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

Chapter 779 Eyebrows

It took a long time before the fire was put out.

Everyone entered the Inner Guard Palace and searched for some clues in the scorching air.

But they were destined to be disappointed. Apart from the charred bodies of the internal guards and outsiders, there was basically nothing valuable on the ground.

Of course, these were just a look along the way, and no one intended to find any clues here.

The shadow who came to the palace to report to the emperor came with Phoenix. After seeing everyone looking for clues, Phoenix hesitated to speak.

Huang Shengyan noticed Fenghuang's embarrassment and opened his mouth with difficulty: "Your Majesty..."

Fenghuang took out an imperial edict from her arms, but without unfolding it to read, she handed it directly to Huang Shengyan.

"Grand Lord, His Majesty has issued an edict. Please read it yourself. I will... not read it out."

Huang Shengyan felt a pain in his heart, thinking that he was doomed this time.

Everyone's attention was drawn to Huang Shengyan and Fenghuang, and they looked towards where they were. Huang Shengyan, under tremendous pressure, unfolded the imperial edict.

There were only a few words on the imperial edict.

"Sheng Yan, I forgive the entire Inner Guards for their innocence. However, within three days, you must assist the King of Qin, the King of Wei, and the Duke of Liang in solving this case. Otherwise, starting with you, you will be the first to commit suicide, one by one, every day."

Huang Shengyan's eyes suddenly filled with tears, and he knelt down on the hot ground with a thud.

The strong-willed Huang Shengyan burst into tears, holding the imperial edict, which he treasured like a treasure, tightly in his arms, and tears fell like a flood.

"Your Majesty, even if I die a thousand times, I, Huang Shengyan, will never be able to repay your kindness. If this case cannot be resolved within three days, I am willing to die outside the gates of the Inner Guard House with my wife and children!"

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"Huaiying, I summoned you here in the middle of the night because I have a difficult reason that I must tell you."

"Your Majesty, could it be that the fire broke out in the Inner Guard House?"

"You old man, you got the news really quickly. It's true. Someone attacked the Inner Guard House from both inside and outside, rescued their target, and then burned it down."

"Your Majesty, the Inner Guard is filled with experts, how could this be possible?"

"The Inner Guards are indeed filled with experts, but Mo Ling and his men are no match for four. You may not know that Mo Ling, the next Grand Master I appointed, single-handedly fought against more than ten experts and ultimately prevailed."

"I've heard a thing or two about the Demon Spirit Pavilion Leader. When Cun Xi was touring various counties, he was always by his side, so his safety was never a concern."

"Yes, a person like this was so tired that he ended up sitting on the corpse and couldn't get up for a long time."

Shangyang Palace, Imperial Study.

Wu Zetian sat behind the desk, talking to Di Renjie, who was already seated, about what happened tonight.

"Your Majesty, do you know who those people rescued?"

"I don't know, but Cunxi thinks that to support hundreds of deadpools, they must be at least rank five or above. Otherwise, the salary will definitely not be enough."

Wu Zetian wrote on rice paper, intending to calm her heart for a while.

But she always felt that there was a fire in her heart, rushing towards her crown unhindered.

Every time a major case occurs, the Internal Security Bureau will definitely suffer huge losses.

At the very least, one or two cabinet leaders would die on the spot.

But this time it was too much. The headquarters of the Inner Guard was burned down, and we still don’t know who the murderer is.

Di Renjie thought carefully for a moment before stroking his beard and saying, "Your Majesty, how many officials of the fifth rank or above are there in the Inner Guard?"

As Wu Zetian wrote, she said, "Wu Sansi, Zong Chuke."

"Your Majesty, what crime did Zong Chuke commit?"

"He's corrupt and accepting bribes." Wu Zetian revealed an expression that was difficult to describe. "I placed him in the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, thinking he would shine, but he failed to live up to my expectations."

Everyone in the court, both civil and military officials, knew that Zong Qinke was a man of Qin Wang Li Cunxi, and Zong Chuke, like his brother, was also a man of Li Cunxi.

A person like him, as long as he can hold on until Li Cunxi ascends the throne, will sooner or later achieve great things.

Even if it was corruption and bribery, it would not be too late to wait until he got to a high position. However, Zong Chuke's corruption and bribery, if exposed, would not only implicate Zong Qinke, but also ruin Li Cunxi's reputation.

This is why no one knew that Zong Chuke was arrested, because the emperor wanted to conceal the matter and hand it over to Li Cunxi to deal with later.

"Your Majesty, Cunxi would never instruct Zong Chuke to embezzle or accept bribes."

"I know this clearly, which is why I secretly imprisoned Zong Chuke because I was afraid someone in the court would want to slander Cunxi."

"Your Majesty is truly a wise ruler," Di Renjie flattered him at the right moment. "But I wonder who is investigating this case?"

"It was Chengsi, Cunxi, and Yanhao. For some reason, the three of them went to the Inner Guard House late at night and stumbled upon this matter. They then had Shadow report it to me, and I only just learned of it."

Wu Zetian's expression suddenly turned dark.

As soon as she mentioned the incident at the Inner Guard House, she felt very bad.

The Internal Guard Bureau was a large institution in the imperial court after all, and it was an institution that only needed to report to her. Yet, when such a place was attacked and flooded, no one went to rescue it.

What chilled her the most was that the Bad Guys did not go to put out the fire.

"Your Majesty, with Cunxi, the Prince of Wei, and the Duke of Liang there, this case will surely be solved within ten days."

"Well, since they've already made some progress, I'm relieved. But Huang Shengyan has suffered this blow, and I'm afraid he won't be able to recover for some time."

Huang Shengyan joined the Imperial Guards at about the same time as Xiao Qingfang, and both of them were the emperor's right-hand men.

In terms of status in the emperor's heart, Xiao Qingfang is better than Huang Shengyan, but Xiao Qingfang's wolfish ambitions have let the emperor down. After this, the person the emperor trusts the most is Huang Shengyan.

Even if she sent someone to keep an eye on Huang Shengyan, it would be difficult to refute her level of trust in Huang Shengyan.

Huang Shengyan had gotten into a lot of trouble before, and she had suppressed it all by herself. This time was no exception.

In order to make Huang Shengyan understand her thoughts, she gave him three days when there were clear clues in the case.

But, can the combination of Wu Chengsi, Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao really take three days to solve the case?

"Huaiying, these days, you should take good care of the government affairs in the court and the affairs of the Secretariat. You and Jianzhi should also help Mi Qing."

"I will certainly do my best."

Wenchang Zuo Xiang went to the Internal Guard House to investigate a case, while Wenchang You Xiang was in prison, and his life or death was unknown after the fire.

Now, as long as we can be sure who was rescued between Wu Sansi and Zong Chuke, we can basically determine who the mysterious mastermind is.

You know, the one who connected the five Turkic Dulu tribes and the Khitan warlike faction was the mysterious prince of the Wu family.

At this time, the Secretariat must remain stable.

Mi Qing, the Shangshu Zuocheng, was young and could not intimidate everyone like Wu Chengsi.