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

As soon as the carriage was ready, two figures appeared on the street corner.

The man came on horseback, dismounted outside the door, and handed the reins to the doorman who came to meet him.

The old concierge looked at the familiar face under the lantern and bowed quickly:

"It turns out that Master Cunxi has arrived. Master Cunxi, please wait a moment. I will ask the servants to inform the King of Wei."

Li Cunxi waved his hand, walked towards Lao Hei who had just walked out of the door, and said with a fist:

"I think my dear teacher can't sleep tonight. Please tell the King of Wei that I, Li Cunxi, come to see him."

Lao Hei raised the whip in his hand and said:

"The King of Wei ordered me to prepare the horse and go to Di Mansion to look for you. Since you are here so late at night, please follow me in."

Ma Rong stood outside the door tactfully and began to communicate with the old doorman.

Lao Hei handed the horsewhip to the servant and took Li Cunxi into the Prince of Wei's Palace.

Having been here several times, finding the main hall was just a piece of cake. Li Cunxi walked while thinking about what to say next.

Soon, the two of them arrived outside the main hall.

Wu Chengsi was sitting on the bed, drinking a cup of ice-cold tea.

"Teacher."

Li Cunxi bowed and called softly.

"Cunxi, you're here."

Wu Chengsi breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, led Li Cunxi into the main hall, and let Li Cunxi sit next to him.

"The tea is cold, Lao Hei, go ask the kitchen to make some tea."

"Old White, you must lead everyone to be on guard. No matter who they are, no one is allowed to approach the main hall."

"Hongyan, serve in secret. If you hear something you shouldn't hear, keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone."

The three personal guards bowed, left the main hall, closed the main door, and began to arrange defenses around the main hall.

Wu Chengsi then turned to Li Cunxi and said:

"Cunxi, what do you want to see me for?"

Li Cunxi wiped his face and said straight to the point:

"Master, I returned to Chang'an today. After we parted, I went back to Di Mansion to rest for a while, then bought some cakes to visit Xue Aocao. Unexpectedly, in Xue Mansion, I secretly learned a shocking news."

"That day, the person who actually told him that Di Renjie might be attacked in Jiangzhang County was actually the Imperial Master Wang Zhiyuan!"

"I returned to the Di Mansion immediately after hearing the news. After thinking about it for a few hours, I realized that there must be something fishy going on."

"Then how did Wang Zhiyuan know that my uncle might be attacked in Jiangzhang County?"

"I was puzzled, and it was curfew outside. I had no choice but to rush here."

Wu Chengsi was secretly surprised, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

But soon, he returned to his original appearance.

Wu Chengsi quietly tapped the table with his left hand and said softly:

"You know, I had already planned to look for you before you arrived."

"I am restless tonight. Lao Bai and Lao Hei are on the roof and they noticed some movement in Xue's house."

"There is movement in the Xue Mansion. I am usually calm and never feel uneasy. And you heard this kind of news. I am afraid that something strange must have happened."

"And this Wang Zhiyuan is one of our clues. So, you will not leave tonight and rest in my house for one night. Tomorrow morning, you and I will go to Xue's house to visit Xue Aocao and ask him about it."

Li Cunxi was thinking the same thing, so he didn't refuse and said,

"Since Master has said so, I will rest at your house... But tonight will probably be a sleepless night for me."

Wu Chengsi agreed: "For me, it will probably be a sleepless night."

At Princess Taiping's mansion, Xuguzi walked out of Princess Taiping's room and straightened his back.

In the open room, from a certain angle, one could still see Princess Taiping lying naked on the bed.

Looking closely, Princess Taiping was still rolling her eyes.

The quilt and bed surface were already mostly wet. Princess Taiping rolled her eyes, not knowing when she would wake up.

Xuguzi closed the door and several male favorites in the corner rushed to the bed one after another.

"What a lewd woman."

Xuguzi, who didn't recognize anyone after putting on the pants, uttered an exclamation of admiration. Having tasted the sweetness, he chose to leave Princess Taiping's mansion directly.

With his luck improved and exerting force with both feet, Xuguzi actually jumped up from the spot, then jumped on one foot on the wall and climbed directly onto the courtyard wall.

Not long after, Xuguzi arrived outside the Di Mansion quietly. According to reliable information, Di Renjie had not returned yet, and the current manager of the Di Mansion was actually Li Cunxi.

And his target is Li Cunxi.

However, after searching around the Di Mansion, Xuguzi still couldn't find Li Cunxi, and was almost discovered by Xun Ye's servants.

To be on the safe side, Xuguzi quietly left Di Mansion and rushed all the way to the National Master's Mansion, which is now the Chang'an branch of Zixia Temple.

Two Taoist boys on night duty were standing outside the mansion, holding whisks and yawning constantly.

Seeing Xuguzi coming over, one of the Taoist children hurriedly said:

"Stop, this is the Imperial Master's Residence. Outsiders are not allowed to set foot here easily."

Xuguzi glared at the Taoist boy fiercely and said:

"If I hadn't seen how hard it was for you to be on duty at night, I would have kicked you out of the way!"

"You are so blind that you don't even recognize me. Your national teacher has to call me Master."

After all, the older Taoist boy had followed Wang Zhiyuan for a long time, but he really didn't know what Master Wang Zhiyuan looked like.

One can tell from Xuguzi's arrogant look that he is not an ordinary person.

He did not dare to neglect it and said to the younger Taoist boy:

"You always yawn a lot, and it's inevitable that you'll make mistakes if you're on duty alone. I'll stay here, and you can take this Taoist priest in to see the master. I'll wait for you to come back."

The younger Taoist boy was helpless and said:

"Yes, senior brother."

Led by a younger Taoist boy, Xuguzi walked into the Imperial Master's Mansion.

There is nothing special about the Imperial Master's Mansion, which is basically the same as the residences of most people in Chang'an City.

If there is anything special about it, it is probably that what is worshipped here is not only the Heaven and Earth, but there is even a small ancestral hall where Zhang Jue, a leading figure of Taoism in the Later Han Dynasty, is worshipped.

Zhang Jiao can be described as the gravedigger of the glorious Han Dynasty that lasted for four hundred years. He is also the person that the people of all generations most hope will stand out in troubled times.

One Zhang Jiao is worth a million monks in troubled times, and this is not an exaggeration.

However, if a Taoist priest does not worship Zhang Daoling but instead worships Zhang Jiao, one can basically judge what his intentions are.

Wang Zhiyuan was another person who intended to overthrow the dynasty.

Outside the pavilion in the garden, Wang Zhiyuan held a cup of hot tea in his hand and looked up at the dark sky.

"The Emperor's star is dim, and the country's fortunes are not good. I believe that the chaos in the Wu Zhou Dynasty is not far away."

"I wonder if I can help the Taoist sect find a chance for life during the prosperous years of Buddhism by assisting Princess Taiping in regaining power over the world."

Wang Zhiyuan sighed softly.

“Perhaps the vitality of the Dao Sect should not be handed over to a woman.”

Xuguzi, who entered the garden, dismissed the young Taoist priest and said, "I wonder how much your stargazing skills have improved since you left Shouyang. What can you see from the sky tonight?"