Chapter 284 Bait
Mei Guangtao came to see the prince with his confession.
"Your Highness, this is Zhu Quankun's confession. He confessed to the crimes he committed."
Luo Qinghan picked up the confession and read it, then asked, "Didn't Zhu Quankun say why he hired someone to kill?"
Mei Guangtao answered truthfully: "Zhu Quankun said he never hired anyone to kill. Everything he did was just for money. He never killed anyone."
As for the hostages who were kidnapped by Zhu Quankun in the past, they were eventually sold into the mountains by him. These still need to be verified one by one.
Luo Qinghan put down his confession and asked calmly, "Do you think Zhu Quankun's words are credible?"
Mei Guangtao: "I think there is really no need for him to kill people. This will not benefit him in any way and may even lead to his own death. This is not in line with his profit-seeking nature."
Luo Qinghan: "If the assassination really has nothing to do with him, then someone is using someone else's knife to kill someone. Who wants to kill Dong Mingchun?"
Mei Guangtao: "I think we should ask Minister Dong about this matter. This matter started with him, so the clue must be hidden in him."
Luo Qinghan nodded slightly: "That makes sense."
Since Zhu Quankun has confessed, all that remains is to follow the procedure and go through the process to sentence him.
The case of the Du Sheng Sect has come to a temporary end.
Luo Qinghan asked someone to call Dong Mingchun over.
Dong Mingchun bowed respectfully.
"I wonder what your Highness wants me to do?"
Luo Qinghan motioned for him to sit down and chat slowly.
Dong Mingchun knelt down carefully. His right arm was still wrapped in gauze and his face was a little pale. Fortunately, his complexion was good and he looked much more energetic than yesterday.
Luo Qinghan: "How is your wife now?"
Dong Mingchun: "My wife is doing fine. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."
"Zhu Quankun has confessed, but he said he didn't hire someone to kill you. That means we still haven't been able to find out who killed you. Do you have any clues?"
In fact, Dong Mingchun has been thinking about this matter these two days.
The result really reminded him of something.
Dong Mingchun hesitated for a moment, but still told the story.
"Two days ago, I received a letter from my distant cousin, who is the county magistrate in Qiluo County. His surname is Niu and his given name is Hong."
"Niu Hong said in the letter that he encountered a very strange case not long ago. The person who reported the case was a crazy old woman. She said someone killed her whole family. Niu Hong immediately sent people to investigate, but found that no one was killed at all. The old woman's children were all fine. Everyone said that the old woman was confused and her words could not be believed."
"Niu Hong thought the matter was over, but not long after, the old woman suddenly hanged herself. The coroner said she committed suicide, but Niu Hong felt that the matter was not simple. He wanted to continue investigating, but the old woman's family suddenly moved away in a hurry."
"Niu Hong said that he was very uneasy and had a premonition that something bad might happen. He wrote this down in the letter. If he unfortunately encounters an accident in the future, I may be able to clear his name."
"I have been so worried about my wife's affairs these days that I didn't take this letter seriously. Now that I think about it, it is indeed very strange."
Dong Mingchun was assassinated on his way to pay the ransom, and he instinctively thought it was the work of the kidnappers.
But now I think that the kidnappers were only interested in money, so there was really no need to kill people.
It happened that he was assassinated on the second night after receiving the letter from his cousin.
The timing is quite coincidental.
This couldn't help but make Dong Mingchun suspicious.
Luo Qinghan: "Where is the letter?"
Dong Mingchun: "The letter is in my study. I will send someone to get it right away."
He originally wanted to let a servant go, but then he thought about it and was afraid that something unexpected might happen, so he asked his eldest son to go in person.
His eldest son came back after a long time, but he had nothing.
Dong Mingchun asked: "Where is the letter?"
"No, my son searched the entire study room, but he didn't find any letter."
Dong Mingchun frowned: "How is this possible? I clearly put the letter on the desk with two books on top. I can't have remembered it wrong!"
Luo Qinghan asked: "Could someone have taken your letter?"
"I don't think so. I have already told my servants that no one in the family is allowed to enter the study without my permission."
The more Dong Mingchun thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, so he decided to go back in person.
Luo Qinghan said: "I will go back with you."
Since the prince is leaving, Xiao Xixi's leg pendant will naturally be taken away as well.
The group arrived at Dong's house in a carriage.
As soon as Dong Mingchun entered the house, he went straight to the study.
He first searched the desk, then carefully looked around several bookshelves, but found nothing.
Luo Qinghan and Xiao Xixi sat beside him and watched him busy himself.
Dong Mingchun said with sweat on his forehead, "Your Highness, everything in the study is here, except for the letter."
Luo Qinghan: "It seems that your study was robbed, and the thief only stole the letter."
Dong Mingchun's face became paler and paler.
There are many valuable calligraphy and paintings and antiques in his study. If it were an ordinary thief, he would definitely steal those precious and valuable things. How could he only steal a letter?
Unless the thief came specifically for the letter.
Dong Mingchun said anxiously, "Your Highness, that man can enter this study at will. Does it mean that he might be hiding next to me? If I am not careful, I will be killed by him?"
Luo Qinghan said, "I'm not afraid of them taking action, I'm just afraid of them not taking action. I will arrange for the Yulin Guards to follow you secretly. As long as they take action, the Yulin Guards will take them down."
Dong Mingchun understood.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, are you going to use me as bait?"
Luo Qinghan: "There are only thieves who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days. I am doing this to solve the problem once and for all, so that you don't have to live in fear for the rest of your life."
Dong Mingchun wanted to cry.
He obviously didn't do anything, how did he get into such a big trouble? !
His cousin harmed him!
At this time, a steward walked to the door of the study and asked respectfully, "Master, would you like to have lunch now?"
Dong Mingchun invited the Crown Prince and Concubine Xiao to have dinner at his home.
The prince did not refuse this time.
In order to entertain the prince, today's lunch is particularly sumptuous.
Xiao Xixi knelt beside the prince, eating the delicious roasted lamb chops. She thought that it would be great if she could raise a few sheep in the backyard of Qingge Palace. Not only could she drink goat milk, but she could also occasionally eat a whole roasted lamb.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that those days were truly wonderful!
Dong Mingchun even specially asked his own musicians and dancers to perform for the prince.
Luo Qinghan was annoyed by the noise, so he winked at Xiao Xixi.
Xiao Xixi was concentrating on eating meat and did not receive the signal from the prince.
Luo Qinghan pinched Xiao Xixi's thigh under the table.
Xiao Xixi immediately looked up and looked at the prince with confusion in her eyes.
In front of her, Luo Qinghan touched the obsidian beads on his wrist twice.
(End of this chapter)
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