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

"No need!"

From outside the door, an extremely calm voice came in.

Zeng Tai opened the door and walked in alone.

There was no master or anyone else behind him.

"No need to look, it's just me."

Zeng Tai walked in, rolled up his sleeves, revealing the plum blossom mark on his arm.

"Are you surprised to see that I'm an inner guard? I won't hide it from you, I am an inner guard!"

Zeng Tai, who rarely showed his toughness, straightened his chest, put down his sleeves, and continued:

"I was a Jinshi in the first year of Kaiyao. It's a pity that I devoted myself to serving the country, but there was no one in the court, so I was forced to serve as a county magistrate for ten years."

"No matter how high or low the civil and military officials are in this court, anyone who has the potential to be promoted has the support of a big shot."

"Like the King of Wei, the King of Liang, and you, your disciples have climbed up the ladder so easily. As for me, I am at least the top scholar and have been a county magistrate for ten years. No matter which county I am in, I, Zeng Tai, am the best."

"But no matter how well I govern these counties, what's the point? It took me ten years to climb from the lower county magistrate of the seventh rank to the middle county magistrate of the seventh rank. It took me ten years to reach this level."

"So, when the inner guards found me, I immediately agreed to their request. They promised to promote me to the position of Sima in Shangzhou."

"Hehe... But, my conscience is uneasy. It's hateful. I'm just a peripheral member. I can't help you. If you want to take my life, come on. I know you hate the inner guards. Come on."

Zeng Tai, who had always been used to being weak, felt a lot more relaxed after saying these tough words.

Anyway, I don’t want to live now. What’s the point of being an official if I can’t bring peace to the people?

However, when he looked around at everyone, he saw that no one in the room was moving.

After a long while, Li Cunxi stood up, brought a cup of tea, and said:

"You must be thirsty, Master Zeng. Have some tea."

Zeng Tai was stunned for a moment, looking at Li Cunxi with an incredible look.

Di Renjie pointed at the teacup in Li Cunxi's hand and said:

"Drink some tea to moisten your throat...Besides, why should I kill you?"

"That day when I was hearing a case in court, I saw that you were in high spirits, and I knew that you were a good official. Today, I just called you over to ask you where you got the idea of ​​killing you from?"

Zeng Tai was already in a state of "willing to sacrifice his life", so he picked up the teacup and drank the tea in one gulp.

"Okay, ask whatever you want to ask. Anyway, in this Huzhou, I, Zeng Tai, can be considered to be worthy of the people, and I have never done anything for the inner guards."

"Why are you in such a hurry? Sit down." Li Cunxi pointed to the seat next to him. "You have never done anything bad to the Tang Dynasty, so why are you rushing towards death with such a heroic look? Sit down and let's talk about business."

"You don't want to kill me? The inner guards are the most hated."

Di Renjie raised his head and asked, "Do you want to be a guard for life?"

"I...I can't do anything." Zeng Tai said, tilting his head.

"It's normal for a top scholar to feel bitter when he can serve as a county magistrate for ten years. I'll show you a way forward. Do you want to follow it?"

Upon hearing this, Zeng Tai stood up from his chair and knelt on the ground.

"Please speak clearly, Lord."

"I see that you are also a good official. How about becoming my disciple?"

"Teacher, I bow to you!"

After accepting Zeng Tai's three kneelings and nine kowtows, the enthusiastic Li Cunxi poured another cup of hot tea and handed it to him. Zeng Tai served the tea and the matter was over.

Di Renjie asked a lot of questions and Zeng Tai answered them fluently.

Everyone discussed the matter again in the Huzhou County Government Office, and then everyone started to get busy with their own work.

Li Cunxi left the county government office and found Ma Rong, Qiao Tai and Lu Dayou who were eating spring rolls not far away.

"Sir, are you done with your work?"

"Talking as we walk."

As soon as noon arrived, Li Cunxi brought three people who knew the situation to Liujiazhuang.

Also arriving at the same time were Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang, Liu Chuanlin, Yingyu, Zeng Tai and the guards of the deposed envoy.

After leading the three of them forward to greet Di Renjie and the others, Li Cunxi approached Zeng Tai and said:

"Master Zeng, I wonder how your arrangements are going?"

Li Cunxi, who had already arranged everything according to the instructions, bowed and said:

"Everything has been arranged, Lord Li, don't worry."

Di Renjie waved towards Li Cunxi and said:

"Cunxi, speaking of which, we discovered something strange. When His Highness Li Gui and Young Master Liu were rushing to Huzhou County last night, some people robbed and killed them along the way, while others secretly protected them."

"We searched along the way and indeed found dozens of bodies. I just don't know who the secret protector is. For my Highness, a member of the Li Tang royal family, he actually risked his life. I really want to thank him in person!"

Ma Rong, who was standing aside, felt secretly happy.

Last night, he and Long Feng teamed up to take out all the inner guards under the purple-clothed man and scared the purple-clothed man away.

Thinking about that scene now makes me laugh.

"Okay, we can go into Liujiazhuang and investigate thoroughly."

Di Renjie dismounted with a smile, stroked his big belly, and led everyone towards Liujiazhuang.

However, before entering Liujiazhuang, I heard crying and shouting inside.

"Oh no, something happened again!"

Di Renjie exclaimed and quickly led everyone inside.

The only remaining housekeeper of Liujiazhuang, as well as the slaves and servants, were seen crying loudly.

"Liu Er, what's going on?"

Liu Chuanlin rushed over, grabbed the housekeeper and asked.

"Sir, people are dead, so many people are dead, so many people are dead!"

"I have been looking for you for several hours, but I can't find you."

Liu Er spoke sobbingly, tears falling.

"Someone died somewhere, don't cry, I'm back, I can handle any big problem. Liu Er, tell me, who died?"

Liu Chuanlin shook Liu Er and asked loudly.

After the tragedy that happened in the past two days, he has matured a lot.

As the head of the family, he has a lot of things to handle, and these things are beyond the ability of his subordinates to handle.

Now, he has to be a qualified head of the family.

"Sir, please go in and take a look. I can't explain it clearly. So many people died."

Liu Er wiped away his tears and pointed inside.

Liu Chuanlin took a deep breath and ordered: "Now, go wash your face, and then let everyone remember that your master, Liu Chuanlin, is back!"

"I'll take care of everything, nothing will happen to you."

"Later, you can make some tea and send it to the second hall, and then let the servants and slaves eat something. No matter what, you must ensure your physical strength."

Liu Er kept nodding, thinking that he was crying so hard at such an old age, even worse than Liu Chuanlin, which was really embarrassing.

After everyone in the Liu Mansion was appeased, Liu Chuanlin returned to Di Renjie with an apologetic smile and whispered:

"Master Di, I'm really sorry. These servants have never experienced anything like this before and are all scared. Let's go in and take a look."

Di Renjie nodded and walked in with a serious expression.

"I just don't know what kind of scene I will see today."

"There won't be corpses everywhere, will there?"