Dong Chengqi has always been regarded as Jiang Songwen's think tank.
He drooped his eyelids and looked at the clear tea. A hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes for a moment. Almost in an instant, his eyes became calm again and the corners of his mouth curled lightly.
He has always been a smart person. Smart people can easily associate other things with various clues. With a little speculation, he can guess the cause and effect.
Eliminate all those possibilities, and the one that remains, no matter how bizarre it is, is true.
This little girl, although young, has such deep scheming. She and Shen Chen set a trap from the very beginning, lowered their posture to reduce their guard, lured them in, and waited to lure out the wolf behind.
In fact, they succeeded.
At this point, everything is revealed.
Once Zou Qing appeared, no one would believe that Jiang Songwen was innocent, and no one would think that Jiang Songwen had no connection with this matter. Similarly, Wei An and Shen Chen would definitely think so.
The atmosphere in the room was cold and stiff. Just when Jiang Songwen was furious, a servant came in cautiously to report that news had come from the Jinyiwei that Young Master Lin had been interrogating Zou Qing alone for nearly two hours.
Two hours with the Embroidered Uniform Guards, even someone with iron skin and bones would not be able to hold out.
Jiang Songwen's expression turned even worse. He looked at the person in front of him, wanting to get angry but not knowing how. After a while, he sneered and slammed the table angrily.
With this slap, everyone in the room was startled and almost all of them lowered their heads in fear.
Dong Chengqi was the only exception. He stared at the tea with a grim expression, as if he could stare a hole in it. After a while, he said, "I've been fooled."
Jiang Songwen always had back pain and couldn't sit for too long, otherwise he couldn't even straighten his back. He stood up anxiously and felt as if his back was broken. It took him a while to stand up straight and coughed heavily, "No, we have to think of a way. Lin San is a freak who can do anything. If Zou Qing can't bear it... then I'll be in trouble."
If someone else had caught Zou Qing, there would be nothing to be afraid of. With the reputation of his grandfather, his disciples and old friends would know what to do.
But the problem is that the one who arrested Zou Qing is Young Master Lin, the most popular uncle of the emperor today. Anyone who sees him has to bow and nod and say hello, for fear of offending him.
Even more unfortunate is that this Jinyiwei commander changed the practice of previous commanders who were either constrained by eunuchs or by the cabinet, and became very arrogant.
After all, he is now Emperor Longqing's legitimate brother-in-law, relying on the support of others.
Jiang Songwen really didn't dare to go up and confront him head-on.
It was really troublesome. He sighed, rubbed his brows irritably, and looked at Dong Chengqi: "Should we go find the old man? If he really betrays us, Young Master Lin might not let it go so easily."
Before, Young Master Lin had disappeared for a while. They thought something had happened to him as he was not there even when his nephew got into trouble. Later they found out that he had been sent out to deal with the affairs of the three camps.
It was obvious that Emperor Longqing was trying his best to support his brother-in-law, and Jiang Songwen was a little cautious when dealing with him.
Dong Chengqi knew his concerns and intentions, and after thinking for a moment, he shook his head: "If I go to the old man now, I'm afraid I won't get anything good."
Jiang Zining has always been a person who disapproves of Jiang Songwen making too much money. Now that he has a big family and a big business, he has more taboos. If he knew that Jiang Songwen actually abused his relationship with the Ministry of Industry to do such a thing in order to continue to make money and cover up evidence, and that he was designed by Wei An and Shen Chen to do such an irrational thing and was caught, he might really cut off his tail to survive in anger.
This kind of old fox always knows what is important and never hesitates to do what is necessary. He can see the situation clearly and make the most correct and rational judgment.
Jiang Songwen frowned when he heard this: "This won't work, and that won't work either. What should we do? Just sit here and wait to die?"
After tapping the table lightly, Dong Chengqi said, "Don't worry, Zou Qing won't talk nonsense."
Seeing Jiang Songwen looking over, he nodded at him and said, "Forget it. You should have expected this. From the moment he was captured by Young Master Lin, we couldn't rescue him."
If they wanted to rescue the people, they would have to use Jiang Zining's connections and relationships, which would be tantamount to indirectly admitting that they were the masterminds behind the incident, and it would be like officially declaring war on Young Master Lin and Wei An.
This is extremely inappropriate.
At least now is not the right time.
After a pause, he looked at Jiang Songwen who frowned and was very patient, and shook his head: "I am not as skilled as others, forget it."
If you are not as skilled as others, do you have to admit defeat and suffer a loss? !
Jiang Songwen laughed: "I fell into the hands of a little girl?! Zou Qing has been with me for so many years, who doesn't know that he is my most capable person?! If he dies, how will others see me from now on? Wouldn't it prove that I was the one who ordered him around?! No!"
He couldn't swallow this.
If Zou Qing died in the imperial prison, who would dare to work for him? The most capable steward said that he would just throw it away, and from then on, no one would be willing to work for him attentively, nor would anyone dare to work for him attentively.
This matter cannot be let go like this.
He stood up suddenly, called out Lai An's name, and walked out.
Dong Chengqi, who was behind him, also stood up and asked him, "What do you want to do?"
"What are you doing?" Jiang Songwen sneered, his expression fierce: "Go find the old man!"
Although Jiang Zining might scold him for this matter, so what? A biological son is a biological son, and no one can change this fact.
His son was finished, and Jiang Zining's career was also over.
They share a common interest and are also father and son. Jiang Zining will not ignore him.
He couldn't just give up like this. At this point, even if he was willing to give up, Wei An and Shen Chen would not be willing to give up either. If Zou Qing revealed anything, Young Master Lin and the others would take advantage of the situation and make things worse, just to disgust him.
Even if Zou Qing said nothing, Shen Chen and Wei An had set up a trap to trap him. After losing a trusted general like Zou Qing, it was impossible for them to just stop like that.
They have seen the man standing behind him, so from now on he has nothing to hide in front of him. Since they have already torn their faces apart, they might as well make enemies once and for all, and see who will win in the end. (To be continued)