Detective Di Renjie: The Mysterious Dynasty

Chapter 356 Don’t judge people by their appearance
In the Pingyang Inn, Di Renjie, Wen Kai and Lin Yongzhong interrogated the waiter, and Li Yuanfang was still performing an autopsy.

Wen Kai looked at Ge Bin's shocking corpse and couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, Ge Sima's death was exactly the same as Huang Wenyue's. Who did this?"

Li Yuanfang walked over quickly and said, "Judging from the wound, it should be caused by a heavy weapon such as an iron spike. Judging from the way the murderer exerted force, he does not know martial arts, but he is born with supernatural powers."

"The murderer must have been hiding behind the deceased, holding up the iron club high. When the deceased tried to escape, the murderer swung the iron club and smashed down hard."

Di Renjie nodded slightly: "Combined with the testimony of the waiter, the murderer should be a coordinated action of two people, one of whom is wearing a black cloak to attract the waiter's attention."

"The other person took the opportunity to sneak into Ge Bin's room and waited patiently. When Ge Bin returned to the room, he hit him with a heavy hammer from behind and killed him!"

After hearing this, Wen Kai nodded repeatedly, expressing his agreement: "That makes sense, that makes sense."

However, Li Yuanfang looked suspicious and looked at Wen Kai: "I don't understand one thing. Ge Bin is the Sima of Jiangzhou. Why did he leave the garrison and run to Wuping? Is he doing some official business in the state?"

Wen Kai quickly shook his head: "It shouldn't be official business, otherwise why would he disguise himself and live in the inn under an alias?"

Di Renjie smiled and replied, "This matter must be related to Huang Wenyue's death. Moreover, I dare to assert that he must have come to see Xue Qinglin."

Wen Kai's pupils trembled in surprise. "Ah? Mr. Ke, it is certain that Huang Wenyue is related to Xue Qinglin. But Ge Bin is different. He doesn't recognize Xue Qinglin."

Di Renjie shook his head slightly and retorted, "Otherwise, Huang Wenyue and Ge Bin died in exactly the same way, and it was obviously done by the same group of people. Last night when we talked about Huang Wenyue's death, you mentioned that he, like Xue Qinglin, started his career in the case of Huang Guogong."

"Now Ge Bin inexplicably ran to Wuping and died at the hands of the same murderer as Huang Wenyue. What does this mean?"

When Wen Kai heard this, he was stunned, and Lin Yongzhong widened his eyes and stared at Di Renjie.

Li Yuanfang said bluntly: "You mean, Ge Bin's situation is likely similar to Xue Qinglin and Huang Wenyue?"

Di Renjie just smiled and said nothing.

Wen Kai's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he suddenly realized, "Yes, I remember now! A few days ago, the murderer killed Huang Wenyue in Jiangzhou. Ge Bin saw his death with his own eyes, and his face looked very wrong at that time!"

Di Renjie continued to smile: "That's right, Ge Bin must have known Huang Wenyue. Huang Wenyue's death frightened him and drove him to Wuping!"

"Wen Kai, immediately order someone to return to Jiangzhou and fetch all the official files and historical records from the past ten years. I think you will find something useful in them."

Wen Kai's mood was extremely complicated, but he still nodded. Lin Yongzhong, who was standing beside him, felt an unprecedented sense of urgency.

Di Renjie paced forward and said, "Huang Wenyue and Ge Bin died only a few days apart. They died in the same way, and it seems that they were killed by the same person. This means that the murderer also just arrived in Wuping not long ago!"

When Lin Yongzhong heard this, his heart trembled violently and all the hairs on his body stood up.

Fortunately, Di Renjie did not associate the thin scholar and upright official in front of him with the murderer wielding a hammer weighing dozens of pounds.

He just ordered: "Yongzhong, immediately send your runners to check all the inns in the city to see if you can find any clues."

Lin Yongzhong nodded as if he had received an electric shock and fled the scene: "Okay, I'll go right away!"

After Lin Yongzhong walked away, Di Renjie sighed.

Li Yuanfang saw this and asked, "Why are you sighing, sir?" Di Renjie pondered for a moment and said, "I can't figure it out. Ge Bin came to Wuping secretly, changed his name and disguised himself. How did the murderer know that he came to Wuping, and how did he know that he lived in Pingyang Inn? It's really strange!"

"Also, the waiter said that Ge Bin was killed around midnight, and he left the inn before he was killed. Where did he go? What did he do?"

Wen Kai, who was standing by, listened to Di Renjie's question, seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly took a breath.

Di Renjie noticed Wen Kai's unusual expression and frowned: "What did you think of?"

Wen Kai dodged his gaze and said vaguely: "Oh... No, I was just surprised that the case has become more complicated. If we continue to investigate, we don't know how many people will be involved..."

Di Renjie nodded and couldn't help but sighed: "Your feeling is very accurate. I think there must be a huge secret hidden behind this!"
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Di Chun was ordered to deliver the letter, and he traveled day and night and rushed into Luoyang city on horseback.

Zhao Ji moved to the palace after Di Renjie came to Beijing, but Di Chun knew the location of the palace very well and found the right door with ease.

The gatekeeper of the palace seemed to have an impression of Di Chun and invited him in without notifying him.

At this time, Zhao Ji was changing clothes and preparing to enter the palace. Wu Xiang brought Di Chun directly to Zhao Ji.

When Di Chun saw Zhao Ji again, he was delighted and said, "My humble servant Di Chun is here to meet the prince!"

Zhao Ji was not surprised by Di Chun's arrival, so he helped him up and asked, "Is there something urgent that Di Gong needs to do?"

Di Chun quickly gave a thumbs up and took out two letters from the recruitment bag: "Your Highness is worthy of your name. You guessed it right. This is the letter from the master to you. You will understand it after reading it!"

Zhao took the two letters and opened the one addressed to him.

After reading the letter, Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Yesterday I told Zhang Ge Lao that everything is ready except for the east wind. Now the east wind has come!"

He looked at Di Chun and said, "Di Chun, I will go to court soon. I have also written a letter to Lord Di. Wu Xiang will give the letter to you. I hope you can take it back to Lord Di."

Di Chun quickly nodded and agreed.

"Prepare the horses and go to Luantai first!" Zhao Ji was very excited and eager to try.
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When they arrived at Luantai, Zhang Jianzhi was waiting there with the basic memorial in his hand.

Seeing Zhao Ji arrive, he hurried to greet him and said, "Your Highness, I have brought all the memorials that the successive Jiangzhou governors have submitted to impeach Xue Qinglin over the past decade."

Zhao Ji also raised the newly written memorial by Di Renjie in his hand: "What a coincidence, Di Gong sent a memorial from Jiangzhou, also impeaching Pingnan Hou Xue Qinglin!"

Zhang Jianzhi quickly took the memorial and was shocked after reading it: "How could Xue Qinglin be so arrogant? He openly broke the gate of the county government office. Isn't this a rebellion?"

Zhao Ji sneered, "Isn't this the result of Wu Sansi and his ilk's indulgence and protection? Even if Your Majesty protects his shortcomings, this matter will definitely cause Wu Sansi to fall hard!"

Zhang Jianzhi nodded upon hearing this, but he remembered one more thing: "Oh, by the way, Prince Yuan Gui of Prince Ying is coming to see His Majesty today. Will this add to the uncertainty?"

Zhao Ji shook his head and continued to sneer: "When the enemy comes, we will fight them with our generals; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. It would be great if His Majesty could see that Wu Sansi and these people are in cahoots with each other!"

(End of this chapter)