Evil of all ages

Chapter 200 The Cat That Stole Fish
“The Zhenwu Division is searching this area. Go and find the brothers from the Zhenwu Division to buy us some wine.”

Wen Tianzuo said to the servants.

"This isn't a good idea. If Zhao Guanghe finds out, it'll be troublesome."

Du Yi said.

“His men are all our people. He can’t even get out of bed. How could he possibly find out?”

Upon hearing this, Du Yitian felt it made sense and decided to ignore the matter.

Mingyue Riverbank
Moon Village

Seventh Elder Song Yang has arrived.

"Holy Maiden, the messenger planted next to the Third Elder sent a message by carrier pigeon saying that the White Lotus Sect's plans in the capital have been completely exposed."

"The Third Elder was severely injured by Bai Donglai. The doctor predicted that the Third Elder would need to stay in bed for at least two or three years to recover."

Song Yang reported.

"What? Old Zhao was seriously injured and will need to lie in bed for two or three years to recover?"

Huang Yu'er blinked her big eyes. On her brother's wedding day, she cursed the old scoundrel Zhao, and the curse succeeded.

“Holy Maiden, the physician is one of our people too; he won’t make a wrong diagnosis.”

Song Yang confirmed.

"Great, great... even God is on my side."

Huang Yu'er was overjoyed. With Zhao Laozei lying down for two or three years, it would be enough for her to sideline him.

"How did you manage to turn all of Elder Zhao's men into my people?"

Huang Yu'er has her own methods, but Song Yang has better methods, which she will adopt.

Song Yang pretended to be thinking.

In fact, he knew that no matter what method the Holy Maiden used, Zhao Guanghe's men would actively pretend to have been turned by her.

"Holy Maiden, it's nothing more than coercion and enticement, but we can't rush things. We have to do it one by one to avoid being discovered by the Third Elder."

Song Yang replied.

"I'm confident I can subdue the men under Zhao the Old Thief."

"But subduing these is not enough; I want the entire White Lotus Sect."

Huang Yu'er said calmly.

"Holy Maiden, please rest assured, your subordinate will find a way to contact their people, find their weaknesses, and turn them into our own."

Song Yang said.

"Then I'll leave this to you."

……

Mingsong Mountain Villa
One of the strongholds of the White Lotus Sect
Young Master Wei Nanzhou is located in this stronghold.

He is practicing calligraphy right now.

Fifth Elder Fu Jiusong reported the news from the capital.

When Wei Nanzhou heard that their entire plan had been exposed, he only paused for a moment.

He didn't put down his brush and continued practicing calligraphy.

After finishing his report, Fu Jiusong noticed that Young Master Wei had not yet put down his brush, so he did not disturb him.

He stood quietly to the side, waiting for Young Master Wei to finish writing.

"If we let the Ninth Elder insist that Zhao Guanghe exposed the plan, and then have someone give false testimony, could we remove him from his position as elder?"

After a long while, Wei Nanzhou put down his brush, saw that his calligraphy was not bad, and looked up at Fu Jiusong to ask.

"It won't be easy to remove him from his position as elder, and he's not someone to be trifled with."

"If you push him too far, he will definitely seek help from a Grandmaster-level expert."

"A Grandmaster of unparalleled strength would certainly not personally go to the capital to investigate how the plan was exposed."

"Including our elders, that's all we have. Losing even one elder weakens the overall strength of our White Lotus Sect."

"With these two points in mind, the Grandmaster-level experts will definitely let this matter drop in the end."

Fu Jiusong thought for a moment and then answered.

"Pity"

After Wei Nanzhou finished speaking, he moved the still-wet calligraphy aside to dry, replaced it with clean long paper, and prepared to continue practicing calligraphy.

“Young master, they were already weak, and now he will need to stay in bed for two or three years.”

"This is a good thing for us."

“We can take this opportunity to buy off his people, weaken his power, and gradually sideline him.”

"Even if he wanted to resist and push the saintess to the front, how could a saintess who is just a blank sheet of paper possibly be a match for us?"

Fu Jiusong said.

"Indeed, she's just a naive and innocent saintess; I really don't take her seriously."

"You handle this as you see fit."

Wei Nanzhou waved for Fu Jiusong to leave, as he wanted to continue practicing calligraphy.

Capital
Dali Temple

Upon learning of the White Lotus Sect's inhumane plan to create a plague in the capital, Di Qingtian was busier than anyone else, so anxious that he dug out all the members of the White Lotus Sect.

Stop the White Lotus Sect from causing a plague.

But he had already checked it several times.

They couldn't find a single member of the White Lotus Sect inside the Dali Temple.

The intelligence reports said the White Lotus Sect had people planted in various government agencies. How come their Dali Temple is so clean?

It can't be said to be completely clean, at least not from the perspective of the White Lotus Sect. At least during their investigation, they found many spies planted by various forces.

But what he was looking for were people planted by the White Lotus Sect, not people who had no connection with the White Lotus Sect.

Only by uncovering the infiltrators can we follow the clues to find the White Lotus Sect members hiding in the capital.

Unwilling to believe it, he checked again, but still found nothing.

"Tianying and Tianyong, do you mean that the White Lotus Sect looks down on our Dali Temple and hasn't planted anyone in our Dali Temple?"

"Or are the White Lotus Sect members just too good at disguising themselves? They're standing right in front of me, and I can't detect anything amiss?"

Di Qingtian began to doubt his own abilities.

"My lord, I think it's the former. The White Lotus Sect must know that you are a great detective, and they are afraid that hiding by your side would expose them, so they did not plant anyone in the Dali Temple."

Yin Tianyong didn't think the White Lotus Cult members were that powerful, able to disguise themselves among adults without being discovered.

"No, all sorts of powerful forces dare to plant people in the Dali Temple, how could the White Lotus Sect not dare, but..."

Di Qingtian did not think that the White Lotus Society was afraid of trouble and dared not place anyone in the Dali Temple.

"My lord, the Zhenwu Division and the Embroidered Uniform Guard have already uncovered several people planted by the White Lotus Sect."

"Why don't we go and ask them how they dug the person out?"

"In addition, we can also help interrogate the people they unearthed."

"Maybe we can follow the clues and catch the big fish hiding in the capital."

Yin Tianying suggested.

Di Qingtian nodded and then led the Yin brothers and Ying Wu to the Zhenwu Division.

Arrival at Zhenwu Division

They were received by Yi Xingze, a first-rank swordsman.

Upon learning that Director Ye Wuji was busy and unable to meet with them, Di Qingtian expressed his understanding.

After all, he was a Grandmaster-level expert, so there was no reason for him to personally come out to receive him.

Even if he has the potential to be a grandmaster, married Princess Pingyang, and his master is Master Shi, if Ye Wuji doesn't want to pay attention to him, no one will say anything.

"You identified the person so easily?"

Di Qingtian asked Yi Xingze how their Zhenwu Division had identified and investigated the people planted by the White Lotus Sect.

Upon learning that the investigation method was their usual tactic, Di Qingtian was surprised. Was it really that simple?
"Yeah, it's that simple."

Yi Xingze replied with a light laugh.

"Did you get anything out of the interrogation?"

"If they can't get anything out of me, I can help with the interrogation."

Di Qingtian asked.

"No need, our people will interrogate them."

Yi Xingze refused.

Upon hearing the refusal, Di Qingtian frowned.

"We at the Dali Temple don't want credit; we just want to find all the members of the White Lotus Sect to prevent them from resorting to desperate measures and causing a plague in the capital."

Di Qingtian thought that the Zhenwu Division was afraid that the Dali Temple would steal the credit, which was why they wouldn't let him conduct the trial.

"no"

Yi Xingze still refused, without offering any explanation.

"Can't I at least see them?"

Di Qingtian took a step back and said.

"no"

Yi Xingze still refused, and still offered no explanation.

Hearing Yi Xingze refuse without giving a reason, he didn't know what Ye Wuji meant.

But he didn't have time to waste here, so he took his leave and went to find the Embroidered Uniform Guard with his men.

结果
The Imperial Guards also rejected him.

Just like with the Zhenwu Division, they wouldn't let him interrogate or see anyone.

"Sir, how can they act like this? Aren't they afraid that the White Lotus Sect will start a plague today?"

Yin Tianyong said indignantly.

"Let's go to the Heavenly Prison in the south of the city."

Di Qingtian didn't say much and led his men to the South City Prison.

Arrival at the Southern City Prison
He had his men wait outside the prison while he went in alone.

"You damn cat, you stole my fish again."

Inside, Di Qingtian saw a large cat darting left and right, biting a roasted fish, while Huang Taichu chased after it with a stick.

A moment later, Huang Taichu caught the big cat, gave it two whacks, and snatched the fish back.

"Are you here to steal my fish too?"

Huang Taichu turned to look at Di Qingtian, fearing that Di Qingtian, like Da Bai, was also a thief.

"I'm not interested in your fish."

"I came here to know only one thing."

(End of this chapter)