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

Chapter 219: Gathering, Loving Mother and Filial Daughter

Wu Xiang's moral bottom line has been lowered again and again, and Xuguzi has no need to continue threatening him.

After all, according to Li Cunxi, we will meet again someday.

Xuguzi didn't want to make the relationship too outrageous, so he just threw the thunder ball upwards.

"I'll spare you this time!" Xuguzi said.

The thunder ball was still rising without making any sound.

Wu Xiang secretly wondered if he had been tricked by this old guy. The thunder ball that the old guy had just rolled was actually a trick. Wu Xiang, who thought he knew the truth, put his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist.

At noon, the sky was bright and cloudless, and the whole world was peaceful and tranquil.

This kind of peace completely disappeared when the thunder ball rose into the air. The thunder ball actually exploded, making a roaring thunder and a silver light.

Wu Xiang fell to his knees with a thud, looking at the sky in horror as it gradually returned to its original appearance.

A few meters away, Xuguzi stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky, with the demeanor of a local sage.

"I am Xuguzi, under the order of my master Li Cunxi, and I have come to help Madam defeat the rebels!"

Xuguzi spoke word by word in a loud voice that could be heard clearly by people dozens of meters away.

Xiaomei, who was still under the threat of the thunder ball, lowered her head and looked at the Taoist master Xuguzi who was not far away. She quickly stood up and walked in front of Wu Xiang.

"But Taoist Master Xuguzi?"

"Madam, I have come here to help on the orders of my master Li Cunxi." Xuguzi bowed deeply.

"It's great that you can come, sir. I've been waiting in this Jihai for two days. Cun Xi's letter said that we have a helper named Ma Rong who will be here soon."

"Madam, this Ma Rong is very powerful. When I first met my master, Ma Rong almost cut off my head with one knife."

"Sir, you are so modest. Rubbing thunder with your hands is not something that ordinary people can do."

Xuguzi laughed dryly, put his hands behind his back, looked up and said: "Madam, you are really joking. This old man is just a trick to confuse people. Naturally, I am not as good as you and the warriors."

Xiaomei frowned and asked quickly, "Master, are you saying that your trick is just to deceive people?"

“Whether it is a trick or not depends on what I think. If I think it is a trick, then it won’t cause any harm. If I think it is not a trick, then I… hehehe.”

"Sir, your method is really..." Xiaomei also laughed dryly.

Just when things were awkward, a member of the Snake Spirit suddenly walked in from outside.

The man said to Xiaomei, "Master, there is a man outside, dressed like a hero, claiming to be the leader of the White Crane Forest bandits who kidnapped the official's family in the past, and he has come to help."

"The leader of the Baihelin bandits? That's Ma Rong, bring him here immediately."

"Ma'am, we are all here."

"Yes, we can discuss how to defeat the small anti-military forces later."

……

In the Internal Guard House, Huang Shengyan used all eighteen tortures of the Internal Guard House on Wang Zhiyuan. Wang Zhiyuan, who could not bear it any longer, finally confessed.

After signing the confession, Huang Shengyan immediately sent Gong Xi to the palace.

In Ganquan Palace, Wu Zetian held the confession in her hand, and just by reading a few lines, her gums began to tremble.

"I trusted them so much, yet they teamed up to harm me. What good would it do them if I killed them?"

"This Wang Zhiyuan said that he was the mastermind and He Yun was a traitor. They joined forces with the anti-Wu forces to kill me and seize the throne!"

"He thought I would believe him if he confessed, but I will never believe him! He is just a powerless imperial teacher. He was able to participate in the inner guards' plan only because of the little power I gave him. How could a man like him plot against me and become the mastermind!"

"I absolutely do not believe it. Huang Shengyan, you go back immediately and intensify the torture. You must make this bastard reveal the real culprit behind it!"

Huang Shengyan knelt on one knee, responded, and left with his guards.

Not long after, Princess Taiping made a sudden visit to see her "good mother".

When Wu Zetian saw her well-behaved, sensible and obedient daughter, she couldn't help but say a few words to her. As they talked, they talked about Wang Zhiyuan's confession, so Princess Taiping also saw the confession.

With Wu Zetian's kind and gentle voice in her ears and Wang Zhiyuan's confession in her hand, Princess Taiping sat on the edge of the dragon bed with mixed feelings.

"Mother, Wang Zhiyuan is so hateful. I am willing to go to the Inner Guard Palace to avenge you." Princess Taiping said softly.

"I appreciate your kindness, but the Inner Guard House is a dirty and messy place. It's better for you not to go there. Just stay with me."

"Okay, mother, your daughter will accompany you."

"Eh."

Feeling the family love for a short while, Wu Zetian's face was filled with an extremely happy expression.

She was a qualified emperor, but not a qualified family member, let alone a qualified mother.

Her son secretly opposed her, her brothers and sisters also disliked her, her nephews had their own concerns, and most of her ministers were old ministers of the Li family, and few of them were willing to work for her.

With her ministers under her feet and the sky above her head, she sits alone in the Central Plains and looks out over the world in all directions. However, there is something she has always wanted but is difficult to obtain...family love.

This rare family affection can only be experienced in Princess Taiping.

"Alas, Li Xian is weak and incompetent, Li Dan is not even a bit stronger than Li Xian, Wu Sansi is a mere idiot, and Wu Chengsi is not liked by the ministers."

Wu Zetian sighed.

"I really hope that after a hundred years, I can pass this throne to you."

Wu Zetian's true feelings made Princess Taiping very happy.

But even though I was excited, I still had to pretend that I couldn't accept it.

"Mom, I just want to be with you. I'm sure you'll live a long life."

"It's just you. You never talk nonsense. They always say that I can live for a thousand or ten thousand years. But a thousand years for a turtle and ten thousand years for a tortoise. I'm neither a turtle nor a tortoise. How can I live for a thousand or ten thousand years? I prefer you who live a hundred years. I feel more comfortable listening to you."

"Mother will surely live a long life."

"Well, I am already sixty-seven, and another thirty-three years would be great too."

"That's right, mother, I wish you a long life. Xuguzi harmed mother in secret, I must avenge her!"

"Okay, then how do you want to help me vent my anger?" Wu Zetian smiled gently.

"Mother, I raided his Zixia Temple and killed all his Taoist disciples without sparing a single one!"

"Well, it's too late for you. The inner guards of Zixia Temple have already massacred two people. Hahahaha. You, just stay by my side and accompany me."

"Okay, mother, I will stay with you."

"But I have a question, Lingyue, do you think Wang Zhiyuan is really the mastermind behind this?"

"The child doesn't know."