Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

Soon, a man who was not particularly good-looking, or even plain-looking, was brought in.

He bowed slightly to Barkley, then stood silently, waiting for Barkley to give him instructions for the next task.

"Da Xiang said that in times of crisis, you can help us accomplish some very difficult tasks."

"That's because you're a highly skilled martial artist, your abilities far exceed our expectations, right?"

The demon nodded, keeping its mouth shut and not saying a word.

Barkley looked at the demon and asked, "No matter how we questioned you along the way, you didn't say a word. What's the reason for that?"

The demon finally opened its mouth and said, "The Grand Minister said, just do the work and talk less."

"I see. Since you are from the Great Xiang, there is no question of whether you can be trusted or not. What is your name?"

"Mo Lin!"

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point."

Demon Spirit: "..."

Barkley: "The two armies that the Tang Dynasty has sent out so far have not yet brought back any news of capturing any cities or strongholds. I am very worried about their true intentions. If they are attacking Tibet, it will be a fatal blow to us! I will write a letter immediately and you can help me send it back to Tibet and deliver it to the Grand Minister."

"As ordered!"

Fifteen minutes later, the demon turned to leave with Barkley's handwritten letter, but Barkley called him back as soon as he reached the door.

"I forgot to test your martial arts skills."

Barkley stared intently at the Demon Spirit, hoping it would reveal something.

The demon spirit was too lazy to waste words with him, looked around and finally found a huge rock.

The rock looked to be several hundred pounds. He tucked the letter into his pocket, tightened the rope around his waist, and walked toward the huge rock.

The group of envoys hurriedly went out. Seeing that the demon spirit had come straight to the stone, looked around, and selected a place to strike, he stepped forward without hesitation, grabbed the spot he had already identified, spread his fingers, pressed his palm against the stone's surface, and forcefully lifted the stone up.

Barkley stared wide-eyed as the demon picked up the stone, raised it above his head, and then put it down.

After five repetitions, the demon turned to look at Barkley, still without saying a word.

Barkley snapped out of his daze and hurriedly went to the demon spirit, bowing to it.

"The brave warrior is indeed incredibly strong! I'm afraid his journey here may not be solely for assistance."

"The Grand Chancellor said he will also protect you."

"Thank you for protecting me all the way, brave warrior. Please make sure you deliver this message!"

"This is what I should do. I have accepted the money from the Prime Minister, so I must ensure that things are done well."

"I, Barkley, raise a cup of wine to bid farewell to this brave warrior!"

"No need, wait until I get back to drink... The Prime Minister will definitely provide more money for me to continue protecting you."

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After a while, the demon spirit appeared in the Primordial Palace.

Li Cunxi stood calmly behind the desk, unable to suppress a laugh.

"Did Yu Zhou send you back to deliver a message?"

"Didn't we just send someone a message not long ago?"

The demon clasped his hands and bowed respectfully.

"His Majesty!"

"Besides the message Yu Zhou asked me to deliver, there's another reason I came back this time."

In the short time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Li Cunxi had heard all the messages that the demon spirit wanted to convey, including Barkley's recent actions.

The thought that Barkley actually believed he would mobilize Sun Xiangzhou and Daleha's armies to attack Tibet gave him a headache.

"It seems we need to spread the word about the movements of both armies."

"We can't keep it a secret too closely."

"In addition, Wang Xiaojie should also be on his way to the border. I just hope that the Tibetans haven't reacted in time... After you go back, have Yuzhou exert its efforts to delay the situation for as long as possible."

The demon spirit silently left the Taichu Palace and appeared in the south of Luoyang City, where it ran into Phoenix and Zhao Hai, who were returning from a mission.

The three of them locked eyes, and an awkward silence fell over them.

Phoenix reacted quickly, circling around the demon spirit. Zhao Hai followed suit, also circling around the demon spirit.

Demon Spirit breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that the two of them would call out his name.

However, he didn't leave immediately this time. Instead, he quietly disappeared again and returned to the Honglu Temple in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Barkley remained calm in the face of the demonic spirit that had returned.

"Why are you back, brave warrior?"

"You should know why I suddenly came back," the demon spirit said coldly, glaring at her.

"How did the brave men find them?" Barkley asked calmly.

"Having been in the martial arts world for so many years, if I couldn't even discover something like this, I would have died long ago!"

"I apologize to the brave warrior!"

"What's the use of an apology? Less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea after I left, I discovered someone was following me. I thought it was some scoundrels from the Tang Dynasty following me, so I hid until I was about to burn an incense stick's time before I realized it was one of your men!"

The demon's eyes held no trace of murderous intent as his hand slowly moved towards his lower back, where two chained copper claws were fastened.

At this distance, he could kill Barkley eighteen times over; no one could stop him.

Barkley nodded and reached into his pocket.

The demon spirit, unsuspecting, immediately pulled out its chain and copper claws, ready to display the style of a martial arts master and scratch the bastard to death.

But just then, Barkley pulled out a flying coin token.

Just as the chain and copper claw were about to fly to his neck, the demon spirit reacted quickly and pulled the chain and copper claw back.

"It is only natural that I cannot trust someone who has just appeared by my side. Since I have caused you displeasure this time, I will give you this flying coin token worth ten thousand taels of silver."

The demon's joy was palpable. He immediately put away the chain and copper claws, then thanked Barkley profusely before leaving happily.

The other envoys breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that nothing had happened.

One of them sighed, "You're betting your own life on this? You're betting he'll stop after he sees the token of the flying money."

"If he hadn't stopped, your head would have been on the ground."

Barkley didn't care at all and said calmly, "A person who is willing to risk his life for money, I firmly believe that he will also let me go for money. That's his principle!"

"If he doesn't let me go, then we should suspect whose side he's on. You know, money is money, and who wouldn't be envious?"

He stroked his short beard, his eyes showing no sign of relief, but rather a look of satisfaction filling his face.

"We should try our best to win over such a skilled martial artist, make him an official, and give him a salary. An official position is always better than a thief."

Meanwhile, Mo Ling strolled down the street, leisurely leaving Luoyang.

After confirming that no one was following him, he quietly appeared at a tavern a few miles east of Luoyang.

Long Feng, who was supposed to leave Luoyang, was already sitting in the tavern, drinking and eating meat with great enjoyment.

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