Di Renjie was startled, and hurriedly stood up with his wife Zhang, only to see the old lady appear at the door with a cane, her face was full of anger, and she pointed at Di Renjie with a cane and reprimanded: "People want to know how to repay your kindness, Li Zhen saved your life twice, and did everything possible to get you back from Peng Ze, such a great favor does not want to reciprocate, but you look down on others, is this what a gentleman did?"

Di Renjie hurriedly helped his mother in, and comforted her with kind words: "Mother is angry, it's not that my son doesn't remember his kindness, it's just that marriage is a major event in life, and he can't be too hasty, so"

"Sloppy?"

Old Madam Di sneered and said: "What is sloppy? You yourself have never cared about your daughter in Pengze, do you know how many times Ah Yan was born and died with him, and they have a deep relationship, they have long been heart-to-heart, but you say sloppy, is this a fair word?"

Di Renjie was ashamed in his heart, and he didn't know how to convince his mother, so he had to swallow and say: "Actually, my son just doesn't like some of his official behaviors very much, and he is not fair enough, and there are some rumors between him and Shangguan Wan'er, and my son wants to find out." ”

Old Lady Di said with a gloomy face: "I am very clear about the matter between him and Shangguan Wan'er, and Ah Yan is also very clear, Shangguan Wan'er has the grace of knowing him, Li Zhen also likes Shangguan Wan'er, they have a little relationship, I think this is human nature, but he is now gradually moving away from Shangguan Wan'er, I believe that he will not have anything to do after he gets married, Ah Yan also forgave him, this matter, I hope you don't make a fuss about it again, we have dealt with it." ”

Di Renjie was about to say more, but the old lady waved her hand, "Don't interrupt, wait for me to finish speaking!"

Di Renjie had no choice but to listen to him, and the old lady said: "As for his official behavior, I hate the kind of person who is pretentious and high-minded, but stupid and incompetent, you go to Luoyang City to inquire, and go to the homes of civil officials and hundreds of officials to visit, how many people do you know who are grateful to him? He brought down Lai Junchen, can you do it?"

Di Renjie secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, it seemed that his mother had decided that Li Zhen was his grandson-in-law, and he was so helpless that he had to say: "Mother, let my son talk to him again, okay?"

"Hmph! If you disappoint me, I'll run away from home with Ah Yan, if you don't believe it, just wait and see!"

Mrs. Di pushed Di Renjie away, and walked out angrily with a cane, Di Renjie hurriedly gave his wife a look and asked her to comfort her mother.

Di Renjie was upset for a while, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, although his mother had a certain point, but to convince him Di Renjie, it was still a little bit worse.

In fact, he didn't dislike Li Zhen and Shangguan Wan'er's private relationship, but he was very worried about Li Zhen's position, Shangguan Wan'er supported Li Xian!

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The next day was the mid-day holiday, and all the civil and military officials enjoyed this rare day of rest at home, but for the Xiangguo and the high-ranking officials of the temples, they could not enjoy this day's rest, and they still had to enter the court to discuss various government affairs.

Di Renjie also got into the carriage, the carriage slowly drove towards the imperial city, when the carriage drove to the front of the Tianjin Bridge, but saw a team of cavalry rushing forward, in front of an official, Di Renjie knew this person, it was the imperial history of Cheng Ji Ji, he hurriedly shouted Ji Ji, "Ji Zhongcheng!"

Seeing that it was Di Renjie, Ji Ji hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and bowed to salute, Di Renjie asked with a smile: "Is there something wrong with being in such a hurry?"

Ji Ji took a step forward and said in a low voice: "I just got the news that Li Qianzhong was poisoned last night, and Weichen went to check the details by the order of the Holy Lord." ”

Di Renjie was also secretly surprised, Li Quanzhong was the great chief of the Khitan, and because Liaodong was captured, he was temporarily placed under house arrest in Luoyang, how could he be poisoned by someone! This consequence was very serious, and he had no intention of going to the court at this time, so he hurriedly said: "I'll go with you to have a look." ”

Di Renjie ordered the carriage to be turned around, and drove with Ji Ji to the mansion where Li Qianzhong was under house arrest, which was in Anyefang, which was close to the imperial city, and was a five-acre mansion, with a hundred soldiers guarding him, and an official from Honglu Temple who was responsible for taking care of his daily life.

This Honglu Temple official is called An Pingxiang, a Goguryeo person, responsible for the reception of the northeast direction, at this time, he seems to have no master, Li Quanzhong was poisoned and made him extremely afraid, this is his dereliction of duty, he has to take responsibility, losing the official is still a trivial matter, I am afraid that he will be suspected of accomplice.

When Di Renjie and Ji Ji rushed to Li Qianzhong's residence, Dali Temple Cheng Sun Li led more than a dozen subordinates to arrive first, heard that Di Xiangguo arrived, Sun Li hurriedly came out with An Pingxiang to greet him, Di Renjie got out of the carriage and asked, "Has the murderer been caught?"

Sun Li stepped forward and said, "We are investigating, please ask Di Xiangguo to come into the mansion to talk in detail." ”

An Pingxiang also invited Ji Ji into the mansion, although Ji Ji was ordered to come to inquire about the situation, but since Di Renjie was here, he couldn't take the lead, so he had to follow Di Renjie.

When he sat down in the lobby, Di Renjie immediately asked, "Tell me!"

An Pingxiang said with a bitter face: "Back to Xiangguo, the lowly post got the news at dawn, saying that Li Quanzhong was poisoned and was no longer good, and the lowly post came in a hurry, but it was still a step too late, Li Quanzhong had already lost his breath, according to the doctor who examined him, Li Quanzhong was scattered, and his whole body shrank into a ball. ”

"Who poisoned you, is there a clue?"

An Pingxiang hesitated and said: "The humble position is suspected to be done by the cook, he made an excuse to leave last night, and has not returned, in addition, a maid who served Li Quanzhong is also missing, she disappeared last night, Li Quanzhong is very angry, it is said that he scolded for a night, according to the information obtained by the lowly position, the missing cook and maid seem to have adultery." ”

"You mean to say that these two men poisoned their masters in order to elope, right?"

An Pingxiang nodded, "Exactly!"

At this time, a voice came from the hall, "I think it's not that simple!"

Everyone looked down at the hall together, only to see an official from Dali Temple who came up, it was Di Renjie's right-hand man Wang Jianzhong, he stepped forward to kneel down for Di Renjie, and wept: "Does Di Xiangguo still remember his humble position?"

Di Renjie immediately recognized him and said in surprise: "Lao Wang, is it you?"

Wang Jianzhong said excitedly: "Xiangguo, we haven't seen each other for many years. ”

Di Renjie hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, "Lao Wang, are you still in Dali Temple now?"

Sun Li was a little uneasy, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Wang Sizhi is recognized as the number one case master in our Dali Temple. ”

Di Renjie frowned, "You're still just Si Zhi?"

Wang Jianzhong smiled bitterly and said: "I, the chief of the department, was only obtained by General Li, the internal guard, who fought hard for me, and was only engaged in his humble position more than a month ago. ”

Di Renjie felt a little strange in his heart, and asked again: "How could it be Li Zhen who fought for you?"

Wang Jianzhong briefly said that he and Li Zhen handled the assassination case of Xiangwang together, and finally said: "General Li is a person with a great sense of justice, he is unjust for his humble position, and he also went to the Holy Lord to fight for his humble position. ”

Sun Li added: "Wang Sizhi's qualifications are enough, and he will be promoted to Dali Temple next year." ”

Di Renjie knew that Li Zhen defended Wang Jianzhong so much, obviously because of himself, he was a little moved in his heart, so he nodded and smiled: "Tell me about this case! What have you gained?"

Wang Jianzhong bowed down and said, "Please come with me!"

Everyone followed him to a room in the side courtyard, only to see a musty smell in the room, all kinds of items in a mess, Wang Jianzhong said: "This is the cook's room, I have checked all the items, and the most valuable thing in the room is this." ”

Wang Jianzhong picked up a sword, "This is his sword, it is a very ordinary and ordinary inferior sword, it is sold in the North Market, eight hundred Wen, according to the lowly investigation, this cook is addicted to gambling, all valuable things have been sold out, and there is still a butt of gambling debts outside, and the monthly money is used to pay off the debt, and even the interest is not enough." ”

Di Renjie nodded, this kind of person in a desperate situation out of debt is easy to be used, at this time Wang Jianzhong took them to a room in the back house, only to see that this room was very tidy, and the wardrobe was filled with rouge, dresses and ornament boxes, obviously a woman's room, Wang Jianzhong said: "This is the room of Li Qianzhong's maid Mingxiang, please Xiangguo look at her rouge." ”

Wang Jianzhong handed a box of rouge to Di Renjie, Di Renjie took it and looked at it, the rouge had not been opened, and there was a Jingwei reclamation map printed on it, so he said to everyone: "This is the high-grade rouge of the Jingwei Pavilion in Nanshi, and this box of rouge is worth at least ten yuan." ”

Everyone understood a little, and Ji Xuan smiled: "How did the cook support this extravagant maid, there should be nothing between them, this maid is likely to have a leg with Li Qianzhong." ”

"Exactly!"

Wang Jianzhong said with a smile: "It's completely nonsense to say that the two of them eloped, and this maid's ornaments and valuable items are still there, I don't think she has any intention of running away." ”

Next to Anping argued: "Maybe Li Qianzhong was poisoned and had nothing to do with this woman, but it must have something to do with the cook, he was forced by gambling debts and wanted to steal property and escape, so he poisoned Li Qianzhong's food, and the doctor also found poison from Li Qianzhong's remaining food." ”

"This is the strange thing! Li Quanzhongzhong is in the middle of the situation, this kind of poison is very difficult to get among the people, and even if there is, it is very expensive, how can this cook be poor and can afford to sell such an expensive poison? I think he should use arsenic, so it is more realistic. ”

Di Renjie nodded, he understood Wang Jianzhong's speculation, and said to everyone: "Wang Sizhi said very reasonably, someone should have bought this cook, poisoned Li Quanzhong, and also bought the maid as a cover for the cook, so that Li Quanzhong ate the poison without knowing it, these two people did not escape, they should have been killed." ”

Ji Ji said cautiously: "Then who does Xiang Guo think will want to poison Li Qianzhong?"

"This depends on who benefits, Li Quanzhong is the Khitan chieftain, he is dead, who will take over his chieftaincy?"

Ji Ji thought for a while and said, "It should be Sun Wanrong!"

Di Renjie nodded slowly, "I think it's also him, but anyway, as soon as Li Duzhong dies, I'm afraid that there will be chaos on the Khitan side again, without further ado, let's go and report to the saint." ”