The scorching sun was in the sky, and cicadas were constantly chirping from the woods on both sides of the road, and a bloody smell was filled with the ground.

"Mr. Di County, judging from the skills and style of work, these people should be dead soldiers raised by nobles. Combined with the incidents of "Jin Ping Mei" during this period and the previous abnormal events in Lantian County, the most likely one is the dead soldiers arranged by the Changsun family or the Gao family. However, there are some strange things here."

Li Yuanfang looked at the five masked men lying in a pool of blood, and his face was not turbulent.

When he was in Liangzhou, he saw many such scenes.

People in this era have obviously become much less concerned about death.

“Where are some things that make people feel strange?”

Di Renjie also stood there without changing his face, wanting to figure out what is going on today.

How long has it been since he came to Lantian County?

What happened in Lantian County during this period is even more exciting than last year.

But this kind of excitement is not what Di Renjie hopes to see.

"First of all, the relationship between the Changsun family, Gao family and the Chu Prince's Mansion was very tense during this period, and the battle between them was about to break out. At this time, if they directly arranged assassins to assassinate the people of the Chu Prince's Mansion, the situation would inevitably fall into further deterioration.

Judging from the methods that Changsun family disgusted with the magistrate of Di County, they did not want to go to a full-scale war with the Chu Palace now, but were more just stumbling. In fact, the Changsun family now has no possibility of directly attacking our Chu Palace. I believe Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian are also well aware of this situation, so they should not go to the path of sending people to assassinate you."

Li Yuanfang began to explain his views.

"Secondly, although the death soldiers in this operation are very good, they are obviously not the top killers. If the Changsun family arranges to take action, then they must know that I have a group of elite guards from the Chu Prince's Mansion to protect your safety. If they want to take action, they will definitely make better preparations and arrange more elite personnel so that they can truly succeed. This kind of action that has been taken but has not achieved the due effect, the Changsun family will definitely not want to see."

"There is another point in the end, that is, I thought of a possibility, will anyone take advantage of the troubled waters at this time?"

"Well, fishing for troubled waters?"

A flash of light in Di Renjie's eyes, and he obviously thought of something.

"That's right, it's just fishing for troubled waters. Whether it's the Chu Palace, the Changsun Family, or the Gao Family, there are many enemies in Chang'an City. These people usually hide deeply, and even we ourselves don't know when they offended them and when they harmed their interests.

In the past, they dared not expose their hostility to us because they were not our opponents. But if they could incite the struggle between the Chu Prince's Mansion and the Changsun Family and the Gao Family, then no matter who is the winner in the end, it would be a good thing for them.

Because after this battle, no matter which family it is, there will definitely be damage in the end. This has achieved their goal of weakening the Chu Prince’s Mansion, the Changsun Family, and the Gao Family.”

After listening to Li Yuanfang's analysis, Di Renjie nodded secretly.

The situation in Chang'an City is the most complicated in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Whether it is a great family or a noble man from the Tang Dynasty, the relationship is intricate.

The Chu Prince's Mansion has really offended many people over the years and harmed the interests of many families.

As for the Changsun family, it is naturally no exception.

Their ability to become the most powerful faction in the Korean Central Committee will inevitably infringe on the interests of many people.

These people had not found a good opportunity to retaliate before. If they could fight with the King of Chu, they would probably wake up laughing when they sleep.

"According to what you said, we don't need to respond to this assassination, just investigate secretly?"

Di Renjie did not feel unwilling to accept it.

As Li Kuan's disciple, he is more mature than many people.

He has been prepared for such intrigues in political struggles.

"Yes, there is no need to fight back immediately, because we don't know which direction we should fight back. If we do it rashly, we will fall into someone else's trap."

"Okay, but I still have to release the news about my assassination in Lantian County. I will also write a letter to my master tonight to report what happened here and our analysis to him."

Di Renjie agreed to Li Yuanfang's suggestion without any hesitation.

"This is natural. Even if we want to cover up the news, five people died in one go, the ground was covered with blood, and the village was ahead, and it was impossible to hide it at all. It would be better to tell everyone openly what happened here."

...

"Bang!"

In Changsun’s mansion, Changsun Wuji called Changsun in front of him as soon as he returned home. Dafei thundered and his face looked very ugly.

"Chong'er, you're confused! If the assassination could solve the problem, I would have done this for a long time. Can you wait until now? The struggle between nobles, no matter how fierce the battle is, cannot touch the bottom line of assassination. Otherwise, once someone knows it, it will be a big taboo.

Now our relationship with the Chu Prince's Mansion is in the worst situation in history. At this time, you arrange for someone to go to Lantian County to assassinate Di Renjie. Isn't this throwing a torch into the oil pan? Don't say that the people in the Chu Prince's Mansion will be furious, even Your Majesty will definitely be very unhappy."

Obviously, Changsun Wuji believed that this matter was done by his son.

"Aye, I...I don't know very well what you are talking about?"

Changsun Chong looked at Changsun Wuji in a daze, not knowing what gunpowder he had taken today.

"Hmph, I don't know what I'm talking about? Didn't you arrange the person who went to Lantian County to assassinate Di Renjie? Although my father has given you some secret forces in his family to manage this year, it does not mean that you can do whatever you want."

Changsun Wuji glared at his son with dissatisfaction.

These days, because of the incident in "Jin Ping Mei", he is even more depressed now that his son is doing bad things with kindness.

"Someone went to Lantian County to assassinate Di Renjie? At this time, someone went to assassinate Di Renjie. Wouldn't this mean that the Chu Prince's Mansion will start a full war with us?"

Changsun Chong was also stunned for a moment.

This expression without any fakery also fooled Changsun Wuji.

What's going on?

Could it be that my son arranged for someone to do it?

Who did that?

Or is it that my son's acting skills are so perfect that he is better than his own?

"It's really not what you arranged for someone to do?"

Changsun Wuji looked at his son with some suspicion, wanting to confirm whether what he said was true or false.

"Aye, it's really not what I did! How could I arrange someone to do such a big thing without discussing with you? We just found someone to disgust Di Renjie, and that Li Kuan used such a big move to retaliate against us. If he arranged for someone to assassinate Di Renjie directly, wouldn't he have to let Li Kuan deal with us like this?"

Changsun Chong was not stupid, but he knew that there were a bunch of elite guards under the Chu Palace, and there were many masters.

The most important thing is that they have all kinds of new weapons. It is said that many of the things in the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty were created by Li Kuan.

In this case, how dare he fight against the Chu Prince's Mansion?

Even if he dares to do the limit if he makes a stumbling block behind his back.

Changsun Chong absolutely dared not do anything like that that destroys the unspoken rules between nobles.

"If it weren't for our family, I asked my uncle when I went to court today, and it wasn't for him who arranged for someone to do it. So who would have done it in this case?"

Changsun Wuji was talking to himself while thinking about the problem quickly.

"Aye, could it be written and directed by people from the Chu Palace? In order to make the noble families in Chang'an City think that our Changsun family violated the rules?"

"If those assassins had nothing to do and escaped without any mercy, the possibility you said exists. However, all the assassins who assassinated Di Renjie this time were killed on the spot. If this was a trick, it would be too scary. I think Di Renjie should not be able to do such a thing."

Changsun Wuji still has some understanding of the personality characteristics of the main characters of the Chu Prince's Mansion.

This kind of thing that kills one's own people to make arrangements is obviously not the style of the Chu Prince's Mansion.

If it were another nobleman, it would be possible.

"It's not what we did, nor what they did themselves, who would have done that?"

Changsun Chong was also dizzy.

What's going on?

Is there anyone else who has a worse relationship with the Chu Prince's Mansion than their own?

"The situation in Chang'an City is getting more and more interesting! Chong'er, you should be careful during this period. I think some people may want to take advantage of the troubled waters!"

Changsun Wuji slowly savored it and felt a trace of conspiracy from it.

...

"Shi Yu, why are your face so ugly? Who made you angry?"

In the East Palace, Li Zhi was also very curious when he saw Yu Zhining coming to him with a ugly face.

As the crown prince Zuosha, Yu Zhining was almost the prime minister prepared by Li Shimin for Li Zhi.

To be honest, as long as Li Zhi ascended the throne successfully, Yu Zhining will definitely be an important minister in the court.

In this case, few ministers will have their brains rusted and fight with Yu Zhining.

In fact, in the past year, few officials have had conflicts with Yu Zhining. Everyone has given up on him intentionally or unintentionally, and even wants to get closer to him.

After all, moving closer to Yu Zhining, to a certain extent, moving closer to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"I am not good at doing things well, please punish the prince!"

Yu Zhining lowered his head and said this sentence with great reluctance.

"Well? Why did Master Yu say this? You only have the credit and no fault in the Eastern Palace. Why do I punish you?"

Li Zhi is now knowing how to win over his servants.

Not to mention that Yu Zhining is his right-hand man, even if he is an ordinary official in the Eastern Palace, he will not scold him easily.

"The operation to assassinate Di Renjie in Lantian County was completely failed."
To be continued...