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

Chapter 218 Xuguzi and Wu Xiang

"Well, I do have two coins, enough to buy you a spring roll each."

Li Yuanfang complained, "A spring roll, Cunxi, you can't learn from Lord Di. When I was with Lord Di, we ate noodles for every meal, and we always had a spring roll for lunch."

"My uncle is used to being frugal. Besides, if it doesn't taste good, it would be a big loss to buy it." Li Cunxi said as he walked.

"You sound like Brother Zeng Tai said this."

"I don't care. If you are treating us, Yuan Fang and I should get at least two spring rolls each."

"Brother Jinghui, don't say that. What if the fried spring rolls don't taste good? Wouldn't that be a waste?"

"Cunxi, please don't learn from my father."

People were walking and talking on the street. There were not many pedestrians on the road. The vendors had already set up their stalls. The roadside shops were open, and a wide variety of goods were displayed on the shelves.

In terms of prosperity, Luoyang and Chang'an are not much different. The northern capital Taiyuan cannot compare with the eastern and western capitals because the northern capital Taiyuan is close to the border and wars may occur from time to time.

Once the war breaks out, if Taiyuan is affected in any way, its development may be set back by several years.

Although it was not the first time that Li Cunxi came to Luoyang, he once received Tao Gan who came to steal at night at the Home Inn in Luoyang. That night, Ma Rongjia and Qiao Tai almost beat Tao Gan to death. They beat Tao Gan so hard that he wanted to surrender himself.

Recalling that night, Li Cunxi suddenly stopped.

On the street ahead, an inn had already opened its doors, with the words "Home Inn" written on a piece of cloth fluttering in the wind.

Wu Yanhao yawned and said, "Why don't you leave?"

"Oh... let's go."

Li Cunxi withdrew his gaze and continued walking forward with his head down.

Wu Zetian bought him a house in Chang'an, which was said to be only three streets away from the imperial palace. Now he was heading to that house. When he arrived at Xuanwu Street, Li Cunxi found a house with a large courtyard and two stone lions outside the house.

Taking out the heavy key from his arms, Li Cunxi stepped forward to unlock the door and pushed it open with force.

"I finally have a new home." Muttering to himself, Li Cunxi strode into the yard.

"Together."

Wu Yanhao yawned again. He was almost sleepy to death after not getting any sleep all night.

"We'd like to ask for luck too, so we can go into your new house and take a look."

Hu Jinghui and Li Yuanfang stepped into the yard and followed Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao inside.

"This yard is really big, much bigger than my yard." Hu Jinghui sighed as he walked, "There are cross-courtyards on both sides, and the main hall is also not small... Cunxi, why don't we discuss it, I can come and live in your house."

"I'm willing to do so, but I'm afraid some people won't."

Li Cunxi pushed open the heavy door of the main hall, and what came into view were a dozen brand new chairs, a sitting bed and five tea tables. However, it was obvious that no one had cleaned the room for a long time, and there was an unpleasant smell in the room.

"I'll have to clean it up after the case is closed."

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Ruzhou is located at the end of the sea, among the mountains.

The endless forest and dense vegetation cover the mountains. From a distance, it is basically impossible to see what is in these mountains.

This piece of land, called the Extreme Sea, has nothing to do with the word "sea". There is even only one big river in the Extreme Sea, and other than that, you may not even find a dry stream.

In a corner among the mountains, a group of people in purple robes gathered together. They sat under the shade of a tree. Leading them was Xiaomei and her subordinates, who had left Liujiazhuang outside Cuiping Mountain for many days.

There are only a dozen of the more than 200 people in the Ninth Hall following him now, and the others are still gathering here.

Wu Xiang came to Xiaomei with a bitter face and said miserably: "God helps those who work hard. We found the traces left by one of the gangs."

Xiaomei took a sip of wine, leaned sideways and asked, "Very good, how many people are there?"

"More than 800." Wu Xiang said.

"What, more than 800 people?" Xiaomei was surprised.

"Yes, they are still gathering in a certain direction, and that direction is most likely Luoyang... Moreover, this is just one group of people. They are heading to Luoyang with a purpose. They want to rebel."

"I don't care whether they rebel or not, as long as they don't hurt Cunxi."

"By the way, who is Cun Xi?" Wu Xiang asked curiously, "I have followed you for so long, and you never hid anything from me when you brought us out before."

"Cunxi... my man." Xiaomei rolled her eyes, "Okay, you continue to let the brothers keep an eye on him."

"Yes... But I'm still curious. You've never been in contact with outsiders before. When did you promise it to someone else?"

"Stop talking, get out of the way."

"Yes."

Wu Xiang stepped aside and began to collect information from the people who had returned.

Since leaving Liujiazhuang, the Nine Halls have split up into smaller groups and are running around secretly looking for a force heading to Luoyang.

They traveled day and night without stopping these days, and learned a lot of information about the anti-military forces.

This group of people came from all over the world and might not know each other, but they were about to gather together to fight against Wu Zetian.

Wu Xiang forced himself to eat two bites of the cold noodle pancake, and then continued to listen to the report from his subordinates.

Not long after, Wu Xiang compiled the information from more than a dozen groups of Nine Hall members who were gathering intelligence. When he was about to hand it over to Xiaomei, two Snake Spirit members came over, escorting an old man with white hair and beard but a sage-like appearance.

When the old man was brought over, he was still shouting:

"Don't push me, I'm old!"

"You dare to push me? Be careful or I will tell Madam Li about your misdeeds!"

"Well, well, well, you youngsters don't respect the elders and love the young. Believe it or not, I will attract the thunder from the sky to kill you bastards!"

Several Snake Spirit members ignored him and pushed him towards Xiaomei.

Seeing this, Wu Xiang quickly stepped forward to stop him and asked, "What's going on? Where did this old man come from?"

"You little bastard, who are you calling an old man?" Xuguzi was so angry that he cursed immediately.

"Hey, you old thing, if I didn't think you looked like a human being, I would have killed you and buried you on the spot!" Wu Xiang had a bad temper and immediately started to puff out his beard and glare.

"Hey, you little bastard, are you trying to challenge me? Do you believe I can summon a thunderbolt to kill you?"

"You old thing, you're still arguing with me. Do you believe that I will go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife, and stab your heart!"

"I will draw the thunder from the sky to kill you!"

"I'll go in with a white knife, and come out with a yellow knife, and I'll stab you in the shit!"

"Fuck you, you shameless little bastard. Look how I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"

Xuguzi broke free from the arms of several Snake Spirit members and rubbed his hands in the air.

In the clear sky, Xuguzi opened and closed his hands and rubbed them vigorously. In just one or two breaths, a ball of lightning appeared out of thin air in the palms of Xuguzi's hands!

"You bastard, call me grandpa, or I'll blow you to death!"

Wu Xiang knelt down directly: "Grandpa!"