Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 784 Chen Lin's Investigation

"Tell me, who made you come to Xuanzhen? Who made you do this? Who taught you what you said? Who is the person behind you?" Zhao Wen looked at The Taoist priest who collapsed on the straw pile asked.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The Taoist coughed twice, spat out two mouthfuls of blood foam, and had a strange smile on his face. He looked at Zhao Wen, and said in a mysterious way: "Don't you know who it is? Besides your old man, who would Do you want your prince to be in danger?"

When Zhao Wen heard this, his face turned cold, his eyes were full of murderous intent, "Is this really true? Did he really ask you to do this?"

"Is it important? Isn't that what you think in your heart now? Besides, you said that what I say is not credible, so can I believe what I say now?
I said it was Buhe, do you believe it?Can you believe me when I say it's not Buhe?What's the point of believing it or not?What's the use? The Taoist stared at Zhao Wen and said in a weak voice.

Listening to the Taoist's words, Zhao Wen frowned tightly, thinking about what the Taoist said.

"Could it be that what the Taoist priest said is true? Buhe really did this thing? But, if it was really Buhe who did it, how could Buhe let this Taoist priest go to the Dianqiansi?" Go, and throw yourself into a trap, all of this is unclear.

If it was really Bu He who did it, according to common sense, Bu He should have killed the Taoist priest and cut off all contact with him after the Taoist priest finished the matter. The connection with him even involved him.

No matter how stupid Bu He is, it is impossible for him to do such a mindless thing.

But if it wasn't Buhe, who would it be?How credible is the Taoist priest's words?What if what he said was true?What if Buhe really did it?

After all, if this matter is really done, Bu He will benefit the most. "

Zhao Wen's brain was running fast, thinking about this question.

The Taoist priest looked at Zhao Wen who was lost in thought, and suddenly laughed out loud.

"Haha, everyone says that Emperor Zhao Wen is a god descended from heaven, a god in the sky, there is no problem in this world that Zhao Wen cannot solve.

However, seeing him today, this Emperor Zhao is nothing more than an ordinary person, he is really just an ordinary person, if he really has the ability of a god, how can he not know which sentence I said is true and which sentence is false of?
Haha, fairy?Haha, joke, joke, it's just a joke! "

The Taoist laughed loudly, full of arrogance and ridicule towards Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen listened to the Taoist priest's laughter, and looked at the Taoist priest in front of him with a gloomy face.

"Tell him to shut up!" Zhao Wen said coldly, then turned and left.

The guards in front of the cell stuffed the rags into the Taoist priest's mouth, making the Taoist priest shut up.

Zhao Wen walked out of the prison, looked at the sun in the sky, and muttered to himself: "Is it him? If it wasn't him, then who would it be? If it was him, with Buhe's mind, it is impossible to reveal so much. horse's foot."

Rao is Zhao Wen, and he can't figure out what's going on here for a while.

Accompanied by Chen Donglai, Zhao Wen walked around the streets of Xuanzhen.

Zhao Wen was wandering around, thinking about these questions.

Coincidentally, Chongzhen was wandering around Xuan Town with his wife and son, and they were walking towards Zhao Wen.

The two did not find each other, and when the two came to the front, the two discovered each other.

Chongzhen stared at Zhao Wen who stopped in front of him, and froze in place.

Chongzhen did not expect to meet Zhao Wen at this time and this place.

Chongzhen's psychology when facing Zhao Wen was extremely complicated.

On the one hand, Chongzhen hated Zhao Wen very much. In Chongzhen's view, it was Zhao Wen who robbed him of his country.

On the other hand, Zhao Wen rescued him again, and let him "die", which not only preserved his integrity, but also preserved his life.

Chongzhen looked at this former courtier of his, and for a moment didn't know what to say or what to do.

On the contrary, Chongzhen's daughter-in-law, Zhou Shi, reacted faster.

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly said to Zhao Wen: "I have seen Your Majesty, but I failed to salute in time, and please forgive me!"

As Zhou said, he was about to bow and salute.

Zhao Wen didn't want to be recognized by outsiders, so he waved his hand at Mrs. Zhou and said, "Don't be too polite, let's be flat!"

Mrs. Zhou thanked her and stood up straight.

Chongzhen's face changed, obviously he couldn't accept his daughter-in-law calling Zhao Wen like this.

"Sun Chuanting is now in Xuanzhen. He used to be your subject. After he was captured by me, no matter how much I persuaded him, he did not surrender to me, and even died for his country.

Later, if you hadn't said that he had absconded by feigning death, it is estimated that he would have been martyred for the country.He is a good courtier, and he has not surrendered to me until now.Look for him when you have time, you two, you two, let's have a good talk! "Zhao Wen said calmly.

As soon as Chongzhen heard Zhao Wen mention Sun Chuanting, he immediately became angry.

"Hehe, let's just look for him, I know he's still alive, and I've seen him before." Chongzhen gritted his teeth.

"Since that's the case, then I won't say anything. I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first!" Zhao Wen walked forward accompanied by Chen Donglai.

Chongzhen turned his head, looked at Zhao Wen who was leaving, and muttered reluctantly, "Hehe, what's so bullish? What's so bullish?"

"Your Majesty, Chongzhen is just a king of subjugation. Why do you keep him?" Chen Donglai turned his head, glanced at Chongzhen behind him, and asked with some doubts.

Zhao Wen replied: "It's natural for me to keep him, so don't ask about these things!"

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he fell into deep thought again.

After wandering around Xuan Town for a short time, Zhao Wen returned to the palace.

After returning to the palace, Zhao Wen temporarily put the matter aside and began to review the memorial.

At the same time, Liu Wenzhong began to arrange the ceremony of establishing the reserve.

Liu Wenzhong sat in the conference hall of the Senate, looked at the officials sitting in front of him, and said in a high-pitched voice: "Everyone, the time for the ceremony of the establishment of the crown prince will not change, and it will still be done according to the previous things. Now the ceremony of the establishment of the crown prince It hasn't been long, you must cheer up, and you must run the ceremony perfectly."

"Subordinates take orders!"

These officials in the conference hall replied loudly.

These civil servants in the Senate are all officials who followed Zhao Wen earlier, and it can be said that they watched Zhao Mingyu be born and grow up.

Naturally, they were very supportive of Zhao Mingyu being made the prince, and they also supported Zhao Mingyu very much.

The current ceremony of establishing the reserve is exactly what they expected.

The meeting lasted for a long time, and Liu Wenzhong made detailed arrangements for the establishment ceremony.

In the end, Liu Wenzhong said to the officials in the conference hall: "Everyone, today's meeting is over, please do your best to deal with this matter!"

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Early the next morning, Liu Wenzhong came to the Imperial Study Room with the formulated procedures and other regulations, and handed them over to Zhao Wen.

After Zhao Wen read it, he asked Liu Wenzhong to follow the above content.

Liu Wenzhong walked out of the Imperial Study Room with the formulated procedures and various regulations, came to the Council, and began to arrange according to the above content.

At the same time, Wang Qi threw out all the hands of the secretary in front of the hall, and quietly investigated in Xuan Town.

In addition to choosing the Dianqian Division, Zhao Wen can actually choose the inspections all over Xuanzhen City.

But Zhao Wen didn't want to make this matter public, so he chose the Dianqian Division.

Wang Qi's general, Chen Lin, was wearing very ordinary clothes, and was wandering around the street with a few ordinary men like him.

"Come on, let's go to that inn!" Chen Lin pointed to an inn at the end of the street, and walked forward with his men behind him.

The inn at the end of the street is not big, with only two floors. It is a very low-end inn in Xuan Town.

The environment of this kind of inn is not good, the status is not good, so the price is not high.

Chen Lin walked into the inn with his subordinates, because the appearance of the few people was too ordinary, so those eating in the lobby of the inn did not pay too much attention to them.

As Chen Lin walked towards the counter, he looked at the guests who were eating in the hall.

"Several, do you want to eat or stay in the shop?" A waiter in the shop came to Chen Lin and asked with a smile.

Chen Lindao: "Let's eat, just order whatever you want, as long as you can fill your stomach. Remember, don't make it too expensive. If it's too expensive, I don't have money for it!"

"Several guest officers, don't worry, my store is not the kind of shop that slaughters people. Although my store is not big, there are many repeat customers." The shop waiter said while taking Chen Lin and others to the corner. at a table.

Chen Lin sat down and waved to the waiter, "Okay, stop talking, let's cook!"

"Come on, a few guest officers wait a moment!" The waiter said and ran to the back.

Chen Lin withdrew his gaze, and kept moving the people who were eating in the hall.

Chen Lin has worked under Wang Qi for a long time, and he has developed a pair of "sharp eyes".It only takes a short time for Chen Lin to analyze what a person does based on his clothing, appearance and various physical characteristics.

Chen Lin's skill is not 100% accurate, but the accuracy rate is very high.

Looking at it, Chen Lin's eyes fell on a table of people two or three tables away from him in the northeast.

Chen Lin narrowed his eyes halfway, and carefully looked at the people at the table.

It was also fortunate that there was no one sitting on the table between Wang Qi and them, otherwise, Chen Lin might not have been able to see the whole picture of these people.

The people at the table are all big and three thick men with very strong bodies. They wear narrow-cut gowns with sleeves reaching to the small arms, and the sleeves are bulging with a pair of strong arms.

There are four people on this table, each of them is tall and thick, and they are extremely strong.

The robustness of these people is not the kind of muscularity, but the kind of robustness with fat, the kind of robustness that has been eating meat since childhood.

This kind of robustness and muscularity are very easy to distinguish. Chen Lin can tell the difference at a glance through the exposed forearms of these people.

The appearance of these people is also very characteristic, the face is relatively large, the mandible is relatively wide, much wider than the mandible of the people in the Central Plains.

"These people are from the grassland!" Chen Lin murmured.

"My lord, they must have come from the grassland. I even heard the smell of sheep from them!" A subordinate sitting on Chen Lin's left replied.

"Nowadays, there are many people from the grasslands who come to Xuan Town to do business, and it's normal for these people to come from the grasslands," Chen Lin said.

As soon as Chen Lin finished speaking, his eyes sparkled.

"No, these people are a little suspicious!" Chen Lin looked at the right hand of one of the men with a serious expression on his face.

"Look at his right hand, there is obviously a very thick callus on the tiger's mouth on his right hand, this kind of callus is only found in people who hold knives or farmers all the year round.

However, these people came from the grassland, and there are almost no farmers on the grassland, so these hands are likely to be the hands holding the knife.

Look at the second joint of the thumb and the second joint of the index finger. There are thick calluses on these two places, and there are almost no such thick calluses on other fingers. What does this mean?This shows that the right hand is the hand that uses bows and arrows! "Chen Lin said solemnly.

Fortunately, Chen Lin's eyesight is exceptionally good, otherwise he might not be able to see so many differences.

"My lord, maybe these people are subordinates of those nobles on the grassland? After all, many of these nobles' subordinates are soldiers, and it is normal to have such situations!
In recent years, those who can come to our Xuan Town to do business are basically those nobles or their subordinates. "One of the subordinates replied.

Chen Lin nodded, "You are right, and what you said is not unreasonable, but there is nothing wrong with being careful, just keep an eye on them."

While talking, the waiter came to Chen Lin with a wooden plate, and all the meals Chen Lin needed were placed on the wooden plate.

The waiter put all of Chen Lin's meals on the table.

When the clerk was about to leave, Chen Lin grabbed the clerk, pointed at those men, and asked in a low voice, "What are their backgrounds? Do you know?"

The waiter looked in the direction of Chen Lin's finger and saw the men who were eating.

"You talk about them, they are residents in the store, and they have only stayed for a few days.

I heard from them that they sell cattle and sheep to Xuan Town, but I have never seen their cattle and sheep.

These people are very mysterious, and they are rarely seen all day long. "The shop clerk didn't have a clue, he knew everything and kept talking.

Chen Lin's eyes were full of hot light.

"Okay, you go down first. Remember, this matter is rotten in my stomach!" Chen Lin took out a silver dollar from his arms and stuffed it into the hands of the waiter.

The shop clerk looked down at the silver dollar in his hand, and hurriedly put it into his bosom.

"My lord, don't worry, I will definitely not tell others about this matter, I will definitely rot in my stomach." Seeing Qian's eyes open, the waiter in the shop assured Chen Lin with a smile.

(End of this chapter)