Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

"Of course, we'll do as my husband says."

Let's set off for Taiyuan City immediately.

The voice of the Book of Changes came from the carriage.

Soon the imperial envoy's guards arrived at the south gate.

The leading Thousand Bull Guard announced the emperor's decree to the governor of Bingzhou.

Bingzhou was responsible for supplying all the needs of the Imperial Envoy's guard.

Zhou Yi then led his guards and slowly made their way to Youzhou.

……

A few days later, as instructed by Di Renjie, the guards deliberately delayed their journey to Youzhou.

A Wu Garden within the city of Youzhou.

At this time, the plaque of the Youzhou Governor's Office had already been hung above Wu Garden.

"Di Chun".

"General Tiger?"

At the entrance of Wu Garden, Zhou Yi met Hu Jinghui and bowed to show his respect.

There was nothing he could do; Hu Jinghui held a higher official position than him.

Ultimately, he doesn't hold any official position yet.

Although he was Di Renjie's steward and wanted to act like a wicked servant of the Di family, he had to be careful who he was dealing with.

Simply put, it's about tailoring your approach to the individual.

Clearly, Hu Jinghui was not someone that the wicked servants of the Di family could bully.

"General Hu, the imperial envoy's guards have arrived. Would you like to arrange for them to go in?"

"Okay, you make the arrangements. I'll go to the adults and tell them you've arrived."

Hu Jinghui sized up the imperial envoy's guards and said.

"it is good."

With that, Zhou Yi waved his hand behind him: "Everyone, come with me."

As everyone followed, people familiar with Wu Garden naturally assisted Zhou Yi in arranging these imperial guards.

Some people rested, some began guarding Wu Garden, and others patrolled.

After Zhou Yi had been busy for half an hour and had almost finished making arrangements, he led some officials from the Imperial Envoy's Guard to the main hall of Wu Garden.

Di Renjie was already waiting there, along with Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui.

"master."

"Oh, Di Chun, you've come at the perfect time! You've relieved my siege as the imperial envoy's guard!" Upon seeing Zhou Yi, Di Renjie stepped forward and laughed heartily.

Seeing this, Hu Jinghui naturally understood why.

Just now, Di Renjie was interrogating the villagers of Daliushu Village in court, asking them about the rebellion caused by Fang Qian's oppressive policies. Who knew that villager Zhang Laosi would openly betray them?

This left Di Renjie in a somewhat awkward position.

All of this was his doing.

"You're too kind, sir."

Looking around, Di Renjie suddenly ordered: "Yuanfang, Jinghui, you two take my imperial sword and arrest Zhao Chuanchen, the magistrate of Sanhe County."

Remember, this must be kept secret.

"Please rest assured, sir." The two men immediately went to prepare.

Only Zhou Yi and Zhou Yi remained in the main hall.

"Di Chun, let's not be so formal in private. Let's sit down and rest for a bit."

"You've only just arrived in Youzhou, and then you've been busy making arrangements at Wu Garden. You must be exhausted."

"Thank you for your concern, sir, but I can manage." After sitting down for a moment, someone brought the two of them two cups of tea.

After Zhou Yi had a short rest and some tea, Di Renjie began to speak, recounting his experiences in Youzhou over the past few days.

"Di Chun, ... who do you think is the traitor, Jing Hui or Yuan Fang?"

Who drugged me?

He wanted to hear Zhou Yi's thoughts, but that night in Daliushu Village, someone actually put sleeping pills in his water bowl.

This shocked him somewhat, but for the moment he couldn't figure out who the mole was.

However, he was even more suspicious of Li Yuanfang, since Li Yuanfang wasn't in bed when he got up.

……

After pretending to think for a moment, Zhou Yi said, "Master, I think General Hu is more suspicious."

"Why? When I woke up that night in Daliushu Village, Jinghui was sleeping in bed, but Yuanfang wasn't."

And just now, in court, Zhang Laosi openly betrayed his party.

After leaving Daliushu Village, I ordered Yuanfang to stay behind to protect the villagers, and he spent more time with them.

Several days passed, ample time to coerce the villagers into turning against them.

"Of course it's because I've seen the plot," Zhou Yi thought to himself, but said aloud, "Didn't the master say before that there were traitors within the court?"

General Hu, as the Commander of the Thousand Bull Guard, was a confidant of the emperor, which suggests that he might be an internal traitor.

And there's also Liu Jin, who is under his supervision.

Taking both things into account, I actually think that General Hu is more suspicious.

I can't say for sure about drugging you, but threatening those villagers did happen some time before the court session.

General Tiger might also use this time to threaten the villagers.

After a pause, Zhou Yi finally said, "Master, regardless of who the traitor is, we can look at these points."

The traitor must be either Brother Yuanfang or General Hu.

Especially that night at the big willow tree, the area was too small.

One of them must have drugged you.

In that case, we only need to observe their actions.

The simplest solution is to invite the villagers back and ask them who threatened them.

"You make a good point, but I think it's best not to ask them for now."

With Youzhou still unsettled, I am almost certain that Governor Fang Qian is secretly up to no good.

It involves a great deal of issues.

Before I have complete control of Youzhou, it's best not to involve them for now.

To prevent them from being murdered to silence them, and besides, they might not even talk about it.

Di Renjie shook his head.

"The master is truly benevolent," Zhou Yi couldn't help but admire.

I truly admire that. In ancient times, people were still treated as human beings, and even when facing an ordinary person, they were polite. As prime minister, Di Renjie did a truly remarkable job.

"Haha, what ordinary people want is actually very simple: a place to live and enough to eat is enough to satisfy them."

If even this basic requirement cannot be met, then what right do they have to hold this official position?

"Your Excellency has the people's well-being at heart; I admire you."

For now, he can only refer to himself as "the junior," and Zhou Yi is eager to finish the Youzhou case as soon as possible.

If Di Renjie recommends him to the emperor, even if he doesn't get a high-ranking official position, he can at least address himself as "this humble servant."

"Haha, Di Chun, after talking with you, my thoughts are much clearer."

"Go ahead," Di Renjie laughed heartily.

Nighttime, inside a room in Wu Garden.

Di Renjie is taking Li Er's pulse.

After a moment, he looked at Zhou Yi and said, "Di Chun, come and check on this person's condition."

He then moved aside, letting Zhou Yi sit on the edge of the bed.

"Since you are following me to learn medicine, you can't just learn medicine; you also need to put it into practice."

We can't just bury ourselves in learning theoretical knowledge.

"Yes, sir."

Zhou Yi then first observed the condition of Li Er's body surface, and then began to take his pulse.

After a long pause, he said, "Master, the remaining toxins in this person's body have been mostly cleared."

The master's acupuncture skills are indeed extraordinary; he can bring someone back from the brink of death.