Chapter 183 Nanli's Conspiracy
Li Huaiyu glared at him and said, "Xiao Xue, what are you talking about? I come here often, but General Huai doesn't come here often.
Not only did he not welcome the guests, but he also said such sarcastic words."
Xue An rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
When the two approached, Xue An jumped up, holding his nose and asking, "What did you do today? Why is there such a smell?"
Seeing this, Li Huaiyu sniffed his sleeve and said, "Is it really that smelly?
How come I didn't smell it? Look how you all are being smoked."
Xue An covered his nose and asked, "Besides me, who else did you smoke?"
"Auntie, she vomited because of the smoke.
We are here to borrow your bathroom so we can freshen up and come back to talk."
Xue An heard this and said, "Go in and take a shower yourself. Don't use my bathtub."
Li Huaiyu said bluntly: "I understand. By the way, find me two of your clothes..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard Cuilan's voice coming from the door.
"General Xue, Nanny Qin asked me to bring clothes to the Prince and General Huai."
Xue An heard this and said, "Well, send it in."
When Li Huaiyu saw the clothes being delivered, he took his clothes and swaggered in to take a shower.
Huai Xiucheng had no choice but to wait outside.
Xue An looked at Huai Xiucheng and asked, "Brother Huai, what errand did you go on today that made you look so embarrassed?"
"We apprehended a group of Nanli spies this afternoon. After returning, they were put under expedited interrogation and have been busy until this hour."
After hearing this, Xue An knew that it was not his place to ask about the inside story of this matter.
So he stood up and said, "I have to go out for patrol. You guys go out and help me close the door later."
Huai Xiucheng nodded after hearing this.
After they finished packing, they came to see Li Yueyao again.
This time Li Yueyao didn't react much, but Feng Shenyu was quite anxious and urged the two to talk quickly.
Huai Xiucheng recounted the entire process of the arrest in detail in one breath.
Then he gasped for breath and drank some tea.
Li Huaiyu then went on to talk about the interrogation.
"Lei Jing was tortured and fainted several times, but he never spoke.
But others are not as tough as him.
The twenty-eight torture instruments in the Jinwuwei prison are not just for decoration.
According to the confession of one of them named Yuan Si, seven years ago, Princess Cangli led people to ambush Princess Yuchao who came to marry into the royal family.
He impersonated an envoy and came to the capital to seek marriage.
At that time, the person he chose was His Majesty, and he wanted to enter the palace and become His Majesty's concubine.
But at that time, His Majesty had just ascended the throne and was determined to observe a three-year mourning period for the late emperor, so naturally he was unwilling to allow new people into the harem.
So His Majesty publicly appointed the princess to be the concubine of Prince Jin.
In the first year that Princess Cangli entered the palace, she presented a beautiful concubine to Prince Jin and persuaded him to stay.
Although she was not favored in her daily life, she still held the position of concubine and no one dared to offend her.
She is very low-key and keeps a low profile in her daily life. She just keeps deploying manpower and secret lines in Beijing.
The following year, Princess Cangli gained the trust of Princess Jin, gradually took control of the Jin Palace, and sidelined Princess Jin.
In the third year, Prince Lin Guangyao of Nanli went north and brought a large number of people with him.
Princess Cangli went out frequently and was noticed by King Jin, so they decided to go all out and imprisoned King Jin.
So he asked Lin Guangyao to disguise himself as Prince Jin and live in the mansion permanently.
It was at that time that Concubine Rong entered the palace.
Concubine Rong was originally Lin Guangyao's woman, and was a killer carefully trained by him.
Lin Guangyao went to Beijing that time just to use Rongpin as a chess piece.
Lin Guangyao's original plan was to use Concubine Rong to provoke a conflict between Gao Hongchen and His Majesty.
But he didn't expect that Rongpin was lonely in the deep palace and gradually fell in love with Gao Hongchen.
This caused the chess piece to become uncontrollable and ultimately disrupted his plans."
Li Yueyao and Feng Shenyu always thought that this was only Princess Cangli's business, but they didn't expect that Prince Lin Guangyao of Nanli was also involved.
"That means the King of Jin we see in daily life is Lin Guangyao?" Li Yueyao asked.
“No, ever since my brother Prince Jin was imprisoned, the position of Prince Jin has been replaced by someone else.
When Lin Guangyao was around, that was him.
When Lin Guangyao was not around, it was sometimes Xiao, oh, not Princess Cangli.
Sometimes it’s a blessing in disguise.”
"Jin Yucheng?"
"Yes, Jin Yucheng is the one who is good at disguise." Li Huaiyu replied.
"Is his identity real?" Li Yueyao asked.
"Yes, he is Jin Mantang's illegitimate son."
Li Huaiyu took a sip of tea and continued:
"So, Jin Mantang was Lin Guangyao's man from the beginning. What about the Shangguan family and the Hu people?"
"I asked about this as well. Yuan Si has been with Princess Cangli the longest, so he knows everything.
He said that Lin Guangyao was cooperating with the Hu people. The Hu people wanted food, and they wanted weapons.
The Hu people and the imperial concubine were just a decoy arranged by him.
Let them charge in front and he hides behind.
This way, even if the matter is exposed, it won’t be traced back to him.”
Feng Shenyu asked, "Was this idea Princess Cangli or Lin Guangyao's?"
"Most of this was planned and arranged by Princess Cangli. After all, Lin Guangyao can't stay here for long.
I've only been here two or three times over the years, and each time I stayed for a month or two before leaving again."
"If you have anything else, go on." Li Yueyao said.
“When they imprisoned King Jin, they initially just wanted his identity to facilitate their actions.
But later they found a book in the King of Jin's secret room, which recorded the weapons smelting techniques of our Great Jin Dynasty.
So they began to interrogate the King of Jin and tortured him for two years."
After hearing this, Li Yueyao angrily threw the cup in her hand to the ground.
“No wonder, there’s not a single piece of good skin on Prince Jin’s body.
Ask these people who has attacked the King of Jin. I will make them pay back a hundredfold, a thousandfold."
Feng Shenyu looked at the excited Li Yueyao and soothed her, "Your Highness, don't get excited."
Li Huaiyu waited for a while, and when he saw that Li Yueyao had calmed down, he continued:
"Zhao Qing, Shangguan, Gao Hongchen, these are all decoy troops they planned.
By the way, they were also responsible for what happened to Zhong Yanse.
The Chen family of Meixun and the Wang family of Gusu are also their people."
"Where are Xiang Jingyang and Ruan Anhe?" Feng Shenyu asked.
"Ruan Anhe often goes to the small courtyard on the east side of Prince Jin's Mansion to see Prince Jin. Yuan Si said that he has never met Xiang Jingyang." Li Huaiyu replied.
Huai Xiucheng interrupted and said, "They said Princess Cangli went out to meet someone today, so she's not in Liuye Lane."
"Who are you meeting?" Feng Shenyu asked.
"Yuan Si didn't know. He said that there were only Lei Jing, Jin Yucheng, and Princess Cangli in the room at the time."
"So that means Princess Cangli is now accompanied only by Jin Yucheng, who is skilled in disguise?"
"It should be." Li Huaiyu replied.
Li Yueyao asked, "Have you asked about their deployment in the Southwest Army and who their people are?"
Li Huaiyu shook his head and said, "I haven't asked that yet."
"Then let's go back and continue asking. Pry open Lei Jing's mouth and ask him who Princess Cangli went to meet?" Li Yueyao said.
By the time Li Huaiyu and Huai Xiucheng left, it was already late at night.
Feng Shenyu quickly coaxed Li Yueyao to rest.
At this time, Princess Cangli and Jin Yucheng were hiding in the rouge shop of the Xie family in Nanshi.
The conversation with Xie Jia Erlang was going smoothly. The two of them came out of the rouge shop and walked towards Liuye Lane.
As soon as I came out of Nanshi, I heard people talking on the street.
"Have you heard? The Jinwu Guards just caught a group of spies in Yongtaifang."
“I’ve heard that too. It’s said that the spy is an old man who looks unremarkable.
He looks so honest on weekdays, but who would have thought he was actually a spy."
"I live in Yongtaifang. Today, a lot of Jinwu Guards came to the alley. It turns out they were there to arrest them..."
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