Yue Wang's Mansion, in the living room.

Di Renjie, who came in a hurry, stood for a long time, and when he didn't see the prince coming, he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, so he turned his head and asked the maidservant: "Didn't you just say that the prince summoned me to discuss important matters, why can't I see him at such a time?"

The maidservant girl is not a person who has seen the world, seeing that the adult in front of her asked with a serious expression, because of nervousness, she immediately hesitated, and could not say anything clearly, only that it was the king's order, and she didn't know anything else.

Thinking of the secret letter that Bai Ran said in the Dali Temple before, combined with the current scene, Di Renjie can conclude that there must be something strange in this, and he should be improvisable for a while, but I don't know what Liu Yiran will do outside.

Just as he thought of this, a hearty laugh suddenly came from the inner room, and then the curtain was lifted, and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, walked out slowly from the inside.

"Haha, Master Di, I've been waiting for a long time. There are some trivial matters in the family that need to be dealt with urgently, so it is too late, so please sit down. ”

While speaking, Li Zhen waved her right hand to the side, made a gesture of invitation, and motioned for Di Renjie to sit down in the guest seat.

"Thank you, Lord Wang. ”

After standing here for a long time, his legs and feet are naturally a little sore, since the prince gave him a seat, Di Renjie was also unceremoniously, and after thanking him, he sat upright.

"I don't know if the prince urgently summoned the lower officials to come, what orders do you have?" Without waiting for King Yue to speak, Di Renjie took the lead and asked straight to the point.

"Oh, look at my memory, I almost forgot to get down to business. In fact, this king summoned you this time to ask Dali Temple to help me solve a case. ”

"Solve the case?"

The dignified Yue King, with a heavy army in his hands, will even have a case to ask for advice, I want to see what kind of medicine he sells in this gourd. Di Renjie thought about it while waiting intently for him to continue.

"In recent days, you and I both know that the ministers of the DPRK and China have been assassinated one after another, and now this enemy has made trouble on my head, so come and see. ”

King Yue said, handed a letter to Di Renjie, and then stopped speaking.

As soon as he received this letter, there was a faint smell of blood coming to his nose, and Di Renjie, who was very familiar with this smell, couldn't help frowning, and forcibly opened the letter.

I saw that on the piece of paper, which had already turned a little yellow, there were a few lines of vigorous and powerful dark red blood characters, and the bloody breath I smelled before must have come from this.

"At the time of the third watch, Yama urged, the stars gathered, and Thor was undead!"

From this literal understanding alone, it is clearly a threatening letter, but after taking a look at these words, Di Renjie felt very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but it was stuck for a moment, and the words came to his lips but he couldn't say it.

"How is it? Master Di knows something about this?"

With a soft cry from King Yue, Di Renjie, who was trying to remember, was pulled back to reality.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials have some impressions of this, but it's just ......"

Without waiting for Di Renjie to finish speaking, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, continued to preach by himself.

"Well, as far as I know, there have been similar verses in the homes of several officials who were victimized before, just a few days ago, this ominous thing was thrown into my house by someone somebody, and the mystery in each has to bother Dali Temple. ”

"The prince laughed, investigating the case and finding the murderer is a matter within my Dali Temple, how to talk about the trouble. However, after what you just said, the person who issued this blood letter must have a great connection with the previous series of 'slaughtering official cases', and if you can follow the vine, maybe you will still give the lower officials a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions. ”

Although Di Renjie said this, what he thought in his heart was completely opposite. "The thief shouts to catch the thief" This inferior means can be used by the king of Yue, do you really treat all the people in Dali Temple as wine bags and rice bags?

"Well, that's a good point! Actually, in addition to that, I have an important thing in the back hall, which may be of some help to you to solve the case, and come with me. ”

As soon as the words came out, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, got up and led the way, and the two walked side by side, passing through a cross-courtyard, and went straight to the back hall. This road is full of carved railings and jade bricks, water pavilions and incense embankments, and its luxury is not inferior to the inner courtyard of the palace.

"Master Di, please come in!"

In courtesy, when he walked to the back hall, Di Renjie did not go in with him, but stood outside the door and waited, until he heard the summons of King Yue, and then stepped into the hall.

When I first entered, I only felt that this room was much more stuffy than other places, perhaps because of the orientation, even in the afternoon, it still looked very dim. However, since King Yue has this arrangement, he is not good to ask too much.

With all kinds of inconveniences, Di Renjie took a few steps forward, and suddenly felt a sound under his feet, and then the wooden board he was standing on flipped violently, and his unsupported body was like a kite with a broken string, and he fell straight into the darkness without waiting for him to shout.

"Hehe, Di Renjie, Di Renjie, if you want to blame, you can only blame you for knowing too much. Now that the big thing is coming, don't say that you are just a small official, even if Wu Meiniang's slut doesn't want to hinder me. ”

The banquet dispersed, and there were no other faces except for a few cleaning people, except for Bai Ran, who stood in the middle, which was particularly conspicuous.

"My lord, are you waiting for Lord Di Renjiedi?" the two servants saw him standing there for a long time, and then came over to ask.

Seeing that someone came to talk, out of politeness, Bai Ran also replied politely: "Exactly, I don't know how the two of you know?"

"That's right, when Master Di was leaving, he entrusted me and others, and once someone looked for him, he told that person to come to the back hall to look for him. When the two of us saw that all the guests were gone, but you were still here, looking around, and if you were concerned, you had the courage to come and ask. ”

"Oh, I see. I don't know if the two of you can tell me, how should you go to the back hall?" Bai Ran looked the two up and down as he spoke, and when he met their eyes, he found that there was a little flickering, and his heart immediately felt a little measured.

"This is easy to do, I will take you there. The servant close to the left hand side said very actively, as if he was only waiting for Bai Ran to agree, and was going to pull him and rush over.

"Okay, then please lead the way. ”。

As the saying goes: "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief." "The two people in front of them belong to the palace attendants, and they are indeed so enthusiastic about me, an outsider, and Master Di has always been cautious, it is impossible to casually explain the matter of "passing the word" to the strange servants of the palace, these two guys must have a conspiracy hidden in them.

Bai Ran thought in his heart, his head was already tense, ready to deal with anything that might happen. Sure enough, just around the corner, one of the servants suddenly began to shout that his stomach hurt, wanting convenience.