The blue bird took the initiative to walk in front of Di Renjie,

She half-raised her arms,

Pointing to the elegant seat in the distance,

Asked;

"Shall I give you a drink?"

The function of the mask is not only to restrain the breath of the wearer, but even the timbre can be changed, but despite this, the arrogance in the blue bird's tone is still clearly revealed.

This is the comfort of the winner to the loser, and after winning the ranking, giving the loser a certain amount of care is part of the winner's pleasure.

"Okay."

Di Renjie agreed.

Blue Bird seemed a little surprised, she originally thought that the other party would not accept this invitation, and would see it as an insult and choose to refuse directly, but the other party did not.

And the other party agreed very frankly, but he seemed a little too arrogant.

It's true, Di Renjie treats everything here as a game, he is competitive, he will deliberately strive for rankings, but that is just to make the game here more interesting;

But if you "become angry" because of this, then you lose the original meaning of the game.

Of course, there are also factors in this blue bird that give him a faint sense of familiarity.

Bluebird made a "please" gesture:

"Please."

Di Renjie bowed his head slightly.

The two walked to the private seat together, the elegant seat of the Six Arts Pavilion is divided into grades, for ordinary guests, the more advanced the private seat area, the greater the cost, but it can be discounted according to the ranking, with the ranking of Di Renjie and this blue bird, the discount is almost lower than the wine in the ordinary wine shop outside.

This can meet the needs of those guests who are not ranked high but are willing to spend money, and sit with the real "big guys".

The bluebird ordered wine, a specialty of the clouds.

One person has a cup, picks it up, and drinks it slowly.

A waiter came to ask if he needed a screen, but was rejected by Bluebird.

She and the dark shadow in front of her actually have nothing to talk about, drinking, and just drinking.

Both wore masks,

Since wearing a mask means that you don't want to show your true face and want to hide your identity.

Therefore, on this basis, it is inappropriate and meaningless to ask about age, occupation, and other polite words.

Gradually, the eyes around began to gradually move away, and everyone obviously lost interest in the silent drinking of the two bigwigs, and at the same time, on the mirror projection of the hall, a new picture of the challenger competition began to appear.

Although the ranking and difficulty of the challengers are not as high as the battle for the top of the list, they are enough to attract everyone's attention.

And Di Renjie and Blue Bird are still continuing to drink slowly, and both sides have a tacit understanding, that is, when the wine in the cup is finished, they can say goodbye to each other.

At this time, two middle-aged men sat next door, not wearing masks.

One of them is an official of Dali Temple, surnamed Sun, whom Di Renjie knows.

The other is the young owner of Deshun Buxing in Chang'an City, surnamed Zhao, and the two are cousins.

"Cousin, aren't you worried about your family? I've heard that a lot of adults' mansions have been taken down lately. ”

"Heh, I don't have to worry about anything, my house is surrounded by walls, if the thief really comes, I won't get up, and I have to ask him to remember to close the door when he leaves."

Lord Sun is an honest official and has an excellent official reputation, but it is obviously an exaggeration to say that it is a family with four walls, but according to the grades of those adults who were stolen before, Lord Sun is not qualified now.

"Also, I don't know when those thieves will be caught, and now the big families in Chang'an City are panicking."

"Your Majesty, but even the female official next to you, is the one who is said to be able to weigh the world......"

"But the Shangguan family?"

"Yes, that's the one, with her and Master Di, I'm afraid those thieves won't be able to jump for long."

"But it's been a long time coming."

"I've heard that there is some disagreement between the two."

"Disagreement? Cousin, can you elaborate on that? ”

"Since the one from the Shangguan family was sent by His Majesty, he naturally wanted to find out the real secret behind this, why did this thief only attack the nobles? Isn't it possible that the thieves themselves don't know the weight of these real adults?

Therefore, the one from the Shangguan family means that he wants to put a long line to catch a big fish and catch all the roots, so he has been blocking Lord Di from collecting the net.

But the days have been going on for a long time, Lord Di is afraid that he is impatient, it is impossible to continue to let those thieves continue to be arrogant, Dali Temple has already obtained the official letter of Lord Di, and Dali Temple will send someone to help collect the net in a few days. ”

"Master Di did the right thing, no matter if there is a big fish behind it, won't you know if you catch the small fish first? The one in the Shangguan family is a woman in the end, and she is really a mother-in-law and a mother-in-law. ”

Hearing this,

Bluebird shook the red wine glass in his hand slightly.

"That is the one you can slander at will? Don't kill you. Come on, put a screen on us first. ”

The waiter came with a screen to cover the cousins' seats, separating the inside and outside.

At this point,

The blue bird spoke:

"It is said that there is no leaky wall in this world, but this kind of internal affairs of the yamen can be casually talked to people on such occasions, and the people of Dali Temple are inevitably overindulged."

Di Renjie was a little surprised by the tone of the blue bird, Dali Temple is not an ordinary yamen, and the woman in front of her dares to comment like this, obviously her status is not low.

"Yes, it's time to discipline."

That Lord Sun, Di Renjie remembered, the official letter he sent clearly asked Dali Temple to keep it secret, such a person, no matter how good the official reputation is, it is easy to have problems in doing things.

The blue bird was also a little surprised, the three words "should be disciplined" are like children who are not sensible and should be spanked, which also means that the status of the "black shadow" should not be low.

Under the cover of the mask, of course, you can talk about it, anyway, no one can see who you are;

But the person who can compete with himself for the top spot is hard to believe that he will just be a person with a swollen face and a fat man.

"Are you worried?"

Di Renjie asked, and he noticed that it was a theft before, which caused the blue bird to speak.

"Worried about what?" The blue bird was slightly stunned, then reacted to Di Renjie's meaning, and said with a smile, "Worried about thieves entering my house?" ”

In this world,

I'm afraid that no thief dares to patronize the place where she lives.

"Yes."

"Therefore, it is all the more necessary to bring the thieves to justice." Blue Bird asked rhetorically, "Only by arresting the thieves as soon as possible can this Chang'an continue to be peaceful, what do you think?" ”

Di Renjie shook his head and said: "It is impossible for ordinary theft gangs to dare to target the mansions of princes and ministers, and they only target them. ”

"In this way, do you support the opinion of the Shangguan family?"

Di Renjie said with a smile; "It seems that you support Master Di."

The blue bird shook his head and said: "It's right to eliminate evil, if you don't know the true purpose of the main messenger behind the scenes, and close the net in advance, you will only startle the grass and snakes, and after a while, the spring breeze will blow and regenerate." ”

Di Renjie said: "But this group of thieves is highly skilled, and they can't be recruited and trained casually, and catching them is enough to stop the whole thing for a long time."

Nowadays, the people of Chang'an City are panicking, and so many ministers have to worry about the safety of their families when they go to the court during the day, which has affected government affairs, and the indirect losses caused by this are not insignificant. ”

"Who the hell are you rooting for?" Bluebird asked.

"That's what I want to ask you, too."

Bluebird put down his glass and stood up:

"Will you come again tomorrow?"

"I don't know, what about you?"

"If the rankings hadn't moved, I wouldn't have come."

Di Renjie turned his head, looked at the general list again, and said:

"Then you'll have to work hard tomorrow to run again."

"Okay, I'll wait."

Bluebird left.

The Six Arts Museum has four gates, one of which is the main entrance and three are the secret doors.

The direction of the secret door that the bluebird is walking towards, from there, can prevent being followed and peep into the real identity.

Di Renjie walked out of the main entrance,

Wearing a mask, he retrieved his hat from the stall owner, put it on his head, and then disappeared into the crowd of people in the night market.

In the crowd,

A woman silently removed the mask from her face, revealing a cold countenance.

she

Lose someone.

The one who is obviously very good at anti-tracking means, the crowd of people in the night market, is his best shield, maybe, at this time, he has taken off his mask and taken the hat, turned into another person's appearance, and walked normally.

The mask swirls in the hand,

The woman shook her head slightly and muttered:

"It's unbelievably familiar."

……

"My lord, the Dali Temple has just sent someone over, and the person surnamed Sun you ordered has been held accountable, and he will not be qualified to participate in this matter again.

In addition, this is another official letter from Dali Temple, and they will send people to obey your orders at the appointed time. ”

"Okay."

Di Renjie nodded, picked up the official letter and looked at it.

Li Yuanfang withdrew from the signing room,

But it didn't take long,

Li Yuanfang trotted in again to report:

"My lord, that Shangguan Wan'er is here again!"

"Why, can't I come?"

The woman's cold voice entered the signing room one step ahead of herself.

When Li Yuanfang heard this voice, he pouted with his back to the door and grimaced.

Since His Majesty ordered Shangguan Wan'er to go out of the palace to assist her own adults in investigating this case, this woman has not rarely "quarreled" with her own adults due to differences of opinion.

Of course, they can't really quarrel like the woman on the street, and their dispute is also polite, but when the aura of the two is competing against each other, it is better to have a fight, in short, Li Yuanfang is caught in the middle, and he will always feel very uncomfortable.

Di Renjie glanced up at the woman who walked in and said:

"Of course you can come in, but before you come in, you can say hello."

"All the yamen in this Chang'an City belong to His Majesty, where do I need to say hello when I enter?"

Di Renjie shook his head and ignored her.

Shangguan Wan'er walked up to Di Renjie's table and asked;

"Master Di, I got the news, you are already planning to close the net, right?"

"The next target and time to be started have been basically determined, in this case, isn't it natural to close the net?"

It is impossible for a theft gang to commit a crime without leaving clues, and under a series of evidence deduction and investigation, it has been possible to find out the pattern of the theft gang when it commits crimes.

What is their purpose? What about their messengers? You can't be naïve enough to think that they really just think that big families have a lot of money to choose to do it, right? ”

"You can wait for someone to be caught before interrogating."

"It's too late to startle the snake, how can you not be ready to get out if you dare to urge people to do something to the officials and dignitaries of Chang'an?"

"So, you mean, keep watching?"

"My opinion is the same as before, don't act rashly until you really lock down the mastermind behind the scenes."

"Just watch them continue to steal and remain indifferent to the next target?"

"The loss can be recovered."

"But what about the impact and the turmoil?

I have to remind you, this is Chang'an, my duty is to give this city stability and peace, I can't just sit here, watch the thieves do their actions one by one, watch the court and the people panic and do nothing! ”

"Master Di, I also want to remind you that this is Chang'an, yes, but this is His Majesty's Chang'an, His Majesty sent me down to dig deep into the mastermind behind the scenes and confirm its real intentions, not to let me just catch a few outermost thieves to deal with it!"

Di Renjie spread out his hand and looked at Shangguan Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er was a little puzzled and asked, "What?" ”

"Your Majesty's will."

"That's what Your Majesty meant."

"Are you conveying to me His Majesty's message?"

"It's not a dictation, but it's what Your Majesty meant."

"There is no will, and it is not an oracle, please forgive Di, I can't obey orders."

"Master Di, do you have to be like this?"

"Di's responsibility is to be responsible for the stability of Chang'an, this is Your Majesty, and it is also the important task entrusted to Di by the imperial court, Your Majesty just asked you to assist me in investigating this case, and did not say that Di Mou should follow your orders.

If you can't find the mastermind in a month, if you can't find the mastermind in a year,

Is it possible to let Di watch that group of people arrogantly commit crimes in Chang'an City for a whole year? ”

Shangguan Wan'er smiled,

Stretched out his finger and pointed at Di Renjie:

"Master Di, please do it yourself."

"Di is very good."

Shangguan Wan'er turned to leave.

Seeing that the woman was gone, Li Yuanfang shrugged his little shoulders and said to Di Renjie;

"It's fast this time."

The "quarrel" in the past will not only last for such a short time, and in the preliminary investigation, there has been friction between the two sides.

Li Yuanfang leaned closer and said:

"My lord, she won't go to report to Your Majesty, will she?"

Di Renjie shook his head and said:

"Your Majesty will not give holy decrees and oracles, and Your Majesty will not even tell me these things personally."

"Why?"

"Because it was Your Majesty, it was precisely because Your Majesty was inconvenient to give me a clear indication that she was sent out of the palace."

"So, my lord, why are you so serious? You're not afraid ......."

Di Renjie sighed,

Stretched out his hand and took out the file on his side, patted it,

Road;

"This is not more true, Yuan Fang, a series of theft cases against the princes and ministers have a great impact, Your Majesty asked, this is right, but Your Majesty will at most ask me to add some burden to limit my time limit to solve the case to reassure people's hearts.

Why did you send her out of the palace to be my nominal helper? ”

"My lord, what do you mean, does Your Majesty mean anything else?"

"The adults whose mansions were stolen are all from Xihe County, without exception."

"Xihe County...... hiss...... "Obviously, Li Yuanfang thought of something.

"Yes, when Your Majesty ascended the throne, an uprising broke out in Xihe County against Your Majesty's accession to the throne, demanding that Your Majesty abdicate and return the treasure to the crown prince.

This uprising was finally defined as a rebellion by the imperial court, and was exterminated by His Majesty by a thunderous army, but at that time, His Majesty did not make a connection in order to appease the people's hearts.

All these years have passed,

His Majesty is in Chang'an, the government is stable, and he can finally withdraw his hand, but he can't say it, so he remembers some things. ”

"What you mean is that behind this thief is ......"

Di Renjie shook his head and said:

"With Your Majesty's mind, I don't care to play this kind of jumping method, but it does not prevent me from taking this opportunity to return the people who didn't have time or can't be punished back then."

"Then this Shangguan Wan'er, is she investigating the case, or is she ......?"

"That's what I'm most worried about, maybe, we're investigating the case, yes, she may be investigating the case, but we're not investigating the same case.

We're looking at theft, she's probably looking at ...... Clues to the rebellion case back then. ”

"In that case, this may be what Your Majesty meant, why don't you cooperate?"

"The turmoil since His Majesty's accession to the throne has finally been brought to peace, and now the people of the world are accustomed to His Majesty's rule.

Back then, the whole country opposed His Majesty's accession to the throne, not to mention a Xihe County.

Now that it is finally settled down, why stir up that bloody storm again? ”

Di Renjie's eyes fell on the purple inkstone on the table,

muttered;

"I had solved this case earlier, and maybe the bloodshed of turning over old accounts would have been avoided."