Bian Ruohan could feel that the aura when the saint came up this time was not right. He was obviously suppressing his anger. In addition, there were so many soldiers and horses in the mansion, and she and Lu Heng were locked together again...
Bian Ruohan became more frightened the more she thought about it, and almost cried on the spot.
In the study, Lu Heng knelt down and bowed in a righteous manner, "The sage is here in person, but the minister was unable to welcome him from afar. Please forgive the sage."
Li Qitian sneered when he heard the words, "Oh? Does Uncle Zhongyi only have such a sin?"
How smart is Lu Heng. He has been locked up for an afternoon after working on the issue. He has already figured out the causes and consequences, and naturally he has also figured out the countermeasures.
"Your Highness, Wei Chen has something to report."
Li Qitian squinted at Lu Heng, looked at him with an expression of "I'll see how you play", and said in a long voice, "Play."
"Yes. The minister learned yesterday that Prince Zhongshun had already known the whereabouts of the treasures that the sage was looking for. He hid the treasures in the stones and lured the ministers to transport them, and then stole the treasures. Ling, I never imagined that Prince Zhongshun would take advantage of this opportunity and let him take advantage of it."
Li Qitian narrowed his eyes, obviously not believing Lu Heng's words.
But if it is said that Pang Xiao will participate in it, there is Pang Xiao's plan, and Li Qitian believes it.
Don't look at Pang Zhixi's man who pretends to be a man of righteousness on the surface, but in fact, only himself who has suffered from his many secret losses will know how sinister this person is, and how often he will pretend to be a good person in front of civil and military officials and foolish people.
He has always been good at doing things, publicizing it when he does good things, and keeping secrets for evil things. Even if his secrets are discovered, he still has the ability to make people feel that he has suffered from great grievances and has to do this.
He is also good at fighting, and indeed uses his soldiers like a god. There are as many soldiers and horses in the whole Da Zhou as there are stupid and rough men who blindly worship Pang Zhixi! This is what annoys Li Qitian the most.
Now that Lu Heng said that, where did he arrest people and interrogate them
Anyway, now that he is determined to get the treasure, even if Lu Heng lied and stalked Pang Zhixi, he can also use this to get rid of a serious trouble from his confidant!
Thinking about this, Li Qitian has made up his mind and said solemnly: "Do you know that what you are reporting involves the only prince with a different surname in this dynasty? Falsely accusing the prince is a serious crime."
Lu Heng's thoughts changed, he already understood Li Qitian's intention, and solemnly kowtowed: "Returning to the sage, everything that the minister said is true, but the minister does not know about it. When I wanted to investigate this matter clearly, the sage had already come here in person. The minister can only report to his face."
"Oh?" Li Qitian snorted softly, "Don't you know that the treasure is whereabouts, and you want to swallow it alone, and then clamber on others after being noticed?"
"Go back to the sage, the minister's family has been in business for a hundred years, although it is impossible to say how much money it has, but silver is indeed not the most important thing for the minister and the family of the minister, and it is not easy to stabilize the country in this great Zhou Dynasty. How can the saint be greedy for treasure?”
Lu Heng's words successfully reminded Li Qitian of the support the Lumen family had given to his army at the beginning of the founding of the dynasty.
And what Lu Heng said also made sense. Such a big family is indeed not short of money. There is no need for Lu Heng to cut himself off for the treasure.
So, is everything really what Pang Zhixi did
Li Qitian thought about it this way, and suddenly felt very refreshed in his heart. He had wanted to do Pang Zhixi for a long time, and he had been struggling to find a suitable reason. It can only be reduced a little bit. Now Lu Heng has given him a perfect reason. Li Qitian feels that this is a double happiness!
"Very good. I have always known that you have the heart to serve the country, but the incident happened suddenly and involved a lot. I am willing to believe you, but I must also investigate the matter clearly. I cannot favor any one party, and I cannot frame anyone."
Lu Heng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It seemed that he was right in figuring out Li Qitian's thoughts. Li Qitian wanted treasures and wanted to eradicate Pang Xiao who threatened his status. The reason he gave, whether it was true or not, Li Qitian knew I hope it's true. After all, compared to Pang Xiao, on the surface his existential threat is much smaller.
It's just that if he's not the one who leads the army, is there really no threat
Lu Heng sneered in his heart, anyway, this situation is in line with his intentions, the black cauldron has already been carried by Pang Zhixi, and he really wants to see this **** scene.
"I ask you. Are there treasures hidden in these other stones?" Li Qitian asked instead.
Lu Heng shook his head with a wry smile, "Returning to the sage, the minister does not know. If there is a treasure, it is impossible for Prince Zhongshun to disclose the news to the minister. Please check the sage carefully."
Of course he knew which roads had treasures, but he just didn't want Li Qitian to go there happily. Although he knew that he couldn't get this treasure, it didn't prevent him from adding firewood to make fire, which made the sage hate Pang Zhixi even more in the trouble of finding the treasure.
Li Qitian sneered: "Of course I'm going to investigate."
Standing up and looking down at Lu Heng, who was kneeling on the ground, Li Qitian said solemnly, "You can rest here for a long time these days. You can't leave the city at will without my order."
"Yes. I would like to thank Sheng Shanglong." Lu Heng saluted respectfully.
Li Qitian immediately walked out and instructed Xiong Jinshui, "Go to Danfu County and tell Prince Zhongshun to come and see me immediately."
Ma Cheng, who was standing on the side, saw that Li Qitian's face was wrong, and his heart trembled a little. Knowing that the sage was going to call Pang Xiao, he knew that there must be nothing good in it. He didn't dare to show any concern for Pang Xiao, he just stood with his head bowed.
Xiong Jinshui responded immediately, and the shrimp waist retreated.
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Danford County.
Pang Xiao had already received the news from the spies.
"The Holy Master must have come here specially to know about the treasure." Xie Yue said with emotion, "I never imagined that Tao Hanshan would be transferred to Qian Ying's command, and Qian Ying could trust Tao Hanshan so much."
Xu Weizhi said: "This is Tao Hanshan's ability."
Pang Xiao knew that Qin Yining was unhappy because of the Sakurai incident in the past few days, and when he heard Tao Hanshan's name, he held his breath, so he did not continue the topic, and instead said:
"What's surprising is that the sage did not do anything to Uncle Zhongyi. It is said that Uncle Zhongyi and his wife are under house arrest in Huichuan County, and they can leave the house, but not the gate of the county. I don't know how he eliminated the anger of the sage. It is really curious. very."
Xu Weizhi said solemnly: "My lord, this old man always feels that the matter is not simple, and Uncle Zhongyi is likely to blame you."
Qin Yining, who had been silent all the time, nodded and said, "I also think that Uncle Zhongyi is a smart man. Since the Holy Master came in person, he knew that he would not get the treasure. Since he could not get the treasure, he naturally had to use the treasure to the best of his ability. You can take advantage of the sage's hostility to you, and you can also protect yourself, this is a two birds with one stone."