In the Duke of Zhou’s Mansion, Zhang Zong and Di Renjie stood in the open space in the front yard with Li Hong, and from time to time they would whisper a few words. Wu Chengsi lowered his head and remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking?

"Wu Chengsi, at this point, I advise you to explain it earlier, so as not to be sent to Dali Temple for punishment in the end, and it will not be good at that time!" At this time, Li Hong suddenly sneered at Wu Chengsi with confidence.

"I...I don't know what the Crown Prince is saying. Although I did buy some salt, it is not illegal to buy and sell salt. Why did Your Highness deliberately make things difficult for me?" Wu Chengsi said with his head down.

"Hmph, it seems that you won't cry until you see the coffin. The high-yield crops in Beiyuan were destroyed with salt water. But your mansion has purchased a large amount of salt. If you can't explain where these salts are, then wait to go to the prison!" Li Hong snorted again when he heard this.

In Li Hong's opinion, Wu Chengsi was struggling dyingly. As long as he couldn't find the five trucks of salt in his mansion and could not explain where the salt would go, he could catch people immediately, and he would not be afraid that he would not explain it.

Faced with Li Hong's scolding, Wu Chengsi still lowered his head and said nothing, making it impossible to judge what he was thinking from the expression on his face?

But at this moment, suddenly, someone who was sent to search rushed over, then hid in Li Hong's ear and whispered a few times. As a result, Li Hong's face changed, and then asked anxiously: "You are serious about this, are you sure you are not wrong?"

"Your Highness, my subordinates have absolutely read that they are absolutely fine. They do store a lot of salt in a warehouse in the back house!" The person who reported the news replied immediately.

"What? Is it found salt in the mansion?" Zhang Zong also widened his eyes when he heard this, with an incredible look on his face. He never dreamed that things would have reversed so much.

"Yes, right in the warehouse behind, there are a lot of salt stored in it. It is estimated that it should be more than 10,000 kilograms." The guard who reported the news explained again.

"This... this is impossible!" Di Renjie also showed a stunned expression when he heard this. Judging from Wu Chengsi's performance just now, such a thing should not have happened unless...

Di Renjie, Zhang Zong and Li Hong thought of a possibility almost at the same time. The six eyes all looked at Wu Chengsi, who was lowering his head. The other party slowly raised his head, but the panic and fear on his face disappeared, but instead turned into a smiling expression.

"Your Highness, it seems that you have found the salt. Did you mean that your previous guess was simply a slander for me?" Wu Chengsi stood up straight at this time and asked with a proud look on his face.

"What a courage. I just asked you where the salt is. Why did you say you have used up, but now it happened in your mansion. Are you playing tricks on me?" Li Hong asked again in anger.

"This..." Wu Chengsi hesitated deliberately for a moment, then smiled, "His highness, I am a duke after all, and I have never paid much attention to these miscellaneous things in the mansion, so I am not very clear about where the salt is going. Just now, the prince repeatedly asked me, and I said I had used up in panic, but I didn't expect that I had been in the mansion. Could it be that your highness was going to convict me because of this?"

"You..." Li Hong was so angry that he wanted to kill someone when he heard this, but Wu Chengsi's words were correct. After all, this could not condemn him at all.

"Ordinary people can't use so much salt at all. Why did you buy so much salt at once? What's your intention?" At this time, Di Renjie also asked Wu Chengsi angrily.

"Haha, I said that I have never been worried about such small things, but I think maybe the manager in the mansion thinks that the price of salt will increase, so he accumulates a batch in advance. After the price increases, he can make a small profit. After all, in our huge Duke's Mansion, the daily food and clothing cost is not a small number. Of course, we have to think of some other ways to give some money to supplement the household expenses." Wu Chengsi smiled again and argued.

"What a sharp-tongued mouth, don't think..."

Li Hong was so angry that he wanted to curse, but as soon as he spoke, Zhang Zong next to him suddenly shouted: "No, your highness, we have been trapped!"

"I fell into a trap? What trick?" Li Hong was stunned when he heard Zhang Zong's words, and couldn't understand what Zhang Zong meant for a moment.

"Their target is high-yield crops in Furong Garden!" Zhang Zong explained anxiously. When the guards reported that they had found salt, he felt something was wrong. After all, Wu Chengsi knew where the salt was, but he had been misleading them. So what was his purpose?

At this time, Zhang Zong finally realized that the clues of salt may have been deliberately left by the other party in order to attract them to Wu Chengsi. Now Li Hong brought a large number of imperial guards to the Duke of Zhou’s mansion. The guards on Furong Garden must be weak. If the other party wants to destroy the high-yield crops, it is undoubtedly the best opportunity now.

Li Hong also reacted immediately after hearing this, and was immediately shocked and angry. He almost burst into flames when he looked at Wu Chengsi. He never expected that he would be fooled by Wu Chengsi.

Wu Chengsi looked leisurely and leisurely at this time and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is extremely wise. How could you fall into a trap? I think it is Xueshu Zhang, you are exaggerating. But as the saying goes, you are a guest from afar. Why don't I hold a banquet in the mansion? Please ask Your Highness the Crown Prince to drink with Xueshu Zhang, Censor Di?"

"Okay! Very good!" Li Hong gritted his teeth in anger, but now he has no time to pay attention to Wu Chengsi. They must rush back to Furongyuan as soon as possible. Although he can also mobilize other people to Furongyuan now, he is worried that the person he mobilized will have spies from the other party, and there will be even bigger loopholes in the hands of the person he mobilized.

Thinking of this, Li Hong immediately ordered people to gather, and then everyone rushed to Furong Garden. Zhang Zong was also very guilty along the way. He really underestimated the other party this time, but he didn't expect that Wu Chengsi was just a bait. However, from this matter, it can be seen that the other party was careful and even started to make arrangements a month ago. He also clearly calculated the every move of Zhang Zong and the others. Such an enemy was simply too difficult to deal with.

Li Hong, Zhang Zong and others led their troops back to Furong Garden. As a result, when they first arrived near Furong Garden, they saw a ray of black smoke rising from the other side of Furong Garden soaring into the sky. This made Zhang Zong and Li Hong scream and then accelerated their speed.
Chapter completed!