Marquis Kang's treasures were stolen!
Jing Rong finished his analysis.
Lang Po was also enlightened, but he had some misgivings. "What if... Kong Qu doesn't understand? Or perhaps he thinks that Your Highness is using the Crown Prince as an excuse to borrow troops. "
His misgivings were not unreasonable.
But...
Jing Rong, on the other hand, smiled confidently. "Kong Qu is a smart man! Since he is a smart man, he will not do anything stupid! Now, this prince will bet everything on him and bet that he will borrow troops. "
Bet on it!
At this moment, Shi Ziran entered the room, looking travel-worn. Although it was not raining outside, his clothes were drenched in raindrops. He must have taken a shortcut in the forest to rush back in a hurry instead of taking the main road.
"Your Highness." Shi Ziran bowed.
"How did it go?"
"As per Your Highness's orders, I went to Hanzhou to see Kong Shengyi and told him about Your Highness's intentions. He did not agree, nor did he refuse. He said he would consider it."
Kong Shengyi was Empress Xuanshu's cousin. After he left the capital, he also raised a troop in Hanzhou. The Emperor turned a blind eye to it and allowed him to enjoy his retirement in peace out of consideration for the Empress.
The message that Jing Rong had Shi Ziran deliver to Kong Shengyi was exactly the same as the letter sent to Kong Qu.
Jing Rong nodded. His goal had been achieved. "According to this prince's calculations, Kong Qu and Kong Shengyi should have contacted each other by now."
Shi Ziran had some misgivings. "Even if Your Highness mentioned the Crown Prince's attack, Empress Xuanshu and the Crown Prince are already dead. The Kong family has been defeated. They will hide as far as possible. Why would they help Your Highness fight against Prince Yi? Moreover, Prince Yi's influence is at its peak. "
His worries were not unfounded.
The Kong family's influential Empress Xuanshu and the Crown Prince were both dead. It was already a great fortune for them to have a place outside of the capital. They could easily guard their troops.
But if they borrowed troops to find out the truth behind the Crown Prince's attack...
If they were lucky, they would be able to help and find out the truth.
If they were unlucky, the Kong family would probably be wiped out.
This risk was too great.
From the moment he thought of Kong Qu and Kong Shengyi, he already knew what would happen next.
He said, "The generals of the Kong family value friendship and loyalty. If they believed this prince's words, they would not have bided their time."
…
At dawn the next day, just as the sky brightened, a major event occurred in the Marquis's mansion.
"Ah!"
That shout shook the heavens.
It wasn't from the servants or maids, but from Marquis Kang.
The voice came from the courtyard where he kept his treasures.
Early in the morning, almost everyone in the mansion went to watch. The courtyard was so crowded that not even a drop of water could trickle through. Everyone stretched their necks to look inside.
Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong also received the news and immediately went over.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Marquis Kang sobbing and crying inside. He was holding a strange treasure in his hands and wiping away his tears.
"What's going on?" Jing Rong asked a manservant.
The manservant hurriedly answered, "Your Highness, it's … the Marquis's treasures have all been exchanged."
"Changed?"
There's such an interesting thing?
One had to know that Marquis Kang's most cherished treasures in this life were none other than his treasures. If they had been exchanged, wouldn't that be the same as taking his life?
Marquis Kang was angry and sad. Tears streamed down his face as he hugged a fake in his hands.
Jing Rong looked around the room. He had seen all the treasures in the room before, and Marquis Kang had also let him touch them. They looked the same as before.
He stepped forward and asked, "Marquis, what's going on?"
"I don't know which wretched bastard actually exchanged all the treasures in my room."
"Aren't the things still here?"
"But they're all fakes."
Fakes?
Jing Rong casually picked one in his hand and weighed it a few times. Indeed, it wasn't as smooth as when Marquis Kang held it in his hand.
He frowned, "How could this be?"
Marquis Kang wiped away his tears as he said, "I don't know either. I came here early in the morning and wanted to clean these things, but when I took a look, I found that all the treasures in the room were fakes. They were all stolen in a single night, and they even left these fakes here. They must be trying to embarrass me."
After saying that, he threw the porcelain vase in his hand to the ground.
With a loud bang, it was smashed into pieces.
Shards flew everywhere.
The surrounding people didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
They were afraid that the innocent would be implicated.
Jing Rong said, "Isn't there always someone guarding this courtyard? The door and the room are all locked, and the keys are in your hands. How could a thief get in? "
"Yes, the keys are with me. When I came here yesterday, these treasures were still intact. In just one night, they were all exchanged. How could they have been swapped? Why is there no movement at all? "
He was about to explode from anger!
Jing Rong looked at the door, then the windows. He asked, "Did the Marquis interrogate the guards?"
"I did, but I didn't hear anything. Moreover, there are so many treasures here. If it was really the work of some great thief, it's impossible that the guards outside the residence wouldn't have noticed anything."
Suddenly —
"So … the real treasures are still in the Marquis's Estate," Ji Yunshu said.
Marquis Kang was shocked, his eyes shining as he looked at her, "Teacher Ji is saying that the treasures are not lost?"
"Not only are they not lost, they are also safe and sound in the estate."
"Where are they?"
He was anxious to know.
However, Ji Yunshu said unhurriedly, "Marquis, there's no need to be anxious. If I say that the treasures are not lost, then they are not lost. As for where they are now, we will have to let the mastermind personally lead us to find them. Perhaps we can even capture the ghost that is causing trouble in the estate."
Eh?
Marquis Kang was shocked!
The surrounding people were also shocked.
Was the theft of the treasures really the work of a sneaky thief?
Everyone felt guilty, but they were also curious.
Marquis Kang continued to ask, "Teacher Ji, please explain clearly. Who is it?"
She directly said, "It's someone that neither you nor I can imagine, and it's not just one person. Don't worry, Marquis, this one will definitely help you catch the ghost. It's just that the ghost won't come out in broad daylight. You will understand when night falls."
Eh?
Marquis Kang pondered over her words, but his heart calmed down. It's good that the treasures are not lost.
At this moment, Jing Rong had finished listening to her words and had finished investigating the entire house. He walked to her side and asked in a low voice, "Are you confident? The door and windows of this house are not broken, and even the roof has not been lifted. "
She tilted her head slightly, "Your Highness suspects that it's a ghost?"
"You know that this prince doesn't believe in such things."
"That's right. Your Highness, why don't you wait quietly with Marquis? We will catch the ghost tonight."
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