Having a city, having means, and being protected by experts means that he is one of the future heads of the family that the Wei family attaches great importance to. The most important thing is that the other party is not afraid of death. As a major treasonist, he even dares to use the emperor's own army, the Jinyi Guards, etc.
With your mind, great things will happen.
"You can't act recklessly. This person will be an important chess piece in the plans of our Tianji Pavilion and the Eighteenth Prince. Not only cannot we target him, we also need to protect him."
The subordinate asked: "What about Jiang Shengwei?"
The masked man snorted coldly: "Since all the grain merchants have surrendered to the imperial court, the situation has been solved. Send Jiang Shengwei's body to Chang'an Mansion, and put the remaining charges on him."
"promise."
After nightfall, several masked subordinates came to Jiang Shengwei's hiding place. After beheading Jiang Shengwei, who was still in his dream, with one blow, he packed the man in a sack, wrote a handwritten indictment, and found a carriage.
He stopped in front of and behind the gate of Chang'an Mansion, then quietly withdrew.
Zhang Xuansu and Sun Fujia, who were worried about investigating the case, were arguing with the files.
"Since it is found that he is not an official of Dali Temple, why do you still want to imprison the official of Dali Temple? Zhang Fuyin, I think you are acting in a biased manner, which is not the way to be an official."
"Sun Fuwei, how could I not know the innocence of Dali Temple? But you also know that those grain merchants not only did not believe the evidence, but also sent people to send false reports everywhere, accusing Dali Temple of crimes. Now the public resentment is overwhelming, what do you want me to do?
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"As an official, you should keep the world clean. The people are just being fooled. As a governor, you should clear up the public opinion, clarify the truth, and restore the innocence of the grain merchants, instead of covering up. If you insist on going your own way, the people will only think that this is the case.
Things are even more fishy, where can I hear innocent words?"
"To put it lightly, what would you do if the people were so excited that they accidentally killed Dali Si Zheng on his way home?" Zhang Xuansu firmly disagreed to let Dali Si Zheng go.
"Then we should also catch Jiang Shengwei. There is no trace of this person so far. Isn't this the result of Mr. Zhang's obstruction of my arrest?" Sun Fujia was also angry. He originally sent people to keep an eye on this person and wanted to arrest him.
After he was brought to justice and was blocked by Zhang Xuansu because he did not have any solid evidence, his hiding place could never be found again.
At this moment, some soldiers from the government came to report.
"Two adults, someone sent Jiang Shengwei's body to the door of the mansion, along with a confession letter."
"A confession?" The two adults suddenly realized something was wrong and hurriedly went out to check. Sure enough, the body inside was that of Jiang Shengwei of the Jiang family.
This scholar came all the way from Hangzhou and originally planned to take part in the scientific examination. He did not want to suffer the consequences of the Jiang family and deliberately made a fuss in the examination room. Not only did he lose his qualifications for the examination, he was also imprisoned. When he was released, the Jiang family in Hangzhou also
He failed in the siege and assassination of His Majesty in Hangzhou and fell into decline.
I didn't expect that he would end up like this after disturbing the grain merchants in Chang'an.
As a fellow scholar, Zhang Xuansu couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
"It's a pity that he is obviously a scholar. If he studies hard and contributes to the great Han Dynasty, he may become a high official in the court in the future, but he is taken advantage of and becomes a pawn."
Zhang Xuansu knew without even guessing that the confession must be the work of the real mastermind behind it. After seeing Jiang Shengwei's wounds, he was even more convinced.
Sealing one's throat with a sword is no different from the person who was killed in the case of the grain merchant's family being wiped out.
Combined with the fact that someone shouted in the downtown area today that there was a treasonous criminal, the matter became even clearer.
"Let's go, transport the body to the mansion first, and we will discuss it later." Zhang Xuansu ordered.
After everyone returned to the mansion, someone announced loudly: "The secretary and supervisor have arrived."
Zhang Xuansu did not expect that the secretary supervisor would arrive so quickly. He and Sun Fujia looked at each other and said, "When the secretary supervisor comes, there must be His Majesty's will. Could it be that Your Majesty knows about Jiang Shengwei so quickly?"
Sun Fujia shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. Let's greet Shangguan first."
After welcoming the Shangguan, the secretary opened his hand to supervise the Shangguan: "Your Majesty has decreed that the case of the grain merchant be settled at Jiang Sheng's office, and the Chang'an Prefecture does not need to continue to pursue it."
"promise."
After receiving the imperial edict, the two of them sent Shangguan away and stopped discussing the matter. Since His Majesty asked Chang'an Mansion to stop here, there must be other arrangements, and Chang'an Mansion would not be too involved.
Along with the imperial edict, there were testimonies from various grain merchants who secretly contacted Jiang Shengwei.
With these testimonies, the chain of evidence was complete. The grain merchant case was over. Zhang Xuansu breathed a sigh of relief. Dali Si Zheng, who was imprisoned here, could finally leave with peace of mind.
And he no longer has to argue with Sun Fujia.
It was the third day when Wei Shuyu had an honest conversation with the masked man.
The two met again.
At this time, the masked man's eyes were slightly tired. Seeing this, Wei Shuyu reminded him intentionally or unintentionally: "Did you sleep well last night?"
The masked man's words also contained hints of agility: "Thanks to Mr. Wei, I did not sleep well last night."
Wei Shuyu said with a smile: "It's just a small trick, but it's not as good as Zunjia buying a murderer to kill someone. If that's not the case, how can you prove that Zunjia is a trustworthy partner?"
"After last night, I realized again that Mr. Wei's method is much better than mine. The killer I hired not only cost a lot of money, but also took many lives of the killer. Mr. Wei not only spent no money, but even the relatives of His Majesty.
The army was mobilized, which impressed me greatly."
"It's better to speak less flattery." Wei Shuyu ignored the masked man and walked straight to the familiar position in the corner.
"Well, I still feel good talking to you from this position."
The masked man did not show off his appearance, knowing that Wei Shuyu's behavior was actually putting pressure on him, but he would not feel any pressure in this way.
It's nothing more than a position of priority. What's the difference between standing here and sitting in the corner?
He also walked to the table in the corner and sat on the seat of Zhang Daozi, who was once the number one grain merchant in Chang'an.
If we talk about the position of a grain merchant, he is sitting in the position of Zhang Daozi, so he can be beaten by him.
"Now, we can talk. Mr. Wei said he wanted to rebel. What is your trump card?"
Wei Shuyu remained calm on the surface, but what he said was as loud as thunder: "Simple, the Jingjiang embankment will be blown up by my Wei Mansion."
"Blow up the Jingjiang embankment?" The masked man's mouth twitched, and he soon understood the key.
The Jingjiang Levee is an important river defense for the entire Jingchu area south of the Yangtze River. If this embankment is bombed, most of the Jingchu area will become Zeguo, and Lingnan Road can use this river land to separate the imperial army on both sides and concentrate on conquering Lingnan.
, by the time the river water receded, Lingnan had already become a monolith. This was the foundation of the Lingnan Road uprising, and it was also the letter of submission submitted by Mr. Wei to the Lingnan Road Supervisory Envoy.
It is also a meeting gift for working with him.
This is exactly what he wants.
"Master Wei gave me a big gift. In this case, we have a basis for cooperation." The masked man said.
Wei Shuyu said: "Of course I have it, so what kind of sincerity should I show in exchange for my action of blowing up the embankment?"