"Half a month ago, you went to Tiangong Temple to worship the Buddha?" Di Renjie waved off the deceased's maidservant and found that the two victims had one thing in common, they had both gone to Tiangong Temple to worship the Buddha and offer incense before being victimized.

Tiangong Temple is a famous temple in Luoyang, originally the old first in Luoyang before Gaozu became the emperor, Taizong Zhenguan was established as Tiangong Temple in six years, Gaozong also visited the temple, and for it to spend 20 monks, expand the temple.

Di Renjie instructed the officials of Luozhou Mansion to take a few maidservants down, and discussed the case with Cui Xuantong, Li Rong and others in the back hall.

"I think the murderer saw the two victims in Tiangong Temple, followed them, detected the victims' residences, and then robbed them at night." Di Renjie said

"Master Di, do you want to send someone to guard Tiangong Temple and search for the murderer?" Cui Xuantong suggested.

The two murder cases have not been solved for a long time, not to mention that the family of the deceased is a senior member of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and his pressure is quite large, and it has not been reduced much because of Di Renjie's arrival.

"There are a lot of people in Tiangong Temple, and it is a temple that the emperor has visited, how can it be searched at will?" Di Renjie shook his head and said.

This Cui Xuantong is a little anxious, right, Tiangong Temple can be blocked at will? The case itself is in an uproar, and no matter how much fanfare is carried out in Tiangong Temple, it is not to let more people spread the facts of the case, and the people's hearts will be even more shaken, which is against the will of the Queen Mother.

In addition, it is doubtful what the effect of the inventory of Tiangong Temple will be. The murderer is not necessarily a monk in the palace, but may also be a pilgrim, and he can't detain all the people who are in the temple back to the county government for questioning.

"It's the lower officials who are reckless." Cui Xuantong can be an official in the capital, and his political sensitivity is superior, maybe there have been too many things recently, and his brain is a little confused.

"Tiangong Temple is always one of the scenes, it really needs to be checked, and it is not suitable to mobilize the people, we can go to it in a micro service," Di Renjie said unhurriedly, "Cui Xianzun sits in the county government, and the old man takes people to the homes of the two victims first to see if there are any traces left by the murderer." In addition, the relatives of the deceased were notified so that they could take the body of the deceased and bury it. ”

It was almost summer, and the speed of decomposing of the corpse was getting faster and faster, and besides, the corpse had already been experienced, and it was useless to put it in Yizhuang, so it was better to let the family take it away for burial.

An hour later, Di Renjie was led by the official to the mansion of Yan Ting, a member of the Ministry of Rites.

Di Renjie and Yan Ting didn't have much contact, they had a few face-to-face visits with each other, and after showing the queen mother's token, they took Li Rong and the others and the two maidservants into Yan's mansion.

"Brother Yan's condolences, I came here this time to find out the truth of the case, catch the murderer as soon as possible, and let the little lady Yan rest in peace in the spirit of the sky." Di Renjie said to Yan Ting after sitting down in the main hall.

"Master Di, the old man unfortunately encountered this incident, please Lord Di must catch the murderer and be ashamed of the little girl!" Yan Ting said angrily.

Yan Xiaoniang is Yan Ting's heart, although she is a young girl, she is deeply favored by Yan Ting, and she is preparing to marry others, but she didn't expect to suffer this bad luck.

"Brother Yan, don't worry, the old man will definitely give you an explanation, and give Yan Xiaoniang an explanation." Di Renjie said solemnly.

Di Renjie secretly made up his mind to catch the murderer as soon as possible so that he could get the punishment he deserved.

"I came here this time to check Yan Xiaoniang's room to see if there are any traces left by the murderer?" Di Renjie continued.

"Chun Tao, you take Master Di with you!" Yan Ting said to Chun Tao, the servant girl who came back with Di Renjie.

"Yes, sir!" Chun Tao replied.

Then, Di Renjie followed Chun Tao to the boudoir of Yan Xiaoniang in the backyard. The small building is a two-storey wooden building, carved beams and painted buildings, very gorgeous, the second floor is the boudoir of Yan Xiaoniang, and below is the place where the maid lives, which is convenient for the maid to go upstairs and wait at any time.

There is a screen on the front of the boudoir, which is embroidered with a picture of a lady, the lady has a plump figure, a leisurely expression, holding a fan and shaking it gently, a group of innocent and rich.

Bypassing the screen, the group walked into the room. There was a faint fragrance inside, the incense burner in front of the bed was full of ashes, the couch was cleaned up, and the windows were open to reflect the green willow leaves outside.

"Chun Tao, has the furnishings here changed since your lady disappeared?" Di Renjie asked.

"Back to my lord, only the bed has been cleaned up, and the others have not changed." Chun Tao said.

"Was the window closed when I slept that night?" Di Renjie asked, pointing to the window.

"It's closed, and the little maid will close the window herself every night before going to bed." Chun Tao replied.

"Oh," Di Renjie didn't speak, and came to the window.

"Yuan Fang, Yuan Ming, come and have a look." Di Renjie said.

Li Rong and Li Yuanfang followed to the window.

"You are all martial arts, can you jump upstairs from the outside, open the window unscathed, and take away Little Lady Yan?" Di Renjie pointed to the window and said.

"It's not a problem to jump up to a small building, every master of the product can do it." Li Yuanfang said.

"It's not an ordinary master who can break the latch unscathed," Li Rong said, pointing to the latch that was broken in two.

The latch on the window was broken in two, probably because the Yan family did not realize it and had not yet been repaired.

"At least a master of five grades or more, the true qi can be separated from the body." Li Yuanfang looked at the door latch and said.

"A master of the five grades, with excellent sword or swordsmanship, he once haunted Tiangong Temple, and he was no more than thirty years old," Di Renjie muttered in a low voice.

"Light work should be good, the murderer jumped upstairs to lead people away, the maids downstairs, and the servants in the house didn't notice," Li Yuanfang said.

"Hmm!" Di Renjie nodded.

After staying in the small building for a while, Di Renjie and the others carefully inspected the things in the hall, except for the door latch, the murderer did not leave any special traces.

One morning, Di Renjie went to the homes of the two deceased to check their rooms, and found not much, but basically the whereabouts of the murderer could be inferred.

After seeing the deceased in Tiangong Temple, the murderer followed the deceased's home, sneaked into the deceased's boudoir at night, broke the latch of the door with luck, easily subdued the deceased, and led the person away.

"Let's go to Tiangong Temple and have a look!" Di Renjie said to the two.

After inspecting the boudoir of the deceased, Di Renjie decided to go to Tiangong Temple in the afternoon to have a look.

"The murderer has been looking for the target of violence in Tiangong Temple twice, and now that things are all over the city, will he continue to go there, after all, there are many temples in Luoyang City." Li Rong asked.

"No one can predict, it's just that we always have to go and see Tiangong Temple." Di Renjie said.

The group crossed Luoshui from Beicheng and came to the Tiangong Temple in Shangshanfang.

Tiangong Temple in Luoyang Shangshanfang, Tianjin Qiaobei, Zhenguan 12 years when the great monk Dharma Protector as the host, and then the famous monk Dade to live more and more, then become Luoyang famous temple.

Because of the fame of Tiangong Temple, there are many pilgrims and believers, and these people give incense money to the temple, making Tiangong Temple more grandiose in scale, comparable to White Horse Temple.

Di Renjie himself was dressed in civilian clothes, and Li Rong also changed out of the uniform of a thousand horsemen and put on a brocade robe, like a noble son. Li Yuanfang is dressed in white, with a green scarf and a knife around his waist.

As usual, Di Chun was outside guarding the carriage and horses, and the three of them walked into the temple along the flow of people.

Today happens to be the eighth day of the first month of this month, the sixth day of Lent of Buddhism, there are a lot of people in the temple, and there are many rich children to the temple to make incense and make wishes, for a time the warbler Yanyan is very lively.

Di Renjie walked in the car, strolling through the crowd, followed by Li Rong and Li Yuanfang.

"The beginning of the prosperity of Buddhism means the weakening of the imperial court, and the monks neither farm nor work, only consume but do not produce, and consume food and clothing, which is really a great harm in the past dynasties." Di Renjie was born in Confucianism and was the protector of Taoism, so he was naturally dissatisfied with Buddhism.

"The monks spend some food and clothing and the officials and gentry to bribe goods, there is actually not much difference between the fields and the ten thousand rooms, fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter, Di Gong has some eyes." Li Rong said with a smile.

Whether it is a monk, a Taoist priest, or an official, they are all rentiers, and they do not produce but only consume groups.

"I don't look at monks differently because I am an official, but in fact, over the years, the imperial court has been bent on appeasing monks and letting go of the system of leniency, so that some people have become monks in order to avoid military service and evade taxes, resulting in the prosperity of Buddhism on the surface, which violates the original intention of Buddhism." Di Renjie shook his head and said.

In fact, Di Renjie's heart is the same as Spiegel. In order to exchange for the support of Buddhism for her power position, the Empress Dowager opened a dojo in the palace, built a large temple, shaved monks, united Buddhism to suppress the Guanlong nobles and Taoism, Confucianism, and expected to ascend the throne as the emperor, completing the great cause that no one has achieved since ancient times.

"Di Gong, what is good, I am good and I am evil, and those who hate me are evil. Sometimes what's the use of thinking too much, but with the safety of the people, the rise and fall of the family, the inheritance of the Taoist system is just the icing on the cake, some are okay, nothing is inevitable. Li Rong said.

The decline of Li Tang and the rise of the Wu clan are an unstoppable trend, at least for two or three years. Li Rong didn't have a strong sense of honor as a relative of Li Tang, he just wanted to have higher achievements in martial arts, and stepping into the official career was just for the convenience of practice.

Li Yuanfang next to him listened inexplicably, when did Li Rong and Di Renjie talk about these such abstract things, what kind of family and country inheritance.

"It makes sense, whoever is in power in this court is the same, the Li family is stronger than the Wu family, and Emperor Zhongzong is stronger than the Empress Dowager Zetian, but it is just fate to stand in that position, as long as the Empress Dowager Zetian has the skills to govern and the people are healthy, she can also sit in that position." Li Yuanfang can create his own exercises, he is not a pedantic and conservative person, on the contrary, he does not obey authority and is close to the people at the bottom.