Chapter 71 There is indeed a cellar
Li Chongrun came over and sniffed it hard, but only smelled a faint smell of stinking in the room, and no blood was found at all.
"There are indeed traces of blood."
Di Renjie took a piece of sapphire from his arms, dipped some well water and wiped it on the back of the table. He found that the sapphire had a light pink stain on it, "It's just that it's been a bit long, at least for more than one month."
"This is the kitchen. Old Chen usually kills a chicken or something, and it's normal to get some blood." Cui Fangzheng said disapprovingly.
While Di Renjie was still thinking about the blood on the table, Li Chongrun became interested in the table.
He pushed left, right, and pulled out harder, but Li Chongrun found that he couldn't pull it anyway. The table seemed to have grown on the ground and didn't move at all.
"Cui Fangzheng, please help me." Li Chongrun felt that he was brought into a misunderstanding by the inertia of thinking. The table was placed here, not as a table, but more like a huge handle.
Li Chongrun and Cui Fang were standing on both sides of the table, and at the slogan of Li Chongrun, they lifted the table up hard. A squeak sound came out, and the table was lifted several inches, and a black gap appeared from the floor under the table.
As the two continued to exert their strength, the table and the floor below cracked from the middle, opening from the middle like a big door. A few wooden sticks made of support slid the door panel to both sides, and a black hole appeared in front of everyone.
It is not particularly strange that ordinary people dig a cellar at home to store some winter melons and vegetables.
However, the entrance of the cellar is usually placed outside to facilitate the air conditioning outside.
Li Chongrun was a little excited about the secret passage he had discovered, and was excited to get into the secret passage.
"Be careful." Di Renjie stopped Li Chongrun's a little reckless behavior. Cui Chenggui asked his subordinates to find a threshold, grabbed it as a shield, and asked for a live chicken from his neighbor's house and went in. He confirmed that there was no poisonous miasma in the secret passage, and then he got in tremblingly.
Just after walking two steps, I didn't know what I had touched. A buzzing sound came, and a faint smell of the kitchen came out.
"No, come out quickly!" Li Chongrun suddenly thought of something and quickly called Cui Chenggui to run out.
Fortunately, Cui Chenggui didn't get in deep, and he had just rolled and crawled out of the secret passage.
The flames soaring into the sky suddenly emerged from the secret passage and lit up the thatched roof of the west wing.
Everyone quickly escaped from the room.
The smoke gradually rose, and the neighbors shouted "It's time to go out!" and rushed in quickly, helping to put out the fire.
Cui Chenggui, who escaped from death, patted his chest with lingering fear and saluted Li Chongrun. However, because he was still in shock, he could not express a hint of thanks in his mouth.
It took nearly half an hour to put out the fire, and the west wing naturally collapsed. The long table with blood and half of the main hall were burned completely by the fire.
The ashes that had just been extinguished were still emitting wisps of blue smoke, but there seemed to be something that could not be burned in the tunnel, and it was still spraying flames like a blast furnace.
The neighbors who were putting out the fire saw that the flames outside had been put out and would not be transmitted to their neighbors' homes, so they dispersed. When they heard the drums of Jingjie were ringing, the bad people were going to Jingjie, and they all sued and went there.
The ground of the courtyard was burning hot with the underground fire, and Li Chongrun and Di Renjie hid outside the courtyard. However, Yang San rushed over in a hurry.
Seeing that the old Chen family was on fire, Yang San didn't care about ceremonies to everyone, and hurriedly prepared to rush into the fire.
Li Chongrun hurriedly called him and explained the situation to him.
Yang San and the old Chen were both from Xingyang, not far away. I heard that the old Chen might have returned to his hometown, so he sued Li Chongrun and hurried to Xingyang before the city gate was closed.
But before leaving, he left a sentence, saying that the princess came to visit and asked him to see Li Chongrun and asked him to go back quickly.
Fortunately, the yamen runners of Dali Temple had arrived, so Di Renjie arranged for everyone to watch the situation and made an appointment with Li Chongrun to investigate again tomorrow, so he went home by himself.
Li Chongrun hasn't seen himself as his princess aunt for a long time.
"My nephew has met His Highness the Princess." Li Chongrun entered the courtyard from the back door. He was going to go to the bedroom to change his clothes before going, but he didn't expect that Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er were chatting in the courtyard and just happened to meet him.
"I'm waiting for you here, let's go."
His Highness, wearing men's clothing, saw Li Chongrun coming, pulled him away.
"Your Highness, where are we going?" Li Chongrun, who was confused, ran for a day today. He ran to Dali Temple from noon to investigate the case with Di Renjie. Before he had time to have some food, he was really hungry.
"Face Saint!"
Compared to His Royal Highness, her own cheap grandmother, the Supreme Emperor, Li Chongrun hasn't seen her for a long time. The last time she saw her was in the spring outing in the spring season, Li Chongrun took a look from afar when he went to the yard.
Imperial City, Immortal Residence Hall.
When Li Chongrun, who was so hungry that he was a little dizzy, was taking him here by Princess Taiping, Wu Zetian was preparing for meals in the Xianju Hall.
Although he is the supreme today, Wu Zetian's imperial meals are not luxurious, and they are even a bit simple.
A bowl of white porridge, a plate of fish sashimi, and a plate of very beautiful dried vegetables, plus a bowl of soup cooked in unknown ways, which looked very crystal clear.
"If there is no one else, don't kneel down." Wu Zetian wore a very obsessed white silk dress, his hair was loose and he had no makeup on, and he looked not very good.
As soon as Li Chongrun and Princess Taiping entered the main hall, they heard Wu Zetian's arrangements and just gave a tribute.
The hall was brightly lit, as if it was like daylight. Li Chongrun suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen Wu Zetian several times, and it seemed that he was so brightly lit.
"How is your little opera troupe developing?"
He sent the palace servants who served in the hall. Wu Zetian hadn't seen Li Chongrun for a long time. Without daily greetings, he asked about his business first.
"Back to Your Majesty, the business is OK, especially the food is delicious. Your Majesty must try it if you have the chance." Li Chongrun didn't know what the Majesty was thinking, so he simply advertised his restaurant.
"I heard that the people who give you peace will leave it alone and focus on building your own theater. Could it be that I forgot what I arranged for you?" Wu Zetian seemed a little angry, but he heard that he was joking.
"I dare not forget it when I go back to your Majesty. Just so I used one today."
"It's good that I haven't forgotten. Di Renjie just came back from Hedong and heard that there was some news from him. Now that you are doing this, you can do it directly with him. There will be an edict tomorrow, and the Dali Temple Chief will retire. You go and click Mao and follow Huaiying to do things."
"Yes, your Majesty."
"You can go and walk more at the home of Prince Jianchang." Wu Zetian suddenly said something irrelevant.
"Yes, Your Majesty. It's just that I have no contact with Prince Jianchang. I'm afraid it's not etiquette to visit him rashly."
"It's okay, walk around more, and there will naturally be contacts." Wu Zetian waved his hand, "You go first, I have something to say to Taiping, just leave yourself."
Li Chongrun, who was confused, was called to meet the saint for no reason. He was sent away after saying a few inexplicable words. Li Chongrun only felt that he was two-year-old.
But when he gave his farewell, Wu Zetian made a special arrangement: "You don't look down on people who are Taiping, and it's good to have your little theater, but your subordinates have to hold on tight. This time, Lord Di just received a note, and I don't want to have another one."
Li Chongrun knew that this was the real reason why Wu Zetian called him, and the cold sweat fell in an instant.
"Here."
But when Li Chongrun and Shangguan Wan'er mentioned this matter, Shangguan Wan'er had other opinions.
Chapter completed!