Li Ai gritted his teeth and said, "I have obviously promised him that as long as I get Ouyang Chong's antidote, I will help Aunt Wu detoxify, but he wants to expose this matter to the outside world, and he doesn't even care about his own mother!"
Wu Chengsi said coldly: "That's because he hasn't lost the most basic conscience of a person. You only know how to save your mother, but what about those who died because of the drug test? Don't they have any relatives?"
Li Ai was silent for a while and said: "I didn't expect things to develop like this. Now that things have come to this, you won't believe me no matter how much I say. Wu Chengsi, what do you want to do with me?"
Wu Chengsi said solemnly: "Of course it will be handled in accordance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Ai suddenly smiled and said: "Wu Chengsi, although I am only a county prince with little influence in the royal family, my surname is Li after all."
Zhugenan was very dissatisfied with the behavior of these royal children and shouted: "So what if the surname is Li, what about Langya King Li Chong?"
Li Ai said calmly: "After all, the queen is the one who dealt with Li Chong, and this is not Chang'an. Wu Chengsi, if you deal with me, I'm afraid it will start a fight between the Li family and the Wu family. Have you thought clearly?"
Wu Chengsi stood up and said solemnly: "Li Ai, I, the king, was killed on the battlefield. Do you think I will be afraid of fighting?"
Li Ai's face changed slightly.
Wu Chengsi added: "Besides, this king still holds the official position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple. As long as he violates the law, no matter who he is or what his status is, I will obey him!" [space]pace]
Li Wen shrank his neck and thought: "It's not good, Wu Chengsi must have known about our plan and planned to quarrel with us!"
Zhuge Nan knew Wu Chengsi very well and had known he would say this. He laughed and said, "Your Highness, King Fan Yang, please don't waste your words. There is no one in the world that Wu Shaoqing dare not deal with!"
Li Ai gritted his teeth and said, "What crime do you want to charge me with?"
"First, assist the pirates in taking live people to test the medicine, resulting in the loss of countless lives. Second, kill the male Wuwei from Pingchang County. Aren't these two things enough?"
"What evidence do you have that I did it?" Li Ai argued.
Zhuge Nan sneered and said: "With Ouyang Chong as a witness, Mrs. Wu will definitely be willing to testify. Your Highness, King Fan Yang, you will not be able to escape your crimes!"
Li Ai looked at Ouyang Chong, and saw him looking at her with a gloating expression, with a crazy smile in his eyes, as if to say: "Come on, let's die together!"
"I am a member of the royal family, you have no right to deal with me!" Li Ai made her final struggle.
Wu Chengsi said solemnly: "As the governor of Yangzhou, I will first imprison you in the palace, and then I will impeach you for your crimes. At that time, officials from Zongzheng Temple will deal with you."
He turned to Li Duozuo and said: "General Li Lang, please leave a hundred sergeants in Taizhou and let them guard Li Ai. I will also ask Wang Zuoquan to assist."
Li Duozuo cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"
He turned around and gave a military order to one of his lieutenants. The lieutenant came to Li Ai's side, raised his hand and said: "Your Highness, please!"
Li Ai looked at the commander of his guards, but the other person lowered his head and did not look at him.
Li Ai let out a long sigh, turned around and left the inn.
Wu Chengsi also issued an order to arrest the guards who accompanied Li Ai and take them into custody, waiting for disposal.
Regarding the arrest of Wang, Wu Chengsi paid more attention to him: "Take him to see Wang Zuoquan and ask Governor Wang why such a person can become the arrest of a county. I need him to give an explanation."
Li Duozuo was ordered by Wu Chengsi to go to the Governor's Mansion with the guards and agents. The weather-tight inn that had been besieged suddenly became empty again.
Li Wen also followed, and suddenly only Wu Chengsi was left in the inn.
Wu Chengsi was asking Xu Wenqing about Yangzhou. Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps, and Han Cheng helped Wang Zuoquan enter the inn.
Behind them were many police officers, all of whom had blood stains on their bodies. Even Wang Zuoquan had blood stains on his body, as if he had just experienced a fight.
"What's going on? Is there any problem on your side?" Wu Chengsi stood up and asked with a heavy face.
Wang Zuoquan bowed meticulously and said: "I'm Wang Zuoquan, please pay my respects to the prince."
"Okay, don't be too polite. What happened? Did the pirates escape?"
Han Cheng nodded and said with a wry smile: "Prince Wang and I took the government officials into the forest, covered our mouths and noses with wet cloths, passed through the red forest, and raided the pirates."
Wang Zuoquan interrupted: "Originally we were going to destroy them, but suddenly a group of Japanese people came to the forest. Although there were only about a hundred Japanese people, they were all very skilled in martial arts. They rescued them and took them by boat.
Ran away."
Zhuge Nan lost his voice and said: "Why are there Japanese people here?"
Wang Zuoquan smiled bitterly and said: "Since the New Year, the Japanese have often appeared along the coast, but they usually only harass Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Suzhou, and rarely invade Taizhou."
Wu Chengsi's heart was moved. Judging from the time, the Japanese invaded just after King Pei killed the Japanese envoy. Could they be using this method to retaliate against the Tang Dynasty?
Zhuge Nan said angrily: "There is still such a thing. Those Japanese bandits are so brave. Why is there no news at all in Chang'an City?"
Wang Zuoquan whispered: "I heard that the number of Japanese invaders was very small, not as many as pirates. I guess the governors of those states didn't report it, right?"
Wu Chengsi shook his head secretly. For these local officials, if something happened, their first reaction would usually be to cover the lid and always think of solving it themselves to avoid being held accountable by the court.
The result is often that small hidden dangers are covered up into major disasters, which eventually get out of hand.
At this moment, Wu Chengsi noticed that Han Cheng's face was pale and his forehead was covered with sweat, and asked: "General Han, what's wrong with you? Are you injured?"
Wang Zuoquan said hurriedly: "General Han was injured by the leader of the Japanese group."
Zhuge Nan was shocked. Han Cheng's martial arts skills were much better than his own, and even he was injured. This shows that the other party must be a powerful character.
Wu Chengsi walked behind Han Cheng and saw a long wound on his back. He hurriedly said: "General Han, go to the room to rest immediately. I will send someone to call the doctor right away."
Han Cheng felt really uncomfortable, so he responded and went upstairs.
Without waiting for Wu Chengsi, Wang Zuoquan ordered one of his men to invite the best doctor in the city.
After the yamen officer left, Wu Chengsi ordered: "Wang Governor, you should immediately mobilize the troops and horses of the nearby Zhechong Prefecture, and also mobilize some warships, and let them go to sea to search for the Japanese."
Wang Zuoquan took the order and went.
"Zhuge Sicheng, go and convey my military order to General Li Lang outside the city, asking him to lead four hundred cavalry to ambush at the entrance of the coast to prevent the Japanese from leaving and returning."
"Yes." Zhugenan strode away.
Wu Chengsi called Xu Wenqing to a corner again, said something to her, and then went upstairs with Zhuge Sanyuan and Ouyang Chong.
Suddenly, only Xu Wenqing's master and servant were left in the hall.
Lu Wei asked in confusion: "Miss, what did the prince say to you alone just now?"
Xu Wenqing was in a daze when he heard his maid's question and whispered a few words in her ear. Lu Wei was shocked and said: "Is this... is this true?"
Xu Wenqing said softly: "Since His Highness the County Prince said it, I must be right."
Lu Wei sighed and said: "Well, even if it is true, how could His Highness let you do such a thing?"
"What, do you think I can't do it?"
Lu Wei muttered in a low voice: "It would be great if you don't get deceived by others. How can you deceive others?"
"What did you say?"
"No, it's nothing. What should we do next? Do we want to go find Mr. Li?"
Xu Wenqing smiled and said: "No, His Highness said we just need to wait in the lobby, and the fish will naturally take the bait!"
Not long after, the previously missing shopkeeper and waiter appeared one after another, arranging the tables and chairs in the inn. The shopkeeper also asked Xu Wenqing for information.
Xu Wenqing was angry that the shopkeeper had given her wrong information before, charged so much money, and ignored him.
After a while, a head poked out from behind the door on the right side of the inn.
It was none other than Huang Guogong Li Wen.
After looking around the hall, Li Wen walked in swaggeringly.
As a prince of the current dynasty, he was tall, handsome and unrestrained. He thought it would be easy to deceive a little girl like Xu Wenqing.
However, since he met Wu Chengsi, he began to feel bad luck. First, all his men disappeared, and then he was inexplicably involved in the troubles in Linhai County.
What's even more irritating is that the young master Wu who ruined his good deeds turned out to be Wu Chengsi, the prince of Changping County.
What was originally a simple task suddenly turned into a hellish level of difficulty!
However, the importance of this mission did not allow him to give up easily, so he came to the inn to try his luck again.