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

Chapter 533: Han Canal Boat Capsize Case

By now, Li Cunxi had to admit that as he held a high position, everyone had to look up to him.

The big shots who were previously out of his reach now became his equals.

Jili Khan's two sons were both his nephews. Sun Wanrong's son was in his thirties and still called him uncle.

All of this stems from the improvement of his status.

Within a few days, the Khitan envoy left Luoyang and returned to Khitan to report. Li Cunxi's journey began again. This time, he was also on a tour of inspection on behalf of the emperor, and he really traveled around.

However, the night before the tour, Li Cunxi appeared outside the Taichu Palace, glanced at the patrolling General Lu Tong of the Left Jinwu Guard, and said:

"I want to see the emperor."

Lu Tong bowed and led Li Cunxi into Taichu Palace and went straight to Ganlu Palace.

Not long after, in the cold Ganlu Palace, Li Cunxi bowed to Wu Zetian lying on the dragon bed.

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

"No gift."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Wu Zetian held her chin and tilted her face as she said, "Today is a grand court meeting. I hope you heard that the official salt shipped by the court to Huaiyang capsized twice in the Han Canal."

Li Cunxi naturally knew the specific reasons why the salt ship capsized twice.

But this kind of thing cannot be said out loud no matter what, otherwise it would seem that there is some ulterior motive.

Even the emperor didn't know about this, so how could he know it as he was just the head of an official?

"It seems that you were a little too soundly asleep at the time and you can't remember what happened."

Wu Zetian thought that Li Cunxi was sleeping soundly at the time and didn't hear anything about it.

He immediately handed the document handed over by Li Han, the doctor of the Water Department, to Li Cunxi for him to take a look.

Li Cunxi, who had already remembered what happened, didn't want to offend Wu Zetian, so he took it and took a look.

In just a cup of tea, Li Cunxi put down the documents and raised his head with a serious look.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there's something wrong."

"What problem do you mean? Is it Li Han's problem or the salt ship's problem?"

"If what Lord Li said is true, then the problem is in the Han Canal section. It has become overgrown with reefs due to years of disrepair. This reason does not make sense to me."

"Why is it unreasonable?" Wu Zetian asked again.

Li Cunxi frowned, thinking quickly about how to respond.

"Of course there was more than one salt transport fleet. One of the biggest doubts is that all of them sank and no one survived."

"Secondly, the boatmen who guard the canal under the Canal Transport Office receive the canal protection salary every year but fail to clean the canal in time. Is this reasonable?"

"Third, the salt ship hit a reef and sank, but the official salt in it was never salvaged. Even though the ship hit a reef, why didn't they rescue people and salvage the salt? This is also one of the biggest doubts."

Wu Zetian nodded and said:

"So I have been waiting for you tonight, hoping that you can help me solve my problems as usual."

"You are so similar to Di Huaiying from a few years ago. No matter what difficult case it was, it would be easily solved as long as Di Huaiying stepped in."

"Now, Di Huaiying has been in the court for a long time, helping me stabilize the political situation, while you are solving cases outside and helping the Great Zhou get rid of the internal pests. Both uncle and nephew have made great contributions."

"This time, you will lead them again. It's up to you to decide who to follow."

Li Cunxi knelt down on both knees and kowtowed three times to Wu Zetian.

The feud between him and the Iron Hand Group started more than two years ago. Yuan Qi tried to assassinate him several times, and he really deserved to die.

If it weren't for the smooth progress of certain things, Li Cunxi would have let this idiot die in the mist and rain of Yangzhou long ago.

Now, we have to deal with this incredibly stupid pig in Yangzhou after all.

"Your Majesty, I, Li Cunxi, am willing to devote my life to your majesty until my death!"

"I don't want you to die. I want you to live and solve all the problems for me."

"I accept your order!"

……

The next day, Hu Jinghui appeared at the General's Mansion of Qianniu Guard, handed over the defense to General Huan Bin of Qianniu Guard, and prepared to leave.

"We must take good care of Duke Qin on this trip, and be careful when you act."

Huan Bin reminded as he started to assign Hu Jinghui's defense to other people.

That naive face exuded a sense of great intelligence from beginning to end.

However, the real him is still not revealed to outsiders.

"I know."

Hu Jinghui responded and turned to leave the General Qianniuwei Mansion.

He walked out of the General Qianniuwei Mansion and saw Li Cunxi's luxurious carriage at a glance. He chuckled, led a horse, and followed the side of Li Cunxi's carriage.

Ma Rong drove forward and took everyone to the Neiwei Palace.

The next Grand Master of the Inner Guard, Mo Ling, and Master Yingzi, have packed their things. This trip to Yangzhou is of utmost importance and there is no way they will be absent.

The seven-member group was reunited at a joyous moment, with only one person missing: General Li Yuanfang, the Inspector of the Thousand Bull Guards.

"This is weird. We have already made an appointment, why hasn't Brother Yuan Fang come out to meet us yet?"

The carriage drove to the outside of Li Yuanfang's mansion. Wu Yanhao held his chin with his hand, looking at the closed door, with a puzzled look on his face.

After waiting for another two cups of tea, Li Cunxi signaled Shadow to knock on the door.

Unexpectedly, the door of Li Yuanfang's mansion suddenly opened. The housekeeper looked up and saw that the carriages were outside the door. He hurriedly led the horses out from the side door, smiling.

"Your Highness, Duke Qin, my general went to bed late last night. He just woke up and is still having breakfast. He will be here soon, very soon."

Sure enough, before Li Cunxi opened his mouth, he noticed Li Yuanfang, wearing armor and biting a steamed bun, striding out of the door.

The sharp-eyed Hu Jinghui noticed the red mark on Li Yuanfang's neck at a glance. He was familiar with that mark.

"Isn't Yuan Fang a serious person? Why is he like this?" Hu Jinghui sighed.

"A decent man must marry her and then do that?" Wu Yanhao smiled with his head tilted.

"That's true... No, Yanhao, where did you get that from?"

"I did not say anything."

Li Yuanfang hurriedly mounted his horse and waved his hand.

"Let's go."

Li Cunxi, who was ready to cause trouble, was no longer in a hurry. He took a sip of tea and asked:

"Not waiting for Miss Su?"

Li Yuanfang felt embarrassed and didn't dare to say anything. He had to use his usual skills and kept a stern face so that no one could see his emotions.

Four knights escorted a carriage out of Luoyang, heading east.

When they reached the bank of Luoshui River, they saw a carriage waiting in front of them for a long time, but no one was there. Only a man in his thirties held his head high and looked at the turbulent water of Luoshui River.

"Li Han, the doctor of the Water Department." Hu Jinghui recognized the other person at a glance.

"It seems that His Majesty sent him to help."

Li Cunxi lifted the curtain of the carriage, bent over and left the carriage with the help of Ma Rong.

Wu Yanhao and Lu Dayou followed behind and went to where Li Han was.

Hearing the voice, Li Han turned around and bowed quickly.

"I am Li Han, the doctor of the Ministry of Water Resources, and I pay my respects to Duke Qin, Junior Yin Wu, and Doctor Lu!"