When Li Hong heard Di Renjie was going to search the Duke of Zhou's Mansion, he also showed a hesitant expression. Including Wu Chengsi was also his cousin, but he and Wu Meiniang had already broken up, let alone Wu Chengsi. However, Li Hong was worried that if he could not find anything in Duke of Zhou's Mansion, he might be beaten by Wu Meiniang, and he would not end by then.

"Your Highness, you must not miss the opportunity. If you investigate earlier, you will find the clues more. If the other party is allowed to handle them completely, it will be difficult to deal with it!" Zhang Zong saw Li Hong hesitating and immediately advised.

"Okay, please prepare. I want to go to Duke Zhou's mansion in person!" Li Hong hesitated for a moment and finally nodded. He had to find out this matter anyway. And if he could find Wu Chengsi's body, he might be able to pull Wu Meiniang into the water. Even if he couldn't move her, he would still make her mess up.

"Your Highness is wise!" Zhang Zong and Di Renjie said in unison when they saw Li Hong agreeing.

Soon Li Hong's car was ready. Zhang Zong and Di Renjie rode on horseback and accompanied Li Hong to the Duke of Zhou's mansion. Speaking of which, although Zhang Zong had known about Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi's cousins, he had never seen each other. In fact, these Wu brothers, who were extremely arrogant in history, were very low-key in the early days, and stayed at home all day long and hardly interacted with outsiders.

Soon Li Hong's carriage arrived at the Duke of Zhou. Although Wu Shishi was a businessman, he was very sensible and had a relationship with Li Yuan early. Even when Li Yuan sent troops, he used up his family's wealth to support Li Yuan and his son. This made him Li Yuan's confidant. With his talent, he finally won the title of Duke as a merchant.

Unfortunately, both of Wu Shitian's sons were too incompetent. After his death, the Wu family declined sharply. Fortunately, Wu Meiniang, a good daughter, which made the Wu family rise again. However, even with Wu Meiniang's relationship, the Duke of Zhou still had no sense of existence, and many people even ignored Wu Meiniang's family.

Li Hong's carriage came directly to the gate of Duke Zhou's mansion. Zhang Zong and Di Renjie immediately dismounted. Then the East Palace guards brought by Li Hong immediately dispersed and surrounded the entire Duke Zhou's mansion.

The door had already gone in and reported it. After a while, a man in his thirty years old walked out quickly. When he saw Li Hong, he immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Greetings to the Crown Prince!"

"Wu Chengsi, do you know why I came?" Li Hong asked directly without any politeness. Although Wu Chengsi was his cousin, he was extremely disgusted with the entire Wu family, let alone a good face.

Wu Chengsi also turned his head and looked at the East Palace Guard surrounding his mansion. He seemed to have a look of fear on his face, but then he shook his head with a normal expression and said, "I don't know why Your Highness is here. Could it be that the Xiaguan is doing something wrong?"

"Hmph! I'm still pretending to be stupid!" Li Hong also snorted coldly when he heard this, and then signaled Di Renjie beside him to step forward.

Di Renjie immediately understood and immediately took two steps forward, and took out a document from his arms and said, "Duke Zhou, did your mansion purchase a batch of salt from Luoyang a month ago?"

"Your Excellency..." Wu Chengsi did not answer when he heard Di Renjie's words, but asked again.

"Die Renjie is ordered to investigate the destruction of high-yield crops in Beiyuan!" Di Renjie reported himself to his house, and at the same time he was also observing Wu Chengsi's every move. Although the other party concealed it very well, he still saw a little panic in the other party's eyes, which made him believe more in his judgment.

"It turned out to be Censor Di, but why did you find out the head of our Duke Zhou's mansion?" Wu Chengsi still did not answer Di Renjie's question, but asked again.

"Wu Chengsi! Now I am asking Di Renjie to investigate the case. You only need to answer his question. If you are unwilling to cooperate, then I will only let people get angry!" Li Hong suddenly scolded Wu Chengsi again at this time.

"Your Highness... What does your Highness mean? Do you still want to forcefully search my mansion? Are you not afraid that the queen will blame me?" Faced with Li Hong's toughness, Wu Chengsi finally couldn't maintain his previous calm at this time, but said in a panic again, and the cold sweat on his forehead even came down when he spoke.

"Hmph, don't think about using her to suppress me. This time the case was personally ordered by the Emperor of the Father. I will handle everything with all rights reserved. Let's not talk about you. Even if you find out the palace, the people in the palace must cooperate honestly!" Li Hong sneered again. He was originally incompatible with Wu Meiniang, not to mention that this case also involved Wu Meiniang, so he was even more scruples in starting from the action.

"Duke Zhou, I am under the orders of Your Majesty and the Crown Prince. Please answer my previous questions!" Di Renjie asked seriously again at this time.

Faced with Di Renjie's re-question and the aggressive Li Hong, Wu Chengsi's psychological defense seemed to be completely disrupted, and the cold sweat on his forehead was flowing. At this time, anyone with some eyesight could see that Wu Chengsi had a problem.

"Yes, I did ask someone to buy a batch of salt in Luoyang." Wu Chengsi finally gritted his teeth and admitted that it would not be possible if he didn't admit it, because Di Renjie had the documents on the transaction of goods, which could not tolerate him to deny it.

"Very good. This document records that you bought five trucks of salt in total, nearly tens of thousands of kilograms. Moreover, after entering the Duke of Zhou's mansion, this batch of salt never appeared again. I think it should be in the mansion, right?" Di Renjie asked again.

"It's in the mansion, but I've used it up!" Wu Chengsi seemed to think of an excuse at this time, and immediately raised his head and replied.

"It's all done?" Di Renjie sneered when he heard this, "Ten thousand kilograms of salt. Even if there are many people in your mansion, the salt used in a year is only about a thousand kilograms. Tens of thousands of kilograms of salt are enough for you to use it for ten years. How could it be used up in one month?"

"This..." Wu Chengsi was speechless when he heard this. He had never thought about how much salt his family could eat in a year?

"Hmph, you won't think that you have made salt into pickles and bacon. Even if you make pickles and bacon, I want you to take them out!" Li Hong couldn't help but sneer again when he saw Wu Chengsi's sweating look.

Faced with Li Hong's questioning, Wu Chengsi didn't know how to answer, but the cold sweat on his forehead kept pouring out. In the end, Li Hong didn't have the patience to spend time with him again, and immediately ordered: "Come on, search the Duke of Zhou's Mansion carefully to see if there are any five carts of salt!"
Chapter completed!