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

Chapter 756 Returning to Luoyang and Entering the Palace to Meet the Emperor

The news of Li Cunxi's return to the court was widely rumored in the capital, but after one night, suddenly no one mentioned it anymore.

As soon as the hour of Chen arrived, two carriages followed the crowded crowd into Luoyang city.

Outside the South Gate, the Qianniu Guard Cavalry entered Luoyang City under the leadership of Gao Huan.

Li Cunxi used the strategy of "making a feint to the east and attacking in the west" and asked Xuguzi to drive his carriage back to the Prince of Qin's Mansion. He himself sat in Wu Yanhao's carriage and entered the Taichu Palace with his good brothers.

Lu Tong, the future General of the Left Jinwu Guard, bowed to Li Cunxi, who had half of his face exposed, and then asked someone to make way for him.

The carriage stopped smoothly outside Taichu Palace. Li Cunxi and others quickly got off the carriage, not daring to stay. Under the guidance of Lu Tong, they went straight to the study in Shangyang Palace.

Wu Zetian, who had been waiting for a long time, finally saw Li Cunxi's return and couldn't stop smiling.

"Your Majesty, I, Li Cunxi, pay my respects to you."

Li Cunxi bowed to the emperor with great sincerity.

Li Yuanfang, Wu Yanhao and Lu Dayou followed suit and lowered their heads.

"Everyone please get up quickly."

Wu Zetian's wrinkles were almost piled up together due to her laughter.

"Cunxi, you are truly my lucky general!"

"The snake spirit that has disturbed the peace of the Great Zhou for many years was easily destroyed by you. This truly makes me happy."

"How is the situation in Liuzhou? Tell me quickly."

Wu Zetian sat on the chair, waiting for Li Cunxi to speak.

Li Cunxi immediately recounted the fabricated conspiracy between inside and outside.

This set of rhetoric also appeared in the document he was about to submit, as well as in the document that Wen Kai privately delivered to Luoyang.

Recalling Wen Kai's words and listening to Li Cunxi's story again, Wu Zetian knew that everything matched up.

Kui Wenzhong, along with Kui Hui, Xiao Mei and Xiao Feng, joined forces with the imperial guards to break into the Snake Spirit headquarters. Xiao Mei personally pushed Yuan Tiangang off the stone wall, and Kui Wenzhong killed Jin Mulan.

Everything clicked.

"Cunxi, do I still have some questions?"

Wu Zetian spoke with a smile.

"Your Majesty, please speak. I will tell you everything I know."

Li Cunxi said respectfully.

Wu Zetian nodded and asked the first question: "What is the relationship between Xiao Mei, Xiao Feng and Xiao Qingfang?"

The first one was a fatal question. When Wu Zetian saw the two names, she knew that Xiao Qingfang must be involved.

Sure enough, she soon saw Li Cunxi speak.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Mei and her twin sister Xiao Feng are related as aunt and niece."

"Their mother is Xiao Qingfang's sister."

"Of course, rather than talking about the relationship between the three, it's better to say that these people have another common identity."

Wu Zetian's curiosity was aroused, and she tilted her head and asked with a smile:

“What other identities do they have in common?”

Li Cunxi said seriously: "They are from Concubine Xiao Shu's clan."

Wu Zetian's smile froze on her face.

In fact, she should have thought of this.

She can change other people's names and surnames at will, so why can't these people change themselves?

Xiao and Xiao have the same sound, but the characters are changed.

"I killed their aunt, so why are they willing to join forces to defeat the Snake Spirit?"

Wu Zetian's mood quickly returned to normal and she continued asking.

In response to this, Li Cunxi said respectfully:

"Your Majesty is a wise and benevolent ruler, an emperor unprecedented in history. He has educated the people and has also influenced these snake spirits."

"Moreover, they are not bad-tempered, but are born into contact with filth, which is why they are stained by the mire."

"When your majesty's glory shines, their hearts will be bathed in the sunshine again, and they will do their utmost to serve the court."

Wu Zetian was flattered a lot, and even if it was deliberate, it was enough to make her laugh non-stop.

"Cunxi, ah Cunxi, you are just saying nice things to fool me."

"what?"

"Don't learn these things from your uncle. I like to hear this, but I like to hear other things even more."

"Tell me again, Jin Mulan, what's going on?"

Wu Zetian skipped over Xiao Mei and Xiao Feng and mentioned the beginning of everything, Jin Mulan in the Youzhou case.

Back then, it was because of the Youzhou case that she called Di Renjie back to Luoyang after he had been posted abroad for three years.

It was also in that year that Li Cunxi followed Di Renjie back to Luoyang. She met the eighth son of Duke Huang for the first time, and the two of them had a relationship as monarch and subject.

"Your Majesty, Jin Mulan is a very sinister person. It was not until this time in Liuzhou that I learned that during the Youzhou case, Jin Mulan had never appeared even once."

"The Jin Mulan we killed in the past was actually a substitute for the real Jin Mulan. It wasn't until the Snake Spirit Altar that I first saw Jin Mulan."

"The real Jin Mulan is a middle-aged woman around 40 years old, which is completely different from our usual perception of Jin Mulan."

Upon hearing this, Wu Zetian also began to feel some resentment towards her former rival, Jin Mulan.

The well-known Youzhou case shocked the Great Zhou Dynasty. If the bandit leader Jin Mulan and other traitors had not been killed, the imperial court would have been discredited long ago.

Now I know that Jin Mulan never showed up at all.

If Jin Mulan appears again, the court will lose face as much as it did four years ago.

"It would be better if they died. It would be even better if Yuan Tiangang died. These two people have almost become a source of worry for me."

"Cunxi, you have performed a great service this time. Your brother Kui Wenzhong has also made great contributions. I would like to reward him."

"You can go back now. I will announce the reward at the court meeting tomorrow."

"When the time comes, we still have to go through the motions."

"You guys go back now."

……

In the palace of King Wei.

Wu Yizong took a sip of the fragrant tea and immediately shook his head.

"Chengsi, you really know how to enjoy life. You even want to drink the best tea."

"I really should have learned from you back then. After I made a ton of money, I semi-retired and stayed home, living a life of luxury and debauchery. No one would bother me."

"Now I'm stuck in the middle, I can't get out, I want to get out but I can't. I'm afraid one day I'll miss a step and fall to my death."

Wu Chengsi picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

"If tea can't stop you from talking, try some cakes."

If there was one, Wu Chengsi was too lazy to answer it and didn't want to answer it.

He chose to retire back then, and there were naturally his own reasons for that.

Moreover, Wu Yizong could have chosen to semi-retire with him, but Wu Yizong, like his foolish brother Wu Chengye, was unable to see the situation clearly and insisted on getting involved in the big dye vat.

Now that we can’t withdraw, are you anxious?

There's no use being anxious!

"Chengsi, Li Cunxi has reached the limit of his title. What do you think?"

Wu Yizong suddenly mentioned Li Cunxi for no reason.

Hearing this, Wu Chengsi looked straight ahead and watched the graceful dance of the beauty from the Western Regions carefully.

"Is there anything left to be awarded? Auntie can still choose to reward his brother and the others who accompanied him."

"The position of Princess Qin is still vacant."

"At worst, I can ask His Majesty for an imperial decree to marry a princess."