While Di Renjie was interrogating Zhao Chuanchen, Fang Qian, who was in the Provincial Governor's Mansion, was also restless.
There was nothing he could do. What happened during the day had already scared Fang Qian half to death. If not for his own people secretly helping him, he would have been dealt with by Di Renjie long ago. However, before he could feel at ease, he heard that Di Renjie had called Sanhe County Magistrate Zhao Chuanchen over!
Afraid that Zhao Chuanchen would become a tainted witness, Fang Qian immediately sent Wu Yizhi to inquire about the news while he waited anxiously at home for the news.
When Wu Yizhi finally returned, he only found out that Zhao Chuanchen was detained by Di Renjie in the Grand Dudu Mansion. As for whether Zhao Chuanchen had betrayed them or said anything he shouldn't have said? There was no way to know anything.
Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi agreed that Zhao Chuanchen, who was on the same boat as them, would not betray them in the short term. However, their opponent was the famous Di Huaiying after all. Once time passed, it was inevitable that Zhao Chuanchen would not be able to hold on and leak some secrets.
Therefore, just in case, they planned to visit Di Renjie the next day to find out what Di Renjie was thinking before deciding whether to kill Zhao Chuanchen.
It wasn't that they felt sorry for Zhao Chuanchen and didn't want him to die. However, once Zhao Chuanchen was silenced, it would be equivalent to showing that Zhao Chuanchen's superior had other masterminds behind the tomb, which would make Di Renjie more interested in conducting an in-depth investigation into the consolation fund case.
If Di Renjie were to find out any more clues, then Fang Qian would be in even more trouble!
Therefore, for Fang Qian and his gang, the best outcome was for Zhao Chuanchen to live and take all the blame!
Unless Zhao Chuanchen chose to be a tainted witness, they did not want to silence him!
Fang Qian really didn't expect Di Renjie to hold on to the consolation money. This was really beyond his expectations.
However, this was actually very normal. After all, Di Renjie only had absolute evidence on the matter of the consolation money, so he could investigate it openly…
Another night passed. The next morning, Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi came to the Grand Governor's Office to greet Di Renjie.
Since Hu Jinghui had already been sent to protect the unconscious Li Er, the task of receiving Governor Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi was handed over to Zhang Dingguo.
As Youzhou was a big province with a population of more than 30,000 households, Fang Qian, the provincial governor, was from the third rank, while Wu Yizhi, the Sima, was from the fourth rank and below.
In this way, Zhang Dingguo, the middle-ranking general of the security guard, was below Fang Qian and above Wu Yizhi.
However, Zhang Dingguo was, after all, the Emperor's trusted aide and close minister. Thus, even if Fang Qian had a high position, he did not dare to put on airs.
"Milords, please."
Zhang Dingguo, who had been prepared for this, immediately went out to welcome the Youzhou Provincial Governor and Sima as soon as he received the news.
"General Zhang is too polite. How would we dare to trouble you to welcome us personally? It's really a sin, a sin!"
Since Zhang Dingguo had just arrived yesterday, and because he was busy with work, he had not communicated much with Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi, so it could be said that they did not know each other at all. However, there was one good thing. He was not like Hu Jinghui, who already had a very serious conflict with Fang Qian.
Therefore, Fang Qian wanted to get some information about Di Renjie by pleasing Zhang Dingguo.
"Lord Fang, what are you saying? Logically speaking, you are the superior. Isn't it only natural for me to come out to welcome you?”Zhang Dingguo smiled and said politely.
"Hey, this is different! Although my brother's official position is slightly higher, the general is the martial arts top scholar hand-picked by His Majesty. In addition, he is the first martial arts top scholar in history. Moreover, he won the first place in the martial arts examination and has long been famous throughout the world. Presumably, after a few more years of experience, I will be put in an important position by His Majesty. At that time, I'm afraid that I will have to rely on the general's care!”
In order to obtain information, Fang Qian was really shameless when he flattered!
Even Wu Yizhi chimed in," Lord Fang is right. General Zhang, you are a peerless scholar of the country. You will definitely soar in the future, so I hope that you will not forget about me and Lord Fang!"”
"Haha! The two sirs praise me too much, but if this is really the case in the future, this general will definitely do his best to help!”Zhang Dingguo pretended to be very happy, making Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi mistakenly think that their relationship had been pulled closer.
Fang Qian immediately cut to the chase." By the way, Lord Di has been working too hard these past two days. You have to persuade him to rest well.”
"Oh, really? But I see that Lord Di has been in good spirits for the past two days. Although there were a lot of official duties, Daren was still drinking and chatting with a county magistrate last night. They talked all night and even laughed from time to time!”Zhang Dingguo said in a casual tone.
"Is that so? However, Lord Di was old after all. His body still needed to be taken care of!”Fang Qian continued to be concerned about Di Renjie's health.
"That's true. Lord Fang makes sense. I'll persuade Lord Di to stop staying up late next time.”Zhang Dingguo readily accepted the suggestion.
At this moment, Fang Qian saw that his relationship was almost established, so he asked directly,"That's good. However, I'm a little curious. Which county magistrate is he from? He can actually chat with the imperial envoy for an entire night. He must be an old friend of Lord Di, right?”
"I don't know about that, but this county magistrate was personally sent back by Brother Yuan Fang and Di Chun last night. I think his name is Zhao Chuanchen, right?”Zhang Dingguo deliberately revealed Zhao Chuanchen's name and made it clear that Di Chun had sent him back.
Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi might not know who Li Yuanfang was, but Di Chun was Di Renjie's butler. They were still clear about his extraordinary status.
Zhao Chuanchen, who was personally invited by Di Chun, was obviously highly valued by Di Renjie. Could it be that Zhao Chuanchen had already begun to be a tainted witness?
In order to digest this important information, Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi stood there for two to three seconds before they reacted…
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