"To be precise, Li Bihuai committed suicide by taking poison, but it can be considered as indirectly caused by me and Zhan Beihan."
Xiao Lingyue briefly told what happened last night.
King Xiang's face went numb when he heard this: "So, the Li Bihuai who is dead now is a fake, and is actually a dead soldier of Nanyan. You and your third brother suspect that there is something wrong with the Nanyan caravan living in Li's house, so, The third brother took advantage of me being imprisoned to ask Mr. Shen to come forward and take over the county government?"
Xiao Lingyue nodded: "That's roughly true."
King Xiang couldn't help but sigh: "What is all this..."
It's a shame that during the time he was in jail, neither of them was idle, so many things had happened.
"I should have known that going on errands with my third brother would definitely not be a cheap job, but it is too complicated. Even Nan Yan's dead soldiers have come out..."
King Xiang sighed and murmured: "The dead man disguised himself as an official of the imperial court. If this news is spread back, everyone in the court will be in danger."
Although Yuanmu Town is just a remote town, the official position of the Eighth Grade County Magistrate is not comparable to that of officials in the capital.
But after all, Li Bihuai was an official of the imperial court, and his official position was also appointed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Nowadays, even the imperial officials can make false claims, and were replaced by Nan Yan's dead soldiers without anyone noticing. They have been pretending to be false for an unknown number of years without being discovered.
Once this matter spreads, the officials will be shocked and it will be difficult to trust other local officials in Northern Qin.
If you are not careful, you don’t know how many things could be involved.
Xiao Lingyue comforted: "Your Highness Prince Xiang, the matter is not as serious as you think. Li Bihuai's replacement should be just an example, and human skin/mask is not easy to obtain. What's more, if you want to pretend to be another person for a long time, The body shape, voice, and daily habits all require a long period of training and imitation, and it is impossible to replace them on a large scale."
If it were really that easy to pretend to be someone else, then there would be no need for war among the Seven Kingdoms.
They each place spies and compete with each other to see whose acting skills are better.
Xiao Lingyue said calmly: "The reason why Li Bihuai has been impersonated for so many years is, firstly, because he has a small official position and is not a native of Yuanmu Town, so not many people know him; secondly, because although Yuanmu Town is remote, it is close to The imperial mausoleum is valuable to Nanyan, so as the county magistrate, he became a victim."
The iron ore smuggling in Hulangshan was originally related to Nanyan. From the bandit village to the assassination at Xiangguo Temple, everything pointed to Nanyan.
And the iron ore smuggling route points to the imperial mausoleum.
Yuanmu Town is located near mountains and rivers, and is a very important location on the iron ore smuggling route.
It is not difficult to understand why Nan Yan would tamper with the county government in Yuanmu Town and even send dead soldiers to replace the real county magistrate.
But except for Yuanmu Town, other small towns in Northern Qin do not have such use value.
Therefore, Nanyan will not be interested in other places.
King Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "The third brother is still missing, and the other two people from the household department are also missing. What should we do now?"
Xiao Lingyue asked: "Did he really not tell you anything?"
King Xiang sighed: "Really, why did I lie to you?"
Then he added: "It's probably because my third brother felt that I was unreliable and getting involved would only cause trouble, so he simply let me stay in jail to avoid causing more trouble."
The corner of Xiao Lingyue's mouth twitched slightly: "...You are very self-aware."
Prince Xiang laughed twice: "Speaking of which, since Minister Shen is acting according to the orders of the third brother, we don't have to get involved, right? We can just stay here and wait for news."
Xiao Lingyue thought for a moment and nodded: "It's better for you to stay here. The county government office is at least safer than other places. I have to go to Li's house to guard it. Nan Yan's caravan was suddenly detained. There will definitely be people. action."
King Xiang was puzzled: "The third brother should have considered this. When he asked Shen Shilang to take over the county government, he would definitely send someone to keep an eye on Li's house. You don't have to rush there, right? In case there is a conflict between the two of you, On the contrary, it will be bad."
"My purpose does not conflict with his purpose, they just work separately." Xiao Lingyue said.