The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 513 Exogenous Branches
Duke Lu Ding died.

On the day Lu Duoxun arrived in Shangzhou City, he died.

Although he really wanted to save his younger brother, Liu Wei's words still shocked him. If his younger brother does not die, Liu Wei will be able to investigate him and King Wei if he continues to investigate. Wei really investigated King Wei, and with King Wei's personality, he was bound to kill someone, and no one would survive at that time.

That being the case, it would be better to kill Lu Dinggong to save everyone.

This is not like Liu Wei's style, but this is Ludoxun's only choice.

But Liu Wei had to do the same.

Originally, Lu Dinggong was left only for his property and food. The court has fought frequently in recent years, and the grain depot is not full. If the people in Shangzhou City can have enough food for the winter, the court will probably take it for a while. I can't come out, but if I have these grains from Lu Dinggong, then this matter will be much easier.

But he couldn't kill Lu Dinggong too early. After all, Lu Dinggong's property and food were confiscated.
If you give them, will you continue to work, and if you don't give them, will the trouble be worse?Therefore, it is the last chance to execute Lu Dinggong after the Yellow River dam is built.

But Lu Duoxun is here, if Liu Wei doesn't hurry up with his plan, with Lu Duoxun and King Wei's thoughts, if they see that they can't save Lu Dinggong, they will definitely find a way to destroy all evidence, and transfer Lu Dinggong's property and food or destroy.

But Liu Wei couldn't watch these things being transferred or even destroyed, so he had to plan ahead of time to destroy Lu Dinggong and control all of Lu Dinggong's property.

Liu Wei's plan went smoothly. All of Lu Dinggong's belongings were quickly controlled by Liu Wei, while Lu Duoxun was so angry that it was the family property they had accumulated through years of hard work. King Wei went to prepare for the uprising, but now he makes wedding clothes for others, how can he bear it?

He hated Liu Wei to death, so after his younger brother was killed, Lu Duosun immediately launched an investigation into Pan Weiji's death.

In this regard, even Liu Wei had to answer his inquiries.

In the living room, Lu Duoxun stared at Liu Wei with a provocative look.

"Master Liu, there are guards in charge of the dynamite room, but on the night when the explosion happened, why wasn't there a guard guarding it?"

Liu Wei smiled lightly, picked up a cup of tea and took a sip, as if he didn't pay attention to Lu Duoxun's nervousness at all.

"Someone wanted to murder me, and my tent was set on fire. The guards guarding the explosives room left the explosives room to save me. I think it was at that time that Pan Weiji sneaked in to steal the secret recipe of explosives. As a result, It’s not easy to see the flames inside, but it’s very dark inside, and he couldn’t see what’s inside unless he lit a fire, so he lit a fire and was killed.”

Liu Wei said indifferently, Lu Duoxun frowned slightly, he felt that Pan Weiji might have been led to death step by step by Liu Wei in this way, but there was no evidence, no matter how he could prove that Liu Wei was the murderer, he couldn't prove that Liu Wei was the murderer, and that night Liu Wei's tent was indeed on fire.

With half-concentrated brows, Lu Duoxun asked again: "I want to see the guards guarding the explosives room, can I?"

Lu Duoxun knew very well whether what Liu Wei said was true or not, he only needed to meet those guards, and he had a way to know the real situation from those guards.

And just after Lu Duoxun asked that sentence, Liu Wei put down the teacup, and said with some regret: "If Mr. Lu came a few days earlier, he might be able to see them, but it's a pity that he can't now."

"Oh, why?" Lu Duosun faintly felt that Liu Wei must have made some arrangements in order to cover up the crime.

Sure enough, Liu Wei sighed, and said: "It's like this, because the guards left the explosives room without authorization and caused the explosion, the official was very angry at them, so when Eunuch Yuan left, he punished them I went to protect Eunuch Yuan along the way and convict them after returning to the capital, but I never thought that Eunuch Yuan encountered an accident on the way back to Beijing, and I don’t know whether those people are dead or alive.”

This must be Liu Wei's arrangement and conspiracy, but Lu Duoxun couldn't refute it at all. Those people did make mistakes, and it is normal for Liu Wei to punish them, and they encountered accidents with Eunuch Yuan. People like Liu Wei It's impossible to pay special attention to the lives of a few of them.

At this time, Lu Duoxun felt a little regretful, because even though Liu Wei was not clear, he knew very well that the reason why Eunuch Yuan had an accident was the decision made by him and King Wei.

It was a bit difficult to continue the questioning for a while, Lu Duoxun was thinking, he felt that his mind was in a mess, Liu Wei returned to his usual calm and breezy look, looking at Lu Duoxun while drinking tea, and even a few fingers Constantly beating rhythmically on the table.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Wei finally showed a slight smile: "I understand Lord Lu's thoughts, but it is a fact that Pan Weiji wanted to steal the secret recipe of explosives, otherwise how could he die in the explosives room? It is so late, is it possible?" Is it the official who dragged him there? But do you think it is possible?"

Hearing Liu Wei's words, Lu Duoxun's heart was shocked. Yes, if Pan Weiji was not interested in the secret recipe of explosives, how could he have died in the explosives room? No matter how Pan Weiji got into the explosives room, this point is It cannot be refuted or changed.

That being the case, according to His Majesty's order that anyone who covets the secret recipe of explosives will be killed without amnesty, no one can save Pan Weiji, and His Majesty is so smart, how could he not have thought of this, but since he thought of it, why did he still send me here? here?

Liu Wei's calmness made Lu Duoxun very uneasy, which gave him an illusion that Liu Wei was not worried about investigating Pan Weiji's death at all, and he really hoped to investigate Pan Weiji's death by himself.

Why?conspiracy?

Lu Duoxun suddenly thought of a terrible situation. Shangzhou was a very important place where he rebelled against King Wei. Now his brother was killed and his food and property were confiscated. In such a situation, he would Will not reveal some flaws?
Could it be that Liu Wei and the emperor Zhao Guangyi have already suspected him, so they sent him here to investigate, in fact, it was not for him to investigate Pan Weiji's death, but for him to accept Liu Wei's investigation, and then to find out evidence of Wei Wang's rebellion ?

Lu Duoxun's heart sank slowly, he felt as if he had boarded a pirate ship, and it was not so easy to go down, and at this moment, Liu Wei was like the leader of the pirate ship, using a very cautious He looked at himself with a panicked smile.

The sweltering weather made Ludoxun's back full of sweat, and his clothes were already soaked. He felt his hands were shaking. He wanted to drink a cup of tea to calm down the shock, but at this moment there was a sudden thunder outside, Out of fear, Lu Duosun slammed the teacup in his hand and fell to the ground and shattered.

(End of this chapter)