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

In the afternoon, Di Renjie, Zhang Jianzhi, Wu Yizong and Li Cunxi left the Prince of Wei's Palace and returned to their homes.

On the way, Li Cunxi heard Ma Rong talking about the news that Zhu Liren was taken to the Dali Temple.

Judging from the information Ma Rong obtained, Zhu Liren initially thought that Wu Sansi would protect him.

Until the very end, Zhu Liren never thought that Li Cunxi would really put him to death for just a few thousand taels of silver. What's more, it was he who took the initiative to ask Li Cunxi for the few thousand taels of silver.

I'm afraid that Zhu Liren must be regretting his decision in the temporary detention place of Dali Temple. The silver policy he formulated privately in recent years is known to all the civil and military officials in the court. If it weren't for Wu Sansi's pressure, I'm afraid many ministers would have started to deal with him long ago. Now that he is in Dali Temple, I'm sure many officials will send some "insignificant" evidence to Dali Temple.

Lowering the carriage curtain, Li Cunxi sighed:

"The annual salary of the governor of Shangzhou is only 200 taels of silver. This subordinate of Zhu Liren asked for 3200 taels of silver. How many years will I, Li Cunxi, have to work to have so much spare money..."

As a normal official, taking expenses into account, it is impossible for him to earn 3200 taels of silver even if he works until his death.

Unless there is corruption or collusion between officials and businessmen, most officials will never have so much silver in their lifetime.

One tael of silver in the Tang Dynasty was worth more than RMB 4000. You can imagine how huge a fortune this was.

Zhu Liren, as a Huangmen official, has been eating the silver for so many years, it's time to spit it out...

"By the way, sir, there is one more thing...the eunuch who came to you to ask for the regular silver was found dead at home. He committed suicide by hanging." Ma Rong outside said again.

"It's so miserable, but it's what I deserve." Li Cunxi poured a cup of tea and drank it slowly. "I'm not a corrupt official. If you ask me for money, I'm doomed."

Speaking of which, Li Cunxi really doesn't have much money now.

In the past, most of the pocket money given by the elders and brothers of the Di family was kept in the Di family in Taiyuan County, Taiyuan Prefecture.

After arriving in Chang'an, I didn't have much spare money.

The last time I went to the Huaiyang area, the three million taels of silver placed in the system warehouse were anonymously sent to the Xize Silver Bank where Tao Gan was through a certain escort agency.

Now Li Cunxi is counting on the discovery of a batch of treasures in Cuiping Mountain behind Liujiazhuang.

As for the candidates to excavate the treasure of King Yue, Li Cunxi has already thought of them, but it is not the best time to excavate it yet.

……

At night, Di Mansion.

In the side room in the side yard, Lu Dayou was still reading intently, forgetting to eat and sleep.

After Ma Rong and Qiao Tai drank for a while in the yard, Qiao Tai entered Li Cunxi's study.

Li Cunxi, who had just written a piece of calligraphy, blew away the ink on the paper and handed all the papers on the side to Qiao Tai.

"Help me throw it away."

"Yes, sir."

Qiao Tai took a look at it, confused, and had no idea what the words on the paper were.

Li Cunxi held up the latest calligraphy he had written, raised his head with his eyes closed and chanted with great pride:

"Report your favor on the golden stage, support the Jade Dragon and die for you!"

"What a poem, what a poem!"

Li Cunxi marked the signature again, then put down the brush and the paper with satisfaction, sat back in his chair, and took a sip of Yuhuchun.

This pot of tea was brewed by Di Chun and sent to him. It was more to Li Cunxi's taste than the Tieguanyin that Di Chun had mentioned last time. He always felt that this one tasted better.

Of course, when it comes to tea tasting, Li Cunxi is just an amateur. He just smacks his lips and thinks he has tasted the tea.

There was also a piece of pastry on the table, which was said to be bought by Qiao Tai from outside. Li Cunxi felt that the pastry was not bad this time, but he couldn't tell what kind of pastry it was. It just felt soft and sticky.

According to Qiao Tai, he bought it from a random pastry shop in Tianjie. That pastry shop was also the place where he and Chen Yiqiu met.

Li Cunxi picked up a piece of cake and put it in his mouth. He chewed it and swallowed it. Then he drank another sip of tea and looked outside.

Xuguzi bowed outside and said, "Wulian Tianzun."

"The Taoist priest is here...speak human language."

"Because of Xue Aocao's death, Chang'an was closed inside and outside, and the three auxiliary areas were strictly guarded by the Zuolongwuwei. Princess Taiping decided to temporarily stop her plan."

Li Cunxi said, "I see. Go back first and don't forget what you should do."

"Don't worry, I sleep with Princess Taiping every day, and you haven't forgotten your promise to me. I will do my best to help you."

"That's not what I meant... Never mind. Did you just say that you sleep with Princess Taiping every day?"

"Indeed." Xuguzi was very proud. "Princess Taiping is truly a beauty in the world. She has slept with so many people and yet she is still so..."

"Shut up, you can go back now. By the way, has Xue Aocao left?"

"He's gone. I watched him leave Chang'an, but I always have a very strange feeling... Xue Aocao left so easily. His brother's body is still in Chang'an, and he didn't even think of taking his brother's body with him. This is not like the loyal and righteous Xue Aocao I know."

"This is a suspicious point. Okay, you can go back first."

"Yes."

……

Outside Jiangzhang County, on the top of Xiaoshan Mountain.

Outside the stone pavilion, beside the cliff, dead trees reach the night sky.

Two figures stood on the edge of the cliff, overlooking the entire Jiangzhang County below and the outline of Chang'an City not far away.

The two figures in the dark night were thin but graceful. The one behind took off the human skin mask on his face and said lightly:

"That Xuguzi is probably quite intelligent, and he probably already knows that I'm not dead, brother."

"Even if Xuguzi didn't guess it, if Li Cunxi was reminded by him, he should have guessed that there was something wrong with your body... Li Cunxi is not someone you can easily mess with. He is a real freak." Xue Aocao also took off the human skin mask and exposed his face.

"Brother, how did you know someone was going to assassinate you in the beginning?"

"I don't know. Someone actually passed the message to me. The person who passed the message to me was Huaiyi outside Luoyang City. Huaiyi told me that someone asked him to borrow a martial arts master, but he didn't agree. But he didn't say who it was. He also told me that my life might be in danger... Combining with Li Cunxi's speculation, I think the brothers Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi are the most likely."

"So what should we do now?"

"First, bypass the Zuowei Guard to Luoyang, and then immediately go to the White Horse Temple outside the city of Luoyang. That temple is also known as the Hanguang Temple. The older generation often calls it the White Horse Temple. Huaiyi lives there."

"go!"

The two riders on white horses descended from Xiaoshan and headed straight for Luoyang.

At this moment, in the Di Mansion in Chang'an, Li Cunxi handed a letter to Qiao Tai in front of him.

"Chang'an will be blocked after the 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. You will need a pass to enter or leave. You need to leave Chang'an around the 7:00 p.m. and head straight to Huaiyang. Find Tao Gan and he will tell you what to do next."

"Yes!"