Chapter 306 The whole story (continued)

When Xiaomei heard Di Renjie talking about Zhao Ji again, her heart couldn't help but ripple, her thoughts were in turmoil, and she felt more and more confused.

She wondered to herself, if Di Gong had known Zhao Ji's true face, why didn't he just reveal the truth directly? Wouldn't that be more convenient? Why did he have to go through so much twists and turns and hide the truth?

After careful thought, she suddenly realized that perhaps the reason why Di Renjie was so indirect was that he was not clear about the relationship between the two, and even less knew Zhao Ji's identity.

So, Xiaomei decided to take the initiative to test the truth: "Sir, everything you said before is correct. But I still don't understand, how can you be sure of the relationship between me and His Highness?"

"You even know that I have a sister. Could it be that the assassin's incident last night aroused your suspicion?"

Upon hearing this, Di Renjie did not respond directly. Instead, he asked a question instead, with a wise look in his eyes: "By asking this, do you admit the relationship between you and that prince? You do still have contact with him, right?"

Xiaomei pondered for a moment, and finally nodded slightly, acknowledging this.

Di Renjie got a definite answer. Knowing that a descendant of the Li Tang dynasty was still alive, he could not help but feel deeply moved. He looked up to the sky and sighed: "Heaven blesses us. Li Tang is lucky!"

Xiaomei was touched by Di Renjie's deep emotion, and a warm feeling surged in her heart.

However, Di Renjie quickly adjusted his mood and returned to the main topic, asking solemnly, "According to my guess, this prince should be on a different side from the Snake Spirit Organization now, isn't that right?"

Xiaomei blinked slightly and gave another affirmative answer: "You can say that."

Upon hearing this, Di Renjie showed a look of relief, and sighed again, his tone full of relief: "That's great, that's great!"

However, Xiaomei was so anxious that she couldn't hold back and asked, "Sir, you haven't told me how you know the relationship between me and His Highness."

Upon hearing this, Di Renjie smiled slightly and said slowly: "This is a long story, and it has to start from the first time we met in the Turkic Stone Kingdom."

Xiaomei's eyes widened when she heard this: "Shiguo?"

Di Renjie smiled and nodded, recalling: "Back in the Hanyi Hall of Shiguo, we pretended to be captured in order to explore the lair of the snake spirit. Xiao Qingfang forced Ruyan to kill Yuanfang and cut off her feelings."

"I still remember that she used you as a role model and mentioned that you had been hurt by love! It would be nice to let Ruyan learn from you, right?"

Xiaomei was shocked and couldn't help muttering to herself, "Yes...it is true. Your Excellency has a good memory, but it has nothing to do with His Highness. I have never mentioned His Highness to Xiang Ruyan!"

Ruyan, standing aside, curled her lips slightly.

Di Renjie chuckled and shook his head, and continued: "Of course, there is more than one incident. In the Khitan case, Yuan Fang once encountered two female assassins in Luoyang and the suburbs of Pingzhou."

"He mentioned that the two have similar martial arts styles. I later asked Ruyan, the assassin in Pingzhou was you. Then the one in Luoyang was your twin sister, right?"

Xiaomei was stunned when she heard this. She really didn't expect that she and Xiaofeng had revealed their whereabouts so early.

But she still nodded and said, "Yes, she is my sister, her name is Xiaofeng!" Di Renjie seemed to have guessed what she was thinking and explained, "These things were all insignificant at the time. I didn't care about them and didn't connect them together."

"In fact, you sisters have taken action many times. Especially your sister, she should have been active in Luoyang. She first lured Chengyuan away in Hanguang Temple, and then killed Jingkong in Yuan Mansion after his identity was exposed!"

"Yuan Mansion?" Xiaomei looked puzzled. She only knew a general idea about many things in Luoyang, but was not clear about the details.

Seeing this, Di Renjie was not surprised and continued, "It was the silencing of the Yuan family that gave me an important clue!"

At this moment, Ruyan suddenly remembered something and exclaimed, "Oh, no wonder my uncle insisted on taking us to see the houses in Yuan Tiangang's mansion!"

Di Renjie smiled and continued, "That's right. I saw the room where His Highness lived ten years ago in Yuan Mansion. I found that His Highness' situation among the snake spirits was not good. I also found the wing room where the servants lived!"

Xiaomei heard this and her eyes flashed with memories: "Yes, my sister and I lived there with His Highness for many years... Even after Yuan Tiangang was arrested and the Yuan Mansion was abandoned, my sister and I still went back to the Yuan Mansion every year..."

Di Renjie nodded slightly and continued, "At that time, Chengyuan told me that the mysterious female assassin was the same person he met in Hanguang Temple. She used the mechanism in the small building of Yuan Mansion to kill Jingkong."

"I asked Ruyan, and she said that Yuan Mansion is not one of the usual contact points of the Snake Spirit. But the female killer made an appointment with Jingkong to meet at Yuan Mansion, so I concluded that this female killer is very familiar with Yuan Mansion and lived there ten years ago!"

"It just so happened that I discovered the wing room in His Highness' courtyard at this time. Ruyan said that it was occupied by a woman, so I had a bold guess that the female killer and the owner of the room were the same person."

"But this is just a guess. I have no evidence to prove it. I never thought that there was a pair of sisters living in that room!"

Xiaomei smiled bitterly when she heard this: "This is already very remarkable! Just based on these details, you have already guessed it almost right."

Hearing Xiaomei's praise, Di Renjie twirled his beard lightly, smiled reservedly, and continued: "Later, Yuan Fang mentioned your death again, which caught my attention."

"I was thinking that even though the Snake Spirit is large in scale, there are only a limited number of powerful killers. There aren't many women like Ruyan who serve as the leader of the hall or the head of the snake."

"You happen to be one of them. I was wondering if you were the mysterious female killer, so I asked Ruyan about your life, hoping to find some clues from it."

"At this time, Ruyan told me that you once had a lover, but they were separated ten years ago. You have been obsessed with him/her ever since. This reminded me of the experience in Shiguo that I just mentioned!"

"And His Highness happened to be the one who disappeared ten years ago. This is no coincidence. Combined with what I found in Yuan's mansion before, I have another bold guess. You have a close relationship with His Highness, and even more so with that female killer!"

After hearing this, Xiaomei understood that Di Renjie discovered her own identity through sophisticated reasoning and was unaware of Zhao Ji's identity.

Di Renjie was still in the mood to talk, and he continued, "The final evidence was provided by Kui Wenzhong. He mentioned that he was injured by a mysterious blood spirit that used a secret technique to sneak attack him. And the blood spirits were a pair of twin sisters!"

"These words made me suddenly realize everything. They connected all the clues and made me completely sure of your and your sister's identities!"

(End of this chapter)