Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

That night, Chu Ze specially summoned two confidants, Zhao Si and Li Xing.

"Everyone, I feel that something is fishy." Chu Ze said in a deep voice: "Why does a family as big as Li's family want to target me, the newly appointed prince? There must be something wrong with this."

Li Xing replied respectfully: "Your Majesty is wise, what Li Mansion did is indeed suspicious. Maybe there is some collusion with Magistrate Jin who has already surrendered to the law?"

"Exactly!" Chu Ze said with a stern look in his eyes: "I had previously suspected that Magistrate Jin had some shady support behind it, but now it seems that it is probably the Li Mansion that is behind the scenes!"

Zhao Si hurriedly echoed: "Your Majesty has an insight into the matter and will definitely find out the truth. We are willing to work hard for Your Majesty and completely expose the Li Mansion's conspiracy!"

Chu Ze nodded slightly, and then said: "Okay, you two will start a secret investigation tomorrow to find out the relationship between the Li family and the prefect Jin. No matter what method you use, you must find evidence for me!"

"Yes!" Li Xing and Zhao Si responded respectfully.

After the two of them retired, Chu Ze meditated alone in the study.

He thought to himself: "Since I took office, the Li Mansion has been my biggest obstacle. They have made things difficult for me overtly and covertly, and tried every means to frame me. There must be something hidden!"

"This time I must hold on to their tails and dig out the shady secrets behind them. Only in this way can I get rid of the serious troubles and realize my ambitions."

Chu Ze secretly clenched his fists, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He was determined to completely destroy Li Mansion's conspiracy.

In the evening, Chu Ze came to the prison in person to interrogate the housekeeper of Li Mansion.

I saw that the hairline on the top of the butler's head had moved back a lot, his expression was haggard, his face was full of sorrow, and he no longer had the majesty he once had.

Chu Ze said in a deep voice: "I will give you one last chance to explain clearly the reason why your Li family has been slandering me recently and making small moves behind my back. Otherwise, I will torture you!"

The housekeeper was so frightened that he trembled and did not dare to express his anger. He could only kowtow and beg for mercy: "Your Majesty, please have mercy. I, I really don't know what's going on..."

Chu Ze saw that he was still arrogant, so he decided to continue to scare him.

"You're still quibbling!" Chu Ze's eyes burst with cold light. He grabbed the butler's collar and said majestically: "I'll count to three for you. If you don't confess, I'll cut you into pieces!"

"one!"

Beads of sweat appeared on the butler's forehead, and he was still hesitating and didn't know how to answer.

"Two!" Chu Ze's tone became more severe.

"three!"

"Wait!" the housekeeper shouted hurriedly: "I-I said it's not too late!"

Chu Ze let go of his hand and said coldly: "I knew you had something up your sleeve, come and get it!"

The steward's survival instinct overcame his loyalty to the Li Mansion, and he finally kowtowed and cried: "Back to the prince, in fact, it was because Magistrate Jin had protected our Mansion Li from secretly mining copper mines in the past. Now that Magistrate Jin has been beheaded by the prince, the master is worried. My secret will be exposed, so I want to slander the prince’s reputation to prevent him from continuing to pursue it.”

'As for what the prefect Jin and the master are doing, I really don't know because I am a lowly person.

Prince, you must trust the villain.

"

Butler Li's house continued to cry.

After Chu Ze heard this, he realized that the original cause of the incident was his execution of Magistrate Jin, which touched the secret of the Li family.

Early the next morning, Li Xing and Zhao Si came to Chu Ze and respectfully asked for instructions on the specific plan to monitor Li Mansion. Chu Ze pondered for a moment and said: "You can conduct surveillance near Li's Mansion first, and take turns to be on duty every day, looking for clues. As long as you catch any suspicious signs, report it immediately."

Li Xing and Zhao Si responded quickly: "I accept the order! We will keep a close eye on the Li Mansion and report anything suspicious immediately to the prince!"

So, they began to conduct day and night surveillance around the Li Mansion, watching everyone entering and leaving the Li Mansion.

During the day, the two of them would hide in the residences outside Li's Mansion, covering their bodies, and always pay attention to any unusual movements in Li's Mansion.

Li Xing thought to himself: "The Li family's conspiracy is going on, and it will definitely reveal its flaws. I must keep a close eye on them, present the evidence to the prince, and help the prince get rid of his serious troubles!"

At night, the two of them would hide in the shadow of the trees under the outer wall of Li's house, waiting for anyone suspicious to come in or out.

Zhao Si secretly clenched his fists and thought: "These treacherous villains in the Li family always want to harm the prince. I must completely expose their conspiracy!"

Day after day, Li Xing and Zhao Si continued to monitor, but found nothing.

The Li Mansion was peaceful and nothing unusual could be seen.

Late that night, it was Zhao Si's turn to be on duty.

He was squatting quietly outside the wall of Li's mansion. Suddenly, a subtle human voice came into his ears.

Zhao Si was startled and looked intently at the source of the sound. He saw several dark figures sneaking out from the side door of Li's Mansion, moving in mysterious ways.

The few people looked around, as if they were afraid of being discovered, and then quickly headed out of the city.

"Suspicious! Extremely suspicious!" Zhao Si secretly shouted.

He hurriedly followed quietly, walking through the night-shrouded streets and alleys.

I saw that those people were very vigilant, looking back from time to time for fear of being followed.

Fortunately, Zhao Si was so good at martial arts that he was never discovered.

Those people walked quickly out of the city and arrived at a valley on the outskirts.

They got into a cave from the woods, and there was a faint light of fire inside.

"I've caught you!" Zhao Si secretly rejoiced. He was convinced that there must be something fishy here. If someone from Li's family came to a place like this in the middle of the night, they could only be doing something shady.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Si hurried back to the Yamen and reported the matter to Li Xing.

"How's it going? Did you find anything suspicious?" Li Xing asked with concern.

"Going back to the prince, I found that several servants of the Li family secretly ran out of the city in the middle of the night and entered a cave. I guess the secret of the Li family must be hidden there!" Zhao Si said excitedly.

"Okay, we have finally locked the target!" Li Xing's eyes lit up and he said: "It seems that the Li Mansion is indeed doing something shameful secretly!
The two returned to the Yamen and immediately asked to see Chu Ze. Li Xing reported respectfully: "Your Majesty, I found out that the servants of the Li family went to a cave in a valley in the suburbs last night, which is extremely suspicious. I request your permission to see Chu Ze tonight." Let’s go investigate again and find evidence of Li’s crime.”

Chu Ze pondered for a moment, a gloomy cold light flashed in his eyes, and said: "Very good, you have caught the clues of Li Mansion. In this case, you must go to find out again tonight and find the evidence yourself. We must seize this A chance to defeat Li Mansion in one fell swoop!”

"I will follow your orders! We will go there again and uncover the crimes of the Li family!" Li Xing and Zhao Si responded respectfully.

That night, Li Xing and Zhao Si sneaked into the valley on the outskirts again and approached the cave cautiously.

Several servants of the Li family armed with weapons were placed at the entrance of the cave, patrolling the surroundings vigilantly for fear of anyone approaching. (End of chapter)