freenovelworld Chapter 309 Subcontracting
Chapter 309 Subcontracting
Xiao Jingyi suddenly thought of the night when he visited the Jinyu Tower.
At that time, in addition to Wen Zhao and the Japanese merchant, there was also a mysterious man wearing a mask in the room.
If Wen Zhao is the young master of the Moon Clan, then is it possible that the mysterious man wearing the mask is the imperial teacher?
Xiao Jingyi tapped the table with his fingers and fell into deep thought.
After a while, Tian Quan came to report: "Your Majesty, Wen Zhao has been brought here!"
Xiao Jingyi nodded and said, "Go check and see if Wen Zhao has the Half Moon Totem of the Moon Clan on him?"
Tianquan was stunned for a moment, then responded and left.
It was a long time before Tianquan returned again.
"Your Highness, I have checked carefully and there is no half-moon totem on Wen Zhao's body."
"Not actually." Xiao Jingyi frowned.
The half-moon totem is a unique symbol of the Moon People.
The Moon Clan worships the Moon God.
Therefore, when babies of the Moon Clan reach their full moon, they will have moon-shaped patterns painted on their bodies with a special paint, in the hope of receiving the blessing of the Moon God.
If Wen Zhao is really the young master of the Moon Clan, he should have a half-moon totem on his body.
Wait, Xiao Jingyi paused for a moment, and suddenly realized that he might have been thinking in the wrong direction from the beginning.
How did the young master of the Moon Clan transform himself into the eldest son of the second branch of the Wen family, and how did his identity remain undiscovered for so many years?
Xiao Jingyi put himself in the shoes of the Moon Clan's Imperial Master, and wondered what he would do if he were the Imperial Master.
This is the only remaining bloodline of the Moon Kingdom's royal family, so it naturally needs to be well protected.
So he was replaced in the Wen family and became the legitimate son of the second branch of the Wen family.
In this way, you can grow up safely and enjoy wealth without having to suffer any hardship during the process of growing up.
Moreover, the Wen family is a family with a history of hundreds of years, so naturally they have heritage and resources that ordinary families cannot match.
As he grows up, whether he studies literature or martial arts, as the eldest son of the Wen family, he will be cultivated with all his heart.
When Wen Zhao grows up, he can use the Wen family's resources to support the Moon Clan's plans whenever necessary.
Wen Zhao had been hiding in the Wen family for so many years and no one had discovered his identity. He must have been switched into the Wen family when he was still a baby.
At that time, perhaps Wen Zhao had just been born not long ago, and before he had time to paint the Moon Clan's unique half-moon totem on his body, he was sent to the Wen family.
Moreover, without the totem of the Moon Clan on his body, he can hide his identity better and avoid being discovered.
Thinking of this, Xiao Jingyi looked up at Tianquan and said, "Go check when and how Wen Zhao's biological mother, the original wife of the second branch of the Wen family, died?"
Tian Quan had already thoroughly investigated the Wen family. Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, I have previously investigated and found that the former wife of the second branch of the Wen family had a difficult delivery and died of hemorrhage the day after giving birth to Wen Zhao."
After hearing this, Xiao Jingyi felt more and more that his guess was correct.
The death of the second wife of the Wen family was either due to a real dystocia and hemorrhage, or it was man-made.
Women are naturally very meticulous, not to mention that after being pregnant for ten months, they have a natural and wonderful feeling for their own children.
If the second wife of the Wen family were still alive, she would probably realize sooner or later that Wen Zhao was not her biological child.
Therefore, in order to ensure that Wen Zhao grew up safely in the Wen family as the legitimate son of the second branch of the Wen family, the second wife of the Wen family naturally could not live.
Once this threat is eliminated, no one will doubt Wen Zhao's background.
Xiao Jingyi pondered for a moment and felt that speculation alone was not enough and he still had to get solid evidence.
He waved at Tian Quan and ordered, "Go check the people around Wen Zhao, especially those who serve him closely, and interrogate them all."
Since the Yue Clan dared to place their young master in the Wen family, it was impossible for them not to place people around Wen Zhao. As for whether the purpose of these people was to protect him or to monitor him, it was hard to say.
Based on the evidence and intelligence Xiao Jingyi currently has, he feels that the imperial teacher who is hiding the deepest is the one who is manipulating everything behind the scenes.
As for the young master Wen Zhao, he is most likely a puppet.
Xiao Jingyi instructed Tianquan to interrogate the people around Wen Zhao. As for Wen Zhao, Xiao Jingyi decided to interrogate him personally.
The trial lasted until dawn.
Xiao Jingyi wiped the blood off his hands with a handkerchief and glanced at Wen Zhao, who was covered in blood and half-dead.
"I thought it was something hard."
"Young Master of the Moon Clan is no more than this!"
It was just a little interrogation trick. Xiao Jingyi didn't even use the medicine given by Yun Fuling, and the young master of the Moon Clan confessed everything he knew.
Thinking back to when we were on the Devil's Island, the former general of the Moon Kingdom and his men were much tougher in their words.
If it weren't for the various kinds of hallucinogenic drugs made by Yun Fuling, it would have been extremely difficult for Xiao Jingyi to get anything out of them.
The Moon Clan has such a young master, it seems that their luck has really run out.
However, this young master of the Moon Clan did reveal a lot of useful information.
The mysterious masked man who had met Wen Zhao before turned out to be the Moon Clan's Imperial Master.
Moreover, he has not left Jinzhou yet and has been living in Jinyu Tower all these days.
Xiao Jingyi didn't expect that his random guess would actually be correct.
At this time, Tianquan also sent several confessions.
"Your Majesty, I have led people to interrogate everyone around Wen Zhao."
"Half of them confessed quickly, but they didn't reveal anything useful. These people probably don't know Wen Zhao's true identity. He is just an ordinary servant of the Wen family."
"It is possible that some of these people are pretending to be stupid and trying to get away with it. I will have people keep an eye on them."
"A few others were found to have the Moon Clan's Half Moon Totem on their bodies."
"These people are very stubborn. No matter how severely they are tortured, they won't confess. Fortunately, we have the powder given by the princess."
Xiao Jingyi read the confessions one by one.
The facts were similar to what Xiao Jingyi had guessed.
Wen Zhao was born just a few days ago when the wife of the second branch of the Wen family happened to be about to give birth.
When the imperial teacher who was hiding in the Wen family heard the news, he came up with the idea of replacing the prince with a cat.
He bribed the midwife and switched Wen Zhao to be the legitimate son of the second branch of the Wen family.
He also had the midwife tamper with the baby delivered by the second wife of the Wen family, causing her to die of hemorrhage and the child to be dead when it was born.
Afterwards, the midwife was silenced.
The tribesmen who were sent to Wen Zhao's side for those few months were there both to protect Wen Zhao's safety and to monitor him.
After all, the only remaining bloodline of the Yue Kingdom royal family cannot be lost.
After reading those confessions, Xiao Jingyi felt that in such a large Wen family, there might be more Yue people in this house than just the ones around Wen Zhao.
If he was the state teacher, since he could send in one Moon tribe member, he could naturally also send in two, three, or four.