Chapter 240 Off track
As soon as Jingkong entered the meditation room, the abbot's expression changed immediately. He refused to mention the previous topic and just lowered his head to recite scriptures, counting the rosary in his hand rapidly.

Di Renjie, Zhao Ji and others in the room all noticed this and turned to look at Jingkong.

Jingkong was startled and a little embarrassed, and repeated: "Master, the guest room is ready. It's late at night, I wonder if you guys would like to rest? If you have anything else to tell me, just tell me!"

Di Renjie smiled slightly and said, "Master Jingkong, you are too polite. I would like to ask you to take us to the residence of the fake Fa Neng to investigate. Is that possible?"

Upon hearing this, Jingkong frowned, revealing a somewhat embarrassed look: "It's so late, you've been running around all day, why don't you take a rest first? There's still time to look at it tomorrow."

Zhao Ji and Di Renjie looked at each other and said with a smile, "Master Jingkong, you may not know that we have no choice but to stay at Hanguang Temple tonight. We all have official business tomorrow and must rush back to the capital early in the morning."

Jingkong nodded and said helplessly: "Oh, in that case, please follow me!"

After saying this, Jingkong led Di Renjie and his party to a remote monk's room.

"Lord, General, this is where Faneng lives." Jingkong pushed open the door and walked in with everyone.

The interior furnishings are extremely simple, almost to the point of being poor, with only four bamboo monk beds and a few chairs, but it is kept very clean.

Jingkong pointed to the middle bed and said respectfully, "Sir, this is Faneng's bed."

Di Renjie nodded and winked at Zhao Ji, Li Yuanfang and Ruyan behind him.

The three men walked over to Faneng's bed and began to search all the things piled on it.

Di Renjie paced in the room, looking around, his eagle eyes carefully searching for any clues.

Zhao Ji reached out and picked up the pillow at the head of the bed, shook it gently, and then checked again and again, but there was no movement.

Li Yuanfang and Ruyan lifted up all the bedding at the head of the bed and searched carefully.

Suddenly, Ruyan shouted in surprise: "Found it!"

Everyone's eyes were drawn to her. Ruyan was holding a wooden token with the words "Second Hall, Duokui" written on it.

Di Renjie took the wooden sign and looked at it, seeming to be thinking about something.

Li Yuanfang also saw the contents of the wooden sign clearly and asked, "Ruyan, who is the head of the Second Snake Spirit Hall? Do you know him?"

Confusion flashed in Ruyan's eyes, and she shook her head and said, "I don't know him. The first hall is led by Xiao Qingfang himself, and the second hall is led by the elders. The hall master is also very mysterious, and no one has ever seen him."

Zhao Ji looked left and right, feeling a little anxious, but he was still searching up and down.

He knew that the head of the second hall was Huan Bin, but Duo Kui should be from the fifth hall under Xiao Feng. How could he become the head of the second hall?

Also, the True Magic Inner Guard Waist Badge should be found here, as well as the dungeon map drawn by Duo Kui. Why are they all gone?
Seeing Zhao Ji still tossing around, Ruyan asked casually, "General Zhao, what are you still looking for?"

Zhao Ji heard this and immediately stopped what he was doing: "Oh, nothing!"

After taking a deep look at Jingkong, Zhao Ji guessed that it was this guy who did all the tricks and hid all the key evidence!

Di Renjie put the wooden sign into his sleeve and turned to chat with Jingkong: "Master Jingkong, where are the other masters in this room? It's so late, why haven't they come to rest yet?"

Jingkong quickly explained, "Oh, you may not know, there were a few monks living in this room, but because your majesty came to the Hanguang Temple, they were all driven away, leaving only Fa Neng."

Di Renjie nodded when he heard this: "I see, no wonder the fake Dharma could sneak into the temple for so many days without being discovered."

Jingkong shook his head repeatedly: "To be honest, I also felt that Fa Neng was a little strange before, but I never thought that he would be replaced by someone else." Di Renjie smiled in understanding: "No wonder, the human skin mask thing is really horrifying. Well, Master Jingkong, thank you for your hard work today. Let's stop here today. Please lead us to the guest room!"

"Amitabha, Your Excellency, you are too polite. Please come this way." Jingkong bowed and led the way.
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As the place where the emperor often visited, Hanguang Temple covered a large area and had no shortage of houses. Four guest rooms were arranged for each of Di Renjie and others.

But Di Renjie had already left a secret signal to Zhao Ji, asking him to go and discuss things.

When Zhao Ji opened the door, he saw Di Pangpang also pacing in the room, having not yet rested.

"Sir, it's so late, haven't you rested yet?"

When Di Renjie saw that it was Zhao Ji, he smiled and said, "Yes, there are a few questions that I can't figure out, and I can't fall asleep. It's a good thing that you are here, so let's discuss it."

Zhao Ji and Di Renjie walked to the table in the room and sat down.

Di Renjie took out the wooden sign and said, "According to what Ruyan said today, the Second Hall to which Duo Kui belongs and Kui Wenzhong both belong to the Snake Spirit Elders' Sect."

"Duo Kui was killed by the female killer you met with an invisible needle. According to common sense, he and the female killer should be in the same boat, otherwise there would be no need to kill him."

"That female assassin was in the same camp as Kui Wenzhong, but she chose to divert the blame and expose Kui Wenzhong's position. Isn't this a contradiction?"

When Zhao Ji heard this, he thought to himself that they were really in the same group.

The purpose of diverting the blame to others is to make Kui Wenzhong look like a persecuted person, and to meet you so that I can be the traitor again...

Seeing that Zhao Ji did not answer, Di Renjie asked meaningfully: "Do you still remember Zong Huaichang?"

Zhao Ji was stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood what Di Renjie meant, but pretended not to know: "Of course, why did you suddenly mention him, sir?"

Di Renjie stood up and flicked the candlelight: "Zong Huaichang was also assassinated, but he survived. Don't you think the situation on that day is somewhat similar to the situation in Hanguang Temple today?"

Seeing that Di Renjie was pressing him, Zhao Ji pretended to be enlightened: "Yes, if the invisible needle was used, Ruyan would not be able to escape. There would be no such thing as a swallow dart or a snake dart..."

Di Renjie was satisfied and said, "The assassination of the emperor by Hanguang Temple was just a cover. There must be another huge conspiracy hidden behind it!"

Zhao Ji responded in a serious tone and changed the subject: "Yes, and today's Master Jingkong, the abbot's reaction to him was very strange, the abbot seemed to be very afraid of him! This is unreasonable."

"Moreover, the abbot mentioned that Fa Neng and Jing Kong were familiar with each other. I still remember that when the fake Fa Neng was exposed, Jing Kong was very nervous. The relationship between Jing Kong and Fa Neng must be extraordinary."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "But the strange thing is that Jingkong didn't realize that this magic power had been replaced. This is another strange thing!"

Zhao Ji nodded slightly and fell into deep thought.

What Di Renjie said made sense. As the head of the internal guards of Hanguang Temple, Jingkong's observation skills were unmatched by ordinary people. More than half of the people in Hanguang Temple were internal guards, and even Fa Neng himself was an internal guard.

How could Jia Fa sneak into the temple for many days without being discovered in such an environment where there were guards everywhere?

There must be something fishy going on!

Then there is Duokui's change in identity. All these things make Zhao Ji have a vague feeling that the matter of Hanguang Temple is more complicated than he expected.

Di Renjie's stay at Hanguang Temple is also worrying.

Huang Shengyan shouldn't be stupid enough to make such a big fuss like he did in the original world line, fearing that everyone in Hanguang Temple didn't know that something big had happened tonight, right?

(End of this chapter)