Daming Palace, Yanying Palace

"Wei Yuanzhong, two murders in Nanshi have made people panic, what is going on? Why has the Luozhou government been unable to arrest the murderer for a long time? Wu Zetian sat on the throne and asked dissatisfiedly.

"The minister is guilty!" Wei Yuanzhong bowed to the ground and said in fear.

Wei Yuanzhong is not the kind of person who is accustomed to taking credit, and he does not like to find reasons to excuse his mistakes. On the contrary, he is one of the few officials who is known for his devotion to his duties, and he will not deliberately slack off in his work or even drag his feet because of his personal views on things. For example, to build the Ming Hall, Wei Yuanzhong thought that after the catastrophe, it was not appropriate to consume too much people's power to build a palace, so he opposed the construction of the Ming Hall, but after receiving the task of requisitioning the soldiers, he still worked hard and did his best to do a good job in logistics, so it can be said that without Wei Yuanzhong's efforts, the construction of the Ming Hall would not be so smooth.

"Let's get up first! There are clues to these two murders, who is the deceased and who is the murderer? Wu Zetian asked.

The deceased in the two murders were both women, and the death was extremely tragic, which made Wu Zetian, who heard this, very unhappy, and couldn't help but call Wei Yuanzhong to ask in person.

"One of the deceased is the daughter of Wu Ting, a member of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is the daughter of Yan Yuanhao, the secretary of the Taifu Temple," Wei Yuanzhong stood up and replied.

In desperation, Cui Xuantong asked his boss Luoyang Ling Wei Yuanzhong for help, and handed over the case to the Luozhou Mansion for investigation, which was to some extent an admission of his incompetence. Of course, he is also helpless, in case of several similar cases happening again, Cui Xuantong still can't catch the murderer, it is estimated that his dismissal and dismissal are light, and exile in Danzhou is possible. Cui Xuantong ordered the county lieutenant Qiu Zhonghe to verify the identity of the deceased and reported the results to Wei Yuanzhong, which was a slight cover for his inaction.

"The murderer seems to be a person in the rivers and lakes, and the manpower of Luozhou Mansion is insufficient, and he is unable to track down the murderer." Wei Yuan said loyally.

The so-called people in the rivers and lakes actually refer to those masters who have achieved martial arts, and ordinary first-class masters can deal with several well-trained soldiers, not to mention those government officials.

"Damn it, what do you think about it?" Wu Zetian asked.

This case happened in Luozhou Mansion and theoretically belonged to him for investigation, but Luozhou Mansion was busy building the Ming Hall, and Wu Zetian was still quite satisfied with Wei Yuanzhong's efforts, and the progress of building the Ming Hall exceeded her expectations.

"Since the national dynasty, major cases involving people in the rivers and lakes have been investigated and handled by Dali Temple, with the assistance of the prefecture and county, and the case can be transferred to Dali Temple as usual." Wei Yuanzhong suggested.

Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, and chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban. Since ancient times, people in the rivers and lakes who have the ability to surpass ordinary people will not obey the imperial court decrees so much. In troubled times, Xiongqi fought for the world for the hegemony of one party, such as Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, Zhai Rang and others who competed with the Tang Dynasty at the end of the Sui Dynasty, as well as Chang'an hero Shi Wanbao, Meixian thief Qiu Shili, Qiu Xinggong and finally became the heroes of the Tang Dynasty. When ruling the world, these people became a trouble for the imperial court, killing people and selling goods was a common thing, and some big and important cases were often done by them, the greater the ability, the greater the evil, like the "Shi Sha" Chang Jian killed by Li Rong is a person with blood on his hands.

The imperial court adopted a variety of methods to treat these people, on the one hand, it supported the holy land of Buddhism and suppressed those who did not abide by the law and discipline, and on the other hand, it set up six gates to severely crack down on the people in the rivers and lakes who violated the laws and regulations of the imperial court.

"Dali Temple?" Wu Zetian frowned slightly.

Dali Temple is busy obeying Wu Zetian's will, bent on exerting his strength in the officialdom, framing Zhulian those ministers who support the Li Tang clan, Xungui, who can take care of the Jianghu people who break the law. Of course, Lai Junchen, Zhou Xing and others themselves are from the Demon Gate, and they belong to the generation of murderers who do not blink, and they will not take the lives of civilians to heart and hunt down the murderers for no reason.

"Recently, there have been a lot of cases in Dali Temple, and I have no time to take care of the investigation." Wu Zetian continued.

"The minister recommended a person to take on this important task, the former Ningzhou assassin Shi Di Renjie is waiting in Beijing, he once served in Dali Temple, tried 10,000 cases, none of them missed, it is appropriate to use him to solve this big case." Wei Yuanzhong said.

"Di Renjie, well, this person is deeply trusted by the emperor, and his ability is acceptable. Yang Gong, you immediately ordered Di Renjie to enter the palace. Wu Zetian said to Gonggong Yang, who was standing beside him.

"Yes, Queen Mother." Gonggong Yang said respectfully, and ordered someone to go and call Di Renjie to meet immediately.

"Mingtang was built so quickly, Wei Qing had a heart," Wu Zetian said to Wei Yuanzhong.

"Where is the duty of the minister," Wei Yuanzhong replied.

"I will meet Di Renjie and listen to what he said, you go down first, remember that the construction of the Ming Hall should be done as soon as possible." Wu Zetian said.

"Obey the order!" Wei Yuanzhong bowed goodbye to Wu Zetian and turned around and walked out of the palace.

"Huaiying, what you can do this time depends on your creation!" Wei Yuanzhong said in his heart.

Wei Yuanzhong and Di Renjie are friends and have a very good relationship. The two have similar backgrounds, they are not children of wealthy families, and the elders are just small officials, the key is that the two have similar opinions, and they are not lying to themselves, and they insist on putting state affairs first on the issue of treating the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian, not for the sake of opposition, which makes the two increasingly close.

In the afternoon, Wu Zetian met Di Renjie in Yanying Palace.

At the beginning, Wu Zetian directly raised the matter of the Nanshi tragedy and asked Di Renjie if there was any way to catch the murderer.

"This case is not difficult to solve, but it is difficult to arrest, I hope that the Queen Mother can send a master to cooperate with the arrest of the murderer." Di Renjie said.

"Well, given you a month, the murderer must be arrested," Wu Zetian said, "I sent Li Rong of the Right Thousand Cavalry Battalion to cooperate with you!" ”

"Li Rong?" Di Renjie was slightly stunned.

"Didn't you and Li Rong come to the capital together?" Wu Zetian smiled.

"The minister met Li Rong on the way, and his martial arts are really good." Di Renjie said.

"I have given you a gold medal that can be used to mobilize Luoyang Prefecture with this order," Wu Zetian continued, "I hope you will catch the murderer as soon as possible to comfort the souls of the deceased in the sky." ”

"Obey the order," Di Renjie replied.

Gonggong Yang personally sent Di Renjie out of the palace gate and handed over a golden token to Di Renjie.

"Send me to cooperate with Di Gong to solve the case of dismemberment in Nanshi?" Li Rong was a little surprised when he received the order.

The main function of the thousand cavalry is to protect the emperor, which belongs to the emperor's personal army, and its mobilization does not need to go through the military department, and the emperor can directly order it. Of course, it is now the Queen Mother who is in power, and Qianqi abides by the orders of the Queen Mother.

Li Rong was a little baffled, and the order did not say how many people needed to be mobilized, nor did he explain how to do it, and what the circumstances of the Nanshi corpse splitting case were.

"It seems that I have to go and see Di Gong in person to know what's going on." Li Rong said in his heart.

Shangxianfang is located in the south of Luoyang City, east of Yishui, west of Dingdingmen, Di Renjie's mansion is here.

Li Rong knew Di Renjie's residence, and since receiving the order from heaven that day, he hurriedly rode to Di Renjie's house in Shangxian Fang.

After informing the servants in front of the door, Li Rong smoothly entered the door, came to the main hall, and met Di Renjie.

"Virtuous nephew, I didn't expect the Queen Mother to send you to help me investigate the case!" Di Renjie said.

"It's an honor for the younger generation to be able to serve Di Gong," Li Rong said.

Di Renjie's knowledge and words left a deep impression on Li Rong, and he deserves to be a figure who can go down in history, whether it is receiving people or things, or his ability and insight, he is first-class, and there are not many people who surpass him.

"There were two murders in Nanshi one after another, and the two deceased died in a very tragic state, and their bodies were divided into several pieces and abandoned in the street, which can be described as inhumane." Di Renjie said in a deep voice, "Virtuous nephew, we have to act quickly and catch the murderer as soon as possible, otherwise he will commit crimes and more people will suffer." ”

"The younger generation knows, but how many people need to be mobilized to catch the murderer?" Li Rong asked.

"I'm so stupid!" Li Rong suddenly said in his heart, the murderer is not yet known, what kind of people will be mobilized?

"For the time being, I don't need extra manpower, my nephew will accompany me to Henan County to see the situation of the deceased," Di Renjie said.

With that, Di Renjie got up and ordered the servants to prepare their outfits.

"I don't know who the murderer is who did such a tragic and inhumane case?" Li Rong followed Di Renjie out of the doorway.

"The murderer is easy to find, but we need to catch him earlier," Di Renjie said.

"Easy to find?" Li Rong asked.

Although Li Rong didn't know the details of the case, he had always heard of this case that had been widely spread, and the murderer had not been caught, and it was not as easy to find even a clue. Luoyang has a large population, and there are always millions, and it is difficult to catch one person among these million people.

"The murderer is a person in the rivers and lakes, and he has a good martial arts, there are not many such people," Di Renjie said, "Although I have not seen the corpse, I have heard some stories from others." This kind of case with obvious characteristics of the murderer is not difficult to solve, it is rare how to catch the murderer, and ordinary officials are useless. ”

"Makes sense!" Li Rong sighed in his heart.

If it can be determined that the murderer knows martial arts, it is indeed to set the murderer within a very small range, so the possibility of finding out the murderer will be greatly increased.