Yang from finding out the clues, Wu Dequan took the food box to the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, why is there a bug in your dish?"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly came to check and found that there was indeed a bug inside and apologized immediately.
"I'm very sorry. I will ask the kitchen staff to make a new one for you."
In a corner upstairs, Wang Yang looked at the situation downstairs, his fists in his hands digging into the ground tightly.
Wu Dequan ate the newly prepared meals downstairs.
"It's not good, it's not good."
Suddenly, the waiter rushed over.
"What's wrong? You're in such a hurry." The shopkeeper asked the waiter in confusion.
"All the pigs raised in the back are dead."
"What!" The shopkeeper was shocked and asked hurriedly: "What's going on?"
"I don't know either. All the pigs fed in the backyard died." The waiter said anxiously.
Suddenly he thought of something, "By the way, I just fed the leftovers from those guests to the pigs."
His words successfully attracted Wu Dequan's attention. The food Wang Yang gave him just now was also in it. The pigs died just after he changed the food. Is this a coincidence or does Wang Yang really mean to harm him.
Thinking about it, Wu Dequan no longer had any thoughts about eating, so he turned around and returned to the room.
He thought of the man in black he had met two days ago. He knew that Wang Yang must be dissatisfied with him, but after all, he was the emperor's personally appointed Shuizhi. If something happened, Wang Yang would definitely be questioned. He dared to be so blatant. Of
"I didn't expect you to be so short-lived. If you had eaten that meal, you might be the one dying now."
The sudden sound startled Wu Dequan. He looked at the open window and understood that the man in black came in through the window.
"How do you know that it is Wang Yang who wants to frame me? Even if he wants to frame me, I am also the imperial envoy responsible for water control. Isn't he afraid of being discovered?"
His words caused a burst of laughter from the man in black.
"Hahaha, should I laugh at your naivety or your stupidity? If you die, he will be the imperial envoy to control the water. He only needs to say that you were poisoned by others, who would know it was him."
"You are not someone sent by the emperor." Wu Dequan said.
"right."
Wu Dequan did not expect that he would admit it so generously.
"Then who sent you? What is your purpose?"
"I was entrusted by someone to get rid of a person, but we want to kill the same person."
The man in black's words reminded him of Wang Yang.
"What grudge does Wang Yang have against you?"
"This is my business. As long as you are willing to help me, I will tell you a secret." What the man in black said was very mysterious, but it played into Wu Dequan's hands.
"Why should I believe you?" Wu Dequan asked.
The man in black did not reply, but said: "I will come to kill Wang Yang tomorrow night, and I will ask Lord Wu for help when he falls."
After saying that, without waiting for Wu Dequan to agree, he flew out of his room.
Not long after the men in black left, white doves flew out of this small county.
The next day, Wu Dequan deliberately delayed the entire team's journey and made them sleep on the streets again.
At night, Wu Dequan counted the time carefully, waiting for the arrival of the man in black.
It was extremely dark inside the tent. Wu Dequan felt someone entering his tent. He thought it was a man in black, so he said softly: "Are you going to take action now?"
Unexpectedly, the man was stunned for a moment, raised the hand holding the dagger and stabbed him.
Wu Dequan felt something was wrong and avoided his assassination with a dodge.
Then, he heard a fierce fight coming from outside. He looked at the person in front of him and asked, "Who are you?"
"Ha." With a sneer, Wang Yang took off his veil and said, "Master Wu, I didn't expect that you already knew that I was going to attack you. In this case, I don't need to bother."
"Wang Yang."
Wu Dequan exclaimed and quickly dodged the dagger stabbed at him.
After all, Wu Dequan practiced martial arts every day, so his martial arts was naturally much better than Wang Yang's.
The fighting outside was extremely fierce. Without thinking, he snatched the dagger from Wang Yang's hand and slit his throat without giving him any chance to retort.
"Come here, Mr. Wang was killed by an assassin. Give me the power to capture the assassin."
As soon as his words came out, the assassins outside were preparing to retreat. His words seemed to be giving a message to the man in black.
In order to avoid suspicion, he stabbed himself and threw the dagger outside the tent in the chaos.
Seeing Wu Dequan coming out of the tent in a panic, soldiers came to protect him one after another.
"Quick, Mr. Wang died unfortunately, catch the man in black quickly."
He pointed at his tent and ordered weakly.
Immediately, he entered the darkness.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed him.
"Thank you Master Wu for your help today. In order to repay Master Wu, I will tell you a secret."
"Actually, Wang Yang was sent by the emperor to kill you, and there were more than one person."
After saying that, the man in black disappeared into the darkness, leaving Wu Dequan stunned in place.
Wu Dequan didn't believe what the man in black said, but there was a knot in his heart.
As the men in black retreated, the soldiers were tending to the wounded.
"Master Wu, Master Wu."
When he heard someone calling him Wu Dequan, he quickly walked out of the darkness and came out.
"What's wrong?" Wu Dequan came to the soldier who was looking for him and asked.
"Master Wu, what should I do with Master Wang's body?"
Thinking of the scene where Wang Yang wanted to assassinate him, Wu Dequan wanted to kill him in the wilderness. If he hadn't been so clever in the inn before, he must have been sent back to Kyoto by now.
"Send the body back to Kyoto and write a letter to the emperor telling us about our journey along the way."
The words of the man in black still remained in his heart. There was still someone who killed him in his team. Although he didn't believe it was Shen Zhongbai, there were still people who wanted to repay him, so he needed to be careful.
In order not to be discovered by the spies, Wu Dequan returned to his tent and planned to write a letter by himself and send it to Shen Zhongbai.
Listening Pavilion.
Shen Qianshan received the news that Wang Yang was dead, and now half of their plan has been completed.
"Ask Rong Lian to write a letter to Qin Liangping, saying that Wang Yang was killed by Wu Dequan."
Wang Yang was Qin Liangpingzi's favorite protégé. Originally, he wanted Mrs. Wu to marry Wang Yang, but Wu Dequan went to ask the late emperor first, but he granted the marriage, and Wu Dequan took advantage.
The mission here was to let Wang Yang kill Wu Dequan, but now it was Wang Yang who died. This had to make Qin Liangping suspect that Shen Zhongbai was trying to evade his snobbery in the court.
royal palace.
Shen Zhongbai received Wu Dequan's flying pigeon and saw it clearly written on it:
Wang Yang belongs to the Ninth Prince, and I want to get rid of him.
"Bang."
Shen Zhongbai slapped his palm on the desk angrily, wishing he could scratch Wu Dequan alive.
"This Wudequan is really lucky."
No matter how he explained to Qin Liangping now, it would not work.
He thought for a while and realized that Wudequan could not be kept. He wrote a letter to Wudequan and another person in the flood control team.
The pigeon was flying in the sky and was suddenly knocked down.
Shen Qianshan took the two pigeons and took out the note on them.
"Things turned out just as you expected." Chu Tiankuo said with a smile.
Shen Qianshan quietly read the contents of the note and put the notes back, except that the notes on both sides were placed upside down.
After the pigeon flew out, he opened his thin lips and said, "Let's wait and see the good show."
Watching his leaving figure, Chu Tiankuo's lips curved into an expectant smile.