Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

It should be noted that before the Turkic delegation came to negotiate peace, they had been fighting against the Great Zhou for more than a decade.

Jili Khan possessed the most powerful Tiger Division in the Turkic country, while his uncle Modu only had Eagle Division and Leopard Division.

The Tiger Division is far superior to the Leopard Division and the Eagle Division.

Who was it that fought against the Great Zhou for more than a decade before?

Could it be that Mo Du has been disobeying orders and leading his own army to fight against the Great Zhou for more than ten years?

Geely is not a Khan without real power.

Zhou Yi speculates that Jili likely discovered it could not destroy the Great Zhou in a short time.

They suffered heavy losses on their own side, so they wanted to negotiate peace and recuperate.

Seeing that Jili had suffered heavy losses, Modu encouraged Jili to continue the attack in order to seize the position of Great Khan.

With this shift in power, perhaps his army could overwhelm the Tiger Army.

However, Geely did not fall for the trick.

Once they have recovered and regrouped, and perhaps feel that they are strong enough, Geely will once again wage war against the Great Zhou.

Just as Zhou Yi took out the silver needles to administer acupuncture to Li Er, he suddenly saw Di Renjie's eyes.

Suddenly, I understood.

A few moments later, several needles were inserted.

Li Er, who had been poisoned again, suddenly trembled and spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Di Renjie's acupuncture skills have always been remarkable, earning him the reputation of "Di the Three Needles".

Even for the most critically ill patients, three acupuncture needles can often save their lives, which is quite remarkable.

"Di Chun, how is he?" Seeing that some of the toxins had been expelled by Zhou Yi, Hu Jinghui was worried and asked directly before Di Renjie could ask.

"General Tiger, I guess he's beyond saving."

The second poisoning had left him extremely weak.

"Now it's all up to his fate." Zhou Yi first took his pulse, then shook his head and sighed.

"Li Er, Li Er, what exactly are you, and why is your fate so tragic?" Di Renjie asked, puzzled.

At the same time, she noticed Hu Jinghui's behavior just now, and her suspicions about him deepened.

Based on his previous discussion with Zhou Yi, Di Renjie's suspicions about Li Yuanfang were somewhat biased towards him.

It's heavier now.

"My lord, my lord, I'm back." Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside.

Li Yuanfang strode in.

Ignoring Li Er, Di Renjie rushed forward, his eyes filled with urgency as he looked at Li Yuanfang: "How is it?"

"Your Excellency is truly a divine being; everything is exactly as you predicted."

After Zhao Chuanchen was released, someone came to assassinate him not long after.

He was discovered in time by his subordinate and saved.

He's terrified and is waiting outside.

"Great job! Let's go see him."

With a smile on his face, Di Renjie led everyone to the main hall.

As soon as he appeared, Zhao Chuanchen immediately knelt down: "Thank you, sir, for saving my life."

"Alright, stand up and talk."

After sitting down, he looked at Zhao Chuanchen and asked, "So, are you willing to talk now?"

"Yes, yes, sir. This matter is quite strange."

At the time, the magistrates of nine counties received the condolence money transferred from the prefecture, but afterwards, apart from me, the others either died of illness or resigned.

Di Renjie raised an eyebrow: "Oh, is that so?"

"The story goes like this: a year ago, the state transferred the relief funds to me."

I was about to issue the money, but then I received a notice from Lord Fang that the money could not be issued.

I was very surprised and quickly asked him why, but he said it was an order from the imperial court.

He also instructed me to deposit the money in my own name.

"Cough cough... cough cough..."

Just as Zhao Chuanchen was getting to the crucial point, Zhou Yi suddenly coughed repeatedly.

It kept making sounds coming from its mouth.

"Di Chun? What's wrong?"

This series of coughs immediately drew his attention.

"Sir, he may have been too busy lately and has developed some health problems."

"It's alright, let Lord Zhao continue."

Di Renjie wasn't so easily fooled. He looked Zhou Yi up and down twice, as if he had figured something out.

"Zhao Chuanchen, please continue."

"Yes, sir."

He instructed me to deposit the money into the Tianbao Bank in my own name.

Finally, Zhao Chuanchen uttered the three words he hadn't had a chance to say before.

"Tianbao Bank?"

"Yes, sir, it is Tianbao Bank."

"What's next?"

"After depositing the money into Tianbao Bank, some time ago, Lord Fang ordered me to give another order."

The local constable led his men to confiscate all the land in several villages, including Daliushu.

This surprised me even more.

He quickly tried to persuade Lord Fang.

As you may know, when the Turks attacked the city, they captured the people from several villages near the big willow tree.

They also killed a large number of people.

The villages didn't have many people to begin with, so they simply merged into Da Liushu Village.

After those people were rescued, they had lost all their money and possessions, and their food was gone too.

That's why the imperial court had to issue relief funds to help them for a period of time until the new grain was harvested.

They were already on the verge of collapse, and now their land has been confiscated. Isn't this forcing them to rebel?

I tried my best to persuade him, but Lord Fang wouldn't listen. He even said that those people were just unruly scoundrels and what kind of trouble they could possibly cause.

If they dare to rebel, then we can kill them all, and then we can take their land openly and legitimately.

Upon hearing this, Di Renjie's beard and hair flew wildly, and he trembled with anger, slamming his hand heavily on the small table beside him.

With a "bang".

"This corrupt official dares to act so recklessly."

The people of Daliushu have already suffered enough; he's forcing them to rebel.

"What you say is very true, sir. At the time, I was unwilling to do it at all."

But I couldn't persuade them otherwise.

Moreover, after the incident involving the compensation payment, the other eight county magistrates either died of illness or resigned.

Such a bizarre matter, even a fool could figure out that it must be related to Lord Fang.

It's very likely that they didn't obey Lord Fang's orders, so he secretly did something to them.

Out of fear for his own life, I had no choice but to comply.

As expected, the villagers of Daliushu Village rebelled afterward.

The adults knew everything that happened after that.

After finishing his story, Zhao Chuanchen collapsed to the ground. He had told everyone what had happened, and he didn't know what his fate would be.

But even at its worst, it certainly wouldn't be worse than having one's entire clan wiped out.

At least it can protect your other relatives.

After listening to Zhao Chuanchen's account, Di Renjie pondered for a moment: "What is the relationship between this Tianbao Bank and Fang Qian?"

"I don't know either, and I dare not ask any more questions."

At first, I thought that Lord Fang wanted to embezzle the consolation funds, but after what happened, I suddenly felt that something was amiss.

Even corruption isn't this rampant.