Chapter 543 Chess Game, Chess Pieces

Changsun Wuji called Chu Suiliang and told him what Li Tai said about the case. The two discussed that since there was a first complaint against the King of Wei, the detention of Wei Ting already had preliminary evidence!

The two of them discussed that the Wei family is a famous family in Chang'an after all. It is not convenient to attract people to catch people during the day, so as not to cause people's suspicion and cause a huge public opinion disturbance. After all, there is also Wei Guifei, the head of the four concubines in the harem. It is not known whether she is related to the case. Therefore, the two prime ministers ordered Yu Chi Baoyun, the general of Baiqi, to lead 200 Baiqi royal guards to quietly go to Wei Ting's house at night, and then "invive" Wei Ting.

Unexpectedly, when Yu Chi Baoyun and others came to Wei Ting's house, they had not entered the door to get someone, but they heard a cry in his home. I didn't know until I entered the door. It turned out that Wei Ting had just committed suicide!

Yu Chi Baoyun saw that the suspects were dead. In order to minimize the impact of the situation, he did not show his intention to the Wei family. After verifying that Wei Ting was dead, he withdrew the people back and reported the news to Changsun Wuji and several other prime ministers.

"That's good. There's no proof!" Changsun Wuji stared at the king of Wei, who was sitting aside with astonishment, and said, "King of Wei, what a good means!"

"Situ, gentlemen, this... this has nothing to do with Xiao Wang!" Li Tai, the king of Wei, said with panic and grievance, "Wei Ting's family can testify that he committed suicide!"

"Yes, he committed suicide. But if you hadn't forced him, how could he have made a short opinion? Changsun Wuji sneered and snorted angrily, "Well, now that Wei Ting is dead, everything is dead without proof."

Fang Xuanling next to him arched his hand and said, "Situ, it's not good to act on speculation alone. Why did Wei Ting commit suicide? Is he really the culprit of the King of Wu's case? Now there is no clue. We can neither wrong the King of Wei nor take the words of the King of Wei as the final evidence of this case.

Fang Xuanling said a fair word, and Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang nodded and agreed. Li Tai, who lowered his head, glanced at the corners of his eyes and took a fierce look at Fang Xuanling. His eyes were as sharp as a knife.

"Your Highness the King of Wei, go back to the house and don't leave the house for the time being." Changsun Wuji threw this sentence to Li Tai.

"So... Xiao Wang said goodbye." Li Tai arched his hand to Changsun Wuji and others and left the Hongwen Museum.

"What should I do now?" Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang said this sentence almost at the same time.

Fang Xuanling frowned and said, "I still listen to Duke Wei. Now my top priority is to maintain the stability of the court and protect your majesty. At the same time, we can't neglect the search and rescue of the King of Wu and the King of Jin. I think this case involves a wide range of people. In addition to Wei Ting, there must be other clues and insiders. Chu Suiliang, you can continue to investigate secretly, and be sure to find out this case!"

"Yes." Chu Suiliang agreed.

Changsun Wuji's eyebrows were locked and silent.

Soon after, the prime minister of the Hongwen Hall changed shifts, and Changsun Wuji left the Hongwen Hall and took the bus directly to the Wei Wang Mansion.

Li Tai knew that he would come and hurriedly greeted him.

"Your hand is obviously covering your ears and stealing bells, which makes you not smart at all!" Changsun Wuji stared at the king of Wei and gritted his teeth and said, "It's too obvious that you let Wei Ting be a scapegoat for you!" Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling are not stupid. Even without Wei Ting's clue, can't they pursue it separately? When the facts are clear, I'll see how you end up!"

"My uncle, Wei Ting's death really has nothing to do with me." Li Tai asked God to worship the Buddha and said, "It has nothing to do with me, including the assassination of the King of Wu!" Wei Ting probably heard some information, saying that he was going to the cabinet to report and expose him. In order to protect the family and Wei Guifei, he was afraid to commit suicide!"

Changsun Wuji frowned deeply and thought for a while and said, "Thinking about it, the motivation for all these things Wei Ting has done is confused. If it was just because of his holiday with the King of Wu in the past, he would not have done so many things. So I guess that if he assassinated the king of Wu and put the blame on you and then attack the king of Jin, Li Shen, the son of Wei Guifei, will have the opportunity to compete for the position of the East Palace. If he succeeds, he will be an uncle who has made great contributions in the future, and he will be more than ten thousand people under one person. But he only has the courage to be with the unfavored Concubine Wei and the young King Ji. He is just a doctor of imperial history, and his son is just a Beidu left-behind, but he has to go against the whole court - King Wei, don't you think he is too self-sufficient?

"Yes, yes..." Li Tai nodded frequently and was suddenly stunned. "In the final analysis, my uncle still suspects that I secretly instigated Wei Ting? Then kill him again?"

Changsun Wuji smiled coldly, "Yes or no, we have no way of knowing it. Do you secretly instigate or use a knife to kill people, and then kill people? These things have become uncertified with the death of Wei Ting.

"Auncle!" Li Tai almost shouted hysterically, "I didn't do it!"

"What are you shouting about!" Changsun Wuji scolded him angrily and stared at him, "If you didn't do it, you don't need to panic at all!" Is this the time for you to panic?"

Li Tai was excited all over. He looked at Changsun Wuji with joy and whispered, "Uncle, I'm going to tell you the truth with my conscience. The assassination of the King of Wu and the death of Wei Ting really have nothing to do with me. I'm clean and thorough. You can investigate whatever you want! The sooner the case comes out, the better. At that time, I can return the deceased's justice and my innocence!"

Changsun Wuji's face was as heavy as water. He nodded without saying anything and said, "Since you didn't do it, that's fine. We don't care about the case for the time being, but the fact in front of us is... King Wu is dead!"

Li Tai was stunned at first, and then his heart was in full bloom and his face was red!

Changsun Wuji glanced at him and said coldly, "You'd better be honest recently. Don't show anything or do anything out of the way, hum!"

"Yes, yes! Li Tai remembered his uncle's teachings and did not dare to be presumptuous at all!" Li Tai was overjoyed and bent down and arched his hand.

Changsun Wuji said nothing more and stroked his sleeves and went away.

Li Tai was left alone in the room, so excited that he almost rolled all over the ground!

"Great, great!" Li Tai rubbed his hands and walked back and forth, like a grasshopper on a hot pot, but there was a red light on his face, and his eyes were about to shine. He said to himself, "My own uncle is my own uncle. No matter how fierce he is to me, how much he insults me in front of outsiders and even wants to hit me, he is still towards me in his heart!" There is a sentence he didn't say - the king of Wu died at the hands of Wei Ting. He must be too late to be happy!"

"He came today to tell me that the king of Wu is gone. The ninth brother, the king of Jin has already been abandoned by his father and his uncle, and he didn't consider it at all... This, the position of the East Palace, will be mine sooner or later!"

"It seems that I'm still too anxious and confused! It was so obvious that Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling doubted me. Uncle is here to warn me! OK, OK, I will be more restrained in the future and do nothing! Anyway, the people who are fighting with me are no longer there. I'll just sit and wait for the prince's position and fall on my head, haha!"

"Oh, my mother-in-law, my good uncle!" Li Tai couldn't help laughing when he thought about it, "The first time I felt that the more fierce you were to me, the more amiable and respectable you were!" Feel free to beat and scold me in the future! The more you beat and scold, the greater the benefit I have!"

Zongnan Mountain, in the Taoist temple.

Li Ke sat reading a book, boiling a pot of tea beside him. Zhao Chong was playing a game of chess alone, touching his chin, and his expression was playful.

Li Ke glanced at Zhao Chong, frowned slightly, and continued to read his book. But his eyes are staring at the book, but his heart doesn't know where he has flown, and he is completely absent-minded.

The two of them sat quietly without saying a word. Occasionally, I heard the sound of the flag falling in Zhao Chong's hand, and everything else was silent.

There are obviously two people in the room, but it is Zhao Chong who is game with himself. This situation will feel strange to anyone. But Zhao Chongquan doesn't matter. The two of them played a game of chess, and since then, Li Ke has never played with him again.

Because Li Ke believes that Zhao Chong's chess path is too strange and tricky, and when playing chess, he often cares about him and doesn't pay attention at all. And Li Ke plays chess like Li Shimin. Winning or losing is secondary. As long as he holds the black and white in his hand, it is like going to the battlefield and concentrates on it.

"It's still more interesting to play chess with Qin Mubai, although his chess is very smelly and broken." This is Li Ke's original words.

Since then, Zhao Chong has never asked Li Ke to play chess again. He knows that playing chess is like drinking. It must be interesting to meet a confidant, otherwise it tastes like chewing wax. Between him and the king of Wu, one is a gangster, and the other is a royal relative. It is difficult to have any fit. If it weren't for a little interest in connection with him now, it would have been impossible to be under the same roof.

Besides, after all, the King of Wu is not Qin Mubai. Qin Mubai can drink and have fun with the prince, and can also be called brothers and brothers with the sons and daughters of the world. Li Ke can't do it. Therefore, Zhao Chong and the King of Wu can never become friends, let alone be honest with him.

"Zhao Chong, I want to go to Chang'an. Can you arrange it?" Li Ke suddenly said.

"I can't." Zhao Chong answered without thinking, "For the safety of Your Highness, and of course for my own life, Your Highness must not go to Chang'an at this time!"

"Then can you send some powerful people down to Chang'an and ask for some news?" Li Ke said, "I sit here and know nothing about the outside world."

Zhao Chong smiled, threw the pieces in his hand into the chess basket, and said, "What does Your Highness want to know?"

"I want to know if my father and mother are safe? What is the attitude and reaction in the court to the rumors of Qin Mubai's rebellion? Also, how did the court trace me when I was missing for so long? Li Ke asked.

Zhao Chong laughed and said, "Your Highness has a lot of questions, so I'll answer them one by one!"

Li Ke was slightly shocked, "It turns out that you have sent someone to investigate. Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because Your Highness didn't ask!" Zhao Chong said, "His Majesty the Emperor and Empress Yang are very good. Your Highness, please rest assured. As for the rumor against Kansai, the court did not seem to react, as if it was just a rumor. In His Highness's case, the court sent Chu Suiliang to investigate, and it seemed that Wei Ting was about to be found.

Li Ke frowned and didn't seem to believe Zhao Chong's words, but he couldn't raise any doubts, so he said, "Then when will I be safe to appear in Chang'an?"

"It's almost time." Zhao Chong said, "When the time comes, Zhao will naturally invite His Highness down the mountain to meet His Majesty!"

Li Ke took a long breath of depression, threw the book in his hand on the table, got up and walked back and forth a few steps, and said, "What's the right time?"

"I know what Your Highness is worried about." Zhao Chong laughed and said, "Don't worry, during your absence, the king of Wei is unlikely to be crowned as a prince. Your Highness, there will always be a chance to compete in the East Palace!"

Li Ke's eyebrows were slightly flicked, and he was blocked by Zhao Chong's words, so he changed the topic and said, "I'm worried that Qin Mubai will do something stupid after knowing the news of my murder!" So I want to show up as soon as possible to avoid such a disaster!"

Zhao Chong smiled and said, "It is said that Qin Mubai has calmed down the Western Regions and is leading the Kansai army back. At this time, he is already halfway. It is estimated that it will take a long time for the news of Your Highness to reach his ears. At that time, hundreds of thousands of Kansai troops gathered in Lanzhou, and the court didn't know how to react - this is really interesting!"

"You're crazy. Is this still interesting?" Li Ke shouted angrily, "Is there any good for you in the chaos in the world?"

"No." Zhao Chong smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, Zhao's life and death and the honor and disgrace of the second half of life are all in His Highness's hands. Now, out of interest, Mr. Zhao has to do this great disrespectful act and slightly restricts your freedom of movement, which is for your own good and for the sake of the overall situation. His Highness will naturally understand Zhao's good intentions. In a word, Your Highness, you have to believe that Zhao will never harm Your Highness, let alone my bosom friend, Qin Mubai. Both of you are the great nobles in my life, Zhao Chong. Did Zhao understand this sentence enough?

"Then you want me to be here. What are you waiting for?" Li Kejian asked with frowns.

"Wait..." Zhao Chong held a few pieces in his hand and began to play chess again. After pressing a piece, he said, "The king of Wei, who has the dominant position, accidentally revealed his flaws, and His Highness can turn the tide at a critical moment! - Just like this game of chess!"

"So I, Li Ke, am the chess piece in your hand?" Li Ke's face was slightly dark.

Zhao Chong smiled and said, "The world is like chess. You and I are all chess pieces. That's all!"