Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 39 The Death of Fang Qian
In the middle of the night, Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui came back covered in blood, but upon closer inspection, they knew it was someone else's blood.

Di Renjie smiled and said, "It seems that the matter has been resolved."

Hu Jinghui said: "When Yuan Fang and I were rushing, we happened to meet Wu Yizhi who instigated the general of Wucheng Bingma Division to rebel. I cut off the head of that thief Wu Yizhi on the spot. They killed several leading generals, and the army has now been taken over by the guards."

Di Renjie smiled and said: "Okay, Jing Hui, you guys did a good job, by the way, where is Fang Qian?"

Li Yuanfang said: "Just as I was about to tell my lord, Fang Qian committed suicide by taking poison. It's really cheap for that bastard."

Di Renjie asked in surprise, "Suicide?"

Wang Mang also had to lament the inertia of the plot. If the original plot was followed, Fang Qian should have been killed by Yu Feng.

Di Renjie immediately came back to his senses and said, "Let's go and have a look."

Seeing this, Wang Mang and the others immediately followed.

After a while, everyone came to Fang Qian's room in the Governor's Mansion. Fang Qian was leaning on a chair with his head tilted to one side, with a strange smile on his face and drooping hands. He was obviously dead.

Wang Mang took a closer look at Fang Qian's face, and his expression turned out to be normal.

At this time, Di Renjie asked an assistant next to him: "What is the cause of Master Fang's death?"

Wu Zuo replied: "He died by taking arsenic. There are arsenic dregs around the corner of his mouth."

Di Renjie nodded, then shook his head and said, "What symptoms do people who die from taking arsenic usually have?"

Wu Zuo replied: "The complexion is black, and the lips are purple. In addition, the bones should also be black."

Di Renjie pointed to Fang Qian's face and said, "But look at his face, it's no different from ordinary people, is this normal?"

Wu Zuo was speechless for a moment.

Di Renjie thought for a while, and said to Wang Mang, "Jing Yang, come and see if he is wearing a human skin mask."

Wang Mang agreed and stepped forward to observe carefully, and then said, "Please fetch a bowl of water."

A guard immediately brought water, and Wang Mang slowly soaked Fang Qian's forehead with water. Gradually, bubbles formed on Fang Qian's forehead, and Wang Mang slowly peeled off the human skin mask from the bubble.

After Wang Mang uncovered it, the Fang Qian just now turned into a person unknown to everyone. This person's complexion was blue and his lips were purple, which was indeed a symptom of arsenic poisoning.

Only then did Wu Zuo suddenly understand and said: "I said why the complexion doesn't change, so it's because I'm wearing a mask."

Di Renjie said with a serious face: "It seems that our enemies are faster than us!"

Wang Mang nodded and said, "He was obviously force-fed with poison, which can be seen from the bruises on his neck and wrists."

Di Renjie looked at Wang Mang and nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Jing Yang is right, this person was forcibly given poison."

After a pause, Di Renjie said to Hu Jinghui: "Order the guards to search carefully and move all these books to my subordinates." After speaking, he walked out, and Hu Jinghui nodded yes.

And Wang Mang also went out, saying: "My lord, you haven't slept all night, go and have a rest!"

Di Renjie said with a smile: "Fang Qian's death, it's a heartache. Jing Yang, I think you can't hold it anymore, you should go to rest."

Wang Mang scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Seeing that we have won a complete victory, I am so sleepy!"

Di Renjie smiled and said, "Okay, let's go!"

Wang Mang nodded and left.

……

Early in the morning of the second day, although he didn't sleep much last night, Wang Mang got up early.

As soon as Wang Mang went out, he saw a large group of people standing at the back door of the Governor's Mansion. Wang Mang saw that there was Zhang Lao Si in the crowd who he had met when he first came to Youzhou.

Zhang Laosi saw Wang Mang coming out from the back door of the Dudu Mansion, and hurriedly said: "My little brother, I am Zhang Laosi from Daliushu Village, do you remember me?"

Wang Mang smiled and said, "Of course I remember, what are you?"

Zhang Laosi said: "We have come here specially to thank Mr. Di."

Wang Mang asked, "What's going on?"

Zhang Laosi said: "Master Di has ordered people to post a notice that the consolation money from the imperial court will be sent to us immediately, and our land has been returned."

Wang Mang understood, probably Di Renjie posted the notice last night.

So Wang Mang said with a smile: "So that's how it is. Let me see it this way. I'll help you guys to see if your lord is up."

"Jing Yang, you don't need to scream, I'm already up. When you get old, you will feel less sleepy."

Suddenly, Di Renjie's voice came from behind the door, followed by Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui.

As soon as Zhang Laosi saw Di Renjie coming out, he shouted loudly: "This is our savior, Mr. Di, everyone kowtow!"

Under the leadership of Zhang Laosi, the villagers all knelt down to Di Renjie.

Di Renjie immediately helped Zhang Laosi up, and said: "Please get up quickly, old man! Please get up quickly, everyone, let's go home and farm hard, but I hope there will be a good harvest in the coming year."

Then he said to Wang Mang, "Jing Yang, help the folks get up quickly."

Wang Mang immediately helped the villagers up.

Zhang Laosi broke down in tears and said: "Master Qingtian, I, Zhang Laosi, am not a human being, and openly betrayed the water in the court! But, I, I..."

Di Renjie comforted: "Okay, don't talk any more. When you see exiles in the village, persuade them to go back."

Zhang Laosi patted his chest and said, "My lord, don't worry, this matter is on my shoulders."

Di Renjie smiled and said, "Go back quickly."

Before Zhang Laosi left, he glanced at Hu Jinghui and said, "My lord, you, you have to be careful."

Di Renjie nodded, and said to Li Yuanfang, "Yuanfang, help me see off the folks."

Li Yuanfang said yes, and took the villagers away.

After the villagers left, a servant hurried over and said, "My lord, Governor of Youzhou and Yincao Canjun are waiting in the West Flower Hall."

Di Renjie said: "Understood, just say I'll be right there."

Then Di Renjie said to Wang Mang and Hu Jinghui: "Let's go, let's go and have a look."

Wang Mang and Hu Jinghui nodded and followed.

After a while, in the West Flower Hall, I saw an official wearing a crimson official robe and an official wearing a green official robe waiting in the hall.

It was Youzhou Governor Shi and Yincao who joined the army. When they saw Di Renjie, they immediately paid homage: "I pay my respects to your lord."

Di Renjie asked, "What's wrong?"

Youzhou Governor Shi said: "My lord, something happened?"

Di Renjie comforted: "Don't worry, speak slowly."

Youzhou Governor Shi said: "It's like this. This morning, I led people to inspect the bank, and found that tens of millions of official silver had disappeared."

Di Renjie frowned and asked, "Missing?"

Yin Cao joined the army and said tremblingly: "Yes, my lord, the official bank in stock is gone."

Di Renjie and Hu Jinghui looked at each other, and said in a broken voice, "How is this possible?"

Wang Mang was thoughtful when he heard it.

Wang Mang said: "My lord, why don't we go and have a look first."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Let's go and have a look."

(End of this chapter)