Volume One, Chapter 95, Must Kill
The next day, Li Hong was about to find An Lai, wanting to discuss how much supplies to Tubo and what Guan Sangying were doing. When Yan Zhuang hurried in, he told him that Di Renjie and Zhang Deyu had returned to Chang'an City and had arrived on the banks of the Weishui River. Upon hearing this news, Li Hong canceled his idea of seeing An Lai and waited for Di Renjie's news in the East Palace.
Di Renjie and his group went to Hua County to investigate the case in Fenghuangming. After returning to Chang'an, they had to meet Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu first, so Li Hong didn't care. He waited in the study for three hours, and then Yan Zhuang and Di Renjie hurried in.
Di Renjie looked like a wind thrust into the dust. As soon as he walked into the study, he bowed and bowed to him and said, "See Your Highness!"
"Di Sicheng, don't be too polite!" Li Hong stepped forward and helped Di Renjie up, pulled him to the chair and said, "Please sit down quickly and tell Gu about the case in Hua County."
"Thank you Your Highness!" Di Renjie bowed and sat down before he sat down and began to report to Li Hong about the investigation of the Hua County tragedy.
After Di Renjie roughly said the case, Li Hong couldn't help but sigh after hearing it, "So, this is a premeditated massacre, but when the enemy was about to massacre this village, they happened to be caught up by the orphan guards, and they became the enemy's scapegoats?"
"Based on the current speculation, I think this is probably what it is." Di Renjie nodded and said.
"It's really a group of sinister people!" Li Hong sighed, then showed a fierce murderous aura on his face, and said coldly,
"They are really brave enough to dare to put their ideas on Gu!"
Through Di Renjie's narration, he already knew the process of the massacre. Di Renjie arrived in Hua County and, through careful investigation and analysis, he judged from the depth and thickness of the wounds of the victims in the Hua County tragedy that the murderer who killed 300 people only used six qi knives, which means that these 300 people were first caught and then killed one by one.
After killing these three hundred people, these six ritual swords were completely scrapped, and Li Duozha's personal guards had not lost any swords, which ruled out that they were the murderers of the Liujia Village tragedy, and at the same time confirmed that someone wanted to deliberately frame the prince-
But what Li Hong didn't expect was that the enemy designed this series of murders just because he sent someone to invite Sun Simiao to pass by Hua County, and almost put the shit basin on him. Is this man's plan too terrible?
Moreover, the enemy used six yidao to kill 300 people. Where did these six yidao come from? The Qianniu Guards of Emperor Gaozong and his own personal guards came out of the Tang Dynasty. No guards were equipped with yidao, and he had never heard of anyone having a hobby of liking yidao?
After guessing this, Li Hong discovered a big problem. Those who could easily get six ritual swords must be the nobles of Chang'an City, because only when they go to the military weapon supervision can they rely on their ancestors' merits to receive several ritual swords. So, is this proof that the person who framed him is in Chang'an City? And it is the sons of princes, or these princes and nobles are framed by themselves?
Before, if Helan Minzhi had not been dealt with by Li Hong, he would have thought that this person might be Helan Minzhi.
But now Helan Minzhi has been dealt with by him, and Helan Minzhi's confidants have all confessed. There is no such thing as Helan Minzhi in the confession to the Huaxian tragedy. This means that this person is not Helan Minzhi, but if it weren't him, who would this person be?
Li Hong's head was broken, but after all, he couldn't think of who had such great ability and courage to use himself for the sake of his interests?
Unable to think of who it was, Li Hong stopped thinking about it, but asked Di Renjie, "What do you say about Father and Mother?"
Now that Di Renjie's evidence has completely wiped out the murder suspicion of Li Duozha and his personal guards, he is even more looking forward to how Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu are preparing to deal with this matter.
"Your Majesty and the Empress didn't say anything, just let us continue to investigate." Di Renjie said, "However, this time, only Cheng and Zhang Shaoqing were allowed to be responsible for the case."
"Well, it's normal to hand over the case to you Dali Temple." Li Hong nodded slightly and said, "But from the intentions of the father and mother, handing over the case to Dali Temple probably values your ability."
"Your Highness is too much! I dare not take it!" Di Renjie said modestly.
"You deserve it!" Li Hong said affirmatively. Seeing that the prince insisted on saying this, Di Renjie was no longer polite, but then he wanted to speak but stopped.
When Li Hong saw that Di Renjie seemed to have something to do with him, he said cheerfully, "Di Qing, when you go to the East Palace, you are your own people. Just say whatever you have and don't hesitate."
Things that can make Di Renjie want to say something but stop it must be extraordinary, and Li Hong really wants to know.
"Your Highness, there is a family in Liujia Village. The owner is Bo, the former Chang'an County Government. When he investigated the case, he found that although his house was burned down, there were traces of excavated on the ground in the yard. It was obvious that the murderer had found something at his house before burning the house and killing people." Di Renjie frowned and said, "Is this related to the corruption case of the two cities that His Highness investigated before?"
"You mean the murderer massacred three hundred people in Liujia Village, just for Liu Zhubo alone, killing so many people just to cover up the truth?" Li Hong said in surprise.
"It can be said so." Di Renjie said affirmatively, "but my guess is that the murderer had never thought about doing this before. They decided to massacre three hundred people in Liujia Village when they knew that His Highness had sent someone to Zhongnan Mountain to invite Sun Zhenren. Li Duozha and his cavalry had to pass through Hua County, and wanted to put the charge on Li Duozha and the others."
"The Liu Zhubo of Chang'an County Government is related to the corruption case. This Gu had long guessed. He thought that the only people who contacted him were Helan Minzhi and Mrs. Rongguo, but now he didn't expect that there was someone else-" Li Hong pondered, "It seems that Gu has many enemies!"
Di Renjie didn't say anything, he didn't know how to answer.
"What is Di Qing going to do now?" Li Hong suddenly asked Di Renjie.
"I want to start from the six-handled sword, follow the clues, and find the real murderer behind the scenes step by step." Di Renjie said firmly, "For the sake of Liu Zhubo alone, he killed three hundred innocent villagers in Liujia Village. The murderer is so cruel that he will not bring him to justice. Di Renjie is ashamed of his highness' appreciation and the official clothes on his body."
Li Hong was a little moved. This was the Di Renjie he knew. Is this the demeanor that Di Renjie, the famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, should have? He said loudly, "I have to let Di Qing suffer. Just go and investigate. If you have any problems, just tell me directly. If something happens during the investigation, you can bear it for you."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Di Renjie stood up and said excitedly.
Di Renjie was very happy to meet His Royal Highness, who was known for his favor, and was appreciated by His Royal Highness, and was able to get such great support from His Royal Highness. Then, the two of them said a few more words. Seeing that Di Renjie looked tired, Li Hong asked him to go back and rest. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!