Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

"I never imagined that Xiao Qingfang, the Grand Secretary of the Inner Guard who was closest to the Emperor, would want to do such a thing."

"Are you planning a rebellion?" Di Chun shook his head, his face filled with disbelief.

At the same time, he was a little confused: Was the intention to kill him so that he would die knowing the truth?

"Hahaha." Xiao Qingfang laughed triumphantly: "That's because Wu Zetian was blind and couldn't see that I, the Grand Commander of the Inner Guard, was her gravedigger."

The laughter stopped, and she looked at Di Chun and nodded: "That's right, you're right, I do want to rebel."

Arresting you and sending someone to Di Renjie's side is part of my rebellion plan.

Di Chun pondered for a moment: "Send your people to Lord Di's side? Disguise? Only disguise can do that."

This reminds me of what happened in Youzhou. Could it be that you were the ones supporting the events in Youzhou?

Now it was Xiao Qingfang's turn to be surprised, a look of astonishment appearing on her face: "Everyone says that you've been by Di Renjie's side for a long time, so your reasoning ability is very strong."

Now it seems that this is indeed the case; one can deduce from this single sentence that I am a supporter of Mulan.

You are indeed very capable; I underestimated you.

"You underestimate me in many ways, not just in terms of reasoning ability."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Qingfang frowned slightly, not understanding the meaning of Di Chun's words for a moment.

"It's nothing, just saying."

As the Princess of Yiyang, Jin Mulan's behavior was greatly restricted, yet she was able to organize such a powerful rebel army, which puzzled Lord Di at the time.

I never expected it was you guys supporting me behind the scenes. Who are you people?

"Our organization is called Snake Spirit. We use this name because our members are people who were persecuted by Empress Wu Zetian."

Some of them have the surname Hui, some have the surname Xiao, and some, like Hu Jinghui, have the surname Fu.

Not only that, but there are also the descendants of ministers whom Wu Zetian killed without cause, so our organization can be said to have countless talents that we can utilize.

Xiao Qingfang raised her eyebrows, looking quite pleased with herself.

"General Xiao, if I'm not mistaken, you must be a descendant of Consort Xiao, right?"

"You are indeed very clever. I am a descendant of Consort Xiao. In order to prevent Wu Zetian from discovering my identity, I even changed my surname to Xiao."

The Youzhou incident many years ago was merely a small test of strength.

We sent Jin Mulan to test the waters first, but you and Di Renjie ruined it.

Hu Jinghui was also quickly exposed by you.

After much deliberation, I realized that once our next action was implemented, Wu Zetian would definitely send Di Renjie to handle it.

In that case, I need someone to keep track of Di Renjie's movements at all times. Li Yuanfang's martial arts skills are too high, and it will be difficult for him to defeat him.

Zeng Tai is in Yongchang County, which is too far from Di Renjie. Your martial arts skills are only so-so. After thinking it over, you are the most suitable candidate.

That's why I won you over.

Oh, by the way, let me introduce you... this person...

The stranger next to Xiao Qingfang stepped forward.

"This is the person I plan to send to impersonate you. His disguise skills are superb. In order to make him look like you, I specially hired someone in the manor who is good at ventriloquism for him."

They specifically trained you on how to speak.

The situation is now very different from before. Di Chun is now a fourth-rank military advisor in the Imperial Guard, and his name is on the emperor's radar.

In the original storyline, Di Chun was just a steward, and although he had been missing for more than a month, he would not have attracted the emperor's attention.

In the current situation, if Di Chun is missing for more than a day, it will attract the emperor's attention.

Xiao Qingfang naturally couldn't do things the way they did in the TV series.

In the original story, in order to dispel Di Renjie's suspicions about the fake Di Chun, Xiao Qingfang deliberately had the shadow tortured. As a result, Di Chun suffered a lot, which was normal because it was different from before. She also made up the story of pouring hot oil into his throat to avoid the flaw of the different voice. She hoped that this would make Di Renjie gradually accept a different Di Chun.

To make it more realistic, Xiao Qingfang first had Huan Bin use the excuse of saving her life to make reasonable contact with Di Chun and extract information. She also had Yingzi learn Di Chun's way of speaking from someone skilled in ventriloquism. She went to great lengths to achieve this.

Since Di Chun can't disappear for more than a month like in the original storyline, he naturally has to act quickly.

Xiao Qingfang had already planned it out: after capturing Di Chun, she would kill him directly and then have Shadow impersonate him.

I learned a lot about Di Chun from Huan Bin, including the story between Di Chun and Di Renjie. Although it wasn't all of it, it was enough.

Next, she would have her guards use the torture on the shadow for only one day, then pretend to realize they had arrested the wrong person and voluntarily go to the emperor to apologize.

In this way, it was only natural that the shadow could enter Di Renjie's side, suffer severe punishment, and undergo some changes.

The emperor will punish her for arresting the wrong person, but the Imperial Guard still needs her support, so she probably won't be punished too severely, which is acceptable.

After a pause, seemingly realizing she had said too much today, Xiao Qingfang stopped talking about the snake spirit and looked at Di Chun: "Alright, you know enough."

Now that you understand the cause and effect of the matter, you can go die.

Um……"

She gave a look to the person beside her, the one who had been in charge of capturing him earlier: "Xiao Lie, go, kill him."

"Wait, wait!" Di Chun called out quickly upon seeing this.

Xiao Qingfang raised an eyebrow: "What? You have something else to say?"

"No, you're just going to kill me like this?"

"Otherwise, you've already died knowing the truth."

"You had someone disguise themselves as me and infiltrate Lord Di's inner circle. Didn't you ever think that while appearances can be disguised, I've known Lord Di for so many years and we're so familiar with each other?"

What if the master brings up our past? Won't we be exposed very quickly?

Xiao Qingfang scoffed: "Of course I've thought about what you're saying, but I also know that the people around Di Renjie are all tough nuts to crack, and you can't possibly tell me the truth."

"In that case, I might as well just kill you."

"No? Who said I'm a tough nut to crack? Who spread rumors about me? Am I a spineless coward? You haven't even tortured me yet, so how do you know I won't tell the truth?"

"Go ahead and ask! You haven't asked yet!" Di Chun said, getting a little impatient.

"Oh?" Xiao Qingfang was a little surprised. Had she gained something unexpected? "Oh, so you're willing to cooperate with our operation? Willing to tell the truth?"

Di Chun shook his head: "Of course I don't want to. How could I possibly tell you the truth?"

Xiao Qingfang's face darkened, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "Are you playing me?"

"How could I be playing a trick on you? Isn't this the necessary procedure? First ask if you'll talk, then use torture, and finally ask you one last time if you'll talk."

"If you still won't talk, then you'll kill me? How can you not follow the procedure? What if you run into someone who's willing to talk? Wouldn't you be at a huge loss?"