People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 932 Assassination of the Censor, Suspected Secret Guard

It was dark at night, and Di Renjie rode a little tiredly back to his residence in Yankangfang.

The guard Wang Di who followed him on one side followed silently.

It was now six o'clock in the morning, and the curfew had been in place for a long time.

Only a censor like Di Renjie could successfully open the gate and return home.

Deep in the neighborhood, in the alley.

Di Renjie had just turned in on horseback when suddenly, two black figures silently appeared on the roofs on both sides, holding crossbows, pointing them at Di Renjie, and coldly pulled the trigger.

"Whoosh" was heard twice, and two crossbow arrows shot suddenly from mid-air like heavy rain, hitting Di Renjie fiercely.
In an instant, the sharp blade flashed across like lightning, and the two crossbow arrows that happened to be shot above Di Renjie's head were already chopped away.

"Ding ding" sounded twice, and the two crossbow arrows were dropped to the ground.

At the same time, Di Renjie reacted and pulled out the long sword on his horse's side in an instant.

He shrank nimbly and slid directly under the horse's belly, completely disappearing from sight.

Wang Di jumped up suddenly and stood alone on the two horses, with the long knife in his hand tilted in front of his eyes.

Raising his head and looking at the two assassins above him, Wang Di's eyes were filled with disdain.

The two assassins on the roof had extremely heavy expressions on their faces.

Wang Di stood on the horse, and Di Renjie had completely disappeared under his shadow. As long as he was around, they couldn't kill Di Renjie at all.

The crossbow was raised again, and it was pointed at Wang Di unceremoniously again...

"boom!"

The roof under the feet of the two assassins suddenly exploded, and the next moment, two sharp blades were stabbing upwards.

The situation suddenly changed, and grass flew across the house.

I couldn't see the situation clearly for a while.
In the panic, the two assassins fell directly from the roof.

The moment they landed on the ground, the two people staggered.

Wang Di's eyesight was very good, and he instantly saw that blood was seeping from the waists of the two men.

With a tip of his toes, Wang Di floated directly off the horse, and then stood alone in front of the two of them, staring at them with determination in his eyes.

The two assassins touched from behind, and two daggers were pulled out in an instant.

Under the slanting moon, the short sword was completely blackened.

Wang Di's breathing suddenly stopped. The knife was coated with poison, but what about the arrow?
These people are determined to kill Di Renjie.

"kill!"

In the silent roar, the two people rushed forward like smoke.

At this moment, two long spears suddenly stabbed out from behind Wang Di. In the horrified eyes of the two assassins, they instantly pierced the chests of the two assassins.

Wang Di was the closest, and he could clearly see that the two assassins had changed their bodies countless times in an instant, but to no avail.

The two spears only slightly changed direction before piercing into their chests.

It was as if they were extremely familiar with them.

The two assassins immediately collapsed to the ground like soft mud, blood flowing all over the ground.

Wang Di turned around and looked at Di Renjie behind him, as well as two tall middle-aged men with solemn faces standing beside Di Renjie.

Of these two middle-aged men, one was missing three fingers on his left hand, and the other was missing his entire right arm.

Both of them were wearing gray robes, holding Bu Shan tightly with only one arm.

Although the two of them were protecting Di Renjie at this moment, their expressions were extremely embarrassing.

"You two, what's wrong?" Di Renjie looked at the two people in surprise.

These two people were the guards he borrowed from the Qin family. They borrowed them from the Qin family through Li Xuan some time ago.

It was originally intended to be used to investigate the Zhaoling fire case, but later, Wei Siwen directly exposed the Zhaoling fire case, leaving Di Renjie a little at a loss.

Most of the Qin family's guards had returned, leaving only two drunkards who followed Di Renjie and did not go back for a while.

The Qin family didn't push them and let them live in the yard they rented before to protect Di Renjie.

Unexpectedly, someone would assassinate Di Renjie.

……

"Send the signal." Qin Sanqi turned to look at Wang Di. Without going into details about what happened before, he directly asked Wang Di to send the signal.

Wang Di glanced at Di Renjie, who nodded slightly.

The next moment, the signal flew directly into the air and then exploded.

Di Renjie turned to look at Qin Sanqi and Qin Wuliu, and asked in a deep voice: "Do you know these two people?"

"Di Renjie, we can't talk about this, and don't ask. Someone will give you an explanation in two days." Qin Sanqi shook his head slightly.

For some unknown reason, he refused to reveal the secrets hidden in these two assassins.

The same goes for Qin Wuliu.

There is no doubt that Di Renjie's previous guess was correct.

Di Renjie thought for a moment, and he knew that there were too many secrets in the entire Chang'an City, especially those involving the powerful.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and Di Renjie had already thought of a possibility.

At this time, a team of Fang Ding had rushed over quickly.

Di Renjie glanced at Qin Sanqi and Qin Wuliu. Looking at their calm expressions, he vaguely confirmed.

……

When Li Xuan arrived at Yankangfang, people from Chang'an County, Dali Temple, Jinwu Guard and Qianniu Guard had already arrived.

The assassination of Shi Yushi was no small matter.

The person who was especially assassinated was Di Renjie, whom the emperor and empress valued particularly. "Brother Huaiying, what is going on?" Li Xuan walked to Di Renjie's side.

At this time, the bodies of the two assassins were already in the hands of people from Dali Temple, and other yamen cooperated with Dali Temple in handling the case.

Di Renjie sighed softly and said, "Your Majesty was right that day. It was such a troubled time. Huaiying doesn't know what happened. He was suddenly assassinated. He doesn't know who these people are."

While speaking, Di Renjie gently glanced at the two Qin family guards behind him, and Li Xuan understood immediately.

Turning around and walking towards the two of them, Li Xuan asked in a low voice.

The two Qin family guards did not hide anything from Li Xuan, but what they said shocked Li Xuan.

Li Xuan turned around and looked at the two corpses being carried onto the cart, with a terrible expression on her face.

"Prince, who is he?" Di Renjie asked quickly.

Li Xuan looked solemn and whispered: "Brother Huaiying, I will only say it once. After I say it, you will forget it immediately and pretend that I have never said it before."

Li Xuan's solemn expression made Di Renjie instantly nervous. He nodded slightly and said, "Your Majesty, please speak."

"These two people are suspected to be subordinates of the secret guard." Li Xuan finished her sentence and then closed her mouth tightly.

Di Renjie's eyes jumped, and then he looked at the two corpses. He quickly shook his head and said: "It can't be the secret guards. Your Majesty and the Queen want to kill Huaiying, just one sentence, so it can't be the secret guards."

Di Renjie glanced at the two Qin family guards again, and said somewhat suddenly: "The two Qin family brothers probably recognized them from their weapon moves and body skills, so they are not necessarily secret guards. It is very possible. He is a person who has undergone secret guard training...whose secret agent is he?"

"Then whose family it belongs to?" Li Xuan asked calmly.

Li Xuan had already thought of what Di Renjie said.

There are very few people in Chang'an who can allow secret guards to train family spies. Such people are all powerful among the powerful.

But such a powerful person should understand Di Renjie's importance in the hearts of the emperor and Empress Wu, and would not act rashly.

Li Xuan suddenly seemed to have thought of something and looked at Di Renjie. Di Renjie also looked at Li Xuan at the same time.

Shaking their heads slightly, the two of them did not speak. Some things were not suitable to say now.

At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from the front.

Immediately afterwards, a group of Qianniu Guards appeared at the entrance of the alley.

Seeing Li Xuan and Di Renjie, Qian Niuwei immediately dismounted, then raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Di Yushi, the Queen of Heaven has called."

"Your Majesty Li Xuan, Di Renjie obeys the order."

……

In the Zichen Palace, Empress Wu turned over the memorial in her hand.

In a short period of time, news of Di Renjie's assassination had spread to the palace.

The palace was already locked, but Empress Wu still forced Li Xuan and Di Renjie to be brought into the palace.

Empress Wu did not raise her head, but asked casually: "Di Qing, why did you ask the Qin family to borrow a bodyguard?"

Di Renjie held up his hands and said calmly: "To report back to the Queen of Heaven, I originally used my body as a bait to lure the culprit behind the Zhaoling fire case to attack me. I didn't expect that the Zhaoling incident would be solved so quickly, so I sent most of the guards away." After going back, only two drinking buddies were left, staying temporarily."

"That's it." Empress Wu was stunned for a moment, and then sighed softly: "How did you know that Liu Yizhi was behind that matter?"

"Report to the Queen of Heaven, someone has spoken." Di Renjie said this, and Li Xuan and Queen Wu looked at him in great surprise.

Someone spoke.

Someone opened his mouth to testify against Liu Yizhi to Di Renjie.

"Who?" Empress Wu asked immediately.

"Cui Sheng, the Minister of Justice." Di Renjie spit out a name that neither Li Xuan nor Empress Wu had thought of.

"Ministry of Punishment?" Empress Wu was stunned, and then asked: "How did Cui Sheng know that Liu Yizhi was behind this matter? If I know everything correctly, Liu Yizhi never came into contact with Cui Sheng."

Regarding the Zhaoling fire case, although the Beimen bachelors promoted it on the surface, they were all using normal means.

You Qi came forward, but it was Liu Sili, the imperial censor, and the others had no contact with Cui Sheng, the minister of punishment.

Di Renjie solemnly raised his hands and said: "I learned this from the King of Nanchang, let Cui Sheng guess, he gave me a direction, and I will investigate the actual evidence... If there is no actual evidence, I will not reveal a word to anyone... Fortunately The investigation has yielded some results, but..."

Empress Wu raised her hand slightly, and Di Renjie immediately fell silent.

Although Di Renjie had been investigating Liu Yizhi's matter, it was a pity that before he could get the results of his investigation, Liu Yizhi was exposed by Wei Siwen.

Wei Siwen's matter has nothing to do with Di Renjie.

What happened tonight, someone went to assassinate Di Renjie, but what Di Renjie left behind was the remnant of the trap he left for Liu Yizhi, and it worked strangely.

It is difficult not to make people suspicious of the secret guard.

Empress Wu raised her head and her eyes fell on Li Xuan.

Looking at Li Xuan with slightly worried eyes, Empress Wu knew that the things here had nothing to do with Li Xuan, but in the final analysis, they were all related to him.

Liu Yizhi's affairs and Liu Yizhi's son were all mentioned by Li Xuan in the memorial written to the prince.

If it weren't for Li Xuan, nothing would have happened to Liu Yizhi.

"King Nanchang!" Empress Wu suddenly said.

Li Xuan immediately raised her hands and said: "I'm here!"

"It's hard to find any solid evidence for what happened tonight," Empress Wu said after a slight pause, "If I ask you to guess now, who is the culprit behind what happened tonight, who do you think it would be?"

Use the way of the person to treat the person's body.

Di Renjie just used Li Xuan's method, and now Empress Wu immediately used this method on Li Xuan.

Li Xuan took a step forward, then solemnly raised her hands and said: "To the Queen of Heaven, I guess it is the British Duke."

"Li Jingye?" Empress Wu was slightly stunned. She had indeed never thought of Li Jingye. She had guessed Ming Chongyan, Yuan Wanqing, and Li Xian, but she had never guessed Li Jingye. She asked subconsciously: "Why Li Jingye?"

"Revenge!" Li Xuan solemnly raised his hands and sighed, "Brother Huaiying is a good friend of Xuan, and at the same time he is valued by His Majesty and the Queen. Assassinating Di Huaiying can not only vent his anger, but also disrupt the situation in the DPRK. He was extremely advantageous.”

"Is he crazy?"

(End of this chapter)