Chapter 204: Respond Leisurely (1/2)
Chapter 204: Respond Leisurely
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Everything is gone after death!
Zheng Xi's death was beyond everyone's expectation. That included not only the fact of his death, but also the reason of his death.
A Garrison of the city was poisoned to death within three months of him taking office!
It was a rare fantastic story in even the whole Great Jin, let alone in Jiang City.
”Terrifying! Really terrifying! How can an imperial court official be killed like that in just three months! Where is the justice? Where is the fair?”
Prince Ning Mansion, the Capital City.
The angry growl spread all over the Prince's Mansion. All of the servants and maids shrunk and lowered their heads, they even didn't dare to breathe heavily but murmured in their hearts, ”I wonder which unlucky guy has irritated His Royal Highness. It seems that His Royal Highness is going to kill him. How terrible!”
”Your Royal Highness, that's really odd. I think we'd better give the matter some further thought and discuss it later!”
”Give the matter some further thought and discuss it later? Since Zheng Xi has already been killed, is there any sense in giving further thoughts and discussing it later?”
Prince Ning had a handsome face and was of a great stature. Even when he was calm, an august temperament would be revealed from his eyes and brows. However, now that he was angry, that temperament became more and more imposing. The entire lobby was covered by a surgent rage. The people in the lobby could only keep quiet out of fear.
But that intellectual in white who suggested Prince Ning give the matter some further thought and to discuss it later was perfectly calm and collected. He turned a blind eye and coldly looked on until Prince Ning gradually cooled down, ”Your Royal Highness, Zheng Xi has been poisoned to death by a peculiar venom. Even if we want to investigate right now, we have no way to start!”
”Have no way to start? Do you think I'm that stupid? The one who will earn the most profit from Zheng Xi's death has is the most suspicious. Go and arrest those who are most likely to earn a profit and investigate them one by one. I don't believe I still won't obtain any results!”
”It's infeasible to do so!”
”Infeasible? Why?” Prince Ning roared, like an irritated male lion.
”Zheng Xi's death benefits Zhou Bao, the commander of the Navy of Jiang City, the most. But it's difficult for us to cope with him.
”Well, he's just a commander of the Navy of Jiang City, how hard can he be to cope with?”
”Your Royal Highness, Zhou Bao is not only a commander of the Navy of Jiang City but also an Outer Core Elder of the Wu Family in Yunzhou. What's more, he has a close relationship with Wang She.” the intellectual in white said gently, ”Most important of all, his own strength is no weaker than a common Level Seven expert. The Level Seven expert Dragon Granny of the Meng Family in Ningzhou was bombarded to death by him in public. Your Royal Highness may have heard about it before.”
”It's him!” Prince Ning changed his expression, then he astringed his flaming Qi Power, ”Yeah, I remember, it's him, the commander of the Navy of Jiang City.”
Junior Leopard didn't have many opportunities to push himself forward in Jianghu. To be exact, the only resounding affair he made was to slay Dragon Granny with a Level Four cultivation when he came to Jiang City. Such an example had never been heard of in the martial arts world, thus he was famous in Jianghu till now. However, a man in Jianghu would remember more firmly that he was an Elder of the Wu Family and had a close relationship with Wang She. As for his identification of a commander of the Navy of Jiang City, people used to ignore it as it was really not worth mentioning.
And so did Prince Ning. But he was reminded by his scholar who named Yuanzhi.
”So Yuanzhi, in your opinion, Zheng Xi's death benefits Zhou Bao the most. Will he be the murderer?”
”In a sense, he has enough reason to kill Zheng Xi due to his profit being rooted so deeply in Jiang City. The Navy of Jiang City has already been in his control. He has occupied 60% of the whole profit in Luo River. Zheng Xi's office violated much of his interest. Yet he still has little possibility to be the murderer.”
”What's the reason?”
”According to our information, Zhou Bao wasn't in Jiang City when Zheng Xi took his office. He left for Shuzhou and didn't come back until the day prior to Zheng Xi's death. When he came back, he didn't even know that the Garrison of Jiang City had been changed.”
”Shuzhou?” Prince Ning raised his eyebrows, ”Did he go to Shuzhou for the Golden Goose Cup?”
”I suppose yes. But he returned without accomplishing anything, just like most people.”
”To get to Yuezhou from Zhonghe City, Shuzhou is the only way. Do you think...”
”That's impossible. It takes at least 6 months when someone goes to Shuzhou from Zhonghe City and then goes to South Yuezhou State from Shuzhou. But he only left two months before, that's just enough to go to Shuzhou from Zhonghe Prefecture and then go back.”
”What if he has a swift horse or possesses an advanced Lightness Skill? Don't forget, though he's only Level Four, he has killed a Level Seven expert before.”
From Yuezhou to Zhonghe Prefecture, only two horses in Great Jin can finish such a tour in just two months. It's impossible for us to not know anything if there's one more such horse in the world. As for Lightness Skills...” Yuanzhi paused and smiled, ”Your Royal Highness, you yourself as an expert, are clearer than me that Lightness Skills have a limit. In those days when Xue Wuya was chased by Lu Shaoyou to thousands of miles away, he spent three months escaping to Yunzhou from the West County of Yangzhou. The distance between South Yuezhou State and Zhonghe Prefecture is even longer than that. It's impossible for him to do so.”
”So in your opinion, what happened in Yuezhou is none of his business?”
”What happened in Yuezhou is definitely none of his business. Moreover, I think, neither does Zheng Xi's death.”
”Why are you so sure?”
”I've said that he had just been back the night before. Even if he schemed immediately, there was not enough time. What's more, generally speaking, when faced with a new superior, no matter how he seems to be, you definitely will try to contact him first, right? Granted that he has a prejudice against you, you should try to alleviate the disparities. At last, if you find it's impossible for you to ease your relation, you should spend time weighing the gains and losses and scheme carefully. How should he kill Zheng Xi directly, even before their further communication? More importantly, Zheng Xi was poisoned to death. Though Zhou Bao has some weird martial arts, I've never heard that he has skills in poisoning.” ”The Wu Family in Yunzhou has kept their foothold in the world for 500 years, yet they have no expert with skills in poisoning. Additionally, Zheng Xi is a Level Five expert, the common venom cannot catch him. The venom Zheng Xi suffered is extremely rare and even Physician Sun couldn't distinguish it. If he didn't scheme it for long and deliberately planned, how could he find such rare venom?”
”Schemed it for long? Deliberately planned?” Prince Ning stared somewhere in the lobby, the intention to kill surged in his eyes, ”You mean, it's none of Jiang City's business.”
”A small place like Jiang City cannot arrange such a composition!” Yuanzhi shook his head, ”Neither could Zhou Bao, therefore...”
”Therefore, it's one of my several nice brothers who did it!”
”Besides them, there's no one else,” Yuanzhi said softly.
”Which one is the most likely to do so?”
”Everyone!”
”Should I just let it go?”
”Of course not! Since it has already involved other Royal Highnesses, we have no choice but to give the matter some further thought and discuss it later. Your Royal Highness, our urgent affairs are not to find out the identity of the murderer, but to focus on Zhonghe City. Zheng Xi is just a nobody and the imperial court will take charge of his death. As for the position, we can send another person there, it's not a big deal. What matters is the overall situation, Your Royal Highness. We can't procrastinate on it.”
”Yes, your words make sense. What matters is the overall situation! We can't procrastinate on the overall situation because of Zheng Xi. How rubbish he is!” Prince Ning nodded his head, ”So Yuanzhi, in your opinion, is it possible for us to draw Zhou Bao over?”
”It was possible one year ago. But now, Zhou Bao has become an Outer Core Elder of Wu Family, and his identity is a bit sensitive. So we'd better not to have designs on him.”
”Well, there is nothing else we can do.” Prince Ning sighed softly, ”So who should be sent to Jiang City this time?”
”With so many followers, I'm sure Your Royal Highness must have your consideration of the most suitable person... So, Yuanzhi asks for my leave.”
Yuanzhi made an obeisance and then left.
”Your Royal Highness!” The other people in the lobby didn't regain control of themselves until they saw Yuanzhi come out and disappear in the flowering shrub of the yard, ”Your Royal Highness, Chen Yuanzhi...”
”His words make sense. Just do as he said.” Prince Ning waved his hands softly. He seemed to be a little tired.
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”Your Excellency, how unexpected that Zheng Xi should die easily. His death profits us a lot!”
The navy barrack, Jiang City.