As if it had been expected.
Li Xuan stood outside the door, watching calmly as Di Renjie finally said the word "suicide" after some investigation.
This is not a difficult case. Li Xuan's attention is not here, but elsewhere.
There was a hint of thinking on his face, but his eyes continued to fall on Di Renjie.
…
Di Renjie walked to the five words "King of Nanchang, kill me" written in blood in front of the corpse, then shook his head and said: "These five words are horizontal and vertical, which shows his skill, but the problem is here, a man with a knife piercing his body No matter what, human beings cannot write these five horizontal and vertical characters."
When Di Renjie said something, Liu Boying immediately nodded.
On the other hand, Yang Shan asked with a confused look on his face: "Why is this?"
"The first is excessive bleeding. If there is too much blood, the strength will be gone." Di Renjie pointed to the pool of blood at his feet, shook his head, and said funny: "With so much blood, it is difficult to move, so how can I still have it?" It takes so much strength to write these straight and vertical words; secondly, it’s painful, the blade is piercing through it, and I can’t concentrate. How can I write such straight and calm words?”
Yang Shan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Although he was not a great calligrapher, his writing skills were always good, so he naturally understood the mystery behind this.
Di Renjie's eyes fell on the long knife inserted into the back of the corpse, and he said suspiciously: "This word must have been written in advance, but how did the knife get inserted into his back? Colleagues from Honglu Temple have said before , after Lu Huan entered the check-in room, no one came in again, could someone lie?"
"Not necessarily." Liu Boying shook his head at this time and sighed: "You only need to sandwich the knife between something at will, and turn it over with your back, and it can penetrate the body directly."
"Impossible." Di Renjie shook his head directly and said, "If this is the case, there will definitely be excess blood flowing out..."
"On the ground!" Li Xuan suddenly spoke, pointing to the blood-covered ground and said, "Remove the body and clean up the blood, and we will be able to find traces of suicide on the ground."
There was a hint of surprise in Di Renjie's eyes, and he stared at the blood pool on the ground, searching for it one by one. Finally, he pointed to something with some confusion and said: "Here, there seems to be traces here, and the blood here is also thicker than the blood pool." It’s much rarer elsewhere.”
"Is it ice?" Li Xuan took a look, shook his head, and said, "Use ice to freeze the blade, then jump off the chair, pierce the body directly, blood flowed out, then turned over, covering the last words... This That’s why, even after looking through the whole house, I couldn’t find any blood stains anywhere else.”
Di Renjie raised his head and waved his hand, and his detectives immediately began to search around.
Finally, all the detectives stood in front of Di Renjie and reported that in the entire duty room, there was only one trace of blood, all on the ground.
The conclusion is already clear.
…
Di Renjie walked to the door, looked at Liu Boying, raised his hands solemnly, and said: "The truth of this matter is generally clear. I only need to ask the King of Nanchang a few more questions and the matter can be closed?"
"Yes!" Liu Boying nodded directly, then turned to look at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan smiled faintly, returned the salute to Di Renjie, and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Di Si Cheng."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome!" Di Renjie straightened up, looked Li Xuan up and down, and then asked: "Looking at the blood on the ground, Lu Huan should have died an hour ago. May I ask Your Majesty, where was Your Majesty at that time?"
Li Xuan thought for a while and said: "An hour ago, I must have just left home. At that time, I thought that Lu Huan might have a problem, so I went directly to ask someone to notify Qianniu Guard and Dali Temple. Later, I also arrived first. Left Jinwu Guard, and then returned to the official office of Honglu Temple."
"That's it." Di Renjie nodded, and after a little calculation, the journey time mentioned by Li Xuan was indeed correct.
Di Renjie walked back and forth in front of Li Xuan, and finally stopped, raised his head, looked at Li Xuan with his lips pursed, and asked: "They say that Lu Huan offended the prince at Liu Shaoqing's farewell banquet last night. Is that true? "
Li Xuan smiled and said, "I guess so."
"Really?" Di Renjie was stunned for a while.
"Actually, it's not quite appropriate to say that I'm offended. After all, Chief Lu just asked casually, and I gave the answer last night."
Li Xuan looked past Di Renjie and landed on Lu Huan's body. He said calmly: "I am not interested in this Master Lu. What happened last night was settled last night. If he doesn't come to provoke me in the future, , I think I don’t have him as a person, but if he comes to provoke me, then I will have countless ways to provoke him."
Li Xuan's understatement made Di Renjie fall silent.
Liu Boying on the side nodded in agreement. He was just a bookkeeper. Not to mention the King of Nanchang, even he had countless ways to deal with him.
Liu Boying knew very well that if the King of Nanchang had not been decisive last night, he would have almost caused a civil strife in Honglu Temple.
After all, Lu Huan was Yang Shan's subordinate. Once the King of Nanchang determined that Yang Shan was responsible for everything last night, the two of them would inevitably have a fight.
But this matter has nothing to do with Yang Shan, so Yang Shan will quickly point the finger at Liu Boying.
After all, only when Yang Shan and the King of Nanchang fight can Liu Boying better control Honglu Temple.
From the perspective of the beneficiary, Liu Boying has the most motive.
But the problem is that although Liu Boying did think about using means, he never thought about it being so drastic.
After all, Li Xuan not only has the trust of Liu Rengui and the empress behind him, but he is also very powerful and very difficult to mess with.
Moreover, all Liu Boying wanted was to gain more control over Honglu Temple. He never wanted to completely suppress the King of Nanchang.
Liu Boying's own age is there, and the King of Nanchang himself said that it will take at least twenty or thirty years for him to move up. But in Liu Boying's view, this is still short, and real politics is even more grinding than this.
Besides, His Majesty asked the King of Nanchang to serve as the young minister of Honglu Temple because he had something to do.
Although Liu Boying knew this, it was very important to be measured, so Liu Boying was not behind Lu Huan at all.
Seeing clearly that someone was trying to provoke internal fighting in Honglu Temple last night, Liu Boying immediately took back all the previous methods.
He could sit back and watch how King Nanchang dealt with Lu Huan, while quietly provoking conflicts between Li Xuan and Yang Shan, but he didn't expect anyone to kill anyone.
…
Seeing everyone's silence, Li Xuan nodded slightly, took half a step forward, and said in a cold voice: "What I am really interested in is the person behind Master Lu. I thought about it last night. When I woke up this morning, I suddenly felt that Lu The King of East China Sea may be behind the main book, so I decisively called out the Jinwu Guards, Qianniu Guards, and the people from Dali Temple, but I didn’t expect that it was still a step too late.”
Di Renjie calmly nodded to Liu Boying and Yang Shan, then raised his hands and said: "In this way, everything has been investigated clearly. Master Lu was used by others to try to stir up resentment against the King of Nanchang, and even used his body as bait. ...In this way, as long as we find out the person behind it, everything will be settled."
Liu Boying turned to look at Li Xuan and said, "What does the King of Nanchang think?"
Li Xuan said very decisively: "I have no objections to this matter. As soon as this matter needs to be investigated, I will leave it to Dali Temple."
"Thank you so much, Your Majesty." Di Renjie immediately looked shocked, with a hint of pride in his eyes. He reached out and couldn't help but touch the beard on his lips, as if he had everything under control.
Seeing Di Renjie's appearance, Li Xuan shook his head and said, "Brother Huaiying, it's better not to have too much hope. Since the King of Donghai dares to use Lu Huan to take action, everything behind it has already been arranged. Qian Niuwei The people just went to Lu Huan’s house, and his family had already arranged to leave the city yesterday.”
"Oh?" Di Renjie raised his head keenly and said, "Did Lu Huan already predict what would happen today yesterday, so he arranged for his family to escape so quickly? Could it be that his family has something in their hands?"
Li Xuan said calmly: "Qianniuwei's people have already gone after them, but I don't have high hopes, because it is very likely that either the East China Sea King is also chasing people at the same time, or these two people are the East China Sea King." New chess pieces laid out.”
Di Renjie gave a rare angry laugh: "Xiaguan has been fighting against the King of Donghai since a few months ago. It's not that he has never caught his hands and feet. It's just that he is more familiar with Chang'an than Xiaguan. If Xiaguan is given more time, We will definitely be able to chase him out.”
"Brother Huaiying is willing." Li Xuan solemnly handed over his hand and said: "Brother Huaiying is also asked to do his best to investigate. I am watching from behind. If the King of East China Sea is really under Brother Huaiying's pursuit, If there is any flaw in your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, I will give Brother Huaiying the first credit."
Di Renjie looked shocked, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty."
Li Xuan nodded and said: "Brother Huaiying, please continue to clean up. I still have responsibilities to be busy with."
"Your Majesty, please go!" Di Renjie stood outside the chief clerk's room and watched Li Xuan, Liu Boying and Yang Shan leave. Then he looked at his subordinates and said, "Continue to search for all the suspicious objects in this room." , take them all back."
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"Da Honglu, I am asking for an order. I will immediately ask the Silla envoy and the Japanese envoy to discuss the vassal tribute covenant." Li Xuan stood in Liu Boying's room and held his hands with a solemn expression.
"Okay." Liu Boying nodded directly and said: "The King of Donghai did this just to delay the negotiation between our country and the Silla-Japanese Kingdom, so the sooner this matter is resolved, the better."
Li Xuan glanced at Yang Shan, who was standing aside, and finally said: "Da Honglu, as far as I know, the funerals of clan members who died, Honglu Temple, Zongzheng Temple, and Guanglu Temple will all participate. Dahonglu still needs to be careful about this matter."
After speaking, Li Xuan turned around and walked away.
Seeing Li Xuan leave, Liu Boying was stunned. Suddenly, he turned to look at Yang Shan and said with a cold face: "Send someone immediately to check all the funeral rites and everything in Lu Huan's hands." , you go there in person and check everything carefully, and there shouldn’t be any mistakes.”
Yang Shan's face suddenly turned pale. Although the things about the hidden princess were kept strictly hidden from everyone, Yang Shan was a direct descendant of the Hongnong Yang family, so how could he know nothing about it.
Moreover, some secret arrangements of the inner court will eventually go through Honglu Temple, and Yang Shan even knows some inside information.
Now that he thought about it, Lu Huan was responsible for many of those things, and Yang Shan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
"I obey the order." Yang Shan turned around and left without any hesitation.
After Yang Shan left completely, Liu Boying breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "The King of Donghai is so cruel. He reached out to Honglu Temple without saying a word. If he can do that, I’m afraid this old man, the Minister of Honglu Temple, can’t stay any longer.”
Taking two deep breaths, Liu Boying's face suddenly became solemn. She looked towards the direction where Li Xuan disappeared and said softly: "The King of Donghai is so afraid of the King of Nanchang. In order to hide the matter, he even had the heart to cut off his hands and feet, but in the end he still let the King of Nanchang." Found."
"This also shows how powerful the King of Nanchang is." A figure walked out of the inner room, wearing a blue Taoist robe and a free and easy expression. This person was clearly Ming Chongyan.
(End of chapter)
