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

Late at night, the light in Li Cunxi's study was still on.

Li Cunxi naturally did not hide the fact that he had become the Censor-in-Chief from Di Renjie.

In response, Di Renjie said that you can investigate however you want, as long as you are investigating the disciples of King Liang.

In order to prevent Li Cunxi from investigating his students and former officials, Di Renjie specifically pointed out several officials that Li Cunxi could investigate.

In addition to Wu Sansi's disciples, there were also servants of Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi.

After seeing these so-called disciples, servants and house servants becoming officials, Li Cunxi finally understood.

If it weren't for important ministers like Di Renjie and Zhang Jianzhi, this vast empire would have been destroyed by Wu Sansi, Zhang Changzong, and Zhang Yizhi long ago.

It goes without saying that Wu Sansi colluded with his cronies. What's even more hateful is the two brothers Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi, who were frequent guests on Emperor Wu's bed. They got their official positions by sleeping on him, and they even recommended their own servants to be county magistrates. It's really hateful!

“Uncle, since Cunxi knows about these evil thieves, he will certainly not let them off easily!”

"If I, the Censor-in-Chief, find out, I will severely punish these evil beasts!"

Li Cunxi gritted his teeth and immediately became ruthless.

"Well, you are worthy of being my nephew Di Renjie. You are very courageous. Just go ahead and participate. No matter what obstacles there are, I will block them for you!"

Di Renjie nodded repeatedly, and seemed to remember something, and said:

"However, you are now Wu Chengsi's disciple, so you should go to Wu Chengsi's residence to inquire about these matters, so as to avoid accidentally hurting Wu Chengsi's disciples and losing a talisman in vain."

"Uncle, I will go to my mentor tomorrow...oh no, ask him at the Prince of Wei's mansion." Li Cunxi said.

"I already know that you and Wu Chengsi are already teacher and student. It will only benefit you to have Wu Chengsi as your teacher. I know Wu Chengsi's character very well. You just need to accept him as your teacher."

"Yes, uncle. But there is one thing I don't understand. Why do you think it is good for me to take the King of Wei as my teacher? I am afraid that the whole court is secretly cursing me, Li Cunxi, saying that although I am the heir of the Li family, I also help the tyrant and have no face to face my ancestors."

Di Renjie burst into laughter.

Even if what Li Cunxi thought was true, and it was indeed what most of Li's former ministers in the court thought, so what?

No civil or military official in the court had ever said a good word for the Li family's descendants for Di Renjie's sake.

How could they have the nerve to accuse Li Cunxi, the heir of the Li clan, of betraying his master and aiding the tyrant?

If he ever meets someone like this who speaks ill of Li Cunxi in front of him, Di Renjie, he will never let him off easily!

"Hahaha, I know that after you were appointed as the Censor, the first place you went to was the Prince of Wei's Palace."

"But what does it matter? No one in the court will help you. That day in the Taiji Palace, the only one who spoke up for you was Wu Chengsi!"

"He has done you a favor and has never harmed you. He even gave you a golden token. You will benefit a hundredfold and a thousandfold if you accept him as your teacher! Even if I am demoted to a county magistrate by His Majesty in the future, you will still have Wu Chengsi looking after you in the court. Who dares to touch you?"

Li Cunxi felt relieved. As long as Di Renjie didn't stop him, he wouldn't feel any guilt at all.

"I thought my uncle would teach me a lesson and tell me that I shouldn't be so close to the Wu family."

"If you take Wu Sansi, Wu Chengye, Wu Yizong, Wu Youde and others as your teachers, I will definitely scold you tonight. But if it is Wu Chengsi, not only will I not scold you or teach you a lesson, I will also praise you."

"Uncle, is it true?"

"The King of Wei is as capable as I am. I saw this clearly more than 10 years ago. He is a thousand times stronger than that Big Leaf. With him protecting you, you will be much safer when I am not in the court."

"Cunxi will keep it in mind."

"Okay, I should go back and get some rest. Dayou, you should also take some rest. Study hard but don't overwork yourself."

"Yes, my lord."

……

The next day, at Prince Wei’s Palace.

Li Cunxi still came empty-handed and brought nothing.

Wu Chengsi was still watching the Western beauties dancing in the main hall, but this time it was not a striptease.

After catching sight of Li Cunxi from the corner of his eye, Wu Chengsi dismissed all the beauties from the Western Regions and called Li Cunxi to the hall.

Although they have never performed the apprenticeship ceremony, the two of them now have the status of teacher and student.

Li Cunxi performed the ceremony politely and only sat down after Wu Chengsi's consent.

"What do you want to do for me, Master?"

"Master, I have been the Censor for several days, but I have never served the country, so I want to stretch my body."

As he was talking, Li Cunxi couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

When the two of them were performing the teacher-student etiquette in a proper manner, they were showing signs of getting the upper hand.

Now I can't hold it back at all.

Wu Chengsi also laughed out loud, saying, "I guess Di Huaiying should have given you some candidates. As the Censor-in-Chief, you want to contribute to the country, so how can I not help you? Give me the list, and I'll take a look."

"Yes, mentor."

Li Cunxi suppressed his smile, quickly took out the list with more than a dozen names on it, and handed it to Wu Chengsi respectfully.

Holding it in his hand, Wu Chengsi sat up straight, his expression no longer so frivolous, but a little more serious.

However, after just a sip of tea, Wu Chengsi handed the list back.

Li Cunxi took it and put on an expression as if he was listening attentively.

"There are indeed no people of mine on this list, nor are there any officials who are loyal to the Li family. Di Huaiying is indeed a capable official and has great courage. He dared to ask you to deliver this thing after he finished writing it."

"This……"

Wu Chengsi glanced at Li Cunxi and pointed at the list: "But there is a mistake in this list. I am afraid that Di Huaiying wanted to test me and was afraid that I am not competent as a teacher, so he left this mistake."

"I chatted with my uncle until midnight last night, but I didn't see him having this intention. When he wrote down these names..."

Li Cunxi quickly stood up and explained anxiously.

Unexpectedly, before he could say two sentences, Wu Chengsi raised his hand to interrupt him.

"sit."

"Yes, mentor."

"The reason why I said Di Huaiying left this loophole on purpose is because these people are all county magistrates who have been sent out to other places. They are not in Chang'an, so it is difficult for you to deal with them."

"Well, since they are not in Chang'an, it is natural."

"Secondly, except for the special seven counties of Wannian, Chang'an, Henan, and Luoyang, which are all fifth-rank officials, the county magistrates of other counties are divided into upper, middle, and lower ranks according to population. The upper county magistrate is of the sixth rank, the middle county magistrate is of the seventh rank, and the lower county magistrate is of the seventh rank."

Li Cunxi, who was standing by, knew that the official positions in this dynasty were complicated, so he listened carefully at this moment.

However, Wu Chengsi suddenly stopped talking. Instead, he took a sip of tea and shook his head calmly.

Li Cunxi knew that it was his turn to come on stage to support the main role.

It's not so easy to perform a one-man show.

"Teacher, you don't seem to have finished what you are saying? Why don't you finish and teach me something?"