In a side hall of the relay station …
Dugu Feiying recounted the scene that he had encountered at the Star Wolf Family, as well as Wang Chengwu's explanation. After everyone heard this, they all revealed looks of contemplation.
A few moments later, Li Tai's eyes focused as he said, "Based on the information General Dugu brought back from the Wang Clan and what General Feiying said just now, this king believes that there's an eighty to ninety percent chance that the Wang Clan's Second Elder is colluding with Zhao Deyan. As long as we can capture him, I'm confident that we can find Zhao Deyan's hiding place!"
Dugu Xin nodded in agreement. "Your Highness's words are reasonable. Although there is no conclusive evidence, Sourcepeak City's situation is special and perilous. This general believes that we should first capture the Wang Clan's Second Elder and interrogate him!"
As the saying went, special cases had to be dealt with in a special way. In normal times, if the Second Elder of the Wang Clan had done something that violated the laws of the Great Tang, the authorities would not have dared to arrest him without solid evidence. But things were different now. Zhao Deyan and the other Turkic spies in Sourcepeak City were threatening the safety of the city, and Wang Kui, the Second Elder of the Wang Clan, was colluding with Zhao Deyan. Even if there was no evidence, they still needed to arrest him. It was better to kill the wrong person than to leave him alive!
After all, Li Tai and the teachers and students of Yanhuang College were all in Sourcepeak City. If something happened to them, the Imperial Court would suffer a massive loss!
Li Tai's face turned grim as he stood up and sternly said.
"Okay! Since that's the case, General Feiying, this king orders you to immediately take men to the Wang Clan and arrest the Second Elder. Afterward, you will be sent to the Provincial Governor's Residence. We will work with Governor Wang to interrogate him through the night! As for the Wang Clan Head, if he tries to stop us, say that he's acting on this king's orders. When the matter is over, have him come to find this king, and this king will give him an explanation! "
As the person with the highest status in the group, Li Tai knew that it was time for him to make a decision. This order had to be given by him. After all, the other party was the Second Elder of the Wang Family of Taiyuan. Although he had no official position in the court, behind him stood a thousand-year-old family. If Wang Kui really colluded with the Turks, it would be fine. But if Wang Kui was proved innocent, the one who gave the order to arrest him would have to bear the wrath of the Wang Family!
Therefore, Li Tai did not make things difficult for Dugu Xin and Dugu Feiying, and directly gave the order.
Dugu Feiying stood up and cupped his fists, "Understood!"
With that, he cupped his fists at Han Lizheng and Dugu Xin before turning to leave.
At that moment, two imperial guards rushed in and saluted Dugu Xin and Li Tai. One of them said, "General, Your Highness, bad news! The Wang Clan's Second Elder ran away! "
These two were none other than Zhao Erhu and Shen Quan, whom Dugu Xin had left behind to monitor the Wang family's movements!
Dugu Xin's expression changed. "He ran? Why did he run away all of a sudden? What's going on? "
Dugu Feiying, who was about to bring men to capture Wang Kui, turned back when he heard Zhao Erhu's words.
Zhao Erhu panted. "This subordinate doesn't know either! We followed the Wang Clan's guards all the way to the south of the city, but they met Wang Chengwu halfway and turned back. The two of us also turned back. Not long after, we heard a commotion coming from the Wang Clan's ancestral mansion. Many guards were sent out by the Wang Clan's Patriarch. This subordinate asked around and found out that the Wang Clan's Second Elder, Wang Kui, had led a group of trusted aides to kill the Wang Clan's guards and escaped before we returned to the Wang Clan! "
"Preposterous! This Wang Kui must have a guilty conscience, worried that Wang Chengwu would bring back evidence against him, so he escaped prematurely! "
Dugu Xin frowned, a little annoyed.
Speaking of which, they were about to find Zhao Deyan's hiding place, but one of the key criminals had escaped prematurely. No matter who it was, they would be depressed!
After Li Tai finished listening to Zhao Erhu's narration, he seemed to be deep in thought. At this moment, he opened his mouth and said, "It seems that the Patriarch of the Wang Clan and the Second Elder of the Wang Clan are not on the same side. Otherwise, Wang Chengwu would not have stopped and killed Wang Li at the Triumph House, and Wang Yu would not have sent people to look for Wang Kui with great fanfare!
Dugu Xin nodded. "The Wang Clan's Patriarch can't be on the same side as Wang Kui. This subordinate believes that he should be more anxious to find Wang Yu than we are!"
Dugu Xin had indeed suspected Wang Yu before, but after a series of events, he had long since eliminated Wang Yu as a suspect!
Li Tai thought for a moment, and then a thought came to his mind. He muttered, "Wang Kui's escape has confirmed the crime of colluding with Turkic spies. We can't rely on the Wang Clan's power to find him. First, immediately send men to the Provincial Governor's Residence to inform Provincial Governor Wang and the Bing Province Barracks to search the entire city for Wang Kui. Second, this Prince wants to interrogate that assassin. All signs indicate that this assassin is very likely one of Wang Kui's men. He should know better than us where Wang Kui went after escaping from the Wang Clan!"
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