Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

After Di Renjie led his army away from Youzhou, he temporarily entrusted the affairs of the area to Zhou Yi.

It can be said that at this time he was the most powerful person in Youzhou.

He had little interest in Di Renjie's expedition into the mountains to annihilate Jin Mulan.

In any case, given Di Renjie's strength, Jin Mulan would definitely be no match for him.

I just don't know what she'll do right now.

The situation is very different now than it used to be.

Originally, the fake Fang Qian was killed by Yu Feng. Liu Jin secretly entered the secret passage, wanting to regain control of Youzhou, but was exposed by Di Renjie.

With Zhou Yi present, a light cough immediately thwarted Hu Jinghui's plan to assassinate Zhao Chuanchen.

The imposter Fang Qian was also successfully captured by Di Renjie, and Yu Feng was killed by Li Yuanfang.

……

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking.

Suddenly someone came looking for him and knocked on Zhou Yi's door.

"Butler Di, Butler Di..."

Who is it?

"Lu Dayou, whom Lord Di brought back, has something to discuss with you."

"Oh?" Zhou Yi, still half asleep in bed, suddenly realized something upon hearing this.

I sat up abruptly, and my mind cleared up considerably.

"Could it be that Li Er has woken up?" He pondered for a moment while lying in bed.

"I'm up now." Zhou Yi quickly got up, dressed, and went to the door to open it.

A Qianniu Guard soldier stood outside the door, with Lu Dayou behind him.

Zhou Yi looked at Lu Dayou: "Dayou, what happened? Did something happen to Li Er?"

"Steward Di, it seems that Li Er's symptoms of poisoning have greatly improved."

So I came to find you as soon as possible.

Lu Dayou stepped forward, somewhat excited.

After all, he rescued this person from the mountains, and after all the trouble they went through, it's too late if he just dies like this.

Wouldn't all his hard work have been wasted?

Therefore, he naturally hoped that Li Er would live a good life.

"Okay, let's go take a look."

"Yes."

Lu Dayou led the way, and Zhou Yi followed the two to Li Er's room.

At the bedside, Zhou Yi was taking Li Er's pulse.

Lu Dayou, standing to the side, said excitedly, "Butler Di, look, his complexion is clearly no longer the bluish-black it used to be."

It's much lighter now; you and the doctor are truly miracle workers.

It can bring the dead back to life.

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "His condition is basically fine."

I'll write a prescription, you go get the medicine and give it to him. I think he'll wake up in less than two days.

He'll be fully recovered in a few days.

"Yes."

Lu Dayou then took the prescription written by Zhou Yi to get the medicine.

Zhou Yi, on the other hand, was responsible for arranging various matters within the Grand Commander's Mansion.

He was also relying on the power of Di Renjie to command these Thousand Bull Guards.

It should be noted that the Thousand Bull Guards were the emperor's personal guards, and Hu Jinghui didn't even put Wu Sansi in his eyes.

Wu Sansi couldn't do anything about him either.

After arranging everything, Zhou Yi returned to his room and began meditating and cultivating.

Since Li Yuanfang taught him internal energy cultivation techniques and the chain knife technique, he has been diligently practicing them.

He usually practices internal energy cultivation in the morning and chain knife technique in the afternoon.

Thanks to the cheat system, even though his body was old and had long passed the best time to practice martial arts, he was still able to do so.

But the speed of cultivation is not slow at all.

If he only had a trace of internal energy in his dantian when he first cultivated it that day, he now has at least five or six traces of internal energy.

His knife skills are also constantly improving.

While it may not be much higher, it is a significant improvement compared to the previous Di Chun.

After all, Li Yuanfang taught him internal martial arts techniques, which were incomparable to external martial arts.

And who is Di Renjie?

The current prime minister and executive vice emperor have no shortage of various tonics to aid their practice of the I Ching.

In about ten days, if he were to fight his previous self, he would be confident that he could defeat ten of his previous selves.

……

In the afternoon, someone suddenly came to report that Di Renjie had returned.

He was practicing his swordsmanship in the back garden when he immediately stopped and went out to greet them.

Outside the Wu Garden of the Grand Commander's Mansion, Zhou Yi could only see Di Renjie riding back on horseback on the distant street.

Hu Jinghui was by his side, but Li Yuanfang was nowhere to be seen.

Upon reaching them, Zhou Yi hurriedly helped Di Renjie dismount.

"Di Chun, nothing bad happened tonight, right?"

"No, sir, everything is normal."

"That's good, that's good."

Di Renjie felt relieved and walked inside.

The others around him dispersed, and Hu Jinghui followed behind.

"Master? How did it go?" Zhou Yi wasn't interested in the process of Di Renjie annihilating Jin Mulan, only in the result.

"Haha, everything is done."

Now that the traitor Jin Mulan has committed suicide, all the enemies hiding in the caves among the mountains have been eliminated.

It's a great success!

Di Renjie stroked his beard and laughed heartily: "Oh, right, even Princess Yiyang was rescued from the enemy's cave."

It turns out she wasn't killed.

Furthermore, the true governor of Youzhou, Lord Fang Qian, was also found in the cave.

Just as Zhou Yi was about to say something, he looked up and found Di Renjie staring at him, his eyes seemingly conveying some kind of hint.

He immediately fell silent.

"My lord, we set out from Chang'an and have now breached the rebels' lair."

The rebel leader Jin Mulan was beheaded.

In less than ten days.

They solved the mission case; it was truly miraculous.

"This humble servant has the utmost respect for you, sir." Hu Jinghui suddenly bowed and said.

"Haha, Jinghui, you flatter me."

"No, sir, if we let someone else handle this matter, I'm afraid there will be no way to investigate it at all."

The adults were able to find clues from the smallest details and trace the trail all the way to Youzhou.

It's truly miraculous.

"You are truly a divine being."

Hu Jinghui looked at him with admiration.

The admiration is genuine. The fact that Di Renjie was able to come directly to Youzhou, which seemed to have no connection to the mission, was truly unexpected.

Although at this time Di Renjie had not yet found the ultimate truth of the matter.

Yes, that's what Hu Jinghui himself thinks.

He also hoped that Di Renjie thought so, that he had found the truth of the matter.

Zhou Yi chuckled inwardly, thinking that Hu Jinghui was probably saying this on purpose, hoping that Di Renjie would close the case in this way.

Stopping the investigation might save Jin Mulan's life.

Of course, this also depends on Jin Mulan being able to stop in time.

Out of respect for Emperor Taizong, even if Di Renjie had vaguely sensed something, he wouldn't have harmed Jin Mulan.

Unfortunately, Jin Mulan wouldn't listen to him.

With a dream of becoming an empress, she's bound to cause more trouble in the future.

"Alright, Jinghui, you've been busy in the mountains with me all night without rest."

Go and rest.

Now that the traitor has been beheaded, I no longer need your protection.

"Yes, sir. I shall take my leave." Hu Jinghui bowed and turned to leave.