Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

Next, Zhou Yi told Li Yuanfang about some cases that Di Renjie had judged.

After listening, Li Yuanfang couldn't help but exclaim, "Your abilities are truly miraculous!"

If I were to preside over these cases, I'd probably be overwhelmed and wouldn't be able to solve them at all.

Then it was learned that while working alongside Di Renjie, Zhou Yi had already handled some cases independently.

Li Yuanfang was also very impressed: "Brother Di, it seems I will have to learn more from you in the future."

If I had the logical reasoning abilities of you and adults, I wouldn't have been led by the nose by others before.

"Because of me, the adults were almost killed by those masterminds behind the scenes. It's all my fault."

"Great, studying is good, that's what we need to do."

You can learn a lot by staying with adults.

Di Renjie went to Yuanjue Temple to see the emperor, so the two of them didn't have much to do here.

We were just chatting randomly.

Zhou Yi talks about what happened when his body, Di Chun, followed Di Renjie.

Li Yuanfang recounted his experience serving in Liangzhou.

"Brother Yuanfang, is the battlefield very dangerous?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanfang's expression turned solemn and serious: "That's for sure."

On the battlefield, swords have no eyes; you never know when a sharp weapon might come flying at you and kill you.

Even if you have unparalleled martial arts skills, it's difficult to survive a major battle.

Many of my brothers died on the battlefield.

Moreover, battlefield combat is different from martial arts duels; it is a hundred times more dangerous than martial arts duels.

If you can't win a fight in the martial arts world, you can always run away.

Battles on the battlefield can involve anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.

With such a large number of people, you can't possibly run away. Otherwise, if you run away during a war, so many people will collapse and flee, and what's the point of fighting?

Secondly, once the fighting starts, you'll be surrounded by tens of thousands of people, and escape will be impossible.

"Although I've never been on the battlefield, just listening to you talk about it, I can feel the dangers there," Zhou Yi exclaimed.

Upon hearing this exclamation, Li Yuanfang suddenly looked up and stared at him.

He was momentarily confused, looking himself up and down, and asked, "Brother Yuanfang, what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Brother Di, I'd like to know how you and the magistrate viewed my case before I arrived, and how you viewed me as well?"

"Ha, so that's what you wanted to ask. Actually, it's very simple. The master and I have long since determined that you are just a scapegoat for the mastermind behind the scenes."

Before you arrived, neither of us believed you were the murderer.

"Oh?"

"It's very simple. You're too obvious a scapegoat. If you were the murderer of the mission, why would you be constantly being hunted down?"

Even if the envoys can disappear without a trace after entering the capital, you are constantly being hunted down by various forces.

This is completely illogical.

Sure enough, when you appeared before me and the master, the master verified your statement through several details in your words, and thus trusted you even more.

I'm even more convinced now that you're not the so-called mastermind behind it all.

"Ha, I didn't expect that you and the lord thought I wasn't the mastermind so early on."

Li Yuanfang chuckled softly, suddenly feeling the pressure on his body lessen considerably.

Being at most the number one wanted criminal is no easy feat; the pressure is immense.

Moreover, he was wronged, yet he still wanted to serve the imperial court.

Now that the two people trust each other, the pressure seems to have disappeared.

"Once we can find out the details of this case, we can clear your name."

I think there's a high probability that the master will keep you by his side.

The Emperor will also agree to let you protect the Lord.

"Oh?" Li Yuanfang was even happier when Zhou Yi said that.

Although he had only known Di Renjie for a few days, he was completely impressed and admired him greatly.

It would be a great honor for him to be able to stay by Di Renjie's side.

"It would be my honor to stay with the adults."

A look of joy appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi immediately said, "Brother Yuanfang, I actually have a favor to ask."

"Oh? What is it, Brother Di? Please speak freely."

A hint of doubt appeared on Li Yuanfang's face, wondering what Zhou Yi needed his help with.

"Actually, I've always been very interested in martial arts."

It's a pity that I haven't met a famous teacher before.

I wonder if I could become your disciple and learn martial arts.

Previously at the Jiangzhang Post Station, I was captured by you in one move.

He then realized that his martial arts skills were not good enough, and that he was not able to protect the master safely by his side.

Therefore today…”

The Book of Changes eventually revealed its true purpose.

All that analysis and other efforts to help Li Yuanfang escape punishment—wasn't it all for this moment?

To be honest, this request is a bit presumptuous.

After all, the two had only known each other for a few days.

However, Li Yuanfang did not mind.

In the world of Detective Dee, there is also the concept of the Jianghu (江湖, a term referring to the martial arts world), and there are many people in the Jianghu.

However, compared to other martial arts worlds, this one is still dominated by the imperial court, with the martial arts world only occupying a small part.

Although there are sects, they are not as deeply divided as other martial arts worlds.

They didn't place that much importance on martial arts skills.

In the TV series, Li Yuanfang often instructed the eight military leaders in martial arts. As for martial arts, he just passed it on without hesitation.

In other worlds, if Zhou Yi tried to learn martial arts from someone he'd only known for a few days, that person would probably beat him to death.

Where did you get such a big face?

Fortunately, the first world is the world of detectives.

Moreover, his identity is actually a kind of advantage.

As Di Renjie's steward, he was a third-rank official in front of the prime minister.

Don't underestimate the steward's status. When he goes out, even high-ranking officials like prefects and governors dare not offend him.

Li Yuanfang was not concerned about how much power this identity held.

Instead, they were impressed by Di Renjie and naturally felt close to those around him.

He was also impressed by Zhou Yi's previous performance and felt a sense of closeness to it.

Especially since the case hasn't been fully investigated yet, Zhou Yi's words clearly implied that he was quite certain that Zhou Yi was innocent.

This touched him deeply.

Adding to Zhou Yi's reason of protecting Di Renjie, at this time he still did not know that he would be able to stay by Di Renjie's side in the future.

Several reasons combined led to this somewhat presumptuous request regarding the Book of Changes.

He did not refuse.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Yuanfang nodded and looked at Zhou Yi: "Brother Di, it's not difficult to teach you martial arts."

However, there's no need for formal apprenticeship. I will accept you as my disciple on behalf of my master, and we can address each other as brothers.

"Thank you very much, Brother Yuanfang." Seeing that he agreed, Zhou Yi was a little excited and bowed to express his gratitude.

There's something I'd like to discuss with Brother Di beforehand.

Practicing martial arts actually requires a lot of talent.

Some people can defeat those who have practiced martial arts for ten years after only one year of training.

Therefore, if you don't have any talent, even if you practice martial arts diligently, you may not achieve much.

Finally, one more point is that the best age to start practicing martial arts is seven or eight years old.

Too young is not good; their minds are too immature, and they won't be able to persevere.

Being too old isn't good either; your physical constitution is already set, and you've missed the best time to practice martial arts.