The next day, Li Hong was about to go to An Lai to discuss how much supplies to give to Tubo and Guan Sangying, when he saw Yan Zhuang hurriedly walk in and told him that Di Renjie and Zhang Deyu had returned to Chang'an City and had arrived on the bank of the Weishui River. Hearing the news, Li Hong canceled the idea of going to see An Lai, and waited for Di Renjie's news in the East Palace with peace of mind.

Di Renjie and his entourage went to Huaxian County to investigate the case in Huangming, and after returning to Chang'an, they first had to meet Gaozong and Empress Wu, so Li Hong did not care. He waited in the study for three hours, and Yan Zhuang and Di Renjie hurriedly walked in.

Di Renjie looked dusty, as soon as he walked into the study, he bowed down and saluted when he saw Li Hong, "See Your Highness!" ”

"Di Si Cheng doesn't need to be polite!" Li Hong took two steps forward to help Di Renjie up, pulled him to the chair and said, "Please sit down and talk to Gu about the case in Huaxian." ”

"Your Highness!" Di Renjie bowed down, then sat down and began to report to Li Hong on the investigation process of the Huaxian tragedy.

After Di Renjie explained the case roughly, Li Hong couldn't help but sigh and said after listening to it, "So, this was a premeditated massacre, but the enemy happened to be caught up by Lone's guards when they were about to slaughter this village, so they became the enemy's scapegoats?" ”

"Based on the current speculation, the minister thinks that this is probably the case." Di Renjie nodded and said.

"What a sinister bunch!" Li Hong sighed, and then his face showed a cold murderous aura, and he said coldly,

"Dare to hit the idea on Lonely, they are really bold enough!"

Through Di Renjie's narration, he already knew the process of the massacre. Di Renjie arrived in Huaxian County, and through careful investigation and analysis, he judged from the depth and thickness of the wounds of the deceased in the Huaxian tragedy that the murderer who killed 300 people only used six ritual knives, which means that these 300 people were first caught and then killed one by one.

After killing these 300 people, these six ritual knives can be regarded as completely scrapped, and none of the sabers of Li Duoqi's personal guards are missing, which excludes the possibility that they are the murderers of the Liujiacun tragedy, and at the same time, it also confirms the charge that someone wants to deliberately frame the prince-

It's just that what Li Hong didn't expect was that the enemy almost detained the basin on his body just because he sent someone to invite Sun Simiao to pass through Huaxian, and he almost detained the basin on himself, this person's plan is too terrible, right?

Moreover, the enemy used six ceremonial knives to kill 300 people, and where did these six ceremonial knives come from? The Tang Dynasty produced Gaozong's Qianniu Wei and his own personal guards, and no guard army was equipped with a ritual knife at all, and he had never heard of anyone who had a hobby of liking ritual knives?

With such a guess, Li Hong found a big problem, the person who could easily get the six-handled ritual knife must be the noble children of Chang'an City, because only when they go to the ordnance prison can they rely on the merits of their ancestors to receive a few ritual knives. So, does this prove that the person who framed him is in Chang'an City? And it's the prince's son, or is it this group of ministers who are framing themselves?

Before, if Helan Minzhi hadn't been cleaned up by Li Hong, he would definitely think that this person might be Helan Minzhi.

But now Helan Minzhi has been cleaned up by him, and Helan Minzhi's henchmen have all confessed, and there is no word in the confession that Helan Minzhi has been involved in the Huaxian tragedy. This shows that this person is not Helan Minzhi, but if it is not him, who is this person?

Li Hong's head was broken, but after all, he couldn't think of who had such great ability and courage to dare to use himself for the sake of profit?

couldn't think of who it was, Li Hong didn't think about it anymore, but asked Di Renjie, "What did the father and the queen mother say?" ”

Now that Di Renjie's evidence has completely washed away the murderous suspicion of Li Duoqi and his personal guards, he is even more looking forward to how Gaozong and Empress Wu are going to deal with this matter.

"Your Majesty and Niangniang didn't say anything, just let us continue to investigate." Di Renjie said, "However, this time, only Cheng and Zhang Shaoqing are in charge of the case." ”

"Well, it's normal to hand over the case to your Dali Temple." Li Hong nodded slightly and said, "However, judging from the meaning of the father and the queen mother, it is estimated that handing over the case to Dali Temple is to value your ability." ”

"Your Highness has won the prize! Don't dare to be a minister! Di Renjie said modestly.

"You deserve it!" Li Hong said affirmatively. When Di Renjie saw that the prince insisted on saying this, he was no longer polite, but then he stopped talking.

Li Hong saw that Di Renjie seemed to have something to say to him, so he said heartily, "Di Qing, when you go to the East Palace, you are your own person, if you have anything to say, just say it, don't talk about it." ”

The things that can make Di Renjie want to stop talking must be extraordinary, Li Hong wants to know.

"Your Royal Highness, there is a family in Liujia Village, the owner is the former head of Chang'an County, Bo, when the minister investigated the case at his house, he found that although his house was burned down, there were traces of digging on the ground in the yard. It is clear that the killer had found something in his house before they burned down the house and killed people. Di Renjie frowned and said, "Is this related to the embezzlement case of commercial tax in the east and west cities that His Highness investigated before?" ”

"Are you saying that the murderer slaughtered 300 people in Liujia Village just for Liu Zhubo alone, and killed so many people just to cover up the truth?" Li Hong was surprised.

"So to speak." Di Renjie said affirmatively, "But the minister's guess is that the murderers didn't think of doing this before, they decided to slaughter 300 people in Liujia Village when they knew that His Royal Highness had sent someone to Zhongnan Mountain to invite Sun Zhenren, and that Li Duoqi and his cavalry were going to pass through Huaxian, so they decided to slaughter 300 people in Liujia Village, wanting to put the blame on Li Duoqi and them." ”

"Liu Zhubo of Chang'an County Ya is related to the corruption case, this Gu has already guessed it, I thought that the only people who contacted him were Helan Minzhi and Mrs. Rongguo, but now I didn't expect that there were other people-" Li Hong muttered, "It seems that Gu has a lot of enemies!" ”

Di Renjie didn't talk, he didn't know how to answer.

"What are Di Qing going to do now?" Li Hong suddenly asked Di Renjie.

"The minister wants to start with the six-handled instrument knife first, follow the vine and touch the melon, and find the real culprit behind the scenes step by step." Di Renjie said in a resolute tone, "For the sake of Liu Zhubo alone, he killed 300 innocent villagers in Liujia Village, the murderer is too cruel, and if he is not brought to justice, Di Renjie is ashamed of His Royal Highness's appreciation and the official robe on his body." ”

Li Hong was a little moved, this is the Di Renjie he knows, is this the bearing that Di Renjie, the famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, should have. said loudly, "Let Di Qing suffer, you can go and investigate, if there is anything you need to be alone, if you encounter any problems in the process of investigating the case, just tell Gu directly, and you will be alone if something happens." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Di Renjie got up and said excitedly.

To be able to meet His Royal Highness the Prince, who knew the grace of the encounter, and to be appreciated by His Royal Highness the Prince, and to be able to get such great support from His Royal Highness the Prince, Di Renjie was very happy in his heart. Immediately, the two said a few more words, and Li Hong saw Di Renjie's tired face, so he asked him to go back to rest.