Volume 10 Chapter 495
Chapter 495
Cheng Jin originally thought that Meng Ping'an might be harboring assassins out of sympathy, but he didn't expect that he would be the mastermind, and he was not the only one who was the mastermind. Read the full text.
Gao Mucheng also did not expect to find such important clues from Meng Ping'an. He waved to the soldiers around him, signaling them to take the woman out quickly, then approached Meng Ping'an and said word by word: "Mr. Meng, who are the other masterminds? Why do you want to assassinate the king? How did you find the assassin? As long as you can explain everything clearly, I can guarantee your daughter's safety and no one can touch her. "
Meng Ping'an lowered his head with a painful expression, slowly closed his eyes, and said: "Only by killing the Wind King can our country, Mo, have hope of restoration."
"That's impossible." Gao Mucheng said sternly: "The Shao family is dead and under house arrest. Even if the king really has his own shortcomings, the country of Mo will never be able to recover. Has Mr. Meng ever seen a country without a monarch?"
"Haha——" Meng Ping'an suddenly laughed and said: "You think that all the king's children are under your control, but you are wrong. The king still has a young son who is not under your control."
Hearing this, Gao Mucheng almost broke out in cold sweat. Even Cheng Jin, Zhang Xiao, and Li Tong, who were sitting in the back and listened, stood up in unison, with expressions of disbelief on their faces and unblinking eyes. Looked at Meng Pingan.
Shao Fang still has heirs on the run. How is this possible? Shao Fang's heirs are all recorded in the books, and we have done thorough verification. If there are really any heirs on the run, we cannot possibly not know about them.
Gao Mucheng moved closer, almost touching Meng Ping'an's body. He was nervous and excited at the same time, but he tried to keep his tone calm and asked softly: "Then... what is the name of King Mo's escaped heir?" ? Where are you now?”
Meng Ping'an said: "The young master's name is Shao Yuan, and he is the seventh son of the king. But you don't have to have such wishful thinking. The young master has already arrived in Sichuan Kingdom."
Gao Mucheng's heart trembled, but now he had no time to check whether what Meng Ping'an said was true or false. He rolled his eyes and asked: "Did Shao Yuan give you the order to find an assassin to kill the king?"
"The young master did not give us any orders. The decision to assassinate the Wind King was completely made by ourselves."
"You? Who else besides you?"
"Sun Cai from Longxi County, Zheng Fei from Tai'an County, Cai Ping from Tianyang County..." Meng Ping'an named six or seven people in one breath, and then said: "The reward for assassinating the Wind King is how many of us are there?" The purpose of the people is to expel the barbarians and defeat me!"
When Meng Ping'an spoke, someone next to him recorded his words verbatim. After he finished speaking, Gao Mucheng turned to look at the person who recorded the document, and then asked: "Is what Mr. Meng said true?"
"If you don't believe it, you can go check it out. I only want one thing from you. It was done by me. My family didn't know anything about it. If they want to kill or cut into pieces, you can come for me alone. Don't... embarrass me. family."
Now no one cares about what to do with Meng Ping'an and his family. People's minds are all on his confession. The information mentioned in it is too much and too important. The matter is of great importance and the scope involved is quite wide. .
The interrogation came to an end, and Cheng Jin ordered Meng Ping'an and his family members to be kept under strict supervision, while he took the confession and began to assign tasks to his undercover personnel.
Since the names mentioned by Meng Pingan are all in different counties, the investigation is very troublesome and requires separate operations.
Cheng Jin sent out a large number of secret agents to investigate the people mentioned by Meng Ping'an either openly or secretly. Of course, getting a result cannot be accomplished in a short time, and Tang Yin and Lingshuang did not have time to be there. Often consumed.
On the third day after capturing the assassin, Tang Yin and Lingshuang set out to leave Changdu. Tang Yin went north to Yancheng, the capital of wind, and Lingshuang went west to Kangyang, the jade capital.
When they were about to break up, Lingshuang was a little reluctant to let go of Tang Yin, but because there were too many people around her, even if she had a lot to say, she didn't know where to start.
What Tang Yin was most worried about was Lingshuang's safety. He repeatedly told Lingshuang to be careful on the road and guard against assassins. In addition, he told Qingyu to escort Lingshuang carefully along the way without making any mistakes.
In fact, even if Tang Yin doesn't explain this, Qingyu will do it.
Qingyu had a good impression of Lingshuang, and they often met in private. At first, Lingshuang wanted to find out some news about Fengguo through Qingyu. Later, the more they got in touch, the more speculative they became, and gradually they developed a friendship like friends. camaraderie.
Tang Yin and Ling Shuang returned to their respective countries, but the assassination in Changdu did not end there, but intensified.
Through careful investigation by Dark Arrow, it can be confirmed that Meng Ping'an's testimony is true. The names he mentioned are all real people, and each of them is a well-known rich man in the local area.
Some of these people knew each other originally, and some were introduced to each other through acquaintances. They all had the same aspirations and the desire to restore the country of Mo, so they came together naturally.
In the early days of Feng Kingdom's occupation of Mo Country, they provided money to support local resistance forces, but unfortunately their little arms could not twist their thighs. As soon as Feng Kingdom's regular army arrived, the resistance forces were wiped out in an instant.
Seeing that the resistance force was so vulnerable, they all felt discouraged. When they were in despair, someone suddenly came to them. This person claimed to be from the Sichuan Kingdom and was a secret envoy sent by the Sichuan Kingdom.
He said that Shao Fang had a young son named Shao Yuan, who had not fallen into the hands of Feng Ren and had now fled to Chuan State. As long as they could find a way to kill Feng Wang Tang Yin, Feng State would inevitably be in chaos and would have no time to care about Mo State. At that time, it would be a good opportunity for Mo State to restore its country.
Even if Feng Ren killed all the hostages of the royal family of Mo State, there was still the blood of Shao Yuan's royal family, so there was no need to worry about no one inheriting the throne of Mo State.
Although Meng Ping'an and others were all wealthy people, they were not ministers in the court after all, and they did not know whether Shao Fang really had a son like Shao Yuan.
However, the man did produce a proof, which was the seal of the royal family of Mo State, with the words Shao Yuan clearly engraved on the seal.
The royal seals of each country are different, and the craftsmanship of making them is unique, making them extremely difficult to imitate. Chuan State Secret History took out the seal of the royal family of Mo State, which basically proved Shao Yuan's identity. It was precisely because of seeing this seal that Meng Ping'an and others believed his words without a doubt.
After the secret envoy from Chuan Kingdom left, Meng Pingan and others decided to hire an assassin to assassinate Tang Yin. At that time, Tang Yin was still in Zhenjiang, but Meng Pingan felt that he would return to Feng Kingdom sooner or later. As long as he returned to Feng Kingdom, he would have to pass by Changdu, the county capital of Zeping County. Coincidentally, at this time, the county capital of Changdu issued a notice to renovate the practice hall. Meng Pingan thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he could let the hired assassins dress up as craftsmen, sneak into the hall, and wait for an opportunity to act.
There must be brave men under a heavy reward, not to mention that they were fighting under the righteous banner of "expelling the barbarians and restoring the Great Mo". After hearing the news, assassins came in an endless stream, most of whom were rangers from the Mo Kingdom. After careful screening, they finally decided to use dark spiritual practitioners to assassinate.
What happened next was the scene where Tang Yin and Lingshuang were assassinated in the hall, which was the whole story.
Anjian had carefully checked the genealogy of the Shao family, and there was no record of Shao Fang having a son like Shao Yuan. The genealogy was the most strictly prohibited. If there really was such a person, even if he was an illegitimate child who could not see the light of day, there would definitely be a record. But according to Meng Ping'an's account, the secret envoy of Sichuan State also had Shao Yuan's royal seal. This matter was really incredible. It was unknown whether there was such a person or Sichuan State was secretly making trouble.
Regardless of whether Shao Yuan was real or fake, after all, he was far away in Sichuan State, and Anjian had no way to verify it, and it was impossible to go to Sichuan State to catch Shao Yuan back. They could not do anything to Shao Yuan, but the accomplices Meng Ping'an had explained could not escape.
Meng Ping'an's accomplices were all wealthy people with large families and businesses. The whole family of these few people alone must have more than a thousand people.
Anjian arrested them all on Cheng Jin's orders. Under torture, they confirmed that Meng Ping'an's confession was true. They did participate in the assassination plan against Tang Yin. Then Anjian executed all these families and their nine clans on the charge of murdering the monarch.
Logically, the matter should have come to an end, but it was far from over. Cheng Jin intended to use this incident to suppress Mo Ren's resistance to Feng State and wanted to magnify the incident. He sent a message to the county governments of various counties: Although the mastermind of the assassination of the king is dead, it is still unknown whether there are still accomplices. This is related to the safety of the king and must be strictly investigated. It is better to kill by mistake than to let anyone slip through the net. If similar incidents happen again in the future, Wang Song will be a lesson for the past.
His message was passed to the county governments of various counties, which scared the county heads. The assassination of the king happened in Zeping County, and the hidden arrow killed the county chief Wang Song on the spot. If such a thing happened in his own territory, his head would be moved.
After receiving such a message from Cheng Jin, the county chiefs dared not neglect it. They used all their skills to investigate the accomplices of the masterminds. The objects of their investigation were of course those who had close contacts and frequent exchanges with those people on weekdays.
But you have to know that those people were all wealthy businessmen. There were too many people involved in the business dealings and private friendships. The county chiefs of each county strictly followed Cheng Jin's intention and would rather kill the wrong person than let the wrong person go. For these people, each county adopted the most direct, simple and least troublesome method - killing!
Cheng Jin's verbal message eventually developed into a bloody killing. This period can be regarded as the darkest period in the history of the State of Mo. People were in panic and everyone was in danger. The county heads from all over the country seemed to be competing to see who could kill more rebels. They were all afraid of falling behind and being criticized.