Chapter 271 The Imperial Family of the Japanese Kingdom
Seeing that only Xu Wenqing's master and servant were left in the hall, he was secretly happy and stepped forward and asked: "Miss Xu, why are you here alone? Where did King Changping go?"
"……"reed.
Xu Wenqing said angrily: "Don't mention him."
Lu Wei looked at his young lady and thought to herself: "Miss, you are using too much force and your expression is not natural at all!"
Li Wen didn't notice these details. He was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong? Is he bullying you?"
Xu Wenqing paused and said quietly: "I thought that once the matter with King Fan Yang was over, he would go to Yangzhou to save my father."
"Why, did he regret it?"
Xu Wenqing whispered: "Some Japanese people suddenly appeared just now and rescued the pirates. His Royal Highness plans to go to sea to fight those Japanese people, so he asked me to wait for him at Linhai."
Li Wen thought to himself: "Stupid woman, it's natural. Who is Wu Chengsi? Naturally, he won't take your affairs to heart. If you weren't of some value, I wouldn't pay much attention to you!"
He said comfortingly: "It's okay, don't be sad. My father is Li Zhen, the king of Yue. You should know his influence in Yangzhou. As long as your father has not really committed any crime, I guarantee that I can save him."
"Really?" Xu Wenqing said with bright eyes.
Li Wenchunfeng smiled and said: "I never lie to women, especially a beautiful girl like you."
A trace of blush appeared on Xu Wenqing's face, he lowered his head and said, "Thank you, Mr. Li."
Li Wen said loudly: "Without further delay, we will go to Yangzhou immediately!"
"Would you like to say hello to His Highness Prince Changping?" Xu Wenqing whispered.
Li Wen waved his hand and said: "He has a lot of things going on, why should we bother him? Let's go."
Xu Wenqing nodded, and the master and servant followed him and left the inn.
The second floor of the inn.
Wu Chengsi and Zhuge Sanyuan were interrogating Ouyang Chong.
When asked about those Japanese people, Ouyang Chong suddenly started bargaining, hoping to exchange the information he provided for his own life.
Zhuge Sanyuan immediately waited on him for a quarter of an hour with his hands that split muscles and bones. Ouyang Chong finally couldn't stand it anymore and confessed.
"Tell me, what happened to those Japanese people and why did they want to save you?" Zhuge Sanyuan said coldly.
Ouyang Chong said in a hoarse voice: "It's very simple. The people who asked me to develop that kind of medicine are members of the Japanese royal family. They will naturally get involved in this matter."
"What kind of drug did they ask you to study?" Wu Chengsi asked.
Ouyang Chong waited for a while and whispered: "It's a medicine that can make people's whole body shrink."
Wu Chengsi was slightly startled and immediately thought of the little flower with shrunken limbs and the deformed dead he saw in the hut.
It turns out that Ouyang Chong wants to study drugs that make people deformed.
"What does the Japanese royal family want to do with this?" Wu Chengsi asked.
"His Royal Highness, Lord Zhuge Temple, do you know the situation in the Japanese royal family?" Ouyang Chong asked.
Wu Chengsi shook his head.
Zhuge Sanyuan said calmly: "From your tone, do you know?"
Ouyang Chong sighed and said: "I had nowhere to live in the Central Plains. I lived in the Japanese country for several years, and I know a thing or two about the situation there."
"Oh, tell me." Zhuge Sanyuan narrowed his eyes and said.
"To put it simply, there are two major forces in the Japanese royal family."
Apart from sending Tang envoys to the Tang Dynasty, Wu Chengsi did not know much about Japanese history during this period and immediately asked: "What are the two major forces?"
"Since the death of King Qiming of the Japanese state five years ago, the government of the Japanese state has been in the hands of the "Zhongda brother" prince. However, the younger brother of the "Zhongda brother" prince, the Dahairen prince, also holds great power."
"Brother Zhongda?" Wu Chengsi had a vague impression of this name. After all, such a strange name would be hard to forget after hearing it once.
Ouyang Chong nodded and said: "The sending of the envoy to the Tang Dynasty was presided over by Prince Zhong Dazhong. He advocated that only by learning from the powerful Tang Dynasty can the Japanese country become as powerful."
Wu Chengsi said coldly: "What about the people from Dahai?"
"The prince of the people of the sea advocates external expansion."
Wu Chengsi's eyes flashed slightly and he was lost in thought.
Ouyang Chong continued: "Because the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty were killed by the Tang Dynasty, the reputation of Prince Zhongdaxiang declined. Prince Dahairen advocated punishing the Tang Dynasty, which gained the support of the countrymen and his reputation rose rapidly."
He showed his understanding of the Japanese country, in fact, he hoped that Wu Chengsi would think that he was still valuable and spare his life.
Wu Chengsi was silent for a while and asked: "Who is the person who asked you to develop this drug?"
"He is from the sea."
Wu Chengsi thought to himself, "Could it be that he wants to give this medicine to Brother Zhongda?"
After a second thought, I eliminated this possibility.
If the people from Dahai really want to poison Brother Zhong, they can just use the poison that seals the throat after seeing the blood. Why go to all the trouble?
"Then do you know what the people of Dahai want to use this medicine for?" Zhuge Sanyuan asked.
Ouyang Chong narrowed his eyes and said: "Although the Japanese people are unwilling to tell me, I have been secretly sending people to investigate this matter, and I have already made a guess."
"What guess?"
"The people from the sea want to send someone to assassinate the eldest brother!"
Ouyang Chong stopped talking at this point, trying to whet the appetite of the two of them.
Unexpectedly, neither of them asked any questions, and their expressions were very calm. Ouyang Chong sighed and had no choice but to continue:
"Brother Zhongda has a concubine whom he loves very much. The concubine has a pet dog. In order to facilitate the dog's entry and exit, she has set up many dog doors more than one foot high on each wall of the palace."
Wu Chengsi was taken aback and asked, "Could it be that he wanted to use this medicine to shrink a person's body and pass through the dog door to stab his eldest brother?"
Ouyang Chong praised: "His Royal Highness is really smart, and he knows everything right. I suspect that he just wants to use this method to assassinate the concubine while the eldest brother is favoring her!"
Wu Chengsi said: "This is just your guess. Although it is possible, it may also have other uses."
Ouyang Chong said hurriedly: "No, I later bribed Japanese officials and found out one thing. It is almost certain that the Dahai people want to assassinate!"
"What's the matter?"
"I heard that in order to please the concubine of the eldest brother, the people of Dahai built a large lake in the back garden of her palace. The lake is a living water and is connected to a river to the north of the imperial palace."
"so what?"
"I later sent people to investigate the river. The southernmost end of the river is only thirty feet away from the lake in the imperial palace. There are several small holes in the earthen wall that separates the river and the lake."
Wu Chengsi's heart moved and he had a guess.
Ouyang Chong continued: "Although normal people can't get through it, as long as a short and thin person takes that medicine, they should be able to get through it!"
"Why would you investigate such a thing?" Zhuge Sanyuan suddenly asked.
Ouyang Chong hesitated for a moment and replied: "I'm worried that the people from Dahai really want to kill Brother Zhongda, so I want to confirm."
"Are you worried about Brother Zhong? Do you know each other?" Wu Chengsi asked curiously.
Ouyang Chong smiled bitterly and said: "He is the prince of the Japanese kingdom, how could he know me, a pirate?"
"Why is that?" Zhuge Sanyuan said coldly.
Ouyang Chong lowered his head and said, "Because I don't want people from Dahai to take charge of the Japanese government. Originally, I planned to go to Brother Zhong to report him after people from Dahai gave me all the money for researching drugs."
Wu Chengsi was even more surprised and said: "Why don't you want people from Dahai to take charge of the Japanese country?"
Ouyang Chong sighed: "The Dahai people have always wanted to attack Xiongjin, and even wanted to attack the Jiangnan region of the Tang Dynasty. As long as the war continues, maritime commerce will be destroyed, and we pirates will have no food to eat."
Wu Chengsi was immediately speechless.
Ouyang Chong, a pirate, is too professional. In order to have stable merchant ships to rob, he actually wants to prevent the war. It is really ridiculous.
"What do you think of Brother Zhongda?" Wu Chengsi suddenly asked.
Ouyang Chong thought for a while and replied: "He is a very tolerant person."
"How to say?"
"When he was young, the government of Japan was controlled by his relatives, the Suga clan. The eldest brother, the prince, endured the humiliation until he became an adult and wiped out the entire Suga clan with a thunderous strike."
Wu Chengsi thought to himself secretly. The eldest brother advocated sending Tang envoys to study in the Tang Dynasty. He felt that this person was more dangerous than the people from Dahai.
The land of the Japanese people was barren, and their ambition to invade the mainland was deeply rooted.
The difference between Zhongda Brother and Dahairen is that Zhongda Brother feels that their strength is not enough, so they must continue to accumulate strength, and wait until their own side is strong enough before showing their fangs to the outside world.
People from the sea are more impatient and hope to invade foreign countries now.
After thinking for less than five seconds, Wu Chengsi made a decision and said, "Ouyang Chong, I heard that your kind of medicine has almost been developed?"
Ouyang Chong did not dare to deny it and said: "It's only a little short of the finished product, but there are still some side effects."
Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "Okay, go find the Japanese people and give them this medicine."