Di Renjie was shocked and quickly stood up with his wife Zhang. The old lady appeared at the door with a cane. She looked angry and pointed at Di Renjie with a cane and scolded: "People should be grateful. Li Zhen saved your life twice, and tried every means to get you back from Pengze. Such great kindness does not want to be rewarded, but you look down on others. Is this a gentleman doing?"

Di Renjie quickly helped her mother in and comforted her with kind words: "Don't calm down, the son is not ignorant of kindness, but marriage is a major event in life, so you can't be too hasty, so"

"Sloppy?"

Old Mrs. Di sneered and said, "What is sloppy? You have never cared about your daughter in Pengze. Do you know how many times A Yan has been with him and has a deep relationship. They have long been in love with each other, but you say sloppy. Is this fair statement?"

Di Renjie felt ashamed, but he didn't know how to convince his mother, so he had to hesitate: "Actually, my son just doesn't like some of his official duties very much, and he is not open and honest enough. Moreover, there are some rumors between him and Shangguan Wan'er, and his son wants to figure it out."

Old Mrs. Di said with a gloomy face: "I know very well about him and Shangguan Wan'er, and A Yan is also very clear about him. Shangguan Wan'er has a kindness to know him, and Li Zhen also likes Shangguan Wan'er. They have some relationship. I think this is human nature, but he is gradually moving away from Shangguan Wan'er. I believe that he will not have anything beyond the rules after marriage. A Yan also forgave him. I hope you don't use it anymore for this matter. We have already dealt with it."

Di Renjie was about to say something else, but the old lady waved her hand, "Don't interrupt, wait until I finish talking!"

Di Renjie had to listen carefully, and the old lady said again: "As for his official duties, I hate those self-righteous but stupid and incompetent people the most. Go to Luoyang City to inquire and visit the homes of civil officials. Do you know how many people are grateful to him? He defeated Lai Junchen, can you do it?"

Di Renjie smiled bitterly in his heart. It seemed that his mother had considered Li Zhen as his son-in-law. He was helpless and had to say, "Mother, let your son talk to him again, okay?"

"Hmph! If you disappoint me, I will run away from home with A Yan. If you don't believe me, just wait and see!"

Old Mrs. Di pushed Di Renjie away and rushed out with a cane. Di Renjie quickly winked his wife and asked her to comfort her mother. Zhang understood and hurriedly stepped forward to support the old lady and left the study.

Di Renjie was upset and paced back and forth in the room with his hands on his back. Although his mother made some sense, it was still a little bit worse to convince him.

He was actually not disgusted with the affair between Li Zhen and Shangguan Wan'er, but he was very worried about Li Zhen's position. Shangguan Wan'er supported Li Xian!

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The next day was a break, and all civil and military officials were enjoying this rare day of rest at home, but for the prime minister and senior officials of various temples and platforms, they could not enjoy this day of rest. They still had to go to the North Korea to discuss various government affairs.

Di Renjie also got on the carriage, and the carriage slowly drove towards the imperial city. When the carriage reached the Tianjin Bridge, a team of cavalry rushed towards him. There was an official in front of him. Di Renjie knew this person, and it was Ji Xu, the chief censor. He quickly called Ji Xu, "Ji Zhongcheng!"

When Ji Xu saw that it was Di Renjie, he quickly turned over and got off the horse, stepped forward and bowed to see him. Di Renjie asked with a smile: "Is there something happened in such a hurry?"

Ji Xu took a step forward and whispered: "Just just received the news that Li Jinzhong was poisoned last night. The empress was ordered by the emperor to check the details."

Di Renjie was also secretly surprised. Li Jinzhong was a Khitan chief. Because he was captured in Liaodong, he was temporarily placed under house arrest in Luoyang. How could he be poisoned? The consequences were very serious. He had no intention of going to the court at this time and hurriedly said, "I'll go and have a look with you."

Di Renjie ordered the carriage to be transferred and drove to Li Jinzhong's mansion with Ji Xu. The place where Li Jinzhong was placed under house arrest was in Anyefang next to the imperial city. It was a five-acre house with one hundred soldiers specifically guarding him, and an official from the Honglu Temple was responsible for taking care of his daily life.

The official of the Honglu Temple was named An Pingxiang. He was a Goguryeo native who was responsible for the reception matters in the northeast. At this time, he seemed to be in vain. Li Jinzhong was poisoned and killed, which made him extremely scared. This was his dereliction of duty. He had to take responsibility. If the loss of an official position was a trivial matter, he might be suspected of accomplices.

When Di Renjie and Ji Xu arrived at Li Jinzhong's residence, Dali Temple Chief Sun Li led a dozen subordinates to arrive first. When he heard that Di Prime Minister was coming, Sun Li quickly came out to greet An Ping. Di Renjie got off the carriage and asked, "Has the murderer been caught?"

Sun Li stepped forward and said, "We are investigating, please ask Prime Minister Di to come to the mansion to have a detailed discussion."

Anping invited Ji Xu into the mansion. Although Ji Xu was ordered to ask about the situation, since Di Renjie was there, he could not take the lead and had to follow Di Renjie.

After sitting down in the lobby, Di Renjie immediately asked, "Tell me! What happened?"

An Pingxiang said bitterly, "Reporting to the prime minister, Bei Yi got the news at dawn that Li Jinzhong was poisoned and it was no longer possible. Bei Yi rushed over, but it was still one step late. Li Jinzhong had already died. According to the doctor who examined him, Li Jinzhong was caught by the scattered machine and his whole body was shrunk into a ball."

"Who made the poison? Is there any clue?"

An Pingxiang hesitated and said, "Bizhi suspected that it was the cook's work. He made an excuse to leave last night and has not returned yet. In addition, a maid who served Li Jinzhong has also disappeared. She disappeared last night. Li Jinzhong was very angry and said that he had scolded him for a night. According to the news that Beizhi had mastered, the missing cook and maid seemed to have an affair."

"What you mean is that these two people poisoned their masters to elope, right?"

An Pingxiang nodded, "That's exactly!"

At this time, a voice came from the hall, "I think things are not that simple!"

Everyone looked down at the hall together and saw an official from Dali Temple walking up. It was Wang Jianzhong, Di Renjie's capable subordinate at that time. He stepped forward and knelt down for Di Renjie, and shed tears and said, "Does the Prime Minister Di still remember the humble position?"

Di Renjie immediately recognized him and said in surprise: "Old Wang, is it you?"

Wang Jianzhong said excitedly: "Prime Minister, we haven't seen each other for many years."

Di Renjie hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up, "Old Wang, are you still in Dali Temple?"

Sun Li was a little uneasy and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Wang Sizhi is recognized as the number one case-handling expert in our Dali Temple."

Di Renjie frowned, "Are you still Si Zhi now?"

Wang Jianzhong smiled bitterly and said, "I am the Sizhi General Li, who is trying hard to win for me. I was just a humble position more than a month ago."

Di Renjie felt a little strange and asked again: "How could it be Li Zhen fighting for you?"

Wang Jianzhong briefly said that he and Li Zhen were responsible for the assassination of Prime Minister Wang, and finally said: "General Li is a very righteous person. He held a frustration for Beiyi and went to the priest to fight for Beiyi. It was the priest who spoke that the Ministry of Personnel removed the punishment for Beiyi and was promoted to Sizhi."

Sun Li added: "Wang Sizhi has enough qualifications and will be promoted to Dali Temple Chief next year."

Di Renjie knew that Li Zhen was so protective of Wang Jianzhong, and it was obviously because of his own. He was a little moved and nodded and smiled: "Tell me about this case! What have you gained?"

Wang Jianzhong bowed and said, "Precautionary Di to follow me!"

Everyone followed him to a room in the side yard, and saw a musty smell in the room, and all kinds of items were messy. Wang Jianzhong said: "This is the chef's room. Bei Zhi checked all the items, and this is the most valuable thing in the room."

Wang Jianzhong picked up a sword, "This is his sword, a very ordinary bad sword. It is sold in Beijing, and it is 800 yuan per person. According to the investigation of the humble professional, this chef is addicted to gambling and sold out all the valuable things. He still owes a lot of gambling debts outside. He uses the monthly money to pay off the debt, and even the interest is not enough."

Di Renjie nodded. Such people who were in desperate debt were easily exploited. At this time, Wang Jianzhong took them to a room in the back house. He saw that the room was clean and tidy. There were rouge, dresses and jewelry boxes in the closet. It was obviously a woman's room. Wang Jianzhong said: "This is the room of Li Jinzhong's maid Mingxiang. Please see her rouge."

Wang Jianzhong handed a box of rouge to Di Renjie. Di Renjie took it and looked at it. The rouge had not been opened and there was a Jingwei filling map printed on it. He said to everyone: "This is the best rouge from the Jingwei Pavilion in Nanshi City. This box of rouge is worth at least ten cents of coins."

Everyone understood a little, and Ji Xu smiled and said, "How can that cook provide for this luxurious maid? There should be no relationship between them. This maid is likely to have an affair with Li Jinzhong."

“That’s exactly that!”

Wang Jianzhong smiled and said, "It is completely nonsense to say that the two of them elope, and the maid's jewelry and valuable items are still there. I don't think she wants to escape."

Anping next to him argued: "Maybe Li Jinzhong's poisoning has nothing to do with this woman, but it must have something to do with the chef. He was forced by gambling debts and wanted to steal money and escape, so he ate the poison in Li Jinzhong's meals, and the doctor also found out the poison from Li Jinzhong's leftover meals."

"This is the strange thing! Li Jinzhong's gang is Qianji San. This poison is difficult to obtain among the people. Even if it is available, it is very expensive. How can this chef afford such expensive poison? I think he should use arsenic to be more realistic."

Di Renjie nodded. He understood Wang Jianzhong's speculation and said to everyone: "Wang Sizhi's words make sense. Someone should have bribed the chef and poisoned Li Jinzhong. At the same time, he also bribed the maid. As the chef's cover, Li Jinzhong took the poison without knowing it. The two of them did not escape, and they should have been silenced."

Ji Xu said carefully: "Who does the Prime Minister think that wants to poison Li Jinzhong?"

"It depends on who benefits. Li Jinzhong is the chief of the Khitan. When he dies, who will take over his position as chief?"

Ji Xu thought for a while and said, "It should be Sun Wanrong!"
Chapter completed!