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

Winter in Chang'an came quietly one day in December. Li Cunxi was woken up by the cold at night. Unable to bear the disturbance, he got up and opened the door. It was already snowing.

Snowflakes fell in every remote place, covering the earth with silver.

The climate change is really too abnormal. I clearly didn’t cover myself with a winter quilt last night, but I was shivering with cold when I woke up.

Some of the servants had already gotten up and started looking for winter clothes. Di Chun quickly brought a few pieces for Li Cunxi to wear to keep him warm.

Li Cunxi and Lu Dayou were shaking by the brazier in the room, obviously very cold. With the warmth of their cotton-padded clothes and the brazier, they finally felt much more comfortable. In a moment, a bowl of steaming pork noodle soup and two pairs of bowls and chopsticks were brought over from the kitchen.

The sky outside was grey and heavy snow was still falling.

Li Cunxi asked Di Chun: "What time is it?"

"Sir, it's about four quarters past the hour of Yin." Di Chun replied.

"Okay, it's alright, go get busy first."

"All right, sir."

After Di Chun left, Li Cunxi and Lu Dayou began to pour noodles into their bowls.

It is around four quarters of the yin hour, which is around four o'clock. Li Cunxi should have gotten up at this time because today is the day Li Chongrun and Wu Yuanmo are getting married.

I don’t know whether the weddings of these two children will be postponed because of this heavy snow.

After eating the noodles and drinking some soup, Li Cunxi was completely warmed up. After Lu Dayou collected all the noodles and soup and cleared the bowls, Li Cunxi called the servants to take away the bowls and chopsticks.

"Dayou, you read a book here first. I'm going to go find my uncle. If the prince's marriage is not shelved, I will take you to a banquet." Li Cunxi turned to Lu Dayou and said.

"Okay, sir." Lu Dayou picked up a book and began to read the contents carefully.

In the heavy snow, Li Cunxi left the side courtyard, walked around the garden, and came to the main hall.

In the main hall, Di Renjie had finished his noodles and was sitting at the table drinking tea with a frown on his face.

Di Renjie has been in this state for three days. He has been like this since he came back from Weizhou. No matter how Li Cunxi persuades him, Di Renjie seems unable to recover.

The third brother Di Guangzhao's post as the governor of Weizhou had been dismissed by Di Renjie in a letter to Wu Zetian, and he was now serving as a county magistrate. It is said that when the third brother Di Guangzhao was taken away by the Qianniu Guards, the people were extremely happy, and some even ran around the streets to tell others.

The ancestral temple that had been completely destroyed was rebuilt by the local people.

"Uncle." Li Cunxi called out and sat down next to Di Renjie.

"You're here, Cunxi." Di Renjie said with all his strength, "The emperor's order was conveyed to us a quarter of an hour ago. Snow is a good omen. The wedding date of Prince Shao and the daughter of Prince Liang... will not be changed."

After a pause, Li Cunxi said, "Isn't this the choice that Your Majesty has always made? Uncle, no matter what, I will not stop Your Majesty's choice. Your Majesty said that the wedding date is today, so, whether it is windy, rainy, thundering or snowing, Your Majesty will not change it."

"Go back and call Dayou. Yuanfang just woke up and is probably packing up. Let's go to the East Palace early."

"it is good."

……

It was snowing heavily in Chang'an City.

There are few traces of pedestrians. At first glance, it seems as if the earth is wearing a new dress with many decorations on it.

At the Prince of Wei's Mansion, Wu Chengsi had breakfast, took Wu Yanhao and Wu Yuanhui, and walked towards the East Palace in the snow under the protection of Lao Hei and Lao Bai.

You can't ride in a carriage or sedan chair in this weather. If you are not careful, you will fall and fall. Chang'an is very sparsely populated at this time. The patrolling guards have changed to a quarter-hour shift, just to keep warm. The vendors have not set up their stalls. The Tianjie Street, which was once bustling, is unusually quiet today.

Wu Chengsi was walking with his two children, chatting with the old man and old woman next to him.

Not long after they walked, a familiar face turned out from the road ahead. The man was accompanied by two or three followers. It was none other than Zhang Jianzhi.

"Mr. Zhang Ge."

Wu Chengsi was in a good mood and took the initiative to greet Zhang Jianzhi, which was rare for him.

"So it's the King of Wei, and he's also going to the Eastern Palace?" Zhang Jianzhi bowed with a smile.

"In this kind of weather, if I wasn't going to the East Palace, I would definitely be eating hot pot by the fire at home." Wu Chengsi greeted him with a smile.

"Let's go together if we meet."

"Okay, let's go."

"The prince of Wei's children are so pretty." Zhang Jianzhi looked at the jumping Wu Yuanhui and couldn't help saying, "My granddaughter has been taught by her father to be childish since she was young. She is about to get married but still looks sad."

"Promised to the He family?"

"The grandson of Li Huaiyuan, Minister Li."

While they were chatting, they arrived at the Eastern Palace. Outside the Eastern Palace were the Crown Prince's left and right guards, and the one who greeted and saw off guests was the Crown Prince's household steward. The Crown Prince's Palace, which was decorated with lights and colors, finally had a good start after many years. Li Xian, the eunuch who was happy, sat in the main hall and talked with the guests together with the Crown Prince's guests and the Crown Prince's secretary.

The earliest group of people to arrive were all old ministers of the Li Tang Dynasty and descendants of the Li clan. As brothers and sisters, Li Dan and Princess Taiping arrived yesterday evening and have been here with them ever since.

There is indeed family affection within the royal family, but it is not very much. Although Li Dan and Princess Taiping helped, they also wanted to win over Li's old ministers.

As time went by, more and more officials were qualified to participate in the internal banquet of the Prince's Mansion. Li Cunxi followed Di Renjie and, after paying his respects to everyone, he stayed with Wu Yanhao and Lu Dayou to take care of the children.

The young Wu Yuanhui was jumping and skipping in front. She seldom left the Wu Mansion, but she was extremely interested in the outside world. Wherever she went, Li Cunxi and the other two followed her.

Wu Yanhao yawned in the back and suddenly asked, "Were you also woken up by the cold last night?"

"How do you know?" Li Cunxi did not look back, his eyes just followed Wu Yuanhui's movements.

"Because I woke up from the cold. Why is it so cold all of a sudden?"

"It's not normal to have snow in the cold winter," Li Cunxi said as he walked. "When I was in Pengze County, it snowed in June once, and I didn't think it was strange."

"Snow in June?"

"Yes, there was a female criminal who had suffered a great injustice. Her entire family was killed. The murderer relied on his wealth to bribe many people to slander her. Her hair turned white overnight. The injustice was too much for God to bear, so it snowed in June."

"Hiss, you actually tried this case in Pengze County, how come I didn't know about it? I clearly investigated you very seriously."

"Nonsense, I made it up, of course you don't know."

Li Cunxi couldn't help laughing.

"Did you make it up?"

"hold head high."

"Do you know the injustice of Dou E?"

"I don't know. Did you make this up too?"

"I didn't make this up, but this is even worse."

Li Cunxi quickened his pace and caught up with Wu Yuanhui.

"Hiss, what is Dou E's injustice? How come I don't know anything about it?"