Wu Chengsi did not stay completely in the inn these days.
On this day, he and Zhuge Sanyuan went to Xinglin Hall.
Apart from Hengwu Hall, there was only one drugstore, Xinglin Hall, in the city. After asking around, Wu Chengsi guessed that Xinglin Hall was Li Ai's property.
It is said that both Wu Wei and Li Ai's mothers suffered from strange diseases. In order to cure their mothers' diseases, they opened a medicine shop each, which is now Hengwu Tang and Xinglin Tang.
Since the relationship between the two was extremely close at that time, the relationship between the two pharmacies was also very close. They were almost the same pharmacy, and even the clerks could be used interchangeably.
Since Wu Wei's death, Wu Chengsi began to look at Wu Wei from another angle.
I remember that when entering the city, the guards at the city gate were extremely strict in drug inspection, and it was because of Wuwei's order.
At that time, he thought Wuwei did this to monopolize the drug stores in the city.
But looking at it now, it is likely that he knew that someone was bringing questionable medicine into the city, which caused some people to have physical deformities after seeing a doctor in his medicine hall.
From this perspective, the medicine in question in Hengwutang should have nothing to do with Wuwei.
In other words, someone brought the problematic medicine into Hengwu Hall.
After learning about the relationship between Xinglin Tang and Hengwu Tang, as well as his suspicion of Li Ai, Wu Chengsi believed that the person who did this should be Li Ai.
The relationship between these two drug stores was so close in the past that it would be easy for Li Ai to plant a few eyes and ears in Hengwu Hall.
In addition, it was originally thought that Wu Wei wanted to kill Zhou Sang, but now it seems that the person who hired those killers was probably Li Ai.
However, although the problem was clarified, Wu Chengsi did not plan to take action against Li Ai now.
He did not trust Wang Zuoquan and decided that it would be safer to wait until Li Duozuo's 500 sergeants entered the city before taking action.
At the end of the Xu dynasty, Wu Chengsi, who had nothing to do, was playing with the Nine Rings in his room. Suddenly, Zhuge Sanyuan's voice came from outside the door.
"Sir, Anan is back."
Wu Chengsi opened the door and saw that in addition to Zhuge Sanyuan, there was also Zhuge Nan standing outside the door. In addition, behind Zhuge Nan, there was also Zhao Peng.
"Come in and talk." Wu Chengsi stepped aside.
As soon as Zhuge Nan came in, he said hurriedly: "Your Highness, Wu Wei was wronged, and the person who colluded with the pirates was Fan Yang Wang Li Ai!"
Wu Chengsi smiled slightly and said: "We already know, and Wu Wei is dead!"
Seeing that his news did not achieve the expected results, Zhuge Nan was very unhappy and hurriedly asked: "Then do you know who killed Wu Wei?"
Wu Chengsi said: "It's Li Ai, right?"
"anything else?"
Wu Chengsi was slightly startled and asked, "Is Li Ai not the only one who killed Wu Wei?"
Zhuge Nan was immediately very proud and said with a smile: "Hehe, Li Ai was just helping to bring the real murderer into the man's house."
Wu Chengsi said solemnly: "Who is it?"
"That's the group of people in the red leaf forest. They belong to the pirate Situ Hong. By the way, Situ Hong is Tu Hong, and his deputy leader is Ouyang Chong."
Zhuge Sanyuan's face suddenly became solemn, and he said to Zhuge Nan: "What exactly is going on? Please tell me in detail your experience after leaving us."
Zhugenan nodded, mixed himself into the pirate ship, and told the story of rescuing Zhao Peng.
Finally, he said: "...After Zhao Peng was rescued by me, they immediately turned the boat around, returned to the shore, and went to the red leaf forest. I took Zhao Peng and took the opportunity to get off the boat."
At this moment, Zhao Peng on the side frowned and said, "Brother Zhu, who are these two? Were they also invited by Junior Sister to save me?"
Zhuge Nan said: "This is my young master. In fact, he is the one your junior sister asked for help. I only went to save you after being ordered by the young master."
Zhao Peng originally found it strange that Zhuge Nan was so much younger than his junior sister, how could he like Zhou Shang. After hearing his explanation, he was immediately relieved and said to Wu Chengsi, "Thank you, sir, for saving me."
Wu Chengsi looked at him silently for a moment and said, "Brother Zhao, can you explain this matter to me from beginning to end?"
Zhao Peng frowned and said: "It's better that you don't know. You also know that the person who colluded with those pirates was King Fan Yang. Even Wuwei couldn't defeat them and was killed. Let's leave Linhai County as soon as possible."
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Of course I won't meddle in other people's business, but it's getting late today, so we have to wait until tomorrow to leave. Before we leave, can't Brother Zhao satisfy my curiosity?"
Zhao Peng thought that he would have to rely on the other party to escape from Linhai, so he had to answer: "Okay, what do you want to know?"
Wu Chengsi thought for a while and said: "Let's start from the day I rescued you, why you fell into Wu Wei's hands."
Zhao Peng sat down opposite Wu Chengsi, took a sip of tea, and said: "Actually, I was ordered to win over Wu Wei. We have tried to win over him several times before, but he rejected him every time. Who knows that this time he will win over Wu Wei?"
Not only did they refuse, they also locked me up."
"Wait a minute, how many times did you say you have already won over Wu Wei?"
"Yes."
"Why do you want to win over him? Is it to test the medicine on living people?" Wu Chengsi asked in detail.
Zhao Peng said in a muffled voice: "This matter started from years ago. At that time, the deputy leader received a commission to develop a drug. Because the main component of the drug was Amaranthus aureus, which was very dangerous, he decided to test it on living people.
medicine."
Wu Chengsi said in a deep voice: "So you chose Taizhou?"
"It's not us...it's them. I have broken away from them." Zhao Peng said hurriedly.
Wu Chengsi was noncommittal and said, "They planted the red leaf forest, right?"
"Yes, that tree is called the red coriander tree, and its sap is very poisonous. The pirates would cut open the trunk at night to let the poisonous sap flow out. If anyone passes through the woods during the day, they will be poisoned and comatose."
Wu Chengsi nodded, thinking that the poisonous tree sap was evaporated into the air due to the sunlight, so the air in the entire forest was poisonous.
Zhao Peng continued: "Although they spread rumors about the ghost forest, making people nearby think that people who enter the forest disappear because they are sneaky, but if no one helps cover it up, it will still be easy to be exposed in the long run."
"So they want to find someone with background in Taizhou to cooperate!" Wu Chengsi said coldly.
"Yes, the deputy chief personally handled this matter. He didn't know what method he used to get Prince Fanyang to agree to help us cover it up."
Wu Chengsi frowned and said, "Don't you know the reason?"
Zhao Peng shook his head: "The deputy leader went to the palace alone without anyone. We don't know how he did it."
Wu Chengsi's eyes flickered slightly and he fell into thought.
Zhuge Sanyuan asked: "What about Wu Wei? What does he have to do with this matter?"
Zhao Peng frowned and said, "Actually, Wu Wei was also in the palace at the time. The deputy leader was very confident before setting off, saying that he could convince both of them to help us. However, when he came back later, he said that he had only convinced one person, King Fan Yang."
Wu Chengsi was moved in his heart and asked, "Has the relationship between Wu Wei and Li Ai gotten worse and worse since then?"
Zhao Peng was stunned, shook his head and said, "Then I didn't pay attention."
"Then what happened later? Why did medicine testing also happen in the drug stores in the city?"
Zhao Peng whispered: "That's because the development of the deputy leader has not gone smoothly, and fewer and fewer people go to the Red Leaf Forest. We have to ask King Fan Yang to help select some outsiders to test the medicine."
Wu Chengsi said in a deep voice: "Then why are there problematic medicines in Wuwei's pharmacy?"
Zhao Peng curled his lips and said: "It was the county prince who did it. If only his medicine shop had problems, others would suspect him sooner or later, so he mixed the medicine we gave him into Wuwei's medicine shop."
Wu Chengsi had already guessed this, but he still had a question: "Why didn't Wu Wei stop it after he knew it?"
Zhao Peng shook his head and said: "Then I don't know. I guess the deputy leader has some handle on Wuwei. When the deputy leader came back, he said that although Wuwei did not agree to cooperate with us, he would not hinder us."
Wu Chengsi nodded and asked again: "Wu Wei has always turned a blind eye to your actions, why did he suddenly arrest you?"
Zhao Peng frowned and said: "I am also very surprised about this. This is not the first time we have tried to win over Wu Wei, but he suddenly turned his back. Not only did he arrest me, he also tortured me about the location of our maritime stronghold."
Wu Chengsi took a deep breath and said, "Last question, why did you want to kill Wu Wei?"
Zhao Peng sighed: "Since Wu Wei locked me up, he asked the government to strictly check the drugs entering the city. As a result, our medicine could not be transported into the city. The deputy leader thought that Wu Wei was going to fall out with us, so he teamed up with the county prince and killed him.
Wuwei."
Wu Chengsi closed his eyes and felt a little sorry for this cousin whom he had only met once.