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

Chapter 378 Tribulation

Xu Xi is the most powerful official of this dynasty besides Yuan Tiangang. He loves whoever he wants. If you make me angry, you won’t be able to find a replacement for me.

Under the banner of being the only official of the Imperial Observatory who could replace Yuan Tiangang, Xu Xi had no connections with anyone in the court.

Since the brothers Li Xian and Li Dan succeeded to the throne and were deposed until today, Xu Xi has never openly sided with any faction in the court.

He even dared to express his disloyalty to Wu Zetian.

In other words, he was not loyal to any specific emperor, he just did what the emperor said.

Logically speaking, the emperor would definitely kill such a person, but there was no one in the world who could replace Xu Xi. The former imperial teacher Wang Zhiyuan said he couldn't do the job after staying in the Imperial Observatory for only three days, let alone others.

Therefore, the few people in this dynasty who can angrily criticize any faction in the cracks are all concentrated in the wanton and reckless faction headed by Xu Xi.

The reckless faction, this name was given by Li Cunxi, mainly because he envied Xu Xi's character.

This has gone a bit off topic, so let's go back to the beginning. Apart from Xu Xi's group of people, whether they are officials from the capital or local officials, they are basically all people from various factions. Those high-ranking officials want to consolidate their positions, so they will spare no effort to help their disciples climb up.

Speaking of this, we have to mention Li Ling Zeng Tai.

After following Di Renjie for only about six years, he was promoted from magistrate of Huzhou County to governor of Liangzhou.

To say that he is capable enough is pure bullshit. It was just Di Renjie who kept recommending him.

For someone like Lin Yongzhong, even if he made mistakes as a governor in the future, as long as Li Cunxi was willing, Wu Zetian would transfer Lin Yongzhong to another large state as governor with just a written document.

Gradually returning to the present, Li Cunxi and Lin Yongzhong shook hands vigorously and said:

"Uncle, listen to me."

"No matter what happens in the future, don't even think about embarrassing me."

"All you have to do is to keep your position and do your best to absorb any knowledge you can find while in office."

"Whether you are a governor or not, this sentence applies."

"If you become a governor, don't try to use your abilities to achieve merit. All you have to do is protect yourself."

"At that point, I don't ask for any merit, but I just ask for no fault. When I'm at the top, it won't be too late to promote you."

Li Cunxi's words came from the bottom of his heart.

Xue Qinglin was stunned for just a moment before he understood the subtle meaning in Li Cunxi's words.

The Wu Zhou Dynasty is now in chaos. It is difficult to achieve any results in such a troubled time. If something unexpected happens, Li Cunxi will be embarrassed.

Xue Qinglin bowed and said:

“Cunxi, don’t worry. I’ve remembered what you said today. No matter what position I’m in, I will do my best to absorb knowledge so that when you give me a chance in the future, I can grasp it firmly.”

Seeing that Xue Qinglin understood, Li Cunxi nodded contentedly.

"Uncle, since you know what I mean, that's good. I will definitely give it a try, and my chances of winning are very high."

"The enemies we killed these days are nothing but rotten fish and shrimps. Our real thieves are in the court. Uncle, please keep yourself useful and wait for the right time, place and people."

……

Late at night, an urgent document came out of Xunyang County, Jiangzhou, and went to the capital city of Luoyang.

After galloping for only fifty miles on the official road, the horse suddenly stumbled and a hemp rope protruded from the ground, tripping the horse.

The knight on horseback was also a frequent horse rider. The moment he realized that his horse had stumbled, he immediately jumped up, rolled on the ground, and rolled onto the official road.

Without thinking too much, the knight immediately stood up and reached for the scabbard at his waist.

Suddenly, a figure appeared beside the knight, holding a 1.3-meter-long sword with a slender arm stretched out and placed the sword on the knight's neck.

In order to force the knight to surrender, the long sword blade that could cut hair had already cut open some skin on the knight's neck.

"who are you?"

The knight felt a chill on his neck and asked through gritted teeth.

"You don't need to worry about who we are. You just need to know that from now on, you will no longer be the one delivering the letter, and... who wrote this letter to whom?"

The gibbon-like black shadow asked in a deep baritone voice with clear pronunciation.

"This letter is for your Majesty, asking your Majesty to order Lord Li, the Shao Yin of Henan Prefecture, to kill less people, so as not to harm the harmony of heaven."

The knight said cautiously.

"lie!"

"Tomorrow is another execution day. Even if you run around day and night, you won't be able to get an imperial decree tomorrow!"

"Tell me, who are you?"

The gibbon yelled, his eyes full of anger.

"Humph, shouldn't I be the one asking you this? You're robbing people late at night, do you dare to tell me your name?"

"Don't worry about who I am. Tell the truth quickly, or I will kill you without a burial place!"

"Humph, you are so stupid, are you qualified to ask who I am?"

"Damn it!"

The gibbon slashed with his sword and cut off the knight's head.

The subordinates who were hiding in the bushes by the roadside came forward one after another and took out a document from the knight.

One of the men polished the flint and lit a torch. In the light of the fire, Gibbon opened the document and looked through it.

"Damn it!"

"Wrong person killed!"

"We are family!"

The gibbon cried out in pain before he finished reading.

This document was sent by an official in Jiangzhou through his family guards. It was intended to be given to Wu Sansi, the Prince of Liang, so that Wu Sansi would recommend officials to Wu Zetian to take up the posts in Jiangzhou.

The official who tipped off Wu Sansi was found to be related to the six thieves this evening. He has been secretly arrested and thrown into jail. He will be beheaded tomorrow.

The knight whose head was chopped off was traveling at night, probably because he didn't want to be seen. He just left home too early and didn't know that his master had been captured.

He was unlucky again outside and was killed by a gibbon.

The gibbon looked up and down again and again, and became more and more annoyed.

"Damn it. When I go back, King Liang will definitely scold me, saying that I am more of a hindrance than a help."

The gibbon was walking around with a very ugly expression.

More than a dozen subordinates looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

After about a quarter of an hour, the gibbon still had no idea what to do, so he had to turn his attention to the brothers around him.

"What do you think I should do?"

A small man poked his head out and tried to say:

"Boss, how about we send this letter back so that we can report to His Royal Highness Prince Liang?"

The gibbon glared at the smaller man with a ferocious look on his face.

"Are you stupid?"

"When we came out, His Royal Highness Prince Liang had already said that if we couldn't kill Li Cunxi, we were absolutely not allowed to go back, otherwise he would chop off our heads. Now you say you want to go back, aren't you courting death?"

Everyone was unhappy and their emotions were extremely unstable.