Chapter 106: Catch the Wind and Catch the Shadow

They didn't expect that they could break open the door so easily. Yang Wu and others looked at each other and walked in.

The scene inside shocked them!

There were dead bodies everywhere.

Yang Wu went forward to investigate and found that these people were poisoned to death.

"See if there are any survivors?" the captain shouted.

The soldiers of the city defense army immediately searched the house.

"Captain, after the brothers' search, there is no survivor in this house. All of them have eaten some kind of food and are poisoned." An officer said.

"This matter is no longer something we can decide on our own. We must report it to the higher-ups and immediately seal off this place. Not a single fly can be allowed in. Nothing here can be turned over. Keep the crime scene." The captain said.

The situation here was beyond his imagination and beyond his scope of responsibility. It was not something he could control. An official of the imperial court had died there. No matter what, the matter had to be reported to the higher authorities

and someone had to be sent to deal with it. All they could do was seal off the scene. "Yes!" The officer took the order and withdrew, and sent someone back to report to the higher authorities of the city defense army. The matter was quickly reported to Li Er, but Li Er was surprisingly calm. He did not feel angry because the official of the imperial court had been poisoned, and then he became furious. He just asked the city defense army to dispose of the bodies on the charge of assassinating the prince. In fact, Wu Zetian had gone to find Li Zhi long before they found out that Wu Weiliang and others had been poisoned and reported it to Li Er. Go with Li Zhi to Li Er to expose the "crimes" of Wu Weiliang and others, and claim that under his persuasion, Wu Weiliang and others finally realized that they were guilty of serious crimes, so they committed suicide out of fear of crime. Of course, Li Er could not be fooled by just a few words. In order to be able to whitewash herself, Wu Zetian had already made a series of arrangements, preferably with the help of Li Zhi, to successfully clear her suspicion. From a murderer to a good person who persuaded criminals to surrender. With the death of Wu Weiliang, the case of the assassination of the prince was also successfully concluded. Li Er wrote a letter, together with the case file, and sent it to Li Chengqian in Chang'an, explaining the whole process in detail, which was also an explanation for the assassination of Li Chengqian. Chang'an City, East Palace. "My dear, here is the letter from His Majesty!" Wang Quan handed over the letter from Li Er to Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian opened Li Er's letter and after reading it, his face turned pale. "Bring the file!" After reading Li Er's letter, Li Chengqian wanted to see what means Wu Zetian used to clear her suspicion. Wang Quan hurriedly handed the file to Li Chengqian, who couldn't wait to open it and check it out. After reading it, Li Chengqian had to admire Wu Zetian's ability. No wonder she was able to become an empress later. It was not without reason that she was the only woman in history to become an emperor. The file said that Wu Weiliang and others colluded with the Shandong gentry, so they took the risk and assassinated Li Chengqian. Because Li Chengqian established a school and destroyed the interests of the aristocratic families, they had long been dissatisfied with Li Chengqian and had long wanted to get rid of Li Chengqian. If they were not jealous of the military power of the Tang Dynasty, they would have taken action long ago. Wu Weiliang and others wanted to cling to the Five Surnames and Seven Families, and the Five Surnames and Seven Families wanted to get rid of Li Chengqian, the enemy, so the two sides hit it off and reached a certain consensus. In the end, Wu Weiliang and others assassinated Li Chengqian, which was also a token of their loyalty to the aristocratic families. Wu Zetian played the role of a woman who accidentally learned about the collusion between Wu Weiliang and others and the aristocratic families. In order to prevent the Wu family from being destroyed, Wu Zetian left the palace to persuade them to surrender. But she never expected that as soon as she left, Wu Weiliang and others committed suicide by taking poison. The above is well-founded and there is nothing wrong with it. If Li Chengqian was not a time traveler, he would definitely believe what was written in the file. What a pity! As a person from the future, Li Chengqian, who has a huge amount of knowledge storage data in his brain, how could he believe Wu Zetian's nonsense. Let's not talk about anything else, let's talk about the relationship between Wu Zetian and Wu Weiliang and others. For the people of the Tang Dynasty today, it is normal for Wu Zetian to be bullied by her brothers when she was young. After all, the status of women in ancient times was generally low, and her father died early. It is not strange that Wu Zetian, an orphan and a widow, was bullied by her cousins. Later, Wu Zetian entered the palace and became the emperor's concubine, and it was understandable that Wu Weiliang and others wanted to get close to her. In the eyes of the people of the Tang Dynasty, this is a normal phenomenon, and this is also a factor why Wu Zetian was able to get rid of suspicion smoothly. But in the eyes of the time traveler Li Chengqian, it is not the case at all. Li Chengqian knows how cruel Wu Zetian is. How could she drag Wu Weiliang and other clansmen who had bullied her before? It 's good enough that she didn't take the opportunity to add insult to injury! And he still expected her to laugh away the grudges! It's simply unrealistic. Li Chengqian didn't need to think about it, and he could guess that Wu Zetian must have used Wu Weiliang and others, and then poisoned them all to death, and then put all the responsibility on Wu Weiliang and others. Anyway, there is no evidence, so she can say whatever she wants. Poor Wu Weiliang and his brothers, they didn't even know that they were used by others, and they really died unjustly. "Your Highness! I've said before that opening a school will only lead to the disgust of the noble families, but you just didn't listen. Now it's an assassination this time, and who knows what will happen next time." Zhao Jie complained. "Indeed, the matter of opening a school is not appropriate, and Your Highness is indeed too hasty!" Du He said. Whether it was Zhao Jie or Du He, they all believed that Li Chengqian's assassination was related to the noble families, and this was the cleverness of Wu Zetian. Speaking of this, Li Chengqian wanted to applaud Wu Zetian. "Do you really think this is related to the noble families? Did the Wu family really just want to take advantage of the noble families, so they didn't hesitate to risk the crime of being beheaded to assassinate me?" Li Chengqian said. "Your Highness, what do you mean by that? Doesn't the file clearly state that Wu Weiliang and others were secretly communicating with the nobles and officials, and it also proves that Wu Weiliang and others were one of the masterminds of the assassination of Your Highness." Zhao Jie said. "The file only says that Wu Weiliang and others had contacts with the nobles and officials, but there is no sufficient evidence to prove that the assassination was related to the officials." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Highness, now that you've said that, I also think there are some doubts here. It's a bit groundless to say that the gatekeepers were involved in the assassination." Du He said.

Since ancient times, how many people have been affected by groundless accusations?

How many innocent people have been suspected and wronged because of groundless accusations, and finally ended up with unfounded charges, and many people have been killed by false accusations.

"Du He is right! Now that Wu Weiliang is dead, you can say anything. Anyway, there is no evidence. Your Majesty does not have enough evidence, and you can't do anything to these nobles and gatekeepers.

These are not the main points. The main point is that the real people behind the scenes cannot be allowed to go unpunished." Li Chengqian said.