diskusbooks Chapter 388: Starting from the Jade Pendant
Chapter 388: Starting from the Jade Pendant
"A roundabout way?" Zhao Chongzheng was quite surprised.
Shouldn't we go to Zeng's house to discover some details and then ask?
She is smarter than I thought.
Jiang Yue: "You want me to investigate him, why don't you just say it?"
"Just tell me, how would I know you are so smart?" Zhao Chong was about to say it, but was afraid you wouldn't believe it.
If he could get out of prison, he would not ask Jiang Yue to help him find out the truth.
The emperor's brother was so cold-blooded that he locked him up in this dark place and left him there without a care.
"So, the Fourth Prince is suspicious..."
"It's not suspicion." Zhao Chongzheng said, walked closer to Jiang Yue and whispered:
"This matter has to start with the jade pendant."
Jiang Yue was immediately interested when she heard this. After a long while without hearing any more, she said:
"If Your Highness the Fourth Prince keeps hiding things, your affairs will never be fully understood."
Zhao Chong was asking for help from others, so how could he behave like a prince?
Just talking about this matter, I felt a little sad, so I took a break.
"I said that I once gave Miss Zeng Er a jade pendant, but she returned it to me."
"And little did she know that what she returned was an identical fake."
"At that time, although I was sad, I just felt that Miss Zeng still wanted to stay with me forever."
"It wasn't until the tea girl asked for the jade pendant that I finally realized something was wrong with her."
"She bullied me for not understanding jade, but I didn't get the name of a playboy for nothing."
"Later, I took advantage of the situation and handed the fake product to the tea girl, hoping to lure out the mastermind behind the incident."
"It was not until that day that I realized that the jade pendant used by the Ministry of Justice as evidence was real that I was able to confirm her intentions."
"She just wanted to get herself out of this."
Zhao Chongzheng couldn't help but lower his eyes, as if he wanted to say goodbye to the past.
"I like her so much, but she wants to hurt me."
Jiang Yue had to look up to Zhao Chongzheng.
"The Fourth Prince is thinking of sacrificing himself to find out the truth."
"Your Highness may seem ordinary, but he is actually very insightful. It's just that the ending is a little lacking."
Jiang Yue saw through it and realized that it was the Fourth Prince who personally deduced such a scene, which in turn advanced the entire case and confirmed the identity of the Second Miss Zeng.
Although the cause of the incident was forced.
Zhao Chongzheng smiled calmly. The evidence was conclusive. If he didn't sacrifice himself, what other choice did he have?
"Tell me, how is it bad?"
Jiang Yue: "Since you have noticed that the second Miss Zeng is abnormal, you should find a way to replace the jade pendant instead of letting her slander you."
Zhao Chongzheng: "Do you think I don't want to? It's just a matter of one or two days. There's no time to do it."
Jiang Yue: "You should tell His Majesty the whole story in advance."
Zhao Chongzheng: "I haven't had time to say it yet."
What could Jiang Yue say? If the person behind the scenes had not been flawless, how could he have survived until now?
Jiang Yue: "The key point is that you didn't consider the other party's back-up plan. You were too impatient."
After hearing this, Zhao Chongzheng smiled bitterly and said, "Now that I am trapped here, there is no point in regretting it."
"After all, it's your fault that I'm trapped here."
How could he have imagined that the people of Northern Yan would point their spearheads at him.
"I don't deserve the credit." Jiang Yue said no more:
"Does Lord Wen know?"
Zhao Chongzheng's expression turned serious. "He thinks that since this prince is a playboy, his words cannot be trusted."
In fact, it was because of Zeng Xueer that he finally made up his mind to tell Jiang Yue about this.
Jiang Yue: "Your Highness the Fourth Prince told me such an important clue, aren't you afraid that I will leak the secret?" If it were her, she would not choose to take advantage of the situation, but would directly investigate Zeng Xueer.
Perhaps the Fourth Prince is right. This will speed up the exposure of the people in the dark.
Zhao Chongzheng: "Since the fifth brother can give you the topographic map, I am not surprised by comparison."
Jiang Yue thought to herself that it was probably because she came from the border and knew nothing about the affairs of the court.
After looking around, she asked:
"How's the tea girl?"
"Dead." Zhao Chong was amazed at Jiang Yue's reaction ability.
"He just arrived at the Ministry of Justice and died before he could be interrogated. I think he was poisoned beforehand."
After hearing this, Jiang Yue summed it up in four words: there is no evidence to prove it.
"The key witnesses were not strictly controlled and were eliminated early."
Zhao Chongzheng said: "I have sent people to control her." But, he felt ashamed to say this.
Jiang Yue had never solved a case before. Sometimes, if she hadn't encountered a case, she would never know that she had the talent to solve it.
"There is always a loophole. No matter how careful the people in the dark are, they can't be all-encompassing. Although we have a suspect, we still lack evidence."
"Yes, there is always a loophole in a perfect plan. The evidence may be destroyed, but if there is no evidence, then we can set a trap." Zhao Chongzheng continued Jiang Yue's words and did not forget to give her advice.
After saying this, he shouted towards the prison gate,
"Wen Liang, if you want to listen, just listen openly. Why hide it?"
Wen Liang was imprisoned and shook his head whenever he saw Zhao Chongzheng.
"Your Highness, the general is busy with military affairs, so don't always count on him to save you. I don't want to believe that you are collaborating with the enemy and committing treason, but the evidence is solid and your crimes are so heinous that it will be extremely difficult to overturn the verdict. Also, if you want to accuse Miss Zeng based on your one-sided statement, I'm afraid no one will believe it."
Jiang Yue didn't say anything, just listened to the two people's discussion.
"Don't talk nonsense." Zhao Chongzheng has always been unfriendly to these old stubborn people.
"Could it be that Minister Wen has come up with a good idea?"
Wen Liang stroked his beard, with an unfathomable look on his face.
"Didn't you just say to set a trap?"
"Send the news that the Ministry of Justice has found out who the real traitor is and has the key evidence. The evidence is the secret letters between the traitor and Northern Yan."
After hearing this, Jiang Yue was somewhat disapproving, "Although this plan is good, it has too many flaws."
"What's the flaw?" Zhao Chongzheng and Wen Liang asked in unison, both wanting to hear Jiang Yue's opinion.
Jiang Yue explained:
"If the person behind the scenes is smart enough, he will definitely send someone to monitor. Once he realizes it is a trap, not only will he not fall for it, but he will also be careful. In this way, the crime of imprisoning the Fourth Prince will be unnecessary."
Zhao Chongzheng followed suit: "Who said it wasn't true? It's rare that the young general trusts me."
Wen Liang stroked his beard as if thinking.
"What do you think, young general?" Wen Liang asked humbly.
Jiang Yue hesitated for a moment and said:
"If we can't do it in the name of the Ministry of Justice, then do it in the name of His Highness the Fourth Prince."
She looked at Zhao Chongzheng and said:
"We can deliberately leak the correspondence, with half-truths and half-falsehoods in the letters, mixed with some irrelevant but believable 'evidence', to attract the person behind the scenes to snatch or destroy the letters."
"Then Lord Wen will secretly send someone to follow them and follow the clues. Maybe he will find out the mastermind behind this."
Zhao Chongzheng's eyes lit up, "This is a very good plan."
Wen Liang also nodded and said: "Young General is really thoughtful. If we want to make the fake look real, we need the cooperation of His Majesty the Fourth Prince."
Zhao Chongzheng raised his eyebrows slightly, and his mood also improved. "Wen Liang, prepare the pen and ink."
There was another thing on Jiang Yue's mind, and that was the old Taoist priest.
The people behind the scenes will certainly try every possible means to meet him, or even more extreme methods.
But with His Majesty here, he should be well protected.