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Chapter 55 Who exactly ordered you to do this?
Liang Jiang slowly wiped the blood-stained short sword in her hand: "Two years ago, when you assassinated Lady Liang, we fought each other. It's a pity that you escaped."

Upon hearing this, the two bandits exchanged a glance and were immediately horrified: "You, you are Princess Heya of the Duke's Mansion!"

"Truly a wise person!"

Liang Jiang smiled coldly. She had only tried to bluff him, but she didn't expect him to see through her identity so easily, and that he clearly knew she hadn't been killed.

It is clear that they are the murderers who stabbed the mother and killed the two unidentified women.

"Speak, who exactly ordered you?"

One of the bandits vehemently denied it: "We just saw that she was all alone and looked like she came from a wealthy family, so we thought we'd kidnap her for some money..."

Before she could finish speaking, Liang Jiang plunged the short sword she had just wiped clean into the bandit's chest without even blinking.

The other bandit was also a ruthless killer, but today, seeing Liang Jiang's viciousness and decisiveness, he was terrified.

"I'll tell you everything, please, my lady, no, my princess, spare my life."

Liang Jiang wiped the short sword clean again and cleaned the blood off the lifeless bandit on the ground: "Speak."

“It was a man who came to Black Wind Mountain, gave us five hundred taels of silver, and asked us to find a way to kill the Duchess.”

"What does this man look like?"

"He was wearing a straw hat, which covered his face completely, so you couldn't see his features. Judging from his voice, he didn't sound like a young man; he seemed to be in his forties or fifties, and he wasn't short either."

"Knows martial arts?"

"Definitely, otherwise he wouldn't dare to venture into Black Wind Mountain alone."

"Did he confess anything else? For example, did he instruct you to frame Xiliang?"

"Yes!" The bandit nodded hastily. "Your Highness, you are truly a brilliant strategist. That's exactly what he instructed. He said that if the Duchess asks about our identities, we should say that we are assassins sent by Xiliang."

Liang Jiang said coldly, "You really value money more than your lives, you even dare to kill people from the Duke's mansion."

"We thought she was just a helpless woman, and the Duke of Liang was a traitor who had betrayed the country and deserved to be killed by everyone. We thought this was a good deal, so we took it. Who knew we would run into you, Princess, and end up losing two brothers."

"Then you dare to do it a second time?"

The bandits complained bitterly: "We failed in our business deal. Not only did we not earn any money, but we were also threatened by the other party. They said that if we did not continue this business, they would expose us at the Duke's mansion."

Besides, the second time was just a performance; we didn't dare to touch you, Madam or Princess, at all.

Who were the two dead?

"They are hostages we kidnapped and brought up the mountain, but no one paid the ransom to get them back."

No wonder the authorities did not receive any missing persons reports after the incident.

"Was everything orchestrated by that person?"

"Yes, even the weapons we deliberately discarded at the scene were given to us by that person. In order to successfully absolve ourselves of any responsibility, we specifically chose to strike when there were people present, just to fulfill the other party's request and frame Xiliang."

All of this was indeed not much different from what I had guessed.

The main question now is, who exactly is this person who paid money to bribe the robbers, and why did they do it?
It was obvious that it wasn't General Tong. If he really wanted to take his and his mother's lives, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths.

Liang Jiang asked, "Did that person tell you what his purpose was in doing this?"

The bandit shook his head: "He said that as long as the people believe that the Duchess and the Princess were killed by assassins from Xiliang, the more ruthless the assassins were and the more tragic the scene, the better."

"anything else?"

"And another thing is that we must keep our mouths shut and not let a single word slip out."

"Is there anything else? For example, are there any obvious characteristics of the other person?"

The bandit thought about it seriously: "We also made some guesses at the time. After all, he dared to threaten us, so we had to be prepared and know who he was."

"and then?"

"Then we guessed that he might be from the Duke's mansion."

Liang Jiang's breath hitched: "How do you know?" "Because he knows everything about the Duke's mansion. For example, the Duchess's whereabouts, what kind of poison she uses for self-defense, her eyes tearing up in the wind, her blurred vision, and so on."

Also, that night you suddenly appeared and saved the Duchess. Before we could even report to him, he already knew everything.

Liang Jiang's heart sank as the silhouette of a person appeared before her eyes.

She was even somewhat unwilling to believe it.

But besides him, there shouldn't be anyone else.

After all, he was the biggest beneficiary of his own and his mother's "murder."

In his very first assassination attempt, all he wanted was his mother's life. Taking advantage of her failing eyesight, he colluded with bandits, believing that if the plan succeeded, all the Duke's mansion's wealth would rightfully fall into his hands.

As a result, he rescued his mother, and his plan failed.

Perhaps to avoid assassination, her mother immediately took her away from the Duke's mansion.

Logically speaking, he should be considered to have gotten what he wanted.

But human greed is insatiable, and what's more, the people were indignant at the time, and as his second uncle, he could lose his job at any moment and then lose the family business.

So he decided to go all the way and, taking advantage of his and his mother's "disappearance," had the group stage a self-inflicted injury.

After his mother and he were "tragically killed" by the people of Xiliang, what could be a better way to prove his father's innocence than this?
Later, as a matter of course, the emperor not only did not blame him, but also transferred the wealth to his second uncle.

Therefore, the most suspicious person is his second uncle! He is in the Ministry of War, so it would be easy for him to find a few weapons from Xiliang.

All she knew was that he was greedy and selfish, but she never imagined that he would have such a wicked idea in order to seize the Duke's mansion, intending to assassinate her mother and harm the innocent.

Liang Jiang looked at the bandit and asked, "If you could see that man again now, would you recognize him?"

Upon hearing this, the bandits knew that their lives were safe.

He immediately agreed, "Yes, I can tell just by his voice."

In fact, two years have passed, and even if we met, we might not remember each other.

But in order to survive, they had to comply.

Liangjiang then asked him to describe the man's height and other characteristics in detail, which all matched her second uncle's.

She was alone today, without any help. Now that she's alive, it will be troublesome to bring her down the mountain and into the city.

The only option was to drug the bandits, tie them securely to a pillar, leave a note, signal them, and hand over the aftermath to his men.

After leaving the Taoist temple, he observed the terrain and found the area to be open. He then turned back and wrote a note instructing his men to keep a close watch on the robber and to set the temple on fire before leaving.

In this way, if any trouble arises later, there will be evidence that you were not present at the scene.

Then he returned to the capital.

After a busy day, things finally started to look promising, and the truth came out, but Liang Jiang was not happy at all.

After all, the person who instigated this was no outsider; it was very likely his own second uncle, his father's brother.

I can't just barge into the Duke's mansion with a sword, hold it to his neck and interrogate him, or just kill him outright, can I?

After hesitating for a while, seeing the sun set in the west and the crows returning to their nests, I felt annoyed. I went to a wine shop, bought a jar of wine, and went straight to my father's grave.

In the past, whenever I was troubled and unable to make a decision, I would go to my father's grave and talk to him about it.

Liangguo Cemetery.

The tomb keeper was a former subordinate of the Duke of Liang. He was wounded in battle and became lame in one leg, so he could no longer go to the battlefield and could only stay at the mansion to help manage the affairs of the mansion.

Liang Jiang always called him Uncle Chen.

After the Duke of Liang died in battle, Chen Bo took the initiative to come here to guard his tomb.

After dark today, a distinguished guest came to the cemetery to pay respects to the Duke of Liang. Chen Bo recognized him as Gu Xizhi, the Prince of Pingxi.

(End of this chapter)