Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 18 List
Youzhou, Xiaolianzi Mountain.

With a bang, the stone door slowly opened.Liu Jin, who was rescued by the viper in the earth kiln in Chang'an City, walked slowly into the cave under the leadership of a maid.

The servant girl led Liu Jin to the depths of the cave and stayed quietly aside. Liu Jin also stopped and asked, "Where is Jin Mulan?"

The maid pointed to the front, and Liu Jin slowly turned her head.

A bamboo curtain rises slowly, revealing a woman sitting on a chair behind the bamboo curtain. The woman is dressed in red armor and a bamboo hat, making it difficult to see her true face.

Seeing this, Liu Jin asked suspiciously, "Are you Jin Mulan?"

The woman smiled and said, "Old friend, after you leave Youzhou, you can't even hear my voice?"

Liu Jin smiled bitterly and said, "In the past three years, I have suffered too much. Therefore, I don't remember some things clearly."

The woman said: "Yes, when you and I met in Youzhou to discuss the list, the inner guard suddenly appeared and took you away. In order to save you, I have racked my brains for the past three years."

Liu Jin sneered, and said, "You might as well say it's because of that list to be more accurate."

The woman did not refute, nodded, and said, "Of course, you can understand it that way."

At this time, Liu Jincai said with a smile, "Yes, you are Jin Mulan."

Upon hearing this, Jin Mulan said, "Of course, I think our agreement on that list three years ago should count, right?"

Hearing this, Liu Jin nodded and said, "I will do what I promised you. But I have a question."

Jin Mulan asked, "What?"

Liu Jin replied: "After I was arrested, how is the situation in Youzhou?"

Jin Mulan laughed when she heard the words, and said, "You are such an old fox, are you afraid that I will not return your Youzhou? Don't worry, it is the same as when you were here, and it is even stronger than that time. As long as you hand over List, you can return to your Youzhou immediately."

Liu Jin asked: "After three years, can I still trust you?"

Jin Mulan said: "Our goals are the same, otherwise, the agreement would not have been reached back then. Am I right?"

Liu Jin was silent for a long time, finally nodded and said, "The list is on me."

Jin Mulan felt very strange about this: "Oh?"

After Liu Jin finished speaking, he took out a small medicine bottle from his arms, and then unbuttoned his shirt to reveal his upper body, only to see that Liu Jin's body was covered with scars.

Jin Mulan frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

Liu Jin said to the maid standing beside him, "Apply this bottle of potion on my back."

The servant girl was taken aback when she heard the words, and Jin Mulan ordered: "Do it!"

So the servant girl applied the potion on Liu Jin's back, and after a while, rows of small script appeared on Liu Jin's back!
After Jin Mulan saw it, she said with a smile: "Okay, you are indeed the senior staff member of the King of Yue! Just with this hand, it can be said to be shocking!"

Liu Jin said triumphantly: "Qianniuwei tortured me severely, but these idiots couldn't think of it even if they thought about it. The list is on my back!"

Jin Mulan said to the servant girl, "Chunxiang, get the list right away!"

Chunxiang replied, "Yes."

……

In Lingzhou city.

Standing in the crowd, Li Yuanfang looked at the arrest warrants on the city wall, and slowly pressed down on his hat, but the blood slowly oozing from his clothes stayed where he was standing before.

Li Yuanfang didn't listen to Wang Mang's words and entered Lingzhou City anyway. No one would believe someone who only met once.

After Li Yuanfang left, the two porters pointed at each other and nodded.

The two followed Li Yuanfang into an alley and watched him enter an inn.

A porter said: "You keep an eye on him first, and I will report to the adults."

Another porter said, "Don't worry, I promise I won't bat an eye."

After speaking, a porter left quickly.

In the evening, at the Lingzhou Inn.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Li Yuanfang, who was wiping the wound, picked up the steel knife and asked, "Who is it?"

"Guest officer, the clothes and white medicine you want." The voice of the waiter came from outside the door.

Li Yuanfang said: "Just put it at the door."

The waiter nodded, and after putting it away, he turned and left.

Only then did Li Yuanfang put down the steel knife and heaved a sigh of relief.

……

In the middle of the night, in the Chang'an Taiji Hall, Wu Zetian slapped the desk table and slammed loudly, "Waste! They are all waste!"

A general kneeling underneath was trembling with fright.

Wu Zetian shouted angrily: "A mission with hundreds of people, could it fly into the sky?"

Zhang Jianzhi persuaded: "Your Majesty calm down and take care of the dragon's body."

Wu Zetian snorted, and slowly sat down on the chair.

Zhang Jianzhi said: "Since these gangsters have planned so carefully, it seems that they have already prepared their escape route. According to my opinion, these people will definitely disguise themselves after leaving the city and break them into pieces. Therefore, General Xiong cannot be blamed."

Wu Zetian snorted coldly and said, "Get up!" General Xiong stood up tremblingly.

Wu Zetian asked: "Could it be that the left and right guards who escorted the Turkic mission also disappeared?"

General Xiong replied: "It must have been murdered by gangsters."

Wu Zetian was furious when he heard the words, and shouted: "No one is alive, no corpse is dead. The majestic imperial court is being manipulated by these traitors. What use are you ministers and generals! Get back!"

General Xiong hurriedly withdrew from the hall as if he had received an amnesty.

Wu Zetian asked again: "What happened to Di Renjie? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"

Zhang Jianzhi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Officials reported yesterday that Master Di has crossed the Sishui River and entered the territory of Yongzhou, and he will arrive in Chang'an in a few days."

Wu Zetian nodded: "Okay. Is there any movement from the Turks?"

Zhang Jianzhi said: "Not yet. I think that even if the Turks go to war, there will be a period of preparation time. The minister has already accepted the holy will and ordered the Ministry of War to spread the message, ordering the troops of Gannan Road to gather in Liangzhou and be on guard at any time in case Unexpectedly. Now, just waiting for the imperial edict to be issued, we can mobilize the main forces of the left and right guards in Guanzhong to go to Gannan to fight against the Turks."

Wu Zetian waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. Lao Tzu said: 'A good soldier is inauspicious', soldiers are dying everywhere, and should not be used lightly unless it is absolutely necessary. Now, I will count on Di Huaiying. If he can solve this strange case, If the culprits are brought to justice, there may be room for relaxation in relations between the two countries."

Zhang Jianzhi nodded: "Your Majesty has learned from you."

Wu Zetian seemed to think of something again, and said: "We must step up the pursuit of that traitor Li Yuanfang, and strictly order all states and counties to never be negligent, otherwise we will never tolerate it!"

Zhang Jianzhi said: "Yes. I will immediately order the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment to issue strict orders to make sure that the thief can be captured as soon as possible."

Wu Zetian waved his hand and said, "Go."

Zhang Jianzhi was ordered to retreat.

(End of this chapter)