Heavenly Dao Formula

"How did you die?" Xia Fan asked after a pause.

"Hanging himself in his own mansion. Xu Sanzhong found his body in the bedroom."

"Could it be that he committed suicide in fear of crime?"

"You can think so." Ning Wanjun nodded, "In addition, they also found Wang Yi'an's whereabouts, and he was under house arrest in the basement of a Wang's restaurant in Nancheng District. After being told what happened in Jinxia City, he went crazy In other words, this matter is not about father and son working together, but more of the eldest son's idea."

"This is one of the reasons why I don't like censorship." Xia Fan sighed.

He didn't feel sorry for the fate of Wang's father and son. The post-war statistics of Jinxia City have not yet been completed, but judging from the current situation, more than 1,200 people died in this attack, and the princess's troops were also damaged by nearly 700. There are even more wounded. Coupled with the fact that many houses were burned down, the losses were not insignificant, and the Wang family should bear the blame for this.

He just didn't want to see a man over fifty years old crawling and rolling on the ground with tears and snot in his nose.

"But they still haven't found any trace of Wang Renzhi." Ning Wanjun continued, "Eunuch Li has arranged for people to interrogate, but most of the servants can't tell the whereabouts of Wang Ergong. This is very strange, such a big man No one has seen the young master of the Wang family recently, so I tend to think that the Wang family sent him to another place secretly in advance."

"You don't mean to give Wang Renzhi to..."

"Cutting weeds has to get rid of the roots—" Ning Wanjun narrowed his eyes and stared at Xia Fan for a while, "—that's no wonder."

The latter twitched the corner of his mouth, "Your Highness, haven't you heard of Jun Wu's joke?"

"Eh, I thought you were going to laugh."

"Why?"

"Isn't this the tone you usually use?" Ning Wanjun snorted softly, "And what the hell is Jun Wu's joke? Don't learn from those old men in the temple. I think your speaking style is quite unique, so it's unnecessary. Change it to be the same as a scholar."

"This is the phenomenon of human-to-human transmission." Li Leng interrupted.

Yep, both of them were infected. Xia Fan raised his forehead and said, "How do you plan to deal with the Wang family's affairs?"

"This is also something I want to discuss with you." The princess immediately returned to a serious look, "If it is reported to the court, the Dongsheng Kingdom's invasion is a major event, and the Ministry of War will inevitably treat it with caution. For example, build more sentry towers along the coast of Shenzhou, adjust The deployment of the Shenzhou Army and the like, this is not good news for Jinxia."

"Indeed." Xia Fan agreed.

"If you conceal it, you won't have the above problems, but the question is how long you can conceal it." Ning Wanjun stepped up in the courtyard with her hands behind her back, "You may not know that the government office in Jinxia City has been wiped out."

"Clean up?"

"Xu Sanzhong not only found Wang Qingzhi's body in the Wang's mansion, but also found the bodies of other chief officials including Taishou Xiao. The only ones left alive are Du You and Gong Cao, but they have completely lost their minds and become demented."

Xia Fan took a deep breath, "I thought that there was almost no resistance from the government at the beginning because they had been with the Wang family for a long time. This Wang Qingzhi actually did it?"

"No matter how much you hook up, you won't gamble with your official status and future. Wang Qingzhi should have planned to push the responsibility for losing the city to the officials from the very beginning. Unfortunately, they all underestimated the threat of Dongsheng Kingdom." Ning Wanjun paused. Stepping down, "Now that Jinxia City has no chief official, it will inevitably affect the subsequent taxation, inspection, assessment and report to Beijing. This point cannot be concealed. Even if I take over the government office, it will not help. What's more, these people still have My relatives, family members, this matter will be exposed sooner or later."

"I understand the general situation, but..." Xia Fan organized his words, "Why do you ask me what I think? My understanding of Jinxia's officialdom and current situation is probably not as good as that Mohist lady."

"But your judgment is very important." Ning Wanjun turned to look at him, "If possible, I would naturally prefer not to say anything. , what you think will be very interesting."

"Uh... the imperial concubine and the prince?"

"Don't care about these details, or do you want to hear my story?"

"No, you continue." Xia Fan coughed twice.

"In short, the second choice can make me feel very happy, but I'm afraid I will have to face the encirclement and suppression of the whole Daqi in the future. And as you... who can always think of ways to break the situation, I naturally want to get it from you." One answer—if you go to war with the states in two or three months, do you think I can win?"

"I... go get you a cup of tea." Li shook his ears and walked towards the inner room.

Seeing this statement, Xia Fan slandered in the face of fighting with the states. When the princess talked about her plan before, she still covered up, but now she has made it clear.

"It's hard to say, or there are too many variables. After all, even if you beat the opponent several times, as long as you lose the last time, Jinxia City will be in jeopardy." Xia Fan said frankly.

This variable naturally lies in the alchemy.

According to An Youlang, the Great Wilderness Night was originally prepared for the Shenzhou Army. If the army encountered the Night without any precautions, it would indeed suffer heavy losses. The question is how many similar killing moves are there in this world? If the basic strength of the army is not enhanced, it may be difficult to turn the world around by relying on him alone to manipulate a mechanism beast.

"Really?" Ning Wanjun's tone was a little regretful, yet relaxed, "Since you've already said that, then I can only choose the first one."

"Hmm...maybe we can make another compromise." Xia Fan mused.

"How to say?"

"Don't report everything, but use the Wang family's script to describe the incident as a pirate attack."

Ning Wanjun's eyes lit up, "Are you saying that you're going to use your tricks?"

"The pirate attack is an accidental event, which is completely different from the Dongsheng Kingdom's invasion." Xia Fan replied, "After all, we have defended Jinxia City, and the losses have been controlled within the level of the pirates."

"But I can't help but investigate. Too many people have seen that sailing warship, and it's unlikely that the pirates have such tyrannical strength." Ning Wanjun's thoughts turned quickly.

"So we need someone to cooperate. Let him come forward to resist this matter, so that the court will not pursue it alone."

The princess immediately responded, "Wang Yi'an."

Xia Fan nodded slightly, "The story needs to be slightly adapted, but the background still starts with the sale of private salt."

He slowly expressed his thoughts—even as planned by the Wang family, the chief officials of the government were still on the right side. When they checked the salt count, they accidentally discovered the fact that the Wang family had smuggled sea salt to Dongsheng Kingdom. In order to silence them, the Wang family planned an attack by pirates, and the so-called pirates were the East China Sea Gang he supported.

Unfortunately, the East China Sea Gang and the pirates secretly colluded, which caused the matter to get out of control and become a real bandit disaster. The crisis was finally resolved by Princess Guangping and the local government soldiers. As for the sailing warship, it was just a matter of guessing, but it was just a larger three-masted sea-going ship.

Ning Wanjun couldn't help clapping her hands, "Good story, but our unilateral telling is not convincing enough, unless Wang Yi'an is willing to cooperate with us. According to the current situation, I even doubt whether he can recover from madness." recover."

"I think he will." Xia Fan said in a low voice, "If you commit such a serious crime, the Wang family will definitely be punished. But what if we use the condition of preserving the blood of the Wang family in exchange for his cooperation? This is the only thing he can do." A place to make up for."