Chapter 22: The unlucky Cheng Wu
"Uh......"
Li Hong hesitated for a moment, probably guessed what Di Renjie was going to say, waved his hand and retreated from the attendant beside him, turned to Jiu Ge and said.
"Well, you should avoid it first!"
From early morning to now, this Jiu Ge has a cold look, indifferent to what he sees and hears.
Just standing behind Li Hong, wherever Li Hong goes, she will follow her, and she really deserves the title of "personal guard".
Hearing Li Hong's words, Jiu Ge's face finally changed a little, and the corners of his lips were slightly hooked on his cold face, as if he was mocking Li Hong, and then turned around and walked out.
"Your Highness, yesterday's ministers interrogated the people of Pingkangfang at night, and in addition to judging the matter entrusted by His Highness to the ministers yesterday, they also unexpectedly learned something else! I wonder which one Your Highness wants to listen to first? ”
Di Renjie made a rare joke in front of Li Hong, yesterday Li Hong not only asked Di Renjie to try whether Li Xian was involved in the Pingkangfang case, but also entrusted Di Renjie to find out the origin of Jiuge.
After all, you can't just put a person of unknown origin by your side, even if there is no hostility, you must investigate clearly.
"Let's talk about Jiu Ge first!"
Li Hong was really a little curious in his heart, this mysterious girl, whose martial arts were more powerful than Cheng Wu, how could she be caught in such a place, and in the end, she had to rely on herself to save her.
"After yesterday's trial, I learned that Miss Jiuge was not their target, but when they settled in an inn, they accidentally saw her, and when they saw her a weak woman, dressed plainly, not like a woman with a background, they secretly put sweat medicine in her tea and arrested her!"
Di Renjie said slowly with a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth.
"It's as simple as that?"
Li Hong was a little deflated, such an old-fashioned story was like not saying anything.
"According to the result of the trial, this is the case, but according to the minister's inference, Miss Jiuge probably deliberately mixed in, otherwise with her martial arts, I am afraid that she would not be subdued so easily, so ......"
So people don't need him to save ......
Li Hong said silently in his heart, although he had already guessed that this would be the result, he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart.
He raised his eyes weakly and looked at Di Renjie, but saw that Di Renjie didn't notice the small emotions of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at all, so he continued to take care of himself.
"However, His Highness should be able to rest assured, it has been some time since Miss Jiuge was arrested, and His Highness has not yet returned to Beijing at that time, so Miss Jiuge should not be deliberately approaching His Highness! As for the other origins and the purpose of going to His Highness's side, I'm afraid only Miss Jiuge herself knows. ”
This made Li Hong breathe a sigh of relief, there were not many people who knew about him going to Pingkangfang, they were all confidants, if even this matter was leaked in advance, he really didn't know who to believe.
But since it wasn't approached on purpose, it should be trustworthy, but this girl is really mysterious, and I have to find some time to trick her up.
"And what about the next thing Huaiying said?"
Knowing that he was temporarily safe by his side, and he had a beautiful woman with strong martial arts in vain, uh, no, it was a guard, Li Hong was in a good mood and asked.
Unexpectedly, Di Renjie suddenly took a deep breath and said.
"This matter is related to the assassination of His Royal Highness's Imperial City, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy."
"Oh, related to the assassination?"
Li Hong instantly put away the smile on his face and frowned.
Although he did not hand over the assassination case to Di Renjie yesterday, it does not mean that Li Hong does not attach importance to this matter in his heart, but he is afraid that Di Renjie will take over two cases at the same time and have no skills, so he planned to investigate the case by himself, but he did not expect Di Renjie to bring news about the assassination case.
"When the minister was interrogating them yesterday, he discovered a strange thing, just a month ago, they received a strange order to ambush and kill a young man outside Chang'an City."
Di Renjie said slowly in a solemn tone.
"Before January?"
Li Hong whispered about this time, but suddenly remembered something and blurted out.
"Helan Min's ?!?"
"That's right."
Di Renjie said slowly, as if every word was as heavy as a thousand pounds.
"A month ago, it was His Royal Highness King Yongwang who said that when the guards in the palace disappeared, although the time was in a hurry, and the ministers had not had time to verify the matter, but thinking about it, the young man who was intercepted and killed should be the missing guard in the palace of His Royal Highness King Yong......"
Di Renjie didn't continue to say the rest of the words, but Li Hong could roughly guess that the token in the assassin's hand was here.
Li Hong's eyes showed a cold look and sneered.
"This week, Guogong is really calculating!"
Although this method of planting blame is old-fashioned, Li Hong cannot deny it, but it is extremely effective.
Just imagine, if the token of the Yongwang Mansion is found at the scene of the prince's assassination, Li Xian will not be able to tell even if he has a hundred mouths on his body, even if Li Xian can argue that his guards are missing, but under the ironclad evidence, how many people will believe him.
What's more, after the incident, Helan Minzhi also deliberately revealed the news to Li Xian, so that Li Xian had a weak heart to avoid himself for several days, this move was put in the eyes of people with a heart, I am afraid that he would think that His Royal Highness King Yongwang was caught red-handed because of the evidence, so he did not dare to take a step out of the mansion.
If it weren't for Li Hong's whim to Pingkangfang, I'm afraid he would never have noticed that this matter was done by him He Lan Minzhi, and when the time came, he and his own brother would fight back and forth, and He Lan Minzhi would be able to stay out of the matter.
"It's hard work."
Li Hong's expression changed for a while, and after calming down, he realized that he had snubbed Di Renjie, and said kindly at the moment.
Scratching his head, Li Hong said a little embarrassed.
"It seems that this assassination case in the imperial city is also going to trouble Huaiying!"
His original intention was to be afraid that Di Renjie would lack skills, but now that Di Renjie has uncovered this clue, Li Hong also has the mentality of being able to work hard, and also threw the case to Di Renjie.
Seeing Li Hong handing over the assassination of the imperial city to himself as a matter of course, Di Renjie was stunned for a while, a little crying and laughing, did he dig a pit and jumped in.
However, since Li Hong trusted him so much, and investigating the case was his forte, Di Renjie no longer shirked and took the case.
"But Your Highness, even if you find out the evidence of Zhou Guogong's crime, the queen mother will ......"
Di Renjie hesitated a little, his worries were not unreasonable, the most important reason why Helan Minzhi had been able to be arrogant and domineering all these years and no one dared to provoke him was that Empress Wu took into account the request of his mother, Mrs. Rongguo, and had been protecting Helan Minzhi.
Even if it is found out that he planned this matter, I am afraid that for the sake of Mrs. Rongguo's face, I will not do anything with him, after all, the old lady is old, and Helan Minzhi is the only male left by Mrs. Rongguo's eldest daughter......
"Huaiying doesn't have to worry, the most important thing at the moment is to find out the evidence, as long as Huaiying finds the evidence, Lone is sure to severely punish Helan Minzhi, after all, Lone, the prince, is not in vain!"
Seeing Li Hong's vow, Di Renjie also relieved himself, since the matter had been said, Di Renjie also left the East Palace, after all, he only arrived in Chang'an yesterday, and last night he raided the case of Pingkangfang, and his iron body couldn't stand it, so he rushed back to rest.
Seeing Di Renjie away, Li Hong returned to the front hall, but his slightly furrowed brows revealed that he was not as calm as he seemed.
Although what he said in front of Di Renjie was categorical, in fact, Li Hong was really not sure that he could really deal with Helan Minzhi's guy.
However, if the case of abduction and trafficking of women and the case of assassination are pressed together, it is not completely impossible.
Li Hong was thinking about it, but saw the little chamberlain outside the hall who had just gone to deliver medicine to Cheng Wu ran in with a panicked face.
"Your Highness, it's not good!"
Li Hong was already a little worried about Helan Min's matter at the moment, but at this moment, seeing that this little chamberlain looked panicked, his face darkened at the moment.
"What's wrong? It's not like that! I don't know, I thought that the East Palace had mixed in with the assassins again! ”
"Your Royal Highness, the slave maid just took the medicine and gave it to Lord Cheng according to His Royal Highness's instructions, but I didn't expect to see Lord Cheng looking at the roof with his eyes as soon as he entered the door, motionless, the slave and maid stepped forward boldly, and found that Lord Cheng was all right, his breathing was normal, and there was a thin silver needle on his neck, but he didn't answer the slave's words, only his eyes were rolling around, and his eyelids were desperately blinking at the slave and maid......"
The little waiter looked palpitating and stammered.
Li Hong's brows furrowed even deeper, could it be that he really said a prophecy, and the East Palace was really mixed with assassins again? But how could he find Cheng Wu.
Wait, Silver Needle?!
Between thoughts, Jiu Ge appeared silently behind Li Hong, and said lightly.
"Anesthetic, an hour."