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

Chapter 657: The inexplicable bribery case

According to the laws of the Great Zhou, Di Guangzhao could indeed be saved.

After all, Di Guangzhao still doesn't know the real reason why he accepted bribes. As long as Li Cunxi can find out who gave him the bribe, he can turn the tables.

Di Guangzhao had already gotten into trouble once a few years ago. If he got into trouble again, even ten heads would not be enough for him to chop off.

Therefore, this bribery case must be pushed onto others, so that those who framed Di Guangzhao will suffer a great loss and learn a lesson from it.

It would be even more interesting if we could take this opportunity to kill a dozen people in the family of the person who harmed Di Guangzhao, and make their family wear mourning clothes for seven or eight years and guard the tomb for seven or eight years.

Of course, we can’t just listen to Di Guangzhao’s opinion on this kind of thing. We also have to see what the Internal Guards decide.

After Li Cunxi left Di's house, he specially asked Lu Dayou to accompany him, and the two of them rushed to the Neiwei Mansion together.

On the way, Lu Dayou also learned about this from Li Cunxi and immediately made a statement:

"I'm afraid this matter has something to do with those who asked Mr. Di San to do the work."

Li Cunxi also thought so. Of course, even if it didn't matter, he had to get some connections for them.

After all, this incident happened not long after Di Guangzhao rejected them.

There are too many tricks.

Night had fallen, and Li Cunxi and Lu Dayou arrived at the familiar gate of the Inner Guard Palace.

The guard outside the door looked at Li Cunxi, then quickly clasped his fists and bowed his head.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, and to Doctor Lu!"

Li Cunxi waved his hand calmly and said:

"We have something important to do. We must go see Huang Shengyan immediately. Huang Da Ge Ling, you lead the way."

The internal guards hurriedly led the way and brought the two to Huang Shengyan's work area.

This is a prison cell. A middle-aged man is tied to a tiger bench and has been beaten half to death.

Huang Shengyan, who was holding the whip, was sweating profusely. Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of the question, he immediately soaked the whip in salt water.

Logically speaking, Huang Shengyan, the chief of the Inner Guard Bureau, no longer needed to do this kind of work of interrogating prisoners, but he still didn't forget his original intention, and even after becoming the chief of the Inner Guard Bureau, he didn't give up this job.

When the internal guard who led the way saw Huang Shengyan stop, he hurried into the cell and bowed.

"Grand Master, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is here."

Huang Shengyan wiped the sweat from his head, quickly left the prisoner behind and walked out.

"I'll leave this thing in here to you, as long as you don't kill the person."

"I'm going to entertain His Royal Highness Prince Qin."

Li Cunxi was standing outside the cell, and when he turned his head he saw Huang Shengyan walking out.

Huang Shengyan still looks the same as before, with a pair of dead fish eyes and a square face full of fortitude and perseverance.

"General Huang Shengyan pays respect to His Royal Highness the King of Qin."

Huang Shengyan clasped his hands and bowed, his tone slightly excited.

"Meet Dr. Lu"

Li Cunxi waved his hand and said, "Let's go to a quiet place to talk."

"Yes."

Huang Shengyan led the way and brought Li Cunxi and Lu Dayou to the office of the chief of the Internal Guard Bureau.

There are eight desks here, but no one is working there. Huang Shengyan sat down behind the largest desk and let out a breath.

"Your Highness Prince Qin, Doctor Lu, please take a seat."

"I probably know something about your purpose."

"Isn't it because of the bribery case of the Luzhou governor?"

Li Cunxi found a random seat and sat down. Hearing this, he was not surprised.

Di Renjie's son accepted a bribe of 500,000 taels of silver, which was a shocking thing to the whole court.

It is impossible for the internal security who handled this matter not to inform the Grand Secretary Huang Shengyan of all the details.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Huang Shengyan knew about this and could guess Li Cunxi's purpose.

"Although my third brother had some problems, they happened during the Weizhou period after all."

"Later, my third brother went to Luzhou to serve as the governor, and he was considered diligent in his work and caring for the people."

"How come something like this happened all of a sudden?"

"I thought it was very strange, so I came here to ask about it first."

Li Cunxi stared at Huang Shengyan with sharp eyes.

"Grand Lord, I hope you can tell me everything you know. I need to know some details."

Huang Shengyan felt a little embarrassed. He sat still for a while before looking up at Li Cunxi.

"Since His Royal Highness Prince Qin has said so, I will naturally tell you everything I know."

"This matter started a month ago."

"It was late one night when someone secretly reported that the Luzhou governor Di Guangzhao had accepted bribes, causing the people of Luzhou to suffer."

According to Huang Shengyan's description, their internal security was not even aware of the person who made the accusation.

All we know is that the informant wrote that the governor Di Guangzhao accepted bribes and hid the bribes in the basement of the official residence.

Due to Di Guangzhao's special status, the Internal Guard House did not dare to offend the prime minister Di Renjie easily, so they had to send the letter of accusation to Wu Zetian.

It was because Wu Zetian agreed to investigate this case that he dared to send his internal guards to investigate Di Guangzhao.

Logically speaking, if this case was just a false accusation, there would not be any silver hidden under Di Guangzhao's official residence.

As long as the internal guards can't find anything, it would be nonsense to say that Di Guangzhao accepted bribes, and Di Guangzhao would naturally be cleared of all charges.

But when the inner guards arrived in Luzhou, they easily found a large amount of silver in Di Guangzhao's official residence while Di Guangzhao was handling state affairs in his study.

At this point, it was a foregone conclusion that Di Guangzhao had accepted bribes.

But Di Guangzhao himself couldn't explain who bribed him with the silver, and Di Guangzhao always said that he did not accept the bribe.

As Di Guangzhao refused to cooperate and denied everything, his bribery case had to be delayed again and again until Li Cunxi returned and handled it himself.

After knowing the whole process of the case, Li Cunxi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The situation was still under control, and his good third brother Di Guangzhao did not lie to him.

As for why Di Guangzhao was recalled despite the suspicious case, the reason was probably to protect him.

After all, in this incident, 500,000 taels of silver were indeed dug out from under Di Guangzhao's official residence.

If Di Guangzhao could not explain the origin of the 500,000 taels of silver, then according to the laws of this dynasty, Di Guangzhao would not be able to prove his innocence and would have to be charged with bribery.

"That's about it, Your Highness Prince Qin. If you want to investigate this case, I will definitely cooperate with you."

Huang Shengyan looked at Li Cunxi and expressed his thoughts.

The most powerful prince of the dynasty is right in front of him, and he is definitely paving the way for his future self.

"Cooperate?"

"Cooperating with what?"

"What's so good about this?"

"Since my third brother has done something wrong, there is nothing to cooperate with him."

"Wait for me here. I'll ask my third brother to come over and confess his crime."

Li Cunxi stood up and laughed.

"Huang Da Ge Ling, this time I will give you a great credit."