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

Chapter 724: The Cruel Officials in Person

After standing outside the isolation zone for more than half an hour, Li Cunxi felt the heat wave subside and prepared to go to the small courtyard to check the situation.

Before they could even take a step forward, they saw Yang Fang leading an armored general and two middle-aged officials towards them.

Li Cunxi had been in the court for half a year and recognized the identities of the two officials.

One was Zhou Xing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the other was Lai Junchen, the chief censor. These two were truly cruel officials during the Wu Zhou dynasty, and they were also teacher and student.

Although he didn't know the general Li Cunxi, he thought that he was not a good person since he was associated with these two cruel officials at that time.

"I, General Qiu Shenji, greet His Royal Highness the King of Qin!"

When Qiu Shenji came in front of Li Cunxi, he bowed directly without the need for Yang Fang to introduce him.

"It turned out to be General Qiu."

Li Cunxi walked forward calmly and extended his hand to support Qiu Shenji.

The light of the torch shone on Qiu Shenji's face, revealing the appearance of the bearded general to Li Cunxi's eyes.

Li Cunxi was originally curious about which general could walk with these two people, but now he is relieved.

General Qiu Shenji of the Left Jinwu Guard is not a good person either.

One of his most famous deeds was forcing Prince Zhanghuai Li Xian to death.

Of course, Prince Zhanghuai Li Xian faked his death to deceive Qiu Shenji. Later, he went to Jiangzhou and rebelled with the help of Xu Jingye.

"Your Highness, the Prince of Qin, I am Zhou Xing, the Minister of Justice."

"I am Lai Junchen, the Imperial Censor. I have also accompanied Doctor Zong to meet His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin."

Although Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen were reluctant, they had to stand up when the time came.

Li Cunxi's gaze passed over Qiu Shenji and fell on the heads of the two cruel officials.

"Oh, it's you two. I've heard a lot about you."

"I have heard that there are two cruel officials in the court. I believe they are the two lords."

Lai Junchen lowered his head, not daring to look Li Cunxi in the eye.

Zhou Xing was not afraid at all and said dissatisfiedly:

"Your Highness, Prince Qin, although I don't know when I had a rift with Your Highness, I am not someone who will be bullied."

"Your Highness the Prince of Qin speaks of me in this way. Is this the etiquette that Your Highness has been taught since childhood?"

Zhou Xing spoke righteously and sternly, and in a trance he forgot that he himself was not a good person.

"Yo ho."

Li Cunxi was amused and said, "I never thought that Lord Zhou Xingzhou would be such a person who knows etiquette."

Lai Junchen's face turned bitter, fearing that Li Cunxi would implicate Zhou Xing, so he quickly reached out and grabbed the corner of Zhou Xing's clothes.

Zhou Xing's Qi cultivation skills were too poor, and he immediately became furious when Li Cunxi said that.

He didn't care about Lai Junchen's attempt to stop him, and immediately jumped up and down:

"Your Highness the Prince of Qin, do you think I, Zhou Xing, don't know etiquette?"

"No matter how ignorant I am of etiquette, I would never use such embarrassing words to evaluate my colleagues in public!"

Li Cunxi smiled and said:

"Indeed, Lord Zhou would not comment on his colleagues in public. Lord Zhou could have taken advantage of the time after court to frame his colleagues in front of His Majesty."

"A person like me who publicly evaluates his colleagues is naturally no match for you, Lord Zhou."

Zhou Xing's lips turned white with anger. If he was not weak in martial arts, he would have wanted to fight Li Cunxi to the death.

Others can know his own promotion history, but they must never tell it to his face.

This is the equivalent of slapping him hard in the face with used underwear and not allowing him to say that the underwear stinks.

It's simply too much!

"Why, I think Lord Zhou wants to have a big fight with me, so that I can know that Lord Zhou is an extraordinary warrior?"

Anger comes quickly and goes away quickly.

After Li Cunxi glanced at Zhou Xing, Zhou Xing had to suppress his anger and clasped his fists towards Li Cunxi.

"I have offended you, Your Highness, Prince Qin. Please forgive me."

"Hmph, trash."

Wu Yanhao, who had watched a good show, laughed sarcastically.

"Humph, who are you to insult me with such shameful words?"

Zhou Xing's teeth were almost broken, and his eyes were fixed on Wu Yanhao.

Wu Yanhao was not afraid at all and crossed his arms.

"I'm Wu Yanhao, Duke of Liang and Shao Yin of Henan Prefecture. What's wrong? You can't scare me, right?"

"If you have the guts, why not slander me to His Majesty?"

Zhou Xing made the decision in one second and immediately apologized with a smile.

"It turned out to be the Duke of Liang. It was too dark, and you were standing in the back, obscuring my view. I didn't see you, and I apologize for any offense. I am truly deeply saddened. Please forgive me, Duke of Liang."

"Forgive me or not, let's talk again when we have time. I'm quite vindictive. You just spoke rudely to me, and I've remembered it."

Zhou Xing is usually unreasonable, but he was restrained tonight.

He couldn't afford to offend any of the people in front of him.

No matter how much the emperor trusted him, it would be useless if he allowed him to do whatever he wanted. He could not deal with so many high-ranking officials in the court.

Especially the scarred man who stood next to Li Cunxi and didn't say a word. If that man got angry and chopped off his head, the emperor might even send his entire clan to join in the fun.

"Alright, General Qiu, His Majesty allowed you to come, right?"

Li Cunxi laughed and changed the subject.

Qiu Shenji's body trembled, and he said hurriedly:

"Yes, Your Majesty, the King of Qin, His Majesty has ordered us to come and assist Your Majesty in solving the case and to prepare for tomorrow's defense."

"I have brought with me one thousand soldiers of the Left Jinwu Guard. All of them can be placed under the command of General Huan."

"That's great." Li Cunxi narrowed his eyes. "But there was a fire here. You came at the perfect time. We can take a look at what happened here."

……

A fast horse galloped into the capital and arrived at the gate of Luoyang.

After looking at the token, the guard on duty chose to let the internal guard into Luoyang City.

Not long after, the internal guard entered the palace and met the emperor under the guidance of General Hu Jinghui of the Qianniu Guard.

"You should be in Hanguang Temple, not here."

"Yes, Your Majesty, a great event has occurred, and I must return to report to you."

The guard took off his hood, revealing his bald head and white beard on his chin.

This was Jingkong who was slashed by Wang Xiaojie. He did not report Li Cunxi and Wang Xiaojie's misdeeds, but just told what happened in Hanguang Temple in one breath.

Finally, he told Wu Zetian about the fire in the small courtyard where Huaiyi lived, and only then did he stop.

"So, what you're saying is that the person who killed the inner guard and replaced him might be related to the person who set fire to the yard?"

After a while, Wu Zetian narrowed her eyes and asked.

"Your Majesty, that's exactly what I thought. Even though His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin wasn't very polite to me, I'm sure he could see that."

"I believe that the person secretly imprisoned in the basement of Hanguang Temple is no longer safe."