Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen

Outside the gate of the villa, it was already surrounded by sergeants. The light from the torches made the roadside look like daytime, and there was a hidden light coming from inside the villa. However, even though the door was slammed loudly, there was no movement. "People in the village listen carefully. According to the order of the assassin, the Tubo tribute in the city has been stolen. Open the gate quickly and accept inspection." The soldier had already shouted several times, Di Renjie nodded and said: "Break open the gate." All the soldiers waited. With this order, they rushed forward and exerted their strength together, and the door opened in response.Entering the courtyard, he saw that the doors of the houses were wide open and brightly lit, but there was no one there. At that moment, everyone searched separately, and Di Renjie came to the backyard with Di Chun and Ayu.

Even after entering the courtyard twice, it was as empty as what I saw just now when I entered the door. I saw Li Yuanfang coming out of a room with a person. When Di Renjie looked at it, he saw a woman in white, with a delicate appearance, but her eyes were dull. When he got closer, he still acted as if he hadn't seen everyone, and he didn't even move his eyes. "My lord, everyone in the village should have just evacuated from the tunnel, and the tea on the table is still not cold. I have checked around, but there seems to be someone locked up in the dark room of the inner hall, and Lin Yue was found in the wing room," Li Yuanfang looked Glancing at Linyue, she frowned and said, "It's just that there seems to be something wrong with her, and she doesn't recognize anyone anymore."

"Well," Di Renjie said: "Looking at this appearance, I may have been stimulated by something, and I don't have time to take a closer look at it now. Yuan Fang, you chase from the tunnel, don't rush to arrest, just follow the camera, and I will come later." Li Yuanfang took the order to go, here Di Renjie led everyone to the inner hall, and was about to tell Ayu to take care of Linyue, when he turned around to look for him, Ayu was nowhere to be seen, he secretly smiled and shook his head.Fortunately, Linyue seemed to be lost in thought, she didn't react to the outside world at all, she didn't speak, and let the soldiers help Di Renjie to follow behind her.

Entering the inner hall, there is a dark room behind the cabinet wall, which is dark and dark, and there is no sound of people.Di Renjie ordered someone to fetch the torch, and when he walked in to have a look, he saw that the dark room was very spacious, separated by an arm-thick wooden railing, forming a cell. One person sat facing the wall, and when he heard the crowd coming in, he didn't turn around, but said coldly: "It's useless for you to come again, don't waste your time talking." Then he stopped talking. Di Renjie watched it intently for a while, then said with a smile, "General Yang, don't come here unharmed."

Hearing this, the man's figure seemed to be shocked, turned around hastily, put one hand on his ribs, there was blood oozing from the robe, but his face was still full of energy, it was the General of the Left Guard Yang Ju. Yang Ju squinted his eyes to adapt to the light of the torch. When he saw Di Renjie among the crowd, his eyes showed shame. He lowered his head and turned sideways, saying, "At this moment, I really have no face to meet Master Di again." "Oh? General Yang is talking about the Buddha statue of Tara?" Di Renjie's eyes were burning like flames, and he stroked his beard and smiled, "There is only one thing that I still don't understand - General Yang tried to ask me to open the Buddha statue for you, but why? Haven't come to get what you want for a long time?"

"The situation I am in today is really self-inflicted." Yang Ju sighed, not daring to look at Di Renjie: "Your Excellency must have known about the treasure inside the Buddha statue, but we need to start from the beginning." It turned out that after Emperor Taizong ordered the creation of this treasure, he hid the secret of the treasure and the key to unlock it in the Buddha statue of Tara. Only a few trusted officials knew about it, and grandfather Yang Ju was one of them. Suiliang and others were murdered one after another, but Yang Ju's ancestor was saved because he was only from the imperial army of Xuanwu Gate and was not in a high position.Before he died, he told Yang Ju about the treasure, but he only told about the place where the treasure was hidden and the general situation in the treasure. He had never seen the key, but it was hidden in a gilded green Tara Buddha statue. It was brought into Tubo by Princess Wencheng.The Yang family was originally not a family family, and had no power to rely on in the court. Since Yang Ju's grandfather, he was promoted due to meritorious service, and Yang Ju has been the general of the left guard. He has been loyal to the royal family for several generations, and Yang Ju even swore to be loyal to the crown prince. At the end of his life, the grandfather repeatedly confessed that the treasure should be used by the prince. If the time does not come, he would rather keep the secret of the treasure, and never fall into the hands of others and cause chaos in the court.

Three months ago, King Li Zhenmi of Yue secretly met with Yang Ju and promised to make great profits. He asked Yang Ju to cooperate with the clan kings. Since he was the only one who knew the entrance to the treasure, he was recommended as the envoy of the princess and her personal guards. Take out the treasure and welcome the prince.Yang Ju was hesitant, but thought he might be able to help the prince, so he agreed first.After the discussion, the king of Yue sent people to wait for the opportunity to find the Buddha statue in the procession of seeing off the relatives, and at the same time secretly bought this villa in Qingyang Mountain, and dug a secret passage in the place Yang Ju said in the name of mining.

"Vice General Wang is the one who King Yue left in your army?" Di Renjie said. "That's right," Yang Ju regretted, "I intended to find the Buddha statue and then make a fuss about it. After I got the Buddha statue, because I didn't know where the key was hidden, and I was afraid that the key would be ruined by opening the Qiqiaolinglong lock randomly, so I sent the Buddha statue to the adults. , and made an appointment with Deputy General Wang to steal the key after finding out where the key is hidden.” "The key is the rhombic copper box at the base of the Buddha statue?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from my lord. Inside the copper box is the snake-repelling elixir necessary to enter the treasure." Yang Ju said, "It seems that it is useless to find the key now. Involve the prince for no reason." "Oh? Has General Yang regretted it now?" Di Renjie shouted in a deep voice. "I'm really confused. A few days ago, I secretly went to see the prince and told the kings that they wanted to use the treasure to make trouble. The prince was terrified, so he tried to drive me out. I also saw with my own eyes that the prince is in danger, so I really can't act rashly." , but using the power of the clan kings to fight against the court is like a mantis holding a chariot, if the matter fails, using the wrist of the Empress Wu will surely implicate countless people."

Yang Juhu sighed again, looked up at Di Renjie, and said slowly: "Actually, when I sent the Buddha statue to Ningzhou that day, I really wanted to use the power of adults to unlock it, but I also know that with the wisdom of adults, I will be able to solve this matter. It may not be easy for the king of Yue to act under the watchful eye of the lord.—Now only the lord Di can resolve the invisible treason and save the prince." After finishing speaking, he bowed from a distance. Di Renjie flashed in disbelief, and murmured: "General Yang missed one person." As he spoke, he let all the soldiers pass by. When Yang Ju looked at it, he saw Linyue standing blankly, her beautiful eyes seemed to be watching When he arrived at Yang Ju, he moved a little, but there was no response.Yang Ju was stunned, walked to the wooden fence, and called softly: "Grand... Linyue, what's wrong with you?" Turning to Di Renjie again, Di Renjie understood Yang Ju's address, and sighed softly: " This matter is of great importance, so I have to look at it slowly, don't you know how she became like this?"

Yang Ju thought for a while, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were full of anger: "Wang Qian didn't know that Lin Yue went to get the key storage, it must be that they stabbed me here yesterday, and they couldn't get out of here. I asked how to use the key out of my mouth, so I threatened Linyue!" He hurriedly said seriously: "Master Di, the cave in front of the treasure has been opened. At this time, Wang Qian must have led everyone into the tunnel. Please lead people to stop it immediately. I am also willing to go together, so as to take the crime and make meritorious service."