"Tree God?" Zhang Zong couldn't help but look surprised when he heard this somewhat fantastic name.

"Yes, this so-called tree god suddenly appeared in Luoyang a few months ago, and its popularity became increasingly greater. Many people even gave up their families and gave money to them. This incident has attracted the attention of the court, so I am also ordered to investigate the case!" Di Renjie also frowned and explained.

"No, Brother Di, have you been transferred from Dali Temple? Are you..." Zhang Zong suddenly thought that Di Renjie had been promoted to the censor, and he was no longer required to handle the case, but at the end he suddenly thought of a situation.

"Brother Zhang, you guessed it well. I have agreed to join Feinusi. This case is also handled by Feinusi, because we suspect that there are shadows of those people behind this so-called tree god, otherwise it would not have expanded so quickly in a short period of time!" Di Renjie did not hide it, and nodded immediately to confirm Zhang Zong's guess.

"Tree God? It seems that there is no such character among traditional gods, right?" Zhang Zong thought for a while and asked again. He felt that this tree god sounded a bit unreliable?

"It's strange that this tree god is neither a human nor a tree. He is obviously able to speak, but he looks like a tree. In addition, there are many eloquent people around him who help him promote it, so many foolish men and women believe it..."

Di Renjie said this so-called tree god in detail, and he also wanted Zhang Zong to give him some advice. According to him, the so-called tree god is actually a person who looks like a tree. He suddenly appeared in Luoyang a few months ago and began to develop believers. As a result, many people believed it, and they offered their property and even their wives and daughters.

Di Renjie was ordered to investigate the case, and he soon discovered that before the tree god appeared, it seemed that it had appeared at the Yiren Exhibition. Many people claimed that they had seen the so-called tree god in the Yiren Hall, but he was called the tree man at that time. Later, somehow, he was suddenly tributed as the tree god. The missionaries were very bold and their methods were very bad.

"So that's it, so Brother Di, you just entered the Yiren Exhibition. I wonder if you found out what you found?" Zhang Zong smiled calmly after hearing this.

"No, Yiren Zhan is an organization of the Indians. All the Yirens on the exhibition were collected from overseas, but he insisted that he had never seen any tree man. I suspect he might be bribed or threatened, so his words were not trustworthy." Di Renjie frowned again and said.

"Since that tree god is so unreasonable, why didn't the court send someone to arrest them immediately?" Zhang Zong suddenly smiled again.

"This..." Di Renjie's face turned red at this time, and then said helplessly, "I know Brother Zhang, you don't believe in ghosts and gods. I also keep a distance from ghosts and gods, but not everyone does not believe in ghosts and gods. In addition, the tree god is really weird, and the people around him are pretending to be ghosts, confusing many foolish people. So some people are worried that if he really has any magical powers, the court's rash arrest will probably cause serious consequences."

Zhang Zong shook his head and smiled when he heard this, and then said, "Brother Di, you can tell those who are worried that this so-called tree god is actually an ordinary person with a strange disease. He cannot have any magical powers at all!"

"Brother Zhang, do you mean that the tree god is actually a patient?" Di Renjie was shocked when he heard this, and immediately asked excitedly.

"Yes, this is actually a skin disease. I wonder if Brother Di, do you know the disease of 'Thousand Days of Sore'?" Zhang Zong nodded with a smile.

"Of course I know about Qianli's sores. Even my son had it a few years ago, and no medicine was used. Later, it recovered on its own." Di Renjie nodded immediately and said.

The so-called Thousand Days sore, known as ordinary warts in later generations, is a skin disease that is very common in teenagers. It mainly involves a hard piece growing on the skin, which generally has no feeling and will not have any major impact on the patient. Moreover, in just one or two years, the wart will recede, and some people will not even find that they have this disease.

"What the tree god actually got was a disease similar to the Qianlong sores, but his disease was much more serious. The sores on the skin grew bigger and bigger, and the more they grew more, the skin became like bark, especially the hands and feet, which looked like old tree roots with mixed roots. They looked extremely terrifying. In the end, the whole person was half a person and half a tree, so this disease was also called tree man disease." Zhang Zong explained with a smile.

Treeman disease has also been reported occasionally in later generations. It is an immune deficiency, which causes patients to be born without immunity to a virus. If they are not infected with this virus, it may not be much. But if they are infected, it will cause a large number of warts on the skin to proliferate, and if they are not treated in time, they will become a terrifying treeman.

"So that's it. Brother Zhang, you are indeed knowledgeable!" Di Renjie slapped his thigh after hearing this. Although he knew that the origin of the Tree God was not the key to the entire case, it could dispel the worries in many people and allow them to investigate the case more easily.

"Brother Di, the people behind the scenes have always been very mysterious and are extremely careful in their work. Why did they suddenly create such a so-called tree god? Aren't they afraid that the tree will attract the wind and cause investigation from the court?" Zhang Zong suddenly raised the question in his heart, because he felt that this was not very consistent with the other party's style.

Di Renjie looked around at this time, and then whispered to Zhang Zong: "Brother Zhang doesn't know anything. After I entered the Feinusi, I also looked through many cases committed by the envoys behind the scenes. I found that although these people acted in secret, they had a problem, that is, every action they took a lot of money, so where did their wealth come from?"

"So you doubt the tree god, are they using this to make money?" Zhang Zong immediately reacted when he heard this.

"Yes, maintaining such a secret but influential organization absolutely requires a huge source of wealth, so I decided to investigate them from the road of wealth. We suspect that this time the Tree God Case is related to them. One is to make money, and the other is to expand their influence through religion, and even cultivate a group of dead soldiers to prepare for future conspiracies." Di Renjie said firmly with his eyes.

Zhang Zong nodded in agreement when he heard this. Di Renjie's idea was very correct. If he just waited for those people to commit the crime and then investigate the case, it would be too passive. It would be better to take the initiative to find their wealth. This time the Tree God Case may be a good opportunity.
Chapter completed!