Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 348 Snake Mark
At night, in the small courtyard house on the top of Dayang Mountain.

Lu Cheng lingered in the kitchen anxiously.

Li Yuanfang sat on the bench in front of the door, leisurely wiping the steel knife in his hand.

Suddenly, there was a "click" sound from the east side room, and Lu Cheng trembled in fright, looking at Li Yuanfang who was opposite.

Li Yuanfang smiled and said, "Here we are."

Lu Cheng walked slowly towards the east side room.

There were seven or eight men in purple standing inside the room, holding bright steel knives in their hands.

The last person came out from the secret passage in the coffin.

Lu Cheng walked into the side room, looked around at the people in purple clothes and said, "What happened?"

The leader smiled: "Mr. Lu, elder sister please go to the main altar."

Lu Cheng asked: "Oh, going to the main altar again?"

The man nodded and said, "Yes. Please follow us immediately."

Lu Cheng already understood a little bit in his heart, and smiled: "It seems that there is no need for so many people to call me to the main altar, let alone bring a knife?"

The leader smiled and said, "Eldest sister is worried about your safety."

Lu Cheng nodded and said sarcastically: "Safe! I think she is afraid that I will be too safe here, so she sent you here?"

The man's face sank: "What do you mean?"

Lu Cheng said: "If my prediction is correct, Xiao Qingfang will definitely tell you and trick me to the main altar. If I don't go, it will be settled right away, right?"

The man looked at Lu Cheng and laughed: "Mr. Lu is really a smart man, and what he said is not bad at all. Then do you want to go with us, or do you want us to do it here?"

Lu Cheng asked, "Where is the old master?"

The man said gloomyly: "Mr. Lu, forget about your old master. If he is alive, will we still be here?"

Lu Cheng trembled all over, tears rolling down his face: "You killed him?"

The man said, "It's the eldest sister."

Lu Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Qingfang, an ungrateful bastard, will never end well!"

The man said: "Mr. Lu, don't worry about the ancients, just come with us!"

Lu Cheng nodded, and said sadly to the door curtain in the room: "You are right, Xiao Qingfang really did it!"

The man was taken aback: "Who are you talking to?"

The curtain was lifted, and Li Yuanfang walked in: "Of course it's with me!"

All the people in purple couldn't help but exclaimed.

The leader stared wide-eyed and shouted: "Li Yuanfang! You are not dead!"

Li Yuanfang nodded: "But you are going to die soon! How about it, do you want to put down the weapon yourself, or do you want me to do it?"

The leader of the purple-clothed man shouted loudly, and stabbed straight at Li Yuanfang's chest with a flash of saber.

Li Yuanfang drew a circle with the knife in his palm, and a cold mist rolled up in the room immediately, his figures fluttered, and the cold light radiated everywhere. In a blink of an eye, seven or eight people in purple clothes fell into a pool of blood.

Li Yuanfang's feet landed firmly, turned around, and looked at Lu Cheng: "How's it going, figured it out?"

Lu Cheng burst out a few words between his teeth: "God bless the scum of the 'Snake Spirit'! I want to avenge my old master!"

His gaze turned to Li Yuanfang: "I'll help you!"

A smile appeared on Li Yuanfang's face.

……

In the morning mist, Wen Kai, the governor of Liuzhou, and Zhou Yi, the captain of Zhechong, led their troops to Tuola Land. They stopped their horses and looked into the town.

The town was silent, there was no sound of people, not even a chicken crowing or a dog barking.

Zhou Yi asked suspiciously: "Lord Wen, is this the Land of Tuo Luo?"

Wen Kai nodded: "According to the map, it should be correct."

Zhou Yi said: "Old Man Di Ge said that Tuoladi is the main altar of the 'snake spirit', and since it is the main altar, there must be people. But, it doesn't look like there are people living here!"

Wen Kai took a deep breath and said, "First order the army to surround the town."

Zhou Yi nodded, and waved at Ya Jiang behind him.

General Ya unfolded his command flag, and in an instant, groups of cavalry and infantry galloped silently in the vast morning mist, and surrounded the town.

Zhou Yi asked, "Master Wen, are you going into town?"

Wen Kai shook his head: "Elder Di Ge has ordered that the army only completes the siege of Tuola Land, and everything will be done after the old man arrives."

Zhou Yi nodded.

……

The morning sun was slightly dew, and the cool breeze was blowing on the top of Dayang Mountain.

A group of officers and soldiers galloped silently to the top of the mountain along the rough road, with Di Renjie, Wang Mang, Xiaomei, Di Chun and the leaders of the four major armies standing in line.

The officers and soldiers rushed to the gate of Lu Cheng's courtyard. Di Renjie waved his hand, and all the soldiers quickly lined up on both sides of the courtyard gate, standing against the wall.

Xiaomei beside her said softly to Di Renjie, "My lord, this is the last snake lair."

Wang Mang looked at the familiar small courtyard, a gleam flashed in his eyes.

Di Renjie nodded, and waved at Wang Mang behind him.

Wang Mang jumped forward and kicked open the gate of the courtyard with a flying kick. The soldiers ambushing on both sides rushed into the courtyard shouting in unison.

Wang Mang rushed in first, and saw the corpses of people in purple clothes lying on the ground and on the kang, all of them were stabbed in the throat.

There is a coffin under the east gable.

Wang Mang glanced at it, and there was a familiar snake-shaped mark on the coffin lid, which was carved by himself.

Zhang Huan, who was behind Wang Mang, was taken aback when he saw the scene in front of him: "Master Hou, this?"

Wang Mang said: "Zhang Huan, see if there are any survivors, I'll ask the adults to come and see."

After speaking, Wang Mang turned and walked out.

Outside the house, after Wang Mang led people to rush in, Di Renjie stretched out his hand to Di Chunyi beside him: "Map!"

Di Chun hurriedly took out the map from behind and unfolded it. Di Renjie watched quietly.

Suddenly, his finger lightly tapped on the last triangle, then slid slowly westward, and stopped on the three big characters "Duoluodi".

Di Renjie raised his head and said to Xiaomei: "Ten li to the west is the main altar of the 'Snake Spirit'. I think that the army led by Wen Kai should have arrived now and is completing the siege."

Xiaomei nodded.

Di Renjie said: "After pulling out this snake hole, we will immediately go to the main altar of the 'Snake Spirit'."

At this moment, Wang Mang ran out of the yard quickly: "My lord, there are no spies of the 'snake spirit' in the room, but there are seven or eight corpses of men in purple lying there. Go and have a look."

Di Renjie raised his head abruptly, said "Oh", and quickly walked into the side room, only to see the corpses of people in purple clothes lying on the ground and on the kang, all of them were stabbed in the throat.

There is a coffin under the east gable.

Di Renjie said suddenly: "Li Yuanfang should have left not long ago."

Xiaomei and Di Chun were stunned: "What did you say?"

Di Renjie didn't speak, but looked at Wang Mang. Wang Mang pointed to the throat of the deceased and said, "Look, these men in purple clothes were killed by Brother Yuan Fang."

Xiaomei asked, "Brother, how do you know?"

Wang Mang said: "The dead were all killed by a knife in the throat. No one has such speed and skill except brother Yuanfang. Moreover, judging from the wounds of the deceased, it was Li Yuanfang's chain knife left behind."

(End of this chapter)