Chapter 41: Liu Jin's Current Events (Part )

The night was as dark as ink, and thick clouds blocked the bright moonlight.

Hu Jinghui rushed back to the Governor's Mansion from Jin Mulan's place and saw a fire in the direction of the Governor's Mansion across the street.

"Oh no, something happened." Hu Jinghui's pupils suddenly shrank and he hurried back to the Governor's Mansion.

After dealing with Viper's clothes, Hu Jinghui hurriedly appeared in the Governor's Mansion.

Hu Jinghui stopped a guard who was carrying water and asked, "What happened? Where did the fire suddenly start?"

"There's a fire in the side room of the East Flower Hall, and we don't know why yet." The guard responded and quickly ran away with the bucket of water.

Hu Jinghui hurried to the East Flower Hall. When he passed the main hall, he saw Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang looking at the door of the main hall, and his pace couldn't help but slow down.

"Jinghui, we are looking for you, where have you been?" Di Renjie asked.

Hu Jinghui seemed to be in great pain, and said weakly, "Oh, I had a stomachache today, so I just went to the bathroom."

"Is that so? Then you should go and have a rest. With Cheng Yuan watching over it, the fire has been brought under control." Di Renjie asked with concern.

"Is Lord Fang okay?" Hu Jinghui asked again.

"It's okay. Lord Fang ran out as soon as he got angry. Jinghui, if you're not feeling well, go and have a rest. We are here." Di Renjie waved his hand.

Hu Jinghui nodded, walked away slowly with difficulty.

After Hu Jinghui walked away, Li Yuanfang asked in surprise, "I saw General Hu was fine during the day, but how come he got an upset stomach at night?"

Di Renjie gave a mysterious smile and did not answer.

After a while, Zhao Ji came over with a servant.

"Sir, the person has been brought here." Zhao Ji said.

Di Renjie asked hurriedly: "How is it, what did you find in the room?"

The servant said, "There's nothing else, except that the curtains smelled strongly of medicine. And I found some white powder on Lord Fang's bed."

As he spoke, he handed over a small paper bag in his hand.

Di Renjie took it, opened the paper bag, tried the texture of the powder with his hand, and sniffed it, saying, "It seems to be the white medicine for treating knife wounds..."

"Oh, you go down first." Di Renjie said.

The servant bowed and left.

Li Yuanfang was confused and asked, "Sir, what's going on?"

Di Renjie smiled when he heard this: "Just now I asked the servants to search Fang Qian's room. They found these white medicines."

Li Yuanfang asked in confusion: "What does Lord Fang want the white medicine for?"

Zhao Ji said, "Did Yuan Fang not notice Fang Qian's back in the hall today?"

Li Yuanfang shook his head: "I didn't notice. Why should I look at his back?"

Zhao Ji smiled when he heard this and said, "Fang Qian obviously has an injury on his back, and he has never dared to lean his back on the chair. This white medicine is the proof."

"I'm injured, so what?" Li Yuanfang was still puzzled.

Zhao Ji asked Di Renjie for instructions and Di Renjie nodded.

"Let me tell you..." Zhao Ji whispered in Li Yuanfang's ear and told him everything about Fang Qian.

Li Yuanfang opened his mouth wide in disbelief: "It's actually like this!"
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The next morning, Fang Qian was sitting restlessly in the back garden of the Governor's Mansion.

Last night, the East Flower Hall caught fire, and Zhao Ji had someone take him away, but now he refused to let him go back. This made him feel very bad, but he didn't know what went wrong.

Fang Qian was deep in thought and didn't even notice Li Yuanfang approaching from a distance.

"Master Fang, Master asks you to come over." Li Yuanfang suddenly appeared and woke Fang Qian up.

Fang Qian was startled, then he took a breath and said, "I'll go right away."

As the two of them walked on the road, Fang Qian asked tentatively, "I wonder if the Master wants me to do something?"

Li Yuanfang looked stern and said coldly, "Master Fang, you will know when you get there."

Fang Qian hit a snag and realized that something was wrong.

But with Li Yuanfang by his side, Fang Qian had no other choice but to head to the lobby. When he arrived at the lobby, before he could enter, the lobby door suddenly opened from the inside.

A group of Qianniu guards rushed out of the hall and formed two teams to surround Fang Qian.

Afterwards, Hu Jinghui and Zhao Ji came out of the lobby, guarding Di Renjie on both sides.

Fang Qian's expression froze. He was sure that this was a trap. His eyes kept rolling around as he thought about a countermeasure.

Di Renjie stopped and said with a smile: "The East Flower Hall caught fire last night. Did Lord Fang sleep well?"

Fang Qian forced himself to remain calm, put on a smile and said, "Your Excellency has taken good care of me. I slept well last night."

Di Renjie smiled when he heard this, walked up to Fang Qian, and slowly said, "Master Fang just came back from Chang'an, you may not be used to it yet."

Hu Jinghui looked bewildered upon hearing this, while Li Yuanfang and Zhao Ji reacted indifferently.

Di Renjie walked behind Fang Qian without knowing when.

Fang Qian turned around and pretended to be confused: "My Lord, what did you say, Changan?"

Seeing Fang Qian pretending to be stupid, Di Renjie's tone suddenly became serious: "Yes, Chang'an!"

"Your Excellency is joking. I don't understand what you mean." Fang Qian's face was calm, with a slight smile on his face.

"A joke? Haha, I'm afraid you are playing a joke on yourselves." Di Renjie laughed.

Hu Jinghui was called to the lobby early in the morning and had been kept in the dark. In this situation, how could he not understand that Fang Qian was exposed.

Zhao Ji looked at Hu Jinghui's hand tightening the handle of the knife and leaned towards Hu Jinghui.

On the other side, Di Renjie walked around the field and came to Hu Jinghui, and Hu Jinghui quickly relaxed.

"Jinghui, I'm afraid that until now you still don't know who this Lord Fang standing in front of you is?" Di Renjie said with a smile.

Hu Jinghui looked hesitant, looked at Fang Qian's face carefully, and shook his head.

Di Renjie laughed again, walked to Fang Qian, and said in a long and meaningful tone: "He is your old friend."

Hu Jinghui narrowed his eyes, still looking confused: "My old friend?"

Di Renjie had circled Fang Qian again and came back to Hu Jinghui. "Why, you still don't understand?"

Hu Jinghui shook his head again.

Zhao Ji saw Hu Jinghui still pretending to be stupid, and he couldn't bear it any longer: "He is Liu Jin, who General Hu has been interrogating for several years in the earthen kiln in Chang'an City!"

"Ah?" Hu Jinghui acted surprised and took a breath.

"What, he, he, he is Liu Jin?" Hu Jinghui had an expression of disbelief on his face.

Di Renjie didn't stop moving. He walked around to Fang Qian again, pointed at him and laughed, "Why, Jinghui can't recognize him?"

Hu Jinghui's expression froze, his brows furrowed, he stared at Fang Qian carefully, and said sternly: "Sir, you must have misunderstood, he is not Liu Jin. I can recognize the traitor Liu Jin even if he turned into ashes. This is not Liu Jin."

Zhao Jizhi shook his head. Looking at Hu Jinghui's expression, one really felt that he sincerely wanted to correct Di Renjie. His acting skills were really good.

"Haha, Jinghui, Jinghui, you are a dignified General of the Guards, but you were deceived by such a villain for several years." Di Renjie shook his head and laughed.

"Hahahahaha, may I ask Lord Di, you said that I am Liu Jin?" Di Renjie laughed, and Fang Qian also laughed louder to appear not guilty.

"Why, aren't you?" Di Renjie said with a smile.

"I'm Fang Qian, the governor of Youzhou!" Fang Qian looked solemn.

Di Renjie smiled again: "Yes, you are also Fang Qian."

After hearing what Di Renjie said, Fang Qian's expression suddenly changed.

He didn't expect that Di Renjie could see through this.

"Jinghui, you can't recognize his appearance, so can't you recognize his voice either?" Di Renjie asked Hu Jinghui with some doubt.

Hu Jinghui narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Fang Qian.

After hearing what Di Renjie said, Fang Qian stopped talking and did not dare to look directly at Hu Jinghui.

"What's wrong? Lord Fang doesn't dare to speak?" Di Renjie asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)