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

Wu Zetian said unhappily, "Di Qing, King Wei, and Li Cunxi."

"They are all talented people from the Ministry of Personnel of our Great Zhou. Your Majesty's assignment is truly wonderful!" Li Xian was smart for once and flattered.

"Of course I know that my assignment is indescribable. Do I need you to tell me? I asked you to come here just to let you watch. Just shut up when I don't ask you. I didn't treat you as a mute."

"My son, I understand."

The atmosphere returned to an awkward state again. Wu Zetian led the crowd out of the side room and headed towards the main hall. Inside the open door of the main hall, she saw Xue Nan sitting on a chair, having already lost any signs of life.

"Xue Aocao passed away first, and Xue Nanzhe passed away next. This is really heartbreaking for me."

Wu Zetian looked at the ministers below and said, "Please send an edict."

"Order the Prince of Wei and the Left Prime Minister of Wenchang, Wu Chengsi, to lead the Jingzhao Prefecture, and Li Cunxi to temporarily serve as the Junior Magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture, and work with the Internal History Di Renjie to investigate this case together!"

"The head of the Inner Guard, Xiao Qingfang, will accompany him, and he will lead the armored troops to protect the Prince of Wei, Wu Chengsi, the Internal Secretary, Di Renjie, and the Junior Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, Li Cunxi."

"Order the Thousand Oxen Guards, Li Jinghui, and the Inspector General of the Eagle Guards, Li Yuanfang, to lead the Thousand Oxen Guards to protect Wu Chengsi, Di Renjie, and Li Cunxi."

"General Fang Zhe of the Left Dragon Guard is to guard the Sanfu area. General Wang Xiaojie of the Right Guard is to strictly guard Chang'an and no outsiders are allowed to be released. General Zuowei is stationed outside the city and is not allowed to return. All troops are in the barracks and are not allowed to leave without my order!"

"No mistakes!"

As Wu Zetian's imperial edict came out, Li Cunxi immediately tightened his crotch and felt a chill.

What a joke! The armored army led by Xiao Qingfang was mainly responsible for protecting the three of them. That army was famous for only looking at the tiger talisman and not the people.

In front of the iron-clad army armed to the teeth, the hundreds of Qianniu Guards led by Hu Jinghui were just a guard of honor and were of no use at all.

If Xiao Qingfang insisted on taking action midway, Wu Zetian's three trump cards would all have died in Chang'an.

However, this also indirectly confirmed how much Wu Zetian valued this matter. With the three trump cards all played, Li Cunxi was temporarily appointed as the Shao Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, a position below the fourth rank.

……

Wu Zetian felt very sad because of Xue Aocao's tragic death.

Today's morning court session will be postponed. Tomorrow morning, when Di Renjie returns to Beijing, they will have to attend the morning court session together.

From now until tomorrow, Wu Zetian must comfort her wounded heart. It seems that the brothers Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi will be busy today.

After the emperor left, the blockade of Tianjie was gradually unsealed, and the gate guards, Jinwu guards and Yulin guards also withdrew from Tianjie.

"This must be the recently famous Mr. Li Cunxi, right?"

Princess Taiping looked at Li Cunxi with a smile and took the initiative to talk to him.

"Meet Princess Taiping."

The names of Li Xian, Li Dan and Li Cunxi are well-known. They were the two emperors before Wu Zetian.

As for Princess Taiping, if Wu Zetian hadn't told him, Li Cunxi wouldn't have known her full name was Li Lingyue.

However, Princess Taiping Li Lingyue is not a good person either, and Li Cunxi does not want to have too much interaction with her.

"Lord Li is also the heir of the Li family. In terms of relationship, I should be your cousin." Princess Taiping said with a smile, "If you have nothing to do, you can come to my house for a visit."

"Definitely next time." Li Cunxi said.

After seeing off the three descendants of the Li family, Li Cunxi returned to Wu Chengsi with a fake smile.

"The Crown Prince and the Prince of Xiang are mediocre, and Princess Taiping is not a good person either. They can't protect this country, and they can't stabilize this court."

"Indeed, but they are all legitimate descendants of the Li family, and they all have the chance to become emperor... We just want to compete with them." Wu Chengsi stretched, "The only clues here are those human skin masks and clothes. With such a small number of clues, we can't find anything. We haven't slept all night, so go back and rest first, and wait for Di Huaiying to come, and then investigate."

Li Cunxi nodded and followed Wu Chengsi out.

Ma Rong and Lao Hei in the corner had already exchanged a secret signal. They looked at each other tacitly, and then went back to wait outside the door.

"King Wei, you're not going to investigate anymore?"

"I can't find out. Let's go back and have a rest first."

"Sir, what are you doing..."

"Go home, take a rest, and we'll talk after you wake up."

After sending away their followers, the two of them couldn't help but yawn.

"County Magistrate Chen, don't forget to take the body to the coroner's room for a thorough examination." Wu Chengsi yawned, gave instructions to Chen Ya, and left with Lao Hei.

"Let's go back too... I think many people won't be able to sleep today."

……

The lanterns are on.

At Prince Xiang’s Mansion.

Prince Li Dan was sitting on the bed, supporting the tea table on the bed with his right elbow.

Not far away on the ground, a middle-aged beautiful woman with an extremely good appearance was kneeling on one knee, not daring to look up at Li Dan's expression.

"I asked you to investigate for a whole day, but you didn't find anything?" Li Dan frowned.

"Your Highness, I am too incompetent and have not found out any information." said the beautiful middle-aged woman.

Li Dan played with the beads in his hand, his eyes flickering: "What kind of person is he to kill someone in secret and not reveal any information at all?"

"I don't know."

"Li Xian is facing the fate of being deposed. The various forces in the court are complicated and are all vying for the position of crown prince. The family of Xue Aocao, your majesty's favorite male favorite, was killed at this critical moment. It must be a fuse set by someone."

"Your Highness is wise."

"At this time, whoever is implicated in the case will have no chance of becoming the crown prince and will be eliminated immediately."

"Your Highness is truly a god."

"That is to say, no matter who did this, as long as the investigation leads to the contender for the crown prince's position, the other party will immediately lose the opportunity. Even if Your Majesty does not investigate him, he will no longer have the possibility of succession." Li Dan nodded, "But I am still curious about who did it, why the target was a male favorite like Xue Aocao, and what is the other party's purpose?"

Prince Wei's Mansion.

Inside and outside Wu Chengsi's study, Ma Rong and Lao Hei were on high alert, Lao Bai was patrolling with dozens of people, and Hong Yan was nowhere to be found.

In the study, Wu Chengsi was marking on the map of Chang'an City.

This is a hand-drawn map. Lao Bai walked around the streets for a long time during the day and finally drew this map.

As for why I want to draw...of course it's because I'm bored.

There are too few clues now, and the Xue Mansion is closed, so Wu Chengsi had no choice but to send Lao Bai to draw such a map.

"Now let's think about it carefully. You left Xue's house in the evening, probably after 4:45 of the You hour but before the Xu hour."

"And last night, it was close to 15:30 when Old Bai realized something was wrong at the Xue Mansion. At that time, I was also very uneasy and was ready to go look for you, and you happened to come to me."