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"I've seen this ring before."

Ouyang Rong was the first to break the silence.

Wei Shaoqi, Rong Zhen and others all turned to look at him.

Ouyang Rong said seriously:

"I have seen Zhu Lingxu wearing this ring. It should be something close to his body."

Wang Lengran nodded: "That's right. It's something that Governor Zhu loves and he doesn't give it away easily."

Rong Zhen asked:

"Zhu Yuheng is the eldest son of Zhu. Isn't it normal for Zhu Lingxu's personal belongings to appear on the body?"

Wei Shaoqi smiled, shook his head, and first turned to ask Ouyang Rong:

"Has Ouyang Changshi ever seen this jade ring in Zhu Lingxu's hand after Zhu Yuheng led his troops to the expedition?"

Ouyang Rong's face became solemn:

"On that day of the expedition, we opened the city gate at the bottom. When we were saying goodbye at the city gate, after Zhu Yuheng left, the jade ring was still in Zhu Lingxu's hand and was not given to Zhu Yuheng."

He turned around and asked everyone in confusion:

"It's strange. Why did this ring appear at the body of Zhu Yuheng in Hongzhou? Could it be that it was sent there later?"

Wei Shaoqi couldn't help but look at Ouyang Rong:

"Ouyang Changshi made good observations, and Governor Wang and others also discovered this strange thing."

He nodded, then shook his head:

"It was indeed sent over later, but it was not Zhu Lingxu's."

"What do you mean?" Everyone was curious.

Wei Shaoqi turned to ask:

"Ms. Shi, Ouyang Lianghan, when Zhu Lingxu was beheaded by the city gate, you were the one who dealt with it, right?"

"That's right."

"It was handled by the two of us."

Ouyang Rong and Rong Zhen looked at each other.

"I heard from Governor Wang that at that time, did Zhu Lingxu have a black iron token on his body with the word 'Wei' written on it?"

"right."

Rong Zhen nodded: "Is he from your Prince Wei's Mansion?"

"Yes, it belongs to the palace, but..."

"but what?"

Wei Shaoqi spoke every word with a bit of gritted teeth:

"But it is my sixth brother's identity token and will not be given away easily."

"Are you sure you belong to your sixth brother?"

"I'm sure, you must have registered the relevant evidence for that token. Our Prince Wei's Mansion also has some corresponding records, and many people have seen it, so we can confirm it one by one."

"good."

At this time, Ouyang Rong frowned and asked with a puzzled expression:

"What does this mean? Why did the identity token of Mr. Wei's sixth brother appear in Zhu Lingxu's hand?"

"Yeah, why would it appear in the hands of irrelevant people..."

Wei Shaoqi was pacing in the hall, talking to himself, and sighed:

"Ms. Shi, tell me, is there such a possibility...

"Someone was involved and exchanged things, so these two things appeared on people who shouldn't have appeared."

Rong Zhen frowned: "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that someone used this black iron token from Zhu Lingxu in exchange for his personal jade ring1"

"Who is it? Why does Zhu Lingxu feel free to exchange?"

"That's my sixth brother." Wei Shaoqi nodded: "Strictly speaking, he's the fake sixth brother."

"Fake sixth brother?" Everyone looked curious.

Wei Shaoqi narrowed his eyes, took out a stack of letters from his arms, and threw them on the table.

Speaking eloquently:

"Prince Wang should know something. There is a Persian businessman named Li Li who handles many businesses in Jiangnan Road for our Prince Wei.

"He was also in Xunyang City at the time. According to the letter he sent back to the palace afterwards, I learned that two nights before Zhu Lingxu organized his army for the expedition, my sixth brother Wei Shaoxuan came to the door and asked Li Li to arrange for him to meet him.

Zhu Lingxu’s meeting.”

Rong Zhen spoke:

"You mean, this is a fake Wei Shaoxuan? He met Zhu Lingxu through Li Li, and then exchanged personal tokens with each other?"

"That's right."

Lin Cheng asked: "Okay, why are you two exchanging personal tokens?"

Wei Shaoqi's expression remained unchanged:

"I don't know, but as for the reason, of course it's because we met so late, we have a deep relationship, and we keep it as a souvenir, nothing more than that."

Rong Zhen asked with a serious face:

"Why are you, Mr. Wei, so sure that Wei Shaoxuan is fake?"

“The words and deeds are inconsistent.”

Wei Shaoqi lowered his eyes and explained:

"Sixth brother and his master Mr. Qiu went to Yunmengze before, carrying the tripod sword to look for opportunities. They lost contact for a long time. Logically speaking, they should not be aware of the situation between Zhu Lingxu and Xunyang City.

"But that day, when Li Li asked him about it, he kept saying that he only learned about the Jiangzhou incident after he met an informant from Prince Wei's Palace after leaving Yunmengze. He also said that Mr. Qiu had already brought the tripod sword with him.

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"It was later verified that he was lying. We in Prince Wei's Mansion had never seen him at all.

"Later, the sixth brother and Mr. Qiu also delayed their return, which further confirmed this point.

"The sixth brother who had a private chat with Zhu Lingxu in the middle of the night in Xunyang City was just a fake!

"This also explains why he exchanged tokens and why the jade ring later appeared in Zhu Yuheng's place."

Wei Shaoqi stood up and pointed at the dried blood on the jade ring:

"This thief is actually the owner of Dielianhua. He borrowed Zhu Lingxu's token to deceive Zhu Yuheng, who was fighting on the front line. Zhu Yuheng trusted his father too much, so he fell into the trap and gave up the front line army in vain.

"The so-called defection of the forward army was a dead end from the beginning. It was caused by being deceived by this cunning traitor!"

The whole place fell into silence.

Rong Zhen, Ouyang Rong, and Lin Cheng exchanged glances.

Ouyang Rong looked serious, thought for a while, raised his hand, frowned and pointed out:

"But Zhu Yuheng probably doesn't know Wei Shaoxuan, right? He just went there with a token. Is Zhu Yuheng so easy to deceive? Logically, I feel like there's something missing."

Lin Cheng also nodded in agreement and said:

"Yes, and there is another doubtful point. How did the thief disguise himself as Wei Shaoxuan, and what was his method?

"Of course, from the fact that he has Wei Shaoxuan's personal token and clothes, it can be seen that the sixth young master of your house is in danger...could it be some kind of disguise, or the evil human skin mask of the alchemist?"

"Good questions, you two."

Wei Shaoqi nodded and said with emotion:

"This is also the most elusive part of the entire logic chain, but I have some guesses."

"Speaking."

"Think about it, is this related to the case of Zhao Rushi being beheaded in the street?

"The reason why the owner of Dielianhua killed Zhao Ruzhu was to disguise himself as him, carry a token, and go to set up a trap?

"As for the specific method, I can't guess it. I still hope that the three of you can help find it out. However, since he can pretend to be my sixth brother, what's the difficulty in pretending to be Zhao Rushi?"

Wei Shaoqi looked around the audience:

"As far as I know, Zhao Rushi was Zhu Lingxu's old subordinate when he was in Hongzhou. He is one of our own, and Zhu Yuheng also knows him.

"The thief pretended to be Zhao Rushi, carried a jade ring token, and went to deceive Zhu Yuheng. He used some excuses to urge Zhu Yuheng to escape...
To be continued...