"How did you die?" Xia Fan paused for a moment before asking.
"Hanged himself in his own mansion. Xu Sanzhong found his body in the bedroom."
"Could it be that he committed suicide out of fear of crime?"
"You can think so." Ning Wanjun nodded, "In addition, they also found the whereabouts of Wang Yi'an. He was under house arrest in the basement of a Wang family restaurant in Nancheng District. After being told what happened in Jinxia City, he went crazy . In other words, this matter was not a concerted effort between father and son, but more of the eldest son’s idea.”
"This is one of the reasons why I don't like searches." Xia Fan sighed.
He did not feel sorry for the fate of the Wang family and his son at all. The post-war statistics of Jinxia City have not yet been completed, but judging from the current situation, more than 1,200 people died in this attack, and the princess's troops also suffered nearly 700 losses. There are even more injured. In addition, many houses were burned down, and the losses were heavy. The Wang family should bear the responsibility for this.
He just didn't want to see a man over fifty years old crawling and rolling on the ground with tears and runny nose.
"But they never found any trace of Wang Renzhi." Ning Wanjun continued, "Eunuch Li arranged for people to conduct interrogations, but most of the servants could not tell the whereabouts of Second Young Master Wang. This is very strange, such an old man No one has seen the young master of the Wang family recently, so I prefer that the Wang family secretly sent him somewhere else in advance."
"You don't want to give Wang Renzhi..."
"To cut the grass, you need to get rid of the roots—" Ning Wanjun narrowed her eyes and stared at Xia Fan for a while, "—that's weird."
The latter twitched the corner of his mouth, "Your Highness, haven't you heard of Jun Wu Xiyan?"
"Eh, I thought you would laugh."
"Why?"
"Isn't this your usual tone?" Ning Wanjun hummed, "And what the hell is Jun Wu's joke? Don't imitate those old men in the temple. I think your speaking style is quite unique. There is no need. Change like a scholar."
"This is called human-to-human transmission." Li Lengbuding interjected.
Yes, both of them are infected. Xia Fan raised his head and said, "How do you plan to deal with the Wang family's affairs?"
"This is also an issue I want to discuss with you." The princess immediately returned to her serious look, "If reported to the court, the Dongsheng Kingdom's invasion would be a major event, and the Ministry of War would inevitably treat it with caution. For example, building more sentry towers along the coast of Shenzhou, adjusting The deployment of the Shenzhou Army and the like are not good news for Jinxia."
"Indeed." Xia Fan agreed.
"If we hide it, we won't have the above problems, but the question is how long we can hide it." Ning Wanjun walked in the courtyard with her hands behind her back, "You may not know that the government offices in Jinxia City have been wiped out."
"Sweep it all?"
"Xu Sanzhong not only found Wang Qingzhi's body in the Wang family's residence, but also found the bodies of the chief officials such as Xiao Taishou. Only the governor and meritorious officials were left alive, but they had completely lost their consciousness and had become dementia."
Xia Fan took a breath, "I thought that there was little resistance from the government at first because they had already colluded with the Wang family. This Wang Qingqing actually did it to this extent?"
"No matter how much they collude, they would never risk their official status and future. Wang Qingzhi should have planned to blame the government for the loss of the city from the beginning. Unfortunately, they all underestimated the threat of Dongsheng Kingdom." Ning Wanjun stopped. Stepping forward, "Now that Jinxia City has no chief official, it will inevitably affect the subsequent taxation, inspections, assessments, and reporting to Beijing. This cannot be concealed. Even if I take over the government office, it will not help. What's more, these people still have Sooner or later, this matter will be exposed to my relatives and family members.”
"I understand the general situation? But..." Xia Fan organized his words, "Why do you want to ask me what I think? I am afraid that my understanding of Jinxia's officialdom and current situation is not as good as that of the Mo family lady."
"But your judgment is very important." Ning Wanjun turned around and looked at him? "If possible? I naturally tend not to say anything. Not only is this the easiest thing to do, but when the imperial concubine and the prince notice that Jinxia City is out of control, what they are thinking will be very interesting."
"Uh... the noble concubine and the prince?"
"Don't you care about these details? Or do you want to hear my whole story?"
"No? You continue." Xia Fan coughed twice.
"Anyway? The second choice makes me feel very happy, but I'm afraid I will have to face the entire Daqi encirclement and suppression next. And as you... are someone who can often come up with ways to break the situation, I naturally want to get one from you. Answer - If we go to war with the states in two or three months, do you think I can win?"
"I... will get you a cup of tea." Li shook his ears? Walk towards the inner room.
Fighting against the states? Look at this statement, Xia Fan cursed. The princess had previously concealed her plans when talking about them, but now she had made it clear.
"It's hard to say, or the variables are too high. After all, even if you defeat the opponent several times? But as long as you lose once, Jinxia City will be in danger." Xia Fan said calmly.
The variable naturally lies in alchemy.
According to An Youlang? The Great Wilderness Night was originally prepared for the Shenzhou Army. If the army encountered the Evil Night unprepared, it would indeed suffer heavy losses. The question is, how many similar killing moves are there in the world? If the basic strength of the army is not enhanced, it will be difficult for him to control a machine beast alone to turn things around.
"Really?" Ning Wanjun's tone contained a little regret, but also revealed a bit of relief, "Since you said so, I can only choose the first option."
"Hmm... maybe we can make a compromise." Xia Fan said thoughtfully.
"How to say?"
"Don't report everything, but use the Wang family's playbook to describe the matter as a pirate attack."
Ning Wanjun's eyes lit up, "Are you saying that you are going to use the trick?"
"The attack by pirates is an accidental event, completely different from the invasion of Dongsheng Kingdom." Xia Fan replied, "After all, we defended Jinxia City, and the losses were controlled within the level of pirates."
"But I can't help but investigate. Too many people have seen that sailing warship, and it is unlikely that the pirates have such tyrannical strength." Ning Wanjun's thoughts were spinning rapidly.
"So we need someone to cooperate. Let him come forward to fight this matter so that the court will not pursue it alone."
The princess reacted immediately, "Wang Yi'an."
Xia Fan nodded slightly, "The story needs to be adapted slightly, but the background still starts with selling illegal salt."
He slowly expressed his thoughts - even as designed by the Wang family, the chief officials of the government were still on the right side. When they were checking the salt quantity, they accidentally discovered the fact that the Wang family had smuggled sea salt to Dongsheng Kingdom, so in order to After being silenced, the Wang family planned a pirate attack, and the so-called pirates were the Donghai Gang whom he supported.
Unfortunately, the Donghai Gang secretly colluded with the pirates, causing things to get out of control and become a real pirate disaster. This crisis was finally solved by Princess Guangping and the local soldiers. As for the sailing warship, it was just a matter of speculation. It was just a larger three-masted sea-going ship.
Ning Wanjun couldn't help but clapped her hands, "It's a good story, but our one-sided telling is not convincing enough, unless Wang Yi'an is willing to cooperate with us. Based on the current situation, I even doubt whether he can recover from madness. Recover from it.”
"I think he will." Xia Fan whispered, "If he commits such a serious crime, the Wang family will definitely be killed. But what if we use the condition of preserving the Wang family's bloodline in exchange for his cooperation? This is the only way he can It’s time to make up for it.”