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Chapter 138 Two Kings Settle the Case (4)

"I have seen His Royal Highness Lu Wang, and I have seen His Royal Highness Zhou Wang."

Di Renjie, who was in charge of the fire scene under Li Xian's order, did not take part in receiving the order before. He was leading a group of workers to investigate the scene at this time. Ando.

"No, Duke Di, is there any progress?"

Li Xian knew that Di Renjie was Li Xian's confidant, and his words were obviously a little polite, and a smile was rarely squeezed out of his tense face.

"Returning to Your Highness, judging from the results of the preliminary investigation, the suspicion that the fire was man-made is extremely high. The lower officials have ordered that everyone who was present when the fire started be guarded. Everything has yet to be further investigated." Di Renjie is cautious by nature. Progress has been made, but words are not full.

"Human salary? Why do you see it?" Li Xian knew that the fire was strange, but he didn't have much hope for finding something. Hearing Di Renjie's words at this time, he immediately became interested and frowned. Yang hurriedly asked a question.

"His Royal Highness, according to the results of the on-site investigation, there are more than one fire in the warehouse. It should be from two places in the east and north at the same time. The distance between the fires is a full ten feet. Judging from the situation, the fire is fierce and fierce, and there must be something to help it light the fire. From these two points, it can be seen that the fire must be man-made." Di Renjie had a deep gap in his heart, and his answer was very clear, so that people can understand the matter just by listening to it. after all.

"Okay, Mr. Di is worthy of his old Xing name. If he can solve this huge case this time, he will be alone on the table to perform Mr. Di's great achievements!" Seeing that the case has progressed, Li Xian was very excited and jumped up. With high fives, Di Renjie was praised very much.

"Your Highness is too well-reputed, and I'm not an official." Di Renjie was not moved by Li Xian's strong praise, and thanked him calmly.

"Sixth brother, Mr. Di is my number one judge in the Tang Dynasty. If this case is not good, I will leave it to Mr. Di to handle it. You and my brother only need to take charge of the overall situation."

Li Xian has long regarded Di Renjie as his confidant, and he had the intention to use him more. However, Di Renjie has just arrived in the court, and his foundation is very shallow, and Li Xian can't use his strength. It was a good opportunity for Di Renjie to officially enter the imperial court stage. Seeing Li Xian praising Di Renjie at this moment, Li Xian rushed to go along with it.

"Well, good, since he is the person recommended by the seventh brother, it's not bad, I just sit and wait for the good news from Mr. Di." Li Xian always believed in Li Xian's vision, but the matter was too important after all, and Li Xian couldn't help it. Xian was a little more cautious, but after thinking about it, he himself has no experience in solving cases. Instead of acting indiscriminately, it is better to believe that Di Renjie came. After pondering for a while, he agreed to Li Xian's request.

"Mr. Di only needs to focus on the case of arson. As for the matter of taking stock of the cases, you don't have to worry about it. Let Song Xian do it alone. Sixth brother, do you think this can be done?" Li Xian wanted to make Di Ren outstanding, but he didn't He didn't intend to make him a target of public criticism, so he added with a smile, and then looked at Li Xian with inquiring eyes, as if asking for instructions.

"Well, that's fine, then it's settled."

Regarding Li Xian's suggestion, Li Xian was neither in a hurry to veto it, but he was not in a hurry to agree. After all, this matter is too important. Without Li Xian's capable subordinates, Li Xian's people are in charge, but there is nothing wrong with it, the left and right brothers are now grasshoppers on the same rope, if something happens, no one can please, In view of this, Li Xian agreed to Li Xian's proposal after pondering for a moment.

"Sixth brother is wise."

Li Xian joked with Li Xian with a smile, looking relaxed and at ease.

"You, it's already time, and you still have the heart to say this. Let Brother Wei tell you what's good about you." Li Xian was taken aback by Li Xian's teasing, then gave Li Xian a dumbfounded look, and said angrily. After laughing and cursing, my originally tense heart relaxed. At the end, I exchanged a glance with Li Xian, and the two brothers laughed out loud at the same time... As the saying goes, some people are happy while others are sad. Li Xian and the brothers on one side are in a good mood, but Li Hong in the East Palace is frowning deeply, with a look of displeasure on his face--Li Hong is very annoyed, not just in general, because the yamen of Dali Temple is really annoyed. It's too important. Li Hong originally planned to get a slap in the face after the fight, and then extended his tentacles into the Dali Temple. Unexpectedly, a fire broke out strangely, and in the end, the case actually belonged to the Li Xian brothers, which made Li Hong feel disgusted that he had made wedding clothes for others.

That's right, Li Hong's main political enemy at this stage is Empress Wu, who is too meddlesome in politics. For this reason, there is nothing to worry about in uniting all available forces to stop Empress Wu's growing ambitions, but the problem is the ambitious Li Xian and his attitude. The ambiguous Li Xian is not a good bird, and his eyes are probably aimed at the position of the East Palace. If those two boys continue to grow up like this, they will definitely not be able to lose their tails. In Li Hong's heart, there is inevitably a feeling that the front door drives the tiger away and the back door enters the wolf. The feeling of embarrassment, between the choice and the regret, the taste of these sandwich biscuits is naturally extremely uncomfortable, it is strange that Li Hong is not bothered, it doesn't matter if he is bothered, the whole palace is full of people. The atmosphere became subdued, and the eunuchs and maids who accompanied him tremblingly did not even dare to take a breath, lest they would become the target of the prince's wrath if they were not careful.

"Your Highness, there is news."

Just when Li Hong was sitting behind a few sons with a sullen face and meditating silently, Wang Dequan rushed in from outside the study in a hurry, and when he saw the prince, he didn't care to catch his breath, so he hurriedly said something Reported a sentence.

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Li Hong got up in a hurry and opened his mouth to ask, but when the words came to his lips, he forcibly held back, but with a straight face, he waved his hands at the group of people in the study, and said coldly. Ling said: "You all stand down!"

"promise."

All the eunuchs and maids who accompanied them were afraid of being angered, so when they heard Li Hong's order, there was no reason not to hurry up and leave.

"Your Highness, King Lu and King Zhou beat up Dali Temple Chengqiu Shenfu in public, and detained all Dali Temple officials together. The matter has become a big mess. I think the servants in the palace should have heard the news." As soon as everyone retreated, Wang Dequan couldn't wait to get close to Li Hong, and reported in a low voice, his voice was full of excitement.

"Well, there is such a thing?"

When Li Hong heard that his two younger brothers were acting so boldly and viciously, he couldn't help but twitched a few times, and murmured hesitantly.

"That's right, it's true. The maidservant has received an accurate report, saying that the two Highnesses asked Di Renjie to be in charge of the trial of the arson case, and Song Xian was in charge of sorting out the remaining cases. According to reports, the arson case has made a slight breakthrough, and it can be confirmed that it was man-made." Arson, as for the losses under the case, it is not clear, it is estimated to be more than [-]%." Wang Dequan raised his sleeves, wiped the sweat from his face, and hurriedly explained.

"En." Li Hong didn't say much, just let out a noncommittal, walked back and forth in the study with his head down, his face constantly changing, after a long time, he suddenly stopped, and looked sideways at Wang Dequan Said: "Besides that, is there any news?"

"This..." Wang Dequan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered something, he just bowed and replied: "Your Highness, there is one more thing. According to the information, His Highness King Zhou captured a soldier from Jingzhao Mansion .”

"Huh? What's going on, tell me!"

When Li Hong heard this, a trace of suspicion quickly flashed in his eyes, he raised his brows, and hurriedly asked a question.

"This... I don't know what's going on here. I only know that the soldier was called by Chen Renhao, the young minister of the Jingzhao Mansion. I don't know the specific reason." Wang Dequan would never care about a small pawn. Putting it on it, hearing Li Hong's urgent question, he panicked and hurriedly bowed his body to explain a few words vaguely.

"Chen Renhao? Soldiers?"

Seeing that Wang Dequan was vague, Li Hong couldn't help getting angry, and gave Wang Dequan a hard look, but he didn't ask for more details. He just walked around with his head down, muttering in his mouth, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't find what he wanted. ——Chen Renhao is a person Li Hong naturally knows, but he is not very close and does not have a deep impression. In Li Hong's eyes, Chen Renhao is just a mid-level official with little talent. He really can't understand Li Xian What is the purpose of detaining a soldier under Chen Renhao for no reason, but there is one thing Li Hong knows well, that is, that kid Li Xian never does useless things. Obviously, there must be something strange here, but what is the strangeness It is not something that Li Hong can see clearly.

"Go, find out the origin of that soldier!" Li Hong pondered for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what was so strange about this matter, and after a while of upset, he shouted angrily.

"Ah, yes, I will go now, this servant."

Seeing that Li Hong attached so much importance to this matter, Wang Dequan didn't dare to be negligent, he hastily responded, and rushed out of the study in a hurry, and went to find out the truth without mentioning it.

"Soldier? Chen Renhao? Could it be..."

After Wang Dequan left, Li Hong was still thinking hard about Li Xian's intentions for this move. After walking back and forth in the study for a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up. It seemed that he remembered something, but he was not sure, and his complexion brightened instantly. , while hesitating, saw Wang Dequan rushing in again, hurried to Li Hong, and reported in a low voice: "Your Highness, the matter has been clarified. The soldier's surname is Yan Minghe, and it is said that he was the first to discover Dali. The temple caught fire and reported to the people in Jingzhao Mansion, His Royal Highness Zhou Wang had clashed with Chen Renhao in order to take down this person, and the slaves have sent people to Jingzhao Mansion to investigate the root of this person."

"So that's it!" Li Hong sneered, beckoned Wang Dequan to his side, put his mouth next to his ear, and gave instructions in a low voice, until Wang Dequan's eyes were fixed, and his complexion kept changing...

(End of this chapter)