"Please wait for a moment, I'll enter the hall to report.”
"Thank you, General Zhang."
After Zhang Dingguo finished speaking, he opened the door of the main hall where Di Renjie was.
It was also during this fleeting moment that Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi followed the little space where the door was opened and saw a man in a green official robe running quickly to the back hall of the house.
Although Zhang Dingguo immediately closed the door, Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi still let out that the person was Zhao Chuanchen.
However, that was not the case. It was actually Di Chun in disguise.
However, with Zhang Dingguo's previous hints, as well as Di Chun and Zhao Chuanchen's similar figures and wearing the same clothes, the guilty Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi subconsciously believed that it was Zhao Chuanchen!
Immediately, the two of them realized that the situation was not good and began to discuss how to deal with it now.
However, at this moment, Di Renjie's voice came from inside the house. He sounded a little unhappy." Why didn't you inform us beforehand?”
"I thought that the two lords were acquaintances, so I led them directly to the main hall.”Zhang Dingguo answered indifferently.
"Humph! You're really making your own decisions!
Well, invite them in..."
From Di Renjie's tone, it could be heard that he was very dissatisfied with Zhang Dingguo directly bringing Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi into the main hall. However, since things had come to this, he could not say anything more. He could only helplessly let Zhang Dingguo invite Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi in.
It was Di Renjie's performance that made Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi even more certain that the county magistrate they saw before was Zhao Chuanchen.
"Please come in, sirs."
Following Zhang Dingguo's greeting, Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi could not discuss anything further. They could only go in and sound out Di Renjie's intentions. As for what happened next, he could only take it one step at a time.
"Your humble servant, Youzhou Provincial Governor Fang Qian (Sima Wu Yizhi), greets Your Excellency!”
"Milords, there's no need to be so polite.”
As soon as Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi entered the room, they immediately bowed to Di Renjie.
However, to their surprise, Di Renjie was very easy-going today. He greeted them with a smile and even invited them to sit down. This was a stark contrast to the day before when he had directly questioned them.
Such a huge contrast also made Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi even more suspicious.
Next, Di Renjie actually directly admitted that his behavior in court yesterday was a bit extreme, and asked Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi to forgive him.
Fang Qian immediately said that he didn't dare to admit defeat and praised Di Renjie for worrying about the country and the people. He admired Di Renjie very much. He immediately admitted his mistake and said that he should not have contradicted Lord Di yesterday.
Of course, Di Renjie did not care about this and emphasized that he would not talk about business today.
After that, Di Renjie not only invited Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi to drink the high-quality tea leaves he brought back from Jiangxi, but also asked about the tourist attractions, historical sites, and special snacks near Youzhou. In any case, he acted as if he did not care about the consolation fund at all. Even if Fang Qian took the initiative to mention the consolation fund, he would forcefully change the topic.
This made Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi feel even more guilty. They thought that Di Renjie knew something about the consolation fund and wanted to calm them down temporarily. That was why he deliberately smiled and pretended to be polite.
In the end, Di Renjie wanted to stay for lunch with Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi before leaving. However, Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi were in a hurry to go back and discuss Zhao Chuanchen's problem, as well as why Di Renjie's attitude was so abnormal today. These two problems could be said to be very serious problems. They had to immediately go back and discuss how to deal with them!
Di Renjie naturally wouldn't let them stay and let them go back.
After Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi returned, they began to discuss whether Zhao Chuanchen had betrayed them.
Initially, Fang Qian still trusted Zhao Chuanchen. After all, Zhao Chuanchen was personally promoted by him and could be considered a trusted aide.
However, they soon learned that Zhao Chuanchen had returned to Sanhe County under the escort of the Thousand Bull Guards not long after they left.
To be escorted by the Thousand Bull Guards, what kind of treatment was this? He must have betrayed them in exchange for his own safety!
As for why he wanted to go back to Sanhe County, Fang Qian thought that it was probably to get evidence, some evidence that could prove that the consolation fund was embezzled by them. As for the Thousand Bull Guards, they would definitely protect Zhao Chuanchen and prevent him from being killed. They would also ensure that the evidence could be sent back to the Governor's Office.
Even Di Renjie's feigned civility today was also believed by Fang Qian to be a trick that Di Renjie deliberately played to confuse them and lower their vigilance.
In fact, it was only a few hundred thousand taels of consolation money. To Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi, it was a small matter. However, once the Heavenly Treasure Silver Bank used to store the consolation money was found out, they would be finished!
That was because when the time came, even if Di Renjie did not kill them, Jin Mulan would not let them off either.
Thus, Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi decided to kill Zhao Chuanchen to silence him. Even if they knew that this matter could not be hidden from Di Renjie, who would definitely guess that they were the ones who did it, they did not believe that Di Renjie would dare to touch Fang Qian, the governor of Shangzhou, without any real evidence.
Moreover, Fang Qian and Wu Yizhi were also clear that Jin Mulan, who was behind them, was already preparing to rebel in the near future.
Thus, as long as they could delay the preparations for rebellion and wait for the Turkic army to arrive, they would no longer have to face Di Renjie!
Therefore, under Wu Yizhi's persuasion, Fang Qian decisively sent an assassin to assassinate Zhao Chuanchen.
This action also proved that they had fallen for Di Renjie's plot!
At the same time, Di Renjie also sent Li Yuanfang to protect Zhao Chuanchen in secret…
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