Suzaku Fury

At Haishi, at the second watch, the inner hall of Dali Temple was brightly lit with candles.

Just a moment ago, Dali Temple, who was rarely dressed in dark red silk, rushed into the front hall from the backyard of Dali Temple, slapped Guan Yan who was dozing off, and beat the gong to wake up Dali Temple, which had been resting for a long time. A group of people waited, except for the guards who were on duty at night outside and did not call to the inner hall, all the other people who were awakened by the sound of the gong quickly put on their coats and gathered around the long wooden table in the inner hall.

Yuchi Zhenjin didn't have time to change the silk clothes that Di Renjie took off for him just now. Although he wasn't wearing official uniforms, his vigor was still there. He stared at the person in front of him with a pair of blue hair, and the people around the table All cheered up and looked at him with breathless concentration.

Yuchi Zhenjin withdrew his gaze from Ling Ren, and stretched out his hand to remove the black cloth covering the table.

"This is the suspect in the Suzaku case." After Yuchi Zhenjin finished speaking, he took a step back.

Everyone present was shocked when they heard the words.

We all know that the Suzaku case caused a storm in the city, and Tianhou even issued an ultimatum to Dali Temple after the Dragon King case.The case has been raging for more than half a month, and there has been no breakthrough. Now, even the powerful Dali Temple Minister has caught a suspect, but he brought back dead!

There is no proof of death, half a month has been busy for nothing.Not only that, but now that the suspect is dead, there is no way to investigate the Suzaku case, and it has completely become an unsolved case. So, how should we turn to the Empress?Could it be that the fate of Dali Temple stops here?

"Dead?!" Kuang couldn't take care of the pain in his buttocks, so he couldn't help but take a step forward, stretched out his hand to check his breath, and the person underneath was indeed exhausted.Looking at this dead body again, its face was blue, and its lips were purple and black, which is already a sign of a severe poison attack, and now Hua Tuo might not be able to save him if he comes back to life.

A group of people gathered around the long table where the corpse was placed and looked at each other with different expressions on their faces.

Yuchi Zhenjin raised his eyes and glanced at Kuang Zhao, and said: "There are still accomplices fleeing outside." Although there is still hope to solve the case, the tone of Dali Siqing is not necessarily much relaxed.

"The gang of terrorists waited for an opportunity to commit crimes again, and ordered the five members of the temple to lead three guards to guard Zhuque Gate and Mingde Gate. They took turns guarding day and night. If you find anyone acting suspicious, immediately arrest them. Special attention is that, Not only the ground, but even the towers must be guarded carefully, absolutely nothing will be lost!"

"Yes!" The five temple ministers present immediately accepted the order.

Kuang Zhao glanced at the suspect's body, and asked in a low voice, "My lord, why didn't you see Di Renjie? Didn't he go out with your lord?"

As soon as Yuchi Zhenjin heard 'Di Renjie', his face sank, and he said angrily: "He, there are other arrangements." After speaking, he waved his hands and covered the corpse in front of him with a black cloth.Turning around again, he said as he walked: "Except for the five Si Chengs who are in charge of stepping up patrols in Chang'an City, the duties of the other temple principals, masters, and directors remain unchanged. They will stay in Dali Temple to handle daily affairs."

After Yuchi Zhenjin finished speaking, he waved his hand to make everyone retreat.After a while, only him and the corpse of the suspect who could not speak were left in the inner hall.He turned slightly sideways, glanced at the front of the hall, took a few steps forward, lifted the hem of his gown, and sat on the wicker chair.As soon as the surroundings calmed down, he was reminded of the conversation with Di Renjie just now on the glazed tiles of the Baisha Building:

"My lord, please go back to the temple first, the subordinates still have important things to do."

"...Is there anything more important than escorting the suspect?"

"Sha Tuo and Imperial Physician Wang are still in the ghost market. Before entering the ghost market, Imperial Physician Wang Pu once said that the entrances and exits of the ghost market are unpredictable. never see the light of day again.”

"Shatuo is led by Wang Pu, why should you worry about it?"

"I'm afraid, Wang Pu was busy with his own affairs, and forgot about Shatuo..."

"...Tonight, the ghost market and his party are full of doubts. Come back to Dali Temple with me to straighten out the clues."

"When I find Sha Tuo, I will go back to Dali Temple to meet up with your lord. Maybe Sha Tuo will also find out. If there are more people, there will be no loss."

"..."

"The subordinates will retire first."

Dali Siqing, who was sitting on the rattan chair, paused, and the short memories came to an abrupt end.When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help being startled by his momentary gaffe: he was in a high position, how could he be allowed to relax for a moment?One careless step, and the whole game is lost.Whether in the officialdom or handling cases, you must be strict with yourself, step by step, and never be careless...

The handle of the rattan chair was creaked by Yuchi Zhenjin, and the back of the hand holding the handle was also bulging with blue veins.

Dali Siqing gritted his teeth and said, "What the hell... are you playing?!" Bi Se's eyes were full of anger and unwillingness.

"Di Renjie?"

A dark figure in the dark alley stirred for a while, and then slowly walked out of the dark place to a slightly brighter place after hearing the cry.

Sure enough, it was Di Renjie with the fake beard plastered on his face.

Sha Tuo never expected that it was Di Renjie who came to look for him, so he couldn't help being overjoyed at the moment, and threw himself on Di Renjie.Di Renjie shook his head helplessly, and patted Sha Tuo's shoulder to comfort him.

Sha Tuo swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then he said with lingering fear: "Just now, just now, you disappeared in a flash, and the master also slipped away, leaving me and my uncle there... I never thought that my uncle even took the last five of my body. The two pieces of silver were taken away before they were willing to take me out of the ghost market."

Di Renjie couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Your salary for half a month, go back and find a suitable time to talk to the adults, maybe you can get it back."

At this time, Sha Tuo seemed to be the rest of his life after a catastrophe. It was rare for him to calm down when he saw Di Renjie come to look for him. Now that he heard Di Renjie say something like this, he trembled his shoulders and asked cautiously: "'Maybe'? Then...then Is it possible to come back?"

Di Renjie smiled without saying a word.

Sha Tuo was silent for a moment, as if he had given up hope of getting back his salary for more than half a month, so he walked slowly with Di Renjie, asking as he walked, "How did you know I would appear here?"

"Guess." Di Renjie said lightly, and stopped a little ahead to wait for Sha Tuo, "My lord and I were led to the ghost market nearby by the man in black, and this place is also the way back to Dali Temple. The only way to go, I will stay here and wait for you to pass by."

Sha Tuo nodded half-understood, admiring Di Renjie again in his heart. "It's a pity that I just found my uncle, and taught him to see through his identity before he could find out some clues, and even let the man in black lead him out of the ghost market... Hey, this time it was a waste of time."

Di Renjie laughed when he heard that: "Sha Tuo, you don't know about that."

Sha Tuo stopped walking, just staring blankly at Di Renjie waiting for him to reveal the secret.

"At first I thought there was a reason why the suspect couldn't come forward, so I used the gimmick of the Suzaku to make a fuss in the city, and even made a fuss about the fire phoenix Suzaku, in order to force Dali Temple to be forced by the Queen of Heaven and the people. Under the double pressure of the government, I had to help him find out the ins and outs of the officials embezzling tributes, so as to eliminate the officials related to the embezzlement of tributes for the suspect, so I speculated at the beginning that the suspect should also be someone in the officialdom, otherwise I would not know so much. The inside story, I'm afraid it's because they want to get a share of the money from embezzling tributes, so they buy murderers to kill people. But..." Di Renjie suddenly stopped talking, pulled Sha Tuo's wrist with his backhand, and whispered in his ear Said: "I'll count to three, no matter what happens later, you just run west and go back to Dali Temple, understand?"

Sha Tuo raised his heart that had just let go: "You, what about you?"

"I have my own way, remember, see you at Dali Temple!" Di Renjie said with a smile, "One, two, three, run!"

Di Renjie yelled and pushed Shatuo away, and the two immediately separated and retreated to both sides.

"Ding!" A hidden weapon with a cold light was accurately nailed to the place where the two were standing and whispering.

Sha Tuo leaned on the wall to stabilize his figure, and before he could stand still, he saw the deadly hidden weapon on the ground, his eyes widened in fright, and he ran towards Dali Temple.

A black shadow fell from the eaves swiftly, and landed on the ground lightly like a black cat.The black shadow was about to chase in the direction where Sha Tuo was fleeing, but Di Renjie had already taken advantage of the chaos and hid in the dark alleys extending in all directions, appearing behind the man in black like a ghost, planning to catch him by surprise.

Unexpectedly, the man in black is also superb in martial arts, before Di Renjie's palm wind came, the black figure turned around and opened up Di Renjie's attacking moves head-on.The two fists and feet met, you attack and I dodge, and a remote dark alley is filled with murderous aura in an instant.

Di Renjie tried hard to prevent him from slipping away, and tried his best to pester him.But the other party didn't use the kung fu of the Great Tang sect. The two of them had gone through dozens of moves. Although Di Renjie was able to tell the difference, he couldn't figure out the way to make his moves. He was afraid that after more than a dozen moves, he would be at a disadvantage.

"You are not from the Tang Dynasty!" During the fight, Di Renjie took off his belt and tried to restrain the opponent with his gown, but the man in black changed his shape and came out from under the gown, directly attacking Di Renjie.

Di Renjie let out a low cry, and took advantage of the momentum to back away.Seeing the opponent swinging his fist and attacking directly, he knew that the opponent was tricked, so he slapped the high wall behind him, leaned forward with his strength, and immediately turned around to avoid the attack of the man in black, and even wrapped his belt around the black man. clothes man's hands.

The man in black probably didn't expect Di Renjie to do this, he was stunned for a moment when he was entangled in the belt.

"Are you from Linyi?" Di Renjie pulled his belt hard to put his hands on his shoulders. Seeing that he couldn't move for a while, he pressed the man in black against the wall with one hand.

Di Renjie asked again: "Chen Xiang, are you a hired killer? Or... a vendetta?" As soon as the words fell, Di Renjie felt the person being restrained tremble, and immediately heard the muscles and bones of "crack-clack" Voice.Di Renjie's heart sank, and he was about to let go of his hand, but he still couldn't dodge in time, and received a slap from the opponent.

It turns out that the man in black can also shrink bones, which is really unexpected...

Di Renjie was hit on the left shoulder by that palm, and hurriedly backed away a few feet away.He regained his composure, and when he looked up, he saw the man in black running up to the eaves.It must be known that although he was not hit critically, it would be impossible to catch up with the man in black again.

When Yuchi Zhenjin said on the top of the Baisha Building that Qin Zhen still had instructions from his party, he knew that trouble would follow.He knew that trouble must be coming for him and Yuchi, and Yuchi brought the dead body of the suspect, if the two returned to Dali Temple together, there might be troubles on the way.It would be better for him to act separately from Yuchi deliberately. First, he can distract the suspect party and delay the time. Second, he can go to Shatuo. how many people!

If Yuchi hadn't been attacked, then there would be one remaining suspect, that is, the man in black just now—if you want to get rid of the disaster, you must attack him by surprise.

Acting separately from Yuchi, it happens that the suspects can be defeated separately.If both sides are attacked, then if you want to deal with Yuchi's real gold, if you don't mobilize all the members, it may be difficult to hurt a single hair of Yuchi; The corpse of the companion is a hidden danger that must be eliminated even if the identity is revealed, so there may be very few clues that can be found on the corpse. If you want to get clues, you must face the suspect...

Although the man in black didn't say a word, he almost knew what he wanted to know.

"...As expected, this trip was worthwhile."

Di Renjie grinned, supported his shoulders, and did not relax his vigilance at all, turned around and walked towards Dali Temple.

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Finishing this chapter tonight is still a little short...