Mystery Makes Me Strong

The old housekeeper wanted to say more, but the dead man suddenly drew his knife and stabbed the other's abdomen!

"Puff!" With a sound, blood and intestines flowed out along the opening of the abdomen.

"You, you, why do you want to kill me?" The old housekeeper was shocked.

He never expected that everything was under control. He was just about to show off his own style, but he was killed by a confidant!

"Why? In order to get orphans, you allowed the drought in the three prefectures and refused to provide relief, and then only paid one copper coin per child to collect children from the people."

"Have you all forgotten this?"

"Although I was only two and a half years old at the time, I remember it clearly. One penny, one penny, take the child away and let the child live. That was my last words before my parents starved to death." The dead man gritted his teeth and said.

The old housekeeper had nothing to say.

He really deserved to die.

"But, but that was a plan by Master Han, and the eldest prince nodded. I was just an executor." The old housekeeper wanted to argue a few more words.

Although he knew he was going to die, he still wanted to find some hope.

"Humph, Master Han and the eldest prince, although they were the initiators, their original words were to cut the food and money by one third and allocate two thirds to make the disaster worse."

"I just wanted to take the opportunity to buy some children, and I didn't want to starve the victims to death."

"After all, the eldest prince and Master Han are also afraid of retribution in the future. They have nothing to lack, not money, but status."

"But in the mouths of you executors, not only did you cut it by 100%, but you also took the opportunity to increase taxes! Without disaster relief, the people still have a chance to survive. Once disaster relief is provided, the people will have no chance to survive at all!" The dead man said fiercely.

The old housekeeper had nothing to say.

He knew about this and even wanted to report it, but for the sake of the 2,000 taels of silver sent by his subordinates, he chose to turn a blind eye.

He still thought that this matter had nothing to do with him, it was done by his subordinates, what did it have to do with him?

Unexpectedly, his failure to report it directly made it impossible for this matter to be adjusted or eased.

The motive of the assassin to kill him was sufficient to the point of being sufficient.

"No, none of you assassins are useful!" The old housekeeper thought of a question in horror,

"Who told you this truth?"

"Guess?" The assassin drew out a knife and stabbed the opponent's lungs again.

Lung bleeding and suffocation are the most painful way to die.

The old housekeeper slowly fell to the ground, in great pain, his face turned blue, and he gasped for air, but he couldn't breathe a breath.

In the end, he killed himself alive.

The assassin saw this and turned away.

Not long after.

The maid came in to serve tea.

Seeing the old housekeeper dead and blood all over the floor, she did not scream in a familiar way, but pretended that she saw nothing and turned away quickly.

She even cleaned up her footprints before leaving.

This maid was not conspiring, but just did not want to be the first person to discover, and then be suspected and beaten.

Once beaten, it means death.

If you beat someone, you must be beaten to death.

This is the rule in the mansion.

Because if you are beaten, you will bear a grudge, so it is better to beat him to death now than to wait until the future.

There are only two ways to deal with servants in the eldest prince's mansion.

One is reward.

The other is execution.

This maid naturally did not dare to take this risk.

So the dead man who should have been caught in the first time had three more hours to escape.

It was not until another staff member came to find the old housekeeper that he found that the other party had been dead for a long time.

Then he began to report and ordered people to find him.

…………

And this is just the beginning.

For a time, there were frequent cases in the eldest prince's mansion.

Under normal circumstances, if a murder happens once or twice a year, it is a big deal.

But now it happens twice or three times in ten days!

It is outrageous!

Either the housekeeper is killed by a servant, or a servant tries to assassinate the master.

Of course, most cases are unsuccessful.

After all, if the frequency is too high, the success rate will drop sharply.

This is also because there are many people in the eldest prince's mansion and the place is very large.

Otherwise, there are not enough people to report cases.

In short, the prince's mansion is in chaos.

And the eldest prince is very smart. When the first case happened, he immediately stopped living in the mansion and went to another small courtyard that no one knew about.

"Damn it, I know it must be the second prince who did it. He wants to take the opportunity to alienate my power and make everyone feel insecure!" The eldest prince walked back and forth in a house.

He was very anxious.

"Master, please be patient. Although this matter has disadvantages, it is not without benefits." The personal staff said.

"How can I be at peace? If this gets to my father's ears, he will definitely think that I can't even deal with a few servants. How can I manage the entire power in the future?" The eldest prince said depressedly.

"It doesn't matter. I thought about this a long time ago, so now the cases in the mansion are basically blocked, and no one outside will know." The staff was confident,

"But father's Yufeng Guard will hear the news."

"Hehe, they heard the news, but they won't have evidence, and it's impossible to report it to the emperor."

"Why is that?" The eldest prince asked in confusion.

"That's because even if the emperor knew, he wouldn't make a big fuss. He wants to maintain a balance between the two princes."

"If we suppress you too much, it will be equivalent to letting the Second Prince's power grow too much, which will encourage the Second Prince's ambition and make the situation unbalanced." The staff said so.

Hearing this, the eldest prince thought for a while and then heaved a sigh of relief.

"Even so, after the emperor gets the news, he will still reprimand Yu Guwang, and those who follow the wind will follow the trend and turn to the Second Prince." He worriedly said.

"It's okay, if we can't solve a problem, let others can't solve it either."

"In this way, everyone will think that it's not that our strength is too weak, but that the problem is too difficult."

"What do you mean?" The eldest prince thought.

"Yes, we will also fight back, and we will also let the same thing happen in the Second Prince's mansion."

The eldest prince nodded, then shook his head.

"But how can we achieve this?"

"The second prince has made his mansion watertight and knife-proof."

"The rules are the most strict. No servant dares to make friends with outsiders."

This is what he envied and despised.

Because this would definitely offend many people.

One day, the second prince would be killed by servants.

However, he forgot that his own leniency only enriched the management, but put more pressure on the lower-level people.

It is better to be strict with the second prince, regardless of the upper and lower levels.

On the contrary, it makes the lower-level people feel that it is natural.

"Your Highness is right. The second prince's mansion does not make many friends with outsiders."

"And they are too strict. It is difficult for us to get into their inner circle, but please rest assured, Your Highness, I have designed a wonderful plan." The staff said confidently.

There is only a thief who can do thieves for a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days.

Afterwards, some cases began to appear in the second prince's mansion.

Although the frequency was much lower than that of the eldest prince's mansion, it also happened one after another.

The second prince was also confused for a moment.

He also left the mansion as soon as possible and came to the secret residence to separate from the servants.

There were only one or two absolute confidants with him.

He couldn't think of why there were so many cases in his mansion.

Some things are top secret and outsiders must not know.

Only a few confidants knew about it.

For example, once he ordered the execution of a person who did illegal work.

When doing it, he also asked the other party to patrol the mine first.

Then he created an accident to kill the other party.

In fact, he didn't create it, because accidents happened frequently.

It was just that when rescuing, he deliberately dug in the opposite direction.

In the end, the man was successfully silenced.

However, this matter was later known by the man's family son.

Ordinarily, most people should swallow their anger. After all, many people really won't give up the iron rice bowl in front of them and avenge their father who has been dead for more than ten years.

Human nature is like this.

How many of those survivors who wanted to kill would spend their whole lives seeking revenge?

It can be said that there are basically none.

It's still for survival.

But this world is different. As long as there is a motive, the crime will be committed.

So the family son attacked the black hand and buried him in the mine.

The second prince couldn't figure this out.

He didn't think of the eldest prince.

Because that matter couldn't be known by the eldest prince at all.

And the confidant in charge of this matter couldn't betray himself.

Because there is no benefit in betraying himself.

Now the throne has not been decided.

The emperor's attitude is vague.

Although the emperor is over 70 years old, because he is cautious and not indulgent, he may live to 80 years old.

Anyway, it is impossible to decide the outcome within a few years.

So this confidant can't risk betrayal.

The betrayer will not be really reused unless he betrays at a critical moment.

Therefore, the second prince is very troubled.

The only people who really know the truth of this matter are Wen Rensheng and the initiator.

Wen Rensheng now drinks tea and sits in a teahouse every day, watching the eldest prince and the second prince fight over cases.

He couldn't help but feel novel.

Many coups in history were actually quite clean and neat.

How could there be too many layouts?

It was just to catch the people in the key places and then launch them.

Of course, there were also cases of using hatred to incite key figures of the other side.

But relying on murder cases to kill one's competitors can only appear in this world.

It's really novel.

In Wen Rensheng's eyes, the eldest prince and the second prince still have loopholes.

That is, they are still human beings, and they still need to eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep.

They still need someone to serve them.

And the two of them have tempers, and the servants can't help making mistakes, which is a big contradiction.

As long as one day, a servant has a mind, he can easily kill these two people with poison.

The toxins in this world are also developed and easy to obtain.

For example, taking saltpeter from the toilet and mixing it with some inorganic substances can do it.

These seem to be the characteristics of this world, just like farming.

…………

Who could be the instigator?

Of course, it was the remaining, seemingly harmless Third Prince.

In the Third Prince's residence.

In a study.

A one-eyed man with a lame leg and blind eye was sitting in the study painting.

His study was actually independent of the entire residence.

But on the surface, it intersects with other rooms and cannot be distinguished.

No one knows that there is no one in the other surrounding rooms, and no one is allowed to enter.

According to him, he needs to concentrate highly to get inspiration when he wants to paint.

Anyone who approaches the nearby room will have a vibration sound, disturbing him, and he will be killed without mercy.

Since Wen Rensheng is determined to discover the truth, it is naturally easy to see the truth.

After all, this world is still a semi-low-magic world.

It is not said that it is magic-free because it is a bit weird.

The frequent cases are a kind of weirdness of human hearts.

The current situation is that the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman benefits.

However, although some people suspect the third prince, there is no evidence.

Because the third prince is blind and lame, such a disabled person cannot be the emperor anyway.

Everyone just chooses a fool, and it is impossible to choose him if they adopt one from the side line of the royal family.

Let alone other things, what should we do when offering sacrifices to heaven and earth?

It is impossible to let others act as agents every time, right?

Besides, what if the offspring is also disabled?

After all, the third prince himself is born with a disability.

He was blind and lame a few months after birth.

In fact, it was caused by a high fever.

But people at this time would only regard him as a born disabled person.

Therefore, the third prince could not fight.

No matter whether it was a minister or a general, no one would stand on his side even if they tried to win him over.

Wen Rensheng naturally knew this.

In real history, there were no disabled princes who fought for the throne.

There were indeed many mentally retarded ones, but they could not be seen from the appearance.

Instead of choosing the third prince, it is better to find a mascot.

It would not be so easy to destroy the country.

So even though everyone knew that under normal circumstances, the third prince would definitely be the most suspicious, they did not really include him as a suspect.

And the third prince was painting at this time.

Painting is very common, and there are many masters of painting in the royal family.

However, if someone saw the third prince's painting, it would definitely be very horrifying.

Because he was painting a story.

That is a manor of the eldest prince, located outside the city.

With 6,000 acres of land, it is definitely a large manor.

The characters are a steward and a servant.

In the picture, the steward takes the servant to check the well to ensure that there is no problem with the irrigation.

In the next painting, it is the servant who hits the steward with a stone and throws the steward into the well.

Judging from the details drawn by the other party, this is obviously not a random imagination.

Because the details are very real, the eldest prince does have such a manor.

Moreover, the eldest prince's mansion has been full of cases one after another.

Now it has begun to spread outside the city and to the manor. The next step is to spread to the fiefdom.

I have to say that this third prince is quite powerful.

He is cheating...

The conspiracy he designed is actually very simple, but it is impeccable.

Because this is a conspiracy drawn on the painting.

How can ordinary people see it?

Unless someone can collect the original manuscripts of these calligraphy and paintings, and then think carefully, they can come to a creepy conclusion.