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

While eating the chicken leg, Di Renjie suddenly appeared outside the pavilion, rolled up his sleeves and walked in, took a closer look, and said:

"Are you hungry?"

Li Cunxi wiped the oil off his hands and explained:

"Hit a point."

"Uncle, can't you sleep?"

Di Renjie walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking doubtful.

"I'm just wondering, Cunxi, come over and walk with me?"

Li Cunxi reluctantly finished sucking the chicken leg, picked up the bag of mung bean cakes and followed out.

"What is it, uncle?"

The air in the early morning was still quite fresh. Di Renjie and Li Cunxi were strolling in the garden, one eating with his mouth closed, and the other still thinking.

When Di Renjie had eaten the sixth piece of mung bean cake, he suddenly stopped and asked in a low voice:

"Cunxi, I was thinking about something today, and suddenly realized that this viper should be right next to us."

"First, Yuan Fang used to raise a poisonous snake. He would use it to clear the way before taking action. I also told you that I saw a poisonous snake in the house that night in Daliushu Village, and there were medicine residues in the bowl."

"Secondly, Li Er's background is unknown, but we can conclude that he was bitten by a poisonous snake and was poisoned by it. The poison took effect the day before yesterday. Before the poison took effect, besides Lu Dayou, only Jing Hui had been there."

"Third, the villagers of Daliushu Village changed their testimony and said that they didn't know the person who threatened them that day, but I always feel that they are lying to me. And that day, the only person who met with them alone was Yuan Fang and Jing Hui, no one else!"

"So, I think Jinghui is a big suspect. The villagers were unwilling to tell me the truth after they turned against me, and it was also because of Jinghui's coercion."

Li Cunxi stopped and thought to himself that it was indeed so.

Di Renjie had already guessed that Hu Jinghui was the Viper, but he still had doubts in his heart and did not dare to believe it easily.

The reason why Di Renjie judged that Viper was Hu Jinghui was very simple. There were three things, and each of them was related to Hu Jinghui.

If you say that the viper was not Hu Jinghui, even someone as meticulous as Di Renjie would never believe it.

After thinking for a moment, Li Cunxi said, "Well, I have something to ask you, uncle."

"Let's talk. As the saying goes, three weak generals are better than one Zhuge Liang. Now is the time for you and me to put our heads together."

"Okay, then I'll tell you. If, if, that legendary killer viper is really Brother Jinghui, why didn't he kill my uncle, the imperial envoy, these days?"

The question hits the nail on the head.

Why not kill Di Renjie!

"I don't believe it. Is it really to avoid exposing their hiding place in Youzhou?" Li Cunxi laughed. "Uncle, Brother Jinghui has been following you all the way. In other words, he knows best what you and I said is wrong in Youzhou. I didn't even hide what I did in the governor's mansion from him."

"You are right, but..."

"But what? Uncle, do you believe that he didn't kill you and me because he was afraid of being exposed?" Li Cunxi curled his lips, "To be frank, he killed tens of thousands of soldiers last night by himself. If he was really a viper, it would only take him a moment to kill the Qianniu Guards! The matter of Youzhou has been exposed, so it is reasonable for him to kill us now."

"You're right. Yuan Fang is no match for him. If he is really a viper, he could just kill us and be done with it." Di Renjie stroked his beard and agreed with Li Cunxi's statement. "After killing us, he could just take his men and hide to plan for the rest of his life."

"good."

Li Cunxi breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Hu Jinghui behaved ferociously last night. Not only did he imitate Wen Yang of the late Three Kingdoms period by going in and out seven times, but he also killed so many people that even Li Yuanfang felt ashamed of himself.

This gave Li Cunxi the opportunity to clear his suspicion now.

However... Hu Jinghui is so powerful, how could he be defeated by Li Yuanfang?

Is it really cheating?

"No, no!" Di Renjie suddenly said, "Also, there is another explanation that doesn't make sense. Zhao Chuanchen was assassinated in the East Flower Hall that night. The only people present were Yuan Fang and Jing Hui. I also observed that the only one who had the opportunity to assassinate Zhao Chuanchen was Jing Hui!"

Li Cunxi had just picked up the mung bean cake, and upon hearing this, he explained, "Uncle, why didn't Brother Jinghui kill you and Zhao Chuanchen first, then kill Brother Yuanfang, and then put the blame on Viper? He is a man who can kill thousands of troops!"

"Hey, you're right."

The more Di Renjie thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, but the military power displayed by Hu Jinghui was there.

It is entirely possible to do as Li Cunxi said, kill Zhao Chuanchen first and then kill him, then kill Li Yuanfang, and finally put the blame on Viper.

Even if he was discovered, he could break the window, pretend that the viper was escaping, and then chase it with a knife.

"But how do you explain the steel needle in Zhao Chuanchen's body?"

"Of course it was done by the viper in the dark!"

The two men talked as they walked, and Li Cunxi's nonsense cleared Hu Jinghui of suspicion.

As for whether Zhang Laosi would secretly tell Di Renjie, since the human skin mask last night, Li Cunxi thought of a good idea.

As for the human skin masks, especially the ones with six snake heads, Li Cunxi really didn't believe that Jin Mulan didn't have Hu Jinghui's human skin masks in her hands.

If Zhang Laosi really told Di Renjie, Li Cunxi would have to use the human skin mask method again.

When the two were thinking about who was the mastermind behind the incident, Li Yuanfang suddenly came to the garden, walking hurriedly, and it was obvious that something had happened.

"Sir, Master, the Chief of Youzhou and the Silver Division are waiting for you in the West Flower Hall. They said they have something important to report."

Di Renjie subconsciously glanced at Li Cunxi and said:

"Come on, Cunxi, let's go take a look together."

In the West Flower Hall, the Chief Secretary and the Silver Officer were waiting anxiously.

Di Renjie brought Li Cunxi into the West Flower Hall, and the two adults hurried over.

"My lord, this is bad, my lord."

"Tell me what's wrong slowly, don't be anxious."

"Sir, this morning I led people to check the silver vault, only to find that tens of millions of taels of official silver had disappeared!" said the Chief Clerk of Youzhou.

Di Renjie just sat down and immediately stood up again, his pupils contracted sharply and his face was full of disbelief.

"What? Disappeared?"

"Yes, sir, all the official silver in stock is gone!" The Silver Department Director had a bitter look on his face. What kind of thing was this?

"how can that be possible?"

"Not only that, sir, even the four guards in charge of the treasury have disappeared."

The Chief Clerk of Youzhou also talked about the past and put all the blame on the already deceased Fang Qian and Wu Yizheng.

Although what he said was the truth, it also seemed like he was trying to shirk responsibility.

After all, the details of official silver need to be checked personally by the Chief Secretary and the Silver Officer.

Di Renjie was furious when he heard this and said angrily, "This is obvious corruption and fraud. Why didn't you report it to the Ministry of Revenue?"

The Chief Secretary also felt wronged, saying, "I submitted two memorials, but they were ignored and I never received a reply. Later, Sima Wu found out and threatened to punish me if I dared to submit another memorial."

Di Renjie looked at Li Cunxi and asked:

"Cunxi, what do you think?"