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

Chapter 742 Arrival in Liuzhou, Arrangements

After all, he was a famous prime minister during the Wu Zhou Dynasty and was very meticulous.

In just a few moments, he found a new clue.

"It seems that we need to investigate more than just the remaining members of the Snake Spirit in Luozhou."

"We must also investigate why these wind riders are enemies of the snake spirits."

"The most important thing is, apart from the Thousand Ox Guards, the Inner Guards, the Snake Spirit Killers, and the Wind Riders, who was the last group of forces here last night? Who else could it be?"

Hu Jinghui stood aside, listening to Wu Chengsi's mumbling, and felt a chill on his back.

"Is this the ability of the ministers?"

He was secretly shocked.

When Wu Chengsi arrived at the scene, within the time it took to stick up an incense stick, he immediately deduced that there were five groups of forces here last night.

As for the forces that participated in the siege of the Snake Spirit Killer last night, apart from the Inner Guards and Qianniu Guards who were surrounded and killed by the Snake Spirit Killer, there were indeed two other forces.

One group is the Wind Riders, and the other is the New Iron Hands.

"Let's go and investigate somewhere else."

"The two groups attacked the Snake Spirit Killer in the mountains and forests. They must have left behind some clues that they themselves failed to notice."

"If we look carefully, we might be able to find some clues."

……

It was five days later when Li Cunxi arrived in Liuzhou on horseback.

While he was on the road, he also heard the news from the court. Di Renjie and Wu Chengsi investigated for several days, but in the end they did not find any useful clues.

Of course, it’s not that no clues were found.

Di Renjie found out that the dead were not unwilling to escape or unwilling to ask for help, but had been unconscious from the beginning and had no way to ask for help.

Wu Chengsi also found out that after the Snake Spirit Killer ambushed the Inner Guards that night, he was ambushed by two other groups of forces. The identity of one of the groups could be determined to be the elite cavalry of the former Turks, the Wind Riders.

There were only clues but no follow-up investigation plan, which made Wu Zetian extremely angry. She directly announced that she would investigate the matter to the end.

But this has nothing to do with Li Cunxi. At this moment, he was in Qingyang Inn in Liuzhou, and met Xiaomei's confidant Wu Xiang for the first time.

"Meet His Highness King Qin!"

Wu Xiang was overwhelmed and knelt down to pay homage to Li Cunxi.

This was the first time he met Li Cunxi, but it was not the first time he worked for Li Cunxi. He originally thought that a man should stand up straight when meeting his boss, but he did not expect that he could not help but kneel down when he saw Li Cunxi.

"I remember you. When we were suppressing the anti-military forces, you went to Luozhou with Sister Xiaomei."

Li Cunxi reached out and helped Wu Xiang up.

Wu Xiang was deeply moved: "I never thought that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin would know a small figure like me. I am truly honored."

"Hey, you've done things for me before, and you're Sister Xiaomei's confidant, how could I not remember your name?"

After all, Wu Xiang was a well-known figure in the second part of Shen Di, so Li Cunxi certainly remembered him.

"Where's Sister Xiaomei?"

"The Hall Master is not here, but at the main altar. Your Highness, Prince Qin, please wait for a moment. I will close the door and take Your Highness to the main altar."

Wu Xiang was also a down-to-earth person. He said he was going to close the door to visitors, and after leaving the room, he really refused all the guests who wanted to stay in the hotel. He also refunded the money of those who had eaten there, and persuaded all the guests to leave.

Then he took Li Cunxi out of Maping County under the pretext of returning to his hometown.

The seat of Liuzhou is Maping County, where Qingyang Inn is located.

In Maping County, Li Cunxi had another assistant who had already known about Li Cunxi's arrival.

This person was Wen Kai, the governor of Liuzhou. As his name suggested, he was gentle as jade, fair and open-minded.

In the world of Shen Di, this person's ability, courage, and skills are far stronger than the Licking Spirit Zeng Tai.

Especially in terms of language skills, Wen Kai has an ability that Zeng Tai can hardly reach, that is, he can flatter people without making people feel that he is flattering them.

Therefore, the audience distinguished him from Zeng Tai's flattering behavior and called him Ping Ling.

At this moment, at the provincial governor's office in Maping County, Wu Yanhao and Lu Dayou had already arrived for a long time.

After communicating with Wen Kai, Wen Kai immediately bowed in the direction of Luozhou.

"Your Highness the Prince of Qin, Your Highness the Duke of Liang, and Doctor Lu have all arrived, and with His Majesty's decree, Wen Kai will never dare to neglect it!"

"Besides, Wen Kai has long admired His Royal Highness Prince Qin's methods of solving cases, so he has worked hard to learn them and applied them in his investigations, benefiting greatly."

"Your Highness Prince Qin, it's not an exaggeration to say that you are the mentor that Wen Kai has never met."

"Now, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin needs Wen Kai. What else can Wen Kai say? He will go through water and fire. Wen Kai will never refuse!"

Wu Yanhao was very satisfied.

"That's what Governor Wen said."

He looked at Wen Kai with a smile again and changed the subject:

"Liuzhou is just a small prefecture, with a registered population of less than 10,000. It's a waste of talent for Governor Wen to be the governor of Liuzhou."

"My Lord, please advise Governor Wen a few words here. If this case is handled well, Governor Wen will have great favor with us and even with His Majesty the Prince of Qin."

Wu Yanhao stretched his neck forward and deliberately moved closer to Wen Kai.

"By then, even if Governor Wen is transferred to Shangzhou and appointed as a third-rank official, that wouldn't be a bad idea!"

Wen Kai immediately stood up and bowed.

“I’d like to be the big bird that soars on the wind!”

"That's perfect." Wu Yanhao clapped his hands with a smile. "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is currently in Liuzhou, conducting an investigation. We have come here first to await news. Governor Wen can stay for a few days and wait for His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin to return."

……

Under the cover of night, in Dayang Mountain.

Li Cunxi came to Kui Wenzhong's residence, and the two brothers drank and talked happily. After drinking three or five cups, they set off for Tuoladi.

More than an hour later, Yuan Tiangang, who had been rescued only a day or two ago, finally had his first meal in seven hours.

The white-haired Yuan Tiangang looked down at the black steamed bun in the broken bowl and didn't really want to reach out and eat it.

"Is this how you treat me, your old master?"

Yuan Tiangang was very unhappy. He sat in the cell and watched Li Qingxia drinking and having fun outside.

In response, Li Qingxia did not react at all, but continued to drink one sip after another.

Liuzhou is poor and the wine it brews is not very tasty, but this is the only wine available here, and there is no other wine to drink if you don’t drink this.

In the past few years in Liuzhou, Li Qingxia has become accustomed to drinking this kind of not very tasty wine.

"I just want to say this: if you can eat, eat. If you can't, starve to death."

Li Qingxia was originally a princess, but she ended up in her current situation for the sake of the Snake Spirit cause. Although she had her own reasons, women are always unreasonable when facing men.

Especially towards the old man Yuan Tiangang.

Therefore, when he thought about his current life, his resentment towards Yuan Tiangang rose to the top of his head.

"If you don't want to eat it, forget it. Come, take the steamed buns away and give them to the brothers."