jdhmnovel Chapter 326 When did I ever say that you colluded with the Iron Hand assassins?
Chapter 326 When did I ever say that you colluded with the Iron Hand assassins?
As a person who lives very clearly, Hu Yun knows it clearly.
Since they failed to assassinate Li Cunxi, the imperial court would certainly conduct a strict investigation in all prefectures and counties. If they wanted to return to Yangzhou at that time, they would have to travel day and night and hide in the mountains.
If you want to go through the prefectures and counties, that is absolutely impossible.
Under such circumstances, it would be quite difficult for them to return to Yangzhou.
Jiao Ganghou Qiang left early, and the defenses of various states and counties are not yet sufficient. Once Yuan Qi starts to recover from his injuries, Tangzhou should start the blockade and search.
Hu Yun believed that given Li Cunxi's status and the fact that he had been assassinated several times, the emperor would definitely not let these assassins go easily.
In order for everyone to return to Yangzhou alive, Hu Yun went to the guest room next door and sat down, starting to think about how to go back.
Li Cunxi's destination was Jiangzhou, and their destination was Yangzhou. Starting from Tangzhou, whether going to Jiangzhou or Yangzhou, they had to pass through Zhongzhou.
Otherwise, it would be a detour.
Li Cunxi staggered all the way to Yangzhou and definitely would not take a detour.
These people still have enough time to leave. They can choose to go through Yuzhou, then pass through Yingzhou, Xuzhou, Sizhou, and finally pass through Chuzhou and enter Yangzhou.
If nothing unexpected happens, Li Cunxi's route should be from Tangzhou to Shenzhou, then go to Huangzhou, through Qizhou or Ezhou, and then enter Jiangzhou.
If Li Cunxi's route was like this, they could completely avoid Li Cunxi and his gang.
After calculating the routes of both parties, Hu Yun breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that the route home has been determined, the only thing he has to do next is to prepare enough food. Otherwise, when Wu Zetian gets angry and really starts searching for them in every county and state, they won't even be able to enter the city, let alone buy food.
He took out the silver he had brought with him, went out and called Yun Gu, and the two of them went out to buy food.
They did not plan to call upon the lame-legged Bao Chong. Although he had now overcome the shadow of failure, he had not yet overcome the shadow of Li Cunxi and the shadow of his lame leg.
The third senior brother of the Iron Hand Group is no longer the high-spirited man he once was.
The combat effectiveness of the Leopard Charger, which had a lame leg, was greatly reduced.
When Yun Gu, whose knife was blocked by Bao Chong, saw her third senior brother, she no longer felt contempt for him but heartache.
Because of her, the third senior brother who was expected to achieve something great sooner or later became lame in one leg... It was indeed a huge blow.
After buying a lot of cakes from the only small shop in the village, the two returned to their residence.
Just waiting for Yuan Qi to slowly wake up.
……
Two days later, Li Cunxi's document was handed to Wu Zetian by General Huan Bin of the Qianniu Guard at a grand court meeting.
Wu Zetian, who was originally in a good mood, became furious after reading Li Cunxi's document.
If the ministers had not been at the bottom of the stairs, she would have thrown the document to the ground and lost her temper.
She glanced at Wu Chengsi, who seldom attended court but was there for the first time today, and then looked at Di Renjie and Zhang Jianzhi, who looked calm and composed. Wu Zetian's gaze then fell on Wu Sansi, who was about to have a fight with Wu Chengsi.
The feud among the Wu family's sons had been going on for some time. No matter whether it was a big or small court meeting, as long as Wu Sansi got the chance, he would find ways to deal with his cousins.
Wu Chengsi's side naturally did not want to be outdone. Led by Wu Yizong and Wu Sizong, they launched a barrage of attacks on the officials recommended by Wu Sansi's side.
However, the combat effectiveness of both sides was obviously not that high. They had been bombarding each other for quite some time, and the highest official demoted was only a county magistrate.
Today, the princes of the Wu family were ready for a fight, but they did not expect that Huan Bin would stand up and submit documents not long after the court meeting began.
"My dear friends."
Wu Zetian's eyes were as sharp as a knife.
"Li Cunxi, Shao Yin of Henan Prefecture, is on tour on behalf of the emperor and has now arrived in Tangzhou."
"Li Cunxi has worked hard and made great contributions. He can be regarded as a role model for my court."
"But even though he is such a role model, he was secretly assassinated several times by a group of traitors called the Iron Hand Group!"
"This time, the traitors of the Iron Hand Group are even more hateful!"
"In broad daylight, more than a dozen Iron Hand assassins chased Li Cunxi and his group along the way. They are truly despicable and deserve to die! If I catch them, I will tear them into pieces!"
"Of course."
Wu Zetian glanced at the trembling Wu Sansi.
"If I knew that there were scum in the court colluding with the Iron Hand assassins to assassinate my trusted ministers, I would definitely not let them off easily!"
"You, my dear ministers, must know what happened to Zhang Yizhi in the past. Sansi, you haven't forgotten it, right?"
When Wu Sansi was called by his leader, he was startled.
Are you kidding me? Auntie, I'm really not easily scared. How can you always scare me?
This time, it really has nothing to do with me, Wu Sansi. I really didn't ask the Iron Hand Group to assassinate Li Cunxi.
I do have a bottom line, okay? I'm not a huge idiot who only cares about food and not about beatings.
Wu Sansi was heartbroken, but he still knelt down on his knees and bowed to Wu Zetian with a plop.
"His Majesty!"
"Of course I dare not forget what happened to Zhang Yizhi. Zhang Yizhi colluded with the assassins of the Iron Hand Group and caused the Xue Mansion tragedy."
"I was the first one to bury Zhang Yizhi alive. Even if I die, I will never follow Zhang Yizhi's example!"
Wu Sansi was in tears and crying bitterly, which was really miserable.
However, given Wu Sansi's damned look, few officials in the court believed her.
During the Princess Taiping case, Li Cunxi was assassinated once by the Iron Hand Group killers, but the assassins were unsuccessful.
Later, Li Cunxi went to court and made this matter public, and also stated clearly that two groups of people wanted to buy Li Cunxi's life from the Iron Hand Group.
Anyone with a little bit of common sense would think of the Xue Mansion tragedy last year. At that time, the shadow of Wu Sansi was vaguely visible behind Zhang Yizhi.
Thinking about the irreconcilable hatred between Li Cunxi and Wu Sansi, everyone naturally understood that in the Bleeding Eagle case, the other group of people who paid to buy Li Cunxi's name was Wu Sansi, that bastard.
Don’t think that Wu Sansi is crying his ass off today, as if he is extremely sad.
But no one present believed that Wu Sansi was innocent.
This is also true for Wu Zetian.
The shrewd empress sneered, stared at Wu Sansi's hunched back, and asked:
"Oh? When did I say that you colluded with the Iron Hand assassins to assassinate Li Cunxi?"
"When did I ever say that Li Cunxi's assassination by the Iron Hand Group had anything to do with you, Wu Sansi?"
"Think twice, don't you feel like a suspect who has just come out and said he is innocent and is trying to cover up his guilt?"
Wu Sansi was stunned for a moment, and quickly made up for it:
"I just made a mistake in my words. I hope Your Majesty will investigate it."