Detective Di Renjie: The Mysterious Dynasty

Chapter 370 The Mist Unfolds
The gate of the marquis's mansion was open, and Zhao Ji and Li Yuanfang led Zhang Huan and others to rush over.

The corpses of the servants in the marquis's mansion came into view of everyone.

Li Yuanfang was shocked when he saw the miserable deaths of these people: "Something really happened!"

In contrast, Zhao Ji seemed particularly calm and said in a deep voice: "Let's go into the Marquis' Mansion and take a look."

So everyone walked in quickly, and all they saw along the way were corpses lying all over the place, all of them were servants holding knives, and there were no elderly, weak, women or children.

"This..." Li Yuanfang looked around, almost stunned.

Zhao Ji had no sympathy for these people. They did evil things on a daily basis and had harmed countless people.

By analogy, the Pingnan Marquis Mansion is the evil force in Wuping area, and because of Xue Qinglin's personal title protection, the degree of evil is even worse.

Are there any innocent people involved? Giving the elderly, the weak, women and children a chance to live is already a lenient punishment.

To deal with these knife-wielding thugs, you have to use heavy punches, otherwise how can you be righteous to innocent victims like Wu Si?

Zhao Ji glanced at the courtyard and decisively ordered: "Search in a scattered manner and make sure to find Xue Qinglin!"

Zhang Huan and Xiao Bao received orders upon hearing the news and quickly organized their men to disperse.

Soon, Zhang Huan returned with urgent news: "Report, Xue Qinglin's body was found in a secret room in the back hall!"

Li Yuanfang was surprised again: "Corpse? Xue Qinglin is dead?"

Zhao Ji exhaled: "Go and take a look!"

The group quickly arrived at the back hall, only to see Xue Qinglin wearing a black hooded cloak, his lips slightly open, a trickle of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, his eyes wide open, as if he had encountered great fear before his death.

There was a shiny steel knife stuck in his chest, penetrating deeply and nailing him to the wall. His death was so miserable that Zhao Ji couldn't help but tremble his eyelids.

Li Yuanfang carefully examined Xue Qinglin's body, and after turning it over for a while, he asserted: "The blood hasn't coagulated yet, it seems that he died not long ago!"

There was a sound of hurried footsteps from behind, and Xiao Bao came running over: "Your Highness! Just now, the brothers searched the back garden of the Marquis' Mansion and found a cellar. When we opened it, we found dozens of maids, women and children, and several wives of Xue Qinglin hiding inside!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanfang hurried over. Zhao Ji observed the layout of the secret room, shook his head, and walked out.
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Inside the Di Mansion, after treatment, Zhang Yi is out of danger, but is still in a coma.

Di Renjie sat aside, playing with the sharp arrow taken from Zhang Yi in his hand, his eyes deep, as if he was lost in thought.

Soon, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door. Li Yuanfang rushed in rashly, followed closely by Zhao Ji.

Di Renjie turned around and asked, "What's the situation?"

Li Yuanfang swallowed his saliva and suppressed the shock in his heart: "In the mansion, except for the elderly, the weak, women and children who survived, the rest of the people were slaughtered, and Xue Qinglin was also killed in the secret room in the back hall!"

After hearing this, Di Renjie couldn't help but take a deep breath, slowly stood up, and looked solemn.

Then, Qianniuwei brought Wen Kai to the room and said, "Sir, Governor Wen is here!"

Wen Kai looked a little nervous. He first looked at Zhao Ji, then saw the sharp arrow in Di Renjie's hand, and immediately knelt down.

"I am guilty!" He fell to the ground.

Di Renjie sighed and said with great sorrow: "Wen Kai, what can I say to you? What is your mission in Wuping that requires such a large number of people to kill?" Wen Kai's face was bitter, and he defended himself: "My Lord, I did not do this on purpose. I really had no choice. It was the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion that first captured the spy I sent into the Marquis' Mansion and tried to use the spy as bait to attack the inner guards, so the inner guards fought back."

"As for the Pingnan Marquis's mansion, for the sake of convenience, I only dealt with those evil slaves who usually did evil things. The old, weak, women and children were all safe and sound."

"The matter involves the internal security, and it is difficult for me to ask for instructions from the elder minister, so I acted on my own. I hope the elder minister will punish me. I am willing to accept the severe punishment!" After saying this, Wen Kai bowed deeply.

Di Renjie sighed but did not answer.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji tried to persuade him, "Sir, Wen Kaihuang had to do this because of his orders. The Marquis of Pingnan's mansion is always doing evil, and the servants and thugs must be eradicated. Besides, he really didn't kill innocent people, so I think you should let him go..."

Li Yuanfang nodded upon hearing this and also pleaded: "Yes, sir!"

Di Renjie sighed again: "If it weren't for this, how could this pavilion tolerate him!"

He glanced at Wen Kai, waved his hand and said, "Since Cheng Yuan and Yuan Fang have interceded for you, and you still have a conscience, I will let you go this time, and it will not happen again!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Kai felt as if he had been pardoned, and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Lord, thank you, Your Highness, and thank you, General Li!"

Di Renjie asked again: "What exactly is the mission? Is it related to the so-called secret letter?"

Wen Kai was shocked when he heard this: "The elder has already known about this?"

Di Renjie and Zhao Ji exchanged glances and continued to ask, "Yes, what secrets does this letter involve that made the emperor go to such great lengths?"

Wen Kai's face turned bitter when he heard this, and he said truthfully, "I dare not deceive you, Lord. I don't know what is written in the secret letter. Sometimes, I even doubt whether this secret letter exists."

"I sent Xiaoyun to the Marquis's Mansion and searched almost every room in the mansion. Finally, I found the secret room. I was so excited that I didn't care about the consequences. I reported it to Your Majesty and claimed that the matter could be resolved within a few days. Who would have thought that I would fall into someone else's trap!"

"Under no other circumstances, I had no choice but to send people to sweep the Marquis's mansion and search for the secret letter, but to my surprise, I still found nothing."

Di Renjie suddenly realized: "So that's how it is! I was wondering why the emperor didn't wait for you inner guards to steal the letter, but was eager to reinstate me and investigate Xue Qinglin. It turns out that he received your secret report!"

"But since you haven't found the secret letter, why are you so eager to kill Xue Qinglin? Wouldn't that completely cut off the clues?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Kai was shocked again and was dumbfounded: "What! Xue Qinglin is dead?"

Di Renjie was also stunned: "Could it be that Xue Qinglin was not killed by the inner guards?"

Wen Kai couldn't believe his ears and wanted to cry but couldn't: "This... the secret letter hasn't been found yet, how could I kill Xue Qinglin? This... this is all over..."

Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang looked at each other and felt that things were becoming more and more complicated.

At this time, Zhao Ji slowly opened his mouth with a hint of heaviness in his voice, "I have seen the scene where Xue Qinglin's body was, it seems that someone has deliberately handled it."

"Huang Wenyue, Ge Bin, Zhang Xiangong, Wu Shun, and finally Feng Wanchun and Xue Qinglin. According to what you said before, these people were sworn brothers, but now they have died one by one. I think there must be another force behind this!"

When Di Renjie heard this, something flashed through his mind, as if he had caught something: "Could it be Jinniang?"

Zhao Ji's gaze quietly shifted to Zhang Yi, his eyes full of deep meaning: "Not only that, there is also this Zhang Yi, his role is probably not simple either."

　I have a stomachache and feel like I need to go to hospital

　　
　
(End of this chapter)