Chapter 230: Ghost Fire Haunts Chang'an
Chang'an is still the same as usual, the fat monk mixed in the crowd and laughed and talked with a group of idle idlers, counting the days, today the head of the Lu family should also be escorted to Chang'an.
While talking, the fat monk kept staring at the street, and as the noisy crowd was dispersed by a team of officials, the down-and-out head of the Lu family in Dali Temple appeared in view.
"There's still something to do, so I'll take my leave." The fat monk smiled and said to a few idlers and left.
As soon as the head of the Lu family arrived in Chang'an, he was escorted into the palace, and no one knew what the head of the Lu family said to His Majesty today, and it was a long time before the head of the Lu family left the palace and was escorted to Dali Temple to wait for trial.
Dali Temple, Di Renjie and Dali Siqing have been waiting in front of Dali Temple, the head of the Lu family walked all the way to Dali Temple with shackles, and looked up not to see Dali Siqing, but stared at Di Renjie.
"You are Gu Qing's disciple," the head of the Lu family said in a hoarse voice.
"Exactly." Di Renjie turned sideways in front of this old guy, "Please." ”
"Gu Qing, the old man has always underestimated you!" Only then did the head of the Lu family enter Dali Temple and be put in prison in Dali Temple.
Although the matter of the head of the Lu family being imprisoned is too sudden and too secretive for many people, several inquiries and speculations, there are many voices in Chang'an, some people say that the royal family wants to pull out the family, and some people say that because the Lu family thinks about the matter of Prince Yin back then, they will plot to rebel.
Di Renjie, as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, is dealing with the children of the Lu family who were escorted into Chang'an from the Lu family this time, Dali Temple is already very low-key, why Chang'an has a rumor so soon, public opinion is very big, and if it goes on like this, the more I think about it, the more anxious I become, and I put down my pen and walked out of Dali Temple.
All the way to Bizhai, Di Renjie found that the fat monk was not here, but the short man was.
"What about the monks," Di Renjie walked into the pen and asked.
"He went out, and the manpower was sent out, and now it's not enough, so he went to listen to the wind." The dwarf sat bored, "Little Di Tou'er, have you noticed that Chang'an has been in the limelight recently." ”
Nodding, Di Renjie was also puzzled, "This gust of wind will not come in vain." ”
"Yes." The dwarf was thoughtful, "I've already told Gu Tou'er, and I don't know what Gu Tou'er will arrange." ”
"Let's keep an eye on it." Di Renjie had a sad face, "If you ask someone to talk to my teacher, I won't go back these days to stare at Dali Temple, for fear of any accidents." ”
"I see." The elf nodded.
……
That night, Di Renjie stayed awake all night, and the head of the Lu family did not fall for a day, making it difficult to sit still, it was in the middle of the night that a watchman was drowsy, and the autumn wind blowing through Qujiang Pond made him feel excited.
In the hazy night, you can see a little bit of faint blue firelight, rubbing your eyes vigorously, and a faint blue ghost fire floats on the surface of the lake, floating all the way to Chang'an.
"Ghost ...... Ghost fire! The watchman ran into the streets of Chang'an in a panic and met a team of soldiers who were patrolling the night....... Ghosts! ”
"What the hell! What a whirl! Brother Qiang, who led the team, shouted, and was looking up to see the dark blue ghost fires floating silently on the street, and fell to the ground with a soft pop under his feet, "Ghost ...... Ghost...... Ghost fire! ”
The originally quiet Chang'an City was noisy in the middle of the night, and the officials of Dali Temple came to Di Renjie, "Shaoqing, something happened!" ”
Putting down the file in his hand, Di Renjie was puzzled.
"Shaoqing, ...... outside. There's a ghost fire out there! The official's voice trembled.
Di Renjie stood up and walked all the way to the outside of Dali Temple, the dark blue ghost fire was floating in the street, and he was surprised and a little frightened in his heart.
On the morning of the second day, Li Er's face was very bad, and there was a ghost fire in Chang'an, which caused a big wave among the people, and the ancients revered the gods.
"Thoroughly!" Li Er immediately made an order.
Fang Xuanling noticed that Li Er's face was very unsightly, from the previous folk discussion to the current matter, it was the Xuanwu Sect back then, but it was just a taboo in His Majesty's heart today.
Li Er's order made the entire Dali Temple nervous.
Chang'an Outer Taoist Temple, it was already the third day Gu Qing got up and looked at Di Renjie at home, "Didn't you say that you would keep an eye on the head of the Lu family during this time?"
"Teacher." Di Renjie bowed his head and said, "Last night, there was a ghost fire in Chang'an City, and the court shook!" ”
Ghost Fire Gu Qing said suspiciously, "What is the reaction of that person in the palace?" ”
"Thoroughly!" Di Renjie replied, "Teacher, are there really ghosts and gods in this world?"
"Nope!" Gu Qing sneered and said, "From the previous public opinion to the current ghost fire, it seems that some people want to save the life of the head of the Lu family, insinuating that the Xuanwu Sect is so bold. ”
"What does the teacher mean......" The breeze blew, and Di Renjie's mind was clear, "The teacher means that someone is making trouble from it and wants to take advantage of the situation to protect the head of the Lu family"
"Eighty percent of the time." Gu Qing took a bowl of porridge handed by the family and ate it.
"However, if someone really does this, then how did the ghost fire do it" Di Renjie wondered again in his heart.
"Phosphorus, it's a very flammable thing." Gu Qing ate porridge, "There is phosphorus in the incendiary bomb I made, which I extracted from urine, and someone used phosphorus to create a ghost fire." ”
"It's still not where to start with the students, and the students have never seen phosphorus." Di Renjie said.
"Su Dingfang has seen this thing of phosphorus, and it is white and powdery." Gu Qing thought in his heart, "This thing won't burn for too long, if you want to cause last night's posture, it must be near Chang'an, you follow the direction of the wind last night, and start to check from the first person who saw the ghost fire, there should be clues there." ”
"The student understood." Di Renjie left.
Watching this kid leave, Gu Qing let out a long sigh, the Lu family has already existed in name only, what is the use of doing all this, what is the use of doing this, what is not good to do is to move the thorn in Li Shimin's heart.
Di Renjie led people to start an investigation, Dali Siqing watched Di Renjie busy up and down, the ghost fire can really check the doubts in his heart, grabbed Di Renjie Dali Siqing said, "Di Renjie, the most important thing at the moment is to appease the people." ”
"If you find out the truth, the people's will will naturally be decided." Di Renjie arched his hand and said to Dali Siqing, "If there are really ghosts and gods, the lower officials want to see what this ghost and god looks like." ”
Di Renjie took the people of Dali Temple to interrogate in Chang'an and found the first person to see the ghost fire, and the first person to see the ghost fire was in Qujiang Pond.
The officials of Dali Temple near Qujiang Pond are looking for clues here, there are indeed some suspicious footprints, Qujiang Pond is next to the Hibiscus Garden, which belongs to the royal garden, every festival royal will carry out a banquet here, walking around Qujiang Pond, Di Renjie's footsteps stopped, and found some white powder at his feet.