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

Chapter 500 Heading North Again

Today, the spring weather is bright and the sky is cloudless.

The imperial guards escorted three carriages northward, driven by Ma Rong, Lao Hei, and servants of Lu Dayou's family.

Leading the team in front were the Qianniu Guards’ leaders Zhang Huan and Li Lang, and at the end were the Qianniu Guards’ leaders Yang Fang and Ren Kuo.

100 Qianniu Guards were guarding around the three carriages, not daring to delay for even a second. The soldiers of the Imperial Guard followed behind the Qianniu Guards and just kept moving forward.

On the left and right of the leading carriage were Mo Ling and Ying Zi, and in the front of the carriage were Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui.

Hu Jinghui, the captain of the imperial guard, was issuing various orders in an orderly manner and at the same time sending four Qianniu guards to explore the way forward.

Li Cunxi sat sideways in the luxurious carriage at the head, with the agate inlaid on the Persian carpet under his buttocks pressing against his buttocks, and no matter how he sat on it, he felt it was too hard.

On both sides of him were Wu Yanhao and Lu Dayou sitting opposite each other.

Although both of them had their own carriages, they still squeezed over to Li Cunxi without any prior arrangement.

Lu Dayou had traveled extensively with Li Cunxi over the years and had seen a lot, but as soon as he got on the carriage, he began to touch the exquisite wine vessels that he had already played with countless times.

Wu Yanhao shook his head, took a sip of tea, as if he was drinking honey, and a happy smile spread across his face.

"I say, what are you two doing?"

"It must be tiring after such a long journey. It would be fine if you didn't go back to the carriage to have a good rest, but you squeezed in here with me instead."

Li Cunxi held his forehead and felt the agate hurting his butt, so he subconsciously moved his butt.

Such details naturally could not escape Wu Yanhao's eyes. Wu Yanhao took another sip of tea and said:

"I can't help it. My father gave you such a nice carriage. If I don't come and use it, it would ruin the relationship between us brothers."

Lu Dayou snorted twice. Although he didn't say it out loud, his meaning was very clear.

Who wouldn’t want to travel in a luxurious and comfortable carriage?

Although he was a high-ranking official of the dynasty, he was from a poor family after all and had little money to spend.

In the entire Zhou Dynasty, only the King of Wei had the leisure and financial resources to come up with the idea of ​​making the carriage more advanced.

Don’t you see, there is nothing in the Prince of Wei’s palace that would not be worth the wealth that a poor man would earn in half a lifetime?

Sitting in the carriage provided by the King of Wei, Lu Dayou sighed:

"It is better to be rich and noble after all."

"If I, Lu Dayou, were to ride in such a carriage back to Xiaolianzi Village, wouldn't the young and old men in the village be fascinated by it?"

"What a pity! I'm afraid that even the money I earn in my lifetime won't be enough to buy such a carriage."

After the fantasy, Lu Dayou returned to reality.

His annual salary, converted into silver, was only a little over one hundred taels of silver.

If he hadn't accepted bribes, he would never have been able to build such a carriage in his lifetime.

"Don't even mention you. Even for me, the son of the King of Wei, if my father doesn't give me money and I don't accept bribes, I probably won't be able to get a carriage inlaid with gold and silver in my lifetime."

Wu Yanhao learned his lesson and when he saw Li Cunxi reaching out to touch the agate, he immediately put down the tasteless wine in his hand and took out a jar of fine wine from a secret compartment at his side.

This was fruit wine given to Li Cunxi by an official. It was said that the nobles loved it very much.

The official also managed to get a bottle with great difficulty and presented it to Qiao Tai, who called himself "steward Ma Rong".

Qiao Tai received the gift and also gave Ma Rong a bad reputation, killing two birds with one stone and was extremely happy.

The next day, he was pulled out by Ma Rong for a sparring match while he was asleep. He was beaten all over the head and was released by Ma Rong only during breakfast.

In order to prevent Ma Rong, who had become a top-notch master, from beating him again, Qiao Tai offered the wine to Li Cunxi.

Out of respect for Li Cunxi, Ma Rong gave up and did not seek sparring with Qiao Tai for several days.

Now in Luoyang city, who doesn't know Ma Rong, the steward of Li Cunxi's house, who is a second-rank official, governor of Henan Province, Jinzi Guanglu doctor, and the head of all officials.

Whenever people mention Ma Rong, they will say that he is a beast in human clothing who is greedy, lustful, cruel, notorious, shameless, sycophantic, evil, and extremely vicious. He is also despicable, takes advantage of others for power, is heartless, and has shifty eyes.

Faced with this shameless villain who had committed so many evil deeds, the people of Luoyang wanted to curse him to his face.

Therefore, Ma Rong is now notorious and is considered worse than pigs and dogs in the eyes of others.

However, how could the world know that Ma Rong, the victim they scolded, actually only received a few things in total.

Most of the bribes went into the pockets of Qiao Tai and Xu Gu Zi.

It's no wonder that Ma Rong would pick on Qiao Tai for no reason. He was really made notorious by Qiao Tai and Guiguzi, so he had no choice but to fight back.

Recalling how Ma Rong had beaten up Qiao Tai not long ago, Li Cunxi couldn't help laughing out loud.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I smell the aroma of wine, do you want to have a sip?"

Wu Yanhao had just asked Lu Dayou to find a wine cup when he heard Li Cunxi laughing and asked.

"Nothing, I just thought about the accident caused by this jar of wine." Li Cunxi wiped his face, "Pour me a bowl too, so I can taste the wine you nobles drink."

"The accident caused by this jar of wine?" Wu Yanhao leaned over to pour the wine. "My father likes to drink this kind of wine. You can get it, unless someone gives it to you as a bribe."

"Yes, you guessed right. It was indeed given by someone else."

"You just mentioned the word accident. We have been together these days, and there has been no accident. The person who accepted the bribe in your family is Ma Rong, the housekeeper, and the two people who used the alias of Ma Rong..."

Wu Yanhao guessed most of it and immediately laughed out loud.

"I was saying that recently there have been rumors in Luoyang that the steward of the Henan Prefecture Governor Li's family accepted bribes. They all said that Steward Ma was corrupt and abused his power. It turned out that those two took the bribes."

After spending a long time with Ma Rong, Wu Yanhao inevitably gained a deeper understanding of this scholar-like martial artist.

In Wu Yanhao's opinion, leaving aside his identity as the leader of the Baihelin bandits, Ma Rong is an elegant man who has gotten rid of vulgar tastes.

Is it reasonable for such a person to accept bribes at all costs?

This is certainly not reasonable.

Therefore, the culprit for Ma Rong's recent disgrace must be the two people in power in the Li Mansion.

Ma Rong, who was driving the carriage, naturally heard the voices inside and almost burst into tears.

He became notorious because of the two big scammers Qiao Tai and Xuguzi, but he didn't expect that there were still other people who knew his helplessness.

"Oh, Ma Rong can only endure it. If it were me, I would squat beside Qiao Tai's bed every night and stare at him."

"Even if I don't fuck him, I'll scare him to death."

Li Cunxi leaned back and chatted and laughed with Wu Yanhao and Lu Dayou.

Ma Rong had very sensitive hearing and he immediately understood what was going on. He decided to give it a try after he came back.

Wu Yanhao poured three bowls of wine and handed one bowl out.

"Cunxi, take a sip, this wine is delicious."