Chapter 141
Wang Shifan actually died, which Zhu Youning did not expect.

Of course, this is what Zhu Youning does not want to see.

Because Wang Shifan can barely be regarded as his right-hand man.

"How did your second brother die?"

Wang Shihui's eyes showed sadness and anger.

"He died in the Chamber of Secrets."

"The secret room?"

"It's the place where our royal family uses to discuss family affairs."

"Take me to see."

"Yes."

Wang Shihui nodded, and then a servant hurried over.

"Third Master, it's not good, those guests are clamoring to go back, and the scene is about to get out of control!"

Wang Shihui frowned immediately, "Send more people there, don't let people leave without permission, but don't be violent, and still serve good wine and good food."

"Yes."

The servant responded and went down.

Zhu Youning thought for a while, but instead looked at Ji Ruxue.

"Xue'er, do me a favor, you hurry to the Jiedushi's mansion as soon as possible, and ask Zhong Xiaokui to bring some people to town."

Ji Ruxue immediately asked: "Who is Zhong Xiaokui? How can I find her?"

Zhu Youning said: "When you arrive, you will naturally find her."

Ji Ruxue was dubious, but finally left here.

Originally, the guests in the palace were not allowed to leave without permission, but Wang Shihui saw that Ji Ruxue seemed to belong to Zhu Youning, so he didn't let the servants stop him.

Afterwards, Zhu Youning followed Wang Shihui to the secret room.

The secret room was already full of members of the Wang family, Wang Shiyue, Wang Shilu, Wang Shike, and many younger generations of the Wang family that Zhu Youning could not name.

He walked forward and found that this secret room was indeed a real secret room.

There is only one entrance and exit, and there seems to be a special mechanism in front of the door.

Seeing that Zhu Youning was looking at the door, Master Wang said, "Your Highness, this mechanism is made by skilled craftsmen in conjunction with the Jiugong Bagua, and it can be opened from both inside and outside. But except for our Wang family, no one knows how to open it. .”

Zhu Youning walked inside again, but did not find Wang Shifan's body, which seemed to have been buried by the Wang family.

"Where's the corpse? Are there no clues on the corpse?"

Master Wang said: "Brother's throat was cut by some kind of sharp blade, but the murder weapon was never found."

Hearing this, Zhu Youning looked around again.

"Your Highness, have you ever seen any doorway?"

"This king is not a famous arrester, how can he immediately see the way?"

Zhu Youning shook his head.

But he can be sure of one thing, this matter is most likely a house thief.

He looked at Wang Shihui and said, "Wang Shihui, you asked all the guests to go to the school grounds and were not allowed to leave. Could it be that you think the murderer is among the crowd?"

Master Wang nodded.

Zhu Youning said, "However, I think the murderer may be among you."

Hearing this, Wang Shihui immediately denied: "Your Highness, this is impossible! We are a family, how could we harm the second brother?!"

"That's not necessarily the case. Since ancient times, there have been countless incidents of brothers fighting against each other."

Zhu Youning shook his head, and said calmly: "It is impossible for Wang Shifan to commit suicide, so the murderer must be hiding among you."

"This..." Wang Shihui didn't know what to say.

Zhu Youning immediately asked again: "Who can open this secret room?"

Master Wang said: "Our five brothers, as well as two brothers Chengzong and Chengxu."

"Chengzong, Chengxu?" Zhu Youning immediately looked at Wang Shihui.

He did know the five brothers Wang Shifan, namely Wang Shiyue, Wang Shifan, Wang Shihui, Wang Shilu, and Wang Shike.

Zhu Youning is not clear about the two brothers Chengzong and Chengxu.

Of course, Zhu Youning also knew a Wang Chengzong, but that was in the Tang Dynasty.

It was the Tang Xianzong period. After Wang Chengzong led Chengde Jiedu to stay, he colluded with Wu Yi's ancestors, Huaixi Jiedu envoy Wu Yuanji rebelled against the imperial court together, and finally surrendered and surrendered to the imperial court.

But that Wang Chengzong couldn't possibly have anything to do with this Wang Chengzong.

At this moment, the groom's official bowed his hands towards Zhu Youning with a heavy expression on his face.

"Your Highness, next to me is Wang Chengxu, and my brother is Wang Chengzong. He is currently serving under Kang Huaizhen, the military governor, to guard Huazhou and guard against Qi and Jin."

Only then did Zhu Youning know the groom's official name.

But he also noticed a problem.

"Who is Wang Chengzong? Is he here? Why did he join the probation army?"

Everyone was silent, only the groom officer, Wang Chengxu, said with ashen face: "Big brother is not here. As for why big brother joined the probation army, it was all my father's strategy. Big brother changed his name and surname as early as three years ago. Join the army and reform the army. The cunning rabbit has three caves, and the Wang family cannot be hanged on a tree."

Zhu Youning immediately lamented Wang Shifan's cunning.

At that time, Wang Shifan seemed to have expected that Zhu Wen would kill his whole family, so he changed his eldest son's name and surname and sent him to the probation army?

As he thought about it, he pondered for a moment and asked, "I don't know if I'm taking the liberty to ask you something. After Wang Shifan dies this time, who is most likely to take the seat of the next Patriarch?"

"This"

Hearing this, Wang Shihui stopped talking.

The groom official, Wang Chengxu, spoke again, "Father died, and there are only three people who are most likely to inherit the position of Patriarch, uncle, third uncle, and me."

"The uncle was originally the eldest son of my father's generation. It was only because the Tang court planned to establish the royal family at that time. My grandfather chose the virtuous instead of the elder, and made my father the head of the family and concurrently served as the governor of Pinglu. As for the third uncle, the third uncle usually followed him. My father is very clear about the affairs of the Wang family inside and out. If he succeeds as the head of the family, he will definitely be able to manage the Wang family in an orderly manner. As the eldest son of the father, he has both literary and military skills, but he has changed his name. It has nothing to do with the Wang family, so if something happens to my father, the next head of the family will probably be me."

After hearing this, Zhu Youning first looked at Wang Shiyue.

There is no doubt that he is the most suspected.

Because Wang Shiyue is the eldest son, if there is no accident, he can be the head of the family.

However, Wang Shifan took away the status and power that should have belonged to him, and Wang Shiyue probably held a grudge.

"You all go out, Wang Shiyue stays behind, and locks the mechanism on the door. This king wants to ask him some questions alone."

Naturally no one would dare to disobey Zhu Youning's order.

Therefore, these members of the Wang family walked out of the secret room, and locked the mechanism on the door from the outside before leaving.

After finishing these, Zhu Youning looked at Wang Shiyue.

Wang Shiyue is also a scholar, he looks more like a Confucian than Wang Shifan, but he lacks a calm temperament than Wang Shifan.

"Your Highness, what do you want to ask me?"

Zhu Youning did not speak.He didn't intend to ask this question, but asked with insanity.

Wang Shiyue is just an ordinary scholar, so Zhu Youning easily succeeded in fascinating him.

However, when Zhu Youning questioned him one by one, he found that he had nothing to do with this matter.

This Wang Shiyue is really an ordinary scholar.

Zhu Youning had no choice but to undo the soul-hunting technique and let him out.

Soon, he called Wang Shihui into the secret room in the same way.

But this time, Zhu Youning was directly caught.

Because the murderer is Wang Shihui.

(End of this chapter)

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