Chapter 24 Fang Qian's Death
After leaving Di Renjie, Hu Jinghui took a few deep breaths to calm down his anger.

Hu Jinghui's face was fierce, and he had a plan in mind: "Now that things have come to this, it is impossible to stop Di Renjie's actions. We can only try our best to reduce the losses. Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi must be silenced. They know too many secrets."

But Di Renjie, whether intentionally or unintentionally, did not let Hu Jinghui go to capture Fang Qian, but sent Zhao Ji instead.

This was a bit tricky for Hu Jinghui, but he had already thought of a solution.

He assembled a thousand imperial guards and instead of taking the shortcut to head straight for the Youzhou camp, he took a detour down a street.

Hu Jinghui led the cavalry through the streets like a torrent. The sound of horse hooves woke many people from their sweet dreams.

But he suddenly stopped in front of a certain business and shouted to the guards: "Quick! Quick! Follow us! Go straight to the Youzhou camp."

On the side of the street was the Tianbao Silver Bank. The owner, Ma Wu, and his clerk heard the sound of horse hooves and shouts, and stuck their heads out to watch.

On the street, Hu Jinghui was seen giving orders, and the fully armed imperial guards were marching in a mighty force, numbering at least a thousand people.

Ma Wu's eyes were filled with worry. He turned around and said, "Something big has happened. This is Di Renjie's imperial guard, and they are heading to the Youzhou camp."

"It's Viper. He wants to notify us and let us take action." A killer wearing a hat next to Ma Wu continued.

It turned out that Yu Feng came to the city to deliver a message and was stranded at Tianbao Silver House. He knew Hu Jinghui and realized that Hu Jinghui was here to deliver a message.

After hearing what Yu Feng said, Ma Wu also understood: "Something must have happened to Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi."

"These two pieces of trash are more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything!" Yu Feng said hatefully.

Ma Wu asked hurriedly: "What should we do now?"

"The situation is urgent. I will rush to the governor's mansion and get rid of Fang Qian immediately." Yu Feng made a prompt decision, "You quickly send someone to inform Jin Mulan of this news."
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At the same time, in the second hall of the Governor's Mansion, Wu Yizi sat on a chair with his eyes closed, resting, while Fang Qian was turning around anxiously.

The two were still anxiously waiting for news from Zhang Yong.

But Zhao had already captured the spies around the Governor's Office in advance and blocked the news of the arrest of Zhang Yong and others, so Fang Qian and Wu Yizheng were still kept in the dark.

"It's been half a day, why is there still no news from Zhang Yong?" Fang Qian said anxiously.

"Sir, there's no point in being anxious now. We can only wait patiently." Wu Yizheng was still calm and not as restless as Fang Qian.

"No, we need to go and ask about the situation again. You go in person..." Fang Qian stopped and ordered Wu Yizheng.

Before he finished speaking, a figure fell from above the room. It was Yu Feng wearing a bamboo hat.

"No need to go." Yu Feng said coldly.

Fang Qian and Wu Yizi both widened their eyes. Yu Feng's appearance made them feel incredible.

"Why are you here?" Fang Qian asked.

"Hmph, it's all your fault." Yu Feng sneered, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, shouts and screams were heard outside the governor's mansion.

It turned out that Zhao Ji had led his men to surround the governor's mansion and were attacking the gate.

Fang Qian and Wu Yizi looked outside in a hurry, only to see flames rising into the sky outside the mansion and shouts of killing reaching the sky.

"This...what's going on?" Fang Qian and Wu Yizi asked in panic.

"What's going on? They've come to your door and you're still unaware." Yu Feng said sarcastically.

"Then what should we do?" Wu Yizheng asked.

"What should we do? Please go and see the King of Hell!" Yu Feng announced the fate of Fang and Wu.

He had already sprinkled a packet of arsenic into the tea and blocked the way of Fang Qian and Wu Yizi.

"You, what are you going to do?" Fang Qian said tremblingly.

Wu Yizi was eager to survive and tried to escape by bypassing Yu Feng, but was caught by Yu Feng.

Yu Feng pinched Wu Yizheng's neck and poured poison into his body.

Wu Yizheng's face suddenly showed pain, he covered his neck with both hands, and slowly fell down.

"What about you, Governor? Do you want me to take action?" Yu Feng slowly approached Fang Qian.

"Please let me go, no, no, no... I don't want to die..."

Fang Qian slowly backed away and fell into the chair, with a pleading look in his eyes.

Yu Feng ignored him and forced the poison down his throat. Fang Qian's eyes widened and he fell back on the chair.

Yu Feng fiddled with Fang Qian's body and tried to disguise the scene to make it look like the two had committed suicide.

At this time, hurried footsteps and shouts were heard outside the door: "Each team should search separately, and no one should be left behind!"

Yu Feng's face changed drastically. He made a quick decision, gave up his plan, and jumped onto the roof.

Then Zhao Ji kicked open the door and saw Wu Yizheng lying on the ground and Fang Qian dead on the chair.

Zhao Ji walked to Fang Qian's side, bent down and felt his breath: "Unfortunately, I am still a step too late."

Fang Qian's body was still warm, obviously he had died not long ago.

"It came so quickly. We have obviously tried our best to block the news. Who leaked the news again?" Zhao Ji asked puzzledly.

The image of Hu Jinghui appeared in Zhao Ji's mind, and he also thought of Yu Feng.

It was probably Hu Jinghui who passed on the message, and Yu Feng was responsible for the murder, but I don’t know how Hu Jinghui passed on the message.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji shook his head and stood up, and suddenly noticed the overturned teacup beside Fang Qian. There was some undissolved residue in the teacup, which seemed to be arsenic.

Zhao Ji suddenly looked up at Fang Qian and Wu Yizheng's expressions and laughed.

One of their faces turned blue, while the other looked normal.

Zhao Ji secretly shook his head: "It's incredible that Jin Mulan can succeed with a talented subordinate like Yu Feng."

The case sent Li Yuanfang to see Di Renjie, and then left clues to let Di Renjie come to Youzhou, and finally exposed Fang Qian's fake face.

Wasn't it more convenient to kill Fang Qian with a knife this time? Why did they have to be so clever and create the illusion of "suicide out of fear of punishment"?

The behavior of a war criminal-level spy who thinks he is very smart.

Putting aside all distracting thoughts, Zhao Ji said to the guards behind him: "Protect the scene, no one is allowed to move, wait for me to come back and deal with it. Let's go to the next place."

Although Fang Qian and Wu Yizheng are dead, their followers are still there.

Zhao Ji searched everywhere according to the list and soon arrested dozens of people and put them in custody.

Afterwards, Zhao Ji returned to the governor's mansion to clean up the scene, took away the bodies of Fang Qian and Wu Yizheng, and reported to Di Renjie.
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In the Governor's Mansion, Di Renjie was examining Zhao Chuanchen's body in the morgue. It was covered in blood, and the coroner was assisting him.

Zhao Ji looked at the blood on his body and said, "Your Excellency is really too busy to rest for a moment. Just leave this matter to the coroner. Why do you have to do it yourself?"

Di Renjie was wiping the blood off his body with a wet towel and said with a smile, "This is a very important matter. I have to watch it myself."

"Judging from your appearance, sir, I believe you have gained something?" Zhao Ji asked.

Di Renjie said with a smile: "The one who knows me best is Cheng Yuan."

He casually placed the towel in the basin beside him and asked about the business: "How is the situation in the governor's mansion?"

Zhao Ji's face turned serious when he heard this, and he said, "Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi are dead, and the rest have been arrested."

Di Renjie frowned when he heard this and asked, "Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi are dead? How did they die?"

"He died of poisoning. When the body was found, it was still warm. It looked like he had just died." Zhao Ji replied.

"Died from poison?" Di Renjie shook his head slightly.

He found it hard to believe that these two people would commit suicide at the same time out of fear of punishment.

"Yes, sir." Zhao Ji took out a teacup and handed it to Di Renjie, "This is the teacup found in their room. There are some poison residues in it."

Di Renjie reached out to take it, took a look at it, and then handed it to the coroner beside him.

The coroner took the cup and examined it, then handed it back to Di Renjie and said, "This residue looks like arsenic."

Di Renjie carefully looked at the dregs in the cup again and asked, "What was the situation at the scene?"

Zhao Ji carefully reviewed the scene in his mind and narrated slowly: "The doors and windows of the room were closed, Fang Qian was sitting on a chair, and Wu Yizhi was lying on the ground."

He paused, then continued, "Their expressions were horrified and extremely unnatural. It didn't look like they were committing suicide."

Di Renjie nodded slightly, with a sharp light flashing in his eyes: "Kill him to silence him."

"Yes, I also think they were killed to silence them," Zhao Ji added, "By the way, there is another thing that is quite strange."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Di Renjie asked.

"I have brought back the bodies of Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi. Your Excellency will know once you see them. Come on, carry them up."

Zhao Ji waved his hand, and the guards carried the bodies of Fang Qian and the other man up and placed them on the morgue.

Di Renjie waved his hand, signaling the coroner standing beside him to check first.

The coroner followed orders and examined Wu Yizhi's body first. He confirmed: "The skin is blue and the lips are purple and black. It is definitely arsenic."

However, when he turned to Fang Qian's body, he showed a confused expression and turned to Di Renjie and said, "Sir, this..."

Di Renjie also noticed that Fang Qian's expression was no different from that of an ordinary person, but was obviously different from that of Wu Yizi.

"Sir, this is the strange thing. Fang Qian and Wu Yizi drank the same poison, but their deaths were very different." Zhao Ji said.

Di Renjie stared at Fang Qian's face, observing it carefully over and over again, and noticed that the corners of his mouth were slightly swollen.

He rolled up his sleeves, reached out and touched Fang Qian's face, and suddenly his expression changed drastically: "Quickly bring a towel."

The coroner quickly handed over a wet towel, and Di Renjie used it to wipe Fang Qian's face.

As he wiped, tiny bubbles gradually appeared on Fang Qian's face, and the bubbles became more and more numerous and larger.

Di Renjie stared at these changes closely. Suddenly, he pinched the corner of a bubble and gently peeled it off, and a human skin mask was torn off completely.

A strange face was revealed under the human skin mask.

The coroner was like seeing a ghost, and he screamed, "This, this is a human skin mask!"

Zhao Ji watched Di Renjie tear off the mask, with a complex and indescribable meaning in his eyes.

Di Renjie took a deep breath and said solemnly, "The affairs of Youzhou are becoming more and more interesting."

Although he discovered Fang Qian's true face, he felt more confused and worried.

"Zhao Chuanchen was killed by an assassin with a steel needle, and the face on Fang Qian's face was actually fake. These people have quite a few tricks." Di Renjie sighed.

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